Eisenhower Rebukes Wilson Over Draft Dodging Remark
President Eisenhower criticized Defense Secretary Wilson for calling National Guard draft dodging during Korea a scandal. He backed six months of basic training for new recruits while noting Guardsmen may volunteer for it. National Guard leaders and lawmakers condemned Wilson's remark, with Maj. Gen. Ellard Walsh defending Guardsmen and urging efficient training. A House Armed Services Subcommittee will hear Wilson's views as it reviews reserve programs.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wilson
Guard
House Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Ellard A. Walsh
National Guard Assn
Walsh
House
Armed Services
Brrooks
D-La
Brooks
Over 8 000 Cars Licensed Now In Silver Bow County
With two thirds of the time gone more than one third of the annual vehicle licensing task is done in Silver Bow County. Licensing began January 2 and ends February 15 to avoid arrest. About 8 300 automobile plates and 1 600 truck plates were issued by the treasurer and staff by Wednesday. Applicants must have vehicle assessment at the assessor’s office and bring the assessment slip, state certificate, and payment to the treasurer. Lines are short and service is quick.
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Silver Bow County
John E. Picard
Zellerbach Confirmed as Ambassador to Italy
James D. Zellerbach a San Francisco manufacturer and arts patron was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday to serve as ambassador to Italy.
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Washington
James D. Zellerbach
San Francisco
Senate
Italy
Montana Senate Narrowly Kills State Oil Royalty Bill
In Helena, the GOP Senate minority, aided by six Democrats, blocked a bitterly contested 12 percent oil royalty measure in the first Democratically controlled Montana Legislature in 18 years. Debate tied to Land Board protections and the removal of a 12 to 12 percent ceiling sparked sharp partisan clash and loaded rhetoric.
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GOP
Senate
Helena
Montana
Rex Hibbs
Yellowstone
A. S. Hagenston
Dawson
Land Board
George W. Wilson
Dtoole
Wilson
Arnold H. Olsen
J. Hugo Aronson
Hagenston
Revenue Bills Among Montana House Proposals
Eight revenue bills aiming to net about five million dollars yearly were presented to the Montana House of Representatives alongside 50 total measures. The package includes taxes on crude oil, metal mines, natural gas, telephone licenses, timber severance, electrical energy producers, and a higher liquor excise, plus bringing chrome stockpiling under the metal mines tax.
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Ways and
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House of Representatives
House
Senate
Nye
J. F. Reid
Board of Equalization
John Emmons
The
Ways
Loneliest Island Seeks News Through Wants Ads
Tristan da Cunha, the remote South Atlantic isle midway between Buenos Aires and Capetown, with about 250 residents, is described as bleak and wind swept. Locals spread news, and residents can place Want Ads by dialing 5451 to sell, rent, or find items.
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Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Capetown
South Africa
Garden of Eden
King Saud Welcomed by Eisenhower After NYC Snub
President Eisenhower greets King Saud at the White House and airport with warmth amid tensions over New York snub. The 55 year old monarch’s son Prince Mashhur receives checks and a full medical exam order for the boy’s mysterious paralysis. Municipal tensions with Mayor Wagner surface over accusations of anti Jewish and anti Catholic bias.
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Washington
Eisenhower
King Saud
Mideast
Saud
New York City
Robert Wagner
New York
Prince Mashhur
Howard Snyder
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
White House
Jamal Bey
Wagner
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Fulton
Sam Rayburn
Montana Atty General Faults Oil Firm Complaint
Attorney General H. Anderson told Montana lawmakers that no court would hear the nine oil firms price discrimination complaint. He found the Montana Trade Commission’s 20 000 investigation evidence insufficient and noted the case under section 94 11 12 cannot be pursued. The PSC seeks power to regulate gasoline pricing.
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Helena
Forrest H. Anderson
Montana
John T. Vance
Montana Trade Commission
Anderson
Vance
Montana Public Service Commission
Senate
House of Representatives
The
Trade Commission
Arnold H. Olsen
Supreme Court
Montana Supreme Court
Army Launches Jupiter Operation for Flood Victims
Army launches Jupiter operation to aid flood victims across Kentucky Virginia and West Virginia as 11 die and thousands homeless. Hazard Hyden Harlan County and Logan WV report fatalities and severe damage with millions in losses. Continued coverage noted.
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Army
Barbourville
Kentucky
Hazard
Harlan County
Hyden
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
S. C. van Duren
Harlan, Ky
Daily Enterprise
van Duren
Clay County
Logan
W. Va
Queenie Bennett
Virginia
Clinch River
Upper East
Tennessee
Paintsville
Prestonsburg
Prestonburg
Moonlight Triggers Fire Alarm in Choshi Suburb
A Fire Dept lookout mistook a rising full moon for a blaze in Choshi Japan prompting three engines to respond to the eastern suburbs. They found no fire, only the moonlit horizon.
