Proxmire Wins Wisconsin Senate Seat in Special Election
Democrat William E. Proxmire, a 41 year old veteran of ten years in Wisconsin politics, defeats Republican Walter J. Kohler Jr. to become the state's first Democrat in the U S Senate since 1932. Final returns show Proxmire leading with 374 825 votes to Kohler's 276 914 from 3 096 precincts statewide.
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Milwaukee
William E. Proxmire
Wisconsin
U.S. Senate
Proxmire
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Kohler
Quarles Questions Moscow Missile Claim Timing
Acting Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles said the United States doubts Moscow will have an operational intercontinental missile soon. He noted two thirds of the Russian announcement concerned disarmament maneuvers and argued the race’s immediacy has been exaggerated.
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Washington
United States
Donald A. Quarles
White House
State Dept
Moscow
Quarles
U.S
Russia Rejects New Arms Plan Before U N Talks
The Soviet Union rejected Western disarmament proposals including a two year nuclear test ban and Eisenhower open skies plan. Valerian Zorin warned the five power committee of deadlock and called for Asian African and Latin American nations to join the talks. Western delegates condemned the Soviet tone as rigid while Moscow claimed it could walk out.
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London
Russia
Kremlin
U. N
Valerian Zorin
Eisenhower
Zorin
Moscow
United States
Britain
France
Canada
Soviet Union
Congress Urged To Extend Wool Grower Payments
Thirty six senators urged Congress to extend incentive payments to wool growers for four more years. Senator Barrett introduced a bill with 35 co sponsors to renew the 1954 National Wool Act until March 31, 1963, though the law currently expires March 31, 1959.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Barrett
R-Wye
Woman Charged With Harboring Fugitive Cowboy
Mrs. Rose Liggett of Whitehall posted $2,000 bond after arraignment on a federal charge of harboring Dale Morris, a fugitive awaiting murder trial in Mississippi. Morris escaped from Harrison County Jail in Gulfport last June and has been called the "Montana cowboy" in national coverage. He reportedly fled via a hole in a hurricane fence and may have had an accomplice.
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Rose Liggett
Whitehall
U.S
David L. Holland
Dale Morris
Mississippi
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harrison County
Morris
House Approves FBI Files Bill
The House passed a bill by 351 to 17 to tighten safeguards on FBI files against access in criminal prosecutions. It aims to align with Jencks case rulings and will go to a joint conference to resolve differences with the Senate version. President Eisenhower and the FBI supported the stronger measure.
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Washington
U.P
House
FBI
Supreme Court
Jencks
Senate
Eisenhower
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Congress
Celler
Senate votes for postal pay increase and likely veto
The Senate approved a postal workers pay raise 69 to 17 sending the bill to President Eisenhower. It would grant 518000 postal employees a 546 dollar annual boost at 317 million dollars yearly, though the President is expected to veto.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Sen. Neuberger
D-Ore
Byrd and Robertson
Virginia
Lausche
Ohio
AFL-CIO Charges Hoffa Amid Union Power Stand
The AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee filed charges against James R. Hoffa, alleging connections with racketeers and improper loans. Hoffa, riding a Teamsters presidential bid, vowed to press on, saying he had not been informed of the specifics.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Afl-Cio
Ethical Practices Committee
Midwest
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Ethical Practices Group
Hoffa
Big
Labor Federation
Senate
Senate Committee
Teamster
Senators
McClellan
D-Ark
Los Angeles
Dave Beck
The
Ethical Committee
South Dakota Man Dies in Billings Auto Injuries
Oscar W. Johnson, 74, of Britton South Dakota died in a Billings hospital from head injuries suffered Aug 21 when a car driven by Fred Thompson 49 left the road near Cody Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park. Thompson's son Trenton 17 was injured. Thompson and his 13 year old daughter were unhurt. The group had been returning to Cody after visiting Johnson’s son Mahlon.
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Billings
Mont
Oscar W. Johnson
Britton
S.D
Cody
Wyo
Yellowstone National Park
Johnson
Fred Thompson
Royal Oak
Midh
Thompson
Trenton
Yellowstone
Grand Teton National Park
Mahlon
No Cash Needed Revolving Credit Plan Ad Mistyped
In an Ontario newspaper a jewelry store ad misspelled a credit offer saying No Cash Needed Use our revolting credit plan. The amusing typo hints at credit problems and suggests placing a Want Ad to find a paying guest for a spare bedroom at 5451.
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Ontario
Postal rate hike bill stalls in Senate committee
The Senate Post Office Committee halted hearings on a House approved postal rate increase as adjournment rushes and the session ends. A next session consideration is planned, while a separate pay-raise bill for postal workers moves forward, likely to be vetoed by President Eisenhower if passed.
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Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
White House
Johnson
Washington
Senate Post Office Committee
Johnston
D-Sc
Sen
Carlson
R-Kan
House
Ate
Dtex
Congress
Senate approves larger foreign aid bill despite opposition
The Senate passed the $3,692,710,000 foreign aid bill 62 to 25 with support from both parties. Ellender's push to cap military aid at 1% billion failed 59 to 28, leaving a likely House-Senate conference and a compromise near the House total. The measure includes new and reappropriated funds, with critics urging self-help and backers arguing vital security needs.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Russell
D-Ga
Senate House
America
Syrian Mission Is in Moscow
A three man Syrian delegation flew to Moscow to finalize terms of a preliminary economic agreement with the Soviet Union. The talks aim to outline costs and scope for aid including Latakia port development, dam and railway construction with Russia supplying tools equipment machinery and technicians. Damascus will seek cabinet approval before formalizing the deal.
