U S Warns Russia It Will Not Be Deterred by Threats
The United States served notice to Russia and the world that Washington will not be deterred by threats in defending its rights to protect West Berlin. A State Department statement commented on the situation, signaling a firm stance amid escalating tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Russia
Washington
United States
West Berlin
State Department
Mos
Tass
Nikita Khrushchev
U.N
Berlin
Paris
Dulles
Nixon Consulted On State of Union Message
President Eisenhower and top aides emphasized that Vice President Richard Nixon is being consulted on the content of the State of the Union message. The White House dismissed a report that Nixon cut himself in on the process, noting his involvement in shaping proposals. Khrushchev warned a Western Berlin forceful break could trigger war and heavy Russian retaliation.
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Nixon
State of Union
Washington
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
White House
James C. Hagerty
Jack Bell
Associated Press
Capitol
Atty
William P. Rogers
Welfare
Arthur S. Flemming
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Munich
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Russia
Federal Judge Threatens To Oust Hoffa
A federal court ordered James R. Hoffa and Teamsters officials to comply with court appointed monitors. Judge F Dickinson Letts warned of contempt remedies if orders are disobeyed and empowered the monitor board to force reforms in the 1.5 million member union. Hoffa signaled appeal while calling actions contrary to good unionism.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
F. Dickinson Letts
U.S. District Court
Hoffa
Teamsters
Letts
Monitor Board
Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters International Executive Board
Martin F. O'Donoghue
Monitor
Union
Butte Snow Delays Travel With Wet Heavy Snowfall
Three inches of wet snow fell on Butte causing flight delays and late buses. Chains were required on mountain passes and traffic was slow in uptown areas. No serious accidents reported as crews plowed and landing planes redirected to Bozeman.
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Butte
State Highway Dept
Bozeman
Little Writer Mike Rollins Dies of Leukemia
Eight year old Mike Rollins of Columbus Ohio died in Children's Hospital after a short battle with acute leukemia. The aspiring writer dreamed of having a story published and his work was carried by The Associated Press as part of a memorial feature.
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Columbus, Ohio
Mike Rollins
Mike
Children’s Hospital
Associated Press
Aronson Attacks Columbia River Plan Warmed Over TVA
In Kalispell Montana Governor J Hugo Aronson likens a proposed Columbia River Development Corporation to a warmed over TVA and cites grass roots support from Northwest Power Assn official Gus Norwood. Hearings drew 46 witnesses with opponents outnumbering proponents about 10 to 1 as four hearings wrapped.
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Aronson
Columbia River Corporation
TVA
Kalispell
Mont
Columbia River Development Corporation
Tennessee Valley Authority
Montana
Republi
Can
J. Hugo Aronson
Gus Norwood
Vancouver
Wash
Northwest Power Assn
Richard L Neuberger Dore
Pacific Northwest
Senate Public Works Committee
Neuberger
Seattle
Portland
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Northwest
Columbia Basin
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Gunmen Hold Up Hitching Post in Shelby
Two gunmen robbed the Hitching Post, a 24 hour truck stop one mile north of Shelby on Highway 91, of about $2000 in cash and checks. Attendant Frank Hearn described two men entering from opposite doors, one with a facial scar, the other blond with a ducktail, as they demanded money and access to a floor vault.
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Shelby
UPS
Hitching Post
Here
Highway 91
Frank Hearn
Hearn
Parents, 4 Tots Burned to Death IRONTON Ohio
A family of six died in a fast moving fire in a three room frame house in Ironton. Victims include Elmer Littlejohn 29 Betty 25 and four children Gary 7 Gail 5 Dorothy 3 and a 3 month old. Deputy sheriffs said an oil cooking stove caused the blaze which broke out about 1 a.m. Bodies were found in or near beds indicating no escape.
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Ironton
Ohio
Elmer Littlejohn
Betty
Gary
Gail
Dorothy
Chamber predicts 5 percent rise in jobs and output in 1959
The United States Chamber of Commerce foresees a 5 percent gain in jobs production and income in 1959 based on favorable reports from seven key business segments. Dr. Emerson Schmidt forecasts national output around 475 billion dollars next year with potential to top 500 billion in 1960.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
Chamber
Auto
Detroit
Schmidt
Trade Association
Five MSC students admit fake bomb prank
Five Montana State College students pleaded guilty in police court to creating a disturbance after admitting they planted a fake bomb in the MSC Student Union lobby. Police Judge Robert Holter set sentencing for Friday. Bond was $25. The group included Robert E. Black, Rob ert K. Broadwater, Kerry P. Fagenstrom, Rodney B. Vanson, and Larry N. Zeigler.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana State College
MSC Student Union
Robert Holter
Robert E. Black
Billings
Robert K. Broadwater
Fishtail
Kerry P. Fagenstrom
Great Falls
Rodney B. Vanson
Fairfield
Larry N. Zeigler
Cut Bank
Student Union
Holter
Christmas Sight Restored for Deaf WWI Veteran in Montana
In Fort Harrison VA Hospital Helena a 65 year old Portman man Clarence Nickerson a World War I infantryman who is totally deaf received a pioneering treatment. The surgeon restored his right eye cataract allowing him to read again and communications were aided through hand spelling. Nickerson also had teeth fixed before the eye surgery.
