Eisenhower Proposes Long Range Military Plan to Congress
President Eisenhower asked Congress to back a four year draft extension, pay raises up to 20 percent for longer serving personnel, and a new reserve draft system. He urged a combat ready reserve and National Guard, hazardous duty pay for specialized troops, better family support, and expanded medical and housing benefits. The plan envisions volunteers for six months training then nine and a half years in reserve, or immediate active service, creating a powerful, modern fighting force in a volatile global climate.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Pace of Chinese West Pocket War Quickened
Reports from Formosa describe intensified air and sea clashes around the Tachens with Nationalist forces bombarding Toumen and Tienao Islands and sea actions near Yu Shan. U S officials denied any destroyer involvement, while Chinese sources warn of an imminent invasion within hours after orders from Peiping.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachens
U. S
7Th Fleet
Pishan Island
Defense Ministry
Toumen
Tienao
Albert Kilmartin
Taipei
Washington
Liu Leun-yi
Peiping
Ike to Support GI Benefits Extension in Congress
President Eisenhower backs extending the post service schooling program for servicemen in uniform before February 1. The House Veterans Affairs Committee drafted a bill to preserve educational benefits, with public hearings starting Monday, despite an executive order ending the program at end of January.
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Washington
Armed Services
Congress
White House
Eisenhower
Teague
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Korea
Robertson Calls Red China Gangster in World Ties
Assistant Secretary of State Walter Robertson blasted the Chinese Communists as playing a gangster role in relations with the free world. He ruled out a United Nations seat for Red China, apparently on any conditions.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Walter S. Robertson
Red China
Free World
United Nations
Red
Coal interests oppose Montana gas import plan at FPC hearing
Montana coal miners warn that natural gas piped from southeastern Alberta would jeopardize mines. S. H. Clarke of Roundup Mining Co. testified crews run light shifts and that Montana Power’s project could trigger mine closures. Officials argued Missoula service requires Canadian gas, while the industry pressed to bypass intermediate FPC review.
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Washington
Montana Coal Operators’ Assn
Montana
S. H. Clarke
Roundup Mining Co
Federal Power Commission
Clarke
FPC
Montana Power Co
Alberta
N. T. Patterson
National Coal Assn
R. J. Boyle
Billings
Dist
United Mines Workers of America
J. E. Corette
Montana Power
Missoula
Western Montana
Coal
Bootleggers Run From Hidden Valley Still Near Lakeport
In Lakeport California deputies seized a moonshine operation after tracing a still hidden in a site named Hidden Valley. The raid exposed bootlegging activity conducted by a group of men supplying illicit liquor in the area.
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Lakeport
Calif
A.P
Sheriff’s Office
Hidden Valley
Dulles Warns of Real Dangers in Global Security
Secretary Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States faces very real dangers and a thin margin of security in places. He urged swift ratification of the Southeast Asia defense pact and pledged cooperation with the panel while keeping lawmakers informed in the formative stages.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Capitol
Sen
Barkley
D-Ky
Manila
United States
First Bill of This Legislature Killed in House
Helena Montana the first bill of the 34th Legislature was killed in the House after the first roll call on a divided committee report. The collar to collar bill would have paid underground miners from entry to exit. The House committee favored defeating the measure 65 20 on the minority report.
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Helena
Montana
House Committee On Labor
Ray Lee
Silver Bow
House
Ory J. Armstrong
Flathead
Neil Taylor
Daniels
Lee
Armstrong
Chris Tange
Roosevelt
State Board of Examiners
Soviet protest to WEU over West German rearmament plan
The Soviet Union handed notes to envoys of Britain Italy France the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg protesting a WEU plan to rearm West Germany claiming it violates the Geneva Convention banning weapons of mass destruction. US embassy officials said they had not received the note and the Paris agreements are warned to place chemical biological and atomic weapons with West Germany.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Western European Union
WEU
West Germany
Britain
Italy
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
U. S
Germany
Senators Plan Expense Trips To Montana Institutions
Montana senators on the money committee gain authority for expense paid tours of custodial institutions and university units to study financial needs not operations. Chair Charles Mahoney says groups will be two person teams and separate from prior investigative committees. Glenn Larson to decide university unit visits. no House measures that afternoon.
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Helena
Senate
Montana
Finance and Claims Committee
Charles H. Mahoney
R-Garfield
House
Mahoney
Larson
Leo C. Graybill
D-Cascade
Eugene H. Mahoney
Sanders
34Th Legislative Assembly
R. L. Robins
R-Dawson
Donovan Worden
Missoula
Funeral Draws 50 000 Fascists to Graziani Sorrow
In Rome an estimated 50 000 shouting Fascists attended the funeral of Rodolfo Graziani. Police struggled to control the frenzied crowd as admirers wept shouted sang and gave the fascist salute. Pallbearers contended with pressing crowds to keep the coffin upright.
