Missionaries in Amazon Trip Die in Ecuador Attack
Five American missionaries who landed in the Auca jungle last week to evangelize the tribe are dead. The bodies were found at the Cararay River Valley after an attack that occurred soon after radioing of approaching contact. Victims include Fleming of Seattle Saint of Huntingdon Valley Elliott of Portland McCulley of Milwaukee and Youderian of Lansing. The group had earlier delivered gifts and built a tree camp, with the tribe described as primitive and hostile.
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Quito
Ecuador
Cararay River
Grady Parrott
Missionary Aviation Fellowship
Peter Fleming
Seattle
Wash
Nathanial Saint
Huntingdon Valley
James Elliott
Portland
Ore
Edward McCulley
Milwaukee
Wis
Roger Youderian
Lansing
Mich
Auca
Fleming
Abraham Vanderpuy
Inter-American Fellowship of Ecuador
Humphrey Targets Dulles Over Brink of War Claim
Senator Humphrey accuses Secretary Dulles of edging toward war in foreign policy remarks quoted by Life magazine. He calls for President Eisenhower to state his view on using brinkmanship, saying the approach risks U S alliances and prestige.
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Humphrey
Dulles
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
D-Minn
Life Magazine
Life
United States
Indochina
Congress
Formosa
America
Shellout Polio Drive Shapes Butte Saturday Peanut Sale
Butte residents will be asked to shell out for polio this Saturday as Butte High and Girls Central students buttonhole on Mining City streets to raise funds for the March of Dimes. Last week the girls raised 380.87 for the county polio chapter and volunteer again.
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Butte
Butte High
Girls Central
Bute and
Central
Silver Bow County
Joe Arm
Elaine Hurley
Rynita Pene
Catherine Harrington
Sharon Donovan
Joann Novack
Sharon Lester
Rene Renovich
Patsy Dixon
Pat Derick
Donna Sullivan
Marie McShane
Sharon Evans
Sally Ashley
Janine Peterson
Donna Schriner
Ruth Ann
Mary Lou Barnicoat
Lynda Borden
Leone Smith
Nadine Powers
Carla Davis
Susan
Jean Englebach
United Nations condemns Israeli raid on Syria
The U N Security Council unanimously condemns Israel for the December 11 raid on Syrian forces near the Sea of Galilee. China Australia Cuba and Peru join in the call for condemnation and possible compensation to Syria, while Russia Yugoslavia Iran oppose immediate action.
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United Nations
Israel
U. N. Security Council
Sea of Galilee
China
Australia
Cuba
Peru
Syria
U. N
Opep
Tingfu F. Tsiang
Victor Andres Belaunde
Russia
Yugoslavia
Iran
Belgium
Tsiang
Edson L. M. Burns
Setting It Straight on American Change and Ads
The column claims Americans have grown taller by about 20 inches in three decades and notes Fifth Avenue merchants raising their own offerings. It promotes Want Ads for cash balance growth and in a sample line advertises a mahogany hi fidelity record player in perfect condition with a phone number for an ad writer.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Silver Bow Killer Is Denied Writ
The Montana Supreme Court denied Albert J. Ball a writ of habeas corpus. Ball, serving a life term for first degree murder in Silver Bow County, shot his wife in Butte in 1938 and later wounded himself. He escaped from prison in 1945 and received an additional year for escape.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Albert J. Ball
Deer Lodge
Ball
Silver Bow County
Powell County
Albert H. Angstman
Hugh Adair
Forrest H. Anderson
Horace S. Davis
R. V. Bottomly
Minna Daniels Ball
Butte
Anaconda
Woman and Two Men Found Slain Near Meramec River
Police say a car on a remote road near the Meramec River 25 miles southwest of St. Louis carried three bodies. One man killed the others and then himself, with Miss Carol Hug 20 seated between the two men. Driver Elmer P. Loring 28, of St. Louis, and James V. McGraw 28, of East St. Louis, were identified. McGraw was Hug’s former husband.
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ST. Louis
Meramec River
Herman Birmes
Carol Hug
Elmer P. Loring
James V. McGraw
East St. Louis
Miss Hug
Arabs Rescue Americans After Rioting in Jordan
Four Americans were evacuated to safety by Arab Legion troops after rioters burned two buildings of a Southern Baptist mission hospital in Ajlun and looted others. Lloyd Lovegreen, hospital director, was among those rescued. The incident followed anti-Western rioting tied to the Baghdad Alliance, with attacks on several American sites and the Jordan Radio denying peace with Israel.
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Amman
Jordan
Arab Legion
Southern Baptist Mission
Ajlun
Lloyd Lovegreen
Baghdad Alliance
Rembha
U. S
Jerusalem
Israel
Iraq
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Britain
Jordan Radio
Palestine
Nickel Probe Push Tied to Cabinet Members
A House subcommittee heard that half the Cabinet favored firms for a 43 million dollar expansion at the U S nickel plant in Cuba. Edmund Mansure said he preferred brokers friendly to the Republican party, while denying any specific insurance firm recommendation.
