House Approves 1.41 Billion for U S Missile Defense
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 1.41 billion dollar installment for the new U S missile program. The panel backed 1.26 billion in new cash plus 110 million transfer authority and 40 million additional for the army to develop a solid fuel Redstone successor.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Congress
Army
House
Senate
House Armed Services Committee
U. S
A. W. Betts
William Holaday
Defense Dept
Soviet Union
Betts
Federal Reserve Cuts Discount Rate to 2 1/4 Percent
The Federal Reserve Board authorized the Philadelphia Fed to reduce its discount rate from 3 percent to 2 1/4 percent with effect Wednesday. All other banks are expected to follow. Lower rates aim to ease credit and spur lending and business activity. Treasury Secretary Anderson called the move proper and a sign of continued flexibility.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury Dept
Anderson
Kilber Acquitted In Murder Case
Anaconda district court jurors acquitted Ewald Kilber, 26, of first degree murder in the June 4 shooting of Percy Harris, 62, outside a nightclub. Kilber testified he fired only after seeing a man reach for a gun and claimed self defense.
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Ewald E. Kilber
Kilber
Percy C. Harris
John L. McKeon
Michael Ruane
Champion Scofflaw Pays 6550 Fine
Long Island real estate man J. Philip Cahill Jr pleaded guilty to ignoring 131 traffic tickets and paid a total of 6550 in fines after Magistrate John Murtagh set a Jan 28 deadline. Cahill has about 70 prior violations and a suspended license yet continued driving until a Central Park South cop stopped him.
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New York
Long Island
Scofflaw
J. Philip Cahill Jr
John Murtagh
Cahill
Central Park South
Lynbrook
McElroy Names Advisers in Defense Reshuffle Plan
Secretary of Defense McElroy announced a top priority study to reorganize the Defense Department. He will lead three senior officers and three civilians in a several weeks long inquiry with a target completion date not disclosed. Eisenhower supports moving, but favors a measured pace.
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Washington
Defense McElroy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Dept
McElroy
Eisenhower
Congress
Pentagon
White House
Defense
Senate
Planning Conference Opens in Butte Under Way Thursday
Butte hosts the two day Montana Community Development Conference with attendees from city and county government, state leaders, and planning experts. Governor Aronson will headline a Thursday banquet at the Finlen Hotel with speakers Dr. Randall T. Klemme and R. C. Setterstrom among others.
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Butte
Montana
Finlen Hotel
J. Hugo Aronson
William J
Planning Board
Montana Power Co
Montana State Planning Board
Montana State University
Perry Roys
E. J. Chambers
Cochairman
John D. Abrahamson
Washington, D. C
W. Gordon Browder
Browder
Chambers
State Planning Council
Cause of Billings Fires Unknown
In Billings a third fire in 24 hours struck the Midland Empire Packing Co. grain storage plant and fed stock building, with losses near 90000 dollars. Earlier blazes at Midway Night Club and Pierce Packing Co. occurred outside the city. Authorities say arson is not suspected. the cause remains undetermined.
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Billings
Midland Empire Packing Co
Midway
Pierce Packing Co
Yellowstone
Crosser
Albert Kerner
Schoening Couple Welcomes Third Set of Twins
Menasha Wisconsin news notes Dalton Schoening and his wife welcomed their third pair of twins a boy and a girl after a Tuesday birth. The couple are school teachers and already have two previous twin children.
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Menasha, Wis
Dalton Schoening
Menasha
Caracas on strike as protests flare and clashes kill several
Caracas erupts after a general strike called by the patriotic military junta against President Marcos Perez Jimenez. Shots heard across the city as crowds confront police, with reports of casualties and arrests amid a 6 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew. Troops patrol streets while newspapers stay off the streets.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Washington
Colombia
Perez Jimenez
Patriotic Military Junta
Unusual Gas Pocket Blast Injures 12 Near Farmington
A hollow near a Plant being built 30 miles southeast of Farmington NM exploded injuring 12 people, seven seriously. A valve left open in a two inch butane line caused gas to pool in the three acre pocket, blowing a woman from her car and trapping several others before the blast.
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Farmington
N.M
el Paso Natural Gas Co
el Paso
Tex
Paul Miller
Reaver
Chaco Canyon
Miller
Railroads Seek 12 Percent Intrastate Freight Increase
Montana hearings into five railroads rate petition proceed as Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Union Pacific seek 12 percent intrastate rate hikes to align with interstate rise. Witnesses describe Montana costs, wage and tax impacts, and higher winter and mountain terrain costs. cross examination set for Feb. 25 in Billings.
