U.S China Discuss 40 Red Captives Recess for 48 Hours
In Geneva the United States and Communist China spent about an hour on Tuesday discussing the release of 40 American civilians and noting eleven fliers already headed to freedom. A 48 hour recess followed as both sides plan further government input. Dag Hammarskjold arrived for the UN conference and praised China’s decision to release the fliers as a sign of international cooperation.
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China
Geneva
United States
U. S
Far East
Red China
Wang
Dulles Urges China to Declare Peace and Renounce Force
Secretary of State Dulles urged Peiping to issue a declaration renouncing the use of force to open broader negotiations with the United States. He cited recent releases of U S airmen and civilians, Chou En Lai’s conciliatory speech, and warned that Formosa and other islands are not on the bargaining table. He cautioned that Red China’s aggression could trigger a war under U S treaty obligations.
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Dulles
China
United States
Peiping
Reds
Chou Enlai
Chou En-lai
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
U. S
Geneva
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
California
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Red
United States Seeks Information on About 500 Missing Americans
Secretary of State Dulles said Washington is asking Red China for the whereabouts of about 500 Americans, including 40 civilians held against their will and over 400 servicemen missing since the Korean War. U. Alexis Johnson will present the list during talks with Wang Ping nan in Poland, stressing no assumption of survival.
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Dulles
United States
Red China
State
Defense Departments
Geneva
U. Alexis Johnson
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Poland
Peiping
Fund Shortage Ends State X-Ray Program
Montana ends its statewide health survey X-ray program due to funding shortages. After screening 342,873 of 455,448 eligible adults, four units are mostly stored, staff reduced, and final data processing awaiting a June report. The program is to be wound up by August.
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Helena
Montana
L. S. McLean
McLean
Baby Killed by Rifle Inside Glasgow Auto
A 22 month old girl named Helen Lou Grandchamp was killed by a .300 caliber rifle bullet fired from the family car where her 3 year old brother Nelson Gene Grandchamp was playing. Sheriff Coroner B F Richter said no inquest is planned. A second Glasgow child died June 6 in an accidental shooting at play.
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Glasgow
Helen Lou Grandchamp
Joe Grandchamp
B. F. Richter
Nelson Gene
Sandra
Richter
Stevenson says father Adlai may run again for president
Honolulu A rmy Pvt. Borden Stevenson 23 says his father Adlai has resigned himself to running again for the presidency. He declined to forecast whether Adlai Stevenson would defeat President Eisenhower. The younger Stevenson has been stationed at Fort Shafter since July.
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Army
Borden Stevenson
Adlai
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Young Stevenson
Ft. Shafter
Butler Says Ike Sidestepped on Talbott Problem
Democratic leader Paull Butler accuses President Eisenhower of sidestepping responsibility by accepting Talbott’s offer to resign as Air Secretary. The Talbott affair, tied to his outside business links with Mulligan and Co., drew Senate scrutiny and possible hearings, with a partly closed probe and a forthcoming subcommittee announcement.
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Paull
Butler
Harold E. Talbott
Air Force
Eisenhower
Talbott
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
D-Ark
New York
Paul B. Mulligan and Co
Senate
Power Directors Meet in Butte
The board of Pacific Northwest Power Co. met in Butte to review plans for a multi‑million kilowatt Snake River project to supply the Northwest. J. E. Corette said PNP will seek a September license from the Federal Power Commission for hydro plants at Mountain Sheep and Pleasant Valley costing over $200 million.
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PNP
Butte
Snake River
Idaho
J. E. Corette
Montana Power Co
Federal Power Commission
Mountain Sheep
Pleasant Valley
Hells Canyon
Montana Power
Washington Water Power
Pacific Power & Light
Portland General Electric
Northwest
Corette
Kinsey M. Robinson
Spokane
Washington Water Power Co
Paul B. McKee
Pp&l Co
Thomas W
Tacoma advertiser seeks moon advertising space
Clair A. Weidenaar of Tacoma filed with the Atomic Energy Commission Bureau of Claims to place advertising on the moon after reading news about a proposed earth satellite. These claims reflect a salesman’s push to stay ahead of trends in space commerce.
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Wash
U.P
Clair A. Weidenaar
Times
Weidenaar
Atomic Energy Commission
Bureau of Claims
Patrols Watch for Yank Airmen Near Hong Kong Arrival
British patrols kept a watch on the Hong Kong border Tuesday night as 11 American airmen freed by Red China were expected to arrive before their scheduled Thursday arrival. The group, crew of a B29 shot down in 1953, faces prison terms up to 10 years for spying. The men would be flown to the Philippines and then to the West Coast after medical checks at Kai Tak and Fanling.
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Red China
Peiping
U. S
North Korea
United States
Washington
U. S. Air Force
Philippines
Travis Air Base
San Francisco
McChord
Seattle
Air Force
John Knox Arnold
Silver Spring
Kai Tak
Fanling Jockey Club
China
Airman's Wife Faces Dilemma With Two Husbands
Cisco Grove California: a 20 year old wife of an American airman freed from Red China speaks of loving him yet refuses to renounce her second husband, Alford Fine, whom she remarried after her first husband was shot down in Korea. She plans to meet her returning airman and notes her child with Schmidt.
