Butte Pistol Victim Shot in Self Defense Claim
In a basement apartment at 1742 W Mercury two men staged a pistol duel. Green Chapman 27 admitted shooting Ray Thompson 35 who was wounded and in poor condition at St James Hospital. County attorneys, after interviewing witnesses, leaned toward Chapman’s self defense claim and may not file felony charges.
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W. Mercury
Robert J. Holland
John T. Prothero
Ray Thompson
Utah
Green Chapman
Colorado
Thompson
St. James Hospital
Holland
Prothero
Chapman
Joe Polya
N. Jackson
Jess Gonzales
Moose Hotel
Robert Hill
W. Commercial
Anaconda
Montana State
Gonzales
Montana Girl 6 Killed by Car Near Columbia Falls
A 1-year-old girl Peggy Plummer died and a 7-year-old companion Jennifer Walters was seriously injured when struck by a car on Montana Highway 40 about four miles west of Columbia Falls. Driver James Yeats, shaken, could not speak.
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Columbia Falls
Peggy Plummer
Ted Plummer
Whitefish
Jennifer Walters
Paul Walters
Darvin Lundstrom
Lundstrom
Montana
James Yeats
Yeats
George Aubert
Holiday Ranch
Rubert
Plummer
Borrow Pit
Flathead County
Bozeman Man Killed by Train After Car Breaks Down
The Highway Patrol removed August F. Kapinos, 62, Bozeman, from the fatality roll. He was killed Saturday near Bozeman when he stood on tracks in front of his stalled auto. Patrol notes the death was not a highway fatality since he was outside his vehicle.
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Highway Patrol
August F. Kapinos
Bozeman
Kapinos
City Sells Walsh Addition Lots At $500 Each
Two city owned Walsh Addition lots along Harrison avenue sold for 500 dollars apiece at a Wednesday night Butte City Council session. Jack McCarthy won the bid after months of study and prior rejections. An old appraisal had valued the lots at 3000 dollars each.
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Walsh
Harrison Avenue
Butte
Jack McCarthy
Civic Center
McCarthy
Harrison
Montana Power Co
Joseph Armstrong
Terry W. Kelly
Eleanor Shea
Wyoming
Montana Three Forks project plans $122 million impact
Washington AP reports completion of coordinated water resources studies for the Three Forks Montana area including the Jefferson Gallatin and Madison Rivers. The plan, tied to the Missouri River Basin development, envisions eight irrigation units and one power unit to irrigate 93 000 acres and supplement 130 000 acres with four new storage dams and related works at an estimated cost of 122 415 000 dollars.
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Washington
Three Forks
Montana
Jefferson
Gallatin
Madison Rivers
Missouri River
Reclamation
W. A. Dexheimer
Missouri River Basin
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
National Park Service
Geological Survey
Army Engineers
Dexheimer
Children's Christmas Serial Opens in Standard Tomorrow
The Montana Standard begins a new Christmas serial for children with Santa and the Elf Boy by Luecrece Mudgins Beale and Dick Hodgins. Esteban journeys with Santa to thwart a plot against Yule joys. Aims to spark imagination and invites parents to read aloud the first chapter tomorrow.
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Montana
Santa and the
Elf Boy
Luecrece Mudgins Beale
Dick Hodgins
Esteban
Santa
Malibu Fire Nearly Half Under Control At Coast Line
Fire crews claimed about 50 percent control of a fast moving brush blaze that spread across 18 000 acres behind Malibu with 29 homes lost and thousands displaced. About 1 750 men battled a 37 mile perimeter with 1 000 from military bases as winds remained hazardous. Temperatures rose into the high 80s as arson was suspected in starting the fire. Two hot spots near Malibu Canyon and Zuma Canyon required constant attention while coast highway protection limited damage.
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California
Santa Monica Mountains
Malibu Film Colony
Coast Highway
Malibu Canyon
Zuma Canyon
Senator Cotton Becomes Acting State Governor
Montana Senate leader Robert S. Cotton, a Glasgow wheat grower and Democrat, became acting governor after Lt. Gov. Cannon left for Chicago and Gov. Aronson departed for New York City. Cotton, 59, first Valley County chief executive, warned of needed state revenue and a possible gross income tax while reviewing gubernatorial duties.
