Polio Foundation Leader Sees Salk Vaccine Hope In Butte
Basil O Connor of New York spoke to about 300 Montana March of Dimes volunteers at the Finlen Hotel in Butte. He said the 1950s may be pivotal for polio science, cautioned against banking on one vaccine, and reported Montana campaign plans as the nation pursues results from Dr Jonas E Salk’s polio vaccine tests.
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Salk
Basil O’connor
New York
Butte
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Montana March of Dimes
Finlen Hotel
Foundation
Jonas E. Salk
Montana
U. S
W. D. Murray
Julius E. Hilgard
Great Falls
O’connor
James C. Holt
M. M. English
J. E. B. Wainwright
Silver Bow County
Dianne Stratton
Baby Dies In Bed Gate Tragedy At Livingston
A seven month old baby boy Edward Guy Dorothy died when a folding gate in the family trailer entangled him. Parents Mr and Mrs Edward Dorothy lived in Livingston after moving from Miles City two months ago. Park County Coroner Wesley Cloyd reported the infant woke, caught his head in the gate, and was found dead by his mother while laundry dried outside.
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Livingston
Edward Guy Dorothy
Edward Dorothy
Montana Highway Department
Miles City
Park County
Wesley Cloyd
Luxury Liner Rescues Ten From Ocean
The Queen of Bermuda rescued ten fishermen from the sinking vessel Student Prince II after a distress call. Passengers aboard the luxury liner observed crews fighting heavy seas as lifeboats were deployed. The rescued were taken to safety with no immediate injuries reported.
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Moses Berman
Associated Press
Bermuda
Queen of Bermuda Rescues 10 Fishermen at Sea
Aboard the Queen of Bermuda the luxury liner backtracked 150 miles to save 10 Newfoundland fishermen from the derelict Student Prince II in the mid Atlantic. The rescue lasted about 90 minutes with a near collision narrowly avoided twice. One crewman sustained a non serious injury.
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Moses Berman
Queen OF Bermuda
mid-Atlantic
Queen of
Bermuda
Leslie F. Banyard
Prince
Newfoundland
Samuel Butler
Murder charge filed against Knofel in taxi link case
William Knofel 32 was arraigned on a murder charge for the May 2 death of Quong On 80 before Justice of the Peace William Kopach. Bond set at 15000, he remains jailed awaiting Friday appearance. State investigators say a formal statement ties Knofel to taxi rides connected to the death.
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William Knofel
Quong On
Justice of the Peace
William Kopach
Knofel
J. Frank Sullivan
Thomas F. Joyce
Arnell
Eisenhower Delivers State of the Union Address
President Eisenhower faces Democrats and Republicans as he delivers the State of the Union. He praises Speaker Rayburn on his birthday and urges bipartisan cooperation, while diplomats including Georgi Zaroubin watch with restrained expressions as applause erupts across the chamber.
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Washington
William N
Miller
United States
Union
U. S
Congress
Sam Ray Burn
Texas
Eisenhower
Georgi N. Zaroubin
Zaroubin
Zaxoubin
America
State of the Union
First Iced Tea Debut at St Louis Exposition 1904
Richard Blechynden introduced iced tea at the St Louis Exposition of 1904 during a heat wave in Missouri. He sold large quantities of his tea as attendees sought cooling beverages. An advertisement urges readers to use Want Ads with dial in for ad-writing help and notes a Westinghouse Electric Roaster ad.
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Richard Blechynden
St. Louis
Missouri
Mr. B
Montana lawmakers hear claim half wealth on tax rolls
Governor Aronson and Tax Board Chairman J F Reid told a joint legislative session that only about half of the state's wealth is on the tax rolls. Reid outlined the tax equalization plan as lawmakers prepare to tackle highway financing alongside tax issues.
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Montana
Helena
J. F. Reid
Tax-Collecting Board of Equaliation
J. Hugo Aronson
Reid
Aronson
House
Senate
Board of Equalization
Cal Robinson
Ed J. Byrne
Rally Dampens Stock Losses as Senate Probe Planned
New York stocks fell for a second day with sharp losses in high priced issues. A late rally reduced some declines while volume reached 5.3 million shares the busiest since 1939. Traders awaited a Senate committee study of the market rise amid heavy action on the floor.
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New York
Europe
Senate
Wall Street
Exchange
Inquest Set Tuesday in Skerjanc Death
Dr. Emmett J. Paulsen, county coroner, announced an inquest for 2 pm Tuesday into the death of 50 year old Francis Leo Skerjanc found dead in his 2003 Banks Street kitchen. Autopsy results to be disclosed. officials investigate whether death was accidental or foul play.
