VA Rejects Hospital Closure Plan
The Veterans Administration rebuffed Hoover Commission calls to close 19 hospitals and restructure its GI life insurance. It opposed cutting authority for new hospitals, a means test for non service connected care, and urged broader hospital distribution near medical centers to improve staffing.
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Veterans Administration
Hoover Commission
Government Reorganization Commission
Hoover
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Commission
Executive Branch
Eisenhower Works on State of the Union Message
President Eisenhower spent about forty five minutes drafting the State of the Union message for Congress. White House secretary James Hagerty said changes arrived from Washington and were incorporated, with no major alterations. The revision was not tied to Khrushchev’s recent criticism of the president.
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Fla
Eisenhower
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Naval Base Chapel
Washington
James C. Hagerty
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Ress
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Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Khrushchev
Europe
U. S
Montana Weather Briefs East and West
The Montana report notes east region partly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with light snow showers in the western mountains Monday morning, warmer conditions in the northeast and extreme east, and highs of 30 to 40. In the western region expect mostly cloudy skies with scattered snow flurries, slightly warmer with highs 25 to 35.
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Western Mountains
Missoula Man Dies After Ice Jam Accident on Clark Fork
The body of M. Sgt. Edward F. Hartney 33 Missoula was found under ice downstream from a river crash site on New Year’s Eve. Diane Purcell from Missoula was hospitalized with cuts and bruises after the auto left an embankment near East Missoula. Hartney’s death marks Montana’s 234th fatality of 1955 and Missoula county’s 17th, a county record. Hartney served as a Regular Army advisor for the National Guard at Fort Missoula.
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Edward F. Hartney
Missoula
Hartney
Diane Purcell
Missoula County
National Guard
Ft. Missoula
Highway Toll Rises After Bright Start for New Year
Across the nation motorists kept traffic deaths below early estimates in the first two New Year days, but fatalities rose New Year’s Eve. By 9 p.m. MST Sunday 237 traffic deaths were tallied versus 390 at the same point during Christmas. Violent deaths totaled 317 with 44 fires and 36 other accidents. The National Safety Council warned deaths were climbing faster than the initial 72 hour holiday forecast of 420.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Butte Man Wounded by Blank Pistol Incident
A 33 year old Butte man received a critical head wound when he fired a revolver loaded with blanks at his temple believing it was unloaded. He was admitted to Community Memorial Hospital around 2 am and later reported improved. The incident occurred after New Year celebrations when he allegedly fired into the air then turned the gun on himself. Local officials noted a small bullet like hole and powder burns near the temple while a blank wad caused damage.
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Butte
Community Memorial Hospital
Asst
Robert Russell
Russell
Looters Threaten Flood Ravaged Northern California
SAN FRANCISCO U P reports Sheriff George Carpenter of Sutter County says he has asked other counties and cities to send officers to help protect flood ravaged citizens after California's Christmas weekend floods.
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Plane crash off Algiers kills five in French flight
A French military plane went down into the sea off Algiers on Saturday night, killing five of the six aboard. One Red Cross worker swam to shore.
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Algeria
Red Cross
State Patrolman Hurt in Crash Near Butte
Montana State Highway Patrolman Forrest C. Timberman of Butte was hospitalized in St James after a rear impact on his patrol car four tenths of a mile west of the city. Timberman, who marked a car off the road with a fusee, complained of a sore back while the other driver, John R. Burt Lima, was cited for driving while intoxicated and set for Jan 3 court.
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Forrest C. Timberman
Butte
St. James
Timberman
al Boehme
Boehme
John R. Burt
Lima
Justice of the Peace
Larry O’farrell
Veteran Pilot Watches Wife and Sons Die in Crash
In Lancaster California a veteran pilot watched a twin engine plane crash and burn near Rosamond Air Field injuring his wife and two stepsons. The flyer Loren Beebe 40 of North Hollywood and Ross Durham 12 died. Mrs Barnes suffered severe lacerations and shock. the 11 year old son was not seriously injured.
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Calif
V.P
Bill Barnes
Rosamond Air Field
Loren Beebe
North Hollywood
Ross Durham
Barnes
Israelis Report Patrols Fired On by Egyptians
An Israeli Army spokesman said two patrols were fired on earlier Sunday by Egyptians near TEL AVIV. He reported no casualties.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U.P
Kefauver Plans Montana Primary Run
Senator Estes Kefauver announced to Montana Democratic officials that he will file for the presidency in the Montana Primary on June 5. He told Chairman Jack Toole he will file and asked for details on filing procedures, with a deadline set for April 25, 1956. Kefauver thus becomes the first candidate to enter Montana's primary.
