Herter warns Russia election will not paralyze U S policy
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter warned the Soviet Union against counting on U S paralysis during an election year to trigger a new world crisis. The note from NATO allies about Polaris missiles to West Germany followed his remarks, signaling a united U S stance in 1960.
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Herter
Russia
U.S
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Soviet Union
U. S
United States
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Moscow
NATO
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Final County Budget Adopted With Minor Changes
County commissioners approve a 1960-61 budget with a total tax levy of 53.175 mills, 2.655 mills below last year. The all county levy stands at 45.175 mills on a $33,623,592 valuation, raising $1,642,124 by taxation. Board of health receives $42,880, library levy adds $9,966, and other appropriations are adjusted after a public hearing.
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Willis Gerry
Frank Gersh
Gene Daly
Board of Health
City Free Library
Ford
Montana proposes $8 million more for university units
The 1961 Montana Legislature will be asked to appropriate eight million dollars more than the prior session for the six university units. The State Board of Education, as Regents, approved a two year budget of 37,955,433 with 30,963,034 from legislative appropriation.
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Montana State College
Montana State University
Montana Weather Outlook Far West and East
Montana east will be fair and warmer with isolated thundershowers in the southwest Thursday afternoon. Highs 80 to 90 Wednesday, 85 to 95 Thursday. nights 50 to 65. Montana west stays fair with afternoon thundershowers Thursday and highs 80 to 95 both days. nights 45 to 60.
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Montana
1 974 Men Hired Last Month for Road Work
Helena Montana contractors on highway projects hired 1 974 men in July. Construction moved 536 miles under way with a 48 5 million contract price. Forest fires slowed work in some areas. The department reported 1 993 payroll employees and 1 013 miles in design plus surveys on 304 5 miles.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Department
Philippine congressman urges Garcia halt Chinese immigration
A Philippine congressman asks President Carlos Garcia to stop Chinese immigration saying thousands have taken Filipino jobs and others have entered as students but are not attending school.
Soviets Say U2 Pilot Pleaded Guilty
Moscow says Francis Gary Powers admitted guilt on the essence of the charge for flying a U2 spy mission over the Soviet Union. The indictment quotes Powers, 30, saying he flew over marked points and used the plane's equipment to collect intelligence. Powers faces trial August 17 for the May 1 incident that derailed the Paris summit.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
United States
Tass
Powers
Soviet Union
Ural Mountains
Paris
U.S
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower to Hold News Conference Wednesday
President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 9 30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hoover Celebrates 86 With Letters Of Praise
Former President Herbert Hoover appears jaunty as he nears his 86th birthday in New York. Hoover remains active, denies advice to candidates, and cautions against injecting religion into politics while answering reporters and posing for photos at the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria
Bernice A. Miller
Pro Western Leader Ousted as Laos Seizes Power in Coup
In Vientiane a rebel military committee seized control and ordered foreigners to leave. Premier Tiao Samsonith and his government were cut off in Luang Prabang as rebels promise neutrality and seek economic aid while curfews and road blocks menaced daily life.
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Laos
Saigon
Viet Nam
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Tiao Samsonith
United States
Col
Scunthone Pathammavong
U.S
Revolutionary Committee
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Pathet Lao
Katanga Allows U.N. Entry After Conditional Pledge
Katanga's government, in Elisabethville, agreed to admit U.N. troops it previously barred under nine conditions aimed at preserving central government authority. Congo Premier Lumumba threatened to invade Katanga with African forces as Belgian soldiers begin withdrawal and a state of emergency is declared.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Katanga
U.N
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Lumumba
U.N. Security Council
Carl von Horn
Brussels
Belgium
Jean van den Bosch
Mass double murder suicide shocks Weaverville family
A young mother, who had left home for safety two weeks earlier, traveled by bus from Virginia toward home when the bodies of her three children, her mother, and her husband were found. The killings occurred at a mountain home six miles north of Weaverville after years of domestic trouble with Wayne R. Franks.
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Weaverville
N.C
Virginia
Here
Wayne R. Franks
Plot Said Nipped in Caracas Government Plot
Government sources said Tuesday that President Romulo Betancourt uncovered a terrorist plot aiming to overthrow the government. The claim described the crisis as a long-term security threat and cited internal sources unnamed.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Coroner's Jury Finds Bruhn Took Own Life With Bullet
A coroner's jury ruled Emil Bruhn, 42, died by his own action from a gunshot wound suffered near Butte on June 25. Pathologist Dr. R F Peterson testified the chest wound caused by a near contact shot likely ended Bruhn’s life, with alcohol in Bruhn's blood around two mg per cc.
