Murder Victim Is Butte Girl of 16
The report notes a 16 year old girl from Butte is the murder victim. Cuba seizes Texaco refinery in Santiago and aims at foreign oil interests. Esso and Shell face potential seizures as Castro targets American investments. Cuban Electric Company faces financial strain and leadership changes amid nationalization moves.
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Butte
Harold K. Miles
Havana
Texaco Oil Co
Santiago
Revolucion
Fidel Castro
United States
Esso
Shell
Texaco
Cuban Petroleum Institute
Shell Oil of Canada
Cuba
Esso Standard
Ike Granted Power to Slash Cuba Sugar Quotas
The House voted the President authority to reduce Cuba’s sugar quotas, sending a one year sugar act extension to Dec 31 1961 to the Senate. Rep Rivers urged immediate sanctions against Castro amid Cuban seizures of American holdings while the administration seeks quotas aligned with national interests.
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Washington
House
Cuba
Senate
Fidel Castro
United States
Caribbean
L. Mendel Rivers
D-Sc
Anaconda July 3 celebration to feature Pony Express ride
The Anaconda Independence Day program includes a Pony Express commemorative ride with relays from Philipsburg Deer Lodge and Butte to Anaconda, a parade along Park Avenue, bands from Butte and Anaconda, National Guard units, a washoe park festival with kids contests and a 6 pm baseball game, followed by a fireworks display atop hills north of the city. Local sponsors include Anaconda Company Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railway Montana Power Company and the Smeltermen's union providing support and personnel.
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Anaconda
Big Stack
Washoe Park
W. M. Callaghan
Butte
Pony Express
Philipsburg
Deer Lodge
Dillon
National Guard
Sportsmen’s Club
American Legion
Missoula
Ball Park
Anaconda Company
Jets Flyby Over Butte on Fourth Parade Day
Weather and military procedure permit a flyover by four F1011 jets from Malmstrom AFB Great Falls. The aircraft will pass over Mining City at about 1,250 feet and 460 mph, in two passes totaling 10 to 15 minutes around 10:30 a.m. Monday. FAA in Butte confirms flight details.
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Butte
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
Federal Aviation Agency
Sugar 'n Spice says girls are more law abiding than boys
London AP reports social scientist John Barron Mays of Liverpool University says in Family Doctor that girls are far less delinquent than boys and more law abiding than women, who are in turn more law abiding than men.
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London
John Barron Mays
Liverpool University
Family Doctor
Three Die in Rifle Spree Near Cahone Colorado
In a two mile countryside rampage in Dolores County three people were killed and a fourth, David Johnson, was wounded but survived. Sheriff Leonard Higgins tied the shootings to a long running land dispute between Everett Johnson and James Vettie and noted Margie Vettie witnessed part of the attack. The incident began at the Vettie farm and extended to a highway crew site as Johnson moved his rifle between locations.
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Cahone
Colo
Colorado
Everett Johnson
Leona Vettie
James Vettie
Johnson
David
Leonard Higgins
Vettie
Margie
David Johnson
Vettie Place
Higgins
Dolores County
Cortez
Minimum Wage Bill Approved By House Despite Revisions
The House passed a scaled down minimum wage measure 341 to 72 sending it to the Senate. It lowers the rate from 1.25 to 1.15 per hour and ends overtime for newly covered workers, extending to about 1.4 million workers in multi state chains.
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Washington
House
Senate
A. Paul Kitchin
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Lookout on Job Week Early Spots Seasons First Fire
A swift moving lightning fire near Butte was controlled quickly Thursday evening because a forest lookout went on duty a week early. The Buffalo Creek blaze in the Boulder district was the season's first in Deer Lodge Forest. The 1.5 acre fire northeast of Butte was spotted by Dave Elies and two others at Haystack lookout.
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Butte
Buffalo Creek
Boulder District
Deer Lodge Forest
Dave Elies
Haystack Lookout
Forest Service
Missoula
Boulder
John Johnson
George Kore
Body of Shari McEwen Identified by FBI Test
FBI laboratories in Washington identified the murdered Butte girl Shari Thomasine McEwen 16 as the victim found in a gully south of the city. A 21 year old Butte man was held after admitting he was with her the night she disappeared. Funeral services are planned Friday at 2 pm in Wayrynen Chapel with private interment at Mount Moriah.
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FBI Laboratories
Washington
Butte
Shari Thomasine McEwen
Fred McEwen
Clark
Bill Dalling
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Andy Aleksich
Clearvold
Mount Moriah
Miss McEwen
Emil Bruhn
Bruhn
McEwen
Wayrynen Chapel
Milwaukee Tracks
Butte Trap
Milwaukee
Maurice Hennessey
Dalling
Frank Harper
Kelly
Aleksich
John Gardner
William Duckham
James Clark
Hennessey
Shari
West Broadway
Shari McEwen
Mother Describes Daughter Found Murdered in Walkerville
Grief fills the McEwen home as 16 year old Shari Thomasine McEwen is identified by FBI lab in Washington after a murder near Walkerville. Parents recall last sighting Friday June 10 and say she never hurt anyone.
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Shari Thomasine McEwen
Walkerville
Fred McEwen
Shari
McEwen
FBI
Washington
Clark
Senate Votes to Adjourn Ahead of Conventions
The Senate approved a five week adjournment 63 to 26 to return Aug 8 after the national party conventions. House Republicans debated a later return while Speaker Rayburn predicted a recess, with talks of an Aug 15 resumption. Johnson and Dirksen backed the plan amid partisan contention and campaign stakes.
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Senate
Fred
Hoffman
Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Johnson
Pelly
Kennedy
Rayburn
Montana Weather Forecast East and West Regions
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers Friday through Saturday. East highs 80 to 90 Friday, 75 to 85 Saturday with Friday night lows 45 to 60 and Saturday night cooler. West region partly cloudy with lighter thundershowers and highs 75 to 85 for both days, Friday night 49 to 55.
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Montana
Eisenhower Vetoes Bill to Raise Federal Pay
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill boosting pay for 17 million federal workers by about 764 million dollars annually. He criticized lobbying by postal workers and warned of political pressure surrounding passage. The House scheduled a vote on sustaining the veto. overrides have been rare in his presidency. The measure would raise pay for 535,000 postal workers and other federal employees effective July 1.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Civil Service
Foreign Service
Veterans Administration
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Judiciary Branch
Congressional
Northern Pacific Plans Major Upgrade on Helena Winston Line
Helena AP report says Northern Pacific Railway will spend over 850000 to upgrade the Helena to Winston main line. 12.2 miles of continuous welded rail will be laid and ballast refreshed on nearly 17 miles of track, aiming for completion by mid August.
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Helena
Northern Pacific Railway
Winston
Don King
Missoula
NP Division
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Enrique Otulski Ozacki
Raul Curbelo Morales
Cuban Electric Co
The
American Foreign Power Co
Otulski
Cuban Electric
U.S
Cuban National Bank
EBL
By Frank Quinn
Silver Bow County
James S. Kelly
Sherman Grade
Butte High School
Don Eich
William Egan
William Gasper
Martha McEwen
Gop
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Thruston B. Morton
William Proxmire
Morton
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
iRep
Thomas M. Pelly
Wash
Dirksen
Montana Weather
Billings
Belgrade Broadus
A Butte
Cut Bank
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
West Yellowstone
Northern Pacific
Helena-Winston Line
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