Montana deaths rise to third worst in state history
A truck train crash near Harlowton and an icy car plunge near Columbia Falls killed three youths, raising Montana's death toll to 244. Sidney Bartz 21 and Burton Bartz 16 died at the scene and hospital, while Susan Westerlund 7 died after a Half Moon Road slide. The fatalities follow several days of rising traffic deaths.
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Montana
Columbia Falls
Susan Westerlund
Half Moon
Flathead
Bartz
County Road
Harlowton
Sidney Bartz
Burton
Melvin H. Bartz
Barber Area
Harlowton High School
Sidney
Montana State College
Bozeman
Kalispell
Sol Catron
Lilly
Gaile
Half Moon Road
Montana Highway 40
Susan
Leslie
Ed Line
Whitefish
Joe McDougal
Polebridge
Soviets Agree May 16 For Summit Talks In Paris
The Soviet Union accepts May 16 as the date for a possible summit in Paris. Premier Khrushchev confirms the date and site in letters to Britain France and the United States, while Tass reports Berlin time and place are settled after months of tension.
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Soviet Union
Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
France
United States
Tass
Berlin
Khrushchev
U.S
West Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Eisenhower
Charlies de Gaulle
Foreign Ministry
Macmillan
de Gaulle
Disar
Interest Shifts To Butte Meeting In Copper Talks
Montana copper strike talks move to Butte next week as Anaconda Co and Mine-Mill resume negotiations. FMCS official Bob McClelland said both sides were receptive to resuming talks, with a definite date to be set after company personnel confirm a convenient day. He will arrange a meeting site in the Federal Building.
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Montana
Butte
Anaconda Co
McClelland
A. H. Wilkinson
Federal Building
E. I. Renouard
Western
Ernest Salvas
Ore Transfer To Anaconda Works Halted
The Mine-Mill Union set up pickets at Great Falls to stop transfer of zinc concentrate to the Anaconda Co. smelter. A company spokesman said the concentrate belongs to toll customers, not the firm, and is moved by a contractor. The union planned strict movement limits near Black Eagle over health concerns.
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Anaconda Works
Great Falls
Anaconda Co
Anaconda
Great Northern completes zinc concentrate loading
Great Falls AP reports Great Northern Railway official Harold Holmquist said the GN finished loading 16 cars of stockpiled concentrate for shipment to Anaconda before Mine-Mill union pickets arrived at the Black Eagle stockpile. Pickets, about 15 workers, will remain on 24 hour duty.
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Great Falls
Great Northern Railway
Harold Holmquist
Anaconda Co
Anaconda
Black Eagle
Holmquist
Train Involved Killed Four In South Dakota
A Milwaukee Road official linked the Roscoe S D crash that killed four to the westbound Olympian Hiawatha No 15. Two Montana brothers, Sidney Bartz 21 and Burton Bartz 16, died when their pickup was struck at a county road crossing near Harlowton Montana. The Roscoe death toll included Elmer Heiser 30 and three passengers.
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Harlowton
Mont
Milwaukee Road
Roscoe
S.D
Montana
Mobridge
S.C
Miles City
Roscoe Crossing
Elmer Heiser
Edwin Erschenmann
Tommy Sweetland
Wilbert Beck
Ahern
Sidney Bartz
Burton
Montana-Dakota Plans Pipeline Project Approval
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Minneapolis, seeks authority from the Power Commission to construct natural gas pipeline facilities valued at about $1,097,100. The filing was made Wednesday and aims to expand and improve service delivery.
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Montana-Dakota Utilities Co
Minneapolis
The
Power Commission
Priest Murdered Near Pakse Amid Laos Clash
Catholic sources say Pathet Lao rebels broke into a Roman Catholic mission near Pakse on December 19 and killed a French priest. The report notes ongoing militant activity in the region involving pro Communist forces.
