Taxi Driver Admits Kidnaping Weinberger Infant
Angelo J. LaMarca a 3yearold father of 2 admitted kidnapping and killing one month old Peter Weinberger in a Long Island case. He claimed a $2,000 ransom attempt and said police presence frightened him. Authorities located a crude infant grave near Plainview New York half a mile from LaMarca’s home. FBI involvement followed cross state lines.
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Arthur W. Everett
Mineola
N. Y
Peter Weinberger
Angelo J. LaMarca
Westbury
LaMarca
Plainview
Long Island
Polce
Weinberger
FBI
Montana's CBS Convention Opens in Butte
Eight hundred of a possible thousand delegates arrive in Butte for the 67th annual Grand Chapter of Montana Order of the Eastern Star opening session at the Bow Theater. Notables include Lloyd K. McRae and Mrs Anna Winston Smalley. Mayor Tim Sullivan welcomes. Friday sessions begin at 8 30 am with officer reports and multiple assemblies culminating in a banquet at 6 15 pm and an evening program.
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Butte
Grand Chapter
Montana
Order of Eastern Star
Bow Theater
Lloyd K. McRae
Helox
Ore
General Grand Chapter
Anna Winston Smalley
Roundup
Smalley
Vera M. Lodge
Helena
Lucien B. Smith
Billings
Elizabeth Hoskin
Tim J. Sullivan
Canada
Finlen
Rainbow Girls
Job
Adlai and Estes Plan Campaign Tour Across States
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver announced tentative plans to address New York Democrats in Albany on Sept. 10 and join Stevenson at Libertyville for a conference on campaign plans. They will then fly to New York City Sept. 11 for a Liberal Party address and head to Santa Fe next week to meet state and local Democratic leaders. The pair aim to maximize Democratic turnout while highlighting Republican differences in Congress.
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Libertyville
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
New York
Albany
Estes Kefauver
New York City
Stevenson
Robert Wagner
U. S. Senate
Herbert Lehman
Kefauver
Santa Fe
N. M
Nixon
Congress
Khrushchev vows Arab aid if Suez war erupts
Moscow leader Nikita Khrushchev told Western and Middle East ambassadors that if war breaks out over the Suez crisis the Arabs will not stand alone. He called it a just war and said there would be volunteers at a Romania liberation anniversary reception.
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Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Middle East
Romania
Nazi Germany
Rebels in Cyprus Reject British Surrender Terms
EOKA rebels reject surrender terms and threaten to scrap the truce if Britain does not begin negotiations on Cyprus by the upcoming midnight deadline. Leaflets signed by Dighenis the Leader declare defiance as crowds rally on Ledra Street in Nicosia.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
EOKA
Britain
John Harding
Dighenis
Ledra
Greece
Harding
Montana Weather Forecast Summary For Friday And Saturday
Partly cloudy in the west and mostly fair in the east on Friday with scattered afternoon and night thunderstorms in the west and some toward the east by Friday night. Cooler in the west with highs 85 to 95. Saturday shows mostly fair to partly cloudy conditions with afternoon and night storms in the south and east and cooler readings in those areas. Location list includes Billings Belgrade Broadus Butte Cut Bank Dillon Drummond Great Falls Havre Helena Kalispell Lewistown Livingston Miles City Missoula West Yellowstone Whitehall and more. table notes 12 hour maximums 18 hour minimums 24 hour precipitation ending 5:30 pm Thursday.
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Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Butte
Aindatan
Dillon
Drummond
Glaszow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West
Yellowstone
Whitehall
London Parley on Suez Crisis Ended
London talks on the Suez crisis ended with 22 nations split over canal control. The United States and 17 other nations proposed an international authority including Egypt to ensure free canal use, while the Soviet Union, India, Ceylon and Indonesia backed Egypt controlled final say. The conference issued only a brief 17 word communique urging the chairman to report back.
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London
United States
Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Soviet Union
India
Ceylon
Indonesia
Asia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Suez Canal Co
Britain
France
United Nations
Suez Maritime Canal
Lancaster House
Car Plunges Into River With Two Dead Near Libby
Two Libby men, Leonard Rosling and John C. Couture, died when their car plunged off Montana highway 37 into the Kootenai River eighteen miles northwest of Libby. A New York State woman, Geraldine Cline, was injured. she was treated and released.