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Helena
Glasgow
Robert S. Cotton
Montana
Paul Cannon
Billings
Chicago
Cannon
Cotton
Valley County
Montana State College
Senate Education Committee
Civilian Setup Gains Pasadena Jet Propulsion Lab
Washington AP reports President Eisenhower approved keeping the ballistic missile agency at Huntsville Alabama with its space age scientists. As a compromise he ordered the Army to transfer the jet propulsion laboratory at Pasadena California to the new civilian space agency.
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Washington
Army
Eisenhower
Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Army Readies Juno II Moon Rocket for Weekend Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP Juno II, the Army's first moon rocket, sits in the open as countdown starts for a possible weekend firing near Dec. 6. The top will house a 30 pound satellite, aiming to travel farther than any previous man made object. The venture faces slim odds similar to prior Air Force attempts and includes Wernher von Braun leading the Army Missile effort with 2000 scientists.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Outer Space
Air Force
Wernher von Braun
Flat Army
Pile of Rubbish Relieved Cause Of Chicago Fire
A Chicago police arson team concluded the Our Lady of the Angels school blaze began from a smoldering rubbish pile in the basement. Heat built until it cracked a basement window, allowing air to feed the fire up the stairwell where 87 children and three nuns died. Investigators noted heavy charring near the stair foot and said old papers and books were stacked there. Continued on page 9.
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Chicago
Drew Brown
Brown
Our Lady of the Angels School
Ten Saved in Copter Crash Near Washington
Ten men were rescued after a Navy helicopter crashed into the Potomac River near Washington. Nine were picked up by the District harbor patrol and one by a Coast Guard cutter. The crew included four civilians and four crewmen, with two others unnamed. The craft was traveling from Patuxent Naval Air Station to Anacostia NAS. It belonged to the Naval Air Test Center’s service test division.
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Service Test Division
Naval Air Test Center
Patuxent
Woman on Way From Funeral Killed in Wreck
Mrs Alma O Ditty of Nyssa Oregon died in a Hailey Idaho hospital after an auto crash while returning from her husband Jesse A Ditty s funeral in Dillon Montana Details indicate two others in the car including Jesse O Ditty s wife and sister in law were involved Hospital treatment was reported for Mr Ditty Friends in Dillon learned of the death by telephone from Bozeman Montana where the son Jack Burke resided The Dittys had lived in Dillon and moved to Nyssa in 1946 with Mr Ditty having died last week in Nyssa. remains to be taken to Brundage Funeral Home
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Jesse O. Ditty
John A. Reeves
Webster
Ditty
Bozeman
Sputnik III May Have Ended Flight With Final Reentry
In Cambridge Massachusetts cautious scientists noted Sputnik III may have burned up on reentry. Dr John White of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory said the evidence is negative and no sighting of the rocket has been reported since forenoon observations, suggesting the final day of the craft.
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Cambridge
Mass
Soviet Union
John White
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Aronson Named Head of IOCC in Kansas City
Gov. J. Hugo Aronson of Montana was elected chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission at its annual meeting in Kansas City. He succeeds Gov. Milward L. Simpson of Wyoming. Other officers include Arthur Nevins of Topeka as first vice chairman, Dr. Wilson M. Laird of Bismarck as second vice chairman, Lawrence R. Alley of Oklahoma City as secretary, and Earl Foster of Oklahoma City as general counsel.
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Kansas City
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Milward L. Simpson
Wyoming
Commission
Arthur Nevins
Topeka
Kan
Wilson M. Laird
Bismarck
N. C
Lawrence R. Alley
Oklahoma City
Earl Foster
Aronson Elected ICCC Chairman Hopes To Fill Big Boots
Gov J Hugo Aronson of Montana says being elected chairman of the Interstate Oil Compact Commission ranks with his invention moving oil rigs without tearing them down. He notes his wooden shoes in Sweden and aims to fill Gov Milward Simpson’s Wyoming post. Telegram sent to ICCC meeting in Kansas.
