Six Children Die as Homes Burn
Pittsburgh Rankin fire killed four children, Raymond Allen 17 months, Dennis 3, Barbara 6, Carroll 4, trapped in a stairway. Their mother Pauline Allen was badly hurt while trying to lead them to safety. In remote Oregon, two more children died in a Sandy Creek cabin fire, Anna Marie 2 and Michael 6 months, Ray Gene 3 survived. mother James Hodges incoherent after the blaze.
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Pittsburgh
Rankin
Raymond Allen
Dennis
Barbara
Carroll
Pauline Allen
Remote
Ore
Sandy Creek
Oregon
Umpqua National Forest
James R. Hodges
Michael Hodges
Anna Marie
Ray Gene
Hodges
Fire Breaks Out at County Hospital with Minor Damage
A fire at Silver Bow County Hospital was confined to the attendant’s room on the second floor, narrowly avoided tragedy. Sheriff William Dalling said belongings were damaged as deputies, the Butte City Fire Department, and two volunteer fire brigades responded to the alarm.
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Silver Bow County Hospital
William Dalling
Butte City
Floral Park
Race Track
Eisenhower backs Dulles warning on European defense
President Eisenhower reinforced Dulles' warning to Western Europe to unite for defense and indicated the U S might arm allies with atomic weapons if war comes. He stressed the law of the land limits sharing atomic know how while not ruling out weapons. He spoke on peaceful atomic energy and noted no official Russian reaction to pooling plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Europe
America
U. S
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
European Defense Community
Wilson
NATO Council
Congress
White House
NATO
Secretary of State
Escapee Says 3 Yank POWs Seek Home Return
A South Korean escapee claimed that three, possibly four, of the 22 Americans in neutral custody want to go home, with 20 South Koreans also seeking repatriation. He described iron barred compounds under Communist control and knives forged from iron scraps. The escapee Kim Mun Du, 22, crawled through barbed wire and reported the situation to Indian guards, noting one American is closely watched.
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Panmunjom
Kim Mun du
Kim
South Korea
Weather outlook with cloudy skies and mild temps
Considerable cloudiness with little temperature change Thursday and Friday. Expected maximum 38 on both days and minimum 20 Thursday night. Period temperatures from 12 midnight Tuesday to 5 30 p m Wednesday show a maximum 38 and a minimum 16. West of Divide partly cloudy to cloudy with fog in valleys and no major change Thursday and Friday. East of Divide fair with little change and warmer in the west. highs 30 to 40 in the west 20 to 30 in the east 32 to 45 in the west Thursday. Friday partly cloudy and warmer in the east.
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Divide
Punchboard Case Argued in Court
Montana Supreme Court heard a punchboard case involving a $2 prize punchboard and a VFW club. arguments centered on whether punchboards are legal under the Trade Stimulator Act and prior lottery precedents. Former officials argued history of anti lottery statutes and 1952 ruling. defense licensed under the act and tax questions. The court gave seven days for replies.
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Helena
Montana
Supreme Court
Hugh Massman
Lewis and Clark County
Michael, Tursich
East Helena
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tursich
John W. Bonner
John W. Mahan
Bonner
Mahan
Beria Confession Prompts Soviet Trial Plans
Moscow announced Lavrenty Beria has confessed to treasonable plots with a group of former police officials. The state prosecutor's case targets six co-defendants including N. Merkulov, former minister of state security, with trial slated at a special Supreme Court session.
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Moscow
Lavrenty P. Beria
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Beria
N. Merkulov
State Security
London
Supreme Court of
Merkulov
Georgia
V. G. Dekanozov
S. A.goglidze
Ukraine
P. Y. Meshik
L. E. Vlodzimirsky
NATO Backs Big Three Peace Efforts in Berlin Talks
The NATO council of 14 nations endorses the Big Three peace talks with Russia aimed at a calmer stance in Berlin while approving continued long range rearmament. It backs Eisenhower’s atomic pool plan to advance peaceful nuclear use and the six-nation European defense community army as a key objective within the Atlantic framework. French Foreign Minister Bidault ends the meeting by avoiding public reaction to Dulles shock statements.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Berlin
Russia
Eisenhower
United Nations
European Defense Community
Georges Bidault
John Foster Dulles
U. S
France
United Kingdom
United States
City Council Buys New Fire Engine In Butte
Butte City Council funded a new 750 gpm fire engine from American LaFrance for 16995 after a 1000 trade in on the existing GMC unit. The meeting also adopted a parking meter renewal approval policy and awarded liability insurance for city mobile equipment to Montana Insurance Agency. Alderman Dan Kinsella presided in Mayor Sullivan's absence during Eisenhower Civil Defense conference week.
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la France Foatite Corp
Montana Insurance Agency
Butte
Dan Kinsella
Tim J. Sullivan
Dwight Eisenhower
American la France Co
Yeager Tops Speed Record in Bell XX-1A Flight
The Air Force confirmed Maj. Charles E. Yeager flew the Bell XX-1A rocket plane at over 1,600 mph at Edwards AFB California. The flight occurred Saturday with sources stating about 1,650 mph, near 80,000 feet, making it the fastest speed by any aircraft or human.
