Knowland Elected Senate Majority Leader in Harmonious Vote
Republican senators chose Sen. William F. Knowland of California as majority leader after the death of Taft. Homer Ferguson will chair the GOP Policy Committee, with Jenner and Jenner attending. the election followed a brief dispute over delaying the vote until January.
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Washington
William F. Knowland
California
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Knowland
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Senate
Sen
Bridges
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Capehart
Jenner
United Republican Party
GOP
Eisenhower
Dulles Opens Vital Talks With ROK Leader
U S Secretary of State Dulles started post armistice talks with President Syngman Rhee in Seoul. He described the first hour and fifty minute meeting as very good and outlined topics: Korean political conference, a mutual security treaty, and American economic aid for the Republic of Korea. They set a 10 a.m. meeting for Thursday.
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Seoul
U. S
Dulles
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Republic of Korea
Oh Ho
Transient Killed Near Bearmouth
A man tentatively identified as Andrew R. Cahow of Billings was found dead near Bearmouth along the Northern Pacific right-of-way with both legs severed. Authorities believe he fell from an eastbound freight car and was struck by the wheels. Social Security card tied identity. Body taken to Wilson Funeral Home as relatives and definite identity are sought.
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Philipsburg
Andrew R. Cahow
Billings
Northern Pacific Railway
Bearmouth
Northern Pacific
Granite County
R. R. Wilson
Fritz Leuck
Wilson
Wilson Funeral Home
Attorney reveals illegal $30,000 gift to Democratic Party
Washington attorney Welburn Mayock testified to a House Ways and Means subcommittee that he engineered a $30,000 contribution for the 1948 Democratic campaign. He admitted violating the Hatch Act with a $5,000 limit, while noting the money stemmed from a $65,000 legal fee tied to a favorable Treasury ruling on taxes.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Welburn Mayock
House
Ways and Means
Rep
Byrnes
R-Wis
Mayock
William S. Lasdon
Yonkers, N. Y
Soviet Union Signals Big Four On German Problem
The Kremlin proposed Western ministers meet on Germany with a broader future conference including Red China. Moscow urged Peiping’s participation to ease world tension and outlined a two point agenda: reduce international tension and resolve German unification with a peace treaty, delaying the Austrian treaty until Germany is settled.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
China
Russia
Peiping
Britain
France
United States
Kremlin
Germany
Washington
State Department
Melrose Burglary Suspect Victim in Provo Hospital
Hugh Palmer a 34 year old suspect in the Melrose Actis Mercantile burglary is in serious condition with blood poisoning from a gunshot wound. Palmer admitted the burglary and claimed he was shot while fleeing to his car. Police note the other two men Gilbert Madell and Byron A Wever were arrested on unrelated charges and questioned. All three are held for Silver Bow County authorities.
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Hugh Palmer
Justice Court
Butte
Actis Mercantile Co
Melrose
Provo
Bill Dalling
Dalling
Theron
Hall of
Palmer
Actis
Utah
Silver Bow County
Frank Actis
Hall
Gilbert Madell
Byron A. Wever
Eisenhower Warns of Communist Advance in Asia and Iran
President Eisenhower told governors that Southeast Asia and Iran pose an ominous threat to U S security. He endorsed Congress funding of 400 million dollars for Indochina defense and warned Asia could gain priority over Europe in American policy. The speech stressed the stakes of losing Southeast Asia and its resources to communism.
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Asia
Iran
Ike
Seattle
Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
Europe
Congress
Indochina
United States of America
India
Pakistan
Governors Debate Water and Power Policies at Conference
At the National Governors Conference President Eisenhower heard praise and criticism of federal power strategies. Tennessee’s Gov. Clement faulted TVA funding and cited Edison Electric Institute as a key information source. Oregon’s Gov. Patterson urged a public private balance in water and power development.
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Seattle
Eisenhower
Hells Canyon
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Frank G. Clement
Tennessee
Kentucky
TVA
McKay
Secretary of Interior
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Paul L. Patterson
Oregon Republican
Mystery to Cover Today's Meeting of Red Parliament
Western observers expect the Supreme Soviet in Moscow to address the Beria purge and potentially shed light on power struggles after Stalin's death. The session may compare to a party Central Committee meeting with implications for military influence and the Kremlin's leadership.
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Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
Moscow
Communist Party
Lavrenty P. Beria
Georgi M. Malenkov
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party Central Committee
Kremlin
Kommunist
Central Committee
United States
Beria
J. V. Stalin
Stalin
Cloudburst Douses Forest Fire Near Elk Park
A timely cloudburst drenched a small forest fire in the Whitehall Reservoir area east of Elk Park. Smoke jumpers from Missoula helped fight a 40 foot front as officials reported other fires, all lightning started, were controlled.
