Governor Aronson faces Friday deadline on disaster tag
Montana Governor J Hugo Aronson told nine Congress members the decision on declaring Madison Canyon quake area a disaster will come Friday. The push seeks presidential declaration to unlock federal aid for roads, housing, small business loans, and public facilities.
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Gov. Aronson
Montana
Congress
Helena
Mont
J. Hugo Aronson
Madison Canyon
Aronson
Eisenhower
Madison River Valley
Yellowstone National Park
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Frank Church
Idaho
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wye
Lee Metcalf
LeRoy H. Anderson
Gracie Prost
John F. Baldwin Jr
Calif
Harold T. Johnson
Thomas G. Morris
Yellowstone Park
Civil Defense
Hugh K. Potter
Leo Hoegh
James E. Murray
Senate Interior Committee
Senate
Sens
Church
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Murray
Air Force
Mansfield
Quake Fear List Reduced as Missing Named
A Red Cross released list of quake relatives’ concerns in West Yellowstone Montana trimmed from 88 to about 39 names after many were located safe. The report notes some names remain unreconciled with missing details. Milford Kellogg, a company employee, was among those cited.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Montana
Red Cross
Milford Kellogg
Fear List Names Quake Casualties and Absentees
The Fear List released Monday shows unaccounted people from last week's earthquake. Among those named are an Atomic Energy Commission employee living in Damascus Maryland who checked into a Boulder Colorado convention as a delegate, and others in Pendleton Oregon Portland Oregon and Santa Rosa California who deny visiting the quake zone. A postcard from Lloyd Webster confirms the quake's impact, mailed the day after the quake.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Damascus
Boulder
Colo
Pendleton
Ore
Oliver Calhoun
Alfred D. Enns
Portland
Lloyd Webster
Santa Rosa
Calif
Engineers Study Quake Lake For Flood Threat
West Yellowstone AP engineers assess the Quake Lake danger after a mountainside slide created a 50 million ton natural dam. They estimate 2 000 to 3 000 acre feet daily flow feeding the lake, with crest possible in 20 to 30 days. Options include a permanent dam with gates or a channel cut through the slide. Hebgen Dam remains at risk, Ennis Montana residents were briefly evacuated.
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West Yellowstone
Acy
Madison River
Hebgen Dam
Wendell E. Johnson
Missouri River Division
Omaha
Johnson
Hebgen
Ennis
Mont
Committee to Review Billion-Dollar Housing Bill
The House Banking Committee will meet Tuesday to consider the billion-dollar housing bill, a hurdle to adjournment. Speaker Sam Rayburn sent the measure to the committee, and the session was set immediately. The bill followed Senate passage on August 18 after a veto override attempt failed on a larger $1.375 billion act.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Congress
Marines Aid Child in Heart Surgery Case
In San Diego 40 Marines donated blood to Charles Roberts 3 during a Monday open heart procedure to fix heart malfunctions. He is the son of Marine Captain and Mrs Charles D Roberts Jr of Camp Pendleton.
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San Diego
Calif
Charles Roberts
Charles D. Roberts Jr
Camp Pendleton
Rebels Panics Luang Prabang as Rebels Threaten Laos Capital
Panic swept Luang Prabang as reports of Communist rebel attacks spread from Luang Prabang province. About 50 families fled toward the Mekong River while unconfirmed rumors placed rebels within 30 miles of the city. King Sisavang Vong is ill and has ceded powers to Crown Prince Savang Vatthana, who remains in the capital amid tightened military news.
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Vientiane
Laos
Luang Prabang
Mekong
Sisavang Vong
Savang Vatthana
Five Men Injured as Hall of Justice Flooring Collapses
Five men were injured when a flooring structure under construction at the new Hall of Justice in Oakland collapsed. A project foreman said no other workers were thought to be trapped, though confirmation required clearing twisted steel and wood framing. The men fell with a 50 foot section to the basement about 14 feet down.
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Oakland
Calif
Hall of Justice
Sixth and Broadway
Rayburn Advances One Cent Gas Tax Hike
In Washington House Speaker Sam Rayburn pushes through a reluctant committee a one cent gas tax hike to four cents a gallon for 12 months to sustain the federal highway program. Senator Gore counters with a plan diverting one percent of 1959 general appropriations to the highway program while noting the hike would not cover a projected deficit.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
U.S
Texas Democrat
Public Works Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Senate
Gore
Next Junction
Tennessean
General Treasury
Train derailment injures fifteen near Perrysburg
Seven cars of a nine car Baltimore and Ohio passenger train derailed at a crossing in suburban Perrysburg, Ohio, injuring about 15 people. None seriously hurt, with two cars on their sides and the diner car tilted at a 45 degree angle. Rescue workers opened the dining car to release passengers. Railroad officials offered no immediate explanation.