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Shelby
Mont
Estes Kefauver
Montana
Democratic State Central Committee
Jack Toole
Kefauver
Montana Democratic Party
Toole
Arnold H. Olsen
Hot Political Issues Due Before Solons
Washington opens a 1956 congressional session with three major items on the agenda. Highway grants, liberalized social security, and federal school construction aid are expected to move forward, with taxes likely to rise to fund the programs. Senate leaders urge action, and both parties show sentiment for passage while ironing out details.
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Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
House
Eisenhower
House Labor and Education
Nothing Much Doing as Butte Police Report New Year’s Day
Police log shows 28 arrests on New Year’s Day between midnight and noon including drunkenness disturbances bar checks at 2 a.m. and multiple investigations. The midmorning sequence lists fights a gunshot check a broken window and a drunken driver alert with locations and times recorded.
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Butte
Many Workers Undernourished Study Urges Better Diets
A New Jersey industrial workers study reports many eat breakfasts and lunches poor in vitamins and minerals, high in calories. The piece links family finances to want ads as a practical diet, noting adwriter help at 5451 and a sold item example with a 1¢47 Ford or Chevrolet listing.
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New Jersey
Hague the last of old-time political bosses dies at 81
New York former Jersey City mayor Frank Hague, a figure of the Democratic machine era, died at 4 30 PM EST at his Park Avenue home aged 81 after recent heart problems. He left behind wife Jennie and children Frank Jr and Peggy. Hague, once vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, rose from Jersey City’s Horseshoe district to national prominence and was seen as both a benevolent despot and machine boss. He had been released from Harkness Pavilion on Christmas Day after a bronchial illness since October 6.
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Jersey City
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Hague
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Frank Jr
Peggy
Harkness Pavilion
Presbyterian Hospital
Nations curb violence as 1956 opens with stern warnings
British officials press unity against Communism in Malaya Cyprus and Formosa while Chiang Kai-shek calls for a mainland revolt. Soviet leaders mixed restraint with calls for peace and potential new talks, hoping to ease Cold War tensions in 1956.
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Communist Party
Cyprus
Sir John Harding
Mediterranean
Butte Registers First Baby of 1956 at St James Hospital
Butte's first baby of the year arrived four and a half hours after midnight at St James Hospital. The 6 pound 13½ ounce son was born to Mr and Mrs Paul William Maloy of 2124 Grand. It is the couple's third child. Both mother and baby are reported in good condition.
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Butte
St. James Hospital
Paul William Maloy
Avalanche Kills Four In Alpine New Year's Eve Ski Party
An Alpine avalanche near Parsenn in Davos killed four skiers including two Americans and two French, while two other Americans were dug out alive. Alfred L. Schmid and Richard Jackson were identified among the missing. Schmid was later recovered. The party was led by Daniel Schiavone with Cravon Clarity.
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Alfred L. Schmid
Trenton
N. J
Munich University
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la Jolla
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Munich
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Parsenn
Daniel Schiavone
Manhattan Beach
Bad Toelz
Germany
John A. Droege
Corona del Mar
Schiavone
Jackqueline Merziers
Jean Marcombes
Paris
Gaitskell Demands Arms Sale Probe
London based Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell called for a thorough inquiry into British arms sales to the Middle East. He said his party has serious questions about whether Western arms balance between Israel and Arab states is being maintained and urged formal Western requests for Soviet involvement to seek Middle East peace.
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Hugh Gaitskell
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Mideast
Egyptian official denies Tito mediation in Middle East dispute
A senior Egyptian official dismissed Sunday reports that Yugoslav President Tito would mediate in the Israel Arab states dispute. He said a communique confirming Tito will issue at the end of his 10 day state visit to Egypt.
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Egypt
Tito
Israel
Senators Demand Aid for Stockmen
Democratic senators urge Secretary Benson to expand the hog buying program and use school lunch and relief funds to bolster livestock prices. They say the 1952 pledge of equal treatment for perishable producers is not kept and call for immediate actions and legislative measures to protect producers.
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Washington
Benson
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Authorities Probe Cut Bank Death
An elderly oil worker Milton A. Isner about 70 died in a hospital after being found unconscious on his home steps. Sheriff’s officers investigate possible foul play as hospital reports a skull fracture. Isner was found by a neighbor around 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
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CUT Bank
Milton A. Isner
Isner
Ten Million Children Vaccinated Against Polio in 1955
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reports ten million American children received Salk polio vaccine in 1955. The foundation predicted the disease would be beaten finally and irrevocably.
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New York
National Foundation For
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