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Cisco Grove
Calif
Red China
Korea
Daniel C. Schmidt
Schmidt
Daniel
Alford D. Fine
Soda Springs
Fine
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Pines
U. S. Highway 40
High Sierra
Redding
Yoshida backs MacArthur Manchuria raid view in memoirs
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida writes that General MacArthur was right to consider attacking Manchuria during the Korean War and that such action would not have sparked World War III. Yoshida notes MacArthur sought air base strikes and a Nationalist diversion, while relations between the United States and China might have shifted.
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Shigeru Yoshida
Douglas MacArthur
Manchuria
Yalu River
Yoshida
Asahi Shimbun
Japan
Truman
MacArthur
U. S
Liberal
West Steward Mine Shed Destroyed by Fire
A shed in the West Steward Mine yard housing an air tugger was destroyed after a fire that began late Tuesday night. Flames drew citywide attention as three fire units responded, leaving one to fight the blaze while police directed traffic. The alarm followed another recent mine yard fire.
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West Steward
St. Mary Parochial School
French Leaders Accept Soviet Visit Invitation
Paris sources say French Premier Edgar Faure and Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay will visit the Soviet Union after an invitation delivered by Soviet ambassador Sergei Vinogradov. The announcement came Tuesday night, outlining high level talks.
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U.P
Edgar Faure
Antoine Pinay
Soviet Union
France
Sergei Vinogradov
State Forecast Says It Won't Get Much Warmer
Helena Montana weather officials said it will not get much warmer with fair skies and continued warmth for 36 hours. Miles City led Montana with 101 degrees while Cut Bank and Kalispell recorded cooler readings as no precipitation was reported across the state.
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Montana
Weather Bureau
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Glasgow
Whitehall
Belgrade
Cut Bank
The
Mercury
Kalispell
West Yellowstone
Drummond
Montana High Low
Belgrade Weceee
Butte
Montana Weather Outlook for Wednesday through Thursday
Montana forecast calls for east region has clear to partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thunderstorms Wednesday and east portion Wednesday night. Highs range from 80 in the northwest to 95 in the southeast. West region expects partly cloudy skies Wednesday and Thursday with scattered storms in the southern mountains and slightly cooler readings around 80 to 85.
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Montana Wests
South Mountains
Solons Adjourn 1955 Congress After Busy Final Day
Washington lawmakers closed the 84th Congress on a hot December night after passing housing, defense, SBA funding, a polio vaccine grant, and an omnibus bill. Major issues like health insurance and farm price supports were left for 1956. Speaker Rayburn lauded the House as the hardest working Congress.
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84Th Congress
Senate
House
Clements
Dky
Chamber
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
R-Calif
White House
Small Business Administration
Congress
Congress leaves hot issues for 1956 election year
The 84th Congress finished its first session with several items unresolved such as highway construction health insurance federal aid to schools social security expansion and a return to rigid price supports for farm products. They also appropriated about 52 billion dollars and discussed tax cuts next year. They approved pay raises for servicemen postal workers civil service employees federal judges and members of Congress raising pay from 15 000 to 22 500.
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D-Tex
House
Washington
84Th Congress
Eisenhower
Formosa
Congress
Four of Family Die in Collision Near Mojave
A Lancaster family of eight returning from a Bakersfield picnic lost four members in a head on crash on Highway 6 thirteen miles south of Mojave. Charles Griffin aged 29, his wife Helen 28, their four month old Michael Patrick and one twin Mary died. Four other Griffin children were critically injured. L C Schultz 18 and his brother Walter 22 from Redondo Beach were in the other car with minor injuries.
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Calif
U.P
Lancaster
Highway 6
Here
Bakersfield
Charles W. Griffin
Helen
Michael Patrick
Mary
Griffins
L. C. Schultz
Redondo Beach
Walter
Draft Call for 10,000 in October Issued by Army
The Army issued a draft call for 10,000 men for October matching the prior five months. The total drafted or earmarked since September 1950 Restart of Selective Service stands at 1,948,430.
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Army
Dixon's Power Story Referred to Justice Dept for Study
Senate investigation into Dixon-Yates contract finds Dixon testimony with conflicts. Kefauver notes consistency from Dixon's attorney Daniel James but votes to refer transcript to the Justice Department for review of possible perjury issues. Langer urges caution as Wenzell activities are flagged in the probe.
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Edgar H. Dixon
Dixon-Yates
Justice Dept
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Dixon
Senate
Eisenhower
Daniel James
James
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Langer
Securities and Exchange Commission
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Middle South Utilities, Inc
President Signs Foreign Aid Bill
President Eisenhower signed the 2.77 billion dollar foreign aid bill, declaring several provisions set ceilings and authorization rather than mandatory spending. White House aides explained that defense support figures act as ceilings, not floor mandates, noting Truman issued a similar statement in 1951. The bill comes in under the president's requested total by about 560 million dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Truman
Bath time myth and money making ads column
A playful note debunks the idea that bathwater absorption occurs through skin, stating skin is waterproof from outside in. The piece pivots to money making tips via want ads and classifieds. It closes with an ad blurb for a well trained Pinto Shetland horse and a mysterious location reference.
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