Lead and zinc mining faces jeopardy amid imports and low prices
Miles P. Romney of the Utah Mining Assn told the House Ways and Means Committee that current prices of 14 cent lead and 10 cent zinc, driven by foreign supplies, threaten domestic mines. He urged passage of an import tax plan with a sliding scale, while critics say proposed fees are too low and more action is needed.
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Washington
Miles P. Romney
Utah Mining Assn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Romney
Utah
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Allott
Charles E. Schwab
Kellogg
Idaho
Schwab
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Missing Richland County rancher Peter Hedegaard
Richland County authorities seek 50 year old Peter Hedegaard a Savage area farmer missing since July 20. He cashed a $100 check in Savage and was last seen in Glendive at a railroad station his car found in Savage. Authorities see no foul play and note ill health but relatives hope he is working on a farm nearby.
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Sidney
Richland County
Peter Hedegaard
Savage Area
Hedegaard
Glendive
Sam Childers
Savage
Bud Neese
Neese
Viola
Robert
Richard
William
James
Eastern Montana Farmer Killed in Wheat Harvest Accident
James Brody, 38, a prominent eastern Montana farmer, died Friday after being crushed between a truck frame and its load bed at the Earl Jensen farm about 56 miles northwest of Glendive in Dawson County. Coroner Larry Silvernale found a wrench at the scene, indicating repair work. Survivors include his widow Jean and two children, Jonesy and Buzz.
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Glendive
James Brody
Montana
Larry Silvernale
Dawson County
Brody
Silverwale
Earl Jensen
Jensen
Earl
Richard Jensen
Jean
Jonesy
Buzz
Montana Children Guests of Nevada
Officials in Carson City and Reno coordinated to assist 265 Montana children ages 6 to 16 traveling in six chartered buses en route to Disneyland. Gov. Charles Russell ordered highway patrol escorts, six motels housed the group, and a catering service provided box lunches. The trip, funded by Benjamin H. Brinton, aims to raise interest in adopting older orphans or children from broken homes. The youths were set to continue their journey Saturday.
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Carson City
Nev
Montana
Nevada
Disneyland
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Roy Rogers
Charles Russell
Reno
Chamber of Commerce
Benjamin H. Brinton
New York Stock Exchange
Ennis
Mont
Brinton
Helicopters Aid NYC Police in Busts of Dice Games
New York City police use helicopters to spot dice games in parks and gatherings then radio ground units for arrests. Want Ads claim strong demand, with buyers and workers advertised by dial 5451.
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New York City
Road Building Gets 3 Billion Dollar Federal Boost
The 1959 federal highway apportionment totals 2.85 billion dollars to 48 states DC Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico with match of about 450 million from state funds. Interstate system receives 2 billion of the allocation. Colorado Wyoming Montana Nebraska each receive multi million shares across interstate primary secondary and urban extension programs.
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Bureau of Public Roads
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Nebraska
Dulles Proposes Global Inspection to Prevent Sneak H Bomb
Secretary of State Dulles outlined a two part plan for world peace inspectors to fly and march across Russia, the United States and much of Europe to prevent a surprise hydrogen bomb attack. The proposal extends Eisenhower open skies aims and envisions an Arctic to Pacific inspection zone if Russia rejects it. Zorin warned the plan favors the West while Verkhov observers study the proposal.
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London
Dulles
Russia
United States
Europe
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U.N
Soviet Kamchatka Peninsula
Aleutian and
Kurile Islands
North Pole
Eisenhower
Valeria Zorin
NATO
SEATO
Japan
North Africa
Middle East
Zorin
Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Soviet denounces Berlin declaration on German reunification
Moscow labeled the Berlin declaration by the United States Britain France and West Germany as propaganda for Adenauer aimed at influencing West German elections. Soviet spokesman Leonid Ilyichev said reunification must come through direct East West talks and rejected Western disarmament links, blaming Western cold war policies for tensions.
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Germany
London
Leonid Ilyichev
Foreign Ministry
Berlin
U. S
Britain
France
West Germany
U. N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Ilyichev
Adenauer
Noted criminologist to inspect Montana prison starting Monday
Montana Board of Prison Commissioners announced criminologist Kenyon J. Scudder from the Osborne Association will inspect the Deer Lodge prison starting Monday. Scudder arrives in Helena Saturday night and has previously evaluated Michigan and New Jersey prisons amid past riots.