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Choshi
Japan
Voter Registration Ends Today for City Primary
Registration for the city primary closes at 5 p.m. in the county clerk and recorder’s office. Voters not properly registered by then cannot cast ballots. City residents who voted last November renew automatically unless moving precinct or ward. Registration requires the clerk and recorder’s office on the courthouse second floor.
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William T. Duckham
Butte
Justice of the Peace
Mad Bomber Indicted on 47 Counts in NYC Case
A New York grand jury indicted George Metesky, 54, of Waterbury Connecticut, known as the triad bomber, on 47 counts including seven of attempted murder. He faces trial for a string of bombings and related offenses in the city.
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New York
George Metesky
Waterbury, Conn
Soviets Expel Two U.S. Military Aides
Moscow expelled two American assistant military attaches in retaliation for U S actions. Maj. Hubert E. Tansey of Arlington Virginia and Capt. Charles W Stockell of Jacksonville Florida were ordered to depart. The embassy said their stay was undesirable and provided no departure deadline.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Hubert E. Tansey
Arlington
Charles W. Stockell
Jacksonville
Fla
U.S
U. S. State Dept
Yuri P. Krylov
Washington
Vassili M. Molev
New York
Jacob Albam
Jack
Myra Soble
U. S
Charles Bohlen
N. S. Patolichev
Soviet Union
Tansey
Stockell
One Snowbound Group Reaches Trapped Trains in CHAMA NM
Army weasels battled 45 foot snow drifts and cliff ledges to reach one of two trapped trains on the Chama pass. Forty stranded railroaders were to be hauled back to Chama, while 23 more men remained stuck atop the pass with dwindling food. A plane from Albuquerque dropped supplies as snow persisted on the border area.
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Chama
N. M
Alamosa
Colo
Amos Cordova
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Colorado-New Mexico
Beaverhead Valley Acreage Bill Offered in Congress
A Wednesday introduced bill would let federal irrigation project laws exceed 160 acres for Beaverhead Valley in Montana. Senators Murray and Mansfield, Democrats, co sponsor the measure at the request of water users near the East Base unit of the Missouri River Basin project. The proposal aims to permit larger acreages for irrigation and follows long standing reclamation exemptions.
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Congressional
Murray
Mansfield
Montana
Missouri River
Beaverhead
Clark Canyon
Beaverhead Valley
Congress
House backs Ike to use forces in Middle East
The House approved by 355 to 61 a resolution authorizing the President to deploy U.S. military forces and spend up to 200 million dollars for economic aid to deter Communist expansion in the Middle East. The measure, mirroring a White House request, now heads to the Senate for action.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Middle East
House
Senate
White House
Double Slaying Suspect Denies Statement
Edward Bedwell, a 21 year old skid row drifter, testified he signed a confession alleging he helped abduct and kill the Grimes sisters but said the document was false. He claimed he and a friend removed two different girls, not Barbara and Patricia Grimes, and demanded release from jail on habeas corpus.
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Chicago
Edward
Bennie) Bedwell
Skid Row
Grimes Sisters
West Madison Street
Wilbert F. Crowley
Joseph Lohman
David Bradshaw
Bedwell
Crowley
Frank
Montana Weather With Snow and Cold Winds Ahead
East Montana sees cloudy skies with light snow spreading Thursday into Friday, winds shifting to easterly 10 to 15 mph and local strong gusts on eastern Divide slope. Temperatures reach 10 to 20 north and 20 to 30 south Thursday, dropping to 5 below to 10 above north to south Friday, with rising wind chills. West Montana expected heavy mountain snow 4 to 6 inches Thursday, ending Friday as clouds persist and temperatures fall. highs 15 to 25, lows 5 to 10, Friday highs 10 to 20.
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Montana
Divide
Soviet Diplomat Prompts Free-for-All in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires police broke up a violent clash between Communists and anti-Communists as Mikhail Kostylev arrived to present credentials to President Pedro Fr. Aramburu. His escort included six motorcycle cops and two riot trucks. Posters reading Soviet dog you did this and images of dead Hungarian workers appeared along the route, with workers removing them as Kostylev, who speaks Spanish, passed amid jeering and cheering groups.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Mikhail Kostylev
Pedro Fr. Aramburu
Kostylev
Mothers March Slated Tonight in Silver Bow County
Silver Bow County prepares for the annual Mothers March on Polio on Thursday evening. At 6 p.m. volunteer fire departments will sound 30-second siren blasts to start door-to-door donations led by general chair Mrs. John Milanovich. County sections have local chairmen guiding the drive for the March of Dimes campaign.
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Silver Bow County
John Milanovich
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