House Group Slashes Foreign Aid Funds Despite Ike's Appeal
A House appropriations subcommittee cut foreign aid by 809.65 million dollars, proposing 3.19181 billion in new and carryover funds. President Eisenhower had asked for 3.36708 billion, and warned of a possible special session. Full committee action followed.
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House Group
Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Ryover
Rayburn
D-Tex
Montana Power seeks 12 to 19 percent rate hike
The Montana Power Co. asked the State Public Service Commission to approve residential, commercial, and industrial rate increases to raise about 1.8 million dollars in 1958. The request notes rising costs and declining revenue per kilowatt hour, citing 146 percent tax increases and higher material, payroll, and operating expenses since 1946.
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Helena
Montana Power Co
State Public Service Commission
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co
PSC
Montana
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Montana Power
J. E. Corette
Nixon urges FBI files bill to protect confidential records
Vice President Nixon pressed Congress to pass a bill safeguarding FBI files before adjournment. Michigan Republicans McIntosh and Griffin relayed Nixon’s warning that enemies seek confidential FBI information to aid subversives. Hoover called the measure urgent for national security.
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Washington
U.P
Richard M. Nixon
Congress
FBI
Robert J. McIntosh
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Nixon
Supreme Court
Jencks
J. Edgar Hoover
Children’s Day Returns at Columbia Gardens
Columbia Gardens hosts Children’s Day with free buses by The Anaconda Company for kids under 14 leaving Park and Main at 9 30 a.m. Staff supervise until the final bus departs Gardens at 4 p.m. for return trips.
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Columbia Gardens
Anaconda Company
Park and Main
Gardens
Fulbright Attacks Dulles On Aswan Dam Policy
Senator Fulbright charged that U.S. pullout from financing the Aswan dam weakened Western influence and increased Soviet leverage in the Middle East. He cited secret State Department documents and linked the 1956 withdrawal to Nasser's Suez seizure and oil shortages. Senator Knowland defended the administration and U.S. UN aims.
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Washington
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Dulles
Egypt
Knowland
R-Calif
Republican
U.S
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Nations
GOP
Aswan
Nile River
United States
State Dept
Nasser
Suez Canal
Europe
Tie Creek Fire in Big Hole Country Controlled
Firefighters reportedly controlled the Tie Creek fire after it grew to 70 acres near Wisdom, Montana. About 150 men battled the blaze through a dense stand of dead lodgepole pines, fanned by winds, with no further word from crews by Wednesday night.
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Missoula
Forest Service
Tie Creek
Big Hole
Wisdom
Fred M. Fite
Fite
Driver Franks Reports Traffic Ticket in Phoenix
A state driver's license examiner riding with Mrs. Mable Lee Franklin in Phoenix was involved when her car struck two parked cars. The incident resulted in a ticket for failure to exercise due care instead of a license renewal.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Mable Lee Franklin
American Youths Travel to Red China Defying Warning
Forty-one young Americans left Moscow by train for Communist China despite State Department warnings. The group plans to visit Kiev and Peiping, with passports potentially seized on return. U.S. acting secretary Herter labeled their trip aiding propaganda as Russians cheered the departure and a crowd of about 1,000 watched.
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Moscow
China
United States
Jake Rosen
New York
Kiev
Peiping
Yaroslavsky Station
Dan O’connell
Chicago
Herter
Guy Carawan
Peggy Seeger
Los Angeles
Stan Fukson
Richard Sherman
David
Albert Maysles
Boston
New York Area
West Coast
Rocky Mountain
Plane Crashes Into Home Injuring Grand Prairie Couple
Marine Lt. R P Stuart ejected from a jet that caught fire over Grand Prairie Texas after steering it away from a busy area. The plane struck a residential house, injuring 72 year old F H Kreger and 69 year old Retta Kreger who were trapped inside and burned. Stuart survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized. The incident prompted officials to praise his decisive action to avert a larger disaster.
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Grand Prairie
Texas
U.P
Marine Corps
R. P. Stuart
Hensley Field
F. H. Kreger
Retta
Methodist Hospital
Dallas
Stuart
William L. Richards
Hensley
Sai
Back to School Section Promises Updates and Planning
The Montana edition features a special Back-to-School section with reports on school front topics. It covers what’s new in teaching methods and when to start planning a child’s college career as schools open in three weeks.
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Montana
Mountain climber 85 found dead on Pike's Peak
Colorado Springs woman Mrs. Inestine Roberts, 85, was found dead after a fall near Barr Trail on Pike's Peak. Searchers, including deputies and Army climbers, traced her last seen on Aug. 5 to a possible trip over a log into a 10 foot gully. She had lived with daughter Margery Feldkirchner for 10 years.
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Colorado Springs
Barr Trail
Walford
Roberts
Sheriff's Deputies
Poland crushes transport workers strike in Lodz
In Lodz Poland the communist government rejected a demand for higher pay by about 10 000 transport workers and used troops police and militia to reopen car barns. Officials said some arrests occurred and the government cannot afford further wage increases beyond 50 million zlotys already promised.
