Eisenhower backs vast highway aid plan for interstates
The Advisory Commission on Highways backs a 101 billion dollar, ten year program to modernize the interstate system with the federal government paying substantially all costs and a new financing agency issuing bonds. The plan, led by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, would shift most funding to federal, with states covering 40 percent and seek rapid Congress approval by late January.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Advisory Commission On Highways
Frank Turner
Turner
Commission
Lucius D. Clay
Congress
Pleads Innocent in Murder Case
William C. Knofel 32 entered a plea of innocent to first degree murder in justice court. He waived a preliminary hearing and was bound over to District Court for trial. Bond set at 15000. extradited from Los Angeles after FBI warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
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Justice Court
William C. Knofel
Butte
Quong
Knofel
Justice of the Peace
William Kopach
Los Angeles
FBI
State of
Montana
J. Frank Sullivan
Thomas F. Joyce
Seven Die as Cars Collide in New Mexico Crash
A head on collision on U S Highway 70 80 near Lordsburg New Mexico killed seven people total. Ralph Osborn Mitchell 22 Ade na Ohio drove a speeding car crossing center line, dying along with five others and two more in hospital. Victims include Elwood Vincent 66 and Amy Vincent 59 of Fairmont Minnesota and Richard Lavern Hursh 25 of Silver Spring Maryland. Two unidentified children aged about two to three were in the Mitchell car.
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Lordsburg
N. M
Minnesota
New Mexico City
Neil Moore
Ralph Osborn Mitchell
Adena
Ohio
Moore
Mitchell
Richard Lavern Hursh
Silver Spring
Elwood H. Vincent
Amy Vincent
Fairmont
Minn
Legislators Probe Montana Tax System and Road Woes
A Montana legislative committee was created to investigate tax problems and may subpoena witnesses or records. Gov. Aronson and the tax chief called the facts presented "startling" as lawmakers seek broader data on tax rolls and revenue measures. Highway officials warned the state faces a serious funding gap with 228 miles of designated primary highways lacking federal aid and 323 miles of primary roads without pavements, prompting a focus on highway finances.
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Howard Graves
Helena
Montana
J. Hugo Aronson
Aronson
Jack F. Reid
Tax-Collecting Board of Equalization
Reid
House
Senate
Scott Hart
Hart
Wall Street Rally Rebounds From Midweek Selloff
The New York market recovered as buying returned on Friday with The AP average up two points to 152.80 and rails leading gains. New York Central rose 2.25 to 36.62 while Atlantic Coast Line New Haven Southern Railway Louisville and Nashville and Santa Fe climbed over two dollars. Brokers noted heavy 4 030 000 share volume and a shift from weak to stronger issues as analysts forecast higher prices.
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New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
New York Central
Atlantic Coast Line
New Haven
Southern Railway
Louisville & Nashville
Santa Fe
Lee Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Montgomery Ward
DuPont
Dabney Penick
Britain Ends Rail Strike with Wage Increases Settlement
London reports a settlement between the British Transport Commission and the National Union of Railwaymen raises at least 6 shillings weekly for the lowest paid rail workers and promises boosts for higher grades. About 60,000 men gain. higher grade raises to be negotiated and dated from next Monday.
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London
Britain
British Transport Commission
BTC
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
U N Envoy Hammarskjold Talks With Chou En Lai in Peiping
U N Secretary General Hammarskjold and Premier Chou En Lai held a three hour forty five minute meeting in Peiping as efforts to secure the release of 11 U S airmen jailed as spies continued. No progress was announced and a further meeting was planned for Saturday with Hammarskjold set to depart Hong Kong next Thursday.
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Tokyo
Dag Hammarskjold
Chou En-Lai
Peiping
U. S
Red
Hammarskjold
U. N. General Assembly
U. N
Red China
New York
Hong Kong
France Offers New Plan for Defense
France proposes an arms pool linked to WEU with six nations in a Western European Union framework. Prime Minister Mendes France plans talks with Italy and West Germany in Rome and Baden Baden ahead of a January 17 arms pool conference. German ratification steps are set for February as Bundestag moves through readings.
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France
European Defense Community
Six Nations
Western European Union
Britain
West Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Luxembourg
Seven Nations
WEU
NATO
Pierre Mendes- France
National Assembly
Rome
Baden-Baden
Mario Sceltba
Konrad Adenauer
European Steel and Coal Community
Schuman Plan
Mendes-France
EDC
Susie L. Jeffers 95 Dead in Ennis Montana
Susie L. Jeffers of Ennis aged 95 died Friday at Butte Community Memorial Hospital. A Madison Valley resident since 1865, she was born November 25, 1859 in Victor Iowa. Funeral set Sunday at 2 p.m. at Trinity Church Jeffers with burial in Valley Cemetery. Memorials to Trinity Church. Survived by son Lawrence and wife of Jeffers, son-in-law W. Davis Bozeman, daughters Helen Carey Virginia City Altha Jeffers San Francisco, sister Nellie Bailey Great Falls.
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Ennis
Susie L. Jeffers
Jeffers
Butte Community Memorial Hospital
Madison Valley
Victor
Iowa
J. B. Jeffers
Trinity
Trinity Church
Lawrence Jeffers
W. Davis
Bozeman
Helen Carey
Virginia City
Altha Jeffers
San Francisco
Nellie Bailey
Great Falls
Montana East and West Forecast: Partly Cloudy, Snow Later
The state forecast notes Montana east sees little temperature change with highs 30 to 40 in the east and north and 20 to 30 in the southwest, with intermittent snow late Saturday night or Sunday and a colder turn. Montana west expects considerable cloudiness Saturday and Sunday with intermittent snow and no major temperature change, highs 20 to 30.
