City halts city garbage removal due to funds
Acting Mayor W B Renouard announced that city collection and disposal of garbage will cease after Saturday pickups while the Sanitary landfill east of the Texas avenue bridge remains open until further notice. Residents must haul their own garbage and households may use the landfill until 6 pm daily.
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W. B. Renouard
Tim J. Sullivan
Renouard
Texas Avenue Bridge
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Democrats Off for Convention
Helena reports Montana sends 32 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago starting Monday. Delegation split between Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman backers. Arnold Olsen and Paul Cannon plan departures from Helena and Butte. Others travel via Northern Pacific line. Mary M. Condon flies in from Helena. Some delegates, including ex-Gov John Bonner, will not attend.
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Helena
Montana
Chicago
Associated Press
Adriai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Arnold H. Olsen
Paul Cannon
Butte
Dolly Page
Philipsburg
State Democratic Central Committee
Washington
Northern Pacific Railway
Mary M. Condon
John Bonner
Jack
Itschner Named New Chief of Army Engineers
President Eisenhower designated Maj. Gen. Emerson C. Itschner as chief of the Army Corps of Engineers with an August 1 start date. The recess appointment awaits Senate confirmation when Congress returns in January. Itschner, 53, succeeds Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis Jr., retiring for disability. He is a Chicago native.
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Eisenhower
Emerson C. Itschner
Army
Corps of Engineers
Itschner
Senate
Congress
Samuel D. Sturgis Jr
Chilcago
Platform Drafters Seek Civil Rights Plank Clash
Democratic platform drafters in Chicago sought to quiet demands for a strong civil rights stance while warning Southern leaders that pro federal desegregation language would cost the party the election. Gov. Timmerman of South Carolina warned a Dixie backlash could hand victory to the GOP, even as Northern and labor voices pressed for change. Belford Lawson, a Negro committee member, and other witnesses testified as hearings continued.
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Chicago
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Platform Committee
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Timmerman
Virginia
Florida
Texas
Tennessee
Truman Will Announce Choice Today
Douglas B. Cornell reports Truman weighs Harriman and Stevenson as rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. Rumors say Harriman is favored by some, while Stevenson backers claim the nomination is in hand. A 1:30 p.m. MIT news conference is set to reveal Truman’s choice, with Chicago political figures offering mixed readouts on his likely pick.
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Harry S. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Stevenson
Truman
Harriman
James E. Finnegan
MIT
Jacob Arvey
Arvey
Leslie Biffle
Senate
Biffle
Hodges
All Montana Tour Welcomed in Regina Canada
The All Montana Canadian Relations Tour rolled into Regina with 31 Montana cars carrying 83 Montanans from 11 cities, escorted by Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The caravan heads to Swift Current and Moosejaw with 101 cars expected overall, merging with a second group in Lethbridge before continuing to Calgary Edmonton and the Canadian Rockies. Regina proclaims Montana Day as H. H. Kincaid receives a commemorative plaque from the Regina Chamber of Commerce.
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Sask
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Swift Current
Moosejaw
Lethbridge
Alta
Calgary
Baker
Miles City
Billings
Sidney
Fairview
Wibaux
Helena
Plentywood
Glasgow
Malta
Havre
Eight Seamen Burned in Delaware Bay Blast
Eight seamen were badly burned when a German freighter Heidberg exploded at the mouth of Delaware Bay. Initial Coast Guard reports hinted at up to ten deaths, but no deaths were confirmed. The blast wrecked the bridge and crew quarters below deck aboard the 1595-ton vessel chartered to Royal Netherlands Steamship Co with a German crew as it picked up a pilot for Delaware Bay and the Delaware River to unload ore for U S Steel at Philadelphia. Coast Guard boats rushed from Lewes within minutes after the explosion around 1 30 p m.
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Del
Delaware Bay
Coast Guard
Heidberg
Royal Netherlands Steamship Co
Delaware River
U. S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Lewes
Ike Vetoes Big Rivers Harbors Measure
Washington reports show Ike regretting action as he vetoes the Big Rivers Harbors bill. Officials remain optimistic on a Suez settlement, citing secret diplomacy and world opinion pressure ahead of London talks. Dulles rules out a special congressional session while coordinating with Hammarskjold.
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London
Dulles
Congress
Middle East
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Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
White House
Egypt
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chicago
Montana Wheat Production Drops to 68,786,000 Bushels
Montana officials forecast 1956 wheat production at 68,786,000 bushels due to soil dryness. The crop's value to ranchers and farmers would approximate 13712 million dollars at 2 dollars per bushel, well below last year's 212 million and far from the 1953 record of 114,174,000 bushels.
