Two Butte Youths Drown While Playing on Rafts
Two Butte children Darlene Campbell 14 and Robert Earl Knight 11 drowned Thursday afternoon in a beaver dam on Little Basin creek eight miles south of the city near Hellsport. A group of six older youngsters and a four year old sister were picnicking when improvised rafts tipped and the two youths were pulled from the dam after rescue attempts failed.
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Butte
Darlene Campbell
Jane Campbell
Fox Hotel
Robert Earl
Bobby) Knight
Robert Knight
Hellsport
Little
Carl Moyle
Kaw Avenue
Leah Walker
Ward Walker
Carol Walker
Francis Walker
Knight
Leonard
County Airport Tax Levy Seems Unlikely
Silver Bow county shows no legal interest in Butte Municipal airport to justify a two mill tax for runway improvements. Commissioners O'Brien Sullivan and Loretta Sullivan heard a committee's request for an all county levy. They said approval depends on deed transfers funds and contracts by Monday deadline for 1950 51 levies, with doubts from Chief Deputy County Attorney Sullivan.
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Silver Bow County
Butte
Emmett P. O’brien
Joe H. Sullivan
Loretta L. Sullivan
Willard S&. Thompson
H. L. Casebeer
Tim J. Sullivan
Fourth of July Event Success in Mining City
Butte celebrated a week of Fourth of July and Homecoming with a reported huge success. Mayor Thomas R. Morgan disbanded the 1950 committees after final reports, with plans to appoint 1951 committees next spring and a fund balance of 607.13 to start.
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Butte
Thomas R. Morgan
Morgan
Girl, 14 Months Old Drowns Near Park
Fourteen month old Judith Ridenour drowned in two feet of water in front of her resort home on Lake Five near Glacier National Park. Coroner Harry Campbell said the child played in her parents yard and no inquest is planned.
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Kalispell
Judith Ridenour
Lake Five
Glacier National Park
Harry Campbell
Harold Ridenour, Jr
Butte and West of Divide Weather Forecast Highlights
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Butte highs 78 and 85 in west and east Montana regions. Airport and School of Mines observations show mid 70s to mid 80s and cool mornings. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5:30 p m Thursday.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Associated Press
Oscar the axolotl vanishes from Virginia City museum
Miss Maud Trout reports Oscar the axolotl, a famed museum attraction, vanished from the Virginia City Historical Museum. She suspects a theft by outsiders from south of the border with Mexico as Oscar’s rumored fate. The owner recalls Oscar’s unusual habits and warns she fears for his life.
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Virginia City
U.P
Oscar
Maud Trout
Frijoles
Enchiladas
Miss Trout
Senate panel approves 1950 corporate tax hike plan
The Senate finance committee unanimously backed a 1.5 billion dollar annual rise in corporate taxes, increasing the top rate from 38 to 45 percent effective July 1, 1950. Details show a 25 percent rate on the first 25,000 and 45 percent on earnings above that, with some mid-range earners facing reductions. The panel endorsed no retroactive application and deferred action on an excess profits tax, signaling further debate before a full Senate vote.
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Washington
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
United States
O'Mahoney
Senate
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
USSR Denies Selling Guns to Red Korea at Security Council
Russia rejected Western charges of arming North Korea and claimed it had not supplied arms since withdrawing its occupation troops. Soviet Delegate Malik called the accusation slack and unfounded while U S envoy Austin pressed for broader invitation terms at the UN Security Council as meetings continued.
