Butte Food Drive Appeals as City Seeks Aid
City hall and the Silver Bow Emergency Aid Committee urged residents to donate nonperishable food and clothing for the needy as supplies ran dry. About 60 families received food boxes by five o clock, and 300 families have benefited since Monday. Donations may be left in Petticoat Patrol barrels or picked up by calling city hall. A school lunch program started with 375 lunches and expected 439 more on Friday, funded by merchants and organizations.
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Butte
Silver Bow Emergency Aid Committee
Ed Mulholland
Rial Havens
Joe Armstrong
Petticoat
Bob Koprivica
Koprivica
Mighty Kilauea Devours Kapoho Village In Lava Flood
Kapoho Village, Hawaii, wiped out as Mighty Kilauea erupts with lava bursts reaching 1,000 feet. Twenty-two homes and stores destroyed, the school buried under lava and pumice as searing flames and thundering eruptions reshape the area. Marguerite Ooka, school principal, laments the loss while villagers eye a tentative return.
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Kilauea
Carl Zimmerman
Kapoho Village
Hawaii
Kapoho
Marguerite Ooka
Invalided Man 92 Dies in Glendive Fire
Glendive Montana AP reports 92 year old invalid man Cruikshank died Thursday in a fire at his daughter and son-in-law Ed win Rigby home. Fire chief George Smith says the fatality was first in the city's history and that smoking started the blaze. Firemen arrived quickly to find the one floor home engulfed, with flames spreading to the attic and basement.
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Glendive
Cavin Cruikshank
George Smith
Montana
Edwin Rigby
Cruikshank
Smith
Butte Woman Finds Found Check For Mothers Fund
A Butte resident finds a stray check on a sidewalk Thursday night intended for the Mothers National Foundation. The small contribution was meant for the foundation’s charitable drive and is now awaiting proper delivery to the charity.
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Butte
National Foundation
Finnegan to Visit Butte in Copper Strike Mediation
Joseph F. Finnegan, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, will travel from Washington to Butte on February 4 to assist in resolving Montana's 164 day copper strike between Mine Mill and Anaconda Co. He plans meetings with regional FMCS director Art Viat and other mediators and to issue a westward press release. The visit follows delayed departure due to a House Appropriations subcommittee appearance and aims to reduce reliance on economic pressure per President Eisenhower’s preference for mediation.
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Uncle Sam
Butte
Montana
Washington, D.C
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Metcalf
Sens
Finnegan
Solons
Washington
Anaconda Co
Congressional Unit
Art Viat
San Francisco
Viat
FMCS
House
Mine-Mill Joint Negotiating Committee
Eisenhower
Train Bus Crash Kills Three High School Girls
In Hillsburgh Ontario a school bus collided with a freight train killing three girls aged 14 to 16. Twelve students were hospitalized and seven admitted with burns and fractures. the bus driver Calvin Leitch survived.
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Hillsburgh
Ont
Erin
Calvin Leitch
Heat Wave Death Toll Reaches 25 in Sydney
The heat wave in Sydney lifted the death toll to 25 by Thursday night as daytime temperatures hit 103.4 degrees. Eleven deaths occurred during the day, including six infants, as the city endured the fourth straight day over 100 degrees.
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Sydney
Australia
Woman Named Executive Director for Butte Girl Scouts
Mrs. William Kertruish named executive director by the Butte Council of Girl Scouts to succeed Norma McPhail who moves to a district director post in San Lorenzo California. Kerruish begins duties today and has long served as a Girl Scout leader volunteer trainer and civic affairs and church worker. Her husband is an elementary substitute teacher.
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William Kertruish
Butte
Cattlemen Debate Meat Imports At National Meeting
Gov Price Daniel warned Texas cattlemen that large foreign beef import increases could damage the industry. Rep Poage urged better crop prices for farmers while Milburn reiterated opposition to imports and announced plans for a Washington hearing in March. About 2,100 attend the 63rd annual American National Cattlemen's Association gathering in Dallas.
