Senate Rebukes McCarthy in Turbulent Session
The Senate condemned communism and its works in a rowdy session. Sen. McCarthy was reprimanded for calling colleagues insincere and twice ordered to his seat. He then challenged Sen. Kuchel before voting 84-0 to denounce the Communist party and support ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Sen
Long
D-La
Nixon
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Kuchel
Calif
Huey Long
Communist Party
Pledge
Daniel
D-Tex
Communist Party of the
United States
House
Body of Famous Montana Test Pilot Is Found
Los Angeles reports the body of James B. Verdin, renowned air speed record holder, found after a high altitude bail out from a bantam Skyhawk over the Mojave Desert. His parachute did not deploy. search teams located the remains about 21 miles south of the wreckage. Verdin, 36, of Douglas Aircraft, set a 753.4 mph jet record in 1953 and was testing the Skyhawk when he bailed out from 30,000 feet. The crash follows recent Mojave fatalities of Capt. Joseph McConnell and George Welch.
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Los Angeles
James B. Verdin
Mojave Desert
Barstow
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Mojave
Edwards Afb
Victorville
Here
Verdin
Joseph McConnell
Air Force
George Welch
North American Aviation Inc
AAA Opposes Toll Highways In Federal Road Plan Clash
The American Automobile Association rejects Gen. Lucius D. Clay's toll road proposal as a reimbursement bonanza that would force states into tolls. AAA cites 25 billion in revenue bonds plus federal aid, calling the plan double taxation and favoring no toll network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Automobile Assn
Congress
K. B. Rykken
Big Auto Club
AAA
Lucius D. Clay
Rykken
Chamber of Commerce of the
U. S
H. E. Bailey
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Clay
Federal
Bailey
Vietnam seeks ironclad U S France pledges for defense
Saigon presses the United States and France for firm commitments ahead of the February Bangkok Manila Pact meeting. Premier Ngo Dinh Diem seeks immediate allied intervention and clear plans including overall command, troop levels, and guaranteed response. Vietnam proposes phased armed force reductions and a 150,000 reserve.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U. S
France
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bangkok
Diem
Dulles
Ho Thong Minh
U.S
Britain
United States
Washington
J. Lawton Collins
Eisenhower
OAS Condemns Foreign Attack on Costa Rica and Checks Flights
The Organization of American States condemned foreign forces attack on Costa Rica and urged Nicaragua to halt war material flow. A ground report said substantial material entered over the northern border. Observers were to be placed at airports and potential transport hubs in the region. Costa Rica urged military aid and a firmer stance from the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Organization of American States
OAS
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Council of the Oas
Investigation Commission
Jose Mora
George Hazera
Rica
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Council
French German Leaders Agree on Closer Cooperation
Premier Pierre Mendes-France and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer announced a new policy of closer Franco German cooperation after an 11 hour conference at Baden Baden. They said progress was made on many points and aimed to stabilize European peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baden
Germany
Pierre Mendes-France
Konrad Adenauer
France
West Germany
Black Forest
Adenauer
Mendes-France
Europe
Pension Query Sparks Odd Olympia Letter
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie was asked to play matchmaker as a 70 year old man wrote seeking marriage to a pension recipient. He asked how much pension the bride would receive, describing his plan as a monetary Cupid gesture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
U.R
Arthur B. Langlie
Dan Cupid
Montanan Killed as Auto Leaves Road
Jerry Clifford Church aged 17 a Bighorn farm worker was killed when the car he drove left U S Highway 10 one mile east of Custer and overturned in a plowed field. Coroner Mel Boice said he lost control on a steep grade and the car struck three highway guide posts. He likely suffered a broken neck. Church was the tenth highway fatality in Montana in 1955 compared with six a year ago.
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Billings
Jerry Clifford Church
Bighorn
U. S. Highway 10
Custer
Mel Boice
Yellowstone County
Church
Boice
Montana
Red Target Taipei Air Incidents Reported in Formosa
Formosa based planes for the fifth day running reported a sudden incident Friday near Tachens a potential staging point for a Chinese Red invasion. The Nationalist forces held Tachens about 200 miles north.
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Taipeh
Tachens
Legislators to Oregon to study weight-distance act
A Montana three member delegation from both houses will travel to Salem to study Oregon's weight-distance law for ideas on highway user charges. The six lawmakers, all highway committee members, will depart from Great Falls and return to Helena, aiming to inform Montana financing and road improvements.
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Oregon
Helena
Montana Senate
House
B. R. Taylor
Roosevelt
Montana
Salem
Ore
Lloyd J. Michels
Sheridan
Fred E. Barrett
Liberty
Ralph C. Bricker
R Cascade
Senate
Earl Moritz
R-Fergus
Walter G. Sagunsky
Madison
D. M. Manning
D-Treasure
Great Falls
Highway
Chambers
Michels
Moritz
Glenn H. Larson
R-Sanders
Taylor
Larson
Dean Chaffin
R-Gallatin
Butte Skating Carnival Opens With Races and Exhibitions
Butte hosts its annual skating carnival for grade school boys and girls at the Civic Center starting Saturday at 1 pm. Preliminary races run Saturday with finals Sunday at 1 pm. Sunday features include figure skating by the Butte Figure Skating Club, a speed-skating exhibition by Bobby McDonough, and a 10 piece band. Over 400 students are entered. officials include Eddie Gerry and Sammy Leeper as judges, timers Bill Hawke and Jim Sweeney among others.
