New Yorkers Pay Final Respects to MacArthur
Thousands lined Park Avenue to view the flag draped casket of General Douglas MacArthur at the 7th Regiment Armory. Mourners, including civilians and service members, stood in drizzle and rain for hours as officials kept doors open into the night for the viewing.
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MacArthur
New York
UPI
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Park Avenue
7Th Regiment
President Lincoln
Pan American 707 Skids Off JFK Runway No Major Injuries
A Pan American World Airways Boeing 707 from San Juan carrying 150 passengers and nine crew members skidded off a Kennedy International Airport runway Tuesday night. All aboard escaped via emergency chutes with only a few injuries reported as survivors stood hip deep in mud. The flight had diverted due to heavy fog and arrived after 6:30 p.m. EST.
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New York
API
Pan- American World Airways
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Kennedy International Airport
Nee
Wallace's Wisconsin vote shocks Democrats in primary
Gov. Reynolds won Wisconsin's Democratic presidential primary as Wallace captured about 20 percent of the vote. The Alabama segregationsist drew strong crossovers in Republican-leaning areas, signaling broader northern opposition to civil rights reforms ahead of Indiana and Maryland contests.
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Milwaukee
UPI
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Johnson
North
Reynolds
Wallace
Byrnes
Indiana
Maryland
Montgomery
James Allen
Richmond Flowers
Minister Dies Under Tractor in Cleveland Civil Rights Dash
In Cleveland a tractor ran over and killed Rev. Bruce W. Klunder during a civil rights demonstration at a school site. A crowd estimated at 3,500 later clashed with police using tear gas amid rock throwing and car smashing as the driver John White, 33, Mentor, Ohio, was detained pending coroner’s ruling.
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Cleveland
Bruce W. Klunder
John White
Mentor
Ohio
White
Klunder
Weather outlook for Butte region and nearby mountains
Mostly fair and warmer today with highs near 55 and a low around 28. Partly cloudy conditions persist through Thursday with a few snow showers possible in the mountains late Wednesday night into Thursday. Winds 15 to 25 mph from the southwest on east slopes, with temperatures peaking in the mid 40s to 60s across areas and cooler northeast sectors.
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Butte-Anaconda
Butte
Divide
Montana Mines Buys IBM 1620 Computer for School of Mines
The Montana School of Mines Computer Center receives an $80,000 IBM 1620, a new generation solid state machine storing 20,000 numbers. Alumni president A C Bigley Jr says the gift boosts student calculations, aids research grants, and maintains the school's leading position.
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Montana School of Mines Computer Center
A. C. Bigley Jr
Mines Alumni Association
Bigley
Montana School of Mines
Renne denies Montana Mines closure report
Dr. Roland R. Renne told about 50 attendees at a Finlen Hotel luncheon that a report claiming he would favor closing the Montana School of Mines is untrue. He spoke briefly on campaign themes before taking questions from the audience.
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William J. Clark
Standard Post
Roland R. Renne
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Renne For
Ernor Club
Butte Friends of Renne
Montana State College
School of Mines
University of Montana
Eight Steel Giants Indicted For Price-Fixing Conspiracy
Eight major steel firms including U S Steel face federal antitrust charges over a secret price fixing scheme in the sheet steel market worth about 3.6 billion dollars. The indictment cites meetings at New York hotels from 1955 to 1961 and names executives from Bethlehem Republic Jones and Laughlin Armco Wheeling and Great Lakes among the defendants. Co-conspirators Youngstown Sheet and Tube Pittsburgh Steel and Granite City Steel are listed as expected witnesses.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
U.S. Steel
Grand Jury
Kennedy
Inland
Kaiser Steel Corp
Grands
Biltmore
Sheraton-East
James P. Barton
Bethlehem Steel Co
Presi
W. J. Stephens
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin
National Steel Corp
Armco Steel Corp
Wheeling Steel Corp
Great Lakes Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Granite City Steel Co
Butte Council OKs SID for New Sidewalks Project
The Butte City Council approved a resolution to create a 53000 special improvement district to install reinforced concrete sidewalks in uptown Butte. Financed by 20 year bonds at 18.70 per foot, the program pairs with nearby street work and contracts Harstad and Associates for engineering. A protest hearing is set for May 6.
