Senate committee backs $22 billion five year highway plan
The Senate Public Roads Subcommittee approved a five year highway program valued near 22 billion dollars. It includes a 42 500 mile toll free interstate network and proposes a penny a gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax to fund the federal share. Senator Gore praised the bill as a compromise between his proposal and Eisenhower administration plans. Critics led by Senator Bush argued the measure is inadequate and discriminates against states that pursued toll roads without federal help. The panel also rejected funding via a new federal borrowing agency and interstate toll road reimbursements, while noting financing remains weak but features several strong elements.
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Washington
Senate Public Roads Subcommittee
Gore
Lucius D. Clay
Senate
Sen
Bush
R-Conn
Eisenhower
Francis Case
R-Sd
House
Ways and Means Committee
Governor Names New Head of Accident Board
Governor J Hugo Aronson appoints Harold L. McChesney to chair the Montana Industrial Accident Board effective May 1. Incumbent Robert F. Swanberg refuses to vacate until the Senate confirms the successor. Swanberg says law requires the present officeholder to serve until confirmation. Legislature’s next session begins January 1957.
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Helena
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana Industrial Accident Board
Aronson
Harold L. McChesney
IAB
Robert F. Swanberg
Missoula
Senate
McChesney
Swanberg
Italians Elect New President Gronchi
Giovanni Gronchi of Pisa, aligned with the left, won Italy’s presidency on the fourth ballot. He defeated Cesare Merzagora and Ferruccio Parri as the Communist and Socialist votes coalesced for Gronchi, ending a campaign marked by shifting alliances and a Scelba backed independent.
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Rome
Giovanni Gronchi
Pisa
Italy
Mario Scelba
Scelba
America
Gronchi
Christian Democrats
Luigi Einaudi
Benito Mussolini
Communist Party
Ferruccio Parri
Cesare Merzagora
Senate
Airman Survives 8000-Foot Plunge From B29
Capt. Wallace Taylor of Kindley Airfield fell through bomb bay doors while checking a fuel leak on a routine flight 35 miles northeast of Bermuda. He parachuted into the sea and was rescued unharmed after a wave-tossing 20 foot encounter. he wore Mae West and life raft.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
U. S. Air Force
Wallace Taylor
San Bernadino
Calif
Kindley Airfield
Taylor
Kindley
Ninth Federal Reserve District Shows Broad 1955 First Quarter Recovery
Helena based Ninth District business indicators near record levels in March and first quarter 1955. Bank debits at Ninth District banks ran 143 percent of the 1947-49 average, up from 135 percent a year earlier. Department store and Easter sales rose in larger cities. New car registrations were higher than a year ago, with winter sales up 25 to 33 percent nationwide except North Dakota. Construction and residential contracts led gains, while farm income and prices lagged, though more livestock and favorable crop starts were noted.
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Helena
Ninth Federal Reserve District
Montana
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Ninth District
North Dakota
United States backs Diem in Saigon amid Indochina crisis
The State Department affirmed support for Viet Nam's Premier Ngo Dinh Diem as France criticized his leadership. Sen. Mansfield urged continued backing of the "decent and honest" Diem government while warnings of a possible rebel move by the Binh Xuyen Society persisted.
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Washington
United States
Viet Nam
Ngo Diem
France
State Department
Indochina
J. Lawton Collins
Diem
Edgar Faure
Paris
Faure
Saigon
Sen
Mansfield
Dmont
Senate
Eisenhower
Binh Xuyen Society
Henry Suydam
U. S
Bao Dai
French Riviera
Suydam
Conservationists Meet in Dillon for Montana Council Parley
Delegates to the Montana Conservation Council annual convention in Dillon heard speakers at a public forum launching the parley. About 150 attendees gathered in Western Montana College of Education facilities as the event runs through Saturday noon. Dan Fulton urged fact based understanding to improve range management through scholarly analysis and cooperation between individuals and agencies.
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Montana
Dan Fulton
Ismay
Montana Stockgrowers Assn
Mother of Blind Triplets in Texas Holds Onto Hope
In West Texas, Frank and Mrs. Sitton raise triplets born August 1 1954 in Olton who are blind from ventro lentalfibroplasia. Olton School second graders start a fund, now aiming for 30000 dollars, to ensure special care as the family prays for their sons to see someday.
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Texas
Hart
Tex
Don. Lon
Jon Sitton
West Texas
Frank Sitton
Olton
Dimmitt, Tex
Bob McLean
Sittons
Hazen Wins Fuller Award At Montana Water Works Meet
John B. Hazen, manager of the Butte Water Co., received the George Warren Fuller Award from the Montana Section of the American Water Works Association during the annual banquet at the Butte Country Club. The 30th annual meeting opened Friday and runs through Saturday noon with officers elected for the Montana Section.