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Helena
J. Hugo Aronson
Interstate Oil Compact Commission
Aronson
Sweden
Milward Simpson
Wyoming
ICCC
Kansas
U S May Put Monkey in New Satellites
ARPA announced Discoverer project to place earth satellites from California to study systems for manned space travel. initial launches use 1300 pound Thor missiles from Van Nuys base with hopes for monthly flights. mice and possibly a monkey may be carried and recovered via ejected capsules.
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Washington
Earth
California
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Defense Department
Air Force
Vandenberg
Space
ARPA
Russia
Roy Johnson
Nevada Gambler and Wife Slain in Arizona Killings
Las Vegas gambler and hotel figure Gus Greenbaum 64 and his wife Bess 50 were found murdered at their Phoenix home, both severed by a carving knife. Police said the slayings occurred Tuesday night. no motive or theft evident. Greenbaum, linked to Flamingo Hotel and various Las Vegas properties, faced prior bookmaking crackdowns and associations with Bugsy Siegel.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Las Vegas
Gus Greenbaum
Bess
Orme Moorehead
Flamingo
Greenbaum
Riviera
Nevada City
el Cortez
Las Vegas Club
Bugsy Siegel
Siegel
Helena Jury Finds Motorist Guilty Of Manslaughter
A Helena district court jury found Charlie B. Rutherford of Portland guilty of manslaughter in the Nov. 6 1957 traffic death at the Bowmans Corner intersection of Montana Highways 20 and 33. Rutherford testified he did not see the stop sign and tried to avoid the collision. Mrs Nichols was a passenger in her husband’s car. The four men and eight women jury recommended no leniency. The conviction carries a maximum sentence of 110 years in prison.
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Victor H. Fall
Space at a Glance: Satellite Plans and Space Agency Shifts
Space at a Glance reports Pentagon plans to launch a dozen short lived satellites from the California coast, some with mice and possibly a monkey, to study space travel. Eisenhower approves army retention of ballistic missile agency in Huntsville while transferring Pasadena jet propulsion lab to the civilian space agency. Scientists in Cambridge say Sputnik III may have burned up. the satellite may continue orbiting for another year. Juno II moon rocket unveiled at Cape Canaveral as Army eyes a historic satellite reach. launch attempt possible this weekend.
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Washington
Pentagon
California
Eisenhower
Army
Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena
Calif
Civilian
Space Agency
Cambridge
Mass
Russia
Montana Weather Outlook Across The State
Montana east region features mostly cloudy skies with much colder air and occasional snow. North highs 15 to 25, south 20 to 35, with lows near zero to 10 above in the north and east and 10 to 20 toward the southwest. West area sees mix of snow and rain turning to snow with highs 30 to 40 and colder tonight.
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Montana
Warren M. Trask Dies in Hospital
Warren Marvin Trask a long time Deer Lodge resident and pioneer family member died after a lengthy illness in St Joseph Hospital He was born in Deer Lodge in 1881 and spent his life there He ran Trask Hardware with his father until 1945 and remained as adviser until 1956 Survived by widow Mary daughter Mrs Robert L Patton of Ithaca NY brother Frank Trask sister Rachel Beery Funeral services at St James Episcopal Church with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery
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Deer Lodge
Warren Marvin Trask
Montana Territory
St. Joseph Hospital
Marvin Trask
Augusta
Society of Montana Pioneers
Trask
Montana State College
Bozeman
Anaconda
Trask Hardware
Deer Lodge Reatry Club
Deer Lodge No. 14
Af&am
Mary
Robert L. Patton
Ithaca
N.Y
Frank Trask
Rachel Beery
Palo Alto
Calif
St. James Episcopal Church
Kenneth Okkerse
Hillcrest Cemetery
Nine of Ten Women Now Work In Lifetime Shift
The article notes that 60 years ago half the women never worked for pay, but today nine of ten women work at some point. It mentions the Gift Spotter in the Want Ad section to stretch family budgets with price based gifts, highlighting Gribben's as using the Spotter.
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Gribben's
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