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Lodz
Poland
Warsaw
Soviet airliner crashes near Copenhagen harbor
A Soviet airliner with 23 people aboard crashed in Copenhagen's south harbor while approaching Kastrup Airport from Riga. Police reported the craft, carrying 18 passengers and five crew, went down during landing. Only the tail was seen as rescuers arrived, and no survivors were confirmed.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U.P
Riga
Kastrup
Libby Dam Bill Before Congress
The 285 million dollar Libby Dam plan on the Kootenai River in northwestern Montana was presented to Congress by three Montana lawmakers. It would back Kootenai water to the Canadian border with a possible second unit upon approval by the International Joint Commission. The project would be a concrete dam 410 feet high and 2,700 feet wide, storing nearly six million acre feet of water to aid flood control in the Columbia Basin. The 35th Montana Legislature memorial for Libby Dam failed in the Senate after passage in the House.
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Washington
Libby
Kootenai River
Montana
Congress
Kootenai
International Joint Commission
Canada
House
Senate
Army
Columbia River
Unused Milwaukee Car Found After 3 Days In Lot
A Milwaukee man learned from police his car had sat unused for three days in a downtown parking lot. He had relied on bus transit, thinking the vehicle stayed in a garage. The notice hints at a Want Act potential for swapping unused items for cash by dialing 5451.
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Milwaukee
Navy to Cut Civilians Off Payroll
The Navy will eliminate 18 000 civilian jobs by late October, cutting 4.6 percent of its civilian workforce of 389 717. Savings are about six million dollars monthly. The action follows a broader defense cut to keep spending under 38 billion dollars for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Navy
Iowa
Eisenhower
Defense
Defense Dept
Air Force
Army
Department
Deer Lodge Educator Milton Dirks Dies at 53
Milton L. Dirks of Deer Lodge died suddenly after attending Montana State College in Bozeman where he studied for his teaching degree. He taught in Deer Lodge schools for 22 years and previously worked as an athletic coach in Bonner’s Ferry Idaho. He was born November 27, 1903 in Springfield Minnesota and survived by a son Roger and daughter Janice. Funeral services Sunday at 2 pm in Ross Chapel with Masonic rites at Hillcrest Cemetery.
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Deer Lodge
Milton L. Dirks
Montana State College
Bozeman
Mr. Dirks
Springfield
Minn
Bonner’s Ferry
Idaho
Miles City
Anaconda Company
Anaconda
MSC
Dirks
Deer Lodge No. 14
Af&am
Methodist Church
Roger
Navy
Treasure Island
Calif
Janice Dirks
Inlaw
Elmer Dirks
E. A. Fenick
Truman, Minn
la Verna Dirks
A. Esther Hanna
Springfeld
Ross Chapel
J. C. Mardis
Hillcrest Cemetery
Train Smashes Car at Miles City Crossing Injures Couple
A four car freight train backed into a car driven by E. E. Thomas injuring him and his wife near Miles City. Mrs Thomas suffered shock and was released from hospital. Thomas injuries not yet determined. Blinker light was flashing as the collision occurred.
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Miles City
Sand Springs
Custer County
Newt Perkins
E. E. Thomas
Thomas
Perkins
G. A. Russell
Retaliation Action Puts Relations At New Low Point
The United States declared Syria diplomats Farid Zeineddine and Yassin Zakaria persona non grata, escalating tensions after Damascus expelled three American diplomats and accused the U.S. of plotting. The move, while not ending diplomatic ties, marks a new low in U.S.–Syria relations as Ambassador James Moose Jr. returns home.
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Washington
Syria
Farid Zeineddine
United States
State Department
Damascus
U.S
United States-Syria
State Dept
James S. Moose Jr
Moose
Zeineddine
Mamun Hamui
Hamui
William Rountree
Middle East
Rountree
United Nations
U.N
Yassin Zakaria
Hamas
Syat
Gantae
Shukri Al-Kuwalty
Khrushchev Attacks Adenauer in East German Campaign
The report notes Khrushchev and aides Anastas Mikoyan and Andrei Gromyko touring East Germany and criticizing West Germany and Chancellor Adenauer. Khrushchev warned of militarism and accused Adenauer of preparing Germans for war, while Mikoyan mocked Western disarmament proposals and warned of future conflict if a new war comes.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Denea
Lincoln White
Department Pressman
Khrushchev
East Berlin
Germany
East Germany
White
Konrad Adenauer
Cular
Adenauer
London
Kremlin
West Germany
Soviet Union
Mikyoan
Baltic
United States
Montana Weather Outlook For Statewide Warmth This Week
Montana forecast shows fair skies across east and west through Friday with highs of 80 to 90 degrees. Lows Thursday night range from 40 to 50 in the west and 50 to 60 in the east as table notes pin the maximums to 12 hours and minimums to 18 hours ending at 5 30 p m Wednesday.
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Montana
Balks at Civil Rights Measure
House Rules Chair Rep. Howard Worth Smith signals reluctance to advance a civil rights bill this session. He will weigh options and meet with Speaker Rayburn and Southern members to map strategy as House and Senate leaders pressure for action before possible adjournment.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Congress
Howard Worth Smith
D-Va
House
Senate
Johnson
D-Tex
Martin
R-Mass
Smith
Rayburn
Truman Escapes Injury in Auto Collision
Former President Harry Truman escaped injury after a downtown Kansas City collision on Wednesday. Police said a car driven by Truman and another driven by 48 year old Willie Mae Dunn collided. Dunn was unhurt and charged with failing to yield the right of way.
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Kansas City
Harry Truman
Truman
Willie Mae Dunn
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