Byrd calls for substantial budget cuts in Congress
Sen Byrd urged deep reductions to curb inflation and protect the dollar. He pressed Treasury Secretary Humphrey to back cuts as Eisenhower proposes a large peace time budget of 71.8 billion dollars for the coming year.
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Ashington
Byrd -Va
Einhower
Curgeney
Byrd
Congress
Treasury
George M. Humbrey
Eisenhower
House Appropriations Committee
Humphrey
Montana Senate Bills Hit Tax, Pay, and Licensing Reforms
The Montana Senate advanced several measures on its first major day, including changes to liquor vendor licenses residence requirements, and salary floors for city officers and justices of the peace. Sen. Gordon McGowan and allies introduced water protection funding and irrigation bills, while Smith and others pushed unemployment compensation revisions to curb improper benefit charges and reduce payment delays.
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Helena
Senate
Ilthy
Montana
Gordon McGowan
Douteau
Highwood
Lester Goodwin
Broadwater
J. Miller Smith
Lewis d
Clark
Smith
Justices the Peace
Two Air Force Officers Die as Bomber Crashes at El Paso Base
At Igigs Air Force Base near El Paso Texas a B57 bomber crashed during landing approach killing two officers. 1st Lt. Russell E. Anson and 1st Lt. Thomas H Higgins died. civilian Gordon Jordan was injured. The crash damaged two buildings six trucks and several other vehicles.
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EL Paso
Tex
Airorce
Iggs Air Force Base
Here
Russell Earlanson
Cudahay
Wis
Thomas H. Higgins
Lake
Mich
Gordon Jordan
Paso
Mar Pool
Patrolman and son share brave tonsil removal
In Pueblo Colorado Patrolman Johnson proved his bravery when he had his tonsils removed after his son Ronald questioned the procedure at Parkview Hospital. The two men underwent surgery together and are not talking.
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Pueblo
Colo
Johnson
Ronald
Ronnie
Parkview Iscopal Hospital
Daddy
Montana House Probes Theater and Estate Tax Relief
The Montana House of Representatives rejected sending two appropriation bills back to committee and considered theater and estate tax relief proposals. Rep. E D MacHaffie urged printing of $24 520 in state codes for bidding by printers while a $600 revised codes contract faced no objection. House Democrats blocked the minor amendments, led by Appropriations Chair John J MacDonald who warned against delaying larger measures.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
E. D. MacHaffie
R-Lewis and Clark
Appropriations Committee
John J. MacDonald
D-Garfield
MacHaffie
MacDonald
Montana Bar Assn
Butte Weather Sees Freezing Lows and Clear Skies
The forecast calls for cold weather in Butte with Thursday low around minus 22 and Friday about minus 25. Daytime highs near 15 on Friday and 16 on Thursday, followed by clear skies through Saturday.
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Butte
Montana Weather Summary Half Rockies to East
East Montana sees fair to partly cloudy skies with strong southwest winds. Western Montana remains fair and cold with highs 10 to 20 and lows 5 to 20 below. Table notes 12 hour maximums 18 hour minimums and 24 hour precipitation ending 5 30 p m Thursday.
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Montana
Divide
Montana High
Billings
Belgrade
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Ay Great Falls
Havre
Helena Anvees
Kalispell
Pate
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Twelve Air Force Men Die in Alaskan Crash
A WB50 weather recon plane carrying twelve crew members crashed near Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Eight bodies were recovered hours after the pre-dawn takeoff, with four burned at the wreck site. The cause remains unknown as responders describe the inferno and scorched remains.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Air Force
Eielson Air Force Base
Territorial
Eielson
Norm Holve
Eielson Tower
Susama River
Aleutian Islands
Bering Sea
North Pole
Billings Blaze Defies Fire Fight at Sugar Plant
A 90 man Great Western Sugar Co fire crew failed to stamp out a stubborn warehouse blaze near Billings that began Tuesday night and rekindled after partial control. The plant manager valued the beet pulp and pellets at 175000 dollars with replacement costs pegged at 150000 for a breached section. Firefighters fought through Thursday to move 2500 tons of livestock feed, salvaging 700 to 900 tons, as insurance crews prepared to inspect Friday.
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Billings
Great Western Sugar Co
R. L. Kimmons
Kimimons
Kimmons
Butte Infant Flown to Philadelphia for Rare Brain Operation
A seven week old Butte baby, John Phillip Rossiter, will fly to Philadelphia for a rare hydrocephalus operation by Dr Eugene Spitz at Lankenau Hospital. His mother Mrs. William Rossiter and sister in law will accompany him to Philadelphia. the family hopes the procedure will restore normal life.
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Butte
Philadelphia
William Rossiter
Moulton
John Phillip
Rossiter
Inlaw
Ord Mitchell
Garfield
Butte Air
Lankenew Hospital
Nation shivers as cold wave grips most of country
Virtually the entire nation except southern Florida and California faced freezing temperatures. Records fell in the East while the Northwest showed sub zero readings. Parkersburg and Columbus posted record lows. New York state saw the harshest cold with Saranac Lake at minus 31. Deaths linked to icy roads occurred in Louisiana as Miami enjoyed 80s while Florida towns saw sleet and wind powered dust storms across the plains.
