Army to Cut Civilians From Payroll
The Army announced major cuts to meet spending limits, including 15 000 civilian payroll reductions and closure of 16 depots and arsenals. It will also eliminate the 2nd Infantry Division in Alaska and reduce antiaircraft battalions by 18, with no cut to Western Europe or Korea divisions.
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Washington
Alaska
Europe
Korea
Navy
Air Force
Defense Dept
Army
Interservice
Wilson
2Nd Infantry
Murphy Army Hospital
Waltham, Mass
Seattle, Wash
Senate Approves Atomic Energy Funding for Next Year
The Senate approved a $2.3236 billion atomic energy program for the coming year, including funds to start three large experimental reactors opposed by the Eisenhower administration. The measure, urged by Democrats on the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee, awaits conference with the House after the Senate approved the larger appropriation by a narrow margin.
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Washington
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Eisenhower
House Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
House
Three U.S. Soldiers Killed in German Crash
In Stuttgart Germany a car carrying five American soldiers left a curve and hit a concrete post killing three and injuring two others two of them seriously. Names withheld pending kin notification.
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Stuttgart
Germany
U.S
Here
Prisoner Entangled by Iron Bars at Mission Station
Manuel Moreno, 37, jailed on domestic assault charges, became stuck headfirst between prison bars at Mission Station while attempting to leave. Five officers required an hour and a half to pry him free.
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San Francisco
Manuel Moreno
Mission Station
Moreno
Plane crash report near Lincoln checked by search teams
Jets from Malmstrom Air Force Base and a National Guard C 45 searched the Lincoln area after a construction worker reported a low flying plane and sounds of smoke near Stemple Pass. No overdue aircraft reports. searches over Canyon Creek and pass proved negative and the inquiry continued.
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Helena
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
National Guard
Lincoln
Stemple Pass
Canyon Creek
CAA
Court Reverses Red Convictions In Colorado Case
The 10th Circuit reversed the 1955 convictions of seven Colorado alleged Communists in Denver. It ruled the conspiracy to organize charge invalid due to the statute of limitations and a 1945 Supreme Court interpretation of the Smith Act. Defendants included Arthur Bary and Maia Scherrer among others.
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Denver
United States
10Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Colorado
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Arthur Bary
Anna
Harold Zepelin
Lewis M. Johnson
Joseph
Maia Scherrer
Patricia J. Blau
U.S. Dist
Jean S. Breitenstein
Sam Bratton
Seven
Shoes of 3 Missing Sisters Found Near Quarry Edge
The shoes of Nancy 10 Theresa 8 and Ruthie 9 Guernsey were found Friday at the lip of a 50 foot quarry in Dixon Illinois. A volunteer search of 500 people uncovered two brown loafers two white sandals and two saddle type oxfords buried in loose earth.
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Dixon
Ill
O.R
John Guernsey
Nancy
Theresa
Ruthie
Former Montana official Ernest Eaton dies at 79
Ernest T. Eaton former two term lieutenant governor of Montana and co founder of Billings college died in Billings after an apparent heart ailment. He was 79 and had served 1941 to 1949 as lieutenant governor and three terms in both Montana houses. Survived by wife Augusta Valston Eaton son Robert Eaton daughter Margaret Louise Eaton and several relatives. He helped found Powell County High School and Billings Polytechnic Institute later Rocky Mountain College. He was born September 11 1877 in Atkinson Maine.
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Billings
Ernest T. Eaton
Montana
Billings College
Eaton
Govrnor
San Gabriel
Calif
Robert Eaton
Atkinson
Maine
Thomas O. Eaton
Iowa
Lenox College
Hopkinton
Deer Lodge
Powell County
College of Montana
Lewis T. Eaton
Billings Polytechnic Institute
Rocky Mountain College
Augusta Valston
Margaret Louise Eaton
Thomas Eaton
Worden
Don Valston
President to Fly To Gettsburg Farm This Weekend
President Eisenhower plans a brief trip to his Gettsburg Pennsylvania farm for a day or two of relaxation this Saturday. He will be joined by his son John Eisenhower and daughter-in-law along with four grandchildren. Mrs Eisenhower remains hospitalized at Walter Reed convalescing from August surgery.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettsburg
John Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
U S and Russia resume nuclear tests amid cold war talks
In Washington on Friday the United States announced a new Russian nuclear test in Siberia begun August 22 and then fired its own test at the Nevada Desert. The AEC described the Russian detonation as substantial while the U S shot in the Plumbbob series was of modest yield with limited fallout expected.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Siberia
Nevada Desert
London
Eisenhower
Lewis L. Strauss
Soviet Union
Siberian Proving Grounds
Yucca Flat
Japan
AEC
Syrian President denies turning Communist insists US should back off
Syrian President Shukri al-Quwatli told Al Ahram in Cairo he would never become Communist and called on the West, especially the United States, to leave Syria alone. He supported the new Syrian chief of staff Afif Bizri and rejected alleged U.S. plots as foreign imperialism aiming to destroy Arab independence.
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Cairo
U.P
Shukri el Kuwatly
Syria
United States
Kuwatly
al Ahram
Eisenhower
Kuwaily
Egypt
Alexandria
Damascus
al Akhbar
Afif Bizri
French claim 100 rebels killed in two mountain clashes
ALGIERS French troops Friday claimed they killed 100 Algerian Nationalist rebels in two mountain engagements. Among the victims was Sheik Ben Tekkouk a 73 year old Moslem leader who last spring proclaimed loyalty to France in front of thousands. Also slain was his young son.
