McMahon urges continued atomic bomb production and stockpiling
Senator McMahon of Connecticut argues the United States must continue to manufacture and stockpile atomic bombs given the current global state. He lists four options if international control fails, including a large stockpile and potential war, while endorsing pacific uses of by products and research on civilian applications.
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Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
United States
Senate
Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Wording of Pact Deadlocks Talks
Washington July 6. A deadlock in wartime coal contract talks between northern operators and John L. Lewis UMWA president risks a strike Tuesday as the 10 day vacation ends. Lewis and operators remain behind closed doors over contract language affecting Taft Hartley immunity. If not resolved by midnight Monday the no contract no work policy could halt mines indefinitely.
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Washington
Northern Coal
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Jyet
George Humphrey
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Benjamin Fairless
United States Steel Corporation
Humphrey
Fairless
United States Steel
Youth Drowns in Yellowstone National Park
Leo Monson of Glenwood Minnesota drowned in Slide Lake near Mammoth Lodge in Yellowstone National Park. The death was reported from the park today with details limited in the fragment.
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Yellowstone
Yellowstone National Park
Leo Monson
Glenwood
Minn
Slide Lake
Yellowstone National
Lightning Strikes Fifty At Colorado Track
A Sunday lightning storm hit a crowd of about 2 000 at a Colorado Springs area race track injuring 50 spectators. Five were hospitalized, including Darylin Lauderan in critical condition. Others suffered burns, shocks, or paralysis but none were listed as in grave danger. Teenagers Oliver Howes and Johnny Dullicross aided victims with artificial respiration.
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Chicago
U.P
National Safety Council
New York
California
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Illinois
Ohio
North Carolina
South Carolina
Omaha
Neb
Irvin Nerad
Quincy
Mass
Navy
Louisville
Decorah
Iowa
Marge
Colorado Springs
Colo
el Paso County
Frank Watlesha
Dale Frazelle
Oliver Howes
Johnny Dullicross
Quick Passage of Tax Bill Seen Tuesday
The income tax reduction bill may reach President Truman's desk this week after Republicans optimistic about avoiding time consuming Senate debates. The House is expected to act Tuesday and would bar amendments under a rules change. The measure would cut more than 4 billion dollars from annual individual tax bills starting January 1.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means Committee
Rules Committee
Millikin
R-Colp
Senate Finance Committee
McClellan
Dark
Taylor
Idaho
Ford Foremen End Strike Against Ford Motor Co
The Foreman's Association of America illinois called off its 47 day strike at Ford plants after a mass meeting of 3,200 of 3,800 foremen approved the board recommendation by 10 to 1. Leaders said the stalemate harmed negotiations and plans include a future court challenge to Taft Hartley law. Return to work scheduled for Monday.
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Detroit
Foreman's Association of America
Ind
Ford Motor Company
Partick Mullin
Ford
Mullin
Rouge
Highland Park
Lincoln
Montanan Dies in Accident Near Stockett
Frank A. Robbins age 84 retired contractor and longtime Stockett resident was killed in a car crash nine miles east of Stockett Sunday afternoon. His housekeeper Mrs. Frank Fillian was critically injured as the automobile left the grade jumped an irrigation ditch and overturned per investigators.
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Great Falls
Frank A. Robbins
Stockett
Frank Fillian
Showdown With Russia Foreseen Over Balkan Border Watch
United Nations delegates foresee a possible showdown this week as the Security Council votes on a US proposal for a semi permanent Balkan border commission to handle disputes. Andrei Gromyko may reveal Moscow position Tuesday amid talk of a veto or abstention.
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Gromyko
Russia
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
United Nations Balkan Commission
Greece
Poland
France
United Nations
Alexander Cadogan
United States
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Trans-Jordan
Portugal
Eire
France to publish yellow book replying to Molotov on Russia
Paris reports France will issue an official yellow book with full documents and talks from the big three conference. The move is seen as a major reply to Molotov after his pledge to publish final statements. Hope grows for Czechoslovakia and Poland to attend the 24 nation Marshall plan conference as invitations circulate.
