East Germany threatens new inconveniences over recognition
East Germany warned Sunday that withholding recognition by the West would invite further harassments of West Berlin. Deputy PM Otto Nischke cited higher road taxes on Western trucks and interzonal traffic as examples and accused Bonn and West Berlin of political folly.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Otto Nischke
Bonn
Nitschke
East Berlin
Neue Zeit
German Democratic Republic
West Germany
Otto Suhr
Havel
U. S
Lower Saxony Vote Gives Socialists Big Win Over CDU
Official returns show West Germany's Socialists defeating Chancellor Adenauer's CDU in Lower Saxony's state election. The Socialists fail to gain a majority, while the CDU and other parties split the rest. Coalition chances with the Refugee Party remain uncertain as Adenauer seeks a federal two thirds majority.
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Hannover
Germany
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Lower Saxony
The
Refugee Party
BHE
Adenauer
Man Wins Egg Eating Challenge After Time Bet
Louisville (4) Paul Schweitzer, 32, downed 36 eggs in minutes on Saturday but failed to meet his 30 minute goal. Four coworkers at a contracting supply house bet him $5 that he could not finish in time. With eight eggs left at the 30 minute mark, he kept eating and finished, despite not meeting the target.
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Louisville
Paul Schweitzer
T. Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Nuclear Reactor Sought for Idaho Area by AEC
The Atomic Energy Commission asked private industry to finance and build by 1957 an engineering test reactor at Idaho Falls with 11 irradiation holes and a core flexible enough for 15 inch diameter specimens. The project aims to support civilian and military reactor development and would lease space at the national reactor testing station. Estimated build cost is 10 to 15 million dollars with annual operating costs of 4 to 5 million.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Air Force
Navy
Army
Commission
Survival City Prep for Atomic Test in Nevada Desert
Loneliest village in Nevada awaits a nuclear blast as Survival City and its homes, store, and gear stand ready. The 40 000 ton TNT device towers 500 feet while soldiers mannikins and civilians, led by Mrs. Lydia Durst, wait near trenches and tanks. NBC CBS and ABC plan live telecasts at 5 20 a m PDT with Camp Desert Rock infantry nearby.
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Survival City
Nev
Mannikins
Lydia Durst
Silver Spring
NBC
CBS
ABC
Camp Desert Rock
Alabama Twister Kills Four as It Rips Through Three Towns
A Sunday tornado swept across three Alabama communities and twenty miles of farmland, killing four people and injuring fifteen others. The Weather Bureau warned of possible additional twisters.
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Alabama
Weather Bureau
Tornado Spars Church Pulpit and Bible Stand Unharmed
A tornado near Hartselle Alabama damaged Andrew's Chapel Church but spared the pulpit and a Bible resting on it. Highway Patrol officers and several newspapermen observed the scene in the ruins.
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Hartselle
Ala
Andrew’s Chapel
Alabama Tornado Hits Area North of Birmingham
A tornado struck a region about 75 miles north of Birmingham, echoing a 1952 twister. It killed two adults and two children, injured at least 15, and caused an estimated $241,000 in property damage.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Man Fatally Hurt in Uptown Alley Fire Escape Mishap
Alonzo H. Early 60, former Anaconda man, died after being found unconscious in an uptown alley. Coroner says internal injuries from a 20 foot fall on a fire escape likely. Funeral services planned at St. Paul Church with burial in Hill Cemetery soldiers plot.
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Uptown
Alonzo H. Early
Anaconda
Butte Community Memorial Hospital
Emmet J. Paulsen
Silver Bow
Paulsen
Early
Lars Larsen
Robert Russell
E. Broadway
Mr. Early
Erin
Wis
Butte, Anaconda
Myrtle Early
Lloyd Seely
Joan Early
Mary Early
William Shegina
Evangeline McGuire
Kay Early
James J. Ryan
James R. Ryan
Ray Seely
Finnegan Co
St. Paul Church
Hill Cemetery
Waste in Buying Food Clothing Warns of Government Waste
Hoover Commission reports great waste and duplication in federal food and clothing purchases. It says unify procurement, centralize handling, and tighter inventory control could save at least 20 percent annually, with a Defense Department central agency and cross servicing for civilian agencies. Examples include unusual bean shipments and tomatoes moved between coasts.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commission On Organization
Herbert Hoover
Joseph P. Binns
Commission
Defense Department
General Services Administration
Army
Quartermaster General Market Center
Fort Carson
Colo
Ogden General Depot
California
New York
Navy
Casual Dressers and Sincere Folks Ad Convey Practical Image
Psychologists say casual dressers appear frank and sincere. Want ads appeal to practical, experienced buyers who know their way around. To place ads call 5451 for an ad-writer. Sample items include cube steak machine 20 dollars washing machine eight dollars full size bed ten dollars crock three dollars.
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5451
Butte Hotel Fire Extinguisher Theft Reported Sunday
A thief allegedly stole a fire extinguisher from the Stephens Hotel in Butte as police investigated a Sunday incident. The hotel cited the loss to authorities and requested security review.
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Butte
Stephens Hotel
Prudence Waymire Burned In House With Serious Burns
Prudence Waymire nine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Waymire of Roosevelt Drive, is listed in very serious condition after gasoline spilled on a fire and flames engulfed her Saturday afternoon. The girl’s father and mother fought the flames, while he himself suffered Burns on both hands. Prudence was rushed to Butte Community Memorial Hospital with second and third degree burns over most of her body. only her face escaped.
