Section of Soil Bank Plan Dropped Over Protests
Secretary Benson dropped a provision of the Soil Bank plan after protests that it could push farm prices downward. He proposed selling surplus at market price to fund the plan, while critics warned prices would slump. Benson defended the change, saying the program must lift rather than depress prices.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
New Soil Bank
Senate Agriculture Committee
Soil Bank
CCC
Commodity Credit Corp
Gamble Cost Montana 68000 in Oil Lease Row
Gov. J Hugo Aronson spoke at the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce banquet about a Fallon county dry hole that allegedly cost the school fund 68000. The talk cites the 1955 oil lease sale where C M Hall bid 68000 at 12 percent minimum royalty while two other majors bid 39040 at 16 two thirds percent, a lease the court action later halted.
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Hamilton
J. Hugo Aronson
Fallon
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hamilton Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Producing Co
Fallon County
Montana
C. M. Hall of
Billings
Butte Man Wins Jaycee of the Year for 1955
Bill Bermingham, 32, received the Butte Jaycee of the Year award at the Finlen Hotel during Bosses Night. State and local officials attended, including Dean Dundas and Ransom Brown, with Don Woodside as toastmaster. An Ngoc Ho from South Viet Nam spoke on Vietnam’s history and colonial impact, recalling Ho Chi Minh and the 1945 onward struggle against French rule.
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Bill Bermingham
Butte
Jaycees
John Kosnick
Woodside
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Ho-chi-Minh
U S Prosecutor Warns Reds Target Labor Unions
U S Assistant Attorney General William F. Tompkins told the Butte Exchange Club that Communists seek to infiltrate labor unions, focusing on heavy and basic industries. He cited Lenin and noted expulsions of unions from the CIO for Communist influence, with references to electrical, telegraph, government, maritime, and non ferrous metals sectors.
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William F. Tompkins
United States
Butte Exchange Club
Finlen Hotel
R. D. Corette
Club
Tompkins
Internal Security Division
Department of Justice
Lenin
CIO
Food drinks fatten with no nourishment warns nutritionists
Alcohol adds calories but provides no food value and is excluded from reducing diet plans. A for sale notice offers ad-writer help for crafting want ads. SPLENDID SALESMAN: 42 INCH CABINET LINK plus 3 base cabinets. Ph. 0000.
Dulles Sees No Working Nuclear Test Ban Formula
Secretary Dulles said two years of Allied searching failed to yield a workable plan to ban or limit atomic tests. He warned the issue is complex and unlikely to produce a formula before talks with Eden, while noting broader topics to be discussed during Eden's five day visit.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
Eisenhower
Eden
Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Middle East
Germany
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Egypt
Tito
Latin America
Caracas
Congress
Thieves Loot Palm Springs Jewelry Store for $100000
Police say thieves looted a Palm Springs jewelry store of about 100000 dollars in gems and watches in an early Tuesday burglary. Capt. O. O. Johnson called it the biggest theft in the city and suggested professionals were likely responsible.
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Palm Springs
Calif
O. O. Johnson
Montana Weather Summary Late Week
Montana east region stays partly cloudy to partly cloudy with light snow flurries in the southwest mountains Wednesday night. Highs 25 to 35. West region partly cloudy with little temperature change. Highs 28 to 35. Table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending 5 30 p m Tuesday.
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Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Butte
Ai Cut Bank
Ewnn
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Atte Ewe
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Neglected Child Placed in State Custody in Bozeman
Velma Veronica Curtis eleven was declared a dependent and neglected child by Dist. Judge W W Lessley and placed in state custody after a two day hearing. The court ordered guardianship proceedings for possible property valued above fifteen thousand dollars and noted she may be sole heir to her late foster mother Wilbur Curtis. Joseph H Roe of the state urged welfare steps including medical assessment and social study while considering plastic surgery for scars. Curtis described the foster mother as severe and punitive, restricting schooling.
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Bozeman
Velma Veronica Curtis
Dist
W. W. Lessley
Lessley
Harold L. Allen
Wilbur Curtis
Joseph H. Roe
Public Welfare Dept
Roe
Curtis
Kelley to Leave Arizona Hospital This Week
Cornelius F. Kelley 80, former Anaconda chairman and current executive committee chair, suffered a heart attack Jan 4 while visiting Arizona mining properties. His doctor says he is doing very nicely and plans a few days at a Phoenix resort hotel before returning to Manhasset New York late next week.
