U N Chief Urges Israeli Pullout From Egypt for Peace
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold reported to the UN Assembly that a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from Egypt is essential for peace. He noted Israel has not yet withdrawn two months after a demand by the assembly and cited progress and obstacles in the Gaza Strip and Sharm el Sheikh discussions. The United States backed Hammarskjold’s views while some delegates criticized the withdrawal pace.
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United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N. Assembly
Egypt
Israel
Assembly
Hammarskjold
United States
U. S
Europe
Gaza Strip
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Elath
Abba Ebani
Proposal to Lift Oil Royalties Ceilings Filed
Helena MT The Montana Democratic party seeks to remove the 12.5 per cent royalty cap on state oil and gas production with HB31 by sponsors Oscar Helding and L P Tanner. The bill would insert not less than before the royalty rate, affecting the Interest and Income Fund and Permanent School Fund. A separate measure would raise county official salaries by 1000 to 1300 dollars annually with varying scales.
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Helena
Montana
Democratic Party
Oscar Helding
Missoula
L. P. Tanner
Flathead
Helding-Tanner
Martin J. Beck
D-Mccone
Great Conductor Toscanini Dead
Arturo Toscanini, renowned conductor, died at 89 in his Bronx Riverdale home after a stroke on New Year’s Day. The fiery maestro led orchestras worldwide for nearly seven decades shaping operas and symphonies into powerful performances.
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New York
Arturo Toscanini
Toscanini
Bronx
Riverdale
Hudson River
Walter
Italy
Houston Oil Prospect Drills Under City Dump
An independent prospector won rights to drill beneath Houston’s garbage dump and delivers a well producing 140 barrels of oil per day. The note also urges readers to check attics basements or storage areas for saleable items and to use the Want Ad section, featuring dial 5451.
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Houston
Dial
Montana Senate Bill Aims at Police Pay Increase
A Montana Senate bill proposes a monthly starting salary of at least 425 for police officers in first and second class cities with annual increases of 1 percent for each year of service up to 20. The plan would lift average pay from about 365 dollars a month statewide.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
Justices of the Peace
Sens
Montana Weather Summary Forty Hours Ahead
Montana east will be fair with continued cold, increasing cloudiness, little snow north and east by night. Southwest winds rise Thursday, ease Friday, highs zero to 10 above in extreme southwest and 15 to 30 elsewhere. Lows Thursday night 5 to 15 above, 20 to 30 below in extreme southwest. Montana west stays fair, cool days, very cold nights, highs 5 to 15 above, lows 15 to 30 below. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums with 24 hour precipitation to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Montana
Butte
Metals Bank
Dulles Stand Challenged By Rayburn
Rayburn questioned including a large economic aid part in Eisenhower Middle East policy. He favored using foreign aid later in a regular bill while backing a strong resolution with legal force. Radford testified that firm military intent could reduce war risk and aid provisions might be dropped for now.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Congress
Middle East
Eisenhower
Texas
Dulles
Rayburn
U. S
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate
Knowland
California
Radford
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Winter Cold Grips Butte Area With Subzero Lows
Bitter conditions swept Montana as Butte reported 32 below zero at the airport and other towns logged subzero readings. A new storm brought wind and blowing snow while Montana cities saw a wide temperature swing from 41 below at West Yellowstone to 10 below in Great Falls.
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Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Dried Fish Bribe For Maizuru Postmen Dogs
In Maizuru Japan a new tactic appears as mail carriers carry dried fish to toss over fences to appease vicious dogs. Residents report this bribe helps avoid attacks and keeps routes safer for postmen.
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Maizuru
Japan
Butte Council Opens Sewer dispute and Overpass Plans
The Butte City Council opens talks on resuming the sewer dispute with county and Walkerville officials over backups and potential cutoffs. Mayor Sullivan cites two damage claims and county delays, while a four lane Texas avenue overpass and an Anaconda Company rail plan are also discussed.
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Butte
Walkerville
Tim J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Ed Hastings
Anaconda
Hastings
Arthur Mehrens
Mehrens
Judiciary Committee
Texas Avenue
Second and
Shields
Silver Bow Street
James P. Egan
Anaconda Company
Berkeley Pit
Northern Pacific
W. B. Renouard
Egan
Notices of 1956 earnings at Butte mines pay office
Employees of the Butte mines will receive their 1956 earnings statements at the Mines Pay Office 18 E. Quartz St. from Monday January 21 to Wednesday January 28. Hours are 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 6 pm. Statements are required for federal and state income tax returns.
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Butte
Quartz St
Former Montana Nurse Hurt In Alaska Fire
Frances Ronan, former Havre nurse, was injured in a Fairbanks apartment fire after leaping from a sixth floor window. She suffers a broken nose and fractured vertebrae. William Stebbins, a former Havre resident, was killed. Shirley Kreis escaped uninjured.
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Havre
Frances Ronan
Fairbanks
Alaska
Paul Rowan
Laurel
William Stebbins
Shirley Kreis
Montana Mining Group Elects Leaders at Helena Session
The Mining Association of Montana elected John Bley of American Chrome Co at Nye as president and Roy M. McLeod of American Machine and Metals Co at Philipsburg as first vice president. Dr A E Adams of Montana School of Mines became second vice president with Joseph Roy of American Smelting and Refining Co East Helena as legislative committee chair. Outgoing president L E Burnet Garrison oversees transition.
