Mining City Bus Line May Continue If Terms Are Okeyed
The Butte community bus committee urged acceptance of an alternate plan to keep service after Jan 31. It includes higher adult and child fares, schedule changes, and concessions, with an $18,000 trust fund dropped from conditions. Supporters say a half loaf is better than none and more time to negotiate a better deal. A Saturday deadline seeks approvals for Montana Railroad Commission review by Jan 30 with a Jan 31 decision deadline.
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General Bus Transportation Committee
Butte
Montana Railroad Commission
Helena
Henry Young
General Bus
City Council Judiciary Committee
Jets Clash Over Korea as Snow Quiet Front Holds
Jets fought near MIG Alley as F86 Sabres engaged about 50 MIG15s while skies cleared over North Korea. Ground fighting was limited with snow and temperatures near ten degrees below zero. South Koreans temporarily retook and lost western front positions amid several small clashes and limited patrols.
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Korea
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Air Force
Pyongyang
Huichon
Hungso
U. S
Eighth Army
Convict goes berserk at San Quentin library killing two guards
A prisoner stabbed two guards to death and wounded two others at San Quentin on Monday night. Warden Harley Teets said details are under investigation with about 1,500 inmates counted. Victims were Guards Charles D Wigget and Vern A Mackin. Suspect Eugene Burwell was in custody. an accomplice James Alonzo Rogers was held.
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San Quentin
Calif
San Quentin Penitentiary
San Francisco Bay
Harley Teets
Clinton Duffy
Charles D Wigget
Petaluma
Vern A. Mackin
San Rafael
Ralph E. Bascomb
Virgil F. Stewart
Woodacre
Teets
Eugene Burwell
Los Angeles County
James Alonzo Rogers
Asault
San Francisco
Churchill Vows Firm British Policy After Ottawa Talks
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told a Canadian banquet that Britain shall not shrink from any measures necessary to restore defence and maintain solvency. He asserted the government will proceed with unpopular steps, following three and a half days of talks with Canadian officials at Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Chateau Laurier
Pravda Says U S Plans Turn Southeast Asia Into Another Korea
Pravda, the Soviet party newspaper, accuses the United States of preparing armed intervention in Viet Nam and creating fresh war ventures in Southeast Asia. It cites a Washington meeting of allied chiefs and repeats charges of U S aggression while noting claims of Nationalist forces moving toward Thailand.
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United States
Southeast Asia
Korea
Pravda
Communist Party
Democratic Republic of
Viet Nam
Indo-China
Provda
Alphonse Juin
Washington
Andrei Vishinsky
United Nations
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Thailand
Brits Seek Help to Hold Suez
Britain appeals to the United States and at least three other nations to share the task of keeping the Suez canal open in hostile Egypt. Officials say Britain requests technical help including technicians pilots dockers and possibly some warships and that Norway has been approached. France and the Netherlands are also being asked.
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Britain
United States
Suez Canal
Egypt
Foreign Office
Suez
Norway
France
Netherlands
Isoon
Truce Delegates Fail to Agree Amid Stalemate
Tokyo dispatch reports no progress at truce talks as Communists accuse UN planes of bombing a POW camp in Kangdong North Korea killing 10 Allied soldiers and wounding 60. North Koreans demand sovereignty over airfield rehabilitation and deny Allied air raids on Manchurian cities.
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United Nations
Panmunjom
Lee Sang Cho
Kangdong
North Korea
Lee
Winnington
San Francisco
Gen. Ridgway
Reds
Mukden
Fifth Air Force
Communists and UN Envoys Clash Over Prisoner Exchange
In Panmunjom talks on January 15 the Communist side accused the UN negotiator of deceit and a big lie over prisoner exchanges. Rear Adm. Libby denied the charge and demanded proof or a retraction as subcommittees met to discuss truce supervision and prisoner exchange.
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William C. Barnard Munsan
Korea
Panmunjom
Adm
R. E. Libby
United Nations
United Nations Command
UN Command
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
Peiping
Red
Alan
Bonner Explains Stand on Compact
Governor John W. Bonner states Montana will use all legal means to protect its water rights in the proposed Columbia River compact. He references letters to J W Rogers of Olympia and discusses eliminating portions of Senate Bill 817 and House Resolution 2470 that allocate water for domestic, agricultural use and power. Continued on Page 10.
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J. W. Rogers
Olympia
Wash
Columbia Interstate Compact Committee
Columbia
Montana
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
Congress of the United States
Train Marooned as Storm Rages in the West
A fierce storm from Canada to Mexico slammed California and Nevada bringing blizzards and 100 mph winds. A train carrying 120 passengers was marooned in the high Sierra while hundreds of travelers were stranded elsewhere as towns faced isolation and floods. Rescue teams fought deep drifts to reach motorists and residents amid California’s worst winter in decades.
