Montana Plans Costliest Road Bid Near Livingston
The Montana Highway Commission may award its costliest bid in state history for 11.8 miles of double lane interstate road work near Livingston. The project also includes six overpasses, one underpass, and fencing for the entire 1.18 miles under a separate contract.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Livingston
Montana
Livingston Park
Interstate
Northern Pacific Railway
U.S. 89
Livingston-Swingley
Mission
Boulder Road
Discoverer XIX Lifts Into Orbit For Infrared Earth Study
Discoverer XIX launched from Vandenberg into polar orbit to measure Earth's heat and aid the Midas missile-detection system. The satellite carries no capsule, relies on instruments for infrared radiation data, and transmits results to ground stations for at least four days.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Midas
Air Force
Alaska
Hawaii
Navy Carrier Fire Draws Sharp Navy Criticism
Fire officials attack safety lapses aboard the carrier Constellation after a blaze at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The toll climbed to 48 with two more bodies found. a naval inquiry set for Wednesday will probe causes and prevention. Fire officials fault wooden scaffolding and methods used in construction.
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Constellation
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Cials
Naval Court of Inquiry
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Condemned Property Valuation Ranges in Butte Trial
In a Montana condemnation case the B K bar and restaurant property at Nissler Junction was valued up to 112 000 and as low as 48 578 as the state appeals a 104 000 award to owners Louis Bartoletti Ed Bartoletti and Kate Bartoletti. expert appraiser Elmer Edmonson testified costs and fair price figures, with other witnesses giving replacement cost estimates for the business and building. The case continues as the state resists the business value, with jurors urged to decide the fair value.
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Butte
Nissler Junction
Montana
Louis Bartoletti
Ed Bartoletti
Kate Bartoletti
Elmer Edmonson
Leroy L. McKinnon
Edmonson
Mark P. Sullivan
Philip W. Strope
Kendrick Smith
James A. Robischon
Bartolettis
Conrad Benson
Dan J
Tom Alley’s Wife Charged in Escape Attempt
Dolly Alley 20 wife of escape artist Tom Alley was charged as an accomplice after a break for freedom at the State Prison in Deer Lodge. She was arraigned before Justice James Kochel and held on 2500 bond for district court. Carl Davis county attorney filed the charge under the statute on assisting a prisoner in escape. Alley was subdued after pulling a gun that misfired as deputies escorted him to prison to begin a 25 year sentence for armed robbery.
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Dillon
Dolly Alley
Tom Alley
Deer Lodge
James Kochel
Beaverhead
Carl Davis
Alley
A Leslie Lind Butte Merchant Dies After Illness
A. Leslie Lind of 101 S. Crystal Butte merchant and Army Engineers veteran dies Tuesday in Fort Harrison VA hospital after a long illness. He studied at Montana School of Mines and worked as a mining engineer before WWI. He belonged to several fraternal and veteran groups and is survived by multiple relatives in Butte Chicago Winnetka and other cities.
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A. Leslie Lind
S. Crystal
Butte
Veterans Administration Hospital
Fort Harrison
Mr. Lind
Army Engineers
France
Montana School of Mines
Butte Elks
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Knights of Columbus
St. Patrick Church
White
Ann C. Lind
Christine Altes
Chicago
Allen Lind
Winnetka
Ill
Murray C. Lind Jr
John C. Lind
Mercer Island
Wash
Richard Gunlikson
Cut Bank
Gilbert Spesack
Candy Treats Packed for Butte Christmas Party
Butte City Youth Council spent several hours Tuesday night packing 1600 candy bags for the City Recreation Department Children’s Christmas party. The event Thursday at Clark Park starts 7:30 pm with Santa distributing treats. Choral numbers expected from Butte high schools and city students.
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Butte City Youth Council
City Recreation Department
Clark Park
Bob Sparks
Marlyn
Small Aircraft Crash Fatal to Bitter Root Trip
Three people died when two small planes collided in midair four miles southwest of Hamilton Montana. Victims were Robert Ryman and Donna Lou Ryman of Hamilton and Norman C Ray a 45 year old well driller from Avantsdale. Authorities described a head on collision around 1000 feet. Wreckage scattered across Bitterroot River bottom. An inquest will be held.
