Traffic toll climbs as Butte area claims three lives
Three people died in two Montana crashes Sunday raising the year's traffic toll to 155. In Deer Lodge a head on collision about two and a half miles south of town killed John Waldo, 49, an employee at Warm Springs State Hospital, and Anne Forgey, 38, wife of Charles Forgey of Deer Lodge. John P. Hill, 52, a smelter worker in Anaconda, died earlier after being struck downtown. Coroner Ralph Beck said both Deer Lodge victims died within minutes, injuries listed as multiple. Burial arrangements followed at Ross Mortuary as inquiry continued.
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John Waldo
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Anne Forgey
Charles Forgey
Powell County
Ralph Beck
Waldo
Highway 10
Forgey
Beck
Ross Mortuary
Ed Darrow
Robert Zaharko
Anaconda Road Fatality in Deer Lodge County 1956
John P. Hill, 52, of 223 Chestnut, died at 1:30 a.m. after being struck by a car at Park and Chestnut in Anaconda. He suffered multiple injuries and was taken to St. Ann Hospital. The driver, E. J. Voorhies, reported Hill crossed into traffic about 90 feet from the Chestnut Park intersection. Investigators and a deputy coroner pursued an autopsy. Hill, born December 24, 1903, worked at The Anaconda Reduction Department. Surviving are a brother and a niece. The body rests at Finnegan Co. Funeral Home awaiting word from relatives.
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Ed Langstadt
E. Park
Floodwood
Minn
Butte
Arthur Hill
Helen Rashale
Duluth
Finnegan Co
Hurricane Betsy Hurts Puerto Rico Ports of San Juan Hit
Hurricane Betsy blasted Puerto Rico with up to 100 mph winds. One death was reported as trees toppled, power and transport were disrupted, and evacuations moved residents to higher ground. The storm veered toward southern Florida as warnings extended to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
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Puerto Rico
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Haiti
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Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
Aibonito
Ft. Brooke
Iowa Tornado Ravages Southeast Iowa Damaging Property
A Sunday afternoon tornado swept through southeastern Iowa around New Sharon Montezuma and Deep River, causing extensive property damage with power lines down and farm buildings smashed. A violent hail and windstorm hit Elkhart ten miles north of Des Moines with baseball sized hail. Mayor William Contell said every roof in town leaks due to fallen trees and hail damage.
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Gaza Incidents Claimed in Jerusalem Border Fight
An Israeli Army spokesman said Egyptians in Gaza fired across the border at Erez settlement Sunday. He said the fire was returned and there were no casualties on the Israeli side.
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Nasser rejects London Conference on Suez Crisis
Cairo Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser rejects Britain's London Conference proposal over Suez. He offers a counter conference to reaffirm the 1888 convention guaranteeing freedom of navigation on the canal. Nasser notes World Bank loan offers were refused and warns of dangers to small nations if force or intimidation are used.
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Suez
Parley Opens Today with Truman Kefauver Battle for Votes
Chicago dispatch describes the Democratic race at the convention eve, with Adlai Stevenson and Averell Harriman jockeying for support. Truman backs Harriman, Kefauver backs Stevenson, as delegates flood in. Atlantic state votes and unit-rule alignments set early margins. New Jersey hesitates while Louisiana backs Stevenson.
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Harriman
Associated Press
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Air Force Bomber Flies 2690 Miles Fastest Over 600 MPH
A B66 jet bomber averaged more than 600 miles per hour on a Hawaii to Long Beach flight covering 2690 miles. The 4 hour 27 minute hop from Eniwetok returned with Maj. Ralph R. Robinette of Baytown Texas piloting, navigator Capt. G. E. Little of Inverness Missouri, and crew chief John R. Sper of Damon Texas.
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Eniwetok
Ralph R. Robinette
Baytown
Tex
G. E. Little
Inverness
John R. Sper
Damon, Tex
Eisenhower Wins Bipartisan Backing for Suez Policy
Washington. President Eisenhower appears to have won broad bipartisan support from congressional leaders for a peaceful compromise to the Suez Canal crisis. A White House statement said 22 Senate and House leaders and 15 administration officials agreed that dependable canal operation is vital to world traffic. Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson and Senate Foreign Relations Chairman George expressed satisfaction with the direction, as the meeting underscored political cooperation in a presidential election year. Dulles’ bargaining position at the London 22-nation conference was strengthened, with a pledge to seek a peaceful solution despite the grave challenge.