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Toledo, Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Perrysburg
Miners Seek County Aid Amid Broad Strike Action
Members of Butte Miners Union No 1 plan a Tuesday meeting with the Board of County Commissioners and welfare office staff to discuss relief for striking miners and families as the International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers strike against The Anaconda Company enters its seventh day. Union leaders named include Barney Rask Blaine Beakey and C L Cord with Ernest Salvas signaling coordinated efforts among district negotiators in Denver and at front lines with American Brass U S Metals River Big N Jd and Kennecott to move settlements forward.
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Welfare Committee
Butte Miners Union No. 1
Board of County Commissioners
County Welfare Office
International Union of Mine-Mill and Smelter
Anaconda Co
Mine- Mill
Anaconda
Great Falls
East Helena
Tooele
Utah
Barney Rask
Blaine Beakey
C. L. Cord
Miners’ Welfare Committee
Ernest Salvas
International
John Clark
Orville Larsen
Western
Phelps- Dodge
A. C. Skinner
Kennecott
Erving Dichter
American Smelting and Refining Co
American Brass
U. S. Metals Copper Refinieries
River Big N
Salvas
Eet
Medical Institute To Be Held in Butte This Week
The Third Annual Institute for Maternal and Newborn Care will convene in Butte Thursday and Friday with sessions also in Billings Tuesday and Wednesday. Topics include care of premature babies and public health issues, featuring out of state speakers from Seattle Portland and New York City.
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Institute For Maternal and Newborn Care
Butte
Billings
Robert A. Aldrich
University of Washington
School of
Aldrich
Perkins
Professor Aldrich to join out-of-state faculty at maternal care institute
Robert A. Aldrich of the University of Washington pediatric department will be among visiting participants for an institute on maternal and newborn care in Butte Thursday and Friday. The event is sponsored by the State Committee on Maternal and Newborn Care.
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Robert A. Aldrich
University of Washington
Butte
State Committee On
Bishop Marks Address at Catholic Women Banquet
The Most Rev Joseph M Gilmore Helena bishop spoke to the Helena Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at their 38th annual convention banquet in the Finlen Hotel. He urged that Christian will be enacted through works and noted his Rome trip with Pope John XXIII. Election of officers was set for Tuesday. a communion Mass for deceased clergy opened Tuesday's activities.
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Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Catholic Women
Gilmore
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Dan Carr
Missoula
Bishop Gilmore
God
NCCW
John XXIII
Rome
Eanl
Margaret Lowney
Butte
D. P. Meade
E. J. Riley
Joyce Mondloch
Malpractice suit seeks $980000 in Montana federal court
In Missoula, Dr. Harry B. Campbell and the Western Montana Clinic face a federal case filed by John H. Sorg, Helen Sorg, and Michael Sorg seeking $980,000. The complaint cites prenatal care during Mrs. Sorgs pregnancy and alleged Caesarean failure, alleging brain injury and lifelong impairment. It requests $280,000 in special damages, $300,000 for Michael, and $200,000 each for John and Helen Sorg.
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Harry B. Campbell
Western Montana
Missoula
John H. Sorg
Helen Sorg
Michael Sorg
Sorg
John Z
Mead earns B in government at UNM summer session
New Mexico Lt. Gov. Ed. V. Mead attended UNM summer session receiving a B in English and an A in speech. The most painful grade was a B in government.
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Albuquerque
N.M
New Mexico
Ed. V. Mead
University of New Mexico
Ida Melcher 94 Dies After Illness In Butte
Ida Melcher aged 94 of 20 Plum died Monday evening in a local hospital after illness. Born in Iowa on November 14, 1864 she came to Butte 15 years ago to live with her son Earl Melcher and daughter in law. Her body rests at Wayrynen Funeral Home and will be forwarded Wednesday to Marshall Funeral Home in Walla Walla Washington for services and interment.
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Ida Melcher
Plum
Iowa
Butte
Earl Melcher
Wayrynen Funeral Home
Marshall Funeral Home
Walla Walla
Wash
Hard Working Rental Agent offers tenant-finder services
The ad promotes a seasoned tenant-finder ready to locate renters with money to pay. Call 5451 to start the search for rental listings and secure tenants promptly.
Slaying of Union Pacific Worker Alarms Silver Bow
The body of Paul Poulas, about 60, was found Monday in his Union Pacific property residence west of Butte. A man, Robert Morse, 62, was questioned in Great Falls after a high speed stop. Morse carried $1,139 and had a long prison record, while Poulas appeared to have suffered fatal throat slashes and other wounds likely from a weekend attack.
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Lawrence Geraghty
Union Pacific
Silver Bow
Butte
Paul Poulas
William L. Dalling
Great Falls
Union Pacific Railroad
W. L. Dalling
Frank Harper
Robert Morse
Dalling
Morse
Poulas
Jim Ledakis
Butte Daily Post
Lawrence N. Geraghty
Foreman
Montana Weather Summary for Tuesday and Wednesday
Montana east will see partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers Tuesday and Tuesday night, cooler in the east. Highs 60 to 75, lows 40 to 55. In the west partly cloudy Tuesday into Wednesday. Temperatures reach 65 to 75 in the west Tuesday, 70 to 80 Wednesday. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5 p.m. MST Monday.
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