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Milburn
Dallas
Tex
Price Daniel
Texas
American National Cattlemen’s Assn
State Department
Daniel
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Poage
G. R
Jack) Milburn
Grass Range
Mont
Washington
First Landing on Moon Seen Likely in 1970s Plan
NASA unveils a 10 year space plan expecting man to circle the moon and probe Mars within a decade. An actual lunar landing is projected in the 1970s with a goal of boosting 50 000 pound payloads and a permanent space station before 1970. The plan was presented to a House committee as lawmakers urged higher immediate funding.
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John Beckler
Washington
Mars
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Richard E. Horner
NASA
Horner
United States
House Committee On Science and Astronautics
U.S
Hugh L. Dryden
The
Space Agency
Round the Clock Bomber Protection Urged as Defense
Washington dispatch reports Gen. Thomas S Power and Sen. Henry M Jackson backing continuous airborne alert to deter Soviet ICBM threats. Budget talks cite 90 million dollars for fiscal 1961. SAC aims 15 minute ground alert expanding toward 24 hour readiness with about 700 B52s planned.
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Washington
United States
Strategic Air Command
Thurs
Air Force
Thomas S. Power
Henry M. Jackson
Thomas D. White
House Armed Services Committee
Jackson
SAC
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Husband slays estranged wife in Kansas City
A 21 year old draftsman shot and killed Judith Ruder inside her apartment as she sold their furniture. He told police he feared losing everything and claimed she had taken items and left him with two children. He fled with the couple’s 3 year old daughter and 10 month old son. The couple married in 1955 when she was 16 and he 17. they had separated three weeks earlier.
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Kansas City
Drdftsman
Carey Lee Ruder
Judith Ruder
Ruder
Ryder
Here Are Good Reasons For Not Worrying
A Washington survey shows 40 percent of worries never happen 30 percent involve things beyond change and 22 percent are trivial. The ad promotes Want Ads to solve problems by selling renting hiring or finding with the phone number 5451. An act offers a bedroom duplex with full basement and fenced yard contact 0-0000.
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Washington
Mothers March Receipts Hit Five Thousand Dollars In Butte
A total of 5015.98 was raised in the Mothers March in Butte Thursday night with many small gifts and notes of tribute. Ralph Godtland, drive chairman, said the figure matches last January’s tally and praised volunteers. Police aided the effort with radio calls and officers stood by at the Prudential Federal Savings and Loan office where the money was counted.
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Butte
National Foundation
Ralph Godtland
Harry Bossler
Godtland
Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Assn
De Gaulle Urges Moslems to Back Algeria Peace Move
In Algiers France’s Charles de Gaulle presses moslems to demonstrate faith and support for his path to Algerian self rule. Gen Paul Delouvrier calls for spontaneous marches to show resolve as clashes flare between insurgent settlers and French troops amid rising civil tension.
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Godfrey Anderson
Algiers
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Vive de Gaulle
Paul Delouvrier
Jacques Ee
Auropeans
Delouvrier
More Policemen Implicated In Chicago Scandal
Chicago mayor Richard J Daley said lie detector tests and other information may implicate more officers in the police scandal. A report said at least 20 more officers could be involved. Morrison, a 23 year old ex convict, had accused eight officers of burglaries and five of taking bribes. Detective James Brodie appeared before a county grand jury to answer Morrison's allegations.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Cage
Summerdale
Richard Morrison
Morrison
Paul Newey
Cook County State's Attorney
James Brodie
IRS promises speedier refunds in Montana strike areas
Helena AP report says the Internal Revenue Service will expedite income tax refunds for taxpayers in Montana strike zones. District Director Frank J. Healy plans to accelerate audits if needed and to allocate extra staff to the Butte office to speed processing, while noting refunds are checked as filed and some returns are later audited, causing delays.
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Internal Revenue
Helena
Internal Revenue Service
Montana
Frank J. Healy
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Butte
Silver Bow
Healy
Great Falls
East Helena
Weather Report for Montana Regions
Eastern Montana remains mostly cloudy with scattered snow in the western mountains. Warmer in the northeast, mild conditions continue in the west and south, minor changes expected Saturday. Highs 35 to 50, lows 20 to 35, southwest winds 15 to 30 mph along the eastern slopes of the Continental Divide. Western Montana cloudy with occasional snow and scattered rain or snow in valleys Friday through Saturday. no major temperature change. Highs 35 to 45.
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Montana
Continental Divide
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