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Montana
Brother of Slain President to Direct Probe
Alejandro Remon, brother of slain Panamanian President Jose Antonio Remon, is to lead the investigation into his brother’s assassination. Minister Catalino Arrocha Graell resigned to allow this, as 70 plus suspects including ex-President Arnulfo Arias and an American are questioned. Mar tin Lipstein, a New York born former teacher, was arrested at the airport en route to Mexico.
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Panama
Catalino Arrocha Graell
Alejandro Remon
Jose Antonio Remon
Remon
Arrocha
Jose Guizado
National Revolutionary
Los Angeles
National Guard
Guizado
J. J. Garrido
Arnulfo Arias
Garrido
Oddest coin arrives at Denver Mint in 86 pound lump
A Weiner Arkansas man sent a 3 foot long 85 to 86 pound molten silver mass to the Denver Mint claiming it is his coin hoard melted together by fire. Experts say it contains dimes quarters and half dollars and could fetch about 800 to 850 dollars.
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Denver
Alma Schneider
Denver Mint
Ark
Stevens Denies Resigning as Secretary of the Army
Washington reports swirl around Secretary Stevens amid health hints and McCarthy era clashes. Stevens states he is not resigning and has never discussed stepping down with anyone. Adams likewise denies resignation and White House officials say no information supports a resignation. The dispute over Schine and pressure from McCarthy allies fuels calls for separations from government service.
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Washington
Stevens
Army
Gilman Mudgett
New York Times
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
John G. Adams
McCarthy
Adams
White House
Murray Snyder
the Times
Washington Dispatch
Eisenhower
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
Pentagon
Senate
McCarthy Stevens
Wisconsin
Roy Cohn
Pvt. G
David Schine
Schine
Cohn
Army identifies decision maker on Peress discharge
The Army told Congress final say on Dr Irving Peress’s honorable discharge rested with Lt Gen Walter Weibe and Army Counsellor John G Adams. The disclosure followed McCarthy’s push for a Senate probe into the Peress case.
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Washington
Congress
Irving Peress
Walter L. Weible
Army
John G. Adams
Senate
Peress
New York
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
McCarthy
Ralph Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Sen
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Investigations
Adams
Weible
Zwicker
Mother of Samuel Sheppard kills herself in locked bedroom
In Cleveland, Ethel Sheppard, 62, the troubled mother of convicted wife slayer Samuel Sheppard, shot herself in a locked bedroom as her son’s attorney appealed for a new trial. Police say the note read I just can't manage alone without father mother.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Ethel Sheppard
Common Pleas Court
Stephen Sheppard
Steve
Richard A. Sheppard
Bay View Hospital
Samuel
Marilyn
Bay Village
Stephen
Richard A
Richard
Sam
Chip
Atom Concept Traced to Democritus in Ancient Greece
A brief note explains that the term atom comes from Greek meaning uncuttable and credits Democritus, about 2,400 years ago, as the first to use the word for the smallest unit of matter. An unrelated ad line encourages readers to use Want Ads, with sample items such as a baby bed and play pen and a phone number for ad help.
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Democritus
Some Solons Uneasy Over Military Cut
Washington lawmakers scrutinize President Eisenhower's State of the Union proposals amid partisan concerns over cutting armed forces, shifting to air power and new weapons. Senator Russell flags a possible preparedness subcommittee while Democrats praise most of the 33 point plan with reservations. Wage raise to 90 cents earns mixed reviews. farm price support and Taft Hartley law spark debate.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
White House
Capitol Hill
Madison County Banker George H. Reid Dead at 59
George H. Reid, 59, vice president of the First National Bank of Twin Bridges and longtime Twin Bridges councilman and mayor, died Friday in Butte Community Memorial Hospital after years of ill health. A native of Madison County, he helped found the Motor Inn Garage in 1919, was a bulk agent for Continental Oil, charter member of the Twin Bridges Rotary Club, and a World War I veteran. He is survived by Laura his widow, two brothers Almon and Alvin, nephews Dale and Charles, nieces Mrs. Carl Lund and Mrs. Melvin Wessel, with funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Twin Bridges
George H. Reid
First National Bank of
Butte Community Memorial Hospital
Reid
Madison County
Reid Ranch
Frank Reid
Laura Stocker
Continental Oil Co
Fred Jenkins
Motor Inn
R&j
Twin Bridges Rotary Club
American Legion
Elks Lodge
Virginia City
Laura
Almon
Alvin Reid
Dale
Charles Reid
Norman Reid
Phoenix
Ariz
Carl Lund
Shreveport
Melvin Wessel
Alder
Raper Funeral Home
Court Martial Set For Maj Ambrose Nugent At Fort Sill
The Army said Maj Ambrose H Nugent of Merrill Wisconsin will face a court martial January 13 at Fort Sill Oklahoma. The 44 year old artillery officer is charged with collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea and has denied the charges.
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FT. Sill
Okla
Ambrose H. Nugent
Merrill
Wis
Korea
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Glasgow
Martin Irving Lipstein
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Peress Quster
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FDA
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