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President Eisenhower Urges Hard Work for Republicans
President Eisenhower urged the Republican party to embark on a new century of political action and commit to hard, devoted work to outpace the party's past. The remarks are in the 160 page convention program at the Cow Palace ahead of the national convention opening next week. Other optimism messages came from Vice President Nixon, former President Hoover, California Governor Knight, and Senator Knowland. The party prepares for arrangements, platform, contests, and rules meetings as work continues at the Cow Palace with $500,000 of TV equipment and Teletype space for 950 newsmen.
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Herbert Hoover
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Goodwin J. Knight
William F. Knowland
GOP
Want Ads Breaks Sell Fast for Quick Profit
Want ads urge quick selling and hint at profits from fast listings. A sample ad offers a practice piano with stool for fifty dollars and provides a contact phone number for placement.
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Democratic Farm Plank Nears Brannan's Plan
Democratic plat form makers draft a farm plank moving toward the Brannan Farm Plan of 1949 while avoiding the label. It would guarantee parity up to a cut off for family units, with storage loans at 90 percent of parity, subsidies to cover gaps, and continued government purchases of surplus perishables.
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Chicago
Catholic Seminarian Drowns Near Helena
Two people died by drowning in Montana over the weekend. Robert J. Pizzini, 21, of Black Eagle, drowned while swimming in Canyon Ferry Reservoir near Helena while Fr. Edward Courtney and Carroll Multz assisted. Efforts to revive him failed. his body was recovered by Gil Hanson. Anna Valee, 62, of St. Ignatius, slipped into an irrigation ditch near her Flathead reservation home and was swept under a plank bridge. An inquest was scheduled.
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Associated Press
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Robert J. Pizzini
Black Eagle
Anna K. Balee
St. Ignatius
Pizzinni
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Valee
Flathead Indian Reservation
Dave Middleman
Lewis and Clark County
Edward Courtney
Carroll Multz
Courtney
Maltz
Gil Hanson
Lake County
Bill Graham
Walter A. Smith
Graham
Seventeen French Soldiers Die in Ambush Near Algiers
In a nationalist rebel ambush near Bousken south of Algiers, at least 17 French soldiers were killed on Sunday. About a dozen were wounded and an unknown number missing as French authorities withheld official casualty figures amid ongoing unrest.
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Harriman Labor Rally Sparks Democratic Convention Event
George Harrison organized a Sunday night reception at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago for Averell Harriman, the railroad tycoon seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Harriman, former Union Pacific chairman, met union delegates while Tom Kennedy, vice president of United Mine Workers, attended.
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George Harrison
Blackstone
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Tom Kennedy
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Ken
Montana Weather Forecast Roundup
Montana forecast notes fair conditions in both east and west regions with slight warming Monday and Tuesday. East Montana expected to become cloudy and cooler in the northeast, while west Montana stays fair with high 80 to 90. Table lists 24 hour maximums, 18 hour minimums, and 24 hour precipitation ending Sunday at 5 30 p.m.
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Montana
Murray Pleads for Harmony at Convention
In Chicago a Montana Democratic delegation split on a presidential nominee. Senator Murray endorsed Adlai Stevenson while Harriman support grew among delegates. Murray urged unity to back the ticket and spur Montana’s economic expansion.
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U. S
Janes Murray
Montana
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Murray
Arnold H. Olsen
Sidney
Kefauver
Arthur S. Hagenston
Glendive
Hagenston
Harriman
Cannon
Truman
Spring Steel Falls From Pickup Killing Girl in Grants Pass
A 14 year old girl died after a piece of spring steel fell from a pickup truck, bounced on the highway, and crashed through the windshield of the car she rode in. Charles McLean, a San Francisco insurance salesman, reported the object falling and the driver continued unaware. The steel measured 2 1/2 inches wide and 17 1/2 inches long.
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Ore
Charles McLean
San Francisco
Linda Jean
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