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Associated Press
Florida
California
Continental Divide
Pendleton
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Montana
Drummond
Helena
Bozeman
Kalispell
Butte
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
West Virginia
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
New Orleans
Miami
West Palm Beach
Fal
Tallahassee
Fla
Plains
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Tito Visit to United States May Include White House Call
Reports say Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia would visit the United States in late April around Easter. He would meet President Eisenhower at the White House and tour the country for about two weeks from coast to coast amid mixed political opposition. Secretary Dulles discussed the call with Yugoslav Ambassador Leo Mates but the State Department offered no comment on the briefing.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
White House
Eisenhower
Tito
Dulles
Leo Mates
State Dept
Department
Mates
Notice of 1956 earnings statements distribution at Butte Mines
Statements of earnings for 1956 will be issued at the Mines Pay Office 18 E Quartz St Butte from Monday January 21 to Wednesday January 23. Hours are 9 a m to 12 noon and 1 to 6 p m. These statements are needed for federal and state tax returns.
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Butte
Quartz St
Israel seeks U N guarantees for Gaza and Aqaba protection
Israel proposes to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and Sharm El Sheikh if the United Nations can secure lasting protection for Israeli rights in those areas. Prime Minister Meir announces at the UN Assembly that broader guarantees are needed beyond the emergency force.
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United Nations
Israel
Gaza Strip
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
U. N
Golda Meir
U. N. Assembly
Egypt
Jerusalem
Assembly
Aqaba
Gaza
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
U. S
Lodge
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Mayor Sullivan To Address Dinner Tonight In Butte
Mayor Tim J. Sullivan will speak at a 7 p.m. dinner in the Finlen Hotel Silver Bow Ballroom on government service duplication and city affairs. About 250 tickets were sold with expected attendance over 300. tickets available at City Hall Toggery Spillum's or the hotel Friday night. attendance urged by Friday noon. Jack R. Schonborn of the Public Housing Authority will speak on housing. Edgar Price is toastmaster. religious and musical entertainment featured by several local performers.
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Tim J. Sullivan
Finlen Hotel
Silver Bow
City Hall
Toggery
N. Main
Spillum’s
Jack R. Schonborn
San Francisco
Public Housing Authority
Butte
Edgar Price
Police Claim Two Slayings Solved in Hartford
Hartford police said they solved two slayings, involving Benjamin Reid 19 and Leroy Whitehead Head 17. Reid allegedly beat Florence McCluney in a car lot. Whitehead Head allegedly beat Joseph Rutstein 65 in a Hartford store. Both arraigned on murder charges, cases continued to Feb. 14.
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Hartford
Conn
Joseph P. McDonald
Benjamin Reid
Florine McCluney
McDonald
Leroy N. Whitehead
Big Piney
Wyo
Joseph L. Rutstein
Whitehead
Connecticut
Reid
Eisenhower lean over backward to avoid using troops
Secretary Dulles told Congress the president would lean over backward to avoid deploying American armed forces in the Middle East unless a real U S threat existed. He outlined conditions on Soviet volunteers and signaled possible ending of standby authority, while Rayburn and Gruenter backed the economic military package.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Middle East
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Gress
United States
House
Sam Rayburn
Alfred M. Gruenter
Rayburn
Congress
Stassen Denounces Telegrams Fraud In Nixon Affair
Stassen denies authorizing any telegrams asking GOP leaders to elect Meade Alcorn and to distance the party from the Nixons. Western Union traced a Stamford, Connecticut signing of 44 night letters to Harold E. Stassen but found no conclusive motive yet, while a New York U N aide calls the hoax a false act.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Meade Alcorn
Connecticut
Leonard Hall
GOP
Alcorn
Stassen
Nixon
Stamford
Conn
B. Carroll Reece
Tennessee
Republican Committee
Reese
Senate
Knowland
California
Nixons
Knowlands
United Nations
New York
Eisenhower
Western Union
Harold Stassen
Chevy Chase
Well-Dressed Dogs Wear Mink Coats in New York Shop
A New York shop caters to wealthy pet owners selling $135 mink coats and other wardrobes for lady dogs. Want Ads are used to find buyers for most anything, with a result number 5451 noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chou En Lai Reaffirms Chinese Support for Soviet Union
Premier Chou En lai told Soviet leaders in Moscow that Red China will strengthen ties with the Soviet Union and back its campaign against national communism in Poland and Hungary. He spoke after visits to Warsaw and Budapest, and a Kremlin rally honored him as Bulganin praised enduring friendship. Khrushchev attended but did not speak.
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Roy Essoyan
Moscow
Chou En-lai
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Red China
Warsaw
Budapest
Chou
Poland
Hungary
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Middle East
Egypt
Janos Kadar
Mystery powder box triggers San Francisco scare
A Turkish passenger left a mysterious powder box on a United airliner. Deputies moved the item to Stanford University for ID. In the library, Miss Bedia Jamil tasted the powder and claimed it was Turkish delight, interpreting the Arabic inscription as good for a sad heart.
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San Francisco
United Air Lines
UAL
Sheriff’s Office
Stanford University
Bedia Jamil
Iraq
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Blakley
Allan Shivers
Daniel
U.S
U.N
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