Larson and Anderson to Lead Montana Senate Opposition Roles
Montana Senate Republicans nominated Glenn H. Larson to be president pro tem and majority floor leader as they hold a 33 23 majority. LeRoy H. Anderson of Conrad was chosen as minority floor leader with other GOP picks including Cole Spear and Valston for the Committee on Committees.
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Helena
Glenn H. Larson
Sanders
Thompson Falls
Montana
Senate
Larson
Little Hoover
Sanders County
Democratic Caucus
LeRoy H. Anderson
Dpondera
Anderson
Conrad Farmer
Powell
Cole
Frank Hazelbaker
Dillon
Montana Railroad Public Service Commission
George Davis
The
Disabled American Veterans
Charles A. Wilson
St. Peter's Episcopal Pro- Cathedral
Don Nutter
Richland
Earl Moritz
Fergus
Ben Brownfield
Carter
Fred L. Robinson
Phillips
Rex Hibbs
Yellowstone
Charles L. Schofield
Powder River
Montana Senate
Graybill to Lead Montana House Democrats as Speaker
In Helena the Montana House Democrats nominated Rep. Leo C. Graybill as speaker for a second time, becoming the fourth Montana leader to hold the post in multiple sessions. The caucus also selected Rep. John Emmons as speaker pro tem and Rep. Eugene H. Mahoney as majority floor leader, with William Pilgeram named chief clerk and Horace Casey sergeant at arms.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Leo C. Graybill
Cascade
Graybill
House
Cascade County
Democrats
John Emmons
Deer Lodge
Eugene H. Mahoney
Sanders
William P. Pilgeram
Horace Casey
Montana Railroad Public Service Commission
Clifford Trout
Helena Christian Church
Grayhill
H. Hess
Hill
Mike Loughran
Silver Bow
James Wood
Chateau
Clem Parker
Wibaux
Blanket of White Envelopes City
Snow blankets Butte with three inches as Christmas plans fade. Cold weather follows with a forecast of more snow and temperatures from 10 to 20 above zero. The Sunday high reached 25 while the airport reading dipped to 2 below zero late evening. Montana statewide forecast calls for continued winter conditions Monday.
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Butte
CAA
Montana
Firemen Contain Basement Fire at Rialto Building
Firemen were called at 10 18 p m Sunday to the Rialto Building basement where boards beneath a marble floor smoldered. They extinguished the embers in about 15 minutes. Cause not determined.
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Butte
Rialto Bldg
Former West German spy seeks asylum in Poland
Vienna reports a former West German espionage agent named Franz Neugebauer has asked Poland for political asylum. He was said to be deputy chief in West Berlin of a U S financed espionage group led by ex general Reinhard Gahlen. Neugebauer disappeared from Berlin last September.
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Vienna
Austria
Radio
Warsaw
Poland
Franz Neugebauer
West Berlin
Reinhard Gahlen
Neugebauer
Berlin
Nominees Named for Montana Legislative Posts
Pictured nominees for key Montana legislative roles as House and Senate meet in Helena. Armstrong named minority floor leader in the House Emmons chosen speaker pro tempore in the House and Anderson slated as minority floor leader in the Senate following Sunday party caucuses prior to organization sessions.
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Montana
House
Senate
Helena
Armstrong
Emmons
Sen. Anderson
Forest Fires in Australia Under Control
Fires in Victoria and South Australia were brought under control after a weekend blaze that destroyed 54 houses a church and two small factories. E. J. Pitman an orchardist is believed killed near Adelaide as governor Sir Robert George and his household narrowly escaped.
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Sydney
Australia
Victoria
South Australia
Adelaide
Melbourne
E. J. Pitman
Robert George
Marble Hill
Majority of Butte Schools to Reopen
Most Butte public and parochial schools will reopen Monday with classes at usual hours. Butte High School and Boys Central High School resume Monday sessions, while Girls Central High School starts Tuesday at the usual hour.
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Butte
Butte High School
Boys Central High School
Girls Central High School
Radford Says U S Ready to Use Atomic Weapons if Needed
Adm Arthur W Radford chairman of the U S joint chiefs warned at Seoul that the United States would be ready to use atomic weapons if the Communists renew aggression in Korea He said lasting peace may be unlikely but strength deters all-out war and that aid to Korea will continue as needed He also stated China invasion of Formosa would fail with the U S Nationalist pact in place and noted no immediate invasion expected.
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Seoul
Korea
Arthur W. Radford
United States
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Southeast Asia
Radford
Adm
U. S. 1St Marine Division
Washington
Far East
China
Formosa
Lee Hyungkeun
ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff
Newsmen
U. S
7Th Infantry
Marine
24Th Infantry
John E. Hull
United Nations
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. Army
Y. T. Pyun
RKO
ROK
Syngman Rhee
8Th Army
Sun Yup Paik
Tokyo
Commerce Department expects 1955 production rise across industries
The Commerce Department forecast a broad rise in 1955 industrial output based on a survey of over 400 industries. It anticipates peacetime records in iron and steel and aluminum, record levels in chemicals, construction, and paper, and gains in the auto sector.
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Washington
U.P
Commerce Department
Sundday
Department
Business and Defense Services Administration
U S Likely to Reject Soviet Demand on Children
Washington officials said the United States would likely reject Moscow s demand to return 11 Soviet children in West Germany and New York. The note to the U S Embassy in Moscow promised the release of two long missing Americans William T Marchuk and John H Noble. The two men are expected to be freed while the Soviet request for the children continues. Eight children remain in West Germany in German care or welfare homes with three more identified as the children of others.