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Montana
Helena
Board of Prison Commissioners
Kenyon J. Scudder
Los Angeles
Deer Lodge
Atty
Forrest H. Anderson
Scudder
Osborne Assn
New York
San Francisco
California State
Chino
American Correctional Assn
Michigan
New Jersey
Atomic Energy Agency Postpones Shasta Test Again
The Atomic Energy Commission postponed the firing of the Shasta device for 24 hours on Friday night, delaying the 11th test in the summer series. The shot had been tentatively set for Saturday morning in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Nev
U.P
Atomic Energy Commission
Two Die In Montana Plane Crash Near Billings
Bodies of two Atomic Energy Commission workers were found in the wreckage of a Piper Cub in the Pryor Mountains south of Billings. The victims were William B. Fleming, 32, a Billings geologist, and Melvin Reeves, 21, of Woods Cross Utah, the pilot. A CAA safety team landed nearby to reach the site described as virtually inaccessible with rugged terrain and rocky crags. Sheriff's deputies planned to reach the scene by foot.
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Billings
Mont
Atomic Energy Commission
Pryor Mountains
William B. Fleming
Melvin Reeves
Woods Cross
Utah
John Lynch
CAA
John Doster
Montana
AEC
Doster
Bull Elk Creek Canyon
Big Horn River
Elmer Hardy
State's Oldest Native Harry Morgan Dies at 94
MISSOULA Montana's oldest native Harry Morgan 94 died Friday at a Missoula rest home. Born January 6 1863 he was the first white child born at Fort Benton and later served as deputy game warden in the Blackfoot country from 1913 to 1947. Survived by wife Ophi Rider until 1943 and several children and grandchildren, funeral set for 2 p.m. Monday at Lucy's Sunrise Chapel.
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Montana
Harry Morgan
Fort Benton
Morgan
Society of Montana Pioneers
Blackfoot Country
John Morgan
Missouri River
Ft. Benton
Missouri
J. S. Glick
Helena
Philipsburg
Henry Schnipel
Granite County
Forest Service
Ophi Rider
Frank D
Sandbar) Brown
Ovando
Car Victims May Be Montana Boys
Two Brockton youths from Montana may have died in a Thursday morning head on crash near Selvy. A third party, Rudolph Perkins, held no listed address, and John Coulter of Brockton was identified from a wallet. Julius Shields, Poplar, Montana, awaited for positive confirmation.
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M.D
U.P
Sheriff's Office
Brockton
Mont
Julius Shields
Poplar
Mobridge
S.D
South Dakota
Mandan
N.D
Albert Meyer
John Coulter
Rudolph Perkins
Shields
Montana Woman Auto Fatality at Drive-In near Terry
Mrs. Jean McLean about 35 was killed and her daughter seriously injured Friday in a collision between the McLean car and a pickup near a drive in theater just east of Terry. The truck driver was not reported hurt. The McLeans operated a Prairie county ranch with her husband Charles. This death was Montana's 110th traffic fatality this year, compared with 148 the previous year.
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Terry
Jean McLean
McLean
Charles
Prairie County
Montana
Johnson Hopes for Vote on Civil Rights Bill Next Tuesday
Senate action leaves rollcall on approval pending as Lyndon Johnson forecasts a Tuesday vote. Eisenhower condemns the jury trial amendment as weakening the bill and raises the veto possibility while Knowland shifts to support the measure for possible conference changes. Morse denounces the bill as a corpse reflecting stalled rights for colored citizens.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Chamber
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate House
House
Justice Dept
Sen
Knowland
California
Rep
Keating
New York
Johnson
Morse
D-Ore
Brief Riot by Utah Prison Inmates Holds 19 Hostages
Inmates at Point of the Mountain Utah State Prison seized 19 hostages including 14 women and two men from a Price Utah band and three guards for one hour and 15 minutes. Guards threatened to rush the rioters and the hostages were released unharmed. Only a handful of the 551 inmates participated.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
U.P
Utah State Prison
John Turner
Turner
Price
Montana Weather Forecast East and West Districts
East Montana expects a fair, warm Saturday with highs 80 to 90 and a low 50 to 60 Saturday night. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon thundershowers with highs 85 to 95. West district sees fair weather Saturday ahead of increasing clouds and possible thundershowers mainly in the north, with highs 75 to 85 and Sunday highs 78 to 88. Maximums refer to 12 hours, minimums to 18 hours ending 5 30 p.m. Friday.
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Montana
New Soil Bank Rule Announced by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Dept announced a 500 million dollar soil bank program for 1958 with a new rule tightening penalties for surplus crop production. Farmers agree to retire land or face civil penalties equal to half their potential payments, aiming to curb shifting land to other crops and reduce overall surpluses. Of the 500 million, 178 million is for retiring wheat land and 231 million was committed for wheat under prior terms.
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Washington
Agriculture Dept
Soil Bank
D. Morse
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