Small Nuclear Arms Tests Set in Nevada
The United States plans a new series of low yield atomic detonations at the Nevada Proving Grounds starting this spring. The tests, named Operation Plumb Bob, focus on tactical weapons for battlefield use and air defense, with limited news coverage and aims to advance defense against attack while awaiting international disarmament progress.
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Washington
United States
Nevada Proving Grounds
Eisenhower
Defense Dept
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
AEC
Military
Nevada
Free World
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Russia
Bill to Provide Livestock Lab Reaches House
A $1,052,000 bill to provide a livestock laboratory in Helena was introduced in the Montana House. Rep. George A. Morrison proposes bonds to fund an addition to the State Laboratory Building, with history tracing a 1918 labor of stockmen and plans for a larger facility.
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Helena
George A. Morrison
D-Cascade
State Laboratories
Livestock Sanitary Board
Water Conservation Board
Capitol Land Grant Fund
Highway Dept
Board of Health
Montana’ Stockgrowers Assn
State Livestock Laboratory
Montana
Capitol Grounds
Livestock Sanitary Board, Livestock Commission
U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Most Severe Cold Spell Grips Butte Area This Week
Butte and surrounding areas endure the season’s harshest cold with highs near 3 below zero and lows plunging to -30. Park and Main records -15, airport -21, Glasgow -34, Havre -33 while Great Falls valley readings reach 51 below unofficially. Forecasters warn this bitter spell may last into Friday with subzero highs and frigid nights.
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Butte
Park and Main
Helena
Montana High
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Montana Weather East and West Forecast Summary
Montana east region shows fair skies with variable clouds and light snow possible through Friday night. Cold with a slow warming trend in the north Friday into Saturday and strong southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Northwest drifting snow Friday afternoon and night, extreme lows from 20 to 30 below zero, highs Friday 5 to 20 below, Saturday 0 to 10 below. Montana west remains fair through Saturday with light snow possible south Friday, temperatures from 5 below to 5 above, lows from 10 to 30 below Friday night.
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Montana
Macmillan Orders Sweeping British Armed Forces Shakeup
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan announced a sweeping reorganization of Britain's armed forces to achieve substantial reductions in defense spending and manpower. The move signals a major restructuring of the military establishment.
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London
U.P
Harold Macmillan
Burglar's Dog Foiled Hireling During Gas Station Robbery
James Coil, held for investigation in Detroit, admitted training a stray dog to bark at police during a Wednesday night gas station robbery. The dog wagged its tail as two officers approached, and Coil had $9 on him with a prior burglary record.
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Detroit
James Coil
Coil
House Committee OKs Ike Plan for Middle East
The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved Eisenhower’s Middle East program by a 24 to 2 vote with one abstention. The plan seeks authority to increase foreign aid and to use armed forces if needed to halt Communist aggression. Truman criticized the administration as indefinite and incomplete and offered support with military economic aid if actions are clarified. Senate Democrats attacked Dulles, with Fulbright calling his moves disastrous to allies.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Middle East
House
Mideast
Gordon
Harry S. Truman
Congress
House Committee
Truman
Senate
Dulles
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Anaconda Board Approves Stock Plan for New Shares
The Anaconda Company board approved a plan to offer 1,734,865 additional shares to stockholders at a rate of one new share for every five held. Underwriters led by Hallgarten & Co will manage the issue, with an SEC registration expected around Feb 14. Warrants to subscribe will be mailed to holders on the effective date, expiring March 5, 1957, and 1956 full year earnings are projected at $111,350,006 or $12.84 per share, with 1956 Q4 at $24,454,000 or $2.82 per share.
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New York
N. Y
Anaconda Company
Hallgarten and Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Roy H. Glover
Montana Senate Debates Six Welfare Bills for Federal Funds
The Montana Senate in its first Saturday session considers 16 bills on the 18th legislative day, including six to expand welfare funding. Bills aim to restore damages by guardians, permit patrol car styling, raise accident-report thresholds, extend jury-list prep time, allow five districts, and raise the prison warden’s pay. Senate supporters say these measures enable counties to access about 400000 to 500000 dollars more annually in federal welfare aid.
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Helena
Montana Senate
Senate
F. O. Burrell
Carl Lehrkind Jr
Gallatin
Montana
Welfare Dept
Grocery Clerks End Butte Strike With New Two Year Pact
Butte grocery clerks end a strike that began December 17 as the Butte Retail Clerks Union No. 4 and Silver Bow Employers Assn reach a two year contract. The agreement, ratified by the union and mediated with Federal Mediator Bob McClelland, provides wage increases in each year and ensures all stores reopen Friday morning for normal operations.
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Butte Grocery
Butte Clerks Union
Silver Bow
Bob McClelland
Great Falls
Butte Woman Flown To Navy Hospital After Injury
Mrs. Virginia Bader wife of Marine Sgt Jack F E Bader stationed at the Armed Forces Examining Station Butte was treated for a basal skull fracture after a fall. She was admitted to a local hospital before transfer by Air Force aero medical evacuation plane from Travis AFB to the U S Naval Hospital in Oakland California.
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Virginia Bader
Jack FE. Bader
Armed Forces
U.S. Naval Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Butte
Bader
Navy
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Eastbourne Doctor Faces Murder Trial in Britain
Dr John Bodkin Adams a 58 year old physician in Eastbourne must stand trial for murder. He was moved to Brixton Prison and ordered to Old Bailey for a mid February trial. At the magistrates court he declared I am not guilty and reserved my defense.
