Senate moves to review U.S. Mideast policy back to 1946
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services panels plan to vote on a proposal to review U S policy in the Middle East over the last ten years. The plan would extend the review back to 1946 with a full chronological statement and supporting documents, while not delaying action on the President's Middle East resolution.
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Washington
U. S
Middle East
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Truman
State Dept
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Dulles
Smith
Johnson
Congress
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Douglas MacArthur
Snowbound workers stranded as blizzard hits Cumbres Pass
Alamosa Colorado report details 23 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad employees marooned in a small station near the 10,022 foot Cumbres Pass summit. They remain safe with fuel and food, drawing overtime pay as Army Weasels and sleds assist, while mainline traffic stays open and highways face heavy closures across Wolf Creek, Red Mountain, and Glenwood Canyon.
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Alamosa
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Chama
N. M
Colorado-New Mexico
Cumbres Pass
Durango
Camp Hale
Leadville
Army
Colorado
Wolf Creek Pass
Red Mountain Pass
Rio Grande
Amos Cordova
Colorado Highway Patrol
New Mexico
Pagosa Springs
Highway Patrol
Grand Junction
Blue Mesa
Crested Butte
Montrose
Rifle
Vail Pass
Glenwood Canyon
Rabbit Ears Pass
Berthoud
Loveland Passes
Longest Suspension Bridge and a Bridge to Wants
The world's longest suspension bridge linking Michigan's peninsulas is slated for late this year at a cost of 100 million dollars. Meanwhile Want Ads are described as the oldest bridge connecting people with needs, with a dialing number 5451 for fast help.
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Michigan
Upper
Lower Peninsulas
Want
Interstate Road Locations Are Announced
MISSOULA The Missoula district office of the Bureau of Public Roads approved interstate route locations and intermediate controls for 1,036 miles of the proposed system, reducing Montana's total from 1,246 to about 1,184 miles. It details sections on Highways 101, 102, and 103 from the Idaho line to the North Dakota line, with two spur roads into Butte and Great Falls, and notes the exact through routes are still being finalized through Butte and linking points near Nissler.
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Missoula
Bureau of Public Roads
Montana
Lookout Pass
Tarkio
Alberton
Ozan
Drummond
Garrison
Monida
Butte
Boulder
Wolf Creek
Cascade
Sweet Grass
Hardin
Billings
Great Falls
Rare cricket found in peaches to be given to museum
A Canterbury resident reported a bright green and brown insect in Australian peaches. Officials said the rare cricket is a prize and will be presented to the Loam Museum of Natural History.
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Canterbury
England
U.P
Health Department
Draft dodge talk inflames National Guard feud
Secretary of Defense Wilson accused wartime enlistment practices of fueling a draft dodging stigma in National Guard enrollments during the Korean War. Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh denounced the claim as a damn lie, noting guardsmen were mobilized and served in Korea. Wilson supported a six month active duty training requirement for new guardsmen without prior service, while Guard leaders urged a 111 weeks duty to fit school schedules.
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Washington
Wilson
National Guard
Ellard A. Walsh
The
National Guard Assn
Walsh
House Armed Services Committee
Guard
Pentagon
Korea
Gen. Walsh
Army National Guard
Air Guard
Ice Jam Flood Shuts U S 91 Near Hardy Bridge
Ice jam on the Missouri River blocks U S Highway 91 between Wolf Creek and Cascade. Water about 12 to 18 inches deep, 1,000 feet wide, rising slowly five miles south of Hardy Bridge. Detours set for southbound traffic from Great Falls via Gore Hill to U S 89 Montana 20 Bowman's Corners Montana 33 to Wolf Creek. northbound detour in reverse.
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Helena
U. S. Highway 91
Wolf Creek
Cascade
Highway Dept
Hardy Bridge
Great Falls
Gore Hill
U. S. 89
Montana
Bowman’s Corners
Montana Weather Update for Tuesday and Wednesday
Montana east region shows fair conditions with increasing clouds north, snow late Tuesday into Tuesday night, and drifting snow on east slopes of the Continental Divide. Highs 15 to 25, lows 0 to 15, with rising temperatures into Wednesday and strong southwest winds 15 to 30 mph. Montana west expects fair Tuesday, snow Tuesday night ending Wednesday, cloud cover continuing, temperatures rising slowly with highs 15 to 20 and lows near 0 to 5.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Ex-Boulder Man Killed in 70-Foot Fall at Dam Site
GREAT FALLS Montana ex Bouldered man Clay W Timmerman 33 died after a 70 foot fall from a cable way tower at the Montana Power Co Cochran Dam site eight miles northeast of Great Falls He slipped while working on the tower held by Winston Green contractors Timmerman had joined the Butte Iron Workers Union No 107 last December and moved to Boulder from out of state recently.
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Great Falls
Clay W. Timmerman
Boulder
Missouri River
Montana Power Co
Cochrane
Timmerman
Winston-Green
Mina
Mr. Timmerman
Butte Iron Workers Union No. 107
Powerful Thief Adele Fogarty Pleads in Butte Case
Adele Fogarty of 811 N Excel Sior told Butte police that after returning home on Monday night she flicked the light switch but no lights came on. She checked the outside meter area and found no meter.
