Allies Train Guns on East Berlin Butte Murder Case
Coroner Andy Aleksich indicated fresh information may direct the 14 month old Shaun McEwen murder inquiry toward a new lead. He planned to confer with County Atty Robert Holland and others after a citizen’s Friday night statement alleging a different suspect in the 1960 killing of Shaun McEwen and charge against Paul D. Cor.
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Shaun McEwen
Robert Holland
Standard Post
Paul Cor
McEwen
Cor
Paul D. Cor
Stanley Cor Sr
Butte
Sharn McEwen
Aleksich
Miss McEwen
Clark Canyon Dam Bid Opening Set for Thursday
Bids for Clark Canyon Dam construction will be opened at 10 a.m. Thursday in Beaverhead County courtrooms. Ted Mann says the main contract could run 1.6 to four million dollars and includes 1.6 miles of Horse Creek road. Dam work should start within two to four weeks after award.
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Mann
Barratt
East Beach Canal
Dillon
Clark Canyon
Arnstead
Nominees Picked For Governor By Boys Staters
Mark Hungerford Billings and Brian Smith Missoula were chosen Wednesday as governor nominees at the 1961 Montana Boys State. Hungerford represents the Pioneer party and Smith the Frontier party. The general election will be Friday morning at Western Montana College of Education with other nominees listed by party.
Substitute Teachers Sought as Butte District Faces Vacancies
Butte School District No 1 seeks substitutes as the city superintendent Charles Davis says the substitute list is nearly empty. Since last May 45 positions opened due to resignations retirements and leaves, with 14 married teachers hired under union rules. Davis warns first day enrollment will test whether the district can fill all classrooms to meet state ratios.
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Butte
Charles Davis
Davis
Butte High
Forrest Wilson
Sam Jankovich
Wilson
George Haney
Stella McGovern
Washington
Rudy P. Koch
Madison
School Board of District No. 1
Butte Teachers Union
Greeley
Whittier
Weather notes and asylum report from Caracas
The weather forecast across Montana ranges from east to west with showers, clearing later, and highs from 80 to 95 in the east and 80 to 90 in the west with cooler evenings. In Caracas, Jose Vesquez Blanco the Cuban consul general received political asylum Wednesday amid exiles chants Cuba si Russia now.
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Montana
Cuba
Russia
Caracas
Venezuela
Jose Vesquez Blanco
Chiang Kai-shek appoints Liu An-chi to command army
General Liu An-chi, previously commander of Nationalist forces on the Quemoy Islands, is named commander in chief of the army by President Chiang Kai-shek in Formosa Taipei.
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Chiang
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Liu An-chi
Quemoy Islands
Forest Fire Outbreaks Challenge Northwest Fire Crews
Overcast skies and high humidity aided firefighters battling 160 new forest fires across the Northwest, mostly caused by lightning. Most fires were brought under control, with the Crooked Creek blaze in Idaho reduced to 3,000 acres. A 1,000-man force aimed to gain control by Thursday if winds stay calm. Jet boats joined the effort on Salmon River, while 175 Missoula smoke jumpers were joined by 14 more from West Yellowstone and McCall. Fifty-three jumpers were sent to 17 fires, raising the yearly total to over 1,060.
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Forest Service
Montana
Bitterroot National Forest
Crooked Creek
Idaho
Salmon River
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Call
UAW Threatens Ford Strike To Boost Auto Contract
The UAW ordered pressure tactics against Ford GM and Chrysler to force a stronger pattern-setting contract before wage deals expire in eight days. GM faced an NLRB charge over refusing to share pricing and profit data. Reuther led talks with American Motors, which proposed a profit sharing plan on July 28.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
UAW
National Labor Relations Board
Walter P. Reuther
American Motors Corp
Reuther
Soviets Propose Berlin Access Note Over West City
Washington reports the Soviet Union sent a new note on Berlin access accusing the U S of ferrying spies into Berlin through the three air corridors. Western officials fear a warning of action affecting corridor use as the Big Four debate German issues. The United States called Khrushchev's access guarantees unclear and studied entry points to East Berlin.
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Soviet Union
United States
Berlin
Big Four
U.S
East Berlin
West Berlin
Dean Rusk
Khrushchev
State Department
Lincoln White
Moose Convention Opens Today In Butte
The 36th annual Montana Loyal Order of Moose and Women of Moose convention opens in Butte. Leaders expect several hundred attendees including national Moose and Women of Moose officials with state president John M. Sadorf presiding over business sessions. The event features speeches by Neil W. Byers and Kay Cancle among others and includes tours, initiations, a coronation, and a banquet.
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The
Women of Moose
Butte
the Moose
John M. Sadorf
Helena
Paul G. Sheets
Order
Mooseheart
Ill
Kay Cancle
Riverside
Women of the Moose
John Sadorf
Albert Kaparich
Holy Savior Church
Vern Griffith
Paul Sheets
Kay C. Cancie
Byers
Loyal Order of Moose
Montana Moose Association
Fred Rader Sr
Ellen Kelley
Albert E. Kelley
Crime Cycles A New Chapter In Butte Theft
Susan Lucha and Sandy McIntosh reported a purse snatching near Park and Main by two boys about 10. The youths grabbed $4 and fled south on Main riding bicycles downhill toward South Main.
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Butte Wednesay
Susan Lucha
First
Sandy McIntosh
Farrell
Park and Main
Main
South Main
Western Allies rush tanks to Berlin barricades
Western forces pace the city edge with Patton tanks and infantry as East German entry points shrink to seven German and one foreign crossing. U S British and French units deploy to Friedrichstrasse and Brandenburg Gate to deter border restrictions amid a tense stand at the Berlin sector.
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Berlin
East Berlin
U.S
West Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
Air Ministry
Brandenburg Gate
Britain accuses Red bloc of stalling Bizerte negotiations
At the United Nations Britain's Colin Crowe charged Soviet bloc delegates with abusing Western powers to obstruct talks between France and Tunisia on evacuating French forces from Bizerte. He defended France's stance while resisting blame aimed at Paris.
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Britain
U.N. General Assembly
France
Tunisia
Bizerte
Colin T. Crowe
Mediterranean
Sahara
Crowe
Ukraine
Platon D. Morozov
United States
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Moroz
Assembly
Space Platform Fired by U S Launch Leads Ranger 1 Orbit
The first American space platform Agena was launched from Cape Canaveral and sent into orbit along with Ranger 1. The two devices spun closely together at 105 to 312 miles altitude, and data confirmed they eventually separated though Ranger 1 did not reach its planned deep space trajectory.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Moon
Ranger
Idle Montanans Await Back to Work Calls
More than 11,500 unemployed Montanans are awaiting back to work calls. About 6,500 are not claiming jobless benefits while 3,675 are drawing regular unemployment checks. Another 1,362 exhausted benefits and receive emergency federal aid. State Official Edgar H. Reeder urged employers to list openings to boost jobs across occupations.
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Helena
Montana
Reeder
Senate approves massive job training program
The Senate voted 60 to 31 to approve a 655 million program to train jobless workers and teach new skills. Training stipends could run up to 53 weeks and target heads of families with at least three years of work history, paying about the same as unemployment compensation, with a weekly maximum near 45 dollars per state.
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Washington
Senate
House Rules Committee
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