Oil Leases Auction Brings $486 421 For State Lands
Montana held a two day lease sale for oil gas rights on 180 school land tracts. About 76 bidders filled the Capitol House chamber as the final 40 tracts posted total bids of 56 442 with a top bid of 17 75 per acre for a 480 acre Sheridan County tract. The auction yielded 429 979 in bonuses and first year rentals on 140 tracts while many tracts brought the minimum 1 per acre plus 12 royalty. The sale marked the first under a 1 per acre rental since legislative change.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Land Board
Capfeol
Carter Oil Co
Sheridan County
Slack Land Commission
Lou Bretzke
Ohio Manufacturer Nominated as Deputy Secretary of Defense
President Eisenhower sent the nomination of Reuben W. Robertson a Cincinnati Republican to the Senate for confirmation. The 47 year old Ohio manufacturer would succeed Robert B. Anderson who plans to resign mid next month.
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Washington
Reuben W. Robertson
Ohio
Eisenhower
Cincinnati
Senate
Robertson
Robert B. Anderson
Anderson
Wilson
Seattle hitchhiker given life for Paradise murder
Theodore De Jausserand, 26, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Lloyd V. Mansfield, 55, of Paradise Calif. He pleaded guilty to killing Mansfield and leaving the body near a partially constructed house in Yuba City last March 30.
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Yubacity
Calif
U.P
Theodore de Jausserand
Lloyd V. Mansfield
Paradise
de Jausserand
Seattle
Wash
Mansfield
House Group Favors Withholding Air Academy Funds
The House Appropriations Committee urged delaying further Air Force Academy construction until its architectural plan is settled. It disapproved 79 million dollars in the academy budget and recommended not using remaining funds from 15 million previously allocated.
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Washington
House
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Congress
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force
Lowry Air Base
Air
Talbott
Fine Arts Commission
Fires in West States Stall as Weather Improves
Firefighters aided by airplanes and bulldozers halted the march of major blazes across Arizona Wyoming and Medicine Bow forests. Cooler conditions kept flames near Prescott National Forest from growing while two Wyoming fires northwest of Laramie on Rock Creek and southeast of Laramie were contained and surrounded by bulldozer crews.
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Arizona
Wyoming
Forest Service
Prescott National Forest
Prescott Forest
A. M. Vie
Medicine Row National Forest
Laramie
Rock Creek
Wind Opens Bank Door in Hagersville Alarm
In Hagersville Ontario a bank alarm woke police at 2 a.m. to find the front door blown open by wind and left unlocked. No injuries were reported as officers inspected the scene and secured the bank.
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Hagersville
Ont
Libby Man Fatally Injured After Fall
MISSOULA David Harold Brewer 49 of Libby died in a Missoula hospital from injuries after falling from a truck in Libby. He was flown to Missoula for surgery. Survivors include his widow and two children.
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Missoula
David Harold Brewer
Libby
Pee
Montana Weather Forecast by Region
Montana east partly cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Highs 75 to 85, warmer later. Montana west partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with higher daytime temps and scattered mountain thunderstorms. Max/min data cover 12 and 18 hours with 24 hour precipitation through 5 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Soviet Union backs German unification while noting EU NATO ties
The Soviet Union said it has always supported German reunification but warned that West Germany joining the European Union and NATO overshadows the issue. Moscow emphasized its long standing position despite Western integration.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
West Germany
Western European Union
NATO
Senate Probers Threaten SEC Chairman
Washington The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission was warned of possible contempt charges after refusing to say if the agency acted free from White House influence in the Dixon Yates private power contract. SEC Chair J Sinclair Armstrong cited a presidential order protecting confidential exchanges between departments.
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Securities & Exchange Commission
Congress
Dixon-Yates
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
SEC
J. Sinclair Armstrong
White House
Armstrong
Eisenhower
Memphis
Murray Snyder
Edgar Dixon
Dixon
Snyder
Senate
Sen
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Executive Branch
U. S
Season's Largest Typhoon Heads Toward Red China
A powerful typhoon with 115 mph winds moved northeast toward Red China, threatening Okinawa and Japan but expected to miss Okinawa and mainland Japan if its path holds. It had already passed Miyako and battered islands in the Ryukyus with rain and gusts.
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Red China
Tokyo
U. S
Okinawa
Japan
Tokyo Central Weather Bureau
Miyako
Ryukyu Archipelago
Free Vaccine Favored by Legislators
Washington reports House Commerce and Senate Labor Committees approved measures for free polio injections for children under 20 and pregnant women. Distribution would be decided by states and fall ins rollout aims to complete a three shot Salk series before the next epidemic season. The Lilly vaccine adds 720000 doses to the national foundation program for first and second graders.
