Butte Bus Service at Risk Without $18,000 Trust Funds
Butte faces loss of bus service after Jan 31 unless $18,000 is raised for a trust fund and schedule changes are approved to cut operating costs. J L Haugh, president of Butte City Lines, outlined terms at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. He cited a 1952 net loss of about $50,000 but proposed steps could reduce the loss to $3,000.
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Butte
J. L. Haugh
Butte City Lines
Chamber of Commerce
Haugh
City Council Judiciary Committee
Henry Young
Montana Railroad Commission
Navy plans to build ten 60000 ton supercarriers
Secretary Dan Kimball outlined a program to construct ten 60,000 ton carriers, one per year for ten years, with some to be atomic powered. The first, USS Forrestal, will be a new flattop design with a retractable island, enabling full width flight operations and carrier aviation advances.
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Washington
Dan Kimball
Navy
Forrestal
Newport News
National Sojourners
Kimball
Pulp mill discussed for Three Forks area
Possibilities of building a pulp mill near Trident will be debated at a Thursday night Sacajawea hotel meeting in Three Forks. Residents from Three Forks and nearby towns including Whitehall, Twin Bridges, Sheridan, Virginia City, Ennis, Manhattan, Belgrade and Bozeman plan to attend as lumber and water power are cited as ample for operations.
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Three Forks
Trident
Sacajawea
Townsend
Whitehall
Twin Bridges
Sheridan
Virginia City
Ennis
Manhattan
Belgrade
Bozeman
Butte Man Builds Tiny Village From Scrap Wood
John McNulty a 60 year old Butte resident and hoisting engineer at the Leonard mine turns scraps into miniature buildings. For years he creates model depictions of local homes churches and businesses and has supplied many for model railroading. He keeps tools in a space smaller than a powder box and crafts with simple hand tools and paints.
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John McNulty
South
Idaho
Butte
Leonard
Jack
McNulty
Apple
South Dakota
Vishinsky Proposes Simultaneous Atomic Ban and Global Inspections
In a United Nations committee address in Paris on January 12, Andrei Vishinsky outlined a new atomic control framework. He urged simultaneous prohibition of nuclear weapons and a strict international inspection regime with rights for continuous entry into any country, including the Soviet Union, while preserving domestic sovereignty. American officials dismissed the plan as largely old ideas and questioned the effectiveness of inspectors who must avoid domestic interference.
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Paris
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Russia
United Nations Political Committee
Vishinsky
U. S
Ernest A. Gross
Legion to Honor Heroic Dillon Officer Tonight
The American Legion Star of Valor will be awarded to Highway Patrolman Robert E. Wright of Dillon for extraordinary heroism during a 1951 gun battle near Silver Bow County. Wright, whose spinal cord was severed, is hospitalized at Fort Harrison. The award, presented by Col. Charles L. Sheridan, honors his gallant conduct in the arrest of an armed felon near Nissler junction. Wright is a World War I veteran and member of Beaverhead post No 20.
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Helena
American Legion Star of Valor
Robert E. Wright
Dillon
Butte
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Star of Valor
Wright
Charles L. Sheridan
Montana Highway Patrol
American Legion Department of Montana
Veterans Administration
Fort Harrison
Legion
Nissler Junction
Silver Bow County
Montana
American Legion
Department of Montana
Grover Co. Schmidt, Jr
Fort Benton
Herbert Kibler
Beaverhead Post No. 20
Butte Girl Recovers Polio Battle Aided by Donations
Diane Stratton daughter of Mr and Mrs Merle Stratton 312 North Washington became ill with polio last August and has benefited from March of Dimes donations. Her siblings are a 12 year old brother and a 13 year old sister. The article notes the family’s ongoing appeal and references a continuation on page 4.
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Diane
Merle Stratton
North
Washington
Diane Stratton
Van Fleet Warns Reds Would Face Total Disaster if Offense Grows
Gen. James A. Van Fleet said U S Eighth Army is in better condition than ever and any major Red air or ground assault would meet complete disaster. He noted increased Chinese air power but vowed defense would hold UN lines. He added the lull since the ceasefire line shows no harm to the army.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
van Fleet
William C. Barnard
Eighth Army
Red Air Force
MacArthur May Support Taft
Senator Brewster says General Douglas MacArthur is very much in sympathy with Senator Robert Taft for the Republican presidential nomination and may publicly back Taft before the July nominating convention. Brewster also notes Eisenhower remains an indispensable figure in Europe as NATO commander. The GOP meeting in San Francisco next week will feature Taft and Eisenhower spokesmen and speeches by Gov. Earl Warren and former Gov. Harold Stassen.
