Democrats May Fight Over Dam Hot Water Issue at Convention
The Knowles Dam federal power project valued at 258.5 million dollars is a heated topic at the Montana State Democratic platform convention in Butte. Delegates expect discussion from the floor despite how the natural resources subcommittee handles it. The general session starts at 9 am at the Rialto Theater with the platform report due at 2:15 pm. Miles Romney of Hamilton chairs the resources committee. Leif Erickson of Helena serves as a national committeeman.
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Knowles Dam
Montana
Butte
Rialto Theater
Miles Romney
Hamilton
Natural Resources Committee
Leif Erickson
Helena
Party
Kennedy medical plan survives first big Senate test
In Washington the Kennedy administration backed medical care for the aged survived a Senate vote rejecting Senator Morton’s rival plan. The substitute would have funded private group insurance for 65 plus through general revenues, not payroll taxes. The approval moves to the House next.
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JFK
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Senate
Thruston B. Morton
Ray
Morton
Democratic Leader Criticizes Babcock Travel for Montana Appointment
State Senate Democrat John J. MacDonald blasted Gov Tim Babcock for flying from Pennsylvania to Montana to appoint Calvin S Robinson of Kalispell to the Board of Education and University Regents. He said the trip was unnecessary and could have been handled by Acting Gov Paul Rice, saving taxpayer costs.
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John J. MacDonald
Democratic State Central Committee
Tim Babcock
Pennsylvania
Montana
MacDonald
Garfield County
Babcock
Calvin S. Robinson
Kalispell
Board of Education and University Regents
Robinson
Paul Rice
Faulkner dies at 64 in Mississippi home region
Nobel Prize author William Faulkner died of a heart attack at age 64 in Mississippi. He passed away around 2 a.m. with wife Estelle at his bedside after ill health following a fall. Faulkner penned The Sound and the Fury Sanctary The Unvanquished Absalom Absalom and won the Nobel Prize in 1949 and a 1954 Pulitzer Prize amid his Yoknapatawpha County tales.
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William Faulkner
Oxford
Miss
UPI
Mississippi
Estelle
Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Idaho
Kennedy
Yochnapatawpha
Vicious Hailstorm Racks Miles City
A ferocious hailstorm struck Miles City Friday evening after 7 p.m. with wind gusts over 80 mph. Golf ball sized hail damaged residential windows and heavily impacted Miles City Airport, while surrounding towns reported little activity.
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Miles City
UPI
Federal Aeronautics Administration
Great Falls Pilot Dies in Kansas Jet Plane Crash
Ens. Gerald M. Burton of Great Falls Montana died when his Navy F8U Crusader crashed in a field near Olathe Kansas during a cross country flight from Cecil Field Jacksonville Florida. He ejected but was found strapped to the seat after the crash amid reports of the fire.
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Olathe
Kan
UPI
Here
Ens
Gerald M. Burton
Great Falls
Mont
Cecil Field
Jacksonville
Fla
Olathe Naval Air Station
Burton
Navy
Democrats to Pick Chairman Nominee for Auditor Today
Thomas E Mooney reports from Butte where Montana Democrats convene for the off year platform meeting to choose a state chairman and nominate an auditor candidate. party delegates from across the state gather in the political capital for the event.
King to Speak at Montana Democratic Banquet in Missoula
Convention in Missoula centers on platform and rules talks at Finlen Hotel. Speaker David S. King, Utah congressman since 1959, will address the banquet presented by Rep. Arnold Olsen. Montana Democrats plan auditor candidate and party officer elections.
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David S. King
Utah
Montana
Rep
Arnold Olsen
Butte
Finlen Hotel
Platform and Rules Committees
Price of Rice in Rio Triggers Bloody Riots
In Rio de Janeiro suburbs rioting over high prices and rice and beans shortages led to looting and deaths. Troops backed by tanks were deployed as crowds attacked stores after a nationwide strike disrupted transit. Officials revised earlier death tallies as violence spread.
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Rio
Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Caxias
Brazil
First Hydrogen Blast Creates 300 Foot Desert Crater in Nevada
The Nevada test site exploded a 100 kiloton hydrogen-type device underground, forming a 300 foot deep crater and a 0.33 mile wide basin. A 12 000 foot high cloud rose as 95 percent of radioactivity stayed on site, with further atmospheric testing planned for Saturday if conditions permit.
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Nevada Test Site
Nev
UPI
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S
Mansfield and Metcalf Push Rail Merger Moratorium
Sens. Mansfield and Metcalf urged a temporary halt on railroad mergers, urging the ICC not to approve deals over 200 million dollars in assets through 1963. They warned the move would delay a major proposed merger among the Great Northern Northern Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy and Spokane Portland and Seattle lines.
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Washington
UPI
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Kefauver
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Mansfield
Metcalf
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy
Spokane
Portland
Seattle
Suit Seeks 300000 From Anaconda Co for Child Injury
Joseph Backstrom III and guardian Bonnie Backstrom sue Anaconda Co and George Spooner over a June incident at Columbia Gardens roller coaster exit. Allegations include emotional shock and mental anguish to the child and assault on his father with a sap. Damages sought total 300000 with 50000 for current, 50000 for future, and 200000 for exemplary damages. A similar potential suit by Donna Perusich’s guardian is noted with Judge Downey appointing her guardian.
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Anaconda Co
George Spooner
Columbia Gardens
Joseph Backstrom
Bonnie Backstrom
Spooner
LaVerne Perusich
Donna Perusich
T. E. Downey
Perusich
Backstrom
Joseph T. Backstrom
John F. McCarthy
Backstroms
Two Agriculture Officials Fired Over Esters Cotton Scheme
Washington UPI report says two Agriculture Department employees, Louis Dumas and Arthur D. Stone, admitted receiving 1640.80 dollars from Billie Sol Estes enterprises to aid cotton allotments. Secretary Freeman ordered their suspension after Senate subcommittee admissions. resignations rejected, making them ineligible for future federal employment.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes Enterprises
Texas
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Louis D. Dumas
McIntosh County
Okla
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Arthur D. Stone
Dumas
Stone
Freeman
Oklahoma State Agricultural Stabilization Committee
Missing Alitalia Jet With 94 Passengers Feared Lost
An Alitalia DC8 airliner carrying about 94 passengers vanished in monsoon winds while en route from Bangkok to Bombay. Officials said the plane was last heard from over Bombay at 2 43 p.m. EDT Friday and the number of crew members was not immediately known.
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Bombay
India
APD
Alitalia Airlines
Bangkok
Weather forecast for Butte and western divide
Variable cloudiness with afternoon and evening showers or thundershowers possible. East of Divide expects locally heavy thunderstorms with hail and strong winds in extreme eastern Montana. Saturday and Saturday night show scattered showers with Sunday partly cloudy and warmer temperatures in both regions.
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Butte
Divide
Montana
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