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Whitehall Reservoir
Elk Park
Deer Lodge National Forest
Missoula
Boulder
Favre Eaton
McCarthy Attacks Dulles Over Bundy CIA Dispute
Senator Joseph R McCarthy charged that Director Allen W Dulles did tremendous damage to the CIA by trying to hide facts about CIA official William P Bundy Dulles defended Bundy saying he belonged to a single organization accused of Communist influence and had resigned after two months He argued that Red charges were not leveled until six years later.
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Washington
U.P
Joseph R. McCarthy
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
William P. Bundy
Dulles
Bundy
Red
Cupid Boosts Marriages and Ads Drive Postwar Booms
The article notes weddings rise since the Korean War began with licenses about 13 percent above last year. It promotes Want Ads as a quick path to cash by selling unwanted items renting units and finding work. An ad example highlights a boy’s roadmaster bicycle in Idaho.
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Idaho
Eisenhower quips about time as president in Seattle speech
President Eisenhower paused during a Seattle address to check his time and then joked that no one can tell him when to sit down, prompting a burst of audience laughter.
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Seattle
Eisenhower
Indochina Fall Would Shorten Defenses in Southeast Asia
A historical report notes that losing Indochina would leave Southeast Asia more vulnerable as the peninsula would become scarcely defensible, impacting regional security and American strategy.
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Indochina
Peninsula
Berlin clashes halt Communist raid on free food program
Police commandos in West Berlin clash with 6000 Red raiders while protecting American free food stations. More than 100 rioters jailed, 2 officers injured, after 30 minutes of street battles between U S and French sectors and Soviet backed groups.
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Berlin
West Berlin
U.S
Subway
East Berlin
Sur
Taft laid to rest in quiet Cincinnati ceremony
In Cincinnati a simple burial marked the end of Senator Robert A Taft’s life with a private service at Indian Hill Church Cemetery 15 miles from the city. The bronze casket remained closed as Mrs Taft and their four sons witnessed the sobering proceedings with dignity and tears.
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Indian Hill Church
Indian Hill
Washington
Cincinnati
Taft
Twenty five airmen forced to jump from burning RB 36
London reports the United States Air Force says about 25 American airmen aboard a large RB 36 reconnaissance bomber were compelled to leap into the Atlantic Ocean early Wednesday. Ten rescue planes from France and England scoured the sea for survivors.
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London
U. S. Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
England
France
Indonesia Backs China Seat at United Nations
Indonesia will support moves to seat Communist China in the United Nations, Foreign Minister Sun Arjo announced Tuesday in Jakarta.
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China
Jakarta
Indonesia
United Nations
Dr. Sunarjo
East German Trials for Food Aid Critics Begin
BERLIN The Northwest German Radio said the Communist regime has begun criminal trials of East Germans who took free American food from the West. More than 50 000 citizens are on a blacklist for accepting what authorities call Ami beggar parcels. Workers including over 200 government employees have lost their jobs for taking the aid.
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Berlin
Northwest German Radio
West Berlin
Americans Freed in Operation Big Switch Exchange
Seventy Americans led the first wave of 3,313 Allied POWs released by the Communists in Korea on the opening day of the Big Switch. Maj John Daulat of Richmond Calif reported that high US officers were sentenced by Reds for instigating against peace.
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U.S
Reds
John Daulat
Richmond
Calif
Daulat
Pentagon
State Department
Washington
Daujat
United Nations Command
Maj. Daulat
John Dulles
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
Greece
Australia
Canada
Belgium
South Africa
First Allied prisoners released at Panmunjom
The first armistice releases include 35 Americans who crossed to United Nations control at 9 a m. at Panmunjom amid leaden skies. Turkish POWs led the line as Russian jeeps ferried blue clad captives to Freedom Village reception with Marines on standby and Maj. Forsythe coordinating with Chinese officials.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
North Korea
Freedom Village
Maj. B. Forsythe
St.Louis
U N Acknowledges Truce Violation in Demilitarized Zone
At Panmunjom Maj. Gen. Blackshears M. Bryan acknowledged to Communist representatives that two Allied trucks involved in salvage entered the demilitarized zone on Tuesday. The Reds charged two more violations, claiming two U N aircraft breached the zone on August 3.
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Panmunjom
Blackshears M. Bryan
Armistice Commission
Demilitarized Zone
Demilitarized Strip
U.N
Butte and Montana Weather Outlook With Showers
Partly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night with scattered isolated thundershowers Wednesday afternoon. Montane regions show highs 68 to 80 with varying cloudiness and cooling in the east. Temperatures across a 12 to 18 hour span include 40 to 80 degree readings with a few shifts in the northwest and east portions.
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No Man’s Land
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Barboursville
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Milwaukee
Wis
South Limit Demilitarized Zone
By Jack Bell
Cupid
Robert Taft
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Associated Press
Free World
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Montana Max. Min
Belgrade
Tr Broadus
Cut Bank
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