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Paris
U.P
France
Viacheslav Molotov
Russia
Britain
Trnce
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Foreign Office
Weary Fire Fighters Winning Battle in Forest Region
Fire crews and 450 firefighters with help from Laguna Indians battled fires in the Cleveland National Forest near Sunrise Highway. The blaze, started Wednesday, consumed about 20 870 acres with 3 000 inside the Cleveland forest. crews hoped to gain full control late Sunday as 350 cabins remained at risk if winds shift.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Cleveland National Forest
California
Laguna Reservation
Cleveland Forest
San Diego
United States
Laguna Recreation
Sunrise Highway
Highway Link to Panama Found a Costly Mistake
The Senate wartime special war investigating committee called the all weather highway project joining the United States and the Panama canal a multi million dollar mistake. Planned to finish in 1943 at twenty million dollars the project is not half completed and will cost at least one hundred thirty nine million. The report warns it will take many years and many millions more to reach promised quality. Senator Ferguson said motorists should not expect a straightforward drive to Panama or into South America.
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Washington
United States
Panama Canal
Senate
Panama
South America
Ferguson
R-Mich
Franco Elected for Life Term in Spain Referendum
Spain approved a life term for Generalissimo Francisco Franco with over 80 percent in favor. About 302,086 yes votes and 14,483 no from 330,948 counted. thousands abstained as no organized opposition campaigned. Interior Minister Perez reported an overwhelming majority with no disorder nationwide.
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Madrid
Generalis Simo Francisco Franco
Spain
Associated Press
Interior
Blas Perez
Franco
Perez
Flying saucers vivid in reports across the nation
A Wisconsin priest reports a round metal disc in his parish yard held for the FBI amid doubts it is real. Across the Pacific coast the Army Air Forces alert fighters on instant notice to chase saucers seen since June 25 across 33 states. Public figures urge caution while scientists debunk atomic energy links and officials seek explanations.
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Army Air Forces
Chicago
U.P
Grafton
Wis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
H. K. Johnson
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Carl Spaatz
Air Forces
Pacific Northwest
Muroc Army Airfield
California
Portland
Ore
Tom Brown
Washington
David Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Navy
Brown
Los Angeles
California Institute of Technology
Harold Urey
University of Chicago
Wheat Harvest Outlook Bright Across Regions
The Agriculture department projected a slightly above average wheat crop in the northern hemisphere with a bright outlook in North America and weaker prospects in Europe. Excluding Russia, Europe’s crop could be over 10 percent below the 1946 harvest of 1.35 billion bushels. The United States may reach a record about 1.4 billion bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hemisphere
North America
Europe
Russia
Department
United States
Butte Weather Forecast Outlook Monday Cooler
Fair and slightly cooler in Butte on Monday with a high near 82. School of Mines and Airport reported 92 at high and 49 low in the last 24 hours. West of divide in Montana forecast fair and cooler with highs 75 to 85. east of divide scattered afternoon thunderstorms and otherwise fair with highs 80 to 95.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Butte and Anaconda Residents See Flying Saucers
A Butte resident and seven Anaconda residents report sighting flying saucers Sunday night. Witnesses describe a bright, fast moving circular light seen high in the sky near Butte Highlands and the Park and Main area, prompting concern and requests for confirmation from others in the region.
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Butte
Anaconda
Light in the Sky Seen Over Highlands by Neighbors
Mr. Tomis reported in his garden he sighted a bright light moving at high speed at great altitude in a westerly and southerly direction. He described it as like a plane with one light, vanishing behind a cloud and reappearing before disappearing over the Highlands as several neighbors corroborated the sighting.
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Mr. Tomis
Weather Warm in Mining City
The weather in Butte Sunday reached 92 degrees the year's high for the area. Montana readouts show Great Falls 97 Havre 97 Belgrade 95 Billings 95 Glasgow 94 Missoula 94 Drummond 93 Kalispell 84 Cut Bank had a trace of precipitation. The forecast calls for cooler highs around 82 Monday.
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Associated Press
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula Anne
W. Yellowstone
Butte
Mercury
Old Sol
Montana
Great Falls
Glasgow
Missoula
Onion
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Joseph W. Grigg, JR
Chatsworth
U. S
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Louis E. Starr
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Columbus
Spaatz
P. R. Tomis
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