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Washington
Brewster
Maine
Douglas MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
MacArthur
Dwight D Eisenhower
Europe
North Atlantic
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Davis G
Property Auction Set for Monday
Silver Bow county commissioners will conduct the fourth tax delinquent property sale at 11 o'clock Monday. Twenty three parcels will be auctioned in the county courthouse lobby.
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Silver Bow
Air Hunt for 46 Crewmen Halted
In Seattle a fog and squall halted an air search for 46 crewmen of the abandoned freighter Pennsylvania in the North Pacific. Five surface ships and eleven planes continued operations, but visibility forced aircraft back to base as search efforts persisted.
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Seattle
Wash
North Pacific
Pennsylvania
Coast Guard
Klamath
Stonetown
Black Sea
Butte Shrouded by Night Fog
A blanket of fog settled over Butte and nearby areas Saturday night due to moisture and light winds. The weatherman noted sunlight on snow and calm conditions kept the fog in place, forecast to lift by early Sunday morning with a low around 10 degrees above.
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Butte
Butte-Anaconda road project urged over Dillon-District 9 plan
Acting Gov. Paul Cannon said the Butte-Anaconda highway should be built in 1952, but the highway commission plans place it in the programming stage. He noted about 480,000 dollars is available in District 9 this year for the Dillon to Twin Bridges road, risking delays for the Anaconda corridor.
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Helena
Butte-Anaconda
State Highway Commission
Paul Cannon
Cannon
U. S. 108
Highway Department
District 9
Anaconda-Butte
Bridger-Dillon
Truman hints at tax policy shift for election year
President Truman plans no new income or excise tax boosts this year, instead pursuing tighter tax law enforcement and closing loopholes to reclaim billions in revenue. Officials say the move avoids a general tax hike while previewing an $85 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year and a projected $15 billion deficit.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Armistice Talks Show Small Shifts on Airfields Issue
In Panmunjom talks on January 13 Allied and Communist negotiators signaled limited willingness to modify positions on rebuilding North Korean airfields. A statement from the conference could allow progress toward a truce, with both sides seen as ready to concede modestly while leaving airfields as they are during an armistice.
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Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Red Korea
United Nations Command
Nam Il
Hsieh Fang
Air Force
Howard M. Turner
Turner
Reno Buried by Snowstorm Shelters 1500
A severe snowstorm struck Reno and heavy rain and snow disrupted Sierra highways and rail travel. Flooding forced about 1,500 people from low lying Bay Area homes but no lives were reported lost. The Feather River bridge link was cut by an earth slide and travel warnings urged avoiding dangerous routes.
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San Francisco
Reno
Sierra
San Francisco Bay Area
California Highway Patrol
California
Nevada
State Automobile Association
Feather River
Indignant Parents Hand Five Children to Judge Over Pin Curl Row
Indignant parents Amos and Mrs. Barton cede five children aged 3 to 11 to Justice of the Peace Yates Hamm after a $10 fine for their 15 year old daughter Theola staying home from school over pin curls. The father of the court, after a heated exchange, appoints the judge guardian of the children and the kids are sent to the juvenile hall as Theola becomes a ward of the juvenile court.
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Antioch
Calif
Justice of the Peace
Yates Hamm
Amos Barton
Theola
Bartons
Barton
Board of
Hamm
Doreen
John
Tommy
Cheryl
Timothy
Everett Joseph
Joseph Agend
Montana potato growers declare market holiday in protest
A Montana group claiming to represent about 80 percent of the state's potato crop announces a two week marketing holiday starting January 19 to protest an OPS price rollback. The action halts all shipments while seeking price clarification and alleged rollback errors.
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Deer Lodge
Montana
Weather Forecast BLUE With light snow flurries and mixed skies
Forecast shows blue weather with clear to partly cloudy skies and little temperature change. Sunday highs around 30s, Sunday night near 20s, with temperatures dipping to the single digits at some locations. East and west Divide regions see varying clouds and winds, drifting snow possible, and warming temps by Sunday afternoon.
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School of Mines
Divide
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