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Libby
U.P
New York State
Montana Highway 37
Kootenai River
Leonard Rosling
John C. Couture
Geraldine Cline
Here
Miss Cline
Rosling
Couture
Libby Search and Rescue Squad
John Hirsch
Rosing
Courture
Montana
Light Helps Badgers Find Corn at Fairview Patch
Mrs. Elmer Martin of Fairview reported a large sweet corn patch was robbed by badgers. She used a light to deter them, but the animals adapted and found the corn more easily, making the effort ineffective.
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Fairview
Elmer Martin
Wreckage Found Believed From Downed U S Patrol Plane
Tokyo reports an American destroyer picked up two empty life rafts and wreckage believed to be from a U S Navy P4M Mercator patrol plane attacked off the coast of Red China. No survivors found. 16 crewmen missing as search by a 17-ship fleet including three aircraft carriers continues.
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Tokyo
East Navy
Navy
Dennis J. Buckle
East China Sea
Shanghai
Buckle
Formosa
Ulated
Red China
United States
State Dept
Britain
Peiping
Chiang Kaishek
U. S
Chiang
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Herbert Hoover Jr
Beating Suspect Snow Returns to Montana Jail
Joel E. Snow 22 of Butte, once Montana’s most wanted man, was extradited from Washington and booked in Silver Bow County jail on burglary charges. He admitted, via a notarized statement, to entering the Reardon home and beating Mrs. Gladys Reardon and her daughter Frankie Louise. Snow remained silent at booking, with authorities noting his calm demeanor.
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Joel E. Snow
Butte
Montana
Silver Bow County
State of Washington
Snow
Reardon
Harrison
Gladys Reardon
Frankie Louise Reardon
Frank V. Harper
John Bukovitz
Port Angeles
Wash
Clallam County
Man Drowned Attempting Missouri River Crossing
A 19 year old combine worker from Oklahoma drowned while swimming the Missouri River at the Loma Ferry crossing, 14 miles north of Fort Benton. Charles Finchem, son of Walters police chief, vanished after declaring he would swim across. Four boats searched the river for his body.
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Fort Benton
Mont
Oklahoma
Missouri River
Charles Finchem
Walters
Oklo
Loma
Combine
Finchem
Fort Rentop
Nixon Accepts Republican Nomination for Second Term
Vice President Richard M. Nixon accepted the GOP nomination at the Cow Palace in San Francisco pledging to carry the living message of the Eisenhower record to every corner of the land. He praised Eisenhower as a living symbol of peace and freedom and urged four more years of leadership.
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Cow Palace
San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
Pat
Joe Martin
Martin
America
Newsman Named University Dean
Montana State University appoints Dr Nathan B Blumberg practicing newsman and professor as dean of the School of Journalism filling the vacancy after Dr James L C Ford resignation. Blumberg is a Rhodes scholar and former assistant city editor of the Washington Post and Times Herald and former AP correspondent. He holds BA and MA from Colorado and PhD from Oxford.
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Missoula
Mont
Carl McFarland
Montana State University
Nathan B. Blumberg
MSU
James L. C. Ford
Blumberg
Washington
D. C. Post
Times Herald
McFarland
Associated Press
Boulder
Colo
Denver Post
University of Colorado
Oxford University
England
Eisenhower Accepts GOP Nomination at Century Convention
President Eisenhower formally accepted the Republican nomination before a national audience promising a brave, shining future. He called the GOP the party of the future and urged party workers to boost turnout while noting Nixon’s renomination and the convention’s close with Berlin leading the crowd in God Bless America.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Cow Palace
San Francisco
Eisenhower
GOP
Party of the Future
Eisenhower backs GOP drive to win in 1956
President Eisenhower joins campaign pushes for GOP congressional gains at the Cow Palace San Francisco. Dozens of candidates for Congress and some governors seek his active role with hints of possible midwestern trips and airport speeches.
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Cow Palace
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Congress
Ike
C. William O'Neill
Ohio
William Knowland
California
Farm income seen rising in 1956 despite crop drops
The Agriculture Department projects a slight rebound in net farm income for 1956 after a downward trend since 1951, aided by higher prices in the second half and about 300 million dollars from soil bank and wool programs. Cattle, pork, and crops face mixed prospects for the year.
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True D. Morse
Soil Bank and Wool
Agriculture Dept
Department
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Culberts
Robert A. Grant
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Halleck
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Joseph Martin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Miss Reardon
William L. Dalling
Zoe Ann Snow
Missouri
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Mamie Eisenhower
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