Butte youths set for holiday fish derby kickoff
More than 1,500 Butte boys and girls under 15 will fish Bell creek Thursday from 8 a.m. to noon as the opening event of the Fourth of July celebration. George McCarthy and Joe Boyle co-chair the derby with judges from American Legion and Active Club. Over 9,000 trout have been planted for the contest and prizes await the largest catch.
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Butte
Bell Creek
Montana
George McCarthy
Joe Boyle
Boyle
George W. Tippett
Boise
American Legion
Active Club
Naranche Memorial Stadium
Polack Brothers
Civic Center
Harlem Globetrotters
Clark Park
Big Butte
Butte Jaycees
Narancie Memorial Stadium
Truman Predicts No Southern Bolt At Bull Shoals Dams
President Truman warned the South there will be no bolt from the Democratic party as he dedicated Bull Shoals and Norfolk dams in Arkansas. He argued Democratic rule has benefited the region and signaled a Fair Deal platform focus while opposing private power interests and standpatters.
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Bull Shoals Dam
Ark
Truman
Bull Shoals
Norfolk
White House
Batesville
Newport
Washington
Arkansas
South
Franklin D. Roosevelt Truman
White River
Norfolk Dam
North Fork River
Fair Trade Bill Passes Senate
The Senate approved a fair trade measure 64 to 16 allowing manufacturers to fix minimum prices on brand-name goods aimed at overturning a 1951 Supreme Court ruling. Supporters and opponents sparred over anti trust concerns with Justice Department opposition noted.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizona
Justice Department
Wayne Morse
R-Ore
House
Morse
Supreme Court
Butte High Band Benefit Dance On Sale For LA Trip
Tickets for a state wide square dance to support the Butte high school band trip to Los Angeles and coast cities went on sale. Funds from the event at Columbia Gardens pavilion will cover travel and expenses with Gene Tuttle and others donating calling services and the Favorite dance band providing music. Dancing runs 9 to 12 with tickets at the Civic Center and through band members and the Band Parents association.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte High School
Los Angeles
Civic Center
Butte High Band
Band Parents’ Association
Butte Square Dance
Square Dance Group
Tom Mellett
Gene and
Bella Tuttle
Joe Shaw
Tim Taylor
George St. George
Lloyd Crippen
Dave Adams
Milton Wulf
Howard Elderkin
Tom Bradley
Babe Evered
Jim Chancellor
Joe Mooney
Lloyd Gunderson
Bill Donovan
John Hazen
Jim Henry
Mr. Mellett
Beautiful Gardens
Butte
Butte High School Band Parents’ Association
E. J. Nash
William Sampson
al Kilmer
Sam Wooster
Art Rosenstein
Walter Quinton
New Swing Installed for Children at Columbia Gardens
A new rubber seated swing with metal chains will debut at Columbia Gardens on Children’s Day. Supervisors and first aid staff will staff the area, with free bus rides for all children under 14 coordinated by Anaconda Copper Mining Co on a 9 am 20 minute schedule from Park and Main.
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Columbia Gardens
Ted Beech
Anaconda
Lattimore Urged for Grand Jury Perjury Probe
Senate investigators charged Owen Lattimore as a conscious instrument of a Soviet conspiracy and urged a grand jury to consider perjury charges for him and diplomat John P. Davies Jr. after a 17 month probe into the Institute of Pacific Relations. Lattimore denies the accusations and calls for full transcripts to be made public.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Owen Lattimore
Justice Department
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lattimore
John P. Davies, Jr
Internal Security
McCarren
Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Institute
China
IPR
Johns Hopkins University
Pacific Affairs
Allied raiders blast bunkers near Panmunjom in Korea
Near the Panmunjom truce site in western Korea Allied raiders attacked hillside Communist bunkers using flame throwers and explosives. The assault north of Korangpo left many Communist dead as heavy artillery and air strikes supported Allied units amid fog and rain.
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Seoul
Panmunjom
Korea
Korangpo
United Nations
Yondon
T-Bone
Baldy
Far East Air Forces
Tokyo
North Korea
Montanan Killed When Truck Hits Car in California
BEAUMONT Calif July 2. August Priebe 65 Brockton Mont and Jess H Conner 44 Toledo Oregon were killed when Priebe turned onto Highway 99 and collided with a truck driven Reginald Turvin Auburndale Fla The Priebe auto was cut in two and dragged 160 feet Their wives Clara Priebe 60 and Mabel Louise Conner 39 were not expected to live They were taken to San Gorgonio Pass hospital Turvin and his passenger W R Horton of Haines City Fla escaped serious injury
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Beaumont
Calif
Priebe
Brockton
Mont
Jess H. Conner
Toledo
Ore
Highway 99
Reginald Turvin
Auburndale
Fla
California Highway Patrol
Clara Priebe
Mabel Louise Conner
San Gorgonio Pass
Turvin
Parenger
W. R. Horton
Haines City
Three Catholic Priests Seized by Reds Near Berlin
Three Chicago diocese priests and their German driver were seized at the Berlin border by rifle armed Communist police and driven into the Soviet zone after a camera incident. United States demanded their release. the four captives included Mrs Catherine Wintzler, a Berlin NCWC employee, and are reported held at Madinow in the Russian sector.
