Farm bill clears Senate as House blocks labor and housing
Congress completed action on a farm bill to let Benson ease price supports for cotton rice and corn and curb federal farm controls. The House defeated major labor and housing measures including a $975 million housing bill while the Senate sent the farm bill to President Eisenhower by voice vote.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Contempt cited for Carpenters Union chief and 12 others
The Senate voted 87 to 0 to cite Maurice Hutcheson, head of the Carpenters Union, and 12 witnesses including Tony Accardo and Pete Licavoli for contempt of Congress. Cases sent to Justice for prosecution. penalties can reach a year in jail and $1,000 fine if indicted and convicted.
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Joe F. Kane Washington
Senate
Carpenters Union
Maurice A. Hutcheson
Justice Department
Chicago
Tony Accardo
Pete Licavoli
Detroit
Tucson
Ariz
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Hutcheson
McClellan
Congress
Accardo
Jack Cerone
Elmwood Park
Ill
Ross Prio
Joseph Divarco
Butte Man Killed In Gun Accident
Roy M. Everett, 49, of 611 W. Park, fatally wounded in a front yard gun discharge while unloading a shotgun from a car after a rabbit hunting trip. Coroner says a shell left in the gun discharged, striking him in the forehead around 1 15 a.m. Mrs. Everett present at home. Everett, a Utah native, had lived in Butte three and a half years. he was a hoisting engineer and a member of the LDS Church. Survivors include his wife, a son and a daughter, plus brothers and sisters in Utah. Remains with Duggan Merrill Mortuary.
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Roy M. Everett
W. Park
Emmet J. Paulsen
Everett
Melrose
Bill Lavelle
Galena
Utah
Butte
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Lucille
James
Cheryl
Tony Zucca
Salt Lake City
Bill Arnold
Roosevelt
Art Everett
B Ith
Duggan Merrill Mortuary
Farm Bill Advances Favoring Cotton and Rice Interests
Senators approved a controversial farm bill by voice vote, signaling acceptance of changes made with the House. It would keep planting allowances for cotton and rice next year, remove corn controls, extend a wool subsidy, and allow price supports to fall to 65 percent of parity, with cotton and rice acreages protected.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Congress
400 Possibly Dead In Iran Quakes
Tehran reports from UPI say continuing earthquakes in West Iran may have killed over 400 people. An official hesitated to confirm but noted 24 relief teams are en route to remote villages to assess casualties and deliver aid after quakes began Friday morning.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Hussein Khatibi
Alps Tragedy Claims Two German Climbers on Eiger
Two German alpinists were fatally injured in a fall on the west face of the Eiger in Grindelwald Switzerland. The season’s toll rose with another German girl and three Swiss killed in other Swiss climbing accidents, bringing total Swiss mountain deaths to 41.
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Grindelwald
Switzerland
Eiger
Red Jets In Show Over Formosa In Possible Invasion Threat
Communist Chinese artillery shelled Quemoy Island out posts while Red MIG jets streaked over the Formosa Strait. Nationalist officials warn the episode signals a possible invasion, heightening tensions in the Taiwan Strait.
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Taipei
Formosa
UPI
Quemoy Island
Formosa Strait
Submarine Triton Makes Water Debut as Nuclear Giant
The 5,900 ton Triton, the largest submarine yet built and first with two atomic engines, is set to launch at Electric Boat in Groton. Costing about 109 million dollars, the 447 foot vessel will serve as radar warning, surfacing often for visibility, powered by General Electric’s pressurized water reactors and steam turbine systems.
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Groton, Conn
U.S
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
America
General Electric Co
Groton
Triton
Auto Plane Crash Kills Three In Myrtle Beach
An Air Force jet trainer with engine trouble struck a concession building at State Park fishing pier in Myrtle Beach. Three occupants of a car burned to death. two other pier visitors hospitalized. Pilots Capts Wallace M. McCafferty and William J. Stirman Jr. survived serious burns and were hospitalized. Col Gabreski praised the pilots for steering away from people at great personal risk.
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Myrtle Beach
S.S. C
Air Force
State Park Fishing Pier
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Hospital
Indiana
Louis H. Snider
New Albany
Ind
Snider
David
Freddie
Wallace M. McCafferty
San Bernardino
Calif
William J. Stirman Jr
Waukegan
Ill
Charleston, S.C
Air Force Base
McCafferty
Bill Doubles GI Disability Pay
Eisenhower signs bill increasing top World War II GI disability payment from 50 to 100 dollars monthly. Current policy allows 5 dollars per 1000 of coverage. new law raises to 10 dollars per 1000. Disability benefit ceiling remains 10,000 dollars.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Seven small nations back Western plan for Middle East
Seven nations led by Norway presented a Western backed peace plan to the United Nations emergency General Assembly. It echoes parts of Eisenhower's program while granting Dag Hammarskjold authority to reduce tensions. Dulles and Lloyd privately pressed for support as Gromyko dismissed the plan. The United States and Britain pledged troop withdrawal from Lebanon and Jordan when UN action permits.
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United Nations
N.Y
Norway
Middle East
U.N
Eisenhower
Dag Hammarskjold
Dulles
Andrei Gromyko
Mahmoud Fawzi
United Arab Republic
Gromyko
Selwyn Lloyd
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Canada
Colombia
Liberia
Paraguay
Panama
Denmark
Assembly
United States
Britain
Dulles and
Lloyd
Leslie Munro
Lebanon
Jordan
U. N
Montana Weather Report Tuesday Thunder Showers
Montana east region shows mostly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers Tuesday afternoon and highs of 85 to 95 degrees. West region remains mostly cloudy with scattered storms, highs 80 to 90, clearing and cooler tonight with lows 40 to 60.
