Sugar Company Officials Anaconda Guests
Fifty branch managers and field personnel from Amalgamated Sugar American Crystal Sugar Great Western Sugar and Holy Sugar visit Anaconda Montana Wyoming and Idaho. They tour the phosphate plant copper and zinc facilities and attend a luncheon at the Montana Hotel with a discussion on sugar beet and fertilizer industries followed by a tour of Butte Hill.
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Anaconda
Amalgamated Sugar
American Crystal Sugar
Great Western Sugar Companies
Holy Sugar Corp
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
R. A. Jones
Anaconda Company
Butte Hill
Deer Lodge Fair Parade Hits Record Size and Cheer
Deer Lodge county parade draws 725 participants with 106 entries reported by chair Harry Blodgett. Sunny weather aided the event as judges awarded top spots to five commercial floats: The Shack Shaver's Jewelry Rustic Drive Inn Lois' Beauty Shop Bud's Toy Shop and five organizational wins to the Miner's Union Elks Lodge Ski Club Women's Benefit Assn.
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Deer, Lodge
Powell- Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge
Harry Blodgett
Shack
Shaver’s Jewelry
Rustic Drive Inn
Lois’ Beauty Shop
Bud’s Toy Shop
Miner’s Union
Elks Lodge
Ski Club
Women’s Benefit Assn
Smokejumpers Fly to Mt Powell Fire
Sixteen smokejumpers from Missoula were sent to a forest fire in Bowman Lake country north of Mount Powell near Deer Lodge district. Merle Hofferber placed the fire at three to five acres with reconnaissance by Fred Mass. Joe Gorsh spotted the smoke from the Highland Lookout near Butte. After the flight Mass said the fire covered no more than two acres and the jumpers could handle it.
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Missoula
Bowman Lake
Mount Powell
Deer Lodge
Merle Hofferber
Hofferber
Fred Mass
Joe Gorsh
Highland Lookout
Butte
Mass
Rioting Convicts Subdued at Nebraska State Penitentiary
Sixteen ringleaders of a 13 hour riot at the Nebraska State Penitentiary fired on the segregation building, then surrendered after guards with shotguns and National Guardsmen opened fire. Warden Joseph Bovey said the building was damaged but no injuries occurred and the situation was under control. The riot followed two earlier incidents in five months.
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Lincoln
Neb
U.P
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Joseph Bovey
Nebraska
Bovey
Missoula Man Feared Drowned After River Accident
Raymond G. Sager a 42 year old Missoula butcher fell into heavy rapids of the Flathead River about a mile below Kerr Dam near Polson during a fishing trip. Four men including his brothers and a companion searched downstream to three miles before his disappearance. Sheriff to organize recovery and Montana Power will shut off water at the dam to aid searches. Sager survived by widow and one child.
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Polson
Raymond G. Sager
Missoula
Flathead River
Kerr Dam
Vic
John Sager
Ray Larson
Raymond Sager
Sheriff's Office
Montana Power Co
Sager
Princess Margaret Birthday Prayer Seen With Secret Hope
Princess Margaret marked her 25th birthday at Crathie church with Queen Elizabeth II and courtiers present. The princess, wearing a pink hat, sat in prayer while observers noted a secret in her heart regarding potentially marrying Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorced air hero. The Royal Marriage Act restricts marriages without royal consent, and the church disfavors unions involving a divorced partner. Townsend's divorce from Rosemary Cecil occurred in 1952, and they have two sons.
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Queen Elizabeth II
Crathie Parish
John Lamb
Princess Margaret
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Battle of Britain
Elizabeth II
Church of England
Townsend
Rosemary Cecil
Fact or Fallacy White Horse Ad Venturer
A nostalgic classified notice touts a white horse born black whose coat turns white with age and promotes WANT ADS for selling items. It includes an example line about a 1954 Bel Air station wagon in perfect condition with terms available and a contact phone number.
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Bel Air
Bloody fighting in Morocco yields 765 dead as floods of violence rise
Chaos grips Casablanca and eastern Algeria as French forces battle Arab rebels across towns including Oued Zem and Khenifra. The Sunday toll rose to 765 with bodies left in streets and at outposts. French and Moroccan leaders head to Paris to ease tensions after the Moorish uprising marked Mohammed Ben Youssef’s ouster anniversary.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Para
Algeria
Oued Zem
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Mohammed Ben Arafa
France
Khenifra
Atlas Mountains
Solons Raise Questions on Power Deal
Three senators Kefauver O Mahoney and Langer assailed Eisenhowers aides and federal agencies in a 10000word interim report on the Dixon Yates power contract accusing officials of deception and contempt of Congress They said the inquiry remains incomplete and cited fast and loose handling of facts by the Presidents staff as the deal was cancelled after Memphis moved to build its own plant.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Dixon-Yates
Kefauver
Dtenn
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Langer
R-Nd
Sherman Adams
Memphis
Arkansas
Crash in Glacier Kills Motorist
John Jam, 26, of Kalispell, was killed when his car plunged off a canyon road in Glacier Park after an earlier overturn. A following motorist found Jam, who had apparently started the car with a spare key and driven away before rangers found his body. Jam was a former Montana State University student.
