Four Big Acts Highlight Congress Endgame
The 85th Congress nears its end with four landmark moves including the first civil rights bill in a century, funding for America's first satellite, higher postage, and Alaska’s admission as the 49th state. Senate leader Lyndon B. Johnson signals a possible early adjournment as it weighs social security bill action and the civil rights attorney general nomination amid southern opposition.
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William F. Arbogast
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America
Alaska
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Eisenhower
W. Wilson White
White
Little Rock
Ark
Youths Register For Boys State In Montana
Nearly 400 delegates joined the 12th Montana Boys State at Western Montana College. After welcomes by Western president Dr James E Short and Dillon City Council president Paul Puyear the youths formed two political parties Frontier and Pioneer and were placed in eight mythical cities. They will run governments in the cities counties and state to learn citizenship and civic procedures guided by American Legion counselors. Daily newspapers sports music and various ensembles accompany the week.
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Montana
Western Montana College of Education
James E. Short
Paul Puyear
Frontier
Pioneer
American Legion
Montana Weather Overview by Region
Montana east sees mostly fair conditions with isolated late day thundershowers west. Sunday through Monday bring highs 85 to 100, cooler night lows 50 to 65, with Monday highs 85 to 95. Montana west shows partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers mainly afternoon, warm highs 85 to 95, cooler nights 40 to 50, Monday highs 80 to 90. The table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours ending 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Airliner crash probe begins after Nantucket disaster
Civil Aeronautics Board officers opened an investigation into a Northeast airliner crash at Nantucket killing 23 people including Gordon Dean and Harvey Schwamm. The Convair wrecked in fog near the summer resort airfield after midnight as 23 aboard suffered injuries and seven were flown to hospital.
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Mass
Civil Aeronautics Board
New England
Don Breswick
New York City
Massachusetts General Hospital
New York
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Harvey Schwamm
Wall Street
American Trust Co
John S. Pearson
Manhattan
American International Underwriters Corp
Butte Considers Museum and Tourist Center Plan
Local leaders from the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club Junior League and planning groups met with Ross Toole of Helena to study a combined museum and tourist information center for Butte. Toole will report on site cost contents and location after a two day survey, with arts space being a possible feature.
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Chamber of Commerce Tourist and Conventions Committee
City-County Planning Commission
Junior League and
Rotary Club
Ross Toole
Helena
Historical Society of Montana
Toole
Lew Graham
Chamber of Commerce Tourist and Convention Committee
Stockton Veazey Jr
Ron Thompson
Robert G. Kreeze
William Chase
Don McLaughlin
Junior League
Harold McGrath
Chamber of Commerce
R. H. Fletcher
Butte and Central Youths Leave for Annual Boys State
Thirteen Butte High School juniors and eight from Central High School departed Saturday for Dillon to attend the 12th annual Boys State at Western Montana College of Education. Sponsored by the Montana Department of the American Legion, the program teaches students to organize and operate democratic government from city to state levels. The event runs until August 24. Butte delegates include Jim Campbell and 12 others. Central delegates include Bill Cote and seven others.
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Boys Central High School
Dillon
Western Montana College of Education
Boys State
Montana Department of the American Legion
Montana
Jim Campbell
Will Saam
Padriac Carmody
David Elies
Bob Evans
Gary Jacobsen
Ransom Case Still Balks Senate Probe
Senate investigators say they are close but unable to close the gap in the $300,000 missing Greenlease ransom. The McClellan committee and the FBI pursue fresh leads amid gangland ties to Hoffa, with two witnesses giving cryptic information and possible secrecy around one source.
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Special
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
FBI
McClellan
Robert F. Kennedy
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Kennedy
Little
Social Security Increases Pass Senate 79-0
The Senate approved a broad social security bill 79 to 0 to raise benefits and payroll taxes. Benefits rise seven percent with checks issued February 196* for retirees, while taxes increase to fund the rise. The measure, similar to the House version, now goes to the House for final action.
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House
Arthur S. Flemming
Health Education and Welfare
Senate Backs Farm Bill Move End Deadlock
In Washington the Senate reversed to end the last minute stalemate over a House farm bill. By voice vote it approved sending the measure to the White House if the House agrees, with Cotton and Rice interests pressing for minimal acreage cuts next year.
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Eisenhower
Bombs strike Beirut seafront as U.S. troops prepare to depart
In Beirut two bombs exploded Saturday night on the city’s seafront near the liberty route for hundreds of American soldiers and Marines boarding trucks to return to their camps. No casualties were reported.
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Liberty
And What About Those Detours
The U S has the greatest length of road at 3 366 190 miles of rural and municipal highways This doesn t include detours You re on the road to quick advertising action when you use Want Ads Dial 5451 now to place your for rent or for sale ad.
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Nasser Doubtful on Ike Six Point Mideast Plan
Arab leader Gamal Abdel Nasser reportedly remains suspicious of President Eisenhower's six point peace plan. Cairo reports say he has not rejected it but is wary, a move watched closely as UN backroom talks continue. His ultimate decision could determine the plan's fate.
