Stevenson Targets Ike in Santa Fe Campaign Notice
Adlai Stevenson told Southwest party leaders in Santa Fe that President Eisenhower would be held responsible for the conduct of his administration. He said the campaign would focus on the wants of the people and defended not harming Ike personally. Crowds of 5,000 to 8,000 greeted Stevenson and Estes Kefauver as they began a 7,000 mile pre campaign tour.
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Santa FE
N. M
Adlai Stevenson
Southwest
Eisenhower
Santa Fe Plaza
Stevenson
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Chicago
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Libertyville
Ill
Joe Smiths
Ex-State Convict Slain At Ohio Penitentiary Yard
In Columbus Ohio inmate James J Nichols 33 of Springfield was killed by fellow prisoner Glenn H Smith 23 also of Springfield as he passed the print shop where Smith worked Nichols had been in prison for part in a 1952 Halloween riot and for burglary in Montana He died 21 minutes after the assault and had been paroled January 26 before returning May 14 as a parole violator Also indicted for riot and destruction in the 1952 event Nichols had entered prison June 1949 for safe tampering in Clark County.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
James J. Nichols
Springfield
Glenn H. Smith
Smith
Nichols
Montana
Alvis
Nicholas
Clark County
Erickson Wins Montana Democratic Chair, Oil Stance Backed
Atty. Gen. Arnold H. Olsen led Montana Democrats to victory, naming Leif Erickson as party chairman over Jack Toole. Olsen's slate backed oil leasing policy and Olsen beat ex governor Bonner for the gubernatorial bid in the primary. Effie Wilson won the vice chair, with Frances Logan and others elected to committeewoman posts as delegates and officials were chosen at the convention.
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Helena
Arnold H. Olsen
Montana
Democratic Party
Democratic Platform
Olsen
John W. Bonner
Leif Erickson
Jack C. Toole
Shelby
Erickson
Toole
Democrats
Sam
Effie) Wilson
Billings
Dollie Page
Philipsburg
Wilson
Democratic Women’s Club
Yellowstone County
Spokane
Elizabeth Colton
Frances Logan
Charlo
Get a Horse Is Pretty Big Order Nose Count Reveals
Census figures show a sharp drop in horses and mules on farms from 1950 to 1954 with a 45 percent decrease. Total animals on farms fell to 4,141,288 in 1954 from 7,603,910 in 1950 as mechanization continued to replace draft animals across Southern states and Far West counties. Apache County, McKinley County, Rio Arriba County, and Owyhee County are among the few to report increases.
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Washington
Dobbin
Maude
Census Bureau
Dobbins
Maudes
St. Landry Parish
Otter Tail County
Minn
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Louisiana
Alabama
South Carolina
Arizona
New Mexico
Ariz
Apache
McKinley
N. M
Rio Arriba
Owyhee County
Idaho
Man Jumps Off Bridge Into Kootenai River
Search parties patrolled the Kootenai River near Libby for an unidentified man who reportedly jumped from a bridge. Edward Woodard and Warland saw the man jump as they crossed the bridge. Two others reported sighting a body, a patrol plane searched the river but found nothing.
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Libby
Kootenai River
Edward Woodard
Warland
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Woodard
Aera
Mansfield Lashes Administration In Montana Speech
Senator Mike Mansfield keynoted Montana's Democratic platform convention calling the 84th Congress among the finest in history. He praised progressive, humane legislation, criticized the GOP, lauded Adlai Stevenson, and urged Montanans to support the Democratic ticket in the fall. He cited wage and social security gains and noted foreign policy issues.