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East Helena
L. E. Burnet
Garrison
Montana Phosphate Products
Firemen Battle Billings Sugar Warehouse Blaze
Billings Great Western Sugar Co crews fought a stubborn warehouse fire that began Tuesday night in a facility outside the city limits. The blaze threatened 2,500 tons of beet pulp and pellets with sugar and other stock, as water from a roof hole and sprinkler system slowed its spread. Contents valued at about 125000 dollars faced possible total loss. some sugar was damaged by water.
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Billings
Great Western Sugar Co
Great Western District
R. L. Kimmons
Kimmons
Defense Budget Seeks Two Billion More For New Weapons
President Eisenhower presented the Defense Department plan for fiscal year 1958 calling for two billion dollars more to finance new and superior weapons while trimming ground and air combat organizations. The budget totals 38 billion with emphasis on missiles and nuclear capabilities, including six new atomic support commands and tactical nuclear weapons, and a reduction in Army divisions from 19 to 17 and Air Force wings from 133 to 128.
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Washington
Defense Dept
Department
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Air Force
Explosion at Panhandle compressor station kills three
An explosion wrecked a Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co station near Liberal Kansas killing three men and injuring twelve others. Gas flow to the Great Lakes area was hindered as crews bypassed the station, with six states ordered to curb usage amid a cold wave.
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Liberal
Kan
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co
Here
Great Lakes
Panhandle
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Oklahoma
Texas
F. J. McElhatton
Kansas City
Barometric Pressure Reaches All-Time High in Helena
Helena recorded a record barometric pressure of 31.11 inches Wednesday morning as cold dense air moved in from the north. State climatologist Richard A. Dightman noted the prior high was 31.10 inches set in 1888 and 1900, linking the high to cold winter air.
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Helena
Richard A. Dightman
Dightman
Treasury Chief Calls for End Of Spending Trend
Washington reports show President Eisenhower submitting a budget urging restraint while Secretary Humphrey warns the spending surge must stop and hints at resignation if red ink financing follows. The plan projects a peacetime outlay near 17.8 billion with a 73.6 billion revenue forecast and a 1.8 billion surplus, emphasizing defense and foreign aid.
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Treasury
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Eisenhower Backs Moderate Cutback in Missouri River Funds
President Eisenhower proposed a smaller budget for Missouri River Basin flood control and irrigation for the year starting July 1. He urged $39,674,000 to finish big dams and reservoirs, down from $40,878,000 last year, with the Reclamation Bureau seeking about $40,346,000 and totals to about $44,061,349 including prior unobligated funds. The Garrison Dam project in North Dakota would receive roughly $10,555,200 to continue work, about the same as this year, as completion nears with the dam about 91 percent finished.
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Washington
Missouri River
Eisenhower
Congress
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau
Garrison Dam
North Dakota
Cancer Society Elects Officers
Officers and directors of Silver Bow County unit of the American Cancer Society were elected at the annual meeting in the Chamber of Commerce. S. O. Meyer was reelected president. other officers include Mrs. E. H. Reeder, vice president. Mrs. Henry Bertoglio, secretary. John J. Burke, treasurer. Delegates to the state meeting in Billings were Mrs. C. W. Raff, Mrs. Dix Shevalier, and Mrs. Sid Faider. Directors named for two-year terms include Mrs. Ray Ball, Dr. H. W. Gregg, Dr. H. H. James, Dr. D. EF. Staples, Dr. R. W. Thomett, and others. One-year terms list Stanley Babcock and several officers.
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Silver Bow County
American Cancer Society
Chamber of Commerce
S. O. Meyer
E. H. Reeder
Henry Bertoglio
John J. Burke
Billings
C. W. Raff
Dix C. Shevalier
J. W. Plett
Reeder
D. EF. Staples
R. W. Thomett
H. L. Casebeer
Stanley Babcock
Bertoglio
A. C. Bigley
John Downey
M. A. Gold
Luke Hasley
Maybelle Hogan
S. F
Montanan Crushed By Pickup Truck
A 33 year old ranch hand Robert R Glynn died on a country road near Car lyle after his pickup left the road struck an REA pole and overturned pinning him. He died of a broken neck. The body went to Wauwatosa Wisconsin where his parents reside. The victim was unmarried. Montana's 1957 highway fatality toll rose to six, matching the prior year.
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Wibaux
Robert R. Glynn
Carlyle
Glynn
Wauwatosa
Wis
John Glynn
Montana
Montana Chamber Sees Heavy Montana Share of Federal Budget
The Montana Chamber of Commerce warned that 251 million dollars would leave Montana taxpayers as its share of the proposed 71.8 billion federal budget for 1957-58. Executive vice president Bill Browning noted the amount is five times Montana’s current two year state operation revenue. He urged federal tax relief to fund state needs amid calls for cutting waste per Hoover Commission findings.
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Helena
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Bill Browning
Executive Chamber
Browning
State Legislative Assembly
Hoover Commission
Illegal Nine Year Session Found by VARRIE Council
The Town Council of Varrie, Ontario discovers it has sat illegally for nine years after reviewing its rules. Rule No 1 required meetings in the fire hall, yet council sessions since 1948 have taken place in offices across the road.
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Varrie
Ont
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Montana Weather
Buttes Mercury
Diana Hubbard
Diana
Jacqueline Hubbard
Montana Mining Group Elects
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