Giant Jet Airliner Crashes in Field Killing Five
A four engine Boeing 707 on a training flight crashed in a potato field near Calverton Long Island. All five American Airlines crewmen aboard died. The jet nosedived from about 100 feet, burst into flames, and debris scattered over the area.
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Calverton
N.Y
American Airlines
Grumman Aircraft Co
Long Island
Grumman
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
300 Quota Set for Butte Resources Meeting
The 1956 conference in Butte limits attendance in the Silver Bow Room at Hotel Fin den to 300. Committee leaders said demand remains high with additional potential attendees, and about 165 mill fery Senceunet are expected to join. Reservations will be on a first come basis.
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Butte
Silver Bow
Finden
Corette
Mili
Mahan Will Lead 300 Vets to Hawaiian Rites
National VFW Commander John W. Mahan of Helena will guide about 300 Veterans of Foreign Wars members to Hawaii for memorials at Pearl Harbor and Punchbowl. The group includes National Chief of Staff Kenneth P. Schreiber and former Gov. John W. Bonner, with events through August 25 before returning to Los Angeles.
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Helena
VFW
John W. Mahan
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Punchbowl National Memorial Cemetery
Mahan
Kenneth P. Schreiber
John W. Bonner
California Club
Norman Chandler
Los Angeles
Los Angeles International
Honolulu
Long House
Hawaiian Village
Queen's Surf Hotel
Overseas War Veterans Organization
Thomas H. Mahan
Mining City Flower Show Opens Tuesday At Employes Club
The 31st annual Mining City Flower Show titled Midsummer Symphony opens Tuesday at the Anaconda Co. Em ployes Club Crystal Room with hours 6 to 9 30 p m Tuesday and 10 to 9 30 p m Wednesday. Exhibits include asters calendula cosmos roses and many more. Awards include blue red yellow white ribbons with multiple sweepstakes and special prizes. Exhibition features education wildlife and conservation displays plus junior division prizes. All classes open to the public.
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Mining City
Employes Club
Butte
Rocky Mountain Council of Garden Clubs
Anaconda Co. Employes Club
Forest Service
National Council On
Roseburg Explosion Claims 13th Victim
The Roseburg blast on August 7 in Oregon killed 41 year old Mrs. Alvin Kuykendall as she died from injuries from a parked truck loaded with explosives that blew up downtown. Her four year old daughter Virginia also died in the explosion and residents including her husband and another daughter remained hospitalized.
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Roseburg
Ore
Alvin Kuykendall
Kuykendall
Virginia
Explorer VI Sends Strong Signals Amid Micrometeorite Impacts
NASA reports Explorer VI continuing to send clear signals after eight days in orbit with 28 micrometeorite impacts in two days. A crude cloud-cover instrument operates aboard while processing of tape data may take weeks. The Discoverer V capsule search remains active with Haiti Victory and Dalton Victory ships patrolling 400 to 700 miles from Hawaii, facing long odds.
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Washington
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Outer Space
Empire State Building
NASA
Explorer
van Allen
Earth
University of Chicago
University of Michigan and
Space Technology Laboratories, Inc
Defense Department
Haiti Victory
Dalton Victory
Pacific
Hawaii
Three Generations Enter Western Montana College Summer Session
Western Montana College of Education hosts three generations of a family in the current summer session. Mrs. Walter Ward and her son John earned diplomas in June and will teach near Fairfield, Montana this fall. Mrs. Scalese and her granddaughter plan to return to Dillon for the fall quarter.
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Western Montana College of Education
Frank Scalese
Walter Ward
Scalese
Margaret Ward
Ward
Western
Toole County
Iowa
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Dell Hales
Montana
Galata
Eisenhower Seeks Modest Gains From Khrushchev Talks
President Eisenhower hopes only modest concrete results from his upcoming exchange with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. He aims to show Khrushchev the United States and improve international relations, while inviting him to visit Washington and tour sites including his boyhood home in Abilene.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Getoe Pa
Eisenner
Abilene
Kan
Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Alsbury seeks Vancouver inclusion in Khrushchev tour
May or Tom Alsbury asks Canada's Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to include Vancouver, British Columbia, in any itinerary for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev on his North American tour.
