Adlai and Estes Rest Before Grass Roots Trip
Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver attended First Presbyterian Church in Lake Forest for sabbath services before a grueling campaign swing. They, with Stevenson Jr. and wife, prepared to depart at 6 a.m. Monday for Santa Fe New Mexico, the start of tour visiting 34 states to meet Democrats. The couple were joined by local hosts Mr and Mrs Dick and daughter Letitia, and a pastor prayed for unity and guidance in the election year.
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Libertyville
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Lake Forest
Santa Fe
N.M
Stevenson
Sen
Kefauver
Adlai Jr
Nancy
First Presbyterian Church
Edisonick
Letitia
Robert G. Andrus
Mrs
Stevenson Volunteers
The
Presbyterian Church
Rosenberg Propaganda Hit Exposed by House Panel
The House Committee on Un American Activities concluded U S agencies failed to counter a global propaganda barrage after the Rosenberg case. It cited extensive damage to U S prestige and increased Communist influence abroad and at home, noting large circulations for pro Rosenberg material in Japan and France while countervailing facts were scarcely available in key countries.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
U. S
Rosenberg
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
Russia
United States
America
U.S
Japan
France
Oliver Pilat
Italy
England
Germany
Indian floods kill at least 20 across North India
New Delhi reports at least 20 dead as seasonal floods sweep wide areas of North India over the past week. Rescue teams search inundated towns and evacuations continue amid continuing downpours and rising rivers.
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New Delhi
India
Four boys steal ice cream from loading dock in Butte
Butte police recovered 444 ice cream cups from four young boys after they took at least 37 dozen packs from the Montana Service Corp loading dock on South Wyoming. A mother alerted officers and juvenile authorities were notified.
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Butte
Montana Service Corp
South
Wyoming
Daniel Holds Thin Lead in Texas Over Yarborough
A Dallas report shows United States Senator Price Daniel leading Austin attorney Ralph Yarborough by about 5 000 votes with 5 295 ballots unreported. Yarborough backers vow to challenge up to 3 000 Webb county ballots as results depend on the canvass.
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Daniel
Texas
Yarborough
Dallas
United States
Price Daniel
Austin
Ralph Yarborough
Texas Election Bureau
Sunday
Webb County
Eisenhower shifts to San Francisco for GOP convention
President Eisenhower will spend extra time at the Republican gathering in San Francisco to boost interest and joint participation. Press Secretary Hagerty says the move aims to draw attention away from Chicago and signals a hard campaign with active appearances ahead. He notes Eisenhower is fully well post surgery and not limited by health, with plans for speeches beginning mid September and possible trips outside Washington.
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San Francisco
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
California
Washington
Hagerty
Chicago
Ezio Pinza Suffers Stroke Forces Career Break
Opera bass Ezio Pinza, 64, suffered a slight paralytic stroke at his summer home in Cervia Italy. He cancelled his contract to appear in the play A Very Special Baby and was to begin rehearsals September 17 in New York. His wife said he had been very tired before the stroke and he remains under medical care at the villa in the seaside resort near Ravenna.
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Cervia
Italy
Ezio Pinza
Pinza
New York
Raven- da
Navy eases restrictions on Far East plane crash coverage
The United States Navy announced a relaxation of overseas press limits on reporting the downing of a P4M Mercator patrol plane in international waters near Formosa. Next of kin interviews will be allowed, and some photos from the wreck will be released, though prior restrictions had barred photographers and interviews with crew families.
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Washington
United States Navy
Far East
Red China
Formosa Straits
United States
Japan
Navy
Butte Woman Named As State Elector
Montana Democrats met in Helena to finalize their general election platform for November 6. State Chairman Jack C. Toole of Shelby led the one day session to adopt planks and elect Central Committee officers. Elizabeth McCarthy’s death prompted a fourth presidential elector replacement by Cecelia Murphy of Butte. Murphy, president of Silver Bow Democratic Women, was elected along with Greene of Billings as chairman and John B. David as secretary. The panel also named election committee chairs and members for party organization.