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John B. Hazen
Butte Water Co
George Warren Fuller
Montana
American Water Works Assn
AWWA
Butte Country Club
Treasure State Water Works Assn
John Morrison
Morrison- Maierle Inc
Helena
John Dennis
Laurel
Ben Chestnut
Water Department of
Great Falls
A. W. Clarkson
R. G. Croning
Missoula
Carl King
Chinook
Glenn Carney
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Country Club
Frank Amsbury
Champaign
Ill
Foote
Association
Claude W. Eyer
Glendive
Nationalists Bomb Chinese Mainland
Navy headquarters said Nationalist warships bombarded the Red China mainland on Thursday, firing over 100 shells into an area near suspected Reds military buildup for an attack on the Matsus. Fires started in docks and Huangchi Peninsula artillery positions, with a considerable number destroyed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Navy
Red China
Matsus
Huangchi
Matsu
Red China Not Ready to Free Airmen
An American correspondent reports Chou En-lai gave no indication of releasing 11 U S Air Force airmen held as spies. The Nation writer Sam A Jaffee quoted a high Chinese official saying any reply would not improve Sino American relations.
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Singapore
Chou En-lai
Bandung
Sam A. Jaffee
the Nation
Chou
Jaffee
Man Receives Death Sentence for Kalispell Family Killings
Oscar Hugo Brust, 45, a California mailman, was ordered to die in the gas chamber for killing his former Kalispell Montana wife Mildred Johnson, 40, and her son Curtis Johnson, 16, on October 30. He received a 14 year term for wounding the stepdaughter Kay Marie Johnson, 14.
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Los Angeles
Calif
U.P
Oscar Hugo Brust
Lancaster
Kalispell
Mont
Mildred
Curtis Charles Johnson
Kay Marie Johnson
Brust
Increase in Farm Prices Reported
Washington reports farmers received prices rose 1 percent from mid March to mid April led by higher values for potatoes hogs beef cattle and strawberries. Eggs milk and tomatoes fell offsetting gains while the price index reached 247 and parity remained unchanged from the prior month.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Diem Clamps Down as Saigon Battles Binh Xuyen
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem drives Binh Xuyen rebels from Saigon in a civil war’s second day. Nationalist troops pound the insurgents with mortars and armored cars while Diem rejects Bao Dai’s summons and backs his cabinet, amid mixed U S and French reactions. A U S envoy returns from talks on the crisis.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Binh Xuyen
United States
France
Diem
Bao Dai
French Riviera
Viet Nam
Cho Lon
National Army
Nguyen van Vy
le van Ty
U. S
J. Lawton Collins
Eisenhower
U. S. State Department
Fiction Writer and Wife Slashed in Miami Home Attack
Baynard Kendrick, 61, a famed mystery and historical novelist, and his wife Edith, 58, were wounded by John Lund, 44, the estranged husband of Kendrick's niece Virginia. Lund burst into the Kendricks' home wielding a knife, threatened to kill them, and was later found to have fled after Kendrick blocked the assault with a pot of boiling potatoes.
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Miami
Fla
Baynard Kendrick
Edith
Kendrick
John Lund
Virginia Lund
Lund
Kendricks
Literary Guild
Overdressed Worker May Lack Social Life
A woman who comes to work overdressed may unintentionally reveal too little social life for wearing finery. Want Ads offer spending money for finery on appropriate occasions and help sell and rent items. An advertiser made quick cash with 2 boys bicycles and two boys suits offered for sale by phone.
Decision on Formosa defense hinges on Robertson Radford return
The plan to base U S jet fighters and Marines on Formosa may wait for the weekend return of Assistant Secretary of State Robertson and Admiral Radford from Taipei. Officials say the move aims to ease tensions in the Formosa area as Senators weigh Eisenhower’s ceasefire options with Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists.
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Washington
United States
Formosa
Walter Robertson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Robertson
Radford
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Eisenhower
Chiang
Quemoy
Matsu
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
White House
James C. Hagerty
Capehart
Sen. Jenner
Indiana
Parley Progress Reported Between Adenauer and Pinay
French Premier Edgar Faure and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reported good progress in two hour talks on Saar and broader Franco German issues. They planned further sessions Saturday focusing on Roechling steel ownership and Saar autonomy within a European framework.
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Germany
Antoine Pinay
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Pinay
France
Europe
Saar
Roechling Steel Works
Roechling
Saar League
Saarbund
Montana weather forecast detailed with regional splits
Today's weather shows cloudy skies with occasional showers through Saturday night and little temperature change. East Montana highs reach 50 to 65 with cooler conditions in the mountains. west Montana sees 48 to 58. Friday temps include a high near 65 and a low around 30.
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Montana
Salk Partakes in Polio Parley on Cutter Vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk joined 11 experts in Washington to review polio cases linked to Cutter Laboratories vaccine. Public Health Service recalls Cutter doses after 24 post inoculation polio cases, with California, Idaho and other states affected. Surgeons affirm vaccine value while noting existing infections likely present before inoculation.
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Washington
Jonas E. Salk
Public Health Service
California
Salk
Cutter
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
The
Idaho
Illinois
Colorado
Georgia
Leonard A. Scheele
Attorney General Warns on Salk Vaccine Price Fixing
Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr warns against collusion or price fixing in the sale of Salk poliovirus vaccine. The Friday warning signals potential federal action to curb price manipulation in vaccine distribution.
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Washington
U.P
Herbert Brownell Jr
Burrow Maude Delivers 20-Pound Baby at Meeker Show
In Wenatchee Washington Maude a 3 year old burrow with the Meeker Show and Circus gave birth unexpectedly Thursday to a 20 pound baby burro. Maude pulls the cart that goes through the tunnel of love.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Maude
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