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Bruhn
Emil Bruhn
Butte
Andy Aleksich
R. F. Peterson
Ray J. Wayrynen
Young Quaker Worker Killed in Montana Tractor Accident
Brent Eugene Barksdale 23 of Philadelphia died when a log pulling tractor rode over him while he worked to rebuild a home on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation near Carry Head Springs on Tongue River. Two local Indian youths witnessed the incident as coroner W. E. Beals investigated. Barksdale, a Harvard student, had joined the American Friends Service group seven weeks earlier.
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Lame Deer
American Friends Service
Brent Eugene Barksdale
Philadelphia
Montana
Carry Head Springs
Ashland
Tongue River
Lame Deer Divide
W. E. Beals
Rosebud County
Walter
Frederick Wolfback
Barksdale
Harvard University
Census takers say about 2 million houses lost 1950s
Federal census workers admit losing roughly two million houses between 1950 and 1956. The notice promotes Standard-Post Want Ads to recover lost properties with a result producing ad. Call 5451 to place. New two bedroom on flat with modern upgrades, basement, garage, electric range, blinds. References requested. Inquire 0000 Bln Gtr.
Cuban church warns of closing all Catholic churches
Havana Archbishop Msgr. Evelio Diaz warned that all Catholic churches in Cuba would close if anti church demonstrations are not halted and worship is guaranteed. The threat came after army intervention outside Havana Cathedral amid clashes between churchgoers and jeering youths.
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Havana
Cuba
Evelio Diaz
Eligio Sardinas
Revolutionary Army
Msgr
Diaz
Msgr. Diaz
Fidel Castro
Luis Buch
Presidency
Manuel Cardinal Arteaga
Agnesio Blanco
Parish of Charity
Fernando Arango
Catholic Youth Workers
Polio-Paralyzed Mother Gives Birth at Bellevue Hospital
In New York a 34 year old polio paralyzed mother, Ingeborg Cully, bore a 6 pound 14 ounce baby girl Tuesday during a timed respite from an iron lung at Bellevue Hospital. Both mother and child were reported well as she returned to the lung.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Ingeborg Cully
Bellevue
Cully
Army
John Cully
Car Trunk Crash Near Van Wert Claims Six Michigan Victims
Six Michigan residents died in a Tuesday crash when a car struck a semi near Van Wert Ohio. Victims include Carl Walton 59 and wife Mary 54 of Detroit their daughter in law Wilma Walton 27 and her two sons Dennis 8 Derrick 2 Calinda 8 died later. Truck driver Jose Foman Torrez 34 of Fort Wayne Indiana was hospitalized with multi mystery injuries.
Dirty Communist Trick Destroys NTS Warehouse
In Berlin an unknown man ordered a demolition firm to raze a warehouse owned by the anti Communist Soviet emigre group NTS. Police suspect a Communist counterintelligence ruse. The 100 square yard building was reduced to foundations and the bill was sent to NTS.
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Berlin
NTS
Butte Merchants Clerks Reach One Year Contract
Butte merchants and the Butte Retail Clerks Local No. 4 have agreed to a new one year contract through the Silver Bow Employers Assn. The deal reached after discussions since March expires April 30 1961 and includes a 10 cent per hour wage increase.
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Butte
Butte Retail Clerks Local No. 4
International Retail Clerks Assn
Silver Bow Employers Assn
E. H. Reeder
Employers Group
MSU Missoula adds liberal arts building with $721 993 bid
Montana Board of Regents approves bids totaling 721 993 for a liberal arts building addition at Montana State University Missoula. Rebel Plumbing and Heating wins mechanical bid 106 293 others secure contracts including general 559 200 electric 56 500 and a residence purchase 17 500.
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Helena
Montana Board of Regents
Liberal Arts
Montana State University
Missoula
Rebel Plumbing and Heating
Hightower and Lubrecht
Western Montana Electric
Glen W. Faulkner
Montana State College
Bozeman
Beaverhead Timber Sale Sets Record Low Bidder Philipsburg Firm
In two Beaverhead National Forest auctions on Monday Montana Forest Products Inc of Philipsburg secured 53 million board feet worth nearly $500,000, the largest single‑day sale. The firm bought 14 million spruce at 7.55 per thousand, 13.4 million lodgepole pine at 7.25, and 0.7 million Alpine fir at 4.10 in Lost Horse Reservoir Creek. 16 million spruce at 10 per thousand, 8 million lodgepole pine at 7, 0.135 million Alpine fir at 3.10, and 1 million Douglas fir at 6.55 in Johnson Schultz Creek. Part of the bid stays with the forest for slash disposal and replanting. 25 percent of the remainder goes to counties for school and road funds.
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MSC
MSU
Montana School of Mines
Butte
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
Eastern Montana School of Education
Billings
Northern Montana
Havre
MSM
Western
Eastern
Northern
Green
Lost Horse Reservoir Creek
Johnson-Schultz Creek
Beaverhead Forest
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