LBJ Opens Big League Season With First Ball Tradition
Washington AP reports Lyndon B. Johnson will throw the opening ball at D C Stadium as part of a decades old presidential ritual. The Washington Los Angeles game opens the season a day earlier than other AL towns with attendance signaling status.
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LBJ
W. B. Ragsdale JR
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D.C. Stadium
Los Angeles
Clark Griffith
Minneapolis
Griffith
Senators
Taft
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
German Woman Champion and U S Skier Die in Swiss Avalanche
Bud Werner, top American ski racer, and a West German women’s champion were killed while filming a sports fashion movie in the Swiss Alps. Three avalanches dropped wet snow trapping 31 skiers. by nightfall four Swiss skiers remained missing, possibly two women.
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U.S
Buddy Werner
Swiss Alps
Samedan
Switzerland
Wallace
Bud) Werner
America
Weather East of Divide and avalanche news from Swiss ski area
Partly cloudy with 15 to 30 mph west or northwest winds on Monday and Tuesday east of the divide, with cooler Monday and slightly warmer Tuesday highs 40 to 58. West of the divide, mainly cloudy with possible rain or snow showers and 40 to 50 degree highs. An avalanche near Innsbruck buried several skiers and claimed one 28-year-old Werner, Barbara Henneberger, 23, while others were rescued.
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Divide
Werner
Barbara
Barbi) Henneberger
Innsbruck
Switzerland
Terese Obrecht
Burgi Faerbinger
Uessnacht
Willy Bogner Sr
Munich
Willy Bogner
Mediators in Butte Aim to End Trainmen Strike
Washington mediator Leverett Edwards and colleague Frank Switzer arrived in Butte to urge quick resumption of operations on the Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railroad. They and unions seek to break a stalemate. meetings set for Monday at the Finlen Hotel to discuss restoring normal service and reemploying 4,000 Butte workers and 1,500 Anaconda workers.
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Leverett Edwards
Washington, D.C
National Mediation Board
Butte
Frank Switzer
Striking Brotherhood of
Brotherhood
Edwards
Switzer
Anaconda Co
Anaconda
Great Falls
Tornadoes Strike Plains Region Killing and Destruction
Two storm fronts moved from Kansas into Missouri and Iowa spawning tornadoes that killed at least five people and injured forty. A tornado near Yorktown, Iowa, killed Flora Eichhorst and damaged much of the town while another near Garnett, Kansas, killed three in a vehicle and injured several. The line also hit Pleasant Hill Lone Jack Warrensburg and Lamonte in Missouri, with extensive property damage and many injuries reported.
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Kansas
Missouri
Iowa
Lawrence
Bonner Springs
Leavenworth
Missouri River
Yorktown
Flora Eichhorst
Oklahoma
Edna
U.S. 160
Garnett
Kan
Warren Kenyan
Neosho
Warren Jr
Terry
Jack L. Wilson
Independence
Vickie
Lyle Rockey
Pleasant Hill
Lone Jack
Warrensburg
Lamonte
Armed Prison Escapee Caught by Butte Police
An armed Montana State Prison escapee, Elmer Gleason, was captured by police in Butte hours after fleeing Deer Lodge. He allegedly hijacked a trustee at gunpoint to drive him to Butte, brandished a .38 revolver, and surrendered without resistance. Gleason, 38, formerly a greenhouse worker, had forced trustee Carter to drive him a stolen Ford from Dwight’s home to reach the Mining City.
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Dan Brown
Standard Post
Montana
Butte
West Galena
John Gardner
Larry Tromly
Elmer Gleason
Gleason
Ed Ellsworth Jr
Deer Lodge
Carter
Great Falls
R. L. Dwight
Ellsworth
Dwight
Missoula Girl and Kalispell Man Dead in Western Montana Crashes
A 16 year old Missoula girl, Linda Wilson, died after a wheel separated on U S Highway 10A near Arlee. In Kalispell, Art Cardin, 60, was struck and killed by a car as he walked along U S Highway 2 near Evergreen. Police note wheel lug failure and driver errors as factors.
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Associated Press
Montana
Missoula
Kalispell
Linda Wilson
Arlee
Gerald A. Ranstrom
Sharon R. Schliep
Bill Ogg
Miss Wilson
R. N. Geil
Tom Sanford
Art Cardin
U. S. Highway 2
Evergreen Subdivision
Robert D. Lee
Cardin
Debbie Reynolds Attacks Oscar Night Boycott by Stars
Debbie Reynolds condemns movie stars for low turnout at the 36th Academy Awards ahead of Monday's Santa Monica Civic Auditorium ceremony. She urges all stars to attend and dress boldly, criticizing those who attend only if awarded.
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Debbie Reynolds
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Daily Variety
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Miss Reynolds
Cary Grant
Gina Lollobrigida
David Niven
Albert Finney
Fred Astaire
Charles Boyer
Robert Young
Audie Murphy
Arlene Dahl
Robert Cummings
Tuesday Weld
Jack Lemmon
James Stewart
Anne Baxter
Sammy Davis Jr
Rock Hudson
Rita Hayworth
Gregory Peck
Edward G. Robinson
Steve McQueen
Five Days Left to Register for June 2 Election
County Clerk W. T. Duckham warns registration for the June 2 primary closes Friday at 5 p.m. Voters may register with the clerk and recorder or with any notary public or justice of the peace. State law requires one year residency in Montana and 30 days in the county, with residency as of June 2. The office opens daily at 8 am.
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W. T. Duckham
Duckham
Justice of the Peace
Montana
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George Petefish
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