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Washington
U.R
Air Force
Charles E. Yeager
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Yeager
Einstein Advises Probe Witness Says Einstein Advised Noncooperation
Albert Shadowitz testified before Senator McCarthy that he discussed with Albert Einstein and that the scientist advised him not to cooperate with the committee or any similar inquiry. Shadowitz, an engineer with access to sensitive sites, refused to state his Communist status and said he never discussed classified work with unauthorized persons. Einstein, via secretary Helen Dukas, confirmed he advised Shadowitz to speak as a citizen and rely on the First Amendment rather than cooperate with the committee.
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New York
Joseph R. McCarthy
Albert Einstein
Albert Shadowitz
Einstein
McCarthy
Shadowitz
Wisconsin
Princeton
N. J
Helen Dukas
Small local quake rattles San Francisco areas
California quake felt Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco sections. Some dishes rattled but no damage reported. UC seismologists place center about 90 miles away offshore in the Pacific, describing it as a small local shock.
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San Francisco
University of California Seismologists
Plane With Crew of Nine Missing Over Pacific Typhoon
Navy weather plane with nine aboard disappeared into the eye of Typhoon Doris 300 miles north of Guam after departing Agana to track the season's fourth typhoon. Rescue efforts paused by pea soup skies and mountainous seas as search continued. The last contact was at 8:30 a.m. Guam time confirming it approached the cyclone’s calm eye. Names of the crew were not announced.
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Clyde W. Owen
Salina
Kane
Audrey
Air Force
Guam
Pacific
Navy
Agana
Doris
Horrorstricken
Pearl Harbor
Marianas
Judge Rules The President May Remove Civil Service Posts
U S District Judge Richmond B Reech ruled the President has power to remove a civil service position and fire the incumbent despite protections claiming no express limitation on this power exists. The ruling centers on Leo A Roth a Justice Department attorney fired last July from a $1800 yearly post and could affect many federal employees though the exact scope remains undetermined.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Richmond B. Reech
Reech
Civil Service Commission
Leo A. Roth
Justice Department
Explosion kills eight at Italian explosives factory
Eight workers died and seven were injured in a blast at an explosives factory in Mereto di Tomba, ten miles southwest of Udine, Italy, on Wednesday. The accident prompted emergency responders and authorities to investigate the cause.
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Udine
Italy
Mereto di Tomba
Here
Uranium Boom Boosts Prospector Lotto and Costs
The Uranium Industry Assn says the boom is generating big money and even wires, citing Charlie Steen who turned a $95 Geiger counter into a $60 million haul and another $120 million find. Maurice Mumford notes many have small wins, but warns many heartbreaks while urging private ownership of fissionable material under a revised act.
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Washington
Uranium Industry Assn
Charlie Steen
Utah
Association
Hamburger
Sillion
Kitchen Sink
Ranch Mink
Multiuranium Aire
Maurice B. Mumford
Mumford
Atomic Energy Commission
Guy W. Goodwin
Colorado River Basin
U. S
Congress
Gift-Spotter ad spotlights Santa favorites this year
The Gift-Spotter features a wide selection of gift ideas for home shopping in the Want Ad Section. Phil Judd's is listed as one of Santa's favorite stores advertising in the Gift-Spotter this year.
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Phil Judd
France to Elect President Today
France prepares to elect a new president as Parliament meets at Versailles Palace at 2 p.m. Thursday to choose from candidates including President Vincent Auril, 69, who says he does not want another term, Premier Joseph Laniel, and six other prominent lawmakers with two or three others named as deadlock options. Meanwhile 253 ordinary citizens have volunteered to reside in the Elysee Palace and draw the presidential salary of four million francs per year. The process has drawn heavy political activity as lawmakers maneuver to back their favored candidates.
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Versailles Palace
France
Vincent Auriol
Joseph Laniel
Elysee Palace
White House
Montana Rancher Dies as Toll Reaches 235
Cecil Thomas a 30 year old Garfield county rancher was killed and his wife and two children were slightly injured when their pickup was sideswiped by a truck driven by Charlie McGallon Garfield county rancher. The collision occurred about three miles northwest of Sand Springs Tuesday night swelling Montana’s highway fatality toll to 235. McGallon received minor injuries.
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Lewistown
Montana
Cecil Thomas
Garfield County
Wilson Cory
Thomas
Charlie McGallon
Sand Springs
McGallon
Woman Fends Off Purse Snatcher on Park Street
Mrs Albert Burgoyne of 3304 Harrison confronted a would be thief on Park Street near Woolworth, punching him in the eye after he grabbed her purse. Her handbag was torn and the man fled before help arrived at police headquarters.
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Albert Burgoyne
Harrison
Park Street
Woolworth
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Little Bobby
George L. Evans
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Western
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Voscow
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First Air Force
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