Arguments Over Exhibits Slow Trial in Padbury Case
The Helena mail fraud trial of District Judge George W. Padbury Jr. and John and Louise Phillips faced delays as the court weighed defense objections to admitting state tax refund applications and related records as evidence. Witnesses linked to state records testified while questions about chain of custody and seal use continued.
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Helena
Dist
George W. Padbury Jr
W. D. Murray
Butte
Padbury
John
Louise Phillips
U.S. Dist
Atty
Krest Cyr
Archie E. Simon
Clyde Gummow
M. William McEnaney
Simon
State Board of Equalization
Gummow
McEnaney
Attorney General's Office
Murray
Theodore L. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
A. L. Winston
Phillips
S. N. Snyder
State to Sell 13 Homes Today for Highway Clearance
The Montana Highway Commission will auction 13 residences and outbuildings Thursday at 1 PM DST to clear the route of a new four lane highway on the Butte Anaconda road. Bids open in Lewis Chittim's office on La Salle Street. properties on Alabama West Iron Travonia and South Jackson Streets.
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Montana Highay Commission
Lewis Chittim
Montana Highway Commission
la Salle Street
Butte-Anaconda
Henry’s Drive
Montana and
Iron Streets
Alabama
West Iron
Travonia
Southackson
Fishing Derby highlighted Jubilee activities in Butte
More than 800 children will fish in the Butte Kiwanis Diamond Jubilee Fish Derby on Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon as part of Butte’s 75th Birthday Party. The event is one of many, including an Independence Day parade, Indian teepee displays, baseball at Clark Park, and a power company pasty contest, with over 4,000 fish planted in the creek to date.
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Butte
Butte Kiwanis Club
Diamond Jubilee Events Today Bring Festivities to Butte
Children’s Day activities run 8 a.m. to noon with a Kiwanis fish derby on Bell Creek. Registration for Homecoming at the Chamber of Commerce from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A manufacturing exhibit opens at the Chamber, and armed forces equipment is on display at Butte Airport from morning until dark. Pasty contest at Montana Power Co. runs 8 a.m. to noon, followed by fishing derby awards at Naranche Memorial Stadium. Chief Paul Charlo and the Flathead Indian Tribe arrive at 7 p.m. Civic Center grounds, with Butte Copper League baseball at Clark Park at 7 p.m.
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Civic Center
Butte
Paul Charlo
Butte Civic Center
Clark Park
Montana Power Co
Chamber of Commerce
Cliff Raymond
Kiwanis Club Committee
Bell Creek
Naranche Memorial Stadium
Civic Center Grounds
Butte Copper League
Eight Policemen Wounded In Indianapolis Gunman Rampage
A mental patient shot eight police officers and his wife during a two hour gun battle in his shabby Indianapolis home. Howard Ellis, 64, was killed by gunfire after an armored car breached the back yard and officers entered. Ellis had held off more than 50 responders with rifle and pistol fire, damaging the one story house and filling it with teargas. Ellis’s wife Janie was wounded and told police her husband had gone berserk after threatening to call welfare ward residents.
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Indianapolis
Howard Ellis
Welfare Department
Ellises
New Seismograph Equipment Installed at Montana School of Mines
A new Wil son Lamison seismometer and related gear were installed at the Montana School of Mines to enhance sensitivity. The station’s vertical and two horizontal components will track Earth motion and report daily to the U S Coast and Geodetic Survey for earthquake localization. Frank Werner of the Lake Mead Seismological Survey installed the equipment with Prof Nile’s assistance.
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Montana School of Mines
United States
Stephen W. Nile
Montana
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Frank Werner
Lake Mead Seismological Survey
Hoover Dam
Boulder City
Nev
Nile
Missoula Bartender Charged With Murder
In Missoula a 28 year old bartender George James Hoover faces a first degree murder charge for the death of 55 year old rancher Paul Miller. Judge Albert Besancon set bond at 5000 dollars and assigned counsel. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 am Thursday. A prior first degree assault charge in justice court was dismissed. County Attorney Robert O Doh avon said others may be implicated. Hoover was arrested on the assault charge the previous Monday.
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Missoula
U.P
George James Hoover
Paul Miller
Bitterroot Valley
Albert Besancon
Hoover
Justice Court
Robert O’donovan
Hundreds Dead Feared in Piedras Negras Flood
Rescue workers report 38 bodies found in Piedras Negras as floods from the Rio Grande devastate the border city. Officials warn the death toll could reach 200 to 500 with up to 15,000 homeless and 7,000 refugees lacking water and shelter in the hills.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Rio Grande
Piedras Negras
Mexico
H. G. Walker
U. S
Earl Gossett
Texas Highway Patrol
Surgeon General of
Salvador H. Vela
Vela
Gossett
McCarthy Aides Denied Clearance by Defense Dept
Washington two McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee aides were refused clearance to inspect secret material by the Defense Department. The subcommittee also received an Army report on Maj Irving Peress the New York City dentist named Fifth Amendment Communist by Sen McCarthy The Army letter suggested officers were disciplined over the Peress matter and noted steps to prevent recurrence.
