Senate Again Cuts Foreign Aid and Five Year Tax Spree
Joseph D. Nunan Jr., former U S commissioner of internal revenue, was sentenced in New York to five years in prison and fined 15000 for evading 910886 in personal income taxes across five counts. The judge imposed concurrent terms and noted public trust and propriety. Nunan, 57, also faces a pending perjury indictment for five counts alleging false statements to government agents and the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Walter Bruchhausen
Nunan
Bruchhausen
U. S
Hilton to Buy Statler Hotels in $76 Million Deal
Conrad Hilton’s Hilton Hotels Corp will acquire controlling interest in Hotels Statler Co. from the Statler Foundation and trusts. The eight Statler properties will raise Hilton’s holdings to 26 hotels and expand capacity substantially in a multimillion dollar transaction described as the largest in hotel history.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Hilton Hotels
Statler Hotels
Hilton Hotels Corp
Conrad Hilton
New Mexico
Hilton
Hotels Statler Co., Inc
Statler Foundation
Ellsworth M. Statler
Statler
Ellsworth Statler
Wheeling
W. Va
Buffalo
N. Y
Zsa Zsa Gabor
San Antonio
N. M
Conrad
Silver Bow and Garfield Countie s May Submit Returns
Montana officials expect final primary canvass after Silver Bow and Garfield counties submitted returns. State canvassing board members Gov. J Hugo Aronson, Sam W Mitchell, and Edna J Hinman will meet to compile official tabulations from Montana's July 20 primary after a Wednesday deadline.
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Helena
U.P
Silver Bow
Garof
Sam W. Mitchell
Offield
Fice
Montana
J. Hugo Aronson
Mitchell
Edna J. Hinman
Garfield
Senate Leaders Seek Group to Probe McCarthy
Senate leaders began searching for a new committee likely to investigate Sen. McCarthy. Democratic Leader Johnson expected three Democrats would serve, while Republican Knowland predicted a panel within 48 hours. A 75 to 12 vote created a three Republican and three Democratic special panel to hear charges from 46 accusations against McCarthy.
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Senate
McCarthy
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
Knowland
Calif
Wisconsin
Flanders
R-Vi
Morse
Ind-Ore
Fulbright
D-Ark
Denton Man Is State's 100th Traffic Victim
Jack Walker, 63, of Denton, died in a Lewistown hospital from burns after a Jeep overturn on Arrow Creek Hill. Gerald Ryan, 31, also of Denton, was uninjured and held on a gun theft charge. investigation notes a stolen vehicle.
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Lewistown
Montana
Jack Walker
Denton
Walker
Burns
Stanford
Judith Basin
Bill Anderson
Arrow Creek Hill
Anderson
Gerald Ryan
Ryan
Dulles Charges Reds Violated Korean Truce But War Not Justified
Secretary Dulles said the Communists clearly violated some armistice terms in Korea yet could not justify resuming war. He cited obstructed supervisory inspection, expanded airpower, and questioned the neutrality commission’s ability to inspect North Korea. He urged Sweden and Switzerland to quit the commission.
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Washington
Dulles
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Sweden
Switzerland
Supervisory Commission
Poland
Czechoslovakia
North Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. S
Asia
United States
Rhee
China
Peiping
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Suez
Britain
Egypt
Persian Gulf
Italy
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Korea
Red China
Reds
Gratitude Sours City Sued Over Pickle Death
New York City faced a 50 000 dollar lawsuit after a hospital patient died when she choked on a pickle. The suit alleges negligence by city health officials and seeks damages for the deceased woman's estate.
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New York
Plane crash on isolated farm spares 37 aboard
An Air France Constellation bound Paris to Mexico City crashed on a Connecticut farm near Preston injuring twelve. Pilot Captain Jean Caboche and a Guatemala City physician were among the seriously hurt as the four engine plane skidded across a field, struck trees, and burst into flames. Investigators from Civil Aeronautics Authority arrived as locals counted passengers and crew.
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Preston
Conn
Air France
Mexico City
Paris
New York
Jean Caboche
Caboche
Idlewild
Connecticut
Norwich
New London
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Joseph Fluett
Safety Bureau
John C. Kelly
Valentine Sebastian
Sebastian
Guatemala City
Horatio Polanco
Lost Ad Help Offers Quick Return for Lost Items
A Want Ad guidance explains how to place a loss notice by dialing 5451 to start an ad describing the item and paying by asking to charge it. An example notes a wallet lost in Montana with reward and request to return papers.
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Montana
Senate probes accuse Cafritz of big profits on FHA project
Senate Banking Committee hearings allege Morris Cafritz made around a half million dollars in profit from an FHA insured apartment venture. Cafritz claims profits came from efficient building. he warns of risk if tenants leave. Other developments include claims of gains by Franklin Trice and a Fifth Amendment stance by Richard Vidaver. Parklands Manor's cost was reported as $522000 under the $3.563 million FHA mortgage.
