Democratic Platform Work Tests Civil Rights Split Risk
Democrats push a platform draft for their national convention amid fears of a north south split over civil rights while clashing with Republicans on farm policy. Harriman aides deny plans for a bloc though party factions weigh endorsing the Supreme Court ruling and a robust civil rights plank.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Chicago
GOP
Party Advisory Committee On Agriculture
Eisenhower
Democratic High Command
Averell Harriman
New York
Lloyd Benefield
Harriman-for-President
Harriman Bloc
Ray Madden
Indiana
Supreme Court
Sam J. Ervin Jr
North Carolina
Ervin
Paul Butler
John McCormack
Massachusetts
Platform Committee
McCormack
Harriman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Sen
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Lone Star
Johnson
Democratic Platform Debate Sparks Over Farm Prices
The Democratic Platform Committee opened amid a clash over farm price supports with American Farm Bureau Federation chief Charles B. Shuman proposing endorsement of flexible supports. Wickard accused the Eisenhower admin of using the soil bank to buy votes while urging full parity for farmers. Some members questioned Benson’s Farm Bureau ties as Dorsey pressed the link to Republicans.
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Ovid A. Martin
Chicago
Sparks
Democratic Platform Committee
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Robert E. Short
Minneapolis
Platform Committee
Shuman
Farm Bureau
Claude R. Wickard
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wickard
Eisenhower
Ezra Taft Benson
Big Farm Organization
Phillip H. Dorsey Jr
Leonardtown
Mary S. Eberle Succumbs Here
Mary S. Eberle longtime Butte Walkerville resident and Silver Bow County first probation officer died Monday at her home 444 West Broadway after an illness. She is survived by her son John T. Sheehan and several relatives and was a member of the Women’s Benevolent Association. The body rests at Daly-Shea Mortuary.
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Mary Sheehan Eberle
Butte
Walkerville
Silver Bow County
W.broadway
John T. Sheehan
Eberle
Houghton
Mich
Women's Benevolent Isn
Sheehan
Francis Dunleavy
San Francisco
Edna Lally
Seattle
T. G. LaBlanc
Oakland
Calif
Hazel Shea
Edward C. Sheehan
R. V. Kirkham
Elizabeth Ann Witt
Helmsville
Alice White
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Stassen Campaign Pushes Dump Nixon Bid
Harold E. Stassen pressed his Dump Nixon effort as he claimed Nixon has weaknesses with labor minorities and independents. He cited conservative businessmen in Boston supporting him and listed Robert Bradford among backers while denying Thornton joiners amid McCarthy’s sharp rebuke.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Wonder
GOP
Richard Nixon
Boston
Robert Bradford
Massachusetts
Stassen
Christian A. Herter
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Herter
John J. Schroeder
St. Louis
Missouri
Colorado
Dan Thornton
Thornton
Eisenhower
Arthur Langlie
Adventurous Australian Plans Long Can oe River Trek
William Conroy a 38 year old Brisbane house painter arrived in Butte and prepares to start a 4100 mile canoe trip entering the Jefferson River near Waterloo and aiming to reach the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans in about three months. He previously paddled 3000 miles in Australia along the McIntyre Barwon Darling and Murray rivers losing 28 pounds in 65 days and recalls being wet most of the time. He will depart Butte Tuesday morning by 6 am after loading his canoe for the journey.
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William Conroy
Brisbane
Australia
Butte
Jefferson River
Waterloo
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
United States
Conroy
McIntyre
Barwon
Darling
Murray
Montana Weather Outlook Across Regions
Montana east will see partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms. Highs reach 75 to 85, with cooler southeast. Wednesday turns mostly fair and slightly warmer. Montana west expects partly cloudy skies with little temperature change, highs 72 to 82, and Wednesday fair and warmer.
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Montana
Governor Sees No Need of Sales Tax In Montana
Governor J Hugo Aronson says Montana's finances are healthy enough to forego a state sales tax as a 2 mill levy is bypassed for the 15th year. Board of Equalization keeps levies at 7 mills, with estimated statewide property value near 601 million dollars and a 4 million dollar general fund balance cited for tax action.
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Helena
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
Board of Equalization
J. F. Reid
Reid
Dillon
University of Montana System
Warm Springs State
General Fund
Teacher Loses His Certificate
The State Board of Education revoked the teaching certificate of Roger Pelton, Alberton High School instructor, on charges including incompetency. Pelton faced accusations of anger fits, discipline failures, tardiness, absences, and classroom smoking. he defended himself and planned to fight the action.
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Alberton
Wyoming
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
Helena
Pelton
Floods Rage Ohio Valley with Deaths and Destruction
Heavy weekend rains hit the Ohio Valley causing floods across West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Ohio. At least seven killed, hundreds stranded, and a missing three-person auto tragedy feared drowned in western Pennsylvania. Damages top millions as rivers rose, roads closed, and power outages affected thousands.