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Emmett J. Paulsen
Francis Leo Skerjanc
Banks
William L. Dalling
Paulsen
Skerlane
Elmer Rosellini
Sheriff's Office
Mrs Wedding Seeks Divorce Over Desertion
Chicago. Mrs Elizabeth Wedding 38 sues Ralph Wedding 39 for divorce alleging desertion. They wed June 16 1942 in Mount Vernon Indiana.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Wedding
Ralph Wedding
Mount Vernon
Ind
Senate House Hold Brief Sessions in Montana Legislature
In Helena the 34th Legislature opened with 13 standing committees named by House Speaker Leo Graybill. The Senate passed 49 to 0 a joint resolution to hire an additional assistant doorman to keep outsiders from the chamber’s south side. The bodies met briefly before an informal joint tax-session, with adjournments set for Friday afternoon and morning respectively.
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Helena
Leo C. Graybill
Dcascade
Senate
House
Montana
J. Hugo Aronson
Graybill
Union Leaders Call Off British Strike
Union leaders of the National Union of Railwaymen halted a 400000 member nationwide rail strike set to start Sunday. After day long talks with the British Transport Commission, the union said assurances provide a basis for negotiation and a speedy settlement of wage demands.
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London
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
British Transport Commission
Britain
Commission
U N Official Meets With China's Chou
Dag Hammarskjold and Chou En Lai held a 32 hour discussion in Peiping over 11 American fliers jailed as spies and other U N personnel detained by the Communists. A second round was set for 3 p m Peiping time.
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United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou En-lai
Peiping
U.N
U. N
Mit
Red China
Hammarskjold
U. N. Assembly
United States
Communist Bloc
China
Chou
Humphrey Waldeck
Oxford University
Ahmed Bokhari
Department of Public Information
Bokhari
Chou Keng-shen
Peiping University
Britain
Wuhan University
Red Cross
Canada
Chang Han-fu
Kung Pu-sen
Peiping Radio
Nine Tots Die in Stampede at Mexican Theater
Aguascalientes, Mexico, saw nine children killed and over 40 injured when a false fire alarm triggered a stampede at the Colonial Theater during a matinee for the Day of los Reyes. The person who yelled fire was not identified.
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Mexico City
Aguascalientes
Here
Santos Reyes
Mexico
Bonn Split Over Action on Pacts
In Bonn a strategy conference led by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer debated whether West Germany should wait for French confirmation before ratifying the Paris armament treaties. Adenauer pressed for early German ratification to gain sovereignty and NATO military authority, while some politicians warned after last year’s EDC rejection by France to wait for Paris.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
NATO
European Defense Community
EDC
French National Assembly
Woman's giggle halts Denmark phone lines
Telephone officials warned a woman in Slagelse Denmark to stop laughing over the phone saying her high pitched giggle mimics the dial tone and disrupts connections on lines that handle 48 conversations at once.
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Slagelse
Denmark
U.P
Eisenhower State of the Union Seeks Unity and New Programs
President Eisenhower to Congress calls for un Hesitating cooperation across parties while pitching a broad program. He favors air power, new weapons, draft extension, health aid, higher minimum wage, farm support, and school facilities with Hawaii statehood. Democrats and Republicans respond with cautious applause as the nation faces nuclear era challenges.
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Washington
Eisenhower
State of the Union
White House
Congress
Senate
House
America
Georgi N. Zaroubin
Hawaii
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Richard M. Nixon
City seeks dissolution of liquor license restraining order
An action filed in District Court requests dissolving a restraining order that lets Butte liquor dealers skip 1955 license fees to city and state. Judge T E Downey set 10 am Friday for defendants to show why the injunction should not be dissolved or made permanent. The Montana Liquor Dealers Assn led the group of about 102 tavern operators.
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Butte
State of
Montana
T. E. Downey
Montana Liquor Dealers Assn
Downey
Tim J. Sullivan
Montana State Forecast West and East Regions
Partly cloudy through Friday with highs from 15 to 35 and lows around minus five. East Montana sees little change, highs 25 to 35, southwest 15 to 35. West Montana cloudy with light snow possible Friday and Saturday, highs 20 to 30. Table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Montana
Max. Min. Pp
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Navy reports all hands safe after duck mishap off Beaufort
Five Marine manned ducks encountered rough seas near Beaufort Inlet while crossing from Morehead City Terminal to a transport anchored three miles offshore. After a seven hour search two missing craft were found and a head count confirmed no lives were lost.
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Beaufort
Navy
Morehead City
Beaufort Inlet
Ike Takes Direct Hand in Defense Planning
Washington reports President Eisenhower announced in the State of the Union that he has taken personal charge of defense planning. He highlighted a military budget prioritizing air power new weapons and rapid destructive striking capability expansion of continental defense and a stronger reserve. Lawmakers question whether Army cuts and defense funding are wise as the new Congress reviews the program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
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Skerjanc Inquest
Mrs. Wedding
Douglas B. Cornell
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