State Surgeons To Gather In Butte Today
Surgeons from Montana and neighboring states converge in Butte for the Seventh Annual Montana Chapter of the American College of Surgeons meeting. Dr. Alfred M. Lueck chairs the group with Dr. Neil M. Leitch and Dr. Harold Schwartz as officers and Dr. Peter A. Ross and Dr. J B W Butler as guest speakers. The event features a Copper Bowl banquet at the Finlen Hotel with Larry Dugan as speaker. registration Friday, sessions Saturday, and a Friday cocktail party.
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Montana
Butte
American College of Surgeons
Alfred M. Lueck
Livingston
Neil M. Leitch
Kalispell
Harold Schwartz
F. K. Waniata
Great Falls
Chester W. Lawson
Havre
George Sale
Missoula
Finlen Hotel
Copper Bowl
Larry Dugan
Milwaukee Railroad
Colck
Selec
General Twining Tops Joint Chiefs as First Airman Leader
General Nathan F. Twining was sworn in at the White House as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff succeeding Admiral Arthur W. Radford. The 59 year old airman vowed to tailor military power to preserve peace and represents the first air officer in the top post.
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Washington
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Twining
White House
Eisenhower
Senate Confirms Paarlberg for Agriculture Post
President Eisenhower's choice Don Paarlberg won Senate approval as assistant secretary of agriculture by a 42 to 32 roll call. He then secured a voice vote to join the Commodity Credit Corp board. Opponents accuse him of backing policies aimed at eliminating small farms.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Don Paarlberg
Paarlberg
North Dakota
Langer
Young
Commodity Credit Corp
Benson
Purdue University
Fear Reds Use American Youths as Puppets
Four members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee warn that 41 Americans who traveled to Red China may become puppets for Communist propaganda. They doubt any serious punishment will be given to the delegates who joined the Moscow Youth Congress tour as Peiping guests. One senator suggested they deserve a good spanking.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Red China
Moscow Youth Congress
China
Peiping
Sen. Mansfield
D-Mont
23 Die As Soviet Airliner Crashes Into Copenhagen Harbor
A Soviet Ilyushin-14 from Aeroflot hit a power station chimney near Copenhagen while landing, plunging into Copenhagen Harbor. All 23 aboard died, including possible American passenger John Brand. Crew was five Russians. passengers included Germans, Britons, and a Norwegian, with two Britons linked to the World Youth Festival in Moscow.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Aeroflot
U. S
U.S
Moscow
Brant
Brantt
Riga
Scandinavian Airlines
Alan Titt
Miss Berry Hall
Marines Hurt in Two Accidents Near Belhaven
Fifteen Marines were injured in two separate incidents near Belhaven, North Carolina, when a military truck skidded off a highway and another overturned while en route to assist in forest fire suppression on the coast. Camp Lejeune officials said four were hospitalized but injuries were not serious.
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Belhaven
N. C
Camp Lejeune
Russia Seeks Demands in London Disarmament Talks
In London, Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin urged the West to remove some foreign bases and withdraw troops from Germany as a first step in a disarmament treaty. Western members US Britain France Canada rejected the proposals, with a four day recess taken to reassess.
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London
Russia
Germany
U. N
Valerian Zorin
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Zorin
Julius Holmes
Harold E. Stassen
Washington
State Dept
Teamster Official Silent in Probe
Washington Hawkeye report says John J. J. O Rourke refused to testify to Senate rackets investigators about his rise to president of Teamsters Council 16 New York City. He invoked the Fifth Amendment citing potential self incrimination while Hoffa and other figures face related questions. Hoffa is set to testify next week while O Rourke remains uncooperative as the probe unfolds.
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Washington
John J. J. O'Rourke
James R. Hoffa
O'Rourke
Senate
Teamsters Council 16
New York City
Hoffa
Johnny
New York
Dio
O’rourke
Strategic Council 16
Man who claimed to be 156 dies in Brazil
In Rio de Janeiro Manuel Rodrigues Coutinho aged 156 died Thursday after a likely starvation. His son, 55, found the body in a furnished room and said the octogenarian claimed birthproof supported his age.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Manuel Rodrigues Coutinho
McElroy Wins Senate Endorsement For Defense Secretary
Neil H. McElroy 52, soap company executive, won unanimous Senate Armed Services Committee support to become secretary of defense, with approval for possible confirmation next week. He plans to resign P&G presidency if confirmed, retain some shares, and avoid conflicts of interest, while noting his past campaign contributions.
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Washington
Neil H. McElroy
Senate
Charles E. Wilson
Secretary of Defense
Procter & Gamble Co
P&g
McElroy
Senate Committee
Russell
Attorney General’s
Defense Dept
Republican Party
Kuykendall Wins Senate Approval for FPC Reappointment
The Senate approved President Eisenhower's reappointment of Jerome K. Kuykendall to the Federal Power Commission by a 50 to 25 vote. Kuykendall faced Western Democrats alleging pro private utilities bias, while Republicans defended him as hearings delayed action past his June term expiration.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Jerome K. Kuykendall
Federal Power Commission
Kuykendall
Washington State
Hell's Canyon
FPC
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Sen. Neuberger
D-Ore
One Definition of A Baby-Sitter Ad Promotes TV Sitter Service
A humorous definition explains a baby-sitter as someone to watch your television set. The piece notes that a sitter for the baby or a buyer for the extra TV is the target of a want ad. Dial 5451 for courteous assistance with your ad.
