Company Withdraws Petition to Abandon Meaderville Road
The Anaconda Company announced it has withdrawn its petition to abandon the Meaderville road and will prepare ground east of the roadway for future open pit mining. A public hearing on Aug 16 was canceled. the company will move the creek channel east and build a new road link.
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Butte
Deadly July on Montana roads tops figures since 1952
Montana Highway Patrol tallies 33 traffic deaths in July, the highest since 1952, with alcohol linked to 44 percent of the 26 fatal crashes. A Canadian soldier Edward Inkster dies near Libby in a rain accident, while Robert Jacob Popp, 19, of Billings, dies in a pit mishap southeast of Billings. Three Billings youths survive.
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Roseland
B. C
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Elks Hill
R. G. Piva
Ordin
Ont
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Inkster
Montana
Robert Jacob Popp
Billings
Popp
Randy Dentling
Shirley Bier
Carol Bier
August Popular Wedding Month
August lags only slightly behind June as a wedding month according to marriage statistics. The item also notes couples dealing with money problems and promotes an Standard Post Want Ad listing for selling extra gifts with a contact line and a White Gas Stove at 6000 Massachusetts Avenue.
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Dial
Soviets Propose Summit on Global Disarmament
The Soviet Union proposed a general assembly summit on disarmament for all 82 UN members starting Sept 20, inviting heads of state but focusing on major powers. Moscow refused Eisenhower’s request to convene the Disarmament Commission this month, signaling possible Asian African boycotts and accusing the U.S. of domestic maneuvering to delay progress.
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U.N. Disarmament Commission
Sible
Platon D. Morozov
Moscow
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Disarmament Commission
U S Denounces Soviet Disarmament Summit Proposal
U S ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge condemned the Soviet plan for a summit on disarmament of all 82 U N member states. He called the proposal a cynical, specious maneuver designed to block progress, replying to the Soviet counterproposal at the White House.
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U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Soviet Union
Geneva
Eisenhower
United Nations
Morozov
Newport
R.I
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White House
U.N
General Assembly
U.N. Disarmament Commission
American Spy Claimed Held on Soviet Iranian Frontier
Soviet radio announced the arrest of an American spy identified as V. M. Slavnov on the Soviet Iranian frontier. The broadcast said he carried CIA supplied equipment including two portable transmitters cyphers codes and weapons hidden in two official containers. No date given for the arrest.
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V. M. Slavnov
Iran
Moscow Radio
Slavnov
Slavney
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Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Cholera Claims 205 in Karachi Area as Outbreak Grows
Cholera has killed 205 people in West Pakistan and sickened 1,416 more, reports said Monday. The outbreak is centered around Karachi with authorities urging caution as cases rise.
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Karachi
Pakistan
West
Monay
Don MacPherson Chad Smith Take New Posts
Helena AP Gov J Hugo Aronson appointed Chadwick H Smith 35 to be governor’s executive secretary replacing Darrell Coover who resigned for a Republican National Committee post. Aronson also named Donald D MacPherson 31 to replace Smith as chairman and executive director of the Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission.
Demos Attack Nixon as Nixon Campaigns in Washington
The Democrats blasted Richard Nixon for abandoning the Eisenhower farm program after supporting it years as vice president. Nixon, busy with campaign planning, met with GOP leaders in Washington and toured Newport to visit President Eisenhower. He said Eisenhower would veto any large spending bills in the upcoming short Congress session.
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Nixon
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Newport
R.I
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Great Northern cites car travel as reason to halt Butte Falls train
GN comptroller G A Richardson told ICC examiners that Montana passenger use fell from 1,042,773 in 1920 to 51,068 in 1958 as auto registrations rose from 54,828 to 244,775 and airline travel grew. He noted a 94 percent drop in ticket sales on the Great Falls Butte run since 1920, while Great Falls air traffic rose from 20,902 in 1950 to 26,530 in 1958. He projected losses and outlined costs not included in his out-of-pocket figures.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Helena
Montana
Richardson
Great Falls- Butte
Great Falls
ICC
John L. Bradford
Washington, D. C
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Butte
Great Falls—Butte
Greek Scientist Claims Fabled Atlantis Found
Athens researcher Prof. Angelos Galanopoulos announced at a geophysics meeting that Atlantis was an island kingdom in the Aegean, between Athens and Crete near Thira. He says instruments locate it 900 to 1,200 feet deep, covering about 36 square miles, with a catastrophe around 1500 B.C. and a major quake evidence.
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Thira
Raul Castro Likely to Lead During Fidel Illness
Havana sources say Fidel Castro has laid aside duties to rest after a three week illness described as a lung infection. Maj Raul Castro is seen as likely to assume leadership temporarily while Fidel recovers, after returning from overseas trips and previously named as successor.
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Raul Castro
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Raul
Fidel
Formosa faces disaster after typhoon and floods
Typhoon Shirley followed by savage rains floods towns in Formosa cutting off communications and marooning thousands. Police report 6 dead 2 missing 120 injured with more feared as areas remain isolated. Railroad and village disruptions compound the crisis.
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Taipei
Formosa
Ryukyu Islands
Red China
Rythyus
Yunlin
Chen Cheng
Yilan
Undertow Claims Three Orphan Victims At Camp
In Boulogne sur Mer France eighteen children at an orphans vacation camp were swept by a large wave and undertow. Three boys drowned before lifeguards arrived while the remaining fifteen were rescued and taken ashore.
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France
Mediterranean Fleet Bolstered with Third Carrier
The Navy announced on Monday that the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean would be reinforced by adding a third aircraft carrier. The 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific will stay at three carriers, a level it has fluctuated around from two to three in the past.
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Mediterranean
Navy
7Th Fleet
Western Pacific
Montana Weather Outlook Tuesday and Wednesday
Montana east sees mostly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers and cooler air. Temperatures range 75 to 85 highs and 50 to 60 lows Tuesday night, with warmer conditions in the west and similar ranges on Wednesday.
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Montana
Nixon Says She Will Veto Political Bills
Vice President Nixon warned Democrats that President Eisenhower would veto large spending measures he calls purely political unless financed by taxes. He said the Forand bill for aged care could be vetoed if tax financed, and noted the President would consider tax provisions but veto any act not in the public interest.
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Newport
R.I
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
White House
Congress
Congo Battles Rage as Tribal Clashes Mount
Reports from Kasai Province say hundreds have died in fierce fights between Lulua and Baluba tribes east of Leopoldville. Baluba flee toward Katanga, which has seceded from Lumumba’s government. U.N. forces remain silent as Hammarskjold pushes for a Congo solution.
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Kasai
Katanga
Patrice Lumumba
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Dag Hammarskjold
South Africa
Belgium
Sean Kelanga
Ton
Moise Tshombe
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