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Billings
Montana Railroad Commission
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
W. A. Hart
St. Paul
Herman C. Kroll
Chicago
Statistical Bureau of the Western Traffic Assn
N. W
Kroll
Montana
Scott
Plains
Herzog
Bombs Thrown From Cars Cause Minor Beirut Damage
Three dynamite bombs were thrown from speeding cars in Beirut on Tuesday night causing minor damage with no injuries. Authorities have not identified those responsible.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Family of Six Asphyxiated in Tucson Home
In Tucson Arizona a family of six died from gas heat without ventilation. James Leisure 32 Eva Leisure 30 their sons Richard 1 James 5 and Eva’s stepchildren Melvin Swearer 11 Monty Swearer 8 were found dead. The father awakened perhaps gas buildup while others lay in bed. A Pekinese dog died under a bed. Investigators said Monday night was exceptionally cold and newspaper covered a ventilator.
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Tucson
Ariz
James Leisure
Eva
Richard
James
Gene Statler
Leisure
Minister Arrest Warrant Tailed in North Carolina Riot
A South Carolina minister linked to a riot between Ku Klux Klan members and Native Americans failed to surrender as ordered. Judge Clawson Williams issued a capias for Rev. James Cole, with extradition plans and possible arrest near a Burlington Klan rally. Four wounded as armed Indians disrupted the Maxton rally.
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Lumberton
N.C
South Carolina
Capias
Marion
State Bureau of Investigation
Raleigh
Cole
Burlington
Here
Copias
J. Leon Gasque
Marion County
S.C
Robeson County
Miss Soule Found Guilty in Slaying of Roommate
Elaine Soule twenty-year-old Freeport New York resident was found guilty of second degree murder in Redwood City California for the July 24 beating and stabbing death of roommate Catherine Elvins nineteen of Seattle. The jury will decide sentence from five years to life and whether Soule was insane at the time.
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Redwood City
Calif
Elaine Soule
Catherine
Kit) Elvins
Seattle
Miss Soule
Freeport
N.Y
Alexander’s First Profile on Coin
The piece notes that Alexander the Great may have been the first to have a profile on a coin. It shifts to modern marketing urging readers to place Want Ads to sell items fill vacancies or hire staff calling 5451 for an ad-writer.
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Alexander
Alexander the Great
5451
Kansas City Snowstorm Sets Record and Death Toll
A massive blizzard blankets the Midwest with 15 inches of snow in Kansas City, the worst in 28 years. Highways close, air traffic halts, and at least six deaths are attributed to the storm as drifts reach over six feet and traffic is paralyzed across Missouri and surrounding states.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Mississippi River
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Wisconsin
New York State
New England
Chicago
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Moscow warns Middle East on US missile bases
The Soviet Union charged the United States plans to establish nuclear and missile bases in the Middle East, saying such moves threaten regional sovereignty and religious sites. Foreign Ministry spokesman Leonid Ilyichev linked the Baghdad Pact to NATO, denounced Turkey, and urged restraint ahead of Baghdad Pact and NATO meetings.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Middle East
Ankara
Nikolai Bulganin
NATO
Paris
Bulganin
Leonid Ilychev
Foreign Ministry
Turkey
Russia
Montana Weather Outlook Then Chill Ranges by Region
Montana east sees partly cloudy cooler conditions with snow flurries possible in the northeast midweek highs 25 to 40 with lows 10 to 25. West will be mostly cloudy with light snow in the mountains then partly cloudy highs 25 to 35 and chilly nights down to 5 below in higher valleys. Table notes show 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Helena shooting case heard in district court
A neighbor testified that Joseph C. Warf 33 confessed to killing Raymon C. Toll 38 in Warf s Helena home. Toll s body was found Nov 17 in a blood spattered living room with a shotgun charge cited by a coroner s jury. Warf pleads innocent to premeditated murder as trial nears its third day.
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Helena
Clement Glover
Joseph C. Warf
Raymon C. Toll
Toll
Warf
Elmer Edden
Larry Lytle
Lytle
John W. Mahan
Eleven Words: Mexico City Suffers Severe Cold Wave Deaths
Five more deaths from the unusual capital cold bring totals to 29 in Mexico City and surrounding areas. Bodies were found on streets as temperatures hovered around 18 degrees and continued cold was forecast.
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Mexico City
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