French Backers May Save EDC 24 Dead, 3 Critically Hurt in Giant B-36 Crash
A giant B-36 bomber crashed near Ellsworth AFB during approach in perfect weather killing 24 crew. Three crew members survived in critical condition. identified injured were AIC John W. Harvey, Capt. Phillip C. Toups, and 1st Lt. Roger Bumps. Dead included A2C George D. Herteneky. Fire and brush blazes followed. wreckage scattered over a quarter mile. An inquiry board will determine causes. Fort Worth built all B-36s. last delivery two weeks prior.
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Rapid City
S. D
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Wray P. Cottrell
Maplewood
Attempt to Fill NLRB Counsel Post Is Defeated
Washington report states the Eisenhower administration failed to secure Senate confirmation for Theophil Kamholz as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. Bott currently holds the post. Kamholz would replace him after a likely December expiration. The administration sought a quick hearing via Sen. H. Alexander Smith, aided by Sherman Adams, but the move stalled as Smith prepared to depart. Further developments hinted by discussions with Sen. Murray.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Theophil C \ammholz
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
George C. Bott
Bott
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Senate Labor Committee
Kamholz
Chicago
Sherman Adams
Smith
Congress
Adams
Capitol
Sen. Murray
Montana
Labor Committee
Sev
Stevenson Raps Farm Program
Adlai Stevenson attacked the Eisenhower administration’s farm program saying it will do little beyond lowering farm prices and called the 1952 farm bill a cynical breach of promise. He spoke at a Midwestern farm conference dinner rebutting parity claims amid the Democratic drive for farm votes.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Congress
Stevenson
Backs Truck Onto Mother to Save Trapped Son
CHEBOYGAN Mich Arthur Rapson drove a two ton truck ten feet up the driveway to free his 18 month old son William wedged between the front axle and ground. William began to choke and turn purple as his mother crawled beneath the vehicle. He was freed when Rapson backed the truck into his wife’s shoulder and she breathed air into the child on the way to hospital. William revived with oxygen and is under medical care. Mrs Rapson received bruises.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Arthur Rapson
William
Rapson
Unions Vote on Kennecott Agreement After Strike
Four Mine-Mill locals will meet Sunday to decide on terms reached with Kennecott Copper Corp. and end a strike begun August 16. About 10,000 workers were idled. Skinner notes Nevada and Utah locals face rate issues and may delay ratification.
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Associated Press
International Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Ind
Kennecott Copper Corp
Albert C. Skinner
Mine-Mill
Nevada
Skinner
Utah
City to Consider Building Code
Butte City Council set for Wednesday night September 1 to discuss a uniform building code fire prevention and inspection code and likely the new garbage ordinance Mayor Tim J Sullivan urged adoption of a new garbage code citing littered alleys exposed cans and noncompliance as problems. Continued on page 12.
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Butte
Tim J. Sullivan
Man fined for dog neglect in Chatham
Arthur Hunt was fined eight dollars forty cents for letting his spaniel’s coat grow untrimmed for seven years. RSPCA inspector Arthur Batson testified the dog suffered from the heat and had to be destroyed.
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Chatham
England
U.P
Arthur Hunt
Arthur Batson
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Tanks Used to Halt Rio Grande Do Sul Riots
Tanks rolled through Porto Alegre as martial law persisted amid a week of political crisis and violence. Getulio Vargas’s death sparked unrest, with at least three deaths and nearly three million dollars in damage citywide. Workers planned wage talks while authorities hunted rioters and Reds.
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Rio de Janeiro
National Democratic Union
UDN
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
Brazil
Senate
M Vet i
Porto Alegre
Rio
Sao Paulo
Joao Cafe Filho
U. S
National City Bank of New York
Alencastro Guimaraes
Beaverhead Fair to Close Today
Beaverhead County Fair enters its final day in Dillon with Saturday’s high‑note parade recalled by thousands. Livestock sale starts at 8:30 AM, followed by dedication of the new livestock pavilion featuring Rep. George Gleed. A stock car versus Beaverhead County horse race headlines the afternoon events.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Fairgrounds
George Gleed
Beaverhead
Jim Tarekis
Butte
Fair Association
Senator Murray Attacks GOP in Democratic Address
Senator James F. Murray of Montana assailed the Eisenhower administration and the Republican-led Congress in a Saturday speech to Democrats. He charged many GOP candidates avoid running on their records and urged supporters to back Democratic candidates.
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Murray
Billings
James F. Murray
Montana
Congress
Democrats Elect Toole Chairman
Democrats in Montana chose Jack Toole of Shelby as chairman of the State Central Committee to lead the party in the fall campaign. He succeeds H. B. Landoe of Bozeman, who did not seek re election, and Toole was the 1952 lieutenant governor candidate. Mrs. Thomas C. Colton was re elected vice chairman and Frank Murray, Helena, was named secretary treasurer. Leif Erickson, Helena, was elected committeeman from the first district. Mrs. Ann Donovan, Anaconda, committeewoman. Erickson succeeds Art Quinn and Baxter Larson, Wolf Point, is the eastern district committeeman. The convention featured attacks on the GOP and President with Murray predicting a Democratic victory in November.