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Richard
Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
Russia
United Nations
Korea
Security Council
Jacob A. Malik
Council
Malik
United States
Kremlin
Warren R. Austin
Austin
Bonner Hopeful on Montana university building funds dispute
Gov. John W. Bonner said prospects look good for settling a dispute that has blocked $5 million in Montana university building funds. The state examiners board and a education board committee discussed compromise terms, with plans to reconvene in Havre. A district court suit has prevented use of the funds while the two boards dispute power to allocate grants among six schools.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
Montana
State Examiners Board
State Education Board
Bonner
Examiners Board
Education Board
Havre
Northern Montana College
Arnold H. Olsen
Sam W. Mitchell
C. F. Ullman
Big Timber
Horace J. Dwyer
Anaconda
G. M. Brandberg
Hamilton
F. H. Petro
Miles City
Western College of Education
Dillon
Eastern College of Education
Billings
School of Mines
Butte
University
Missoula
State College
Bozeman
Wallace Calls Russia Aggressor in Korea War
Former vice president Henry A. Wallace on Mutual radio argued Russia is clearly the aggressor in Korea. He said he once believed Moscow sought peace but now thinks it aims to prolong the cold war for its own reasons.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Russia
Korea
Mutual Broadcasting System
Wallace
Progressive Party
Housewife presses vision despite bishop doubt at Necedah
Mrs. Anna Van Hoof, a 40 year old mother of seven, says she will receive a vision of the Virgin Mary on Aug 15 at Necedah despite Bishop John P. Treacy of the LaCrosse diocese calling her claims extremely doubtful. Up to 100000 visitors planned to travel by special buses and trains, though authorities canceled Milwaukee Road trains and will refund tickets. She blamed a pamphlet from Dubuque for the bishop’s doubts and defended the shrine as a site of faith and controversy.
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Nevedah
Wis
Necedah
Anna van Hoof
John P. Treacy
LaCrosse
Chicago
Milwaukee
Treacy
C. F. Dahnke
van Hoof
Dubuque
Iowa
Conrad Contractor Says He Was Kidnaped Briefly
John Allan Hunt a 32 year old Conrad construction contractor told Great Falls police he picked up a hitch hiker who pulled a gun and forced him to drive into Lincoln county where he jumped from the car and the kidnapper said this is where we part. Hunt described the man as about five feet seven inches tall with black hair and heavy eyebrows. Police Captain Clarke Gradey said the hitch hiker may have been an escapee from a mental institution as Hunt was not robbed.
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Great Falls
U.P
Conrad
John Allan Hunt
Hunt
Lincoln County
Clarke Gradey
President Truman Urges Resuming Copper Import Tax Suspension
President Truman told his news conference Congress should revive its suspension of the two cents per pound copper import duty. The House approved extending the suspension until next July 1, but the Senate finance committee stalled it last Tuesday. The duty became effective July 1 of this year.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Pohang Fights Fire and Forces Amid Korean Front Crisis
In Korea, American and South Korean troops battle Communist forces around Pohang and Chinju as North Korean divisions mass along the Naktong river. Air and ground actions intensify near the city with tanks and Mustang fighters striking targets to stop the assault.
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Tokyo
Chinju
MacArthur
Flaming Naktong River
Congress Considers Universal Military Training Bill
Washington Aug 10 Congress weighing a draft universal military training plan for all youths. Defense officials say a bill is being drafted and could pass after the Korean War. Estimated first year cost about 600 million dollars with 200000 trainers needed for 900000 youths annually.
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Washington
Congress
H. A. Houser
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
North Koreans Close In On U S Pohang Base
North Korean forces pressed to within three miles of the American air base at Pohang on Korea’s east coast as flames consumed Pohang. US and South Korean troops defended with artillery rockets tanks and air strikes while two enemy regiments fought near the field.
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South Korea
Defense Department
Telenews Newsreel
International Soundphotos
Pohang
Eighth Army
Korea
United States
Yongdok
Chinju
Set
Ervin Veillon
Eunice
Veillon
Joe
Keith Whitham
Cook
Neb
Red Hill
Marine Corsairs
James J. Walsh
New York City
Pass Is Captured The Yanks Marched Upright In Korea
United States forces in South Korea drive to seize a strategic pass near Chinju after nocturnal fighting. American tanks and artillery pound red positions while a patrol pushes through scorching villages to secure the pass.
Kinney and His Raiders Bring Sprightly Korean Patrols
Fay Kinney a lanky second lieutenant from Oswego New York leads Kinney’s Marauders a tough South Korean patrol unit in the 35th regiment 25th division They patrol unguarded flanks cross Red mountains and locate enemy positions Kinney’s leadership earns him praise from Col Henry Fisher while a quick interview proves elusive as he remains on patrol with his men
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Kinney
Henry G. Fisher
Los Angeles
Siam
United States Army
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Mr. Truman
Ussr
Reds
Frank Tremaine
Flaming Pohang
Earl E. Partridge
Fifth Air Force
United Press
Gene Symonds
Chungchon-ni
U. S. Base
Red Invaders
Hal Boyle
Pass
By Tom Lambert
Yank
Raiders
By Don Whitehead
Fay Kinney
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