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Washington
House Commerce
Senate Labor Committees
Congress
National Foundation For
C. C
U. S. Public Health Service
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
National Foundation
Health Service
Montana wheat yields seen high if weather stays favorable
A federal state crop report warns lodging from excessive growth and hail could threaten Montana’s wheat this fall. About 30 percent of winter and spring wheat show lodging tendencies, with the western north central and southern central districts most at risk. Hail damage was light overall last week but some counties reported the severest losses.
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Helena
Montana
Northcentral
Liberty
Hill and Chouteau
Musselshell
Yellowstone
Big Horn
Fergus County
Phillips
Petroleum
Advertising tips and tool list from a bygone page
A light column blends lifestyle tips with how to earn spending money via ads. It mentions using ads to raise cash and lists tools for sale including a 10 inch Delta saw and a 6 inch thickness planer, a belt sander, a 6 HP motor, an asbestos soot cutter, and a Midget transit.
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Delta Uni
Eisenhower Signals Cautious Stance Ahead of Geneva Talks
President Eisenhower assured congressional leaders he will not commit on Asia at the Geneva conference. He plans to raise disarmament with open policing, push for German unification steps, press self-determination for satellite states, and seek new approaches and cooperation, though no final solutions are expected.
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Eisenhower
Asia
White House
Britain
France
Russia
Geneva
United States
Germany
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Seven American Boys Die in Banff Avalanche Near Mt Temple
Banff Alberta reports a fatal avalanche struck a 11 member Philadelph ia Wilderness Club party during a mountain climb on Mount Temple. Five bodies recovered. two injured and two escaped unharmed as the group faced bitter weather.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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James Balls
William Wise
William Watts
Miles Marble
David Chapin
Luther Seddon
Banff Hospital
Frederick Ballard
Jerry Clattenburg
Peter Smith
Tony Woodfield
Moraine Lake
Canada
William Kershaw
Chestnut Hill Academy
Two Year Old Girl Beats Baby to Death in Houston
In Houston a 2-year-old girl killed 5 month old Joyce Elaine Smith using a large perfume bottle a milk bottle and a stick. Joyce died at a hospital with a cut lip and bruises after her mother slept through the incident.
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Houston
Tex
Joyce Elaine Smith
Dorothy Smith
Margie Duty
Joyce
Bank Robbers Escape With 12000 In Moore Oklahoma Heist
MOORE Okla The First National Bank was robbed by two gunmen of an estimated 12000 Tuesday morning. They fled in a late model car after forcing the staff to lie on the floor. Vice President J K Griffith and cashier Miss Hermina Stepan were among those held at gunpoint while three other employees and two customers were lined up.
Ruth Ellis Set for Hangman Morgenat Holloway Jail
Ruth Ellis the 28 year old ex model and mother of two prepares to be executed at 9 am for the murder of racing motorist David Blakely. Lawyers including Victor Mishcon seek clemency from Home Secretary Gwilym Lloyd George as petitions flood in from officials and citizens.
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London
Ruth Ellis
David Blakely
Holloway Jail
Victor Mishcon
Mrs. Ellis
Mishcon
Gwilym Lloyd-George
Home Secretary
Lloyd-George
London County Council
House Delays Vote on Flood Measure
The House postponed a vote on a 554 million dollar flood control and navigation bill until Wednesday after Rep. Davis of Wisconsin demanded a roll call. The delay followed a prior agreement to avoid roll calls due to Virginia election-related departures.
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Washington
House
Davis
R-Wis
Virginia
Soviet urges European security over reuniting Germany
Moscow proposed a European collective security system to address German unity six days before the Geneva Big Four summit. The Kremlin warned that including a unified Germany in any military alliance risks a new war and mass destruction. The statement, via Tass, urged Western and Eastern Germany joiners and all European states, regardless of differences.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Germany
Kremlin
Geneva
Soviet Communist Party Central Committee
Communist Party of the
Tass
East Germany
NATO
West Germany
Yellowtail Dam Start Explained by Senator Murray
Senator James E. Murray asserts the Interior Department must begin Yellowtail Dam construction as soon as the 1956 appropriation is available. He cites prior Interior positions and support from Senator Mansfield and Representative Metcalf, and notes the Appropriations Committee directs immediate rights of way actions with fair compensation to the Crow Tribe.
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James E. Murray
D-Mont
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowtail Dam
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Senate Interior Committee
Frank M. Clinton
Bureau
Billings
Interior Department
Montana
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Congress
Yellowtail
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House
Appropriations Committee
Senate Interior
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