US Plane Seized by Albania Pilot Held Captive
A US Air Force T33 training jet allegedly forced down by Albanian Soviet style jets is reported missing with Maj. Howard Curran aboard. Albanian broadcasts claim seizure, while Wiesbaden and Washington say no confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albania
Rome
Mediterranean
Howard J. B. Curran
Chateauroux
France
Naples
Italy
Wiesbaden
Germany
Washington
Tirana
Red Capital
London
Belgrade
Howard Keran
Maj. Curran
Yugoslavia
Irana
Korce
Kremlin Offers Economic Help to Brazil
A Brazilian official says Soviet leaders planned to use Brazil as a spearhead against the United States with aid offers and cultural ties. The Foreign Office report notes oil and equipment offers and warns that Russian presence could harm Brazil politically despite commercial gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Golden
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
United States
Foreign Office
Moscow
West
Soviet Union
Margaret Anglin Dies at 81 in Toronto Nursing Home
Renowned American stage star Margaret Anglin died at 81 in a Toronto nursing home after a long illness. Born April 3, 1876 in Ottawa, she was active with Mansfield and Miller and known for Shakespearean and dramatic roles including The Woman of Bronze and Dipl Diplomacy. She was Mrs. Howard Hull. her husband died about two decades earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Margaret Anglin
Howard Hull
Hull
Miss Anglin
House of Commons
Ottawa
T. W. Anglin
New York
Bronson Howard
Richard Mansfield
Roxanne
Henry Miller
James O’neill
Eugene O'Neill
Mercedes
Ophelia
Virginia
Virginius
University of California
Berkeley
Vivian Hunt
Lady Fairfax
Jane Mapelson
Montana Seeks Ways to Meet Drop in Income
Montana lawmakers face a projected 10 percent revenue drop for the biennium due to liquor tax losses and weaker sectors. The Taxation Education Commission asks 915 local and state officials for ideas to save costs and share effective methods. The panel, led by Sen. D. M. Manning, plans future talks with George Peabody researchers to study education organization, with a $13,000 study contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Helena
Taxation Education Commission
State Department
D. M. Manning
D-Treasure
Senate Taxation Committee
Manning
C. A. Infanger
Commission
Infanger
Capitol
George Peabody Teachers College Division of Surveys and Field Services
Nashville, Tenn
Montana Weather Forecast East and West Districts
Montana east sees fair to Thursday with windy east slopes of the Continental Divide. Highs Wednesday and Thursday 45 to 55, 35 to 45 in the southwest. lows 20 to 35, 5 to 15 in extreme southwest. Montana west reports fog and low clouds in northern valleys, otherwise fair with high clouds. highs 25 to 35, lows 10 to 20, 0 to 10 in higher southern valleys. The table notes 12 hour highs and 18 hour lows ending 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Benson Seeks Early End to Part of Soil Bank
Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced the administration would end the annual acreage reserve portion of the soil bank a year early, shifting emphasis to the longer range program. He also defended dairy price cuts set for April and said farm policy recommendations will go to Congress mid January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benson
Agriculture Dept
Soil Bank
Congress
Department
Sen. Aiken R-Vu
Opens Hearing On Tax Revision In Congress
Congressional tax experts began a five week hearing on revision of the revenue laws as the House Ways and Means Committee opened sessions. Defense spending pressures dampen prospects for income tax cuts and 1958 relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Lands Cattlemen For Solving Their Problems
Oklahoma City farmers and ranchers heard Don Paarlberg, assistant secretary of agriculture, say pricing, nature, and government action can help solve the beef problem. He noted record cattle receipts in 1957 and improved conditions due to rains, with 2,000 delegates at the American National Cattlemen's Assn meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Don Paarlberg
American National Cattle Q1
Assn
Paarlberg
Protestants and Catholics Unite on College Cooperation
Protestant and Catholic educators, long on separate paths, join in a cooperation pact to defend church related colleges at all costs. The agreement, the first of its kind in 400 years, was forged by the Commission of Christian Higher Education with the Association of American Colleges in Miami Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla.p
Commission of Christian Higher Education
Association of American Colleges
I. Lynd Esch
Indiana Central College
Celestin J. Steiner
University of Detroit
Commission
National Education Assa
The
Coach Invented Daily Dozen at Yale Football
Walter Camp, Yale football coach, first devised and popularized twelve daily exercises to keep players in shape. The note contrasts this with WANT ads offering a simple way to turn unused items into cash by calling 5451 for an ad writer, a service used by thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Camp