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Billings
Montana
Democrats
Jack Toole
Shelby
Baxter Larson
Wolf Point
Murray
GOP
Washington
Lost parakeet ad in Montana Standard wants reward
Lost: 1 light blue parakeet near Front St and Platinum. Reward offered. Contact 0000. A bird in our Want Ads is worth more than two in anyone else's bush.
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Montana Standard
Front St
Bid Opening Set on Road Projects in Helena
The Montana Highway Commission announced a tentative list of 11 road projects with bids to be opened in Helena on September 23. Meetings are scheduled for September 21 to 23, with related sessions by the Montana Highway No. 6 Association and Gov. J Hugo Aronson’s Highway Interim Committee. Notable item 3.9 miles of grading and gravel surfacing south of Armell’s Crossing along the Missouri River will provide surfaced approaches to the bridge being built under 1953 legislation, completing the last unbridged Missouri section between central and northern Montana. Other projects by county include grading and resurfacing in Flathead.
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Helena
State Highway Commission
Montana Highway No. 6 Assn
J. Hugo Aronson
Armell
Missouri River
Scott P. Hart
Missouri
Montana
Historic Farm Bill Signed by President
President Eisenhower signed a major farm bill hailed as a victory for the American people. He endorsed flexible price supports shifting away from rigid props while noting a temporary 6 billion dollar debt ceiling increase. The measure aims to stabilize prices, income for farmers, and strengthen the economy amid political debate.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Congress
GOP
Block of Dimes Polio Drive Stunt Success
Butte residents donated 643.38 to the March of Dimes during a Park Street sidewalk collection. E B Wainwright and W C Sweet praised the effort and noted it as the first local “block of dimes” stunt for polio fund raising.
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Butte
Park Street
Main
Dakota
March of Dimes
E. B. Wainwright
W. C. Sweet
The
Boys State Ends Today at Dillon
The Montana Boys State session in Dillon concludes Sunday with church services and a general assembly. Governor Cummins of Three Forks urged civil defense over universal military training while supporting bipartisan planks. LeRoy Wilkes, 1953 Boys State governor, compared this session with last year and nine-day events wrap with diploma and award presentations, including tennis champion Kent Holtz.
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Dillon
Montana
Jerry Cummins
Three Forks
Senate
House of Representatives
LeRoy Wilkes
Thompson Falls
Wilkes
Law
Kent Holtz
Great Falls
Gerald Askevold
Polson
James Fahey
Wolf Point
Larry Pettit
Lewistown
Boys Nation
Washington, D. C
Valeen Tippetts
Vaughn
Montana American Legion Citizenship
Weather Summary for Sunday and Monday
Fair Sunday forenoon with partly cloudy afternoon and possible thundershowers. Highs 75 to 85 west and 80 to 90 east with warmer conditions in the east. Lows around 45 Sunday night. Warm into Monday with little change west and scattered mountain showers.
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Divide
Tentative Accord Delays Debate on European Defense Pact
In Paris, French Assembly leaders reached a tentative agreement to postpone debate on the European Defense Community treaty to allow new negotiations. Premier Mendes-France called a cabinet meeting to discuss the delay as factions argued over the resolution wording. The vote and timetable remain uncertain with Sept 15 or 22 floated for resumed debate.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
European Army Project
France
Jules Moch
Enrollment Boom Predicted for 1954 55 Schools
Washington estimates 38 million students will enroll in public and private schools and colleges in the 1954-55 year, a new high. The 1953-54 total stood at 36,114,900, with a projected rise of about 1.9 million. Brownell cites high postwar birth rates and foresees further growth to 46 million by 1959-60, stressing elementary schools will bear the early surge.
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Washington
S. M. Brownell
Brownell
Shivers Leads Texas Governor Runoff in Early Count
Texas Governor Allan Shivers held a commanding lead in Saturday’s Democratic runoff for governor as of 9 p.m. CST with 310,070 votes to Ralph Yarborough’s 271,403 from 125 of 254 counties. Shivers, backed by Eisenhower, led after a July primary and built a 40,000 vote margin in the latest tally. continued on page 13.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Allan Shivers
Eisenhower
Texas Election Bureau
Shivers
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Democrats
St Mary Church Dedication Slated in Stevensville
The dedication of the new St Mary Church in Stevensville is set for September 12 with Most Rev Joseph Gilmore of Helena preaching the sermon and Rt Rev Msgr Denis Meade celebrating the pontifical mass at 10 am. The project honors the historic St Mary Mission Church founded by Father Peter J Desmet in 1841.
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Stevensville
St. Mary
Peter J. de Smet
S.J
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Denis P. Meade
James P. Dowdall
Anaconda
St. Mary Mission
Montana
Father de Smet
Gilmore
Two Gunmen Break Into Prison and Free Burke
Two gunmen assaulted Suffolk County Jail in daylight on Charles Street and freed Elmer Burke, known as Trigger, a New York criminal linked to multiple murders. Police suspect a preplanned entry as a nationwide hunt ensued with New York City authorities alerted and Burke's suspected Manhattan activity highlighted.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Elmer
Burke
New York
Charles Street
Charles River
New England
Manhattan
New York City
West Side
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James E. Murray
Toole
Lester Loble
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
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John C. Sheehy
Cellowstone County
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