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Eastbourne
England
John Bodkin Adams
London
Brixton
Old Bailey
David Honeysett
Adams
Goodby
Anaconda Elects V. D. Perry Vice President
Vincent D. Perry, chief geologist for The Anaconda Company since 1948, was elected vice president. A San Francisco native and UC Berkeley mining engineer graduate, he joined Anaconda in 1924 and held multiple geological leadership roles across the Western Hemisphere. He belongs to Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi, is married to Margaret Moore of Butte, and has a daughter, Patricia.
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New York
Vincent D. Perry
Anaconda Company
Thursday
Clyde E. Weed
San Francisco
Mr. Perry
University of California At Berkeley
Columbia University
Anaconda Organization
Butte
Perry
Western Hemisphere
Salt Lake City
Tau Beta Fi
Sigma Xi
Margaret Moore
Patricia
Man Questioned In Twin Slayings
Chicago police questioned Ben Bedwill a 21 year old Paris Tennessee native who said he was with two girls named Carol and another unnamed companion the night of December 28. Bedwill claimed the girls left him at a West Madison Street theater and he has not seen them since. The Grimes sisters Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 were found dead near a ditch southwest of Chicago after disappearing that same night they had attended an Elvis Presley movie.
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Chicago
Grimes Sisters
Joseph Lohman
Grimes
Bennie Bedwill
Bedwill
Paris
Tenn
Carol
West Madison Street
Barbara
Patricia
South Side
Texas Not First in Millionaires Says New York Leads
Texas trails in millionaire counts despite tall tales, with New York reporting over 2,500. Illinois and California follow as strong second and third. The piece closes by noting want ads as a means to reach wealth seekers and inviting a dial-in for service.
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Texas
Lone Star State
New York
Illinois
California
U N Plan to Keep Peace Faces Hurdles as Gaza Withdrawal Near
United Nations diplomats near a plan to grant Dag Hammarskjold authority to deploy emergency forces between Israel and Egypt to avert renewed Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba clashes. Israel demands binding guarantees before withdrawal. Hammarskjold reports to the General Assembly as deadlines tighten.
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United Nations
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Sharm el Sheikh
David Ben- Gurion
Hammarskjold
Erickson Honored by Butte Anaconda Traffic Club
More than 250 attendees from Omaha Great Falls Columbus Falls and other cities honored Rudy O Erickson as he prepares to leave his district manager post for The Anaconda Company to become general traffic manager in New York The event featured remarks by Arne Strom and Howard H Ellsworth praising Erickson and signaling future club leadership plans.
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Butte-Anaconda
Rudy O. Erickson
Omaha
Great Falls
Columbus Falls
Erickson
New York
Anaconda Company
Butte
Arne Strom
Great Northern Railroad
Mr. Erickson
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Howard H. Ellsworth
Northern Pacific Railway
Helena
Ellsworth
Steele
J. D. Murphy
Eric
Rudy Erickson
Mr. Ellsworth
Strom
Montana House eyes boost in school funding and budgeting power
Helena reports a bill in the House Education Committee to raise Montana's minimum foundation schedule by 15 percent and lift budgeting authority for grade and high school boards from 70 to 85 percent of current general fund needs. Proponents say the plan expands budgeting power but does not create new revenue sources.
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Helena
Montana
House Education Committee
Eunice Stover Turns 101 in Monroe Birthday
Eunice Stover of Monroe Michigan celebrated her 101st birthday on Thursday. The spinster attributed her long life to avoiding marriage to avoid being tied down by jealousy and other concerns.
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Monroe
Mich
Eunice Stover
Two B47 Bombers Reportedly Collide in Flight
Reports say two B47 Stratojet bombers collided in flight over the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba. Air Base officials later said two aircraft are unaccounted for and crews listed as missing while search efforts continue amid fog and tough conditions.
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Miami
Fla
Caribbean Sea
Cuba
Homestead Air Force Base
Ralph W. Bryant
Homestead
Isle of Pines
United States
Spectacular Gas Fire Burns Near Billings
Three tanks holding about 2 500 gallons of butane burned uncontrolled near Billings in 15 below weather. Fire marshal James P. Egan said a welder's spark sparked the blaze shortly after 6 p m. There was no explosion and firefighters allowed it to burn out with deputies watching. No other equipment was in danger. A report of a natural gas well on fire proved unfounded.
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Billings
Mont
James P. Egan
Carter Oil Co
1915 Zeppelin raid casualty dies in London
A 72 year old London widow, Elizabeth Cox, died from injuries sustained during the 1915 Zeppelin raid. Pathologist Dr Louis Steingold ruled the death due to pulmonary embolism that began with a leg injury from the raid.
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London
Louis Steingold
Elizabeth Cox
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Conn
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Ike
Anaconda Board
Navy Hospital
Connecticut
By Eddy Gilmore
Anaconda
V. D. Perry
Francis W. Carpenter
New Haven
Frank Looney
Stanley Co
Walter Mujak
Fire Dept
Grace-New Haven Community Hospital
Anthony Loricco
Eugene J. Mulligan
R. O. Erickson
Traffic Club
Chester H. Steele
Western
Willard L. Kennedy
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