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Adele Fogarty
N. Excelsior
Butte
Ben Gurion presses Gaza development amid Sinai stalemate
Israel seeks Egyptian responsibility for the Sinai stalemate and advances Gaza Strip development including a half million dollar irrigation extension and new crops. Ben Gurion warns U N pressure and urges continued control of Sinai until a peace or nonaggression pact is signed, criticizing Hammarskjold’s report.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
Gaza Strip
David Ben-Gurion
U. N
Egypian
Cairo
Ben-Gurion
Aqaba Gulf
Red Sea
Eilat
U. N. Assembly
Strip
Yarkon-Negev
Gaza
Gulf Coast
Nasser
Dag Hammarskjold
General Assembly
Gulf of Aqaba
House Approves Bill to Remove Oil Royalty Limit
Helena diary reports a Montana House vote advancing a bill to remove the 12 percent royalty cap on oil production up to 3,000 barrels monthly. The session also sent a Senate memorial urging Congress to raise federal grasshopper-control aid to 50 percent. Other measures include weed seed inspection for used farm machinery and an underground water resources survey with a 6000 annual geologist salary.
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Helena
House
Representatives
Senate
Governor’s Office
Congress
Ronald W. Holtz
D-Cascade
State Agricultural Commissioner
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Montana
Man Gets 2 Years In Traffic Fatality
Clarence Horner, 22, was sentenced to two years in the Montana State Prison for manslaughter after being convicted of causing the October 20 1956 traffic death of Elbert C. Lewis, 24, a Billings painter. Judge Ben Harwood said the jury received a full and fair view of the crash.
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Billings
U.P
Clarence Horner
Montana
Elbert C. Lewis
Lewis
Horner
Ben Harwood
U N Troop Plan Backed by United States
United States support for Dag Hammarskjold's Middle East plan pushes for Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Sharm El Sheikh, with UN emergency troops stationed between Israel and Egypt as the Gaza area is evacuated. The debate opened as Sudan's Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub urged strong measures against Israel.
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Francis W. Carpenter
United Nations
United States
Dag Hammarskjold
Egypt
U. N
Israel
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
General Assembly
Gaza Strip
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
Sudan
Mohammed Ahmed Mahgoub
Mahgoub
Abdel Monem Rifa’i
Jordan
Lucky 13 Airmen Survive Crash Near Anchorage Alaska
Thirteen airmen aboard a C124 Globemaster survived a rough ice landing on Cook Inlet near Anchorage after one engine caught fire and a second failed. The transport heavily loaded, it bellied into the jagged ice, stopping about a half mile offshore. Twelve crew members were from Biggs AFB Texas. the 13th was PFC Peter Strawick, traveling on emergency leave after a sibling death in Spokane. The wreck is to be salvaged.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cook Inlet
Here
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Air Force
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Texas
Spokane
Wash
Peter Strawick
McChord Air Force Base
Montana Senate Passes Bill to Reduce Bank Tax
The Montana Senate approved a bill cutting bank taxes from 30 percent to 7 percent on surplus up to stated capital, aiming to boost capitalization despite concerns from the Montana Bankers Assn. that overall taxes might rise and deposits remain low, with studies and quotes from MBA and a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. official.
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Montana
Senate
Helena
Montana Bankers Assn
Laurel
Worden
Columbus
Big Timber
Hardin
Wyola
Belgrade
Bozeman
Manhattan
Livingston
Forsyth
Hysham
Bridger
Fromberg
Red Lodge
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Family closes town theater after storm wrecks home
Jacobus Bol and his wife and three children have closed this town's only theater in MIJNSHEERENLAND Netherlands after their house was battered by a storm. The mayor allowed them to camp on the stage but they cannot find another home and the show cannot go on.
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Mijnsheerenland
Netherlands
Jacobus Bol H& Wife
Jacobus
Eisenhower Urges Rapid Action On 2.22 Billion School Aid Plan
President Eisenhower pressed Congress for a 2.22 billion dollar school aid program to help states meet a surge in enrollments. The plan centers on 1.3 billion in federal construction grants over four years, with state matching after year one, plus 750 million in bonds and 20 million for planning. Debates loom over segregation and federal intrusion as Powell demands bans on aid to segregated schools.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Ouster Ordered For Union Men Refusing to Talk
AFL-CIO Executive Council ordered senior officials of unions using the Fifth Amendment for personal protection to refuse testifying on union affairs to be ousted. George Meany led the policy backing broader cooperation with a congressional probe into alleged union racketeering. Only Teamsters President Dave Beck opposed, with McFetridge and Hutcheson abstaining.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Afl-Cio Executive Council
George Meany
Senate
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Afl-Cio Council
Meany
William McFetridge
Building Service Employes Union
Maurice Hutcheson
Carpenters
Beck
Teamster
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Detroit
Hoffa
Aflcio
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