City Sues to Quash Liquor Order in Butte Case
The City of Butte led by Mayor Tim Sullivan and City Clerk Beryl Wilson and Treasurer Bernard Holland seeks to dissolve a restraining order and quash a show cause order in a dispute with Montana state authorities and 102 local beer and liquor dealers over 1955 license fees. The dealers claim fees are illegal and oppressive and had obtained temporary restraints pending court action. The case, assigned to Judge T. E. Downey, was continued to Monday for show cause hearings, with city attorneys Kelly and McGee arguing lack of jurisdiction.
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Butte
Tim J. Sullivan
Beryl Wilson
Bernard Holland
Butte Beer and
State of
Montana
T. E. Downey
Francis P. Kelly
Robert P. McGee
Plea to Release Guards Rejected by Prison Rebels
Boston four embittered convicts flatly rejected a two hour joint plea by a chaplain and prison physician to release five hostage guards and surrender. The holdout escapees also hold six inmates in a besieged cell block. The captors named Theodore Green Joseph Flaherty Fritz Swenson and Walter Balben. The statement said lack of hope under long sentences fuels the siege.
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Boston
Massachusetts’ State
Edward F. Hartigan
Samuel A. Merlin
Theodore
Teddy” Green
Joseph Flaherty
Fritz Swenson
Walter Balben
Merlin
Fr. Hartigan
Marriage Quiz Highlights Divorce Trends in America
The piece notes that divorce peaked in 1946 with about one in three marriages failing and now runs around one in five. It suggests Want Ads as a quick fix for daily problems, promoting ad writing services and a room duplex listing with a contact phone.
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America
Montana House Bill Seeks $2.38 Million Foundation Program Increase
Montana lawmakers propose raising the school foundation program to 27,800,000 annually to aid about 120,000 students. Rep. Fred E. Barrett and colleagues say the two year total requires roughly 15 million dollars from the general fund, up seven percent from current levels, with the plan based on the 1949 act ensuring a uniform free public school system.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Fred E. Barrett
D-Liberty
Barrett
House
Lloyd Barnard
D-Valley
School Foundation
County Officers Quiz Six in Theft of Checks
County authorities detained six men in a forgery and passing of stolen Anaconda Copper Mining Company payroll checks. They were questioned at the county attorney’s office and held at the county jail with possible District Court charges expected Friday. Peppered by admissions of forging endorsements on nine or ten checks used in bars around Butte. Cleo Phillips and Robert Atkinson face prior felony records. Jess Sturgeon denies any felony history. Allen Marcus Gerald Murdock and Aza K Johnson held awaiting further action.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Thomas F. Joyce
Cleo Phillips
Robert Atkinson
Jess Sturgeon
Allen Marcus
Gerald Murdock
Aza K. Johnson
Joyce
Phillips
Atkinson
Butte
California
Nevada
Colorado
Sturgeon
Murray Guests at Eisenhower Dinner for Rayburn
Lu Rayburn 79 entered dinner on Eisenhower's arm at the White House along with Speaker Rayburn and other guests. The event closed the 1954-55 social calendar with 71 invitees including Sen. Murray and Rep. Vinson.
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Washington
Lucinda
Miss Lu) Rayburn
White House
Eisenhower
Miss Lu
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Rayburn
Lu Rayburn
S. E. Bartley
Sen
Murray
Montana
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Senate
Eisenhower eyes modest tax cut next year in economic message
President Eisenhower outlined a plan for a general but modest tax reduction in 1956 as part of his annual economic message. He touted a vigorous recovery from a mild recession and projected growth from 360 billion to 500 billion dollars in national output. He argued tax cuts would spur work, efficiency, and jobs, with higher federal revenues from existing rates and further spending economies.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Prompt Approval of Formosa Treaty Is Urged
Secretary of State Dulles pressed rapid Senate ratification of the Formosa defense treaty to deter Chinese Communist aims and bolster Far East stability. He and Adm. Radford outlined diplomatic and military aspects to leaders, while Eisenhower backed United Nations efforts for a cease-fire amid ongoing clashes. Senator Mansfield noted a policy shift toward United Nations involvement with Communist China.
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Washington
Senate
Formosa
Dulles
Far East
House
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
United Nations
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Radford
United States
China
U. N
American Freed by Russians Taken for Medical Care
A half Indian American soldier, Pvt. William A. Verdine of Starks Louisiana, released by the Russians after six years as a prisoner was immediately placed under medical care as Army doctors cited stomach trouble heart fears and past coal mine suffering in a Soviet labor camp. Verdine was hospitalised under guard in West Berlin before a formal inquiry to determine further action.
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Berlin
William A. Verdine
Starks
U. S
East Berlin
Verdine
Coburg
West Germany
Vorukuta
Arctic
U. S. Army
West Berlin
Fannie Verdine
Edith Verdine
Change in Voting Machine Bill Asked in Measure
Montana House considers repealing a 1909 law to expand voting machine use beyond 600 voters per precinct in Cascade and Silver Bow counties. Representatives Norby and Tobin cite large precincts in Great Falls with 1209 and 1533 voters and seek relief to allow more voters per precinct. Butte City Council had voted to use county machines for the municipal primary on March 21.
