Pilot Navigates Snowstorm to Safe LaGuardia Landing
Northeast Flight 109 with 22 aboard vanished from radar after electrical failure over New England. Pilot Robert Francis steered by compass, flying at up to 12,000 feet through snow until a midnight arrival at LaGuardia with under an hour of fuel. Stewardess Barbara Crowley aided passengers as Coast Guard searched the coast.
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New York
Northeast Airlines
LaGuardia
Boston
Robert Francis
Francis
Barbara Crowley
Laguardia Field
New England
Coast Guard
Northeast
Flight 109
Gas laden tanker explosion at Calcasieu River docks
The Cities Service Oil Co tanker S. S. Salem Maritime exploded while loading 130000 barrels of gasoline and fuel oil at the Calcasieu River docks near Lake Charles Louisiana. Of 45 crewmen 34 unaccounted and 11 accounted. Surviving crew swam to swamps or fled. boat crews searched the river for survivors. One hospitalized crewman John Klepadlo Avoca Pa described the blast.
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Lake Charles
Cities Service Oil Co
S. S. Salem Maritime
Calcasieu River
Norfolk
John Klepadlo
Avoca
Ford Shares Set at 64.50 Price
New York Ford Motor Co. shares priced at 64.50 each cleared by the Securities and Exchange Commission and trading began at a premium around 4. Dealers noted quiet activity as many financial officials had left for the day. In Canada when issued trading started near 68.50 to 69.50. SEC Chairman J Sinclair Armstrong called Ford’s disclosure historic.
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New York
Ford Motor Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Canada
Ford
J. Sinclair Armstrong
Armstrong
Notice on 1955 earnings statements at Anaconda Mines
The Anaconda Company Mines Pay Office will issue 1955 employee earnings statements at 18 E. Quartz St. from Wednesday January 18 to Friday January 20, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm. These statements are needed to prepare federal and state income tax returns.
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Butte
Anaconda Company
Quartz St
Citizens for Eisenhower Group Reforms To Back Second Term Bid
New York reform group close to President Eisenhower reactivated as Citizens for Eisenhower. Gen Lucius D Clay and backers say Ike will seek a second term if health permits. White House offers no comment. Temporary HQ opened at 45 East 47th Street with plans for a national chairman after regional groups form.
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New York
Eisenhower
Citizens
Lucius D. Clay
Washington
James C. Hagerty
White House
Clay
Oveta Culp Hobby
Health, Education and ‘Welfare
Sidney J. Weinberg
E. 47Th St
New York City
Dulles seeks long range aid authority amid GOP split
Secretary Dulles urged Congress to authorize up to ten years of economic aid for specific projects to counter Soviet promises. He cited past continuity via the Marshall Plan and noted opposition from Sen. George and Sen. Knowland. Undersecretary Hoover testified to Senate panel on the aid authority.
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Washington
Dulles
Congress
Sen
George
D-Ga
Knowland
R-Calif
Herbert Hoover Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Long Morrison Head for Runoff in Louisiana Governor Race
Former Gov Earl Long and New Orleans Mayor Delesseps Morrison appeared headed for a runoff in the Democratic race for governor after the first 1956 ballot in the nation. Both men are prominent figures in Louisiana politics with Huey P. Long's legacy influencing the contest.
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New Orleans
Earl Long
Delesseps Morrison
Long
Huey P. Long
Morrison
South
Bozeman Sheriff Recalls Rescue Amid Adoption Probe
Bozeman sheriff Donald J. Skerritt says a 40 pound 11 year old Baltimore born girl with a twisted spine and burn scars was rescued from a foster home. He investigates a claim that the couple sought to adopt five children amid a long history with Montana prisons and multiple separations. The girl was taken to Bozeman hospital for treatment and observation.
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Bozeman
Donald J. Skerritt
Skerritt
Montana
Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Minneapolis
Helena
Baltimore
Anaconda Chile Plans Approved for Big Copper Expansion
President Carlos Ibanez approved The Anaconda Company investment of 38 million dollars to raise Chiquicamata mine output by 45 000 tons yearly. The plan includes 20 million for new equipment and 18 million for housing and a workers hospital for 5 000 miners.
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Santiago
Chile
U.P
Carlos Ibanez
Anaconda Company
Chiquicamata
Anaconda
Indo Muerto
Tarapaca
Was It Beer? Hopkins Acquitted After Afterhours Charge
In Billings Montana two patrolmen arrested tavern owner Marie Hopkins after peering through a window and seeing a clear foamy liquid pass the bar after 2 am. Justice of the Peace E E Collins acquitted Hopkins, ruling the state failed to prove the liquid was beer beyond reasonable doubt.
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Billings
Mont
Justice of the Peace
E. E. Collins
Marie Hopkins
Collins
Dulles Distances Himself From Life Magazine Interview
Secretary of State Dulles backed away from Life magazine quotes claiming the Eisenhower era walked to the brink of war three times. He defended a policy aimed at preventing miscalculation by adversaries and avoiding war through patience conciliation and honorable diplomacy. Stevenson urged Eisenhower to repudiate the brink claim or fire Dulles.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Adlai Stevenson Urges Repudiation of Dulles War Talk
Adlai Stevenson pressed President Eisenhower to repudiate a Dulles brink of war claim or fire the secretary. He spoke after filing a Minnesota primary delegate slate, his first state entry for a bid at the Democratic nomination. He noted two alarming statements attributed to Dulles and a Post article.
