Montana Highway Board awards nine contracts total value
Montana's highway commission awarded nine contracts totaling 1 589657 for construction and maintenance work and rejected one low bid from Hilde Construction Co Great Falls for 260430 to grade gravel oil and drain 9461 miles of the Stanford Geraldine road in Judith Basin and Fergus counties. The winning bids include S Birch and Sons Great Falls 145528 for oil and seal coat on 10 8 miles of Chinook west and Gildford Havre east roads. Kiely Construction Butte and Union Construction Missoula 224877 for gravel oil and steel yard rail placements on multiple sections by Sept 30. Riggan Nelson Malta 224735 for 5 miles of Dod son Malta and Malta Saco roads by July 31 1953. A T Knowland Minneapolis 339738 for 10 02 miles Broadus Wyoming line Powder River county by July 31 1953. Heald and Christler Thermopolis Wyo 128080 for 8 136 miles Garland Miles City Custer county by Oct 31. Thomas Staunton Great Falls 184363 for 7 176 miles Stanford Geraldine Judith Basin by Aug 31 1953. Naranche and Konda Butte 123542 for crushing 100000 cubic yards of gravel in Blaine Hill Liberty Glacier by Sept 30. Morganstern and Schell Missoula 86300 for crushing 60000 cubic yards of gravel in Flathead Lake Lincoln counties by Sept 30. Stanley Arkwright Billings 132484 for crushing 147500 cubic yards of gravel in Big Horn Carbon Musselshell Stillwater Sweet Grass Treasure Yellowstone counties by end date.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Commission
Hilde Construction Company
Great Falls
Judith Basin
Fergus
S. Birch and Sons
Gildford-Havre
Blaine
Hill Counties
Kiely Construction Company
Butte
Union Construction Company
Missoula
Place Steel
Bonitainrod
Turah-Bearmouth
Granite Counties
Riggan-Nelson Construction Company
Malta
Dodson
Hill
Liberty
Glacier
Morganstern and
Schell
Flathead
Lake
Lincoln
Stanley Arkwright
Billings
Big Horn
Carbon
Musselshell
Stillwater
Sweet Grass
Treasure
Yellowstone Counties
Billings Woman Kills Husband in Rural Yard
Deloris Keppen, 25, told deputies she shot her husband John Keppen, 35, at least seven times with a .22 pistol in the yard of their east Billings area home. Sheriff Roy R. Stewart said the shooting followed an alleged attempt to force entry. coroner notes seven or more bullets hit the target.
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Billings
John Keppen
Roy R. Stewart
Keppen
Deloris
Sheriff's Office
Robert Beslanwitch
Stewart
Sawyer to Meet Steel Leaders on Wages Rise
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer summoned private steel owners to his office for Friday morning talks on wage increases amid the government seizure of the industry. He planned a later meeting with CIO President Philip Murray as pressure mounts over Wage Stabilization Board recommendations of 26 cents an hour. Murray signaled no strike if the government offers less, citing union patience for the Philadelphia convention. President Truman said he will decide final pay boosts for the workers, while defending seizure policies.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
National Press Club
Philadelphia
Truman
Steel Company
U S. Steel Corporation
Benjamin Fairless
Destroyers Stage Duel With Reds
An American and a British destroyer dueled coastal Communist shore batteries near Songjin and Kojo as UN forces repelled five Red attacks west and northwest of Munsan. The battle line saw limited damage while the Reds suffered at least 36 killed and 70 wounded. One flight of Shooting Star jets hit North Korean rails near Sariwon.
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Seoul
Korea
Navy
Concord
Songjin
Kojo
S. N. Moore
United Nations
Pukhan
Munsan
UN Command
Kumsong
Eighth Army
Shooting Star
Sariwon
Churchill Suffering Cold Kept Indoors At Chartwell
London report says Prime Minister Winston Churchill, aged 77, is down with a heavy cold and ordered to stay indoors. Doctor Lord Moran visited Churchill at Chartwell Thursday night to monitor his condition.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Lord Moran
Chartwell
Editors Protest Truman Powers
Washington April 17 President Truman faced questions on seizing newspapers and radio as he did steel. Editors at ASNE meeting warned such power could threaten democracy while noting his remark implied potential constitutional authority.
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Washington
Truman
United States
American Society of Newspaper Editors
ASNE
Senator Douglas Attacks Pentagon Hazard Pay System
Senator Douglas Dill. assails the Pentagon extra hazard pay as a morale tax and vows to propose legislation to cap payments at fifty dollars monthly, regardless of rank, while criticizing the Air Force and Marines for payment practices. He notes pilots and infantry are unevenly treated amid stay-down strikes and recruitment concerns.
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Washington
Sen
Douglas
Dill
Pentagon
Allies Readiness to Reopen POW Talks in Korea
United Nations truce negotiators signaled readiness to restart secret staff officer talks on the deadlocked prisoner of war issue in Korea. The two sides had recessed talks for two weeks over demands for universal prisoner exchange and conditions for return.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Couple in Custody in Child Hunt
In Kennewick Washington on April 17 1950 Benton county officers detained Robert Fink Lucille Fink and 8 year old Clara Jean Sanger following a Tuesday disappearance from an Anaconda Montana playground Authorities reported two warrants for the couple and more information was on the way from Anaconda Mrs Fink claimed custodial papers exist in Missoula and she has legal counsel The girl s father Louis Sanger said he did not understand the abduction claim
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Kennewick
Wash
Benton County
Anaconda Teletyped News Brief from Kennewick
UP Information from Kennewick reports continued coverage on Page 6 column 3. The fragment notes a continuing timeline of events with uncertain details.