Yale
Twin in Missoula Causes Mistrial
In Missoula Montana the trial of Donald Benton Gerrard for driving while intoxicated was declared a mistrial after his twin brother Doyle appeared in court and Donald was absent. The judge set a new date and both bonds remained in effect with Doyle released for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont
U.P
Donald Benton Gerrard
Raymond J. Fox
City Atty
Fred Schilling
Doyle
Donald Gerrard
Gerrard Brothers
Fox
Ike to Address Chicago Rally in January Speech
President Eisenhower will speak at a $100 plate Chicago rally on January 20 to launch the 1958 GOP drive for Congress. The talk in International Amphitheater will be televised nationwide on a NBC slot from 7:30 to 8 p.m. Vice President Nixon appears on the telecast from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Chicago
White House
James C. Hagerty
Illinois
Congress
International
GOP National Committee
NBC
Nixon
New York
Kingfish Charged With Assault in Los Angeles
Harry Tim Moore known as Kingfish of the Amos n Andy show faces a Municipal Court hearing on January 16 for assault with a deadly weapon. Police say he fired at his wife Vivian 39 Sunday night, the shot missing. Moore said he acted in anger over in-laws taking his roast beef. He was arraigned and released on own recognizance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Harry
Tim) Moore
Amos ‘N Andy
Moore
Vivian
Soviets Deny Manned Rocket Flight Report
Soviet officials denied any knowledge of a manned rocket flight after reports of a rocket reaching 186 miles and a man aboard parachuting. Western officials noted censors and no official communique. Moscow officials called the report incomprehensible. The piece also mentions a Moscow forecast of moon missions in convoys for spacemen safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Soviet Academy of Sciences
The
Committee For Cultural Relations With
London
Tass
Washington
White House
Associated Press
Harold K. Milks
New York
Home Service
Soviet Civil Defense Organization
N. Narvarov
Montana Weather Breaks Records Amid Unusual Cold Warmth
Montana experienced a mix of cold and warm conditions Tuesday with Cut Bank reaching 61 degrees, surpassing a January 1931 record. Lewistown neared its January high of 66 set in 1941 with 65. Butte and Missoula stayed chilly, while widespread no precipitation and fog persisted. Broadus reports unusual winter dust, light snow absence since November, and zero visibility in Coalwood area, though livestock remained in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Yellowstone
Whitehall
Weather Bureau
R. A. Dightman
Dightman
West Yellowstone
Divide
Powder River County
Coalwood
Eisenhower seeks 1.37 billion for missiles and defenses
President Eisenhower asked Congress for 1.26 billion in new funds to speed missile development and air defenses with 110 million to transfer from existing defense appropriations. The request aims to meet Russia's space age challenge as Congress opens the new session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Defense Dept
Space Agency
Russia
Senate
Lyndon B
House
Knowland
California
Senate House
Rayburn
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Army secretary touts inducements to keep Gavin from retiring
Secretary of the Army Wilber Brucker said Gavin was offered two paths to four star rank to delay retirement. Gavin, head of Army research and development, announced plans to retire March 31 over budget concerns and missile policy criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilber Brucker
James E. Gavin
Brucker
Gavin
Pentagon
State Taxpayers Told of Changes
The Montana State Board of Equalization reminded taxpayers that for the first time since 1933 personal exemptions and tax rates are changed for 1957 returns. Exemptions are standardized at 600 dollars for single, 1200 for married, and 600 per dependent with provisions for blind or over 65, while rates start at 1 percent on the first 1000 and rise to 5 percent on income over 7000. Filing is required for single earners 600+ and married 1200+.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Brewer
Foreign coins found in local meter collections city police say
Concord New Hampshire police chief Walter H. Carlson announced that recent parking meter collections included coins from Russia Belgium France Holland Bolivia Germany Argentina El Salvador Philippines Portugal Burma Dutch East Indies Panama Tunisia Turkey and Yugoslavia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Walter H. Carlson
Russia
Belgium
France
Holland
Bolivia
Germany
Argentina
el Salvador
Philippines
Portugal
Burma
Dutch East Indies
Panama
Tunisia
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.S
Curran
Pisa
Tyrhennian Sea
Kremlin
Montana Weather
Ike
Sen. Johnson
D-Tex
Hyman Rickover
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Preparedness
Johnson
Rickover
Stennis
U.S. Navy
Lands Cattlemen
Coach
Kingfish
Soviets
Foreign Ministry
By Wilmot Hercher
By Douglas B. Cornell
U. N
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!