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Butte Community Memorial Hospital
Prudence Waymire
Lawrence Waymire
Roosevelt Drive
Waymire
Prudence
Mr. Waymire
Butte
Scott Crabtree
MSC Student Injured in Belgrade Rodeo Practice
Bozeman 20 year old Montana State College freshman Corvallis student MSC rodeo practice in Belgrade ends with serious injuries. Doctor reports skull fracture and possible neck fracture after horse jumped a gate and fell. He was moved to St Vincent Hospital Billings Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred around noon as MSC rodeo team prepared for next Sunday event.
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Bozeman
David Mabbott
Montana State College
Corvallis
Belgrade
Mabbott
St. Vincent Hospital
Billings
MSC
North Korea free elections urged under UN supervision
Washington South Korean Ambassador You Chan Yang said on Sunday that if the Chinese Communists aim to ease tensions in Asia they should back free elections in North Korea under United Nations supervision.
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Washington
You
Chan Yang
Asia
North Korea
United Nations
U. N
Red China
U. N. Security Council
Africa
South Africa
North Africa
Algeria
Tunisia
Palestine
Admiral Radford Robertson Talk With Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek discussed the Formosa crisis with two U S officials in Taipei. Walter Robertson assistant secretary of state and Admiral Arthur W Radford talked about the broad overall situation and the U S Nationalist treaty defending Formosa and the Pescadores from Red attack.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Foreign Office
Chou En-lai
Red China
Chiang
Walter Robertson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pescadores
Thief With Sweet Tooth Nabs Cash and Candy
$30 in cash and candy worth $35 were stolen in a burglary at the Bonanza Freeze 1040 S Montana Butte Sunday. A brick shattered the Unique Cleaners back door window and a pop bottle broke the Christie Furniture Co window on West Broadway. Police report several other windows broken at Schwartz Men’s Store Gendco Shop and the Howard Hotel on nearby Galena streets.
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S. Montana
Butte
Unique Cleaners
S. Main
Christie Furniture Co
West Broadway
Schwartz Men's Store
Gendco
W. Galena
Howard Hotel
Communists Seek U S Talks to Ease Taiwan Tensions
At the Asian African conference in Bandung Chou En-lai stated China seeks direct talks with the United States to ease tension in the Taiwan Formosa area while preserving China’s sovereign right to liberate Taiwan. The closing session released a communique urging nuclear restraint and broad international cooperation.
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Bandung
Indonesia
Red China
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Formosa
United States
Chou
Taiwan
People's Republic of
British Tax Cut Influences Aid Opposition Debate
Senator Sparkman cited a 375 million dollar British tax cut as a factor in Senate opposition to the economic part of Eisenhower’s foreign aid program. He cautioned against judging global needs by Britain’s tax policy, noting Britain’s higher overall tax rate and potential defense funds though no direct economic aid to Britain is proposed.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Great Britain
Britain
Revenue take in Montana falls in 1954
Montana revenue totals for 1954 reached 116.805 million dollars, down from 119.259 million in 1953. The Treasury notes 89.684 million in individual income and employment taxes, including nonwithheld income tax, withheld tax, railroad retirement, and unemployment insurance. Total income profits and employment taxes stood at 109.430 million.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Montana
Treasury Department
Butte Montana Weather Outlook Through Monday Night
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered mountain snow showers and cooler temperatures. Monday highs reach 40s to mid 40s in eastern Montana and 40 to 45 in the west, with Monday night lows near 18 to 30 and Sunday highs around 40.
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Montana
Montana Cyclist Dies in Accident Near Great Falls
John Claude Lock 25 from Black Eagle died in a Great Falls hospital after his motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve at Riverdale near Cascade. His 13 year old stepson Arvi Leroy Lock was hospitalized with injuries but not believed critical. A second collision occurred when Robert Charles Love 24 of Great Falls applying aid struck the rear of a car driven by Earl Victor Little.
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Great Falls
John Claude Lock
Black Eagle
Riverdale
Cascade
Lock
Arvi Leroy Lock
Locks
Robert Charles Love
Love
Earl Victor Little
Butte
Milwaukee President to Visit Butte on Spring Inspection
Milwaukee Road president John P. Kiley will arrive in Butte Monday afternoon at 4 53 o clock MST for his annual spring inspection of western lines. He travels with Frank Bunce and a Chicago office party including Larry H Dugan Paul Wilson and C E Crippen. The group will stay overnight and Tuesday morning head to Deer Lodge Missoula and the Northwest to inspect Milwaukee Road shops.
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John P. Kiley
Milwaukee Road
Butte
Western Lines
Frank Bunce
Motive Power
Chicago
Seattle
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Northwest
Reds Execute 41 After Mass Trial in Peiping
Moscow Radio reported a Peiping dispatch that 219 counter revolutionaries were tried and 41 executed immediately in a mass trial. Tass said the Chiang Kai-shek gangsters were rounded up in Shansi and Kansu and the session was held in Sian. date not provided.
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London
China
Moscow Radio
Peiping
Shansi
Kansu
Sian
Tass
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Robert Hewet
Max
Pep Tee
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