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Uptown Butte
Per
Mercury
Alaska
Granite
Copper
Hamilton
Broadway
Galena
Colorado
Dakota
Montana
Park
Tom F. Powers
Seattle
Harstad and Associates
Powers
Mines and smelter shut down by Butte Anaconda strike
The strike by Lodges 580 and 614 of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen has halted mining in Butte and smelting in Anaconda. At midnight the Anaconda plant’s casting department closed, leaving about 5,000 BA&P employees idle. No settlement talks are scheduled as leaders reiterate firm positions.
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Frank Quinn
Standard Post
Butte
Anaconda
Anaconda Co
Brotherhood of Railroad
Butte, Anaconda
Cleveland
W. F. Conroy
Ba&p
Conroy
Montana
Cantrill
Berkeley
Edward J. Nash Butte Native Taken by Death
Edward J. Nash born May 27 1908 in Butte died in a local hospital. Funeral services are pending at Daly Shea Mortuary. He attended Emerson Grammar School Butte High School University of Montana and UC. An accountant with Anaconda Co for 35 years he was active in Kiwanis Elks St John parish and Kenwood Realty cashier since 1953. Survivors include wife Mary and three sons plus sisters and extended family.
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Daly-Shea Mortuary
Edward J. Nash
Florence
Butte
Mr. Nash
Emerson Grammar School
Butte High School
University of Montana
University of California
Nash
Anaconda Co
South Butte Kiwanis Club
Butte Lodge of Elks No
South Butte Kiwanis
St. John the Evangelist Parish
Kenwood Realty Co
Widow of Walter Hansen Dies in California
Mrs. Walter G. Hansen formerly of Butte dies in Santa Monica California after living there since leaving Butte ten years ago. The body arrives Friday and is to be taken to White's Funeral Home. Services set for Saturday at 1 30 p m at St John Episcopal Church. Survivors include daughter Margaret H Ballantyne and grandson Tony Ballantyne of Los Angeles.
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Walter G. Hansen
Butte
Santa Monica
Calif
White
St. John Episcopal Church
Hansen
California
Hansen Packing Co
Margaret H. Ballantyne
Tony Ballantyne
Los Angeles
Montana High Court Voids Land Award Ruling
The Montana Supreme Court ruled Judge John B. McClernan abused his discretion in sealing a higher award in a Butte area highway condemnation case. He had warned the Highway Commission he would grant a new trial unless it raised the award to Arthur Schmidt and his mother Lucille Meinecke from 30 000 to 37 897 dollars. The court held judges may reduce but not increase jury awards under the new civil procedure rules.
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Highway Commission
Supreme Court
John C. Harrison
Montana
James T. Harrison
Wesley Castles
John Harrison
Mining Museum Meeting Tonight in Butte
The World Museum of Mining aims for a Butte site reveal tonight at 8 in the Finlen Hotel Silver Bow Ballroom. John M. Guilbert chairs the committee as organizers invite business, civic, labor and educational leaders to view the building concept and announce the museum site. Reno Haber Sales 87 will be inducted as the first Hall of Fame member, with numerous mining industry antiques on display.
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Butte
World Museum of Mining
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
John M. Guilbert
Mining Museum Committee
Reno Haber Sales
Hall of Fame
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Montana Power Co
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Newmont Mining Co
Metallurgy Bldg
Renne
Sid
Grand Lodge
Mary J. (Bret) Nash
Edward James Nash
Anchorage
Thomas Nash
Havre
Larry Nash
Ft. Ord
Thomas C. Davis
Missoula
S. R. Smith
Arlington
D. R. Dickason
Rochester
N.Y
Stockton
Veazey
Walter Hansen
McClernan
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