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San Francisco
Canada
Mexico
California
Nevada
High Sierra
Reno
Sierra Nevada
Snow, Wind Close Pass at Monida
Monida pass on the Montana Idaho line closed to traffic due to strong winds and heavy snow. Officials said clearance would begin early Tuesday morning and all transportation, including buses, was halted. A weather advisory warned near blizzard conditions with 40 to 50 mph northerly winds, drifting snow, and temperatures dropping in Kalispell and surrounding areas.
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Montana
Spencer
Idaho
Montana Highway Department
Butte
Helena
Flathead Valley
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kalispell
Bradley says no appeasement in Korea armistice
General Omar Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee he hopes for a workable Korea truce that UN nations can live with and that avoids appeasement. He warned compromises must be based on sound principles and include safeguards to prevent renewed hostilities. Russell noted Bradley remained cautiously optimistic about an early accord.
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Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
United Nations
Bradley
Senate Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Defense Lovett
Vinson
Lovett
Explosion kills 19 miners at Nova Scotia coal mine
STELLARTON N S Jan 14 UP A powerful blast at the Acadia Coal mine killed 19 miners. Twelve bodies were recovered as rescuers searched despite warnings of a second blast. Three men escaped. seven more were unaccounted for. Company officials said no survivors expected.
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Stellarton
N. S
McGregor
Acadia Coal Company
Acadia
MacKenzie Fleming
Draper Nominated U S roving ambassador to Europe
President Truman nominated William H. Draper Jr the Long Island Transit Authority chairman as the United States roving ambassador in Europe. Draper a New York investment banker commanded the 136th Infantry in the Pacific and served as Undersecretary of the Army from 1947 to 1949.
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Washington
Jan
William H. Draper, Jr
Long Island
Western powers urge UN to study Vishinsky atomic plan
Paris. The United States France and Britain pressed the UN political committee to forward Russia’s revised atomic proposals to the new disarmament commission for thorough examination. They rejected Moscow’s broader peace package and any UN condemnation of NATO membership.
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Russia
Disarmament Commission
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Jean Chauvel
United States
France
Britain
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Missing Briton Diplomats Held in Red Jail
Berlin report says two British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean are held in Moscow's Lubiyanka prison after initially being held in Prague. MacLean headed Britain's American desk and Burgess had been recalled from Washington over traffic issues. No concrete clues about their disappearance since May last year.
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Moscow
Lubiyanka
Guy Burgess
Donald MacLean
Prague
Czechoslovakia
St. Malo
France
West Europe
MacLean
British Foreign Office
Burgess
Britain
Washington
Aid To Iran Suspended Over Mossadegh Pact Failures
The United States reportedly suspended further military aid to Iran Sunday night due to Premier Mossadegh's government not complying with terms of the mutual security act.
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Washington
United States
Mossadegh
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte area expects snow and colder conditions Tuesday and Tuesday night with strong northerly winds. Minimum around 0 and high near 5 Tuesday. Montana east and west of Divide forecast intermittent snow and drifting winds with highs from 0 to 10 below and 0 to 10 above in different zones.
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Divide
Truman Plan to reform Internal Revenue Bureau meets Senate opposition
President Truman proposed to abolish the Internal Revenue Bureau as a political patronage reform and tighten enforcement. The plan faces Senate resistance over reducing regional offices from 64 to 25 and sparks calls for a bipartisan probe into government ethics.
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Truman
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Senate
Capitol Hill
George Meader
R-Mich
Michigan
House
Rayburn
Dtexas
Meader
McGrath
Charles William Davis
Vandalia
Houseways
Revenue Bureau
Davis
Charles Oliphant
Oliphant
Radar saves all aboard as plane crashes into East River
A fogbound Northeast Airlines craft with 36 people aboard crashed into the East River near La Guardia. Rescue work saved everyone as investigators seek why the radar image flickered during approach. The plane was raised from nine feet of water and the pilot offered little explanation.
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East River
la Guardia Field
Boston New York
Queens
Labor Supporting Spud Price Cut
Montana labor leader urges federal price rollbacks on potatoes to aid consumers and defense workers. Federation president James S. Umber sent a telegram to Congress and Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle asking for rollback and a halt to a potato holiday. Montana price stabilizer Hugh L. O Keefe defends the move as necessary to curb rising prices. Separate growers’ group claims 80 percent of producers back a two week marketing holiday in protest.
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Helena
James S. Umber
Montana State Federation of Labor
Montana
Michael V. DiSalle
Umber
Hugh L. O'Keefe
O'Keefe
Egyptian Clash Leaves 11 Dead
In the Suez canal zone Egyptian extremists attacked a British roadblock at Tel El Kebiar. Reports say eight Egyptians and three others were killed, including a British officer. A British unit repelled the assault with mortar and Bren gun fire.
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Egypt
Tel El-Kebiar
Suez Canal Zone
Canal Zone
Cameron Highlanders
Egyptian Interior Ministry
Misr Airlines
Mahgar
Royal Engineers
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