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Washington
United States
Russia
West Germany
New York
William T. Marchuk
Brackenridge
John H. Noble
Detroit
U. S
Moscow
State Department
Nation faces mounting New Year toll from highways
The Associated Press reports that highway deaths surpassed safety forecasts during a 54 hour New Year period, with 265 traffic deaths by Sunday night and total violent deaths reaching 322 including fires and other accidents. Four states reported no deaths. final counts may reach near 300 traffic deaths.
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National Safety Council
Delaware
Nevada
North Dakota
Wyoming
Ex-Convict Faces Kidnap and Robbery Charges
The FBI will file murder, kidnapping, and robbery charges against Donald Anderson 28 ex convict leader of a four member gang linked to a Cotati California bank heist. Companion R L Barker died after a motel shooting during arrest. Authorities recovered 38009 of the 40000 loot and named Anderson and two women as participants.
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Reno
FBI
Cotati
Calif
Donald Anderson
Anderson
R. L. Barker
San Quentin
L. J. McGee
Federal Bureau of Investigators
Ann Toni
Shirley Maniscalco
McGee
del Seevers
Seevers
Jack Sparkman
Sparkman
Barker
Washoe Medical Center
Tanker Is Freed as Suez Canal Reopens
Greek owned tanker World Peace freed after blocking the Suez Canal since Friday. Navigation to resume within hours as engineers work to reopen the 101 mile waterway near El Firdan 50 miles south of Port Said. Forty ships were trapped inside and 110 awaiting passage.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal
World Peace
el Firdan
Safe Bank Paper Invented in 1871 by George La Monte
Safety paper used in bank checks was invented by George La Monte in 1871. The invention came as a response to widespread forgery and check raising. The piece ends with quirky asides about wanting bona fide checks and an ad-writer offering help.
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George la Monte
Hammarskjold in India Receives Cool Welcome
New Delhi officials offered a restrained welcome to U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold as Nehru and Krishna Menon were absent from the airfield. Nehru later criticized the U N push to Peiping over the release of U S airmen jailed as spies, calling the move one sided.
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New Delhi
India
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Nehru
V. K. Krishna Menon
U. N
Hammarskjold
Indonesia
Calcutta
Red China
Coalitions of Moderates and Conservatives Shape New Congress
Moderates and conservatives from both parties will guide the 84th Congress convening at noon Wednesday. Democrats hold the majority in both chambers but split into groups, with moderates likely to influence most controversial legislation and gain President Eisenhower's support. Conservatives dominate the House Rules Committee under Rep. Howard W. Smith, Virginia Democrat, likely limiting floor consideration of major bills.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
North
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
First Baby Born Here This Year Succumbs
William Curtis Hibbs, Butte’s first 1955 baby, died Sunday in St. James Hospital. He was the son of Mr and Mrs William M Hibbs of Anaconda. The infant arrived New Year’s morning at 2 23 and was born prematurely with poor condition. He is survived by his parents and a sister Elaine. The body is in the Daly Shea Mortuary.
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William Curtis Hibbs
Butte
St. James Hospital
William M. Hibbs
Anaconda
Daly-Shea
Elaine
Montana Weather Forecast Eastern and Western Regions
Increasing cloudiness Monday and Monday night with light snow. Monday highs 10-20 east and 20-30 west with strong winds near the Divide. Monday night may bring less cold and flurries Tuesday. Sunday highs around 25 and lows near 6. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums through 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Max. Min. Pep
Billings
Belgrade
Panama President Remon Shot Dead at Race Track
President Jose Antonio Remon, Panama’s strongman, was killed by submachinegun fire at Juan Franco Racetrack. Foreign Minister Jose Ramon Guizado assumed the presidency. a detective bodyguard named Peralta died, as did several others amid a politically charged ambush.
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Panama
Jose Antonio Remon
Jose Ramon Guizado
Ramon
Peralta
Danilo Sousa
Remon
Juan Franco
Health and Highway Messages Planned for Congress
President Eisenhower will send two special messages to Congress outlining a health program and a federal highway plan. The health proposal seeks 25 million dollars for expanded private health insurance, while the highway plan envisions about 26 billion dollars for federal road improvements with state matching funds.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
James C. Hagerty
White House
Lucius D. Clay
Sloan Colt
New York
Stephen Bechtel
San Francisco
W. A. Roberts
Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers
Dave Beck
Seattle
AFL Teamsters
Hagerty
Clay
Man Held in Polson Shooting
Polson sheriff says Jeremiah Oie is held in connection with a New Year’s night shooting at the La Vista Club near Polson. Thomas Wells, about 40, was wounded in the back by a .32 caliber slug and treated at Polson Hospital. Wells’s condition was listed as fair. Officers followed Oie to a cafe in Elmo on the West Lake shore where he surrendered without resistance and carried a revolver in his pocket.
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Polson
Wallace J. Beaudry
Jeremiah
Jerry
Oie
Thomas Wells
Beaudry
Wells
la Vista
Lake County
Elmo
West Lake Shore
Shim
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Glen H. Larson
Montana House of Representatives
OR. J. Armstrong
Leroy Anderson
Pondera
U.S
Panamas
Associated Press
Ned H Dearborn
East Coast
Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Truman
Barraco
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