Government Tries Anew To Convict Dio
New York officials pursue Johnny Dio again this time on federal income tax evasion charges. Teddy Ray is indicted with him for dodging taxes in 1950 to 1952. Dio faces potential sentences up to 20 years. Ray up to 10.
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New York
Johnny Dio
Teddy Ray
Dio
Tombs City
Victor Riesel
Chicago
al Capone
Frank Costello
Ray
Senate
Washington
John Dioguardi
Theodore Rij
Riesel
Lindy
Broadway
Family Is Found Shot to Death at Fort Carson Cottage
Four members of the Dandoy family including M Sgt Leo Dandoy 41 and his wife Magdalena were found dead in their Fort Carson cottage. Police said it was a triple murder and possible suicide by the wife, with a note found in her handwriting stating they wished to die together. The two boys Danny 11 and Eddie 10 slept nearby.
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Colorado Springs
Ft. Carson
I. B
Dad
Bruce
Leo Dandoy
Magdalena
Danny
Eddie
Rector
Herman Harris
Dandoy
Irving Harris
Dandoys
Philippines
Atomic Test Set For 5 A.M. Friday At Nevada Site
The 12th shot of the ongoing series at the Atomic Test Site in Nevada was postponed until Thursday night and tentatively scheduled for 5 a.m. Friday.
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Nev
Syrian Military Attache Fired in Rome Scandal
Damascus reports Col. Ibrahim Husseiny, the Syrian military attache in Rome, has had his services terminated. He is accused of taking a leading role in the alleged American plot to overthrow the Syrian regime.
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Francis Jeton
Howard E. Stone
Damascus
Syria
United States
Shukri Kuwatly
Rome
Ibrahim Husseiny
Husseiny
Memorial rites honor Montana pioneers at state convention
Nine Montana pioneers who died in the past year were saluted with a silent tribute during the opening program of the 73rd Montana Pioneers convention and the 62nd meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers. Attendees included living pioneers born in 1868 or earlier and guests from Helena and Missoula.
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Missoula
Montana
Society of Montana Pioneers
Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers
Territory of
Albert J. Partoll
Northwest
Historical Society of Montana
F. Gordon Reynolds
Henry P. Daems
George Lewis Lay
Hamilton
Kirksville
Byron O. Wickham
Waterloo
Madison County
Robert T. Boatman
Spencer
Idaho
Alder Gulch
Virginia City
Helena
Harry 0. Morgan
Fort Benton
Bearded Montreal Shopkeeper Pays Off $1700 Bill in Coins
A 72 year old bearded storekeeper in Montreal paid a $1700 debt with coins after insisting on silver. The debt collector from the paint company stayed home with a strained back on Thursday.
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Montreal
Que
Paint Company
Arguments Heard On Korean War Bonus In Montana
Judge Lester H. Loble heard arguments on the constitutionality of Montana's Korean War bonus law. The 1957 act would issue six million dollars in bonds funded by a one cent cigarette tax. Opponents argued unconstitutionality and due process violations. proponents cited war powers and legislative authority to create funds.
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Helena
Lester H. Loble
Montana
Dist
Montana Supreme Court
Floyd Small
James E. Cottingham
Gordon Bennett
John Mahan
Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. E. Pew
Pew
Bennett
Mahan
Montana Weather Outlook East and West Regions
Montana east forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered thundershowers in the north early Friday and across both days later. Highs 75 to 85, lows 45 to 60, with cooler southeast Friday. Montana west stays mostly fair with isolated storms possible, highs 75 to 85, lows 42 to 52.
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Montana
Eisenhower foreign aid battle overturns president pleas
In a heated session the House approved a foreign aid bill 252 to 130 after rejecting a Republican bid to restore 715 million. Earlier, 254 to 129 defeated sending the measure back to committee. Final passage stood 144 Democrats and 108 Republicans in favor. Overkill of 3 urgent pleas followed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Chamber
Senate
United States
Congress
Rep
Taber
New York
Appropriations Committee
Eissenhower
Passman
D-La
Appropriations
Wisdom Fire: 111 Men Released From Morrell Creek Blaze
One hundred eleven blister rust control men were released from the Tie Creek fire in the Big Hole area, leaving local crews to mop up. The stubborn fire, reported Monday, burned 70 to 100 acres with a perimeter near three and a half miles, about 12 miles southwest of Wisdom. Four jumpers bailed out Thursday over a fire on Morrell Creek in the Seeley Lake district of the Lolo National Forest, located east of Seeley Lake.
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Missoula
Tie Creek
Big Hole
Region 1
Forest Service
Wisdom
Morrell Creek
Seeley Lake
Lolo National Forest
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Bob Williamson
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General Twining
Fear Reds
Arthur W. Everett
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Belgrade
Broadus
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Glasgow
Miles City
W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
Montana College of Education
National Guard
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Albertson
Skeets Murray
W. E. Fry
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163Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
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