Butte Area Poised for Peak Montana Highway Boom in 1960
Montana plans call for a record year in highway work with an estimated 40 million dollars in contracts if financing holds. In the Butte district, projects total 1.36 million while the area advances interstate and secondary builds, with right of way underway for the Butte urban stretch and Deer Lodge segment.
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Butte
Montana
Montana Highway Dept
Bozeman
Fred Quinnell Jr
Richard B. Dundas
George Tippett
Deer Lodge
Armstead
Powell County
Nissler
Whitehall
Tragedy Strikes Family Near Thompson Falls
A Montana rancher Scott family suffered six of eleven children killed in a early morning house fire near Thompson Falls. The mother Edith Scott and 4 month old twins were injured in Hot Springs hospital. Firefighters raced from Sanders County seat 212 miles away in 16 degree, eight inch snow. Police say fire possibly started from stove explosion or faulty wiring.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Montana
Sanders
Lionell Scott
Edna
Mary
Mildred
Barbara
Carl
Aaron
Hot Springs
Edith Scott
Leslie
Jesse
Scott
Clifford
Walter
Kenneth Guinard
Guinards
Sheriff's Office
Sanders County
Surplus Boast May Trigger Big Spending
President Eisenhower predicts a four billion dollar budget surplus and Democrats in Congress may raise the 79.8 billion ceiling to fund defense, school construction, housing and other outlays. Senate Republicans warn of election year spending pressures while some Democrats doubt the surplus claim and plan selective increases.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Treasury
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Citizens Committee Charges Breach of Faith Over Hospital Lease
Members of the Citizens Committee for a Community Hospital accuse Anaconda Co. of breach of faith after leasing Butte Community Memorial Hospital to the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Kansas. Dr D F Hall chairs the group listing Lee Lorrimer George Scholle Walter Stanton Bert Wilson Earle N Genzberger Dr John Davidson the Rev James C Holt William Roose the Rev Richard Vick and Dr V A Yakolkovsky.
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Citizens Committee For
Community Memorial Hospital
Anaconda Co
Sisters of Charity of
Butte
National Kiwanis Leader to Be In Butte Monday
Kiwanis Division 3 members from 11 clubs will welcome Albert J. Tully president of Kiwanis International in Butte on Monday. The Tullys arrive from Missoula for a 6:30 reception and 7:30 dinner at the Finlen Hotel Copper Bowl with joint hosting by Butte and South Butte clubs.
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National Kiwanis
Butte
Albert J. Tully
Mobile
Ala
Kiwanis International
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Tully
Missoula
Bozeman
District 3
Finlen
South Butte
Lockwood
Explosion Kills Five in Taipei Coal Mine
Five workers died and five were injured in a coal mine explosion near Taipei on Friday. Officials reported the blast occurred at the shaft in the northern Formosa region, triggering rescue operations and a probe into mine safety.
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Taipei
Formosa
$650,000 Prudential Arcade Project to Begin in May
Prudential Diversified Services plans a five story arcade building on the old Butte Hotel site. Construction of a parking garage and downtown shopping center will start in May with Morgan Griffiths as architect. Attendants will view stall availability via controlled television for improved service and security.
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Prudential Arcade
Butte
Paul Holenstein
Prudential Diversified Services
Holenstein
Morgan Griffiths
Prudential Tower
Harbour Block
California
Mayor Griffith Disclaims Several Statements
Billings report quoted Butte Mayor Griffith as criticizing annexation talks amid strike concerns. He says a Gazette attribution misrepresented his remarks about Chamber of Commerce influence and the council. he insists no surprise annexation move was discussed and details were misinterpreted.
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Vern Griffith
Billings
Butte
Billings Gazette
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Gazette
Griffith
Cit
William N. Geagan
Neil Sullivan
Carl Clauvadetscher
Robert C. Letcher
Montana Lumbermen Set 1960 Convention in Butte Civic Center
The 24th annual Montana Retail Lumbermen's Assn meeting will run March 13 to 15 in Butte with 400 delegates. It marks the first convention at the Civic Center opened in 1952, using Finlen Hotel for headquarters and the civic arena for sessions. A pre-convention building products exposition Sunday will feature 60 to 70 firms and is free to the public.
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Montana Retail Lumbermen’s Assn
Butte
Civic Center
Allied Industries
Finlen Hotel
Butte Brass Plant Opens as New Northwest Industry
The Butte Brass and Controls Co begins production in Boston and will relocate equipment to Butte within 30 to 40 days. Incorporated for one million dollars, Tim J. Sullivan leads the company planning brass valves gas control fittings and other nonferrous castings for Northwest and eastern markets. The plant at 917 Oregon will employ 100 or more workers and is the first of its kind in the Northwest.
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Butte Brass and Controls Co
Boston
Boston Brass Co
Butte
Tim J. Sullivan
Boston Brass
Sullivan
Northwest
Sullivan Valve and Engineering Co
Oregon
Border States Numbed by Subzero Cold
Subzero cold swept the northern border states from the Great Plains to New England with scattered snow. Midday temperatures fell below zero from northern Michigan to Maine, while overnight lows dipped to as low as -33 in upstate New York.
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Associated Press
Great Plains
New England
North Dakota
Great Lakes
Montana
Washington
Sierras
Michigan
Maine
Rumford
Caribou
Burlington
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
New York
Mt. Washington
New Hampshire
Atlantic
Tennessee
Ohio
Planning Board Completes 104 Page Master Plan Book
City and County Planning Board finalizes a 104 page information book as the next step toward coordinated community planning. The document compiles required data to guide the master plan development and future actions.
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City and County Planning Board
City-County Planning Board
Chamber Dinner Highlights Butte Planning Study Details
Arrangements for the annual Chamber of Commerce dinner are complete with a special page outlining Butte’s future. The report analyzes community structure, zoning aims, water and mineral resources, industry, education, medicine, forestry, land use, and planning, stressing orderly growth and public hearings before zoning and ordinance adoption.
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Special Chamber of Commerce
Montana Weather Summary for Montana Regions
Montana east forecast calls for fair Sunday with increasing clouds and scattered snow in western mountains Sunday night. Monday brings warmer highs 25 to 40 in most areas, cooler northwest, with Sunday night lows 10 to 25 and Monday 20 to 35. West region stays partly to mostly cloudy with Sunday forenoon clearing. snow possible Sunday night and Monday, patchy valley fog at night and morning, highs 20 to 35, lows 5 to 15. Maximums refer to 12 hours, minimums to 18 hours ending 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Montana
Western Mountains
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Anaconda North
Cardwell-Harrison
Lima
F&s Construction Co
Idaho Line
Peter Kiewit Son's Co
Doris Nuss
Christian Nuss
Utah
Doris
Silver Bow County
National Foundation
Ken Lewis
Citizens Committee
Lumbermen
Finlen Ho
City Council
Board of Ciu Commissioners
Montana Weather
Belgrade
Broadus Butte
Cut Bank Ag
Dillon ' Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Enereee
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Yellowstone
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