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Montana
Helena
Agricultural Marketing Service
Washington
Agriculture Dept
Railroads Seek 45 Percent First Class Fare Hike
Six Eastern railroads led by New York Central and Pennsylvania asked the ICC for a 45 percent rise in first class passenger fares and a 5 percent coach increase. They cited $1.25 billion in losses over a decade and warned current pricing reflects service costs. The ICC may take months to decide amid ongoing studies of rail passenger losses.
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Washington
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Central
The
New York
Chicago
New York-Chicago
Federal Money Set Aside for Roads in State Totals Nearly $614 Million
MISSOULA The Bureau of Public Roads announced Montana federal highway funds total about 61 percent of a 13 to 15 year program, with 1958 allocations of 37 906 000 for federal aid highways and 2 391 000 for forest roads. Interstate funds dominate the rest, and match ratios are set for primary secondary urban and interstate projects.
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Missoula
Bureau of Public Roads
Montana
U. S
Forest Service
Commerce Dept
Congress
BPR
Want Ads Help From a Whale The Whale Ad Writer
A playful note explains WAIL and WHALE while promoting Want Ads. It urges readers to call 5451 to get a Want Ad writer to craft ads for selling fish or tackle and to find quick buyers.
Britain Slows Buildup of Armed Power
Britain eased the buildup of armed forces in the Middle East amid pressure for a peaceful Suez settlement. Western plans for a 24 nation conference and an international treaty to govern the canal were outlined as Egypt questioned Britain and threatened to boycott the talks. The Eden government postponed a major troop lift and withdrew two parachute battalions from Cyprus while training facilities at home were expanded. Egypt accused Eden of belittling Nasser at home, and the Egyptian embassy signaled boycott of the London conference. The British Foreign Office expressed bewilderment at the developing situation.
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Suez
Eden
Mediterranean
Cyprus
Britain
Middle East
War Office
Gamal Abdel Nasser
London
Nasser
Russia
Lake County considers jail expansion after overcrowding
Lake County commissioners Friday studied estimated costs for an addition to the jail after complaints of overcrowding. The current facility, built for 12 inmates, housed as many as 34 this week. Four women were transferred to Kalispell and Missoula jails to relieve pressure.
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Kalispell
Missoula
Hoover's 82nd Birthday With Farewell Address Plans
Herbert Hoover spent his 82nd birthday focused on work and preparing his third farewell address for the Republican National Convention opening August 20. He briefly heard news from Manhattan GOP leader Thomas J. Curran proposing him as U S senator from New York, but Hoover declined comment and said he is not interested in politics.
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Herbert Hoover
Thomas J. Curran
Manhattan
U. S
New York
Hoover
Curran
Pacific Coast
GOP
Montana Weather Forecast for East and West
Partly cloudy weekend with scattered afternoon and nighttime thunderstorms. East area sees storms Saturday and Sunday with little temperature change. highs 70 to 75 north and 75 to 82 south. West area has widely scattered thunderstorms Saturday and extreme south Sunday with similar temperatures. highs 72 to 82. Maximums cover 12 hours, minimums 18 hours to 5:30 pm Friday.
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Montana
Eisenhower vetoes flood control and rivers bill
President Eisenhower refused to sign a rivers and harbors authorization bill authorizing 1.6 billion for flood control and river projects. The veto halted 99 projects and 14 basin improvements, with 16.6 million for Trinidad Dam. Reacting senators pledged to reintroduce the measure, while Cotton praised the veto as realistic and courageous.
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Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Trinidad
Purgatoire
Clorado
Executive Branch
Sen
Chavez
D-Nm
Cotton
R-Nh
Senate Public Works Committee
First Hurricane Betsy Forming In Atlantic Warnings Issued
The first hurricane of the year developed in the Atlantic and warnings were posted across Windward and Leeward Islands. Betsy is packing 120 mph winds near its center with gales extending 125 miles north and 65 miles south. It was located 640 miles east southeast of San Juan and moving west northwest at 17 mph. forecasts show the center near Dominica by tomorrow noon.
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Antigua
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Dominica
Martinique
FiveYearOld Killed Escaping First Haircut
New York report: a terrified five year old, Robert Gutierrez, locked himself in a bathroom to avoid his first haircut. He climbed to a wall in the apartment, fell four stories to a rear courtyard, and died.
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Robert Gutierrez
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