Laos Fights Rebels as Pathet Lao Presses Grip
Communist guerrillas operate in eight of twelve Laotian provinces but actual clashes are rare. Royal forces, including two paratroop battalions, defend Muong Peun in Sam Neua as Pathet Lao seeks to reestablish its political machinery. French trainers aid Laotian troops under a signed agreement.
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Vientiane
Laos
Pak Seng
Luang Prabang
Pathet Lao
Defense Ministry
Nam Seng
Laung Prabang
Phong Saly
Sam Neua
Xienglohouang
Thakhek
Saravane
Savannakhet
Red
Muong Peun
U.S
Quake Fear List Grows as 27 Names Added
The Red Cross in Bozeman added 27 names to its unreported list after Montana's quake eight days earlier, but 19 listed individuals were located, keeping total missing at 46. The list now totals 115 with 69 located, some far from the quake site.
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Red Cross
Montana
Bozeman
Mont
Damages From Madison Canyon Quake Estimated At 6 Million
Helena AP report says estimated property losses from the Madison Canyon earthquake range from five to six million dollars. Montana lawmakers urge Gov. Aronson to declare a disaster area to unlock federal aid. Losses include three to four million for Highway 1 repairs, forest service damages at five hundred thousand, and Yellow stone Park damage near two million. Fire and transportation routes remain closed, risking continued economic harm to the recreation area. James Bottomly will attend the Helena meeting Friday to press for rapid federal assistance.
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Helena
Mont
Madison Canyon
Montana
Hugo Aronson
Aronson
James FE. Murray
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
LeRoy Anderson
Law
Yellowstone Park
Ennis
Highway 10
James Bottomly
Union to Strike Bonner Plant Against The Anaconda Co.
MISSOULA AUG 31 union Lumber and Sawmill Workers have called a strike for Monday against The Anaconda Co lumber department at Bonner. About 475 workers involved. Pickets expected at 8 am. Aug. 31. Union seeks 9 1/2 cent hourly raise. company offers 5 cents. Plant currently closed for two week annual vacation at end of August.
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Missoula
UPI
Afl-Cio
Anaconda Co
Bonner
H. R. Dix
Potter Doubts Earthquake Region Can Be Designated Disaster Area
Helena AP. Civil Defense Director Hugh K. Potter doubts Montana’s quake region qualifies as a national disaster area. He says damage to property must exceed 500000, excluding highways, for federal aid and that unless further quake or flood damage occurs it will be hard to reach the threshold. A congressional group urged President designation, but state estimates await Friday’s agency briefing. Potters notes five tremors plus readiness to redeploy emergency crews if needed.
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Helena
Civil Defense
Hugh K. Potter
Montana
Potter
J. Hugo Aronson
Aronson
West Yellowstone
Two Road Deaths Push Toll to 150
In Billings Montana the 1959 traffic toll rose to 150 with the addition of Edna Hibbs 86, mother of State Senate Minority Leader Rex Hibbs. She died from injuries after being struck by a car at a Billings intersection while leaving a grocery store with her husband Edgar Hibbs who was reported in fair condition.
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Billings
Montana
Edna Hibbs
Hibbs
Senate
Rex Hibbs
Yellowstone
Edgar
Edgar Hibbs
Woman killed in Montana bridge crash near border
A car struck a bridge abutment about eight miles south of Gardiner. Mrs. P S Tschang of Salem Oregon was killed outright. Her husband was injured and taken to Mammoth hospital in Wyoming. The accident raised Montana's 1959 highway toll to 150 35 more than a year ago.
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Gardiner, Mont
Gardiner T
Sheriff's Office
P.S. Tschang
Salem
Ore
Mammoth
Wyo
Montana-Wyoming
Montana
Earthquake Memorial Services Thursday Held at Rock Creek
Memorial services are planned Thursday at 2 p.m. at a likely resting place for victims of the Rock Creek campground slide. Bishop Chandler Sterling will join Catholic and Jewish ministers to conduct the interfaith service, requested by Madison Valley residents, with Rev. Leonard Jensen and Rabbi Max Kert among those present.
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Ennis
Max Kert
Butte
Butte Relatives Seek Word Of Boyntons
Mr and Mrs Pete Miller of 227 Anaconda Road seek information on their relatives Mr and Mrs B L Boynton of Billings who were last heard from Sunday after visiting Livingston and Madison Canyon near Rock Creek camp ground, in the Madison area during the quake. Mrs Boynton, formerly Inez Denda of Anaconda, is named.