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Life Magazine
St. Paul
Minn
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Dulles
Stevenson
Time- Life
Washington
James Sheplye
Korea
Indochina
Formosa
United States
State Dept
State Dept. Employes
Minnesota
Minnesota Democratic- Farmer-Labor State Central Committee
Sen
Humphrey
Dminn
Orville Freeman
Saturday Evening Post
Gen
Youth Dies for Killing Policeman
McALESTER Okla Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr died in the electric chair early Wednesday for the fatal shooting of Det Ben F Cravatt during an attempted army grocery robbery in Oklahoma City on July 16 1954. He blamed his family crime background and maintained innocence to the end. He was baptized into the Catholic Church two hours before his death.
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Mcalester
Okla
Harbie Franklin Fairris Jr
Oklahoma
Fairris
Fairis
Ben F. Cravatt
Oklahoma City
President Offers Water Program
Eisenhower sent Congress a Cabinet committee report urging direct presidential responsibility for national water resources development. The plan calls for cost sharing by all beneficiaries and a coordinated program supported by the Army Engineers, Interior and Agriculture Departments to address a water shortage and meet needs of 200 million by 1975. A new coordinator of water resources would be established.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Clarence A. Davis
Davis
Army Engineers
Interior Dept
Agriculture Dept
Syria Demands U N End to U S Aid to Israel
At the United Nations Security Council Syria urged the United States to halt all economic aid to Israel in protest of a December raid that killed 56 Syrians and six Israelis. Abba Eban accused Arab belligerency of going unpunished while Israel faced censure. The tense session featured sharp exchanges between Ahmed Shukairy and Eban as council talks continued.
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United Nations
Syria
Security Council
U. S
Israel
Ahmed Shukairy
Abba Eban
Council
Shukairy
Sea of Galilee
U. N
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Eban
The
Victor Andrews Belaunde
Peru
Olsen Declines Oil Issue Debate in Montana
Helena reporters say Atty. Gen. Arnold Olsen refused a televised one hour debate on oil leasing after a challenge by Olsen rival LaRue Smith Sr. of Great Falls. Smith and 240 farmers filed the challenge with the secretary of state for KFBB TV dates financed by the petitioners.
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Helena
LaRue Smith Sr
Great Falls
Arnold H. Olsen
Montana
Olsen
J. Hugo Aronson
Smith
Hardrock Oil Co
Montana Gas Corp
Mary M. Condon
It Ain't Legal James Justice Tuesday de manded justice
Butte police investigated vandalism after a tire was slashed near 725 Tenth Street, Justice reported Tuesday. He called for action and accountability following the incident.
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James Justice
Butte
Tenth St
Stephenson Named New Patrol Chief in Montana
Helena Montana Captain Alex B Stephenson was named Supervisor of the State Highway Patrol succeeding Glenn M Schultz who resigned to take private work in Portland Oregon The appointment announced by Montana Highway Patrol Board Chairman Frank G Connelly sets Schultz's resignation for February 17 Stephenson has long service in the patrol including military intelligence service during 1942 45 and a captain since 1954
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Alex B. Stephenson
Butte
Glenn M. Schultz
Schultz
Helena
State Highway Patrol
Portland
Ore
Stephenson
Frank G. Connelly
Montana Highway Patrol Board
Connelly
Highway Patrol
Montana Weather Report Brief
Montana forecast split by region shows east portion partly cloudy and warmer with highs mid teens to upper twenties in the northeast and thirties elsewhere. West remains cloudy with light snow flurries and higher temperatures mid thirties, with maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Nehru Target of Worst Riots in Years
Bombay and Belgaum in Western India faced brutal clashes after Jawaharlal Nehru’s compromise plan for Bombay sparked mass protests. Police reported multiple deaths, injuries, and arrests as curfews and violence surged amid linguistic tensions between Gujaratis and Marathi speakers.
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Nehru
Missoulian Dies in Auto Wreck Near Missoula
MISSOULA James J. Mc Curdy 51 of Missoula was killed and Clarence W. Raymer 48 an electrician was severely injured when their car skidded on an icy curve nine miles south of Missoula. The vehicle rolled over several times and blocked U S Highway 93 near Lolo. Mc Curdy is survived by his mother Virginia L. McCurdy and two brothers. The area saw its fourth traffic death in three days boosting Montana 1956 toll to seven, with earlier Tuesday reports of another fatal crash near Glen dive.
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Bombay
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Gandhi
Babel
Belgaum
Mohandas Gandhi
Missoula
James J. McCurdy
Ralph M. Simmons
Clarence W. Raymer
Lolo
Virginia L. McCurdy
Leon L
Harrison
Idaho
Richard C
Los Angeles
Clinton
U. S. Highway 10
Montana
Alexander C. Jerome Jr
Glendive
Setting It Straight Women Lead DIY Projects
Women head 41 percent of projects men 27 percent and the rest as a family enterprise. Want ads assist with projects offering buying swapping and selling. Dial 5451 for ad writer’s help. Pontiac Catalina loaded with extras 1-3 down, terms, 8. Mont.
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Dial 5451
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Ilona
United Press
Kati
Julia
Adlai
U.S
Montana Weather
Belgrade
Cut Bank Ee
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Whitehall
Missoulian
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