US proposes ten month ban on H-bomb testing
The United States urged a ten month moratorium on all atomic and H-bomb tests at the UN Disarmament Subcommittee. Harold Stassen outlined conditions: halt production of nuclear materials in 1959, enforceable controls, and a limited disarmament treaty. Soviet and Western delegates welcomed the move, with talks aimed at a detailed inspection system.
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London
United States
Harold E. Stassen
U.S
U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee
Russia
West
Valerian Zorin
Stassen
Moscow
Soviet Union
Selwyn Lloyd
Franch
Jules Moch
Lloyd
Zorin
Britain
France
Canada
Butte July Fourth Parade Formations Announced
Parade marshals led by Vern Griffith and Don Satterthwaite listed the complete parade entries for Butte’s Fourth of July event to be staged Thursday at 10 am. With four divisions, formations span Granite and Wyoming streets, and the route runs through Broadway Montana Park Arizona Utah Front Harrison Majors to the Civic Center. A free dance opens the celebration Wednesday night at Columbia Gardens.
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Butte
Vern Griffith
Don Satterthwaite
Satterthwaite
William Daley
E. B. Wainwright
B. J. Riley
William Dalling
Bernard Sullivan
Donald Wedlake
Ray McMillan
Lester Franks
Granite Street
Main
Wyoming
Montana
Granite
Broadway
Park
Arizona
Utah
Harrison
Majors
Civic Center
Columbia Gardens
State Fund Ends Year in Black
Montana is expected to show a general fund balance in the black for the year ended June 30, per J. F. Reid of the state tax agency. Atty. Gen. Forrest H. Anderson noted the possibility of a rare event where all bills could be demanded at once. The June 30, 1957 balance stood at 3,543,825 with adjustments for an advance payment by The Anaconda Company. The true cash balance was 2,506,224, down from two years prior, and official totals await July 20 after a 20 day grace period for payments.
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Helena
Montana
J. F. Reid
State Tax Agency
Atty
Forrest H. Anderson
Board of Equalization
Reid
Anaconda Company
Body of Missing Child Found in Rogue River
Grants Pass Oregon reports the body of 5 year old Cheryl Lea Johnston found Tuesday downstream from Matson State Park after a mass search by more than 2000 people. She disappeared Saturday from a children’s picnic while wearing only a bathing suit. Daughter of Mrs Maxine Johnston of Grants Pass.
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Grants Pass
Ore
Cheryl Lea Johnston
Rogue River
Matson State Park
Rogue
Maxine Johnston
Anderson Wins Senate Okay for Treasury Secretary Post
Robert B. Anderson won Senate confirmation to succeed George M. Humphrey as secretary of the treasury. He will serve on standby until Humphrey resigns later this month or in August with a voice vote in the Senate and unanimous Finance Committee approval.
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Washington
Robert B. Anderson
Senate
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Defense
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Low Bid Won for Kalispell Air Force Station
The J. G. Watts Construction Co. of Salem Oregon submitted the low bid of 2 513 746 for building an Air Force station near Kalispell Montana. Nine bids total were below the government estimate of 3 291 639 with sev en buildings at a cantonment site and four buildings at an operations site. The runner up bid was 2 539 936 by Riedesel Construction Co. of Billings Montana.
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Seattle
J. G. Watts Construction Co
Salem
Ore
Kalispell
Mont
Corps of Engineers
Senators to Have Long Weekend
The Senate will hold only a formal session Friday at noon and exit with no speeches or business. A unanimous consent extended Fourth of July holiday weekend was approved.
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Washington
Senate
Iran Earthquakes Cause Massive Deaths and Destruction
Tehran reports hundreds killed across northern Iran near the Caspian region as a two minute quake centered near Mt. Demavand devastates at least 120 towns and villages. Toll tops 200 dead with many thousands injured and widespread property damage from the Elburz arc.
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Tehran
Tran
Iran
Baku
Caspian Sea
Elburz
Caspian
Soviet Asia
Nianeh
Azerbaijan
Veramin
Durgan
Demavend
Mt. Demavand
Navak
Firizkuh
Ministry of Justice
Tehran- Caspian Sea
Protests End Restrictions On GI Foreign Trials Debate
Secretary of Defense Wilson warned that ending foreign trials for GIs would force withdrawal of U S forces worldwide as the Bow resolution faces House debate. The Foreign Affairs Committee split 18 to 8 in favor, amid questions over jurisdiction and the Girard case involving a shooting in Japan. The Supreme Court agreed to hear related arguments next week. A Republican minority argued the measure would aid anti American pressure abroad.
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Washington
Wilson
U. S
Burleson
D-Tex
America
Army Sp. 3.C
William S. Girard
Japan
Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Supreme Court
Rep
Vouts
Ohio
Bow
Jewelry Recovered From Tin Can Near Great Falls
Great Falls police recovered about $34,000 worth of jewelry from a tin can in a gravel pit near the city. Police say the items were part of an estimated $40,000 stolen from Mrs. Rozan Thomas's home last week. The papers and strong box were also recovered. no arrests have been made.
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Great Falls
Tony Coppens
Rozan Thomas
Coppens
House Group Rejects Bill to Hells Canyon Dam
The House Interior Subcommittee voted 15 to 12 to strike all but enabling clauses from the Hells Canyon dam bill, sending it to the Interior Committee. Rep. Gracie Pfost urged continued effort while opponents warn the measure could die in committee or on the floor.