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Helena
Cascade
Silver Bow
Montana
Norby
Thomas E. Tobin
Great Falls
Butte
Three Die When Bomber Crashes in New York State
An Air Force B26 bomber crashed into a wooded hillside near Roughville killing Maj Harold A Clarkson 37 Dekalb Illinois crew engineer S Sgt Joe D Cherry 27 Sulphur Springs Texas and S Sgt George Linton Havertown Pennsylvania. They belonged to the First Radar Bomb Group 12th Radar Bomb-Scoring Squadron Turner AFB Albany Georgia on an assigned mission to Griffiss AFB Rome New York. A Griffiss spokesman said the plane carried classified equipment and an investigation was launched.
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Roughville
N. Y
Air Force
Harold A. Carlson
Dekalb
Ill
Joe D. Cherry
Sulphur Springs
Tex
George Linton
Havertown
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Turner
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Griffiss
Montana Contractors Conclave Opens in Butte
C D Holm president of Montana Building Chapter will preside the 19th annual convention of Montana Contractors Assn and Montana Building Chapter opening Friday in the Finlen Hotel. 400 attendees expected with sessions Friday afternoon, cocktail party, entertainment, and a ball Saturday night honoring George C Ross.
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C. D. Holm
Montana Building
Associated General Contractors of America
Montana Contractors Assn
Finlen Hotel
AGCA
Butte
Stephen A. Birch
Great Falls
Tim J. Sullivan
Frank Fry
Miles City
Scott P. Hart
State Highway Department
Wesley Castles
Unemployment Compensation Commission For
Montana
Helena
Guy F. Atkinson
San Francisco
Guy F. Atkinson Co
Silver Bow Ballroom
George C. Ross
Des Moines
Iowa
Guatemalan President Declares State of Siege After Rebel Attack
President Carlos Castillo Armas announced the defeat of a rebel force that tried to seize Aurora Air Force Base near Guatemala City. Ten killed, many wounded, and 100 jailed as martial law is imposed to crush seditious elements. Leaders included Francisco Cosenza, a former ambassador to Italy, linked to the plot. Censorship and arrests follow the failed uprising linked to Communist influence.
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Guatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Aurora
Republic
Castillo Armas
Francisco Cosenza
Cosenza
Italy
Guardia de Honor
Honduras
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Cesena
Arben
Mexico
Switzerland
Buffer Zone Proposed to Calm Costa Rica Nicaragua Rift
The OAS peace commission announced a plan for an 18 mile buffer zone along the frontier from the Pacific to Lake Nicaragua to curb hostilities amid the Costa Rican rebellion. Costa Rican air force planes claimed to strike La Cruz and a rebel convoy, while rebels asserted civilian casualties.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Organization of American States
OAS
la Cruz
United States
Frank Marshall
Cerro del Hacha
Santa Rosa
San Salvador
el Salvador
Mustangs
Los Alamos
Liberia
Mexico
Luis Quintanilla
Commission
Pacific Ocean
Police arrest man for drunkenness at station boiler room
TOPEKA Kansas police arrested 43 year old Stanley Conrad on a drunkenness charge after locating him in the boiler room of the police station Wednesday night.
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Topeka, Kan
Stanley Conrad
Evacuate Chinese Nationalists From Islands Contemplated
President Eisenhower weighs asking Congress for authority to use U S naval and air power to withdraw Chinese Nationalist troops from select islands along the Red China coast. Dulles Radford briefed congressional leaders on evacuation plans tied to Formosa and the Tachens as Reds press attacks and bombardments continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Red China
Formosa
Pescadores
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Yikiangshan
Tachen Islands
Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Three Countries Weigh Cease-Fire Move in China Conflict
London reports Britain United States and New Zealand discussed a possible United Nations cease-fire for the China fighting around the Tachens and near Formosa. No decision was made but fresh attention follows President Eisenhower urging U N good offices to halt hostilities in the area.
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London
Britain
United States
New Zealand
United Nations
Tachen Islands
China
Formosa
U. N. Security Council
Foreign Office
Eisenhower
White House
U. N
East China Sea
Tachens
Paris
Weather snapshot with mixed clouds and snow in Montana
Mostly cloudy with snow through Friday night and a Friday high near 25 degrees. Thursday temps range from 21 to a -7 low. Eastern Montana sees cloudy snow and cooler air on Friday, while western Montana reports decreasing clouds, mountain flurries, and little temperature change into Friday night and Saturday.
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Montana
Defense Ended on Yikiangshan Island Clash
Nationalist forces on Yikiangshan Island fought a 53 hour battle against Red troops in Formosa and were overrun last night. About 720 guerrillas defended the island after 5,500 Red Marines landed, with reports of heavy casualties on both sides and the garrison killed or captured. The fall brought Red forces within range of the Tachens near Taiwan.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikiangshan Island
Red China
Yikiangshan
China
Ships and Planes Seek Lost Twin-Engine Plane
A search plane reported a weak signal in the vast central Pacific area between Johnston and Kwajalein islands where a twin-engine Navy amphibian went down Wednesday night. Four ships and ten planes hunted a 45 000 square mile zone, 400 to 600 miles west of Johnston, but no sighting yet. Seven aboard signaled feathering an engine and SOS before disappearance.
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Honolulu
Navy
Johnston
Kwajalein Islands
Central Pacific
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Johnston Island
Frontier
Coast Guard
Air Force
Kwajalein
Pearl Harbor
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Tashato
Tachen Island
J. D. Holmes
Howard Graves
Cc. D. Holm
Chiang
Max
Pep Billings
Belgrade
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