Anaconda Man Robs Dillon Bank In Quick Capture
Delmer V. Moore, 36, of Anaconda admitted holding up the First National Bank in Dillon Saturday morning, fleeing with 4665 dollars. He was captured about 30 minutes later on Highway 91 near Moose Creek Hill. Moore, a car salesman, said he acted from financial difficulty. Sheriff Paul Temple credited Beaverhead and Silver Bow officers and a two way radio network for the rapid arrest.
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Delmer V. Moore
First National Bank
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Paul Temple
Moore
Butte
Colorado State College
Beaverhead
Tammany, Anaconda
Moose Creek Hill
Silver Bow County
Highway Patrol
W. W
Happy) Hawkins
Herb Slack
Melrose
Slack
Impact of Court Ruling on T-H Act Studied
Washington report says the White House conference on amending the Taft Hartley Act focused mainly on the Supreme Court ruling narrowing state powers in labor disputes. A follow up White House meeting is planned for Monday with lawmakers including Sen. Alexander Smith and Rep. Samuel K. McConnell. The decision states federal law is supreme where the TH Act assigns jurisdiction to the National Labor Relations Board, and states may outlaw the union shop.
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Washington
Supreme Court
White House
Eisenhower
Alexander Smith
Samuel K. McConnell
Senate
House
National Labor Relations Board
School Vacation Starts Tuesday
Public school children will leave classes early Tuesday afternoon to begin Christmas vacations as Superintendent George Haney explains the term’s late start. The Yale holiday is shortened to fit 180 teaching days, with dismissal set for June 2 and bus pickup at 2 15 Tuesday after noon. Classes resume January 4.
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George Haney
Butte
Haney
Shopping Can Be Thrilling This Christmas Season
The Gift-Spotter runs daily in the Want Ad section with specials for Christmas shopping. Montgomery Ward is advertised as one of Santa's favorite stores this year.
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Montgomery Ward
Chamber Drive Is Successful In Butte Chamber drive ends with strong enrollments
The Butte Chamber of Commerce annual membership campaign opened November 23 with a kickoff luncheon at the Finlen and ended with high enrollments. President George Schotte praised the drive as very successful, enabling immediate start on the 15 point program for 1954. John Evans led new members, while Duncan Camppichell and Dick Connelly earned prizes for top efforts. teams and workers were listed with captains, including O R Ashford and Walter Rapp.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
George Schotte
the Finlen
Chamber
Schotte
John Evans
Team No. 8
Duncan Camppichell
Dick Connelly
Team No
O. R. Ashford
Arne Anzion
Sam Babich
Walter Barnard
Frwin W. Becker
William Beery
George Benjamin
Frank Berry
Walter Rapp
Mining City Mail Delivery Today
Mail will be delivered in Butte in both business and residential sections Sunday with one delivery as an added postal service. Parcel post will go to residential areas only since most business houses will be closed. Perishables and special delivery letters will be handled as usual.
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Butte
Convicts Hold Women as Hostages in Prison Escape
Five convicts escaped from Southern Michigan Prison seizing a 28 year old housewife and a 31 year old nurse as hostages during a dramatic pursuit. Thirteen fugitives caused terror, stealing a gun and car before the group fractured. six were later captured with bullets fired into the getaway car. Two suspects remain at large in Jackson while authorities probe the break from the nation’s largest walled penitentiary.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern
Michigan
Jackson
Thirteen escape from prison tunnel endangers two hostages
In Jackson Michigan thirteen long term convicts escaped via a tunnel from Southern Michigan Prison Saturday night. Three hours later state police said five of the group abducted two women as hostages and were fleeing toward Indiana after terrorizing a home. The report continues on page 10.
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Jackson, Mich
Southern Michigan
Indiana
Yule Display in Meaderville Wins Plaudits
Meaderville celebrates a 36 by 50 foot seven spired cathedral Christmas display by the Meader ville Volunteer Fire Department. The scene features black light dramatization of the nativity with panels showing biblical verses and a lit tree motif.
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Meaderville
Mary
Christ the Lord
Medina Dinner Tickets Run Low in Butte
About 25 tickets remain for Judge Harold Medina's personal appearance in the Silver Bow Ballroom at Finlen Hostel on Monday. The talk titled Today's Problems is part of a 5,000 mile tour and is cohosted by the Rotary Club and Montana School of Mines with J. R. Van Pelt and Wesley Marans leading the event.
