Stevenson Gains Southern Democratic Cachet In Dixie Meet
Adlai Stevenson courted Southern party leaders in Knoxville telling reporters the meeting was a rally for the Stevenson Kefauver ticket. He urged faster nuclear progress while Mississippi and Virginia leaders predicted large Democratic margins in November. Kentucky figures assured strong support as well.
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Knoxville
Ten
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Dixie
South
Clayton Fritchie
Stevenson-Kefauver
Stevenson
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
James P. Coleman
Mississippi
Most
Harry C. Stuart
Virginia
Earle Clements
Robert Humphreys
Kentucky
York Rite Western Conference Opens Today in Masonic Temple
The 10th annual Western Conference of York Rite Masonic bodies convenes at the Masonic Temple at 9 this morning. Pendleton’s Sprague H. Carter chairs the event with 100 delegates from 11 states. A Friday banquet for members and ladies, a Saturday General Grand Chapter session led by Roscoe R. Walcutt, a members dinner, and tours of the Kelley Mine and Copper Key Trail are planned.
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York Rite Masonic
Masonic Temple
Sprague H. Carter
Pendleton
Ore
York Rite
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
General Grand Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Roscoe R. Walcutt
Kelley
Integration Brings Violence in Clinton and Mansfield
Reports from Clinton Tennessee describe a second day of racial clashes at Clinton High School as 12 Black students enrolled among 800. three white men detained after a melee and projectiles hurled at a Black woman. In Mansfield Texas a mob of 250 threatened violence to block Negroes from Mansfield High School while Judge Estes ordered immediate integration.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
East Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Clinton
Oak Ridge
Tennessee Valley
Norris Dam
Norris
Knoxville
John Kasper
Washington, D. C
Robert L. Taylor
Kasper
Taylor
Tex
Mansfield High School
Joe E. Estes
Dallas
Harlan Wright
Wright
Estes
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Snakes In Venetian Blinds Alarm Southington Caller
A Southington woman reports snakes in her Venetian blinds prompting a desk sergeant to ask for clarification. Officers investigate and kill an 18 inch garter snake found in the blinds.
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Southington
Conn
Police
Anaconda Company to Close Mines in Butte over Labor Day Weekend
The Anaconda Company will shut all mines and plants in Butte on Sunday September 2 and Monday September 3 for Labor Day. Operations will switch to Mountain Standard Time at 7 a.m. Tuesday September 4, with 7 a.m. DST becoming 6 a.m. standard time.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Native of Bozeman on Plane Shot Down by Commies
The Navy identified the recovered crewman as Lt. Cmdr. James William Ponsford, born in Bozeman, Montana. He was the husband of Geraldine M. Ponsford and the son of Freda E. Wilson of Long Beach, California. The patrol plane based at Iwakuni, Japan, was shot down over the South China coast.
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Washington
South China Coast
Navy
Cmdr
James William Ponsford
Ponsford
Freda E. Wilson
Long Beach
Calif
Geraldine M. Ponsford
Naval Air Station
Iwakuni
Japan
United States
Bozeman, Mont
Nixon Father Critical As Vice President Plans Flight West
Vice President Richard M. Nixon prepared to fly to California to join his ailing father Frank A. Nixon 77 who remained critically ill in Whittier. Doctors reported limited fluids and a possible final day or two as the elder Nixon showed little change with a slight afternoon rally.
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Nixon
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Mantoloking
N. J
Whittier
Calif
Frank A. Nixon
Billy Graham
FBI Catches Bank Bandit in Rectory
In Oakland California a 26 year old former Fairbanks lumberjack robbed a Bank of America and was arrested by FBI agents within three hours while sitting in the Sacred Heart Church rectory. The suspect Lawrence Frederick Hildonen was six foot two and weighed 220 pounds and was unarmed. The full amount of the stolen money was recovered.
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Oakland
Calif
U.P
Bank of America
FBI
Lawrence Frederick Hildonen
Fairbanks
William M. Whelan
Hildonen
Sacred Heart Church
Windstorm Damages Fargo Homes and Buildings
In Fargo North Dakota a late Thursday windstorm injured at least six people and damaged homes and industrial structures across a seven block area. A Leon ard Leon house was lifted off its foundation and moved forty feet while remaining upright. Several trailers tipped. the Farmers Co-Op building roof caved in and walls buckled. a freight car derailed. No funnel cloud confirmed by the Weather Bureau.
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Fargo
N. D
Leonard Leon
H. R. Mcconnell
Fargo Weather Bureau
Farmers Co-Op
French Troops Land on Cyprus Amid Suez Tensions
French troops and arms arrived on Cyprus to bolster service as tensions rise over the Suez crisis. Nasser defended Egyptian sovereignty of the canal while Britain, the United States, and Nasir clashed over its international status.
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Isle of Cyprus
London
Eyypt
Nasser
Eisenhower
Dulles
North Atlantic Council
Paris
Cairo
U. S
Henry Byroade
Egypt
Washington
Ahmed Hussein
Cyprus
Charles Keightley
Middle East
Navy
Aulne
Famagusta
Russian discus star Nina Ponomareva vanishes in London
London police issued a warrant for Nina Ponomareva on charges of shoplifting five hats valued at 4.60. The 27 year old Soviet athlete, favored for the Olympic discus title, failed to appear in court and disappeared. The Soviet embassy and foreign offices offered little.
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London
Nina Ponomareva
Foreign Office
Nina
Elbourne
West End
White City
Nina Dumbadze
Value of Farms Hits New High
Washington reports farm assets rose to a record 171 billion dollars on Jan 1 while farm debt climbed to 18.8 billion. Net farm income fell about 5 percent in 1955 as production costs rose about 1 percent, with income dropping over 800 million.