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Associated Press
Ohio Valley
Monongahela River
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Carnegie
Chartiers Creek
Red Cross
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Carnation Milk Co
The
United Press
Cleveland
Youngstown- Warren
University System Budget Approved At 27.6 Million
The State Board of Education approved a 27 640 000 biennium budget for Montana's six unit university system nearly double the current level. The plan asks the 35th Legislature to appropriate 24 769 214 for the system with 2 871 000 from fees and land grant income. Enrollment rise to 8 842 the past year drives the increase.
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Dillon
University of Montana
State Board of Education
Mary M. Condon
State Public Instruction
Western Montana College of Education
Eastern Montana College of Education
Billings
Northern Montana College of Education
Havre
Western
John Arthur Nash
Bozeman
Gallatin County High School
MSC
Philippines
The
Britain Sends Carrier and Troops to Med for Suez Crisis
Britain and France moved to reinforce the Mediterranean as Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal sparked a crisis. The 22 000 ton carrier Bulwark sailed from Portsmouth with a security plan while hundreds of Royal Artillery troops boarded Ocean at Devonport. Prime Minister Eden prepared a radio address amid talks of a 24 nation conference to internationalize the canal and ensure free shipping.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Bulwark
Portsmouth
Royal Artillery
Devonport Dockyard
Ocean
English Channel
Nelson
Eden
Chequers
Selwyn Lloyd
Egypt
Suez
Gamal Abdel Nasser
France
Red Devils
Theseus
United States States Dept
Dulles
Eisenhower
Washington
United States
Netherlands
Australia
Sweden
Portugal
Pakistan
Italy
Turkey
Japan
Ceylon
Solomon Bandaranaike
Nasser
Philipsburg Girl Wounded In Butte Rifle Incident
Gayle Simonich seven year old of Philipsburg was shot in the abdomen by a 22 caliber rifle while visiting in Butte. Doctors at St James Hospital described her condition as critical after surgery and multiple blood transfusions. The shot occurred at the home of Joseph Reece on Maryland Avenue as two of his sons age ten and twelve were upstairs. the rifle, an old gift, reportedly not in working order.
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Gayle Simonich
Philipsburg
Butte
St. James Hospital
Gayle
Raymond Simonich
Joseph Simonich
Dewey
Joseph Reece
Maryland
Reece
Weston
Billy
Willard Larsen
Council Unit Votes to Discontinue Garbage Service
Butte faces stop of garbage collection and landfill closure as of Saturday if city council action stands. The Ways and Means Committee approved ending collection and closing the landfill due to lack of funds after a July levy defeat.
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Ways and Means
Butte
Polish Bluebeard Admits Slayings
Vienna radio reports Polish criminal Wladyslaw Mazurkiewicz 43 confessed to killing two women and four men in robberies before a Communist court in Krakow and said yes the indictment is true. He allegedly lived in Krakow and Warsaw funded by plunder from his victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Radio
Warsaw
Krakow
Wladyslaw Mazurkiewicz
Mazurkiewicz
Trusteeship Council Approves Nationalist China Membership
United Nations in New York confirms credentials of Nationalist China as a council member despite Soviet objections. The decision comes from the Trusteeship Council on Monday, expanding representation amid Cold War tensions.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
U. N. Trusteeship Council
China
Airplane Missing in State Is Safe
A Cessna 120 carrying a Port Angeles family disappeared on a Missoula to Miles City route and was found safe in Forsyth. The Cronauers Mr and Mrs Robert E Cronauer and a son six or seven were reported unharmed. The flight refueled in Missoula and had fuel for five hours before disappearance.
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Missoula
Port Angeles
Wash
Forsyth
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Robert E. Cronauer
Miles City
Cronauers
Taxpayers Hearing Set Wednesday on County Budget
The Silver Bow County Budget hearing opens at 2 p m Wednesday in the Board of County Commissioners office on the courthouse second floor. Taxpayers may protest or comment on the proposed fiscal 1956 57 budget. Final budget adoption is set for August 13 after the hearing. the preliminary budget calls for an appropriation of 1 281 725 17 dollars.
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Board of County Commissioners
Silver Bow County
Typhoon Toll Turns 1960 Dead, 1,200 Injured in Chekiang
Red China Radio reports 1,960 killed and 1,200 injured from last week's typhoon, with all casualties in Chekiang province. It says 38,000 homes destroyed and over a million left homeless as the storm moved inland from the coast last Wednesday.
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Hong Kong
Red China Radio
Chekiang
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Butch
International Soundphoto
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Montana Weather
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Broadus
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Dillon Tem Eeenen
Drummond Heneneererre
Glasgow
Great Falls
Aronson
State Hospital
State
Twin Bridges
Richard Little
Education Board
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