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Ariz
Cornelius F. Kelley
Anaconda Company
Kelley
Phoenix
Manhasset
Long Island
N. Y
Anaconda
Arizona Mining Properties
Montana Boy 9 Dies in Accidental Rifle Bullet Incident
Kevin Raymond Michael Blair, 9, son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Blair, was accidentally killed by a 22 caliber rifle bullet Monday night. Police said the gun discharged while the brothers were unloading a bicycle from a pickup. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Sunburst with burial in Shelby.
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Kevin
Raymond Michael Blair
Ralph Blair
Sunburst
Shelby
Southern governors plan interposition over school segregation
Four Southern governors from Virginia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Georgia agreed to joint action and state measures to protest and appeal the Supreme Court ruling against school segregation. North Carolina observer Hodges said the plan would be considered by his legislature next session. The conference on the Virginia State Capitol steps ended with Timmerman announcing intent to use interposition, though the leaders differed on its scope and implications for nullification.
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Richmond
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Timmerman
Stanley
President to Get Message From Bulganin Today
Soviet ambassador Georgi N. Zarubin will deliver to President Eisenhower a message from Premier Bulganin, possibly about disarmament. The timing ahead of Eden’s visit provokes talk of Middle East and Far East moves, and options include joint action in the Middle East or high level talks on Far Eastern issues.
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Washington
Georgi N. Zarubin
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
White House
Zarubin
Anthony Eden
Russia
Middle East
Asia
Eden
Bulganin
Egypt
Czechoslovakia
United States
Britain
Bulgania
China
Eisenhower Nominates McLain for Assistant Agriculture Secretary
President Eisenhower on Tuesday named Marvin L. McLain of Brooklyn Iowa as assistant secretary of agriculture. McLain currently directs the Grain Division of the Commodity Stabilization Service and previously chaired the Malcom Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. board. He joined the Agriculture Department in August 1953 and is also nominated to the board of the Commodity Credit Corp.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Marvin L. McLain
Brooklyn
Iowa
Commodity Stabilization Service
Agriculture Dept
McLain
Malcom Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co
Malcom
Commodity Credit Corp
Eisenhower Warns of Inflation Risk and Credit Control
President Eisenhower said the United States stood at the threshold of a 400 billion dollar economy and urged consideration of a standby consumer credit control law to curb inflation, signaling a major shift in administration policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Seeks Farm Relief in Economic Message
President Eisenhower told Congress the U S economy remains strong with output near 400 billion dollars but growth slows. He urged farm relief as top legislative priority and warned against early tax cuts unless prosperity remains solid. He favored standby credit controls with law only if war declared.
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Eisenhower
Congress
U. S
Rep. Wolcott
Mich
House Banking Committee
Damocles
Montana Tourist Income Sets New Record
Montana tourism revenue reached a 1955 record of 89.52 million dollars, up from 86.98 million in 1954. Travel from Canada rose 26 percent, with 11 daylight stations and night counts showing higher out of state car entry. Average stay was 4.2 days, with spend per person at 32.40 dollars, boosting total income and highlighting tourism as a major state industry.
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Helena
Montana
Jack Hallowell
Montana Highway Commission
Hallowell
Canada
National President of Serrans to Speak Here
Butte Serra Club hosts Wednesday night at 6 30 in the Finlen Hotel with Jerry Le Estrange national president of the Serrans of Reno Nev and Miss Virginia M Shaddy Carroll College Helena as principal speakers. James Sullivan club president will preside.
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Butte Serra Club
Finlen
Jerry le
State's Athletic Directors Blasted in Butte
The Montana High School Assn Board of Directors faced sharp scrutiny at a Butte Board of Trustees meeting over finances and expense policies. Supt. George Haney reported the association may study finances. critics argued profits from competitive events should be shared with schools. The meeting also addressed equal pay for married women teachers and the vacant Butte High School football coaching job with 15 applicants. applications close Feb 1 and screening begins Feb 6 after Har ry Dahlberg’s resignation.
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Montana High School Assn. Board of Directors
Board of Trustees
Butte
Harry Dahlberg
Board of Control
George Haney
Billings
Montana
Haney
Newell Evans
AEC Ends Current Phase of Tests
The Atomic Energy Commission in Las Vegas Nevada Friday ended the current phase of its safety tests at the southern Nevada proving ground. Four men received over normal doses of radioactivity in a recent experiment but suffered no ill effects. No recordable radioactive fallout was detected outside the test site and adjacent gunnery range.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
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