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Washington
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Cro
Algerian Rebels Kill Missionary Near Ksour Mountains
Algerian rebels killed Rev. Jean Talbart a 41 year old member of the White Fathers mission in Algeria. He was shot while returning to his mission after mass for French troops near Gerryville in the Ksour Mountains at the desert edge.
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Algiers
A.P
Jean Talbart
Gerryville
Ksour
Sahara Desert
Two Israeli Soldiers Killed by Mine Explosion
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and three wounded when a land mine blew up a command car in the Neged Desert. U N observers were dispatched to the scene, the army spokesman said.
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Jerusalem
Neged Desert
Israel Army
U. N
Canadian Pacific airliner crashes in Alaska. 15 dead or missing
A Tokyo bound Canadian Pacific DC6B crashed on a tide flat near Kodiak after missing Cold Bay runway. Thirteen bodies recovered. two missing. Seven survivors, including Captain Tweed, were treated at Kodiak Naval Station Hospital. Survivors include Sharon and Patricia Edelstein and York Sing Chan. The dead include four Canadian crew members two priests and a Japanese embassy attaché.
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Kodiak
Alaska
North Pacific
Thornton A. Tweed
Canada
U. S. Naval Station
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Cold Bay
Alaska Peninsula
Vancouver
B. C
Judy Lem
Margaret Lem
Toronto
Tweed
Kodiak Naval Station Hospital
U. S. Navy
Navy
United Nations
Foreign Mission Society
Tokyo
Frs
James MacIntosh
St. Andrew
Nova Scotia
Vincent Iko Yamane
Banquet Closes 4 H FFA Show and Sale Night in Butte
The Finlen Hotel hosted the 10th annual 4 H and FFA Livestock Show and Sale banquet closing a three day event that opened Tuesday. Bruce Redman earned the highest beef price at 84 1 2 cents per pound for grand champion beef bought by Safeway Stores from Sheridan. Other top awards went to Frankie Balkovetz Twin Bridges for reserve beef and Meta Mae Scheytt Bozeman for grand champion sheep at 1 60 per pound. 4 H and FFA youths from Montana competed with 108 participants and board honors awarded to Joe Fouts Waterloo and Karen Lee Olsen Bozeman as show king and queen.
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Finlen
Butte
Farmers of America
Bruce Redman
Safeway
Sheridan Boy
Frankie Balkovetz
Twin Bridges
Meta Mae Scheytt
Boze
Whitehall High School
Mary Kay Frisbie
Madison County
Miss Olsen
Max Iverson
Broadwater County
Jim Hinshaw
Gallatin
Madison-Jefferson County
James B. Glover Jr
Glover
Rial Havens
Cochairman
Larry Smith
Corette
Neal Windecker
Sappington
Joe Fouts
Waterloo
Want Ad Writing Help Promises Local Buyers and Renters
Sound Alikes SEA and SEE defined with a reminder that Want Ads reach town buyers and renters. Phone 5451 for an experienced Want Ad writer to craft effective notices.
Wagner Seeks Lehman Seat as Democrats Push Nomination
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner announced he may enter the U S Senate race to fill retiring Sen. Herbert Lehman. Democratic leaders, including Adlai Stevenson, urged the bid, with Albany convention Sept 10 as the potential moment of nomination. Republicans debate a nominee alongside Javits and McGovern as the party's major contenders.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
U. S. Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
Wagner
Adlai Stevenson
City Hall
Albany
Senate
GOP
Jacob K. Javits
J. Raymond McGovern
Montana Weather Update East and West Forecast
East Montana sees considerable afternoon cloudiness and lighter showers possible. West Montana warms to 60s with Friday partly cloudy and night lows 35 to 45. Saturday highs reach 65 to 70 with increasing clouds and a few squalls likely.
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Montana
Slightly Warmer Weather Seen Across Montana
A weather pattern bringing cold, scattered rain and heavy clouds is moving out of Montana. The Weather Bureau forecasts slightly warmer conditions Friday with showers only in the eastern portion as the Canadian storm moves southeast. Kalispell was the only Montana point not to report rain Thursday.
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Helena
Montana
Weather Bureau
Kallispell
Man Shot in Butte Home Killed by Wife's Statement
Elmer George Chapman 47 a dryman at Lexington Mine was shot in bed at his southeast Butte home 2907 Locust. His wife Betty Chapman 39 told officers he asked to die and that she called a doctor who notified the Butte police. The shot likely fatal instant. Autopsy ordered.
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Elmer George Chapman
Lexington
Silver Bow County
Betty Chapman
Chapman
Emmet J. Paulsen
Eldred Chater
James O’rourke
Phil Brogan
Butte
Paulsen
J. Frank Sullivan
Dep
Thomas F. Joyce
Community Memorial Hospital
Auto deaths set July record with 3570 fatalities
The National Safety Council reported July 1956 saw a record 3,570 traffic deaths, the highest for any July. For the seven months ending July 31 fatalities reached 21,730, a 9 percent rise from 1955, with highway deaths climbing along with mileage. Ned H. Dearborn urged caution for Labor Day travel. The top cities by population group showed Denver, Indianapolis, and Kansas City leading per 10,000 registered vehicles in early 1956.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Safety Organization
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Battle Creek
Mich
Las Vegas
Nev
Billings
Mont
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Broadus
Cut Bank Econneras
Dillon Onnacsets
Drummond
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Avre
Kalispell - Lewistown Oeere Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
E. G. Chapman
John Calcaterra
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