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Butte
Madison Canyon
Pete Miller
Anaconda Road
B. L. Boynton
Billings
Boynton
Mrs. Miller
Mr. Miller
Boyntons
Livingston
Madison
Rock Creek
Inez Denda
Anaconda
Fire devastates William Todd store in Limerick blaze
In Limerick Ireland a major fire ripped through a large business block Tuesday causing about 3 million dollars in property losses. The blaze began at the William Todd and Co department store and spread quickly, leaving ruins in its wake.
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Limerick
Ireland
William Todd and Co
Ike Heads for Europe Pledging Force If Aggression Deems It
County officers question associates of Paul Poulas murder victim as they pursue leads on the Silver Bow slaying. Police probe movements of the 60 year old victim last Friday and Saturday while a bus terminal clerk places Poulas in Butte at 10 45 p m Saturday. A released suspect from Cascade County jail, Robert Morse, 62, refused to aid investigators.
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Ike
Europe
Paul Poulas
Silver Bow
Sheriff’s Office
Paulas
Butte
Poulas
Morse
Cascade County
Great Falls
Robert Morse
William L. Dalling
Frank V. Harper
Union Pacific
Dalling
President Eisenhower to tour Europe to reassure allies
President Eisenhower announced plans to travel to Bonn London and Paris to reaffirm Western unity against aggression and to warn the Soviet Union against secret deals. He will host Khrushchev upon his U.S. visit and expects a 21 gun salute and White House state dinner.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Europe
America
West
Eiisenhower
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
London
Harold Macmillan
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
United States
Nehru Warns Red China On Invasion
New Delhi reports Nehru warns China against invading Bhutan and Sikkim pledging defense of the Himalayan protectorates. He voiced India’s resolve as tensions with Peiping rise after Tibet unrest and repeated concerns over Chinese designs on border areas and Nepal.
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New Delhi
India
China
Nehru
Bhutan
Sikkim
Peiping
Tibet
Nepal
Britain
Catholic Women Seek Daytime Speed Law at Butte Convention
About 300 delegates at the 38th annual Helena Diocesan Council of Catholic Women urged a daytime speed limit law for Montana. They asked Gov. Aronson and state party chairmen to aid, reelected officers led by Mrs. Dan Carr, and voted cooperation against pornographic literature. Speakers included Father Oblinger on legislation and Father Sullivan on promoting religious vocations.
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Butte
Montana
Helena
John Duffey
Chateau
Frank MacDonald
Whitefish
Bernard McGinley
T. Dale Edwards
Kalispell
B. A. Madden
Finlen Hotel
Lee Newspapers
John Driscoll
Joseph B. Oblinger
Frenchtown
Joseph P. Sullivan
Father Oblinger
Father Sullivan
Joseph M. Gilmore
Rayburn Road Proposal Slapped Down by Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected a compromise backed by Speaker Rayburn to end the highway funding deadlock. The panel voted 16 to 9 to keep the 22 month cent per gallon increase in the three cent federal gas tax, reinforcing prior approval.
Montana Weather and Highway Funding Mix of Weather and Politics
Montana forecast shows east warmth with highs 65 to 90 and scattered showers in the northwest. West Montana ranges 60s to mid 70s with cooler north and occasional showers through Thursday. In Congress, a one year highway funding compromise passed the House Public Works panel, with Rep. Mills directing action to the floor, amid interparty disputes over funding the 41,000 mile interstate system.
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Montana
Western Mountains
Mise
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
House Public Works Committee
Public Works Group
Ways and Means Group
Public Works Committee
Rayburn
and Means Committee
Highway Fund
Let Me Look for What You've Lost Want Ad
A Post-Standard Want Ad claims it helps reunite lost items by readers checking the Lost column. It urges people to call 5451 if something is missing and emphasizes the ad as the locator for found belongings.
Nixon Defends Ike as Khrushchev Visit Looms
Vice President Richard Nixon told American Legion delegates that Eisenhower would not be taken in or bluffed by Khrushchev during the forthcoming visit. He urged that free nations' interests be vigorously represented and warned against naive hopes for major changes in Soviet objectives.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Richard M. Nixon
Free World Nations
Khrushchev
United States
American Legion
Eisenhower
Nixon
Free World
U.S
U.S.S.R
Legionnaires
Madison Canyon Radio Lookouts On Duty
Bozeman Montana AP reporting that a portable short wave radio is set up on a mountain overlooking the Madison Canyon earthquake slide. Volunteers operate the unit around the clock to warn of possible flood threats with direct contacts to West Yellowstone Virginia City and Ennis, offering a 70 mile range surpassing earlier mobile equipment.
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Bozeman, Mont
Madison Canyon
West Yellowstone
Virginia City
Ennis
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