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Hamilton, Mont
Hamilton
Ravalli County
John Cane
Robert Ryman
Norman C. Ray
Avantsdale Area
Ryman
Ryman Flying Service
Donna Lou
Ray
Cane
Bitterroot
Charles Like
Otis Landes
Richard Holt
Manuel R. Cunnington
Birdie May
Gary
Russell
Navy
Norman
Daugh
Winter Snow Forecast for Butte as New Season Arrives
Butte sees a mild afternoon with a high near 32 and a low around 12 as winter starts. A prior forecast of severe snow before Christmas faded, while Dr. Irving P. Krick’s prediction of a snowy Christmas for Butte gains possible accuracy after a moderate snowfall Tuesday night.
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Butte
U. S. Weather Bureau
Irving P. Krick
Denver
No Night Shopping In Butte Saturday
Stores in Butte will close at 5 30 p m Christmas Eve and open Saturday at 8 45 a m under an agreement between the Clerk's Union and the Silver Bow Employers' Assn. This allows employees to spend Christmas Eve with their families.
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Butte
Silver Bow
I Assn
Montana Regulators see Great Northern Northern Pacific merger as crippling to state
Paul T. Smith of Montana's Railroad Commission warns the proposed consolidation of Northern Pacific Great Northern and Burlington would threaten Montana’s economy and growth. He cites new taxes, worse rail service, and widespread job losses as likely consequences of Interstate Commerce Commission approval.
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Helena
Montana
Railroad Commission
Great Northern
Northern Pacific Railroads
Paul T. Smith
Railroad Regulatory Agency
Montana Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Snow
Montana east variable cloudiness through Thursday with scattered flurries early Wednesday. Highs 15 to 30, some areas 5 to 10 above zero in the northeast and north central, lows Wednesday night from 5 below to 25 above in the west and south. Montana west mostly cloudy with light snow possible Wednesday into Thursday and mountain snow Thursday. Highs 30 to 35, lows 25 to 30.
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Montana
Michael J. Lacey Dies A Longtime Labor Figure In Butte
Michael J. Lacey a native of Crested Butte Colorado and longtime Butte resident died Tuesday after a brief illness. He worked as a miner and engineer at Kelley Mine and was active in Butte Miners Union No 1 the Stationary Engineers Union and civic affairs. Survived by wife Etta sons and daughters in law Charles Lacey Michael J Lacey Jr and William Lacey and other relatives. funeral arrangements to be announced by Duggan Merrill.
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Michael Joseph
Mike) Lacey
Crested Butte
Colo
Butte
Butte Miners Union No. 1
Kelley Mine
Butte Stationary Engineers Union
Lacey
CIO
State Selective Service Board
Montana Society For Crippled Children
Princeton
Etta
Charles Lacey
Michael J. Lacey Jr
William Lacey
Joe Lacey
Seattle
Bernard Barish
Mary Harrington
Clarence Powell
Billy
Danny
Timmy
Michael
Stephen
Susan
Christopher Lacey
Sherry Lacey
Fredrick Smith
John Neary
Kenneth ‘Campbell
California
Kansas
Duggan Merrill
Youth Caught Here Gets 15-Year Term
Seventeen year old Robert Eugene Dahl was sentenced to 15 years in State Prison at hard labor after pleading guilty to abducting St. Regis first grade teacher Miss Joan Solberg. The case involved a nighttime car ride, a gunpoint abduction, and a statewide manhunt ending southeast of Butte near the old Nine-Mile Inn.
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Joan Solberg
Dahl
Butte
Robert Eugene Dahl
Charles Case
Miss Solberg
Harrison Ave
John Sullivan
Nine Mile
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Daniel M. Popovich
John H. Curtis
Robert
Sullivan
Michael C. Lind
Butte Store Repair
Murray C. Lind
Ters
Darlene May
Linda Jane
Darby
Bitterroot Valley
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Los Angeles
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Victor
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