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Glacier Park
John Jam
Kalispell
Jam
Babb-Many Glaciers
Montana State University
Boys State Lads See Virginia City
Virginia City hosts ninth Montana Boys State delegates from Dillon on a nine day program. The youths toured historic sites and local gulches learning government operation while enjoying a picnic. Ted Hazelbaker, director, said all boys will hold roles in the mythical state. Mayor Phillip Lovell opened the program with a goal setting challenge.
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Virginia City
Montana
Dillon
Ted Hazelbaker
All Boys
Phillip Lovell
121st Birthday Woman Claims Spain Oldest Title
Dona Bernarda Paton del Hoyo of Ciudad Real celebrated her 121st birthday on Saturday and says she is the oldest woman in Spain. Local officials have yet to verify the claim.
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Ciudad Real
Spain
Dona Bernarda Paton del Hoyo
Communists Admit Downing U.S. Aviators
Seoul reports say the Reds will return a seriously injured U S flier and the body of Army Captain Charles W Brown after a trainer plane was shot down near the Korean border. Lt Guy H Bumpas of Jackson Mississippi is said to have a cracked skull. Maj Gen Harlan C Parks condemned the act, calling it murder and demanding Bumpas's release while the Communists refused aid.
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Seoul
U. S
Reds
Neutral
Guy H. Bumpas
Jackson
Miss
Military Armistice Commission
Charles W. Brown
Louisville
North Korea
Brown
South Korea
Harlan C. Parks
Parks
Bumpas
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Witness Tells Horror of Morocco Riot
Rabat reports describe hours of fighting at Oued Zem between Moroccan nationalists and French troops. Scenes of destruction include smashed power poles, burning bodies, a dead young woman with a baby, a French dog killed, and a mob beating on villas as families hide inside.
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Morocco
Rabat
Oued Zem
Casablanca
Long Trek Ends Roscoe Mendenhall Journey Home
Roscoe V. Mendenhall of Hot Springs Arkansas is pictured pushing his invalid wife Elizabeth aged 38 by wheelchair from Florida to home after failing to find work in Miami. Officials later put them on a bus near New Albany Indiana after the chair broke down. about a thousand miles were walked or wheeled in the trek.
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Roscoe V. Mendenhall
Hot Springs
Ark
Elizabeth
Mendenhall
Florida
Miami
New Albany
Ind
Nearly 200 Dead Feared as Floods Hit Northeastern States
The Associated Press reports death toll rising toward two hundred as floods sweep through New Jersey New York and Massachusetts. Rain squalls complicate recovery as residents begin pumping out water and rebuilding after the worst flooding in the region’s history.
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Associated Press
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Army
Secrecy Scored for liding Atomic
Geneva conference end highlighted lesson that early secrecy by major powers delayed peaceful atomic research and may boost future information exchange. Delegates from 72 nations noted gains in transparency while noting dangers from floods, winds, and ongoing disaster relief efforts after hurricane rains.
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Geneva
Mt. Blanc
Accident Victim Dies in Dillon
Hugh H. Miller 34 of Wenatchee Washington died at Barrett Hospital after a Saturday afternoon crash on Highway 91 north of Dillon near Glen. Wife and 3 year old son Jerry were injured. wife in critical condition. two other children unharmed during the vacation trip through the Northwest.
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Dillon
Barrett
Hugh H. Miller
Wenatchee
Wash
Glen
Highway
Miller
Northwest
California Senator proposes 32 billion dollar highway bond plan
Senator Kuchel proposes a 324 billion dollar 12 year highway program funded by higher road user taxes and federal bonds. He lists bond use only as needed and notes a possible self sustaining path if revenues rise. He aims to present the plan to Senate committees early next session.
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Jack Bell Washington
Kuchel
Calif
Senate Public Works Committee
Bureau of Public Roads
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate Public Works and Finance Committees
General Revenue Fund
Senate
Red Cross Relief May Need Five Millions
Washington Red Cross leader E Roland Harriman said five million dollars in relief aid may be necessary for flood victims. He urged President Eisenhower to mobilize the entire Red Cross, with chapters nationwide beginning fund appeals. The organization has two million pledged and operates 107 shelters for about 12,000 homeless, with clothing for those in need.
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Washington
Red Cross
Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
Harriman
Eisenhower
Fire destroys Van Vleet Lumber mill in Rainier
A blaze at the Van Vleet Lumber Co. mill in Rainier wiped out the town’s main industry, causing about 1.5 million dollars in damage. Fire departments from four towns battled the fire, which started from a welder’s spark and spread through lumber awaiting shipment. Ten firefighters suffered minor burns. the mill employed 150 workers.
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Rainier, Ore
U.P
van Vleet Lumber Co
Kelso
Wash
Montana Weather Forecast East and West Regions
Montana forecast shows fair conditions for Monday and Tuesday in both east and west zones. Temperatures warm on Monday with highs near 80 to 90 degrees east and 85 in the west. Tuesday brings little temperature change with generally warm, dry conditions.
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Montana
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