Butte Miner Seeks Supreme Court Order On Welfare Funds
Helena AP The unemployed Butte miner Lester Kidder asked the Montana Supreme Court to force use of welfare funds from next fiscal year to relieve a Silver Bow County crisis. He claims 1,274 people with 5,000 dependents face starvation while many are on strike. Kidder, unemployed since 1957, seeks a writ directing the State Welfare Board and officials to seek permission to dip into next year’s appropriations for general relief.
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Helena
Butte
Montana Supreme Court
Silver Bow
High Court
State Welfare Board
Lester Kidder
Kidder
W. J. Fouse
Silver Bow County
Board of Examiners
Forrest H. Anderson
Frank Murray
Dele
On Trial for First Degree Murder in Butte
Lee Arrigoni, 42, faced first degree murder charges after a five hour-plus jury stand in district court. Her defense, led by Urban Roth and James Freebourn, seeks temporary insanity as the cause for the June 8 shooting at a poker game. Judge McClernan adjourned until Monday for expert testimony.
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Butte
Lee Arrigoni
Urban Roth
James D. Freebourn
John B. McClernan
Lee
Andrew Arrigoni
Board of Trade
E. Park
Maurice F. Hennessey
Urban Roid
Ice Jam Threatens Three Forks Area River Trouble
Ice jams on the Missouri near Trident threaten the Ideal Cement plant as seepage rises seven feet, with water flooding the sack ing section underground tunnels and the store basement. Madison and Gallatin rivers show rising flows, potential highway flooding near Three Forks, and officials monitor the tri area of Logan, Three Forks, and Trident.
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Bozeman
Missouri
Trident
Ideal Cement Co
Max Makoff
Three Forks
Madison River
Gallatin River
Logan
Makoff
Jefferson River
Madison
Jefferson
Gallatin
Train Surprises Argentinian Commuters With Fast Run
Running on wine fueled the trip as officials found the engineer and fireman stocked the cab with wine. The Buenos Aires bound service arrived in six minutes instead of the scheduled twenty, astonishing riders.
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Jujay
Argentina
Hope Fades for 406 Miners Trapped in African Coal Pit
South Africa reports hope dwindling for 406 miners entombed 600 feet underground after a massive rock fall. Rescue efforts are hampered by methane and carbon monoxide pockets as officials describe extensive subsidence and a worst mining disaster in the nation’s history. The last alive, Louis Nagy, a 24 year old Hungarian fitter, climbed a long incline in dire condition. Four white miners in the northern section narrowly escaped as cave in occurred.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
Department of Mines
Canaries
Louis Nagy
Montana Weekend Weather: East and West Forecast
Montana east expect mostly cloudy skies with scattered snow in mountains and flurries at lower elevations. Saturday highs 10 to 20 east, 15 to 30 west with lows 6 to 15. Sunday highs 15 to 30. Montana west mostly cloudy with light snow Saturday through Sunday. highs 15 to 25 each day, lows 0 to 10 above.TABLE notes maximums cover 12 hours.
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Montana
South Korea Candidate Plans U S Trip for Surgery
Seoul AP reports Chough Pyong-ok, challenger to President Syngman Rhee, announced Friday he will travel to the United States later this month for a stomach operation. The campaign pause could affect the spring election dynamic and Rhee's bid for reelection.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chough Pyong-ok
Syngman Rhee
United States
Butte Hosts 41st Municipal Skating Carnival Entered 340
Butte prepares for the 41st annual Municipal Skating Carnival at the Civic Center with 340 boys and girls from district schools entered. Speed skating begins Saturday at 9 15 AM, finals Sunday at 1 PM. Mayor Vern Griffith chairs, Leonard Vainio leads the recreation board, and the Junior High Band plus Butte Figure Skating Association will provide Sunday entertainment. Medals go to first place in races and relay winners, with certificates for second and third.
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Butte
Civic Center
Bob Sparks
Vern Griffith
Leonard Vainio
Rod Lewis
Butte Figure Skating Assn
Reporter Logged 190000 Words In Arrigoni Murder Trial
Style Cramped Frank V. Rice, Judge John B. McClernan's court reporter, remarked Friday evening that he has had a strenuous workout this week. From Monday morning when the Arrigoni murder trial opened through Friday afternoon, he estimated he had taken down 190000 words in shorthand.
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Frank V. Rice
John B. McClernan
Arrigoni
Rice
14 Indictments By U S Grand Jury In Butte
U S District Attorney Krest Cyr said a federal grand jury in Judge Murray's courtroom returned 14 indictments on a Friday afternoon. Five target fugitives. others include William Gardner of Butte charged with interstate transportation of a $500 bad check, Daniel Evans of Billings with two counts of fraud at a federally insured bank, Frank Russell for assault on a federal officer, Ray Morris for stealing a car from Roundup to Bremerton, Menco Lira Hernandez found in the country after deportation with false citizenship claims, William Burd and Elgin Marceau burglary and larceny on the Blackfeet Reservation, James and Beverly Woxen for a car theft from Idaho to Great Falls.
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U.S
Krest Cyr
W. D. Murray
Butte
William Herman Gardner
Billings
Daniel Owen Evans
Cyr
Frank Russell
Saulting
Ray Winton Morris
Bremerton
Wash
Blackfoot
Elgin Lewis Marceau
James Allen Woxen
Beverly Ann Woxen
Idaho
Great Falls
World Betting Reds Win Space Race
Washington based chief George W. Allen told the House committee that the world bets the Soviet Union will win the space race. He credited Soviet space successes with a propaganda defeat for the United States and warned of lasting damage to U.S. prestige.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U.S. Information Agency
George W. Allen
House Committee On Science and Astronautics
Allen
One Professor Defends Slow Reading
A Michigan State University English professor criticizes the stress on speed in reading noting hurried pace rarely allows time to reflect on material. The piece urges thoughtful reading and promotes using the Want Ad section to reach readers seeking services or items. An example ad requests a country home for a four year old English Shepherd with an excellent watch dog and a contact phone.
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Michigan State University
English Shepherd
Man Fined Fifty For Possessing Lewd Literature
Jim Stallings was fined 50 dollars or 30 days in jail after pleading guilty in police court to possessing obscene lewd and indecent books and pictures. Judge John Seton imposed the fine. Officer William Ryan testified. The defendant, who was talking with two teenage girls, denied showing them the material. several minor traffic bonds totaling 47.50 were forfeited.
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Jim Stallings
John Seton
William Ryan
Ryan
Stallings
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