Boy 11 Saves Brothers From Flames in Oregon House Fire
An 11 year old boy, Jerry Davis, ran through flames twice to rescue his brothers Neil 4 and Mark 2 from second floor bedrooms in Ontario Oregon. He first saved Mark then Neil after signaling his mother outside. Neil and Mark suffered minor burns while Jerry endured severe burns to hands face and ears. The father was away at work.
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Ontario
Ore
Bob Prahl
Jerry Davis
Jerry
Loren Davis
Davis
Mark
ICC Examiner Recommends GN Service Cut
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended that the Great Northern Railway discontinue passenger trains Nos. 235 and 236 between Great Falls and Butte Montana due to losses outweighing minor public inconvenience. Mayors of Butte and Boulder county officials and legislators protested. The trains also serve Helena Ulm Cascade Wolf Creek Boulder and Basin.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Northern Railway
Great Falls
Butte
Mont
John L. Bradford
Boulder
Cascade
Silver Bow
Jefferson
Montana
Helena
Ulm
Wolf Creek
Basin
Butte May Protest Railroad's Request
The City of Butte may officially protest the Milwaukee Road's bid to discontinue Montana passenger service. A protest request is due to city council Wednesday night per the agenda released Tuesday. A citizens committee petition urges action before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Minneapolis to West Coast route.
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Butte
Milwaukee Road
Montana
Citizens’ Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railway
McNamara to Lead Defense as Kennedy Selects Ford Chief
President-elect John F Kennedy names Robert S McNamara 44 to head the Defense Department, pushing aside a $400000 annual Ford Motor Co presidency to accept a 25000 cabinet post He will divest Ford stock and step from other holdings to avoid conflicts while Kennedy aims to make the armed forces leadership strong and modern The move follows Eisenhower era precedent with McNamara joining a growing cabinet lineup including potential labor and agriculture picks.
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Charles E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
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Pentagon
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Harold Cooley
D-N.c
House Agriculture Committee
Arthur Goldberg
Labor Federation
Cooley
Meany
Rep. W. R. Poage
Texas
Agriculture Department
Ralph Bradley
Illinois Farmers Union
Farm Post
U S Ready to Launch Moon Satellite Today
Cape Canaveral observers await the Atlas Able launch of Pioneer VI a 388 pound satellite on a five day window to reach a 23 200 mile per hour speed and enter lunar orbit after checks on radiation magnetic fields and micrometeorites.
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Fla
U. S
Moon
Lunar
Earth
Dillon Man Hurt Badly in Wreck
Gwyn A. Brown 47, a Dillon bulk gasoline dealer, was critically injured when his truck left U S 91 about 11 miles south of Dillon. He was trapped almost an hour as emergency crews extricated him. he suffered multiple injuries and shock and was taken to Barrett Hospital.
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Gwyn A. Brown
U.S. 91
Brown
Barrett Hospital
Robert Speer
Lloyd Thomas
Roger Johnson
John Charles Thomas Dies at 68 of Cancer
Famed baritone John Charles Thomas died at his Apple Valley home after months of illness. The opera concert and radio star, 68, had undergone minor surgery March 18, 1959, and spent days in a coma before death attributed to intestinal cancer. He and his wife Dorothy moved to the desert community in 1954 and had earlier toured widely in a career spanning five decades.
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Apple Valley
Calif
John Charles Thomas
Ucla Veuical Center
Thomas
Dorothy
Los Angeles
Henry W. Savage Road Company
London
James Persons 86 Pioneer Montana Pharmacist Dies in Butte
James Persons 86 longtime Montana pharmacist died in a Butte hospital after a recent illness. He had been Montana’s oldest registered pharmacist by examination, worked in several stores including Montgomery Drug, and was a noted artist and former Butte High football player. His home was 804 Caledonia, Butte.