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Algiers
Sheik Ben Tekkouk
France
Baby Gerianne Corak’s First Tooth Pulled After Ulcer
Seven week old Gerianne Corak visited a dentist Friday for her first tooth extraction. Daughter of Mr and Mrs John Corak of 1101 Hobson she was born July 2 and had one lower incisor. The sharp tooth caused an ulcer on her tongue and was removed by the doctor.
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Gerianne Corak
Gerianne
John Corak
Hobson
Americans welcomed to Peiping after Moscow trip
Forty one young Americans arrived in Peiping after a nine day ride from Moscow for a three week tour invited by the Peiping government. Reuters said a crowd greeted them with flowers and peace chants as they stepped from the train and vowed to set President Eisenhower straight on his view of their visit.
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London
China
Reuters
Peiping
U.S
Dean Hoxsey
Los Angeles
Red China
United States State Dept
Communist China
John Roderick
Associated Press
Hong Kong
Washington
Moscow
Elected Officers Named For Montana Boys State
Robert Frisbee of Cut Bank was elected governor of Montana Boys State at Western Montana College in Dillon. Nine winners joined the Pioneer ticket. two were on the Frontier ticket. Other officials include Lt. Gov. David Lien, Secretary John Petlin, Atty. Gen. Fred Ehrlich, and Supreme Court Clerk Charles Boushman. A mock court trial of Ted Hazlebaker occurred during the event.
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Dillon
Robert Frisbee
Cut Bank
Montana
Boys State
Pioneer
Frontier
American Legion
Western Montana College
Mike Anderson
Havre
Brad Burns
Billings
Milton Datsopoulos
Missoula
Gene Greene
Augusta
Ray Leuthold
David Lien
John Petlin
Anaconda
Fred Ehrlich
Butte
Dan Huggans
Darby
Mickey Haney
Tom Macintyre
Jim Barton
Gary Lingerfell
Shelby
Robert Redpath
Helena
Supreme Court
Charles Boushman
Columbia Falls
Promises Not to Be Guilty Again Ad Sparks Public Notice
A Philadelphia Mississippi resident ran a terse “Thank You” ad after polling just 12 votes in a municipal race. The item quotes retired politician W. L. Houston promising he won’t repeat the alleged misstep, and notes a Want Ad with a low-cost outreach via the number 5451.
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Philadelphia
Miss
W. L. Houston
Poles Seek Asylum After Batory Defection at Copenhagen
About 20 to 40 Polish passengers fled the Communist ship Batory seeking asylum in Denmark as the liner with 722 travelers arrived for Poland’s first major post June 1956 cruise. The ship’s troubled history and defection-linked events, including its captains and crew, frame the incident.
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Copenhagen
U.R
Batory
Denmark
Poland
Poznan
Gydnia
Jan Cwiklinski
London
U.S
Marian Rybicki
Montana Weather Summary for Eastern and Western Regions
Montana forecast shows east region mostly fair Saturday morning turning cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers later. Highs up to 95 in the southeast, 80 in the northwest, and lows near 45 to 55 Saturday night. Sunday cooler with 75 to 85 highs and scattered showers. Western region increases cloudiness with scattered showers Saturday night, highs 70 to 85, lows 40 to 50, Sunday 70 to 80. Table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Friday.
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Montana
Three Boys Die In Barn Fire Near Johnstown
In Johnstown Pennsylvania three youths aged 14 and 10 died in a barn fire as rescuers fought flames to save livestock. The victims John D Pebley Jr 14 Donald Pebley 10 and Peter Nitch Jr 14 were found after the barn and adjoining milk shed burned, their bicycles wreckage indicating trapped inside.
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Johnstown
U.P
John D. Pebley Jr
Donald
Peter Nitch Jr
Pebleys
Nitch
Here
Pennsylvania
Hoffa Question Drops as Memory Claim Blocks Hearing
Senate investigators halted questioning of James R. Hoffa after he said he could not remember whether mobster Johnny Dio supplied micro phones to monitor a 1953 grand jury. Chairman McClellan issued a new subpoena and vowed Hoffa would return. Hoffa warned only divine power could jog his memory.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Select Committee
Hoffa
Dave Beck
Johnny Dio
McClellan
D-Ark
Dio
God
New York
Colonel Acquitted In Training Deaths
Lt Col Walter Berger freed of four counts of negligent homicide and dereliction of duty after a Ft. Sill court martial. He faced charges over the June 22 training deaths of four infantry soldiers when mortar shells fell during a field exercise. Berger, 41, professed innocence as the panel found him not guilty on all five counts.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Walter Berger
Berger
U. S. Army Artillery Center
Compromise on Voting Rights Bill Clears Path to Adjournment
Congressional leaders reach a civil rights compromise ending a deadlock on adjournment. The plan blends jury and judge trials in voting rights cases with penalties up to six months and $1,000. The attorney general would file injunctions in federal courts to halt violations, with potential contempt actions.
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Washington
Congress
Fisenhower
Deep South
Sen
Russell Dga
Senate
House
Fort Peck Power Plant Breaks Ground for Second Unit
Groundbreaking for Fort Peck Dam's second power plant moved ahead with Gov. Aronson Chief Justice Harrison and Corps officials present. The $27 million facility aims to add 80 000 kilowatts in 1961 to Montana's Northwest Power Pool system while officials tout benefits to rural life and regional growth.
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Fort Peck
J. Hyue Aronson
James T. Harrison
Corps of Engineers
E. V. Lane Corp
Northwest
Missouri River
Harrison
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Riverdale
N. D
Garrison
Montana
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