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Lewistown
Ft. Harrison
Nickerson
Geon
Freighter Arcangel San Rafael Sinks Off Gabeiras Island
A 310 ton Spanish coastal freighter Arcangel San Rafael struck Gabeiras Island in a storm and sank in two minutes. Ten crew members were aboard. four bodies recovered and three listed as missing. Three sailors reached Gabeiras Island safely.
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EL Fererol del Caudillo
Spain
Arcangel San Rafael
Gabeiras Island
Russians Flare At Nuclear Talks In Geneva Deadlock Grows
Ten nation talks on preventing surprise attack show deep division as Soviet delegates accuse West of Trojan horse espionage tactics and Western delegates deny the charge. The session ends with a bitter blowup over perceived aggressive Western motives.
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Tom Ochiltree
Geneva
Palace of Nations
United States
Britain
France
Italy
Canada
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Albania
U.S
William C. Foster
Vassili Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
John Foster Dulles
Wall Street Journal Affirms Santa Claus Exists
The Wall Street Journal published a two sentence editorial stating there is a Santa Claus in response to Virginia’s famous question. It notes the United States government has given away more than 60 billion dollars in foreign aid since World War II.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
New York Sun
Virginia
United States
the Sun
The
Sun
Couple wed 80 years honored in Fairview Utah
Peter and Celestia Peterson, age 98 and 97, marked their 80th wedding anniversary at an open house in Fairview Utah. Their son Andrew said an auto maker offered a new car for a renewed honeymoon wagon trip from St George to Fairview, possibly next spring. A letter from President Eisenhower was read, praising their long marriage.
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Peter Peterson
Fairview
Utah
Peter
Celestia Peterson
Andrew
St. George
Peterson
Eisenhower
40 Hurt in Freak Train Crash at Urmston England
About 40 people were injured and one killed when a passenger train plowed into a crane at a viaduct in Urmston Lancashire. Rescue workers under floodlights dug through wreckage as five coaches derailed and debris littered the track. A second passenger train struck the wreckage but derailed no cars.
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Urmston England
Fresh Clue Spurs Hunt for Family on Mt Hood
A new search started on Mt Hood after a fresh clue about a Portland family of five missing since Sunday. Mrs. and Mrs. Ken Martin and their three daughters were previously checked. a station employee now recalls seeing the family heading toward the area. Police call it the best lead so far.
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Portland
Ore
Record $265 Million Spent On Cold Remedies
The article notes record purchases of cold remedies and a projected total surpassing last year’s $265 million. It promotes the Gift Spotter in the Want Ad section as a budget friendly, time saving shopping aid, citing Pioneer Lumber Co. as a user.
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Pioneer Lumber Co
Lodge Demands UN Condemn Soviet Repression in Hungary
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge told the United Nations General Assembly that the Soviet led regime in Budapest maintains a reign of terror including the executions of Imre Nagy and Pal Maleter. He urged a new condemnation and urged appoinment of Sir Leslie Munro as UN watchdog over Hungary.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
Budapest
Henry Cabot Lodge
General Assembly
Imre Nagy
Hungary
Nagy
Pal Maleter
Maleter
Soviet Dep
Valerian A. Zorin
Moscow
Central
Europe
Assembly
Sir Leslie Munro
New Zealand
U.N
Butte Youth Dies After Boxing Injury in Miles City
Frank Schwartz, 18, of Butte, died in a Miles City hospital after brain surgery for a blood clot following a boxing bout in a supervised class on November 26. He suffered a mild cerebral concussion and was transferred from an infirmary to a Miles City hospital, where his condition worsened. Survived by his mother and father and several siblings, he was born September 28, 1940, in Fort Belknap.
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Miles City
Frank Schwartz
Butte
Schwartz
Mike Murphy
W. Quartz
Fort Belknap
Washington and Grant
Charlotte
Linda
Cheryl Schwartz
Terry Schwartz
Michael
Terry Keith Murphy
Kathleen Karla Murphy
Defiant Officials Ordered to Talk
U S District Court orders were issued to a state judge and five voter registrars who defied the Civil Rights Commission. Judge Frank M Johnson Jr signed the orders after they refused to testify or produce records at a hearing on alleged discrimination against prospective Negro voters. The officials must appear with their files before the commission or a subcommittee next Friday.
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Montgomery
Ala
U.S. District Court
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Federal
Circuit
George C. Wallace
Commission
Montana Weather Summary for Friday to Saturday
Montata weather bulletin reports cloudy conditions with snow in mountains and occasional snow elsewhere on Friday into Saturday. Temperature changes limited with highs 10-20 to the northeast and 25-40 in the west and south, lows 5-15 northeast and 15-25 west and south. In western Montana highs reach 28-38 with lows 20-30.
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Montana
Thompson Says He Fired First In Pistol Duel
Ray Thompson of St. James Hospital testified that he fired first in a Dec. 10 pistol duel at 1742 West Mercury, where Glen Chapman admitted firing six shots but claimed self defense. Thompson, badly wounded, recovered from critical condition while Chapman faced a first degree assault charge on bond.
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Ray Thompson
St. James Hospital
Thompson
Glen Chapman
Robert J. Holland
Chapman
Liberty
W. Mercury
Maurice F. Hennessey
Thief Posing as Inspector Steals TV From Blind Couple
A man pretended to be a plumbing inspector and stole a television from Mr. and Mrs. Allen Crume, a blind St. Louis couple. Mrs. Crume let him in during a phone call, and the theft was not noticed until her mother arrived hours later.
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St. Louis
Allen Crume
Crume
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