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Washington
Senate
Morris Cafritz
Cafritz
Senate Banking Committee
William Simon
Gwen
Richard Vidaver
Chicago
Franklin A. Trice
Richmond
Lewis Gardens
Parklands Manor
Federal Housing Administration
Simon
Incumbents Lead in Four Elections
Incumbents led or faced no opposition in four states as primary voting closed. In Missouri Rep. Dewey Short won the Republican renomination after 22 years in Congress. Kansas saw Lt. Gov. Fred Hall leading for governor. Michigan Republican Donald Leonard topped four rivals in a race to face Gov. G Mennen Williams. West Virginia Sen. Matthew Neely defeated three rivals in the Democratic primary. Forty one seats were at stake and turnout was light except in Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dewey Short
Congress
Missouri
Kansas
Fred Hall
George Templar
Michigan
Donald S. Leonard
G. Mennen Williams
West Virginia
Matthew M. Neely
Montana 1954 Lamb Crop Reaches Six Year Peak
Montana's lamb crop for 1954 is estimated at 1,168,000 head, up 4 percent from 1953 and the largest since 1948. Montana remains fourth in crop size, behind Texas, California, and Wyoming. breeding ewes on Jan 1 numbered 1,298,000, down 3 percent from 1953 and 28 percent below the prior decade's average.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Texas
California
Wyoming
Atomic Power Compromise Agreed Upon
Washington rep W Sterling Cole announced a Senate House conferee compromise on the atomic energy bill. The plan lets the AEC build experimental large plants and sell electricity to cooperatives and public utilities, while other agencies may obtain licenses for nuclear plants.
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Washington
W. Sterling Cole
Senate
House
Cole
Atomic Energy Commission
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
AEC
Federal
Congress
House- Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Johnson
Stevenson Attacks GOP on Natural Resources Policies
Adlai E. Stevenson, former Democratic presidential nominee, voiced alarm at Republican natural resources policies after a visit to the Lolo National Forest. He planned a Bitter Root Valley stop with Forest Service officials and Region 1 staff, and a public reception in Missoula.
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Missoula
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lolo National Forest
Forest Service
Bitter Root Valley
P. D. Hanson
Region 1
Illinois
Bitter Root
Stevenson
Northwest
Rebels Surrender Guatemala Army Base
President Carlos Armas announced Tuesday night that defiant army units at the Aurora military base surrendered to an ultimatum by the ruling military junta.
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Guatemala
Carlos Armas
Aurora
Senate cuts foreign aid measure below Ike request
The Senate approved a 2.61 billion foreign aid authorization, about 838 million below Eisenhower's request, after four days of debate. A 45 to 41 amendment by Sen. Long slashed another half a billion, with 26 Democrats and 19 Republicans backing the move. The House had already approved 3.368 to 3.448 billion, and differences with the Senate money bill will be worked out.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Long
D-La
Indochina
U. S
Hanoi
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Appropriations Committee
Malone
R-New
China
Great Britain
England
United Air Defense Command To Be Centralized
Washington reports that U S air defenses will be consolidated under the Continental Air Defense Command in September at Colorado Springs Colorado. Gen Benjamin W Chidlaw will lead the new command from Ent AFB with Lt Gen John Lewis directing the Army Anti Aircraft Command under him.
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Washington
U. S
Continental Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pentagon
Air Force
Benjamin W. Chidlaw
Continental Defense Headquarters
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
John Lewis
Army
Protests on Silver Bow County 1954 55 Budget Heard
Taxpayers may address the Board of County Commissioners at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in the courthouse to protest or suggest changes to the Silver Bow County 1954 55 preliminary budget posted July 25. Appointments are needed to appear. after hearings, the board will adopt a final budget for 1954 55.
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Silver Bow
Board of County Commissioners
Conference Set Today Washington P President Eisenhower
President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 7 30 am MST on Wednesday.
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Washington P
Eisenhower
Butte Montana Weather Summary for Wednesday
Weather overview for Butte and Montana fair on Wednesday with a forenoon and afternoon mix of partly cloudy skies. Highs range 68 to 78 across regions with a cooler night and scattered thundershowers over northern mountains. Temperatures Wednesday night and Thursday show little change with variable cloudiness and scattered showers.
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Divide
Defense Secretary Warns of Scandal in Reserve Readiness
Secretary of Defense Wilson warned at a Pentagon briefing that current reserve readiness would be a scandal if war occurred now. He cited a proposed compulsory service based reserve system approved in broad terms and linked to plans discussed by Hannah and NSC.
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Washington
Wilson
America
Pentagon
John A. Hannah
Hannah
Soviet Union
National Security Council
White House
James C. Hagerty
Prison Escape Truck Found in Butte Area After Prison Break
A state prison farm truck believed stolen by three convicts who escaped the penitentiary was found abandoned near Columbia Gardens east of Butte. The trio James Munden David Hinkle and Raymond Hill are sought statewide and in neighboring states.
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William Dalling
Silver Bow
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Shirley Dowling
Kemper
Kemper Avenue
Montana
Great Falls
Raymond Hill
Lincoln County
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U.S
Communist Party
FBI
Denver
Anna Bary
Arthur Bary
Colorado
Utah
Harold Zepelin
Lewis Martin Johnson
Utah Communist Party
Los Angeles
Patricia Blau
State
Ike
U.S. Air Defense Command
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