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Washington P
House Interior
Hells Canyon Dam
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Idaho
Oregon
Interior Committee
Hells Canyon
House
Gracie Pfost
Senate
Eisenhower
Eight Die in Wyoming Head-On Crash Near Rock Springs
A head-on collision on U S Highway 30 west of Rock Springs killed eight people, including five of six soldiers from Ft. Lewis bound home after basic training and three Green River residents. The injured included one soldier near death, and an inquest is planned. authorities note the crash may involve the soldiers’ car being on the wrong side of the road.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming
Red Desert
Here
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Green River
Harry Lankford
Hugh Thomas
Willie R. Brown
Sevierville
Tenn
William D. Erwin
Big Spring
Tex
James L. Steen
Evergreen
Ala
Harold L. Goessman
Malvern
Ark
Donnie P. Reason
Walstonburg
N. C
Bert L. Combs
Covington
Forrest
Sweetwater Hospital
Wyoming Highway Patrol
Rawlins
Continental Divide
Who First Led The Life of Riley Phrase Origin
The origin of the phrase is unclear though a popular 1883 song "'Is that Mr Reilly?" by an unknown writer is linked to it. The note adds a phone number 5451 for Want ads to sell items and attract buyers.
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Mr. Reilly
Riley Phone 5451
Dulles Sees End Of Red Rule In Russia And China
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles expressed confidence free governments will supplant Communist rule in the Soviet Union and Red China, with change coming by evolution or possibly revolution. He cautioned against predicting timing and noted more revolutionary sentiment in China than in Russia.
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Dulles
Russia
China
Washington
U.P
John Foster Dulles
Red China
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
U. S
San Francisco
United States
Ex-Montana Teacher’s Killer Gets Life Term in Oregon
Governor Holmes commuted George F. Sack’s death sentence for the 1954 murder of his wife Goldie Sack to life imprisonment. Sack, a former Great Falls teacher, had escaped execution in December after a last minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The governor cited opposition to capital punishment and noted Oregon’s legislature has passed a death penalty ban resolution awaiting a statewide vote.
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Salem
Ore
U.P
Robert D. Holmes
George F. Sack
Sack
State Penitentiary
U.S. Supreme Court
Goldie
Great Falls, Mont
Portland
Oregon
Montana Air Force Pilot Killed In California Crash
1st Lt. Melvin M. King of Fort Benton Montana died when his Air Force F100D Super Sabre crashed near Lucerne Valley dry lake about 9:45 a.m. while on a local training flight from George AFB. He was assigned to the 34th Fighter Day Squadron of the 413th Fighter Day Group.
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Victorville
Calif
U.P
Lucerne Valley Dry Lake
Air Force
Melvin M. King
Fort Benton
Mont
Sharon
Adelanto
George Air Force Base
King
413Th
Montana Tax Collections Rise As State Revenue Grows
Montana tax collections for the year ended June 30 totaled 39.50 million dollars, up from 38.42 million the prior year. Motor fuels led receipts at about 20.85 million, while individual income tax withheld rose by 757,879 but overall income tax declined by 784,305 as delinquents collections ease.
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Helena
Montana
J. F. Reid
Board of Equalization
Pullman
Reid
Train bursts into restaurant after truck crash in San Miguel
In San Miguel California a Southern Pacific freight train struck a truck at a crossing Tuesday. Four gondola cars loaded with sugar beets derailed and one crashed into Paul Jones’s restaurant injuring Jones and two others lightly.
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San Miguel
Calif
Paul Jones
Southern Pacific
Jones
Senate approves large defense bill boosting annual military funds
Senate passed a $34.534 billion defense bill by a unanimous 74 to 0 vote, topping the House total by nearly $971 million. The measure funds the Air Force, Navy and Marines, Army, interservice programs, and the defense secretary's office for the new fiscal year, with most money requested by President Eisenhower. The bill heads to a House Senate conference, with amendments on competition and waste reduction approved.
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Senate
House
House Compromise Committee
Eisenhower
Air Force
Army
Secretary of Defense
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
Sen. O'Mahoney
Dwye
Congress
Defense Dept
300 Free Homes In Flooded St Louis Area
The Meramec River cresting at 32 feet forced about 300 residents from Valley Park and nearby zones with 100 homes flooded in Valley Park and two blocks of the business district submerged. Evacuations began after torrential rains and a coordinated response from Coast Guardsmen, police and volunteers with boats patrolling the river. The Weather Bureau forecast a fall to 31.3 feet by Wednesday and river containment by Friday evening.
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ST. Louis
A.P
Merameck River
Valley Park
Tescott
Kan
Miami
United States
Mississippi
Coast
Montana Weather Outlook for East and West Regions
Montana region east sees mostly fair conditions Wednesday with scattered activity Thursday and no major temperature change. Highs 75 to 85, lows 45 to 55, Thursday highs 70 to 80. West region partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with scattered afternoon thunderstorms and little temperature change. Highs 70 to 78, lows 40 to 50. The table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums end at 5 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Highway Death Toll Reaches 88 in State
Mrs J Hunt of Miles City died when the car left U S Highway 10 and struck a power pole east of Miles City. The 34 year old was ejected while her husband and Rupert McLaughlin survived. McLaughlin said he drove the vehicle as the trio headed to Miles City from Terry where he had signed for a July 4 rodeo. The Montana 1957 highway toll rose to 88 versus 120 last year. Helena patrols plan a Fourth of July safety drive with 100 uniformed troopers, 90 cars and extra staff to curb violations and reduce fatalities.
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Miles City
J. €. Hunt
U. S. Highway 10
John Driscoll
Hunt
Rupert McLaughlin
McLaughlin
S. C
Terry
Montana
Helena
Alex B. Stephenson
Highway Patrol
Missing Pakistan Airliner With 24 Aboard
Pakistan International Airlines said the missing plane with 24 aboard has not been found as reported earlier. The one hour flight from Chittagong to Dacca disappeared Monday and initial signals suggested crash in a rice field with all aboard safe.
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Dacca
East Pakistan
Pakistan International Airlines
Chittagong
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