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Berlin
Chicago
United States
U. S
Cralog
Germany
J. J. J. Norris
Elizabeth
N. J
National Catholic Welfare Conference
Frankfurt
NCWC
Martin Borowcczyk
George Gorski
Bronislaus Sikolowski
Katherine
House to Subpoena Dr Edward A Condon on Atomic Security
The House un American activities committee said it will subpoena Dr Edward A Condon former director of the National Bureau of Standards. A 1948 subcommittee labeled Condon a weak link in atomic security and linked him to suspected Soviet spies.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Condon
Butte Weather Forecast and Regional Outlook
Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday and Thursday night. Butte ranges from 42 to 74 with 12 midnight Tuesday to 5:30 pm Wednesday. Airport 36 to 70. School of Mines 36 to 68. West of Divide 70 to 80 with few mountain showers. East of Divide 75 to 85 and fair.
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School of Mines
Divide
Associated Press
Max
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Steel firms unite against union shop demands
A unnamed source said major steel company executives met secretly in Cleveland and agreed to maintain a united front against the CIO United Steelworkers. They insist workers must be allowed to work regardless of union membership and cannot back down on the union shop issue.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Cleveland
United
Voters to decide rail tax hike in Montana election
Montana voters will decide in the November general election whether to raise the state gasoline tax by one cent per gallon. The measure seeks about 1.8 million dollars yearly for road building, with petition signatures sufficient in 40 counties.
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Helena
Montana
Sam W. Mitchell
Mitchell
Boulder State Training School
Warm Springs State Hospital
Communists Present New POW Plan in Korea Talks
In Munsan Korea on Thursday Communists proposed a new plan to settle the last Korea truce issue and asked for secret consideration on Friday. They demand forced repatriation of non Korean POWs including Chinese and Allies while softening their stance on Korean prisoners. Allies assess the proposal cautiously with UN spokesman Brig Gen William P Nuckols noting it can be interpreted many ways.
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Munsan
Korea
William P. Nuckols
Maj
23 Republican Governors Demand Contested Delegates Barred
Twenty three Republican governors urged that contested delegates be barred from voting on seating disputed delegates at the Republican National Convention. The move targets the Taft Eisenhower split with 72 delegates involved in seven states and could affect the convention's outcome in Chicago. Governors Warren California and others signed the statement supporting both Taft and Eisenhower factions. The new GOP chairman Allan Shivers aims for nonpartisan policies after his election.
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Houston
Texas
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Shivers
GOP National Committee
Eisenhower
Chicago
Walter Hallanan
West Virginia
Guy G. Gabrielson
Republican Party
U. S
Earl Warren
California
J. Bracken Lee
Utah
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Lyman H Bennett Retires From District Bench
Virginia City July 2 District Judge Lyman H Bennett Sr veteran Fifth Judicial district of Madison Beaverhead and Jefferson counties has announced retirement effective July 1 after 25 years on the bench He plans to return to general law practice in Virginia City He earlier served as Madison county attorney in 1919 1920 and was appointed to the district bench in 1921 by Gov Joseph Dixon He pursued education at Virginia City High School Montana State College and Stanford University before practice in Butte Then Dillon and finally Virginia City He and his son Lyman H Bennett Jr will again practice together with offices at his residence in Virginia City
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Virginia City
Lyman H. Bennett
Madison
Beaverhead
Jefferson Counties
Bennett
Madison County
Joseph Dixon
William A. Clark
Henry G. Rodgers
Judge Bennett
Idaho Street
Montana State College
Bozeman
Leland Stanford University
California
Butte
Dillon
Sam V. Stewart
Helena
Lyman H. Bennett, Jr
Pension Increases Voted by House
The House approved pension raises for about 166,000 retired federal workers and 24,000 widows and children in a voice vote. The measure, costing about 30 million dollars, now goes back to the Senate for approval after House changes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Typhoon Rips Through Central Philippines Killing Dozens
A typhoon with winds up to 115 mph battered six south central Philippine islands, leaving more than 10,000 homeless on Cebu and causing crop damage over 2.5 million dollars. Reports say at least 10 people died, with several vessels missing as the storm moved toward Palawan.
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Manila
Philippines
South China Sea
Cebu
Iloilo
Cebu City
Mindanao
Leyte
Bohol
Negros
Panay Islands
Palawan
Taft Finishes Georgia Sweep as Eisenhower Forces Mobilize
Chicago July 2 AP taft wins 17 Georgia votes while bracing for a hard fight at the Republican national convention. Eisenhower backers bring in Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to bolster the drive against taft tactics. Dewey criticizes the convention as a Russian dictatorship as he arrives from Texas. Eisenhower plans a Denver to Chicago whistle stop and vows a clean operation. Dewey denies committing to nominating Eisenhower and avoids a firm pledge to lead the Ike campaign.
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Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Georgia
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
Taft
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Dewey
Houston
Texas
Denver
Ike
Aldermen Urge 4-Lane Traffic Plan For Butte Streets
Two Butte aldermen proposed converting busy streets to four-lane traffic to speed city travel. Aldermen Terry W. Kelly and Edward J. Hastings urged the plan at a Wednesday council session and suggested markers to replace frequent repainting. A separate request seeks a new park about 2 acres in the Ridgeview development bounded by Ottawa Massachusetts Farragut and North Drive with a park meeting next Monday at 7 30 p m.
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Butte
Terry W. Kelly
Edward J. Hastings
First Ward
East Park Street
Montana
Arizona
Granite
Wyoming
Harrison
Ridgeview Club
New Butte
Coas
Kathryn L. Langen
Vic O'Leary
Parks and Playgrounds Committee
Ottawa
Massachusetts
Farragut
North Drive
Execution Stayed For Vancouver Double Death Sentence
The U S Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals indefinitely stayed the executions of Turman and Utah Wilson, sentenced to death for the killing of 18 year old Joe Ann Dewey in Vancouver Washington. The men were convicted in March.
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San Francisco
U.P
U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Turman
Utah Wilson
Joe Ann Dewey
Vancouver
Wash
March
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