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Angelo Natale
Damascus
Syria
Moscow
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Russia
Latakia
Salah Tarazi
Foreign Ministry
Turkey
U. S
Lou Henderson
Tarazi
Lewistown Man Killed In Auto Truck Collision Near Harlowton
Lewistown man John Milton Treadway, 33, died Tuesday evening when his car collided with a northbound cattle truck two miles north of Harlowton Montana. Truck driver Wilford Winsky and passenger Oscar Waldemar, both of Harlowton, escaped with cuts and bruises. Kenneth Elliot of Harlowton escaped uninjured after swerving into a ditch. Treadway, a railroad machinist, was commuting to work. the death toll for the year reached 127 this date.
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Harlowton
John Milton Treadway
Lewistown
Bob Speer
Treadway
Montana
Wilford Winsky
Oscar Waldemar
Speer
Kenneth Elliot
Elliot
Traffic Fatality Toll Reduced by Patrol
Montana officials cut the 1957 traffic death toll to 126 after a patrol review. Victor Cameron of White Sulphur Springs was removed from the list. he died May 29 when a road grader overturned on a Glacier county project. The patrol ruled the glacier was operating off the roadway in a closed area.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Patrol
Victor Cameron
White Sulphur Springs
Glacier County
Glacier
Missoula rejects daylight saving time decision
Missoula voters defeated daylight saving time by a wide margin ending the trial that began July 15. The outcome will cancel the time change starting Sunday and not be repeated next year. Six candidates for three City Commission seats secured automatic nomination for the November 5 election with four seeking two year terms and two for the remainder of Sandy Durrant’s term ending December 31, 1959.
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Missoula
Mont
Sandy Durrant
Senate Beats Down Dixie Effort to Sidetrack Measure
The Senate defeated a motion to send the civil rights compromise to the Judiciary Committee by 66 to 18 after Southern opposition. The House had already approved the bill 279 to 97, and leaders expect swift passage this week. The measure would empower the attorney general to seek federal court injunctions against voting rights violations.
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Washington
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Thurmond
Congress
Eisenhower
Clarence Mitchell
Riot in Colorado Reformatory Leaves Inmate Dead Four Wounded
A riot at the Colorado State Reformatory in Buena Vista involved about 125 inmates in Cell Block C. One prisoner Ernesto Gomez of Denver was killed and four others hospitalized after being shot or wounded while two guards, Sam Montgomery and Robert Allinger, were beaten. Governor Steve McNichols described the scene as order restored within an hour with 60 guards on scene.
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Buena Vista
Colo
Colorado State Reformatory
Steve McNichol
Denver
Ernesto Gomez
McNichols
Harvey Williams
Gene Loux
Richard Benjamin
Aurora
Jerry Troxel
Sam Montgomery
Robert Allinger
Allinger
Narby
Montgomery
Cattle on Highways Prompt Patrol Traffic Warning
Montana Highway Patrol reports that cattle on highways cause crashes as pasture runs short. Supervisor Alex Stephenson says patrols will focus on removal and urge caution for drivers, especially at night. Cattle often graze along unprotected stretches west of Butte to Ramsay and on the Butte Dillon and Butte Helena corridors.
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Alex Stephenson
Montana Highway Patrol
Stephenson
Butte
Highway Patrol
Butte-Dillon
Butte District
Butte-Helena
Butte-Anaconda
Ramsay
Montana Weather Outlook Across Regions
Montana east rosters partly cloudy skies with widely scattered storms. Cool with highs 65 to 75 and lows 40 to 55 Wednesday night. Montana west shows partly scattered storms in the east portion Wednesday afternoon. Similar cool highs 65 to 75 and lows 40 to 50. Table covers 12 hour maximums, 18 hour minimums, 24 hour precipitation ending 5 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Philipsburg Forest Fire Out of Control
Forest fire in the Philipsburg district of the Deer Lodge National Forest near Rock Creek drainage is about four acres and uncontrolled. More than 40 men including 32 smokejumpers worked from air and ground support with a hot shot crew from Hamilton and additional food and tools to be dropped. Merle Hofferber and Blaine Tennis led initial response, with Ranger F E Williams and Jerry Stern assisting and communications handled by Jack Bookey from Butte.
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Deer Lodge National Forest
Middle Fork
Rock Creek
Edith Lake
Anaconda
Butte
Missoula
Hamilton
Moose Lake
Merle Hofferber
Butte District
Deer Lodge
Blaine Tennis
F. E. Williams
Jerry Stern
Jack Bookey
Catholic nuns jailed by Moravian court for anti state acts
A Czechoslovak court in Moravia on Tuesday sentenced two Catholic nuns to prison terms of two and five years for anti state activity Radio Prague reported Tuesday night.
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Moravia
Radio Prague
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