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Rome
Rodolfo Graziani
Benito Mussolini
Graziani
Mussolini
Five Nation Board in Costa Rica to Probe Invasion
A five nation commission rushes to Costa Rica to probe alleged invasion by Nicaragua. In La Cruz area 200 to 300 rebels threaten border towns Liberia and Grecia. Government forces press toward routing rebels while fighting subsides elsewhere.
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Washington
Council of the Organization of American States
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Guillermo Enciso Velloso
Paraguay
John C. Drier
United States
Luis Quintanilla
Mexico
Jose R. Chiriboga
Ecuador
Fernando Lobo
Brazil
Liberia
Grecia
U. S Air Force
la Cruz
Missing Navy pilot James Verdin after Skyhawk crash
James B. Verdin, holder of a world air speed record in a Douglas Skyray, is missing after his A4D Skyhawk crash during a test flight near Edwards California. A parachute was seen northeast of Los Angeles County as search teams, joined by Douglas and Edwards personnel, comb the snowy area. Verdin, a Miles City Montana native raised in Council Bluffs, Iowa, is a WWII and Korea veteran with multiple military decorations.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Verdin
Miles City
Mont
Council Bluffs
Iowa
West Los Anggeles
Korea
Agreed Highway Program Urgently Needed Nationwide
Washington leaders at a national highway conference urged a 101 billion dollar road program to be funded by federal, state, and local governments. Gen Lucius D Clay noted financing hurdles and called for action within a decade despite bond financing questions. He warned of a nationwide traffic jam and referenced current plans to spend about 47 billion.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Lucius D. Clay
Fisenhower
Eisenhower
Clay
Confesses Killing Father for Pay
Julio Grasso 20 of Morgan Hill confessed to shooting his father Joe Grasso 63 in early Wednesday claiming his stepmother Mary 32 offered payment on an installment plan. He implicated Mary and waitress Patricia Perry 22 after authorities said both women admitted involvement. all three jailed on murder suspicion.
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San Jose
Calif
U.P
Julio Grasso
Joe Grasso
Mary
Patricia Perry
Club
Capri
U.N. chief reports progress on fliers release talks
Dag Hammarskjold, returning from Peiping, says his talks with Chou En-lai were useful and a first stage toward freeing 11 American fliers and other UN personnel held by Red China. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. says he is confident Hammarskjold has made progress and that fliers will be free, urging continued patient, determined effort.
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United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Lodge
Secre
Chou En-lai
Red China
Dulles
Hammarskjold
New York
Idlewild
Peiping
United Nations Command
Builders Agree to Return Windfall Profits
Four builders who earned windfall profits under a government housing program tentatively agreed Thursday to return over one million dollars. Officials foresee possible further recoveries and possible fraud findings. Rent reductions for some tenants are expected as settlements reduce loan-based charges. Senate probe earlier estimated windfalls on largely apartment projects could reach about a million dollars.
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Washington
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Capehart
Senate Banking Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Frank J. Meistrell
Federal Housing Administration
Surprised Thief Foiled By Ham Gag at Store
A thief smashed a window at Ben Arkes store in Baltimore and fled with what he believed were two hams. He found the goods were empty dummies filled with sawdust, a prank that left him surprised.
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Baltimore
Ben Arkesman
Butte Area Weather Forecast Friday Cooler With Clouds
Partly cloudy and cooler Friday with a high near 25 degrees and a low around 10 Friday night. Thursday shows a 29/13 trend. Montana west expects cloudy, little temp change through Friday and Saturday with some snow north Saturday. Montana east: partly cloudy and colder Friday, with morning snow possible in the northeast portion.
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Montana
Pep
Billings
Belgrade
Truspee
Butte Avenues
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Creeee
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
33 Paratroopers Forced to Jump in Alaska Exercise
Thirty three paratroopers from the 503rd RCT Support Company bailed out of a crippled C119 Flying Boxcar over Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks Alaska during Operation Snowbird. All were accounted for and the plane landed safely. The mass jump occurred in darkness at zero temperature as part of a maneuver involving more than 100 planes originating from Sewart Air Force Base Tennessee.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Army Air Force
Ladd Air Force Base
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Tennessee
Miles City
Mont
Sewart
Montana
503Rd Rct
Camp Campbell
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Anchorage
Ladd
First Baseball Game in Japan Remembered in 1890s Tale
Isao Abe learned baseball as a Harvard Theological Seminary student and, returning to Japan in the 1890s, introduced the sport there. An oldWant Ad urges selling used golf clubs tennis rackets skates and sleds with contact 5451. A baby bathinet ttf was disposed of by an advertiser with phone 0008.
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Isao Abe
Harvard Theological Seminary
Japan
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Mosa
China
Russia
European Union
J. D. Holmes
James B. Verdin
U.N
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