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Helena
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Adlai Stevenson
San Francisco
Joe Smith
Party of the People
America
Carolina Democrats Endorse National Party Ticket in South Carolina
South Carolina Democratic leaders at a state convention voted to back the national party ticket, Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver, for the November ballot. The move followed defeats of independent voting calls, despite some opposition tied to pro integration stances on school desegregation. Independent plans by R. M. Kennedy of Camden were announced to form an elector slate.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
National Party
Old Line
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Independence’ Movement
R. M. Kennedy
Camden
Stevenson
Kefauver
Supreme Court
Eisenhower to Return East After Pebble Beach Visit
President Eisenhower, recovered from major abdominal surgery, plans to fly to Washington on Tuesday to discuss reelection strategy and Suez reporting. White House aides say convalescence is over, with weight back to 168 pounds. campaign plans include mid September kickoff and multiple national broadcasts.
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Pebble Beach
Calif
Eisenhower
Washington
Pacific
Columbine III
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Cypress Point Club
San Francisco
Leonard Hall
Hall
Budget Bureau Orders Drive to Trim Payroll
Washington The Budget Bureau on Monday ordered a campaign to trim the federal payroll and urged agencies to check carefully before filling vacancies from retirements. Sen Olin Johnston said he is creating a special study group to explore a 1957 pay raise for federal employees and predicted the 85th Congress will grant it, noting a Democratic president will be in the White House.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Washington
Budget Bureau
Percival F. Brundage
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Senate Civil Service Committee
Johnston
White House
Former Hotelman Hugh Daly Dies at 89 in San Francisco
Hugh Daly 89, a Montana hotelman and Gregson Hot Springs proprietor, founder of the Daly-Shea Mortuary in Butte, died in San Francisco. Born August 6, 1867 in County Monaghan Ireland, he moved to Montana at 20, worked on Anaconda area projects, ran Daly's Place tavern, led Gregson Hot Springs remodeling, later operated Broadwater Hotel Helena and eventually Daly-Shea Mortuary in Butte.
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Hugh Daly
Montana
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Butte
San Francisco
Daly
County Monaghan
Ireland
Montana Territory
Anaconda
Patrick
Tom
Marcus Daly
Carroll
Helena
AFL-CIO Punishes Three Unions Over Welfare Funds
The AFL-CIO moves to suspend one of three member unions amid alleged corrupt handling of welfare funds. The Distillery Workers, Laundry Workers, and Allied Industrial Workers faced possible ouster as the federation, meeting in the Poconos, addresses internal corruption post merger. Meany challenged GOP labor friendliness claims, citing the economy as the true driver.
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Forest Park
Afl-Cio
George Meany
GOP
Meany
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Thornton
Poconos Mountains
Distillery
Allied Industrial Workers
4 H FFA Stock Show Opens In Butte Shows 106 Youths
10th annual 4 H and FFA Livestock Show and Sale opens in Butte with more than 100 4 H Club members and FFA youths from nine counties Beaverhead Broadwater Powell Gallatin Madison Jefferson Silver Bow Lake and Park plus parents relatives and friends. Beef sheep and swine arrive Tuesday for judging Wednesday with livestock sale Thursday. County agent Earl Peace oversees cattle reception. James B Glover Jr is general chairman with Bial Havens and Harold Schumacher as cochairmen. Sponsored annually by Montana Livestock Auction Co and the Butte Chamber of Commerce with community groups Kiwanis Lions Rotary and the Butte Automobile Dealers Assn. Public invited to all sessions.
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Butte
Farmers of America
FFA
Montana Livestock Auction Co
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte Active, Exchange, Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary Clubs
Butte Automobile Dealers Assn
James B. Glover Jr
Bial Havens
Harold Schumacher
Earl Peace
Beaverhead
Broadwater
Powell
Gallatin
Madison
Jefferson
Silver Bow
Lake and Park
Two Britons Jailed in Alleged Spying
Egyptian security police arrested two Britons and an Egyptian on charges of masterminding a spy ring dealing in military secrets. Ringleader named three other Egyptians as co workers. The case surfaced amid the Suez crisis amid Western efforts for international canal control. The detainees include James Swinburn, Cairo manager of the Arab News Agency, Charles Pittuck, a radio telegraph official, and El Sayed Amin Mahmud.
