Butte Talks Halted on Anaconda Offer Strike Endorsed Vote Planned
Negotiations between Anaconda Copper and the Joint Negotiating Committee of Mine Mill were paused with no resumption date. The company and union leaders issued statements and letters urging back to work and continuous talks to settle the long running strike affecting Butte and other western communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Anaconda Co
Anaconda
Great Falls
East Helena
Tooele
Utah
Anaconda Smeltermen's
Larry Riley
Mediators at Kennecott Tackle Local Problems
Federal mediators sought to bridge gaps between Kennecott Copper Corp and 26 local unions on strike. Meetings involved Utah locals of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, with efforts to arrange further sessions with clerical workers and machinists.
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Salt Lake City
Kennecott Copper Corp
Big Copper Company
Utah
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Dan Edwards
Nine Mine Mill officials guilty of conspiracy
Nine present and former Mine Mill officials were convicted of conspiring to defraud the government. The defendants face up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. sentencing is postponed. The verdict followed about 14 hours of jury deliberation.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Ind
Telford Taylor
Alfred A. Arraj
National Labor Relations Board
Maurice Travis
Richmond
Calif
Irving Dichter
Raymond Dennis
Cleveland
Airman Killed in Auto Crash East of Glasgow
A 19 year old Arkansas airman Jerry C. Davis stationed at Glasgow Air Force Base died when his car hit a timber bridge on U S Highway 2 near Frazer about 35 miles east of Glasgow. Davis was alone, thrown clear, and found by a passerby in the highway. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Curtis E Davis of Wynne Arkansas and had been at Glasgow since January. The Montana 1959 traffic toll rose to 225, fifth highest yearly total.
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Glasgow
Arkansas
U. S. Highway 2
Frazer
Jerry C. Davis
Glasgow Air Force Base
Hugh Borton
Davis
State to Share In NP Spending
Northern Pacific Railway will spend 38 million dollars for improvements and new equipment in 1960. About 1% million is earmarked for work in southern Montana. A 90 mile centralized traffic control line between Livingston and Laurel is expected to cost about 14 million dollars. The Billings depot will be remodeled but no cost given. The plan is about 13 million more than 1959 with just over 20 million dollars for new freight cars.
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Helena
Northern Pacific Railway
Robert S. Macfarlane
Montana
Livingston
Laurel
Billings
Railway
Cuban policewoman wounded by accidental shooting
From a Havana hospital bed policewoman Olga Diaz Guerra, 28, told superiors her bullet wound came as she reached for a compact in her purse. She said a small automatic discharged, striking her in the chest.
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Havana
Olga Diaz Guerra
Montana Weather Outlook East Half States Varies by City
A mixed forecast for eastern Montana with cloudy periods Friday into Saturday and scattered mountain snow. Highs mostly 30s to near 40, with 15 to 30 degree lows Friday night, and temperatures rising gradually through Saturday across Billings Helena Great Falls Havre and surrounding areas.
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Montana
Billings
Sat- Butte
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Lenin
Iulupes
Cnn
Ackess
Anaconda Company and Mine-Mill Union Discussed Back-to-Work Proposal
Company officials said the back-to-work by Christmas plan would bring striking Mine-Mill members in Butte and Great Falls back to jobs while negotiations continued. It offered six months, maintained prestrike wages, retroactive raises, hospital insurance, and faster vacations. Union statement notes continuation of talks and refers to ongoing coverage.
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Butte Miners Union No. 1
Great Falls
Barney Rask
Butte
Arizona
Curtis
Mine-Mill
USW
Mine- Mill
Sven Hansen
Anaconda Co
U S Misses Final 1959 Space Chase Launch
Cape Canaveral reports NASA postponed the Thor Able mission to Venus due to electronic problems in the instrumented payload. The launch, originally set for Friday after delays from earlier troubles, would have tested long range space communication and pushed U S efforts to catch up with the Soviet program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Venus
Soviet Union
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
U.S
Ike Receives Wild Welcome in Tunisia Before Paris Summit
President Eisenhower was greeted by about 200,000 Tunisians during a short stop in La Marsa as he pressed on to the Western summit in Paris. He met with Habib Bourguiba to discuss the Algerian war and de Gaulle’s offer, and then prepared for the Paris talks aboard the USS Des Moines. He remained bothered by bronchitis but appeared in good spirits.
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Ike
Tunisia
Paris
Eisenhower
U. S
Des Moines
Habib Bourguiba
Bourguiba
Tunis
de Gaulle
White House
James C. Hagerty
United States
la Marsa
Robert D. Murphy
Hagerty
Toulon
Classified ad hints and magnifying glass note
A note explains adding a magnifying glass to the telephone directory for clearer print and faster service. It advertises the Classified section as the dependable directory to sell buy swap rent or recover lost items with a phone contact to reach an ad writer and includes a sample WANTED USED CAR ad with preferred transmission and phone number 60 0000.
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Dial 545
Watch Your Watch May Be Radioactive
The Atomic Energy Commission reports Rolex GMT Master navigation watches with Oyster Perpetual on the face may contain strontium 90 and pose a possible health hazard. Owners should return affected watches to American Rolex Watch Corp in New York for inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rolex Watch Corp
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Atomic Energy Commission
Switzerland
Farm Bureau Urges Radical Changes in Wheat Program
The American Farm Bureau Federation votes to end acreage allotments and marketing quotas for wheat and links wheat supports to market prices. A soil bank expansion would reduce long term output with in kind and cash payments to participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
U. S
Federation
Butte Daily Publication Notice
Published daily at Butte Montana by The Standard Publishing Co located at 25 West Granite Street. Entered as second class matter at the Butte post office under the 1879 Act.
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Butte, Mont
Standard Publishing Co
West
Granite St
Congress
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