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Vietiane
Laos
Pathet Lao
Pakse
Fateful fifties fade as new decade dawns
A nostalgic note marks the shift from the Fateful Fifties to the Soaring Sixties as midnight signals a hoped for thaw in the cold of the era. The new year and decade begin with cautious optimism about change and progress.
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Peter Preble Straver
Kidnapping charge filed in wild two state cab ride
Richard Raymond Burkeybile 33 of Spokane faces a federal kidnapping charge after police say he forced Spokane cab driver Glenn Johnston 47 to drive into Idaho and Washington on a four hour ride. Johnston, who wrote a note for help, was unharmed and Burkeybile was taken into custody near Priest River.
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Sandpoint
Idaho
Richard Raymond Burkeybile
Spokane
Glenn Johnston
Here
Coeur d’Alene
Johnston
Burkeybile
Priest River
Burkeyhile
Butte Woman Found Shot to Death
Leska Powell Valendorf, 44, a former Butte bar operator, died from a gunshot wound at her home 722 South Wyoming Avenue. Coroner and officials called it an apparent self infliction, with autopsy ordered. Henry Hughes, about 40, of the same address, called for help and is her common law husband since March 1956 and awaiting U S District Court trial on narcotics charges.
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Leska
Powell Valendorf
Butte
S. Wyoming
Andy Aleksich
Atty
Maurice Hennessey
Asst
John O'Leary
Henry Hugges
Companion
Hughes
Henry Hughes
U.S. District Court
Aleksich
Humphrey Enters 1960 Democratic Nomination Race
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey formally joins the 1960 race on a path toward a convention stalemate. He aims to build a Midwest bloc with Minnesota Wisconsin and South Dakota delegates, facing Kennedy in Wisconsin and signaling possible withdrawal if he loses.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D- Minn
Humphrey
Wisconsin
District of Columbia
Oregon
South Dakota
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Midwest
Minnesota
Senate
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Anaconda Group Seeks NLRB Representation Rights
The Independent Smeltermen's Union of Anaconda Mont petitions the National Labor Relations Board to represent Anaconda Mining Co employees in collective bargaining. NLRB acting regional director Patrick Walker said the petition received December 24 is under investigation. John E. Aspholm is named union president. workers are currently represented by the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelterm en.
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Seattle
Anaconda
Mont
National Labor Relations Board
Anaconda Mining Co
Patrick Walker
NLRB
Walker
John E. Aspholm
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smeltermen
Suspect Held in Slaying of Ex Billings Man
Las Vegas police questioned Ollie Mack 25 in the stabbing death of John L. Hays 71, a retired railroad man from Billings Montana. Mack was jailed for vagrancy after police found him living in a pile driver at Union Pacific yards with clothing bearing Hays name. Hays vanished from his Las Vegas cabin a month earlier. his blood spattered truck was found in a parking lot.
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Las Vegas
Nev
John L. Hays
Billings
Mont
Ollie Mack
Union Pacific
Hays
Mack
The
Salvation
Holiday Schedule Extends Across Butte Agencies and Banks
Butte enters a multi day holiday with city county and state offices closed from Thursday before Christmas through Monday morning. Banks shut 2 p.m. Thursday to 9 a.m. Monday. Liquor stores stay closed until Tuesday 9 a.m. The post office maintains limited Friday service and New Year library hours end with Saturday reopen.
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Helena
Coost
Butte
Bus Involved In Massive Highway Collision in Oregon
A Greyhound bus, a truck, and at least seven cars were involved in a major highway crash in the Willamette Pass area of Oregon's Cascade Mountains on Wednesday night. State police said two people in a car were injured. no bus occupants were hurt.
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Eugene
Ore
Greyhound
Willamette Pass
Oregon
Cascade Mountain Range
Classified Ad Drafts for Rental Vacancy Notices
Vintage style notice advises turning ice cream containers into waste baskets and shellac sealing. Encourages placing ads to fill rental units, with a sample line describing a large 2 bed home at 220 Dewey Boulevard district and contact number 3451 for an ad writer.
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Dewey Boulevard
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