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Montana
Boys State Elects Mythical Officers
Eighty eight Montana high school youths were elected to offices in eight mythical cities as the annual Boys State began. Mayors, treasurers, police judges and eight councilmen per city set up county and state governments later this week at Western Montana College of Education. Prominent mayors listed include Alder Ronald Counsell Kali spell Long Horn Phil Ham men Missoula Last Chance Jim Olson Fort Benton Bannack Larry Short Billings Powder River Ernie Weber Missoula Bow and Arrow Dick Ford Bozeman Hashknife Don Gillespie Butte Granite Chick Bennets Whitehall. Dean Dundas urged delegates to build a future and outlined six points for democratic life. A Montana State University musical program followed. On Tuesday the record 385 delegates will participate in county primary elections and hear Gov. J Hugo Aronson.
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Missoula
Last Chance
Jim Olson
Fort Benton
Bannack
Larry Short
Billings
Powder River
Ernie Weber
Bow and Arrow
Dick Ford
Bozeman
Hashknife
Don Gillespie
Butte
Chick Bennets
Whitehall
Dean Dundas
Great Falls
Dundas
God
Telegram Usage Surges Among U S Citizens
U S citizens sent 144 233 000 telegrams last year, about 88 per 100 people. Quick buyer contact is promised in Want Ads, with Rev dialing 5451 for placing a sale offer.
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U. S
Uncle Kierdorf Passes Lie Detector Test in Torch Death Case
Ex convict Herman Kierdorf, uncle of Teamsters official Frank Kierdorf, passed a polygraph focused on his statements about the August 7 fire death of Frank and a related dry cleaning plant blaze in Flint. He answered 90 minutes under questioning by Attorney General Paull L. Adams, while declining to discuss post-fire activities.
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Pontiac, Mich
Herman Kierdorf
Michigan State Police
Frank Barkman
Kierdorf
Burns
Frank Kierdorf
Herman
Teamster Union
Frank
Flint
Michigan
Paulll. Adams
Adams
Pontiac
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Appeals Court Sets Aside Judge Suspension in Little Rock
The Eighth Circuit reversed Judge Lemley suspending integration at Central High School for 22 years, a ruling seen as disruptive to the school’s planned September reopening. Judge Matthes wrote the majority opinion noting public resistance cannot nullify federal court orders. Chief Judge Gardner dissented, saying the board acted in good faith.
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ST. Louis
API
Eighth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Little Rock Central
U.S. Dist
Harry J. Lemley
Hope, Ark
Central
Archibald K. Gardner
Huron
S.C
South
Marion C. Matthes
United States
Matthes
Gardner
Little Rock
Lemley
Virgil Blossom
Supreme Court
Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Circuit Court of Appeals
State Traffic Toll 107 as 2 Killed
Montana's traffic fatality toll rose to 107 as two more deaths were reported Sunday. Paul Martin, 42, of Lewistown, died when his car crashed after hitting a guard rail on Camp Maiden or radar road near Lewistown. Edward Bentel, 41, of the Moore area, died when his pickup hit a bridge five miles south of Moore in Judith Basin County. Leonard Burnham was injured.
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Montana
Paul Martin
Lewistown
Edward Bentel
Moore Area
Martin
Camp Maiden
Radar Road
Leonard Burnham
Bentel
Moore
Judith Basin
AFL-CIO Bans Unions From Working With Teamsters
The AFL-CIO, by a 22 to 1 vote, orders all affiliates to sever ties with the Teamsters and Hoffa. George Meany calls the move essential to cleanse unionism, while one vice president questions the stance and tempers the scope of local partnerships allowed.
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Afl-Cio
Norman Walker
Forest Park
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Labor
George Meany
Senate
Washington
Dave Beck
Meany
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
Truck Crash Kills Four In Syracuse Collision
A loaded truck rolling downhill into an intersection shed two tons of boulders onto a car, killing Mrs. Estelle Jacobs 31 and her two sons Robert 6 and Scott 1, and the truck driver from Carthage. The woman's husband Harry 31 and daughter Bonnie 4 were hospitalized in critical condition.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Estelle Jacobs
Robert
Scott
Carthage
Bombs Hit Naval Officers Club in Buenos Aires
A powerful bomb damaged a downtown Buenos Aires club used as a meeting place for naval officers early Monday. There were no casualties as the venue was deserted at the time.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Glacier Park Fire Expands as Firefighting Hopes Rise
Park Forest blaze in Glacier National Park grows to 2200 acres, the worst since 1936, with 18 mph winds driving flames into rocky heights. Chief Ranger Gordon Bender says air borate drops and humidity help, aiming to contain by Tuesday. Over 500 firefighters, including 100 Zuni Indians, battle the fire as crews plan overnight stays with air-dropped supplies.
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Glacier Park, Mont
Glacier National Park
Rocky Heights
Gordon Bender
Bender
New Mexico
Arizona
Montana
Stanley Spurgeon
Kidnap Slay Suspect Killed in Roadblock Shootout
Tarram Bunny Youngblood, 32, of Toomsboro Ga was killed as he approached a Macon Ga roadblock in a stolen car after a seven year old Margie Jones was kidnapped near Melvin Ky and later found dead in Washington County. Coroner Chapman said evidence indicates Youngblood shot himself. An inquest was ordered as a manhunt continued.
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Macon
Melvin
Tarram Bunny Youngblood
Toomsboro
Arkansas
Georgia
Youngblood
Lester H. Chapman
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