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Washington
House
U. S
Cuba
General Services
Edmund F. Mansure
Chicago
Special Government Activities Subcommittee
Mansure
Eisenhower
Eleanor Nadler
Fortune Magazine
Under Oath
Nicaro
Anaconda Company Workers Lead State in Bond Sales
Montanans bought 31,444,345 dollars in Series E and H US savings bonds in 1955 the highest peacetime total. Cascade County led Montana sales with 4,078,825 dollars, while Judith Basin and Blaine counties posted top percentages. Anaconda Company payroll savings drive boosted Western operations to 77.25 percent participation, earning national praise. Washington reported peacetime bond sales at 5.368 billion dollars for 1955, 10 percent above 1954.
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Helena
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
A. T. Hibbard
Anaconda Company
Montana
Secretary of Treasury
George Humphrey
E. S. McGlone
Anaconda
Hibbard
Lloyd Crippen
Fred Hubbard
Savings Bonds
Washington
The
Treasury
Utah Governor Challenges Federal Income Tax
Utah Governor Bracken Lee, in his second term, challenges the federal government to collect by court order the tax on his 1955 income. He argues the Constitution does not grant the U.S. power to appropriate taxpayers money for foreign nations and says his tax refusal tests this view. Lee, a Republican, has criticized Eisenhower and backs Sen. Knowland for president.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Bracken Lee
U. S
Lee
Eisenhower
William F. Knowland
California
Bandit admits role in Brink's robbery with 10 accomplices
A Suffolk county grand jury indicted 11 men for the $1.219 million Brink's heist of January 17, 1950. Joseph J. O'Keefe testified about the inside and outside planning, describing a year and a half of pre raid visits to the Brink's plant and lock removals. Indicted alongside him were Stanley A. Gusciora, Joseph S. Banfield (deceased), Anthony Pino, and Michael V. Geagan, with 46 indictments and 148 counts among them.
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Boston
Suffolk County
Brink
Joseph J. ‘Specs
O'Keefe
FBI
Brink's
O’keefe
Hampden County
Springfield
Stanley A. Gusciora
Pittsburgh
Joseph S. Banfield
Anthony Pino
Michael V. Geagan
Detective Offers Jobs to Convicts Turns Boy from Gun
Reading Pennsylvania detective Charles Wade prevents a 16 year old parole violator from firing on him after a tense standoff. Wade, who runs a construction firm employing many former convicts, promises the youth a second chance if he surrenders the gun. The officer aims to reform attitudes and create a recreation center for families of employees.
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Reading
Charles S$. Wade
Pokce
Wade
Home Improvement Co
Reds Picked Up Vital News
Washington former Pentagon official R Karl Honaman testified that Communist countries have acquired and used technical information that could have been withheld. He defended the Defense Department 1955 warning against releasing even unclassified data that could aid an enemy as editors criticized free information flow during a House committee hearing.
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Washington
Pentagon
R. Karl Honaman
Honaman
House
Moss
D-Calif
Senator Blacks Long-Term Foreign Aid
Senator George of Georgia, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, opposes tying U S foreign aid to any fixed multi year commitments. He favors flexibility to decide which countries to aid and what programs to fund in Congress. Dulles met with Smith and Knowland ahead of the Eisenhower plan submission.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Dulles
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Foreign
Senate
Knowland
California
Smith
Congress
State Dept
Eisenhower name on New Hampshire primary ballot
Maurice J. Grant filed petitions to place Dwight D. Eisenhower on New Hampshire’s March 13 presidential primary ballot in an independent move. Deputy Secretary of State Harry E. Jackson checked signatures and warned duplicates may affect validity. if valid, the President would have 10 days to withdraw.
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Concord
N. H
Manchester
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Harry E. Jackson
Maurice J. Grant
Jackson
Statehouse
White House
Grant
Dwight Eisenhower
Lane Dwinell
Dwinell
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Gettysburg
Snowstorms Cut Across Montana
Two snowstorms from the west and north sweep Montana breaking up a mild January. Climatologist R A Dightman says Pacific front brings snow showers central and southern regions with little temp impact, while Arctic front hits north and east causing sharp temp falls.
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Helena
Montana
R. A. Dightman
Dightman
Mercury
Cut Bank
Great Falls
Havre
Montana Automobile Assn
S. 10
Idaho
Winston
MacDonald Pass
U. S
Conrad
Canada
Neihart
Lost Trail Pass
Montana Weather Summary Across Regions
Montana forecast shows east and north areas colder with snow flurries and highs near zero to 15, while west and southwest reach 25 to 35 with clouds and light snow. Saturday night and Sunday bring continued cloud cover and intermittent snow across both regions, with little overall temperature change.
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Montana
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