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Cairo
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nasser
James Swinburn
Arab News Agency
Charles Pittuck
Montana Weather: Showers Tuesday with cooler temps
Montana forecast split by region shows east section cloudy with showers developing Tuesday, mainly in southwest and northeast. few thunderstorms in extreme east. Highs reach 60 to 70. Tuesday night showers northeast and southeast. Wednesday remains cool with scattered showers and NW winds. West Montana mostly cloudy with a few showers and warmer by Wednesday. Maximums cover 12 hours, minimums 18 hours, precipitation to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Nasser to reply to Suez talks invitation after week of pressure
Egypt would answer Tuesday to London’s invitation to discuss Suez crisis with a five nation committee. Nasser is expected to say yes but not bound to any international plan. Cairo wants talks in Cairo and a quick start, focusing on the whole Suez issue.
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Cairo
Egypt
Nasser
London
Robert G. Menzies
Australia
Menzies
Suez
Suez Canal Co
Mediterranean
Britain
France
Suez Canal
15 Believed Dead in Military Aircraft Crashes
Two military plane crashes killed eight crewmen and left seven missing in Alaska and Georgia. A Navy bomber crashed into homes in Sanford, Florida, killing three aboard and a 3 year old girl on the ground. A Moody Air Force Base wreck near Valdosta cost four airmen their lives as two jets collided. One KC-97 crew member was rescued after bailing out near Anchorage. seven others were unaccounted for with survival unlikely if in the water. Reports of Oklahoma missing planes prompted a patrol search, but officials said no missing aircraft were known.
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Alaska
Navy
Sanford
Fla
Valdosta
Moody Air Force Base
Anchorage
Air Force
Oklahoma
State Highway Patrol
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Georgia
Elgin Air Force Base
Florida
Plane wreckage found near Pasco with body of student pilot
The wreckage of a small plane containing student pilot W. G. McConnell of Spokane was found near Pasco on Monday. He had taken off from the Pasco airport Sunday night at 6 30 during a storm to return to Spokane.
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Pasco
Wash
U.P
W. G. McConnell
Spokane
McConnell
Brewer switches to Democrat bid for state legislature
Backfire in Boothbay Harbor as Arnold Brewer Jr. abandons Republican ties and files to run for the state legislature as a Democrat after months of urging from GOP friends.
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Boothbay Harbor
U.P
Arnold Brewer Jr
Brewer
State's Road Toll Raised by Two
Two week end traffic fatalities in Roosevelt county pushed Montana's 1956 highway toll to 169, against 136 a year ago. Victims were Maggie Lane Thunder and Peter Saddler. Thunder, 44, of Carlisle Saskatchewan, died after a pickup stalled on Montana Highway 13 near Wolf Point. Tymofichuk,Scobey, struck the pickup rearward. Saddler, 21, of Rocky Boy, died after a car side swiped a bridge on U S Highway 32 near Poplar. Inquests planned for both deaths.
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Wolf Point
Roosevelt County
Montana
Maggie Lane Thunder
Carlisle, Sask
Peter Saddler
Rocky Boy
Lone Thunder
Oswego
Saddler
Poplar
U. S. Highway 32
Highway toll in Montana now 167 after two private road deaths
Montana highway patrol reports two more fatalities removed from the public road toll. Charles Longtree, 40, killed August 3 on a private driveway in Poplar, and Benjamin Littlehead, found July 13 near Rockton. Initial hit and run theory dropped after investigation.
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Helena
Montana
State Highway Patrol
Charles Longtree
Poplar
Benjamin Littlehead
Rockton
Littlehead
Highway Patrol
Riesel murder case linked to Long Island body found
A nude handless body found in a Long Island field is being studied for possible ties to the Victor Riesel acid attack. Autopsy and federal grand jury activity point to a widening gangland probe as investigators search for the missing hijacker linked to the crime.
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New York
Long Island
Victor Riesel
Riesel
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