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Helena
Montana
Democrats
Jack C. Toole
Shelby
Toole
Leif Erickson
Murphy
Silver Bow County
Democratic Women’s Club
Stanley E. Thompson
Red Lodge
State Democratic Planks Outlined
HELENA The Montana Democratic Party Platform Committee adopted a tentative plank backing Atty. Gen. Arnold H. Olsen on oil leasing. The three-part measure seeks to lift royalty and rental ceilings to market value, revise nondrilling penalty limits to curb speculation and ensure production, and grant Montana broader access to oil development.
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Helena
Montana Democratic Party Platform Committee
Arnold H. Olsen
Olsen
Montana
Montana Weather Outlook For Monday And Tuesday
Montana west stays cloudy with scattered showers or storms Monday ending Monday night. Cool highs 65 to 75. Montana east sees cloudy periods with afternoon and night showers or thunderstorms and cooler conditions east of the divide. Highs 65 to 75. Tuesday remains partly cloudy and cool with eastern thundershowers ending by forenoon west of the Divide. Maximums refer to 12 hours and precipitation to 24 hours ending 5 30 p m Sunday.
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Montana
Divide
Local Area Men Are Postal Unit Officers
Lloyd E Beatty of Billings was elected president of the Montana Branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors. New officers include George Stokan of Anaconda as first vice president and Paul Shanley of Deer Lodge as second vice president. Lawrence Wendel of Helena was re elected secretary treasurer and chosen as delegate to the national convention in Omaha September 24 27. The 1957 convention will be in Helena with John E Roberts of Missoula as outgoing president. Al Barton of Portland Oregon was the main speaker at the concluding sessions.
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Missoula
Lloyd E. Beatty
Billings
Montana
National Association of Postal Supervisors
George Stokan
Anaconda
Paul Shanley
Deer Lodge
Lawrence Wendel
Helena
Omaha
Neb
John E. Roberts
al Barton
Portland
Ore
Soviet Leader Praises Finnish Russian Ties in Visit
Helsinki reports Soviet head of state praised Finnish neutrality and the mutual aid pact with Russia through 1975. He toured Finland after a five day trip, promising peaceful coexistence and stressing no other business beyond goodwill outreach. Thousands of Karelians hunted for hints on their lost homeland.
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Helsinki
Finland
Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Security form overhaul for military recruits
The Defense Department has drafted a revised personnel security questionnaire to curb guilt by association. Recruits and draftees will begin using the form by November 1, with simpler wording and clear explanations of rights and factors in security determinations. The form lists subversive organizations and notes that membership alone need not bar service, outlining age, circumstances, and involvement as highly pertinent.
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Washington
U.P
Defense Department
Missoula Leader Elected Montana Hairdressers Chief
Helen Scheytt of Missoula was elected president of the Montana State Hairdressers Assn at a busi ness meeting in Butte closing the first full day of the 30th annual convention. Agnes Brown Motif Great Falls named first vice president Jennie Molnar Billings second vice president Mamie Spieth Bozeman third vice president Edythe Joy Havre fourth vice president Margaret Preble Missoula secretary Louise Hensley Billings treasurer Marion Shelgren Helena historian.