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Butte
Butte Civic Center
Bobby McDonough
Banff
Eddie Gerry
Sammy Leeper
Earl McCarthy
Walter Kinared
Ward Fanning
Jack Sullivan
Harry Dahlberg
W. T. Scott
Bill Hawke
Jim Sweeney
James P. Egan
Les Boyer
Ray Taylor
George Foley
Wayne Ray
Richard Navarro
Ed Foley
McDonough
St. Paul
Leo Benz
Tommy McManus
Tom Hitchcock
Fred Girard
Travelers Insurance Claims First Match Book Ads
The Travelers Insurance Co of Hartford claims to have distributed the first matchbook ads in 1898. The note promotes Want Ads as the modern means to spread product or service offers, noting rapid awareness after printing and providing a contact number 5451.
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Travelers Insurance Co
Hartford
Murray Hospital Razing Ordered
The old Murray Hospital at Alaska and Quartz Streets was ordered dismantled by District Court Judge John B. McClernan. State fire marshal Arthur C. Parsons to enforce the order as the dilapidated building posed a hazard and had collapsed parts recently. Clifton Wilson listed as owner. marshal says he cannot locate Wilson for compliance.
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Murray Hospital
Alaska and
Quartz Streets
John B. McClernan
Arthur C. Parsons
Clifton Wilson
Russia Says It Will Share Atomic Secrets At UN Congress
Moscow said it will share scientific and technical experience from its atom driven power plant with the world at a World Atomic Energy Congress under UN auspices. Moscow will send Academician Skobeltsyn to New York to discuss inclusion on the agenda and Geneva talks to follow.
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Moscow
Russia
Foreign Ministry
Lenoid Ilyichev
U. N. General Assembly
Dmitrri V. Skobeltsyn
U. N
New York
Soviet Union
Tlyichev
Moscow Radio
Ralph Bunche
Skobeltsyn
U. S
Brazil
Canada
France
India
Britain
Geneva
Eisenhower
General Assembly
United States
Kremlin
Fisenhower
Eisenhower urges calm on China retaliation talk
President Eisenhower asked Americans to avoid calls for retaliation against Communist China after the U N and Dag Hammarskjold press for airmen's release. He said support for the U N must continue and warned against impetuous actions that could endanger imprisoned airmen. Reports note Republican leaders push for a blockade if needed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
China
U. S
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Peiping
Hammarskjold
U. N
United States
Congress
Sen
Knowland
California
Red
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Radford
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
State Dulles
Omaha
Neb
Strategic Air Command
Air Force
Weather summary for Montana and state forecasts
Partly cloudy through Saturday night with minimal temperature changes. Maximum Saturday 30 and Friday 26 with minimums 10 and 13. East Montana partly cloudy with little change and snow southwest Saturday night. high 25 to 35. West Montana clouds, light snow late Saturday, then partly cloudy Sunday. high 25 to 32. Table notes: maximums 12 hours, minimums 18 hours to Friday 5 30 p.m.
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Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Butte
I Cut Bank
Dillon
Downey Amends Restrainer in Liquor Case
An amended temporary restraining order keeps the status quo in a Montana dispute between 102 Butte liquor dealers and state and city officials over 1955 license fees. The order halts payment and limits interference with outlets until Jan. 21 court review. State fees total 800 plus 600 liquor and city fees 500 plus 300.
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T. E. Downey
Butte
Montana Licensed Liquor Dealers’ Assn
Montana
Butte Beer and Liquor
Downey
Guizado seeks leave as Remon assassination probe widens
Panama President Jose Ramon Guizado asks the National Assembly for absence while under investigation into the January 2 assassination of President Jose Antonio Remon. The assembly opens a special session as Guizado faces grave charges amid arrests including his son and a construction executive. Police guard Guizado's home as the probe intensifies and international figures are summoned to the legislative hall.
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Sanama
Jose Ramon Guizado
National Assembly
Jose Antonio Remon
Guizado
Guzado
Remon
Panama
Ricardo Arias Espinosa
Arias Espinosa
Foreign Ministry
Jose Ramon Guizado Jr
Rodolfo Saint Malo
Tomas Nieves Perez
Ruben Miro
Miro
Saturnino Flores
National Guard
Zfe
Connec
Soviet says border patrol kills two alleged American spies
Moscow reports its border guards shot dead one resisting American spy and captured another after parachuting into Soviet Estonia last summer. The two men Kalja Kukk and Hans Toomla allegedly trained in Germany and the United States to transmit data by radio and invisible ink.
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Moscow
Estonia
State Security Committee
U.S.S.R
Kalja Kukk
Hans Toomla
Sweden
United States
Washington, D. C
Poolsville
Pollesville
Fairfax
Washington
Munich
Soviet Estonia
Werner Dormann
North St. Louis Ave
Chicago
Arrthur Kruttman
Walter Dornfeldt
Wilhelmstrasse 19
Weldzein
Germany
Joseph Wikk
Ekhardt Deingestrasse
Soviet Union
Norway
U. S
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Moose) Donahoe
Roni Marie
Athens
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Morocco
J. D. Holmes
Howard Graves
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