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ACT
Vancouver
B.C
Tom Alsbury
Canada
John Diefenbaker
Nikita Khrushchev
4-H Exhibit Opens Friday At Civic Center
Hundreds of Silver Bow County 4-H members from 25 clubs display work Friday and Saturday at the Civic Center. Exhibits include fat steers, crocheting, sewing, electrical craftsmanship, and entomology. Age range 10 to 20, with 300+ members eligible.
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4-H
Silver Bow County
Civic Center
Bakers
Montana Weather Partly cloudy with showers in both regions
East Montana expects partly cloudy skies Sunday with a few showers Sunday night and Monday. Highs 75 to 85, lows 45 to 60, little change. West Montana also partly cloudy with clouds and a few showers Sunday night and Monday, highs 75 to 85.
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Montana
New Forest Fires Reported Across Several Forests
Eleven fires were logged by regional Forest Service as conditions worsened. Nez Perce and Deer Lodge each showed high burning indices, while several forests reported lightning sparked blazes and small incidents under an acre. Continuous fire activity remained a concern across multiple areas.
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Missoula
Forest Service
Nez Perce
Deer Lodge
Kaniksu
Coeur d'Alene
Flathead Forest
Colville Eld
Clearwater
Kootenai
St. Joe
Dedication of Warm Springs hospital marks new era for Montana
Nearly 500 Montana residents attended the dedication of the Montana State Hospital’s new $1.5 million receiving hospital at Warm Springs. Gov. J Hugo Aronson and Lt. Gov. Paul Cannon spoke, noting the facility emphasizes treatment, research, education, and a modern release-oriented approach.
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Warm Springs
Montana
Montana State Hospital
J. Hugo Aronson
Paul Cannon
Frank Murray
Aronson
Tee
Cannon
Legislature
I Tell the Town You Want a Job
A short notice invites readers to use the Post-Standard to find summer or part time work. It urges job seekers, including schoolboys and others, to come in today so employers see their talent and the town learns they are ready to work.
Montana locals to vote on strike action amid pattern talks
The Mine-Mill committee will ask Butte miners at a 3 p.m. meeting in Miners Union Hall to call off the Wednesday strike only if The Anaconda Co agrees to apply the industry pattern or if a settlement proposal is acceptable. Company officials said they will seek to avert the strike while negotiations continue.
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Mine-Mill Joint Negotiating Committee
Butte
Anaconda Co
Miners Union Hall
Anaconda
Ernest Salvas
Mine-Mill
Joint Negotiating Committee
Joint
Mine
Union Officials Urge 100 Percent Turnout for Sunday Meeting
Barney Rask and Butte Miners Union No. 1 officials urged a full attendance at a 3 PM Sunday meeting in Miners Union Hall on West Granite Street. Members will hear the joint negotiating committee’s recommendation on the Wednesday strike against The Anaconda Co.
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Barney Rask
Butte Miners Union No. 1
Miners Union Hall
West Granite Street
Anaconda Co
Wage hikes may affect meat packing and rancher returns
Helena AP reports Montana stockgrowers warn wage negotiations could raise costs in meat packing and beef marketing. Secretary Ralph Miracle notes the ranch to retail margin covers services from processing to consumer packaging, with wages making up about half the margin. He says rising wages could drive further wage cost inflation in the industry.
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Helena
Montana
Ralph Miracle
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Sumer
Eee
Pioneers Elect Leaders at 75th Montana Pioneers Convention
The 75th annual Society of Montana Pioneers meeting in Deer Lodge closed with four surviving pioneers present including Roy M. Crismas of Helena. Officers were reelected: Mrs. Gilg president, Daems vice president, Crismas secretary treasurer, Allen vice president. Ed Wright admitted as a new 94 year old member.
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Roy M. Crismas
Helena
Society of Montana Pioneers
Deer Lodge
Territory of
Montana
Invaluto
Lyman W. Allen
Harrison
Helen Allen Conard
Gilg
Daems
Allen
Conard
Nellie C. Bailey
Great Falls
Julia
Fort MacLeod
Alta
Warren Davis
Anaconda
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