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Middle East
Gamal Abdel- Nasser
Eisenhower
Mideast
Cairo
Nasser
United Nations
The
United
Canada Expands Firefighting Force in Border Areas
MISSOULA AP Canada doubled its firefighting force to 150 men in an effort to control numerous small fires near the Alberta British Columbia Montana corner. About 600 acres burned across 800 acres on both sides of the border with 400 men used. borate solution dropped on hotspots. A Salmon River blaze near Riggins Idaho reached 250 acres before being contained. 165 personnel and three borate planes used. Two planes diverted from Frozen Lake to Riggins. later three planes assigned to Coal Creek fire in Glacier National Park. Two smokejumpers and six new fires noted. lighting caused two fires, several others were man caused or railway related. Glacier Park Montana AP Continues on Page 13.
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Coal Creek
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Kootenai
Nez Perce
Norway Plans UN Resolution On Middle East Monday
Norway’s UN delegate said a new Middle East resolution will be formally introduced in the General Assembly Monday with 8 or 10 sponsors. The measure aims to support Lebanon’s and Jordan’s territorial integrity and could facilitate the withdrawal of British and U.S. troops, while urging continued studies on regional development and a standby UN police force. U.S. and Britain back the plan but will not sponsor it. Lodge notes the draft must secure a strong vote.
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United Nations
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Norway
U.N
Middle East
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Lebanon
Jordan
Hans Engen
Engen
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nine Mile Road Due to Be Finished Soon
The $700000 new secondary Nine Mile road in Butte District Montana is expected to be completed between September 1 and 10. The 7.8 mile project is funded 40 percent by the federal government and the rest by state secondary road funds.
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Nine Mile Road
Nine Mile
Butte
Montana Highway Department
Lew Chittim
Richard B. Dundas
Jefferson
Madison
Deer Lodge
George McCarthy
Board of
County Commissioners
Gene Daly
Frank Gersh
Willis Gerry
Fred Quinnell Jr
Montana Highway Commission
Chittim
Two Hungarians wounded in Bern legation assault
In Bern Switzerland two Hungarian refugees fought a half hour gun battle at the communist legation. Sandor Nagy 22 was critically wounded and paralyzed by a bullet in the spine while Sindre Papp 21 was captured by Swiss police. Five other refugees were arrested outside the legation.
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Bern
Switzerland
Hungary
Legation
Sandor Nagy
Sindre Papp
Kurt Kessi
Papp
Nagy
Kessi
Sputnik Carrier Seen by Many in Butte Sky Viewings
Butte residents watched Sputnik III pass about 650 miles above the Mining City. The rocket appeared at 10:03 p.m. moving northwest to southeast, marking the third night it was visible. If it reappears Sunday, it will be seen around 9:51 p.m.
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Butte
Spectacular US moon rocket set for dawn launch
Cape Canaveral prepares for the Thor Able three stage rocket to lift off at dawn on Sunday in a high risk first moon mission. Technicians worked in the blockhouse as weather remained partly cloudy and the launch window narrowed to minutes. The mission aims to place a satellite 10 000 to 50 000 miles beyond the moon with a 10 to 1 chance of success.
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Publishers Elect Scobey Newsman
Burley Bowler a 30 year newsman who runs the Daniels County Leader in Scobey was elected president of the Montana State Press Assn. He succeeds Mel Ruder of the Hungry Horse News. G Nicholas Ifft III becomes first vice president, Don Coe second vice president, and Ray Criswell third vice president. Editors adopted a resolution on publishing juvenile offenders names and approved tax handling changes for institutional advertising.
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Glacier Park
Burley Bowler
Daniels County
Scobey
Montana State Press Assn
Mel Ruder
Hungry Horse News
Columbia Falls
Bowler
G. Nicholas Ifft III
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Don Coe
Plainsman
Plains
Ray Criswell
Hardin Tribune-Herald
Internal Revenue Bureau
J. Hugo Aronson
Iraqi General Confesses 1956 Plot Against Syria
Maj. Gen. Ghaza Daghastani testifies in a treason trial over an alleged 1956 plan by the Iraqi government with the United States and Britain to overthrow Syria. He admits involvement but says he was not the originator and notes Nuri Es-Said directed the conspiracy. authorities await verdicts for about 100 others in the old regime.
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API
United States
Britain
Ghaza Daghastani
Nuri Es-Said
U.S
Nuri
Faisal
Truck Driver Averts Crash Near Ulm Saves Dozens
James Ledbetter of Great Falls steered a Rice Tank Lines tanker from Highway 91 to avert a head-on crash as a passing car neared oncoming traffic. The 8000 gallon flammable fuel truck tipped, exploded, and burned. Ledbetter suffered second degree burns but helped direct traffic and saved at least 10 people.
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Great Falls
Ulm
James Ledbetter
Ledbetter
William P. Adcock
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Adcock
E. T. Murray
Tom K. Busch
Murray
Ship Mt McKinley Returns From Lebanon Landing
The USS Mt. McKinley, the first Navy ship involved in the Lebanon landings to do so, arrived back in the United States from its deployment on Saturday.
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Mt. McKinley
Lebanon
United States
Hurricane Cleo veers northwest ending U S threat
UPI reports Hurricane Cleo with 125 mile per hour winds veered to the northwest ending any threat to the U S mainland or West Indies. At 11 a m EST its center was about 1 000 miles southeast of Bermuda and 1 850 miles east of Miami as it moved north northwest at 17 mph under a trough aloft.
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Cleo
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West Indies
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Caribbean
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