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Montana
Butte
Caledonia
Mr. Persons
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Butte High School
Butte Pioneers
Persons
Butte High
Helena
Missoula
State Board of Pharmacy
Deer Lodge
Montgomery Drug
West Park
Platteville
Wis
Dodgeville
James M. Persons
Missouri School of Mines
Canada
Dome Mining Co
Ontario
Montana Weather Outlook for Wednesday to Thursday
Montana east region remains cloudy and colder with northerly winds and scattered light snow in the north Wednesday morning spreading southeast and south central by afternoon. Temperatures range 30 to 45 north and 40 to 55 south with overnight lows 15 to 25 north and east, 20 to 30 southwest. Thursday highs near 20 northeast to 40 southwest. West region mostly cloudy with light rain or snow possible Wednesday and Thursday, warmer valleys and cooler higher elevations, highs 30 to 35, lows 10 to 20. The table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Man's Death Mystery After Giant Snake Found Near Body
New York police found Fritz Schmaltz 57 dead in his Manhattan apartment alongside a 14 foot python and other exotic pets. An officer killed the snake with an ax as investigators mulled the cause of death and Schmaltz's unconventional off duty life.
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Roland Rolando
Manhattan
Fritz Schmaltz
Matthew Stiasty
Schmaltz
West 83Rd Street
Amazon
Gizenga Proclaims Congo Ruler From Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga, a Lumumba aide and ally, declares himself premier and set Stanleyville as capital, signaling a bid to rule the Congo from the northeast. The move raises risk of civil conflict as Soviet and African blocs may rally to his cause at the United Nations.
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Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Lumumba
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
The
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Gizenga
Toll Exceeds 200 Deaths in Worst Pre-Winter Blizzard
The East faced record cold with temperatures as low as 28 below zero as a weekend storm left over 200 dead across 19 states and the District of Columbia. Auto crashes, shipping mishaps, and weather related heart attacks pushed the toll higher while regions began tentative deliveries of milk and bread and coastal cities slowly resumed transit and schooling.
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Maryland
New Jersey
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New England
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N.Y
Pittsburgh
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Newark
Boston
Paul Scrivane
Washington
Bids for Great Falls Missile Complex Far Exceed Estimate
In Seattle AP report four bids for Montana Minuteman launch sites topped the $50.8 million government estimate. The apparent low bid of 78.9 million came from a four‑firm team led by the Pomeroy Co. and included Bates and Rogers J. Rich Steers Hawaiian Dredging. Army Engineers will review bids. decision timing unclear.
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Great Falls
Montana
Army
Pomeroy Co
San Francisco
Bates and Rogers
Los Angeles
J. Rich Steers, Inc
New York
Hawaiian Dredging and Construction Co
Honolulu
Charles C. Noble
Army Engineers Ballistic Missile Construction Office
Noble
District Army
Youth Pleads Innocent in Assault Case
The 17-year-old St. Regis youth Robert Gene Dahl pled innocent to first degree assault and kidnapping charges. Trial set for December 19 before District Judge Emmet Glore after Dahl allegedly abducted and forced a St. Regis school teacher, Miss Joan Solberg, into his car. she escaped at a Butte service station. Dahl was captured December 4 southeast of Butte after a five hour manhunt when his car left the road.
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Robert Gene Dahl
Emmet Glore
Dahl
St. Regis
Butte
Joan Solberg
Walkerville Road Case Continued for Five Anaconda Iron Workers
Proceedings delayed to 10 a m Thursday December 22 in five Anaconda Co iron workers Cecil James Mark Sherick John Caron Cyril James and Steve Matule charged with intentional injury of a public thoroughfare in Walkerville The preliminary hearing will decide if they go to district court for felony trial All defendants plead innocent and posted 1500 bond Arrested November 17 by Walkerville Marshal Oral Rickey on Mayor James Shea and council orders while installing iron posts near Anaconda Co Alice Pit operation.
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Anaconda Co
Walkerville
Justice of the Peace
J. J. Winston
R. Lewis Brown
Cecil James
Mark Sherick
John Caron
Cyril James
Steve Matule
Marshal Oral Rickey
Rickey
James Shea
Thieves Loot Car Window Break at Arizona Hotel
Donna Hedge of San Diego reported to Butte police that a window was broken and her car looted overnight at the rear of the Arizona Hotel. Missing items included a radio capri pants a blanket a woman's handbag two coats a sun visor mirror and a hearing aid.
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Donna Hedge
San Diego
Butte
Arizona Hotel
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