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Helen Scheytt
Missoula
Montana State Hairdressers Assn
Butte
Agnes Brown Motif
Great Falls
Jennie Molnar
Billings
Mamie _ Spieth
Bozeman
Edythe Joy
Havre
Margaret Preble
Louise Hensley
Marion Shelgren
Helena
Nancy
Eisenhower reveals USSR resumes nuclear tests with blast
President Eisenhower disclosed that the Soviet Union has resumed nuclear testing. The latest blast last Friday may have been a hydrogen device with a yield near one megaton. Strauss reported the test occurred in southwest Siberia, near the Barents Sea, with tests also conducted in other Soviet areas.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Pebble Beach
Calif
Eisenhower
Russia
United States
United Nations
White House
James C. Hagerty
Proving Grounds
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Hagerty
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Union
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Siberia
India
Afghanistan
Pakistan
China
Barents Sea
Egypt Leader Nasser Ready to Meet Five-Nation Panel
Cairo sources say President Nasser will meet the five-nation committee from the London Suez conference in Cairo to discuss the canal crisis. He wants full exploration of all options while keeping Egypt's sovereignty intact and Egypt to run the canal. The Menzies led panel seeks an international authority with Egypt as a member.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nasser
London Suez
Suez
London
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Menzies
Eden
Chequers
Suez Canal Co
Paris
India
Indonesia
Devlon
Britain
France
Oilfield Worker Shot at Roundup Bar Killed
Marvin Wilson a 29 year old oilfield worker was shot and killed at a Roundup tavern after allegedly threatening to shoot the tavern owner Mrs Tracy Witzel and Ray Murie who fired the shot Coroner Joe Rae Musselshell county cited Murie as the shooter and said Murie was not held An inquest was scheduled for Monday No immediate survivors were known in the Roundup area
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Marvin Wilson
Joe Rae
Musselshell County
Ray Murie
Roundup
Wilson
Murie
Tracy Witzel
Mecca
Mansfield Visits Butte and Anaconda During Montana Swing
Sen. Mike Mansfield toured Butte and Anaconda on Sunday en route from Salt Lake City where he spoke at a Democratic rally to Helena for today’s state platform convention keynote. He praised Montana’s Democratic ticket, predicted victory, and recalled his mining days in Butte. He planned further stops in Great Falls Townsend and Billings after Helena. He also noted upcoming Chicago subcommittee work before returning to Washington.
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Mike Mansfield
Butte
Anaconda
Salt Lake City
Helena
Montana
Treasure State
Northwest
Stevenson
Kefauver
United States
Sen
Mansfield
Great Falls
Townsend
White Sulphur Springs
Harlowton
Ryegate
Billings
Great Lakes
Chicago
Washington
Nixon to Return to Capital City
Vice President Nixon said he would leave his seriously ill father in Whittier California to return to Washington and begin the Republican campaign. Earlier doctors advised return as the parent showed improvement. He attended Quaker services at East Whittier Friends Church.
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Whittier
Calif
Nixon
Washington
East Whittier Friends Church
Fire kills mother and five children in Montreal home
A Sunday fire on the second floor apartment trapped a mother and five children. Victims named Rita Champagne, 34, Manon 7, Claude 5, Gaston 2, Marcel 18 months, and Alain 6 months. Father Philippe, 47, was away fishing with another son.
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Montreal
Rita Champagne
Manon
Claude
Gaston
Marcel
Alain
Philippe
Egypt stamps outbound mail with Suez Canal slogan
Egypt begins stamping international mail with a prominent cancellation slogan promising free navigation of the Suez Canal. The move signals wartime messaging aimed at asserting control over shipping routes and reassuring transit in a contested region.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Insurance Industry Aids Government Flood Protection Plan
Washington reports the insurance industry agrees to help sell flood insurance on a subsidized basis under the 1956 Flood Insurance Act. HHFA will fund an experimental program with potential liabilities up to 7.5 billion dollars while Cole writes the final rules. The plan envisions selling policies through existing insurers and agents, though many details remain uncertain and the definition of flood coverage is still broad.
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Washington
HHFA
Alber M. Cole
Cole
Congress
Insurance
National Assn. of
American Insurance Assn
Solon Urges U S Action on Latin American Arms Purchases
Rep. Hardy of Virginia reports Latin American nations are buying major defense items in Europe and Asia. He urges the United States to ease credit terms and cut red tape to curb foreign sales. He says purchases abroad hurt hemispheric defense and standardization programs.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
U. S
Rep. Hardy
D-Vay
Hardy
House Armed Services Committee
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