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Washington
McCarthy Investigations Subcommittee
Defense Department
Army
Maj
Irving Peress
New York City
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Peress
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Stevens
Governor and General to Lead Butte Parade Monday
Gov Hugo J Aronson and Brig Gen S H Mitchell of the Montana National Guard will attend Butte’s Independence Day parade as part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration. Armored units with a 20 ton tank and 40 ton tank retriever will join the procession, with the display open at Butte airport daily 9 am to dark.
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Montana National Guard
Butte
Air Force Base
San Bernardino
Calif
National Guard
James Barfknecht
Herbert Goodwin
C. K. Trinder
P. L. Kincheloe
Helena
John W. Moore
T. J. Stein
Vernon Michaelson
James Vetter
Hugo J. Aronson
S. H. Mitchell
Armed Forces
Missoula Airman Reported Alive in Red Captivity
Vista California mother says the U S Air Force informed her son Captain Elmer F Llewellyn of Missoula Montana is alive in Communist captivity in China with 14 other Air Force personnel. He and 13 crew mates were shot down behind enemy lines in Korea on January 13 1953.
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Vista
Calif
U. S. Air Force
Elmer F. Llewellyn
Missoula
Mont
China
H. L. Suter
Llewellyn
Korea
Eisenhower Rejects Any Treaty That Makes Anyone A Slave
President Eisenhower said the West must live peacefully with Russia but will not back any agreement that enslaves any nation. He contrasted with Churchill urging a real effort to avoid atomic war, warning geopolitics require no appeasement or bondage to communism.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
Churchill
White House
President Says Oppenheimer Can File Appeal
President Eisenhower said on a fast moving news conference that if Dr J Robert Oppenheimer wants to appeal the 4 1 Atomic Energy Commission ruling barring him from secrets he will be listened to. He noted the commission is trusted and he sent them a troubling report last December. He declined to resolve the case further, deferring to the AEC for the final word.
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Washington
Eisenhower
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atomic Energy Commission
Oppenheimer
Nixon
Dr. Oppenheimer
State Acheson
Truman
China
Korea
Indochina
Senate Defeats GOP on Income Tax Plans in Senate Vote
The Senate rejected both Republican and Democratic income tax cut proposals in a 49 to 46 roll call, delivering a setback to GOP aims and a win for the Eisenhower administration. The debate centered on personal exemptions and dividend tax relief, with key figures including Sen. George, Sen. Millikin, and Sen. Langer among others.
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Senate
Democratic
Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Langer
R-Nd
Morse
Byrd
Holland
Fla
Robertson
Johnson
Cole
Young
McCarthy
R-Wis
George
D-Ga
Dulles Hails Guatemala Overthrow as Red Counterattack Failing
Secretary of State Dulles praised the ousting of Guatemala's pro Communist government as a new victory against Red encroachments. He warned communism remains a threat worldwide and pledged U S effort to improve conditions to prevent further spread.
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Washington
Dulles
Guatemala
United States
Free World
Cloudy Showers and Cooler Through Thursday Across Regions
The forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions with showers and thundershowers Thursday and partly cloudy nights. Daytime highs range from 60 to 70 with cooler west and warmer extreme east. Night lows around 45 to 50, and periods of rain and scattered thunderstorms expected Thursday into Friday.
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Divide
Guatemala Peace Parley Starts In El Salvador Mediation
El Salvador's President Oscar Osorio mediates talks between rival Guatemalan leaders Col Elfego Monzon and Col Carlos Castillo Armas. The three met behind closed doors for two hours and discussed forming a coalition to oust the Arbenz era Communist influence in Central America.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Oscar Osorio
Osorio
Central America
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Nuevo Ocotepeque
Elfego Monzon
Carlos Castillo Armas
Honduras
Arbenz
Anaconda Manhunt for Father in Infant’s Brutal Slaying
Harold J. Carlson, 41, is sought after his five month old son Stephen James Carlson was battered to death on a Cabin No. 2 sidewalk in Anaconda. The attack occurred Wednesday afternoon near 713 E Commercial as witnesses saw the father snatch the child and strike his head on concrete. The other child, Marietta Joyce, 2, was unharmed. An autopsy is planned.
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Anaconda
Harold J. Carlson
North Dakota
Warm Springs
Walter Derray
Tom
Stephen James Carlson
Tagus
N.D
Deer Lodge
George M. Hartsell
Arthur A. Longfellow
Longfellow
Carlson
Louise Peltier Carlson
Carls
Truman Condition Improves, Doctors Say
Kansas City reports former President Harry S. Truman shows progressive improvement as doctors announce his condition is better. The hospital spokesman cites steady recovery and ongoing treatment.
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Truman
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
House Approves $3.37 Billion Foreign Aid Plan
The House passed a $3.3686 billion foreign assistance program with only 109 million in cuts. An advisory amendment blocks $800 million for Southeast Asia if governments vow to keep communism, linked to Eden’s call for nonaggression pacts with China.
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Washington
House
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Senate
Congress
Asia
Anthony Eden
China
Europe
Far East
Pacific
Africa
India
Latin America
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Drummond Seeenenenere
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