23 Aboard U. S. Plane Disappears Over Atlantic
An Air Transport Service four engine plane with 23 aboard vanished over the frozen Atlantic near Argentia Newfoundland while en route from Morocco to Norfolk. Navy long range patrol plane sighted the transport and reported an explosion in the air near 27 miles northeast of Argentia. Weather and sea conditions hinder search with icing and high winds threatening survival. The squadron was Transport Squadron 22 in Norfolk with no prior fatalities.
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Argentia
Mid
U.S. Military Air Transport Service
Canada
Atlantic
Morocco
Norfolk
Azores
Newfoundland
Gander
U.S. Air Force
St. John’s
Transport Squadron 22
Navy
Mining Bill Hearing Set Tuesday in Helena
A public hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the House chamber on a bill to grant eminent domain rights to mining companies for surface mining. Senator George Siderius chairs the Commerce and Labor Committee and supports the bill, while Mayor James Shea of Walkerville opposes it citing property rights concerns. The Anaconda Co. warns operations could pause if the measure passes.
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Thi
Anaconda Co
Fear for 588 aboard Santa Maria as disembarkation urged
U S Rear Adm Allen Smith Jr voiced concern for the safety of 588 passengers on the rebel-occupied Portuguese ship Santa Maria and urged the rebel skipper to arrange their quick disembarkation. Five of 42 American passengers reported food and water as adequate but rationed. The voyage could last days more with Angola in West Africa as a declared destination or a possible landfall in Brazil if blocked by Portuguese Navy ships.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Caribbean Sea Frontier
Adm
Allen Smith Jr
Angola
West Africa
Brazil
Adm. Smith
$100 000 Livestock Auction Pavilion Planned in Dillon
Beav erhead County plans a $100 000 livestock auction pavilion six miles south of Dillon on a 10 acre tract. John T. Vukich and partners Lloyd Thomas and Wayne Montgomery lead the project with license hearing set for February 17 at the Dillon courthouse. If approved, construction would start and the yards open by July with Saturday sales and daily cash hog market.
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Dillon
Charles Stauffer Dillon
John T. Vukich
Madison County
Silver Star
Lloyd Thomas
Beaverhead
Wayne Montgomery
Lima and Whitehall
Montana Livestock Commission
Vukich
Madison
Union Pacific Railroad
James Rebich
Montana
Idaho
Federal Jurist Reopens Race Over Nelson Habeas Plea
U S District Judge W D Murray again considers the habeas corpus petition by Wilburn A Bud Nelson of Glasgow who seeks freedom from a 75 year rape sentence. The rehearing follows a prior similar bid and quashing action, with witnesses including Dr B L Little Gordon T White and Mabel Nelson offering background on the defendant.
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M. James Sorte
Helena
Nelson
B. L. Little
Glasgow
Gordon T. White
Valley Promises
Mabel Nelson
Bozeman
Massive Storm Leaves Texas South in Ice and Snow
A Gulf storm blasted Texas and the southern states with sleet and freezing rain, then dumped heavy snow as it moved north. Schools and offices closed or dismissed early. power outages affected many communities. At least 46 deaths tied to the storm as it disrupted highways from Texas to the Northeast and prompted warnings for up to 8 inches of snow in parts of the mid Atlantic and southern New England.
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Associated Press
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Southland
Seaboard
Tevse
Georgia
Maryland
Weather Bureau
Middle Atlantic States
New England
N . Onche
John Gentry Dies After Spectacular Car Crash
John Gentry 39 of Warm Springs died Thursday at St. Ann Hospital from injuries after a crash north of Opportunity on the Butte Deer Lodge Highway. He was hurled 31 feet from his tumbling car and had multiple injuries. The first Deer Lodge County traffic fatality of 1961, he is survived by his wife Cuma Louise and children James Paul and Irene Florence Gentry, among others. His body lies at Duggan Merrill Mortuary in Butte.
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John Gentry
Opportunity
St. Ann Hospital
Gentry
Warm Springs
State Hospital
Butte-Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge
Joseph Llewelyn Palen
Butte
Anaconda
Palen
Montana
Vanadium, N. M
Butte High School
BHS
Montana State
Cuma Louise
James Paul Gentry
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Irene Florence Gentry
John Zaller
John C. Mayes
Miami
Ariz
Isabelle Morgan
Houston
Tex
Texas
Arizona
Duggan Merrill Mortuary
Tractor Mishap Fatal to Farmer near Livingston
Weldon D. Hutchings, 28, Livingston area farmer, died when his tractor rolled over him on a logging road seven miles northwest of Livingston. He was driving and allegedly looked behind him before driving off the road. Officials note the death occurred on a logging road and may not be counted in the 1951 traffic toll.