Airman Verne Goodwin fights two year prison term protest
Relatives and Betty Goodwin plan to appeal the Air Force conviction of Lt Verne Goodwin. General Hoyt Vandenberg downplays a so called strike by flyers as a tempest in a teapot. Goodwin, 29, of Peabody Massachusetts, refused to fly a December mission in a 124 transport to England to protect his unborn child. He was convicted of insubordination at Biggs AFB and sentenced to two years hard labor dismissal and forfeiture of pay. His wife and father say they will press the case to the President if needed.
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EL Paso
Texas
Air Force
Verne Goodwin
Goodwin
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Washington
Peabody
Mass
England
Vandenberg
Biggs Air Force Base
Verne
Betty
Roger Goodwin
Mansfield reports potential loan aid for Reynolds and Anaconda
Rep. Mike Mansfield says government approval of a private loan to Reynolds Metals could fund a bauxite refining plant in Corpus Christi. The loan would come from 16 insurance firms and four national banks. Much of Reynolds alumina would feed Anaconda's aluminum plant in the Flathead region. A government decision from Secretary Snyder is anticipated soon.
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Kalispell
U.P
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Anaconda
Flathead
Mansfield
Reynolds A Company
Forthcome
Montana Democrat
Jess Larson
General Services Administration
Scramble for Democratic Bid Intensified
The scramble for the Democratic presidential nomination intensified as Kefauver gained early front runner status. Harriman emerged as a potential successor, Douglas backed Kefauver, and Byrd endorsed Russell as the strongest candidate in sight amid Stevenson’s withdrawal. Continued on Page 6.
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Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
New York State
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Kefauver
Harriman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gov. Stevenson
Kefauvel
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Senator Kefauver
Douglas
Washington
Sen
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Dixie
Richard B Russell
Georgia
Stevenson
Truman Voices High Regard for Harriman as Presidential Possibility
President Truman said W. Averell Harriman is highly qualified and patriotic, while stressing he is not endorsing any candidate now. He noted regret that Adlai Stevenson won't seek the nomination and praised Kefauver, who visited him before his campaign. The Democratic convention will choose its candidate.
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Washington
Truman
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Gov
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
New York
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Nine Year Old Newsboy Seeks Autograph From Kefauver
Boston April 17 a bold nine year old newsboy Jimmie O Reilly wriggled through police to approach Senator Estes Kefauver as he stepped from a Logan Airport plane. The boy held out an autograph pad and promised many friends. Kefauver signed the pad which held 15 carbon sheets.
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Boston
Jimmie O'Reilly
Estes Kefauver
Logan Airport
Jimmy
Kefauver
Missouri River Flood Crest Near Dawn in Omaha Council Bluffs
The Missouri River topped 30 feet as floods threatened the Omaha and Council Bluffs dikes. Army engineers reported pump pressure keeping seepage in check while crews hastily reinforced levees. A citywide suspense grew over whether the walls would endure the crest of history’s worst Missouri flood.
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Missouri River
Neck
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Union Pacific
Ark- Sar-Ben
Twin Cities
Missouri
James F. Mulqueen
Council Bluff
Don G. Shingler
Missouri River Division
Omaha Council Bluffs
Kansas City
Milk River flood crest nears Glasgow as levees strengthened
Near Glasgow the Milk river crest lies about 15 miles away as Col. R. E. York directs a 500 man unit to raise inner dikes and high school students fill sandbags. The flood threatens Glasgow Nashua and nearby towns with hundreds homeless and up to 3 million dollars in damage.
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Glasgow
R. E. York
Fort Peck
York
Vandalia
Tampico
Hinsdale
Saco
East Dike
Nashua
Missouri
Weather Outlook For Butte And Montana Regions
Butte area fair and warm with Friday night comfortable. Friday temperatures near 34 to 68 with cooler periods. Statewide notes: West of Divide fair with slight change, highs 60 to 70. East of Divide windy sections Friday into Friday night, cooler in extreme northwest, highs 62 to 79. Temperatures for airports and Mines campus given.
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School of Mines
Divide
Rahway Prison Riot Traps Nine Guards
Prisoners at Rahway reformatory trapped nine guards during a dormitory riot on Thursday night as about 250 inmates clashed. State police rushed to the scene and guards were recalled to duty after injuries occurred. Lagay linked the disturbance to the ongoing Trenton revolt with 69 prisoners barricaded since Tuesday.
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Rahway
N. J
Rahway Reformatory
R. W. Lagan
Lagay
Trenton
Lagan
Woman Refused License Fails in Carroll County Drive
Frances Verden of Ellensburg Washington was denied a driver license on Thursday. Accompanied by Patrolman Tom Precious she attempted a test drive and drove the car through the patrol office wall.
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Ellensburg
Wash
U.P
Frances Verden
Tom Precious
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Destroyers
Sen. Douglas
Hoyt S. Vanderberg
Senate
Chang Chun San
North Korea
UNC
James Murray
Chang
Red
Russia
Clara Jean Songer
Airman
Maha
Associated Press
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Havre
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles
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