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Harold Medina
New York
Wesley Marans
Butte
Silver Bow
Finlen
Missoula
Montana State University School of Law
Rotary Club
Montana School of Mines
J. R. van Pelt
Mines
Cochairman
Marans
Gales Hamper Rescue of Airmen in Iceland Crash
Icelandic rescue teams faced icy gales and blizzard-like conditions as they pressed to reach three U S Navy Neptune airmen reporting survivors from a crash on Myrdalsjo kull Glacier Seafaring search planes returned due to wind while orange flares and lights were seen near the wreckage Supplies dropped and parties on foot pressed the perilous ice hoping to reach the crew before exposure claimed more lives
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Myrdalsjokull Glacier
U. S
Katla
Arctic Circle
United States Sets Conditions for Russian Security Guarantees
The United States signals readiness to join Britain and France in offering security guarantees to Russia as part of a broader package for German unity and peace. Paris talks among Western powers shape plans for a Four Power Berlin session with Molotov as the Soviet representative. France’s Bonnets and U S officials discuss the Paris and Berlin agendas and a tentative January 4 start.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Paris
Berlin
Molotov
Henri Bonnet
Dulles
Livingston Merchant
State Department
Winston Churchill
Weather Outlook With Snow and Rain Across Regions
Cloudy with light rain and wet snow Sunday, then partly cloudy Sunday night and Monday. Sunday highs near 40, Sunday night low around 20, Monday highs about 40. Record period totals show 12 midnight Friday to 5:30 p.m. Saturday with highs near 42 and lows near 21. West of Divide expect cloudy with light rain and mountain snow Sunday, highs 35 to 45, Monday cloudy with light snow in western mountains. East of Divide mostly cloudy Sunday with snow in western mountains and scattered light rain elsewhere, highs 40 to 50, Monday cooler with more cloud and light snow in western ranges. The table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Divide
Kalispell Boy Averts Possible Tragedy by Phone Call
A five year old Kalispell boy alerted his grandmother by telephone about a fire in the home where he lived with his younger brother and sister. Jimmy Best, five, informed on the blaze after Danny turned on a hotplate triggering smoking Christmas packages. The grandmother and uncle extinguished the smoldering boxes in a smoke filled room. Relatives note Jimmy recently learned to use the phone.
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Kalispell
Jimmy Best
Dick Best
Danny
Kathy Lynn
Jimmy
Man Playing Santa Dies After Goodyear Party Fall
Santa actor Perry E. McConnaughy, 63, who had played the role for 15 years, stepped from a Goodyear Christmas helicopter display and died of an apparent heart attack after waving to a crowd of about six thousand. He collapsed while approaching the gathering.
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Los Angeles
Santa Claus
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Perry E. McConnaughy
Santa
Eisenhower Predicts Broad Support for 1954 Program
President Eisenhower wrapped a three day White House conference with Republican congressional leaders on a 1954 legislative program to protect national security welfare and economic stability. He said the plan will be guided by the 1952 GOP platform and should gain wide citizen approval as it advances American interests. The talks covered taxes budget defense farm and labor policies with emphasis on resisting Communist subversion. The details will be released next month with a nationwide address January 4 and the State of the Union January 7.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
White House
Congress
Nixon
Martin
Deadlock in France as Laniel trails on sixth ballot
In Versailles the French Parliament stalls after a sixth ballot in a deadlocked race for president. Premier Joseph Laniel trails by 56 votes with 397 expressed for the rightist, while Marcel-Edmond Naegelen holds 306 and Jean Medecin 171. The seventh ballot is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. local time.
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Versailles
France
Old
Versailles Palace
Joseph Laniel
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen
Jean Medecin
Nice
Laniel
Naegelan
Medecin
Vincent Auriol
Dean of American Physicists Robert Millikan Dies in California
Dr. Robert A. Millikan, Nobel laureate and longtime head of Caltech, died at 85 in Pasadena after months of illness. He led Caltech as executive council chairman for 24 years and was a renowned expert on cosmic rays. His son Dr. Clark Millikan was present. The body rests at Forest Lawn Glendale with public viewing Tuesday.
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Pasadena
Calif
Robert A. Millikan
Clark Millikan
Robert Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Millikan
San Marino
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Memorial Court of Honor
Girl Who Broke Poison Case Near Collapse
A 22 year old woman linked to the champagne cocktail murder case nears collapse. Authorities keep her identity secret but hail her as very wonderful and intelligent. Bronx ADA Tilzer says the stress from confessing to Dennis Wepman underscores her nervous condition. she has been ordered to rest for a month.
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New York
Sorbonne
Paris
United Nations
Dennis Wepman
William Fraden
Bronx Asst. Dist. Atty
George Tilzer
Tilzer
Wepman
Fradens
Harlow
Wife Begs Yank POW to Recant
Kyoko Araki, a Tokyo war bride, received a typewritten letter from Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas, 22, one of 22 American servicemen held in Panmunjom, Korea. He refuses to quit communism and says their actions aim for a better future for working people.
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Tokyo
Rossi
Tama
Toshiko
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Korea
Toky
Kyoko Araki
Batchelor
Panmunjom
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Lee Colston
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