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Livingston
Weldon D. Hutchings
Livingston Area
Here
Hutchings
Lima Man Branden Reaches His 99th Birthday
Jay Brandenburg of Lima Montana marks his 99th birthday with a typical workday at his service station from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The spry pioneer expects visitors from Beaverhead County and recounts a life spanning railroading ranching and early Montana days.
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Bert Gaskill
Lima
Jay Branden
Montana
Brandenburg
Beaverhead
Jay
Montana Territory
Statehood
Fly
Mexico
Yeas
Freed Airmen Delayed Again on Way Home
Two U S Air Force captains Freeman Olmstead and John McKone, released from seven months in Soviet captivity, faced a 12 hour delay after a Moscow tire blowout and overnight weather at Goose Bay Labrador. Their reunion with wives in Washington is set for Friday. Kennedy to greet them at Andrews AFB.
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Halifax
N. 8
U. S
Moscow
Freeman B. Olmstead
John R. McKone
Goose Bay
Labrador
Washington
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
Capital
Col
M. H. Gilman
Olmstead
Elmira
N. Y
McKone
Topeka
Kan
Interior panel backs Holum for water and power post
The Senate Interior Committee approved President Kennedy's nomination of Kenneth Holum of Groton South Carolina to be assistant secretary of interior for water and power.
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Washington
Senate Interior Committee
Kennedy
Kenneth Holum
Groton
S.C
Interior
Water and Power
Montana Weather Quiet Weekend With Varying Readings
Montana forecast split by region shows fair skies and rising temps Friday into Friday night. East highs 5 to 15 F with lows 0 to 16 F, west highs 15 to 32 F with lows -20 to -10 F in higher valleys, Continental Divide slopes 10 to 20 F above. Friday west remains fair then cloudy with little change.
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Montana
Butte Must Unite On Interstate 15 Route North
Butte leaders and figures including George Schotte urged unity on the northward I 15 routing. He warned division could invite the Bureau of Public Roads to decide the plan, outlining Nez Perce and other paths and the Woodville Hill grade issue.
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Butte
City
George Schotte
Legislative Fact-Finding Committee On
Bureau of Public
Schotte
Bureau of Public Roads
Homestake Pass
Whitehall
Boulder
Woodville
Nez Perce
Montana Highway Dept
Columbia Gardens
Elk Park
Nez Perce Lake
Basin
Woodville Hill
East Butte
Bureau of Public Road
County protests any road change to Interstate 15
Silver Bow County officials protest relocation of Interstate Highway 15 in a letter to the federal bureau of public goods. Chairman Frank Gorsh and Commissioner Gene Daly urge retaining the current interchange route, arguing relocation would harm Butte by diverting traffic from the hub of regional transportation. They sent copies to Sen. Mansfield, Sen. Metcalf, and Rep. Olsen.
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Silver Bow County
Federal Bureau of Public Goods
Frank Gorsh
Gene Daly
County Board
Bureau
Washington, D.C
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Arnold Olsen
Butte
Montana
Fargo
N.C
Seattle
Unclear fragment hints at cold weather forecast
Fragment mentions icicle like winter and record cold with references to March 11 1960 and subzero conditions. Forecast alludes to tonight with continued very cold weather and subzero temperatures.
Montana Senate kills one millage bill and passes other
The Montana Senate approved HB15 52 to 0, authorizing county commissioners to levy up to eight additional mills when its poor fund is exhausted, totaling 14 mills with the base. HB141, seen as the permissive 10 mill addition, was killed in the Senate. House originally passed both bills, aiming to cut state aid requests and curb subsidies to Silver Bow and neighboring counties.
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Helena
Montana Senate
House
Senate
Silver Bow
Cascade
Deer Lodge
Mineral
Rep
M. F. Keller
Keller
Garfield
Federal Judge Suspends Youth Prison Term
U.S. District Judge W. D. Murray suspended a three year prison term for 19 year old William Frederick Keefe of White Sulphur Springs, placing him on three years probation after a guilty plea to transporting a stolen 1956 Buick from Las Vegas to Mondragon. Keefe had served four months at Camp Pendleton after an AWOL. He was also jailed 107 days in Townsend on grand larceny charges waived to federal court. Attorney Arthur P. Archer blamed drinking for Keefe's troubles and urged probation. The judge required Keefe to live under parental discipline refrain from drinking and avoid places serving alcohol.
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W. D. Murray
William Frederick Keefe
White Sulphur Springs
Stern
Keefe
Vegas
Nev
Drummond
M. J. O’connell
U. S
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Townsend
Arthur P. Archer
Helena
Archer
Murray
Gang robs payroll in London bus siege
A four man gang rammed a bus with a truck and attacked two guards with a payroll bag in London. They escaped with 9000 pounds, leaving the scene as police investigated the raid and robberies.
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London
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