Plane explosion kills pilot Wilfred Bullock in Montana wreck
Forsyth Montana July 13. Wilfred Bullock 42 of Springfield Ohio was killed when his cabin plane exploded mid air and crashed 35 miles northwest of Forsyth. Sheriff Dowlin identified the body from wreckage papers and said witnesses heard a large explosion before the fall. The crash occurred about 8 30 am MST and Civil Aeronautics officials will inspect the scene.
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Forsyth
Wilfred Bullock
Springfield
Ohio
Floyd E. Dowlin
Bullock
Los Angeles
Dowlin
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Korean Armistice Talks Recessed After Communist Request
In Tokyo on July 14 the Korean armistice talks recessed for two days at a Communist request just before a secret 11th session. The move came as UN air forces pressed the Communists, who protested alleged Manchurian border violations. North Korea sent two notes via Gen Nam II about a prisoner killing and POWs listed by the Red Cross. UN negotiators planned to reconvene Wednesday at 11 am with a news blackout in effect.
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Tokyo
U.P
Manchurian
Panmunjom
United Nations
Nam II
William K. Harrison
Reds
International Red Cross
Eisenhower Visits His Grandchildren on Sunday
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower paused campaign duties to visit his grandchildren at Fort Sheridan near Chicago. He traveled with Mrs Eisenhower to spend time with John Eisenhower’s children, David four Barbara Ann three and Susan six months, while John Eisenhower prepares to deploy to Korea.
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Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Fort Sheridan
Lake Michigan
John
Eisenhower
David
Barbara Ann
Susan
Col
Percy Thompson
Sheridan
New
Joe
Korea
Montana primary races heat up as ballots near
Helena July 13 candidates push final efforts ahead of Tuesday's Montana primary. A record 274,929 voters may participate with 12 nominees each for national and state posts plus nonpartisan supreme court selections. Key contests include U S representative First district races with five Democrats and three Republicans and the governor GOP contest between Hugo Aronson and Leonard Young. Incumbents Sen Zales Ecton Rep Mike Mansfield and Rep Wesley D'Ewart are unopposed in their races.
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Helena
Montana
U. S
State Supreme Court
Wellington D. Rankin
Winfield E. Page
Missoula
Eldon H. Myrick
Lee Metcalf
Paul Cannon
Butte
Bob Noonan
St. Regis
Ed Cook
W. J. Sullivan
Bozeman
GOP
Hugo Aronson
Cut Bank
Leonard C. Young
John W. Bonner
Hugh Adair
Supreme Court
Forrest H. Anderson
Ernest A. Peterson
Moncure Cockrell
Kalispell
Zales N. Ecton
Mike Mansfield
Wesley A. D
UN Infantrymen Beat Off Reds on Key Korean Hill
Allied infantry repelled a savage Red assault on a hill at the eastern Korean front and seized the position after a three day battle. Navy planes hit Communist targets including Kyosen hydro electric plants and Kowon rail yards, with 22 Red trucks destroyed and radar stations damaged along the 155 mile front.
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Stan Carter
Seoul
Korea
Kyosen
Kowon
North Korea
U. S
German Weapons May Be Obsolete
West German military experts warned that the planned 12 division European defense army may fight with aging weapons. They cited World War I era guns in use by American units and argued Germany should be allowed to rebuild iconic arms like the MG 42 and Tiger tanks to match contemporaries.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Quick Brown Fox Is Liquidated
Berlin reports the quick brown fox retired by the Soviet telegraph network. The usual test message was replaced with a line accusing Pest General Ridgway and national traitor Adenauer in the opening of Sunday communications.
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Berlin
Ridgway
Adenauer
Nickel Convention Draws 65 Million Viewers on TV
About 65 million Americans watched the Republican national convention on television at a cost of a nickel a day per set. The industry says it lost roughly $3,000,000 in telecasting the event but reached a milestone in mass communication.
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New York
U.P
Imass
Mossadegh seeks six month power to quell Iran crisis
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh asks the Majlis for unprecedented authority to initiate and enforce sweeping reform for six months to restore Iran’s finances and economy. He has not formed a cabinet and would present a government lineup only after deputies decide on the decree powers.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Majlis
Taft Heads to Canadian Retreat. Says He Will Campaign If Invited
Sen. Robert A. Taft flew to his summer home near Murray Bay Quebec with Mrs Taft for a rest period until Labor Day. He may aid Eisenhower in the fall if invited to participate, otherwise he will remain uninvolved in the campaign.
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Chicago
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Canada
Ohio
Murray Bay
Que
Taft
Washington
Senate
Ohioan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seattle Youth 14 Killed in Montana Highway Crash
Montana highway deaths climb to 93 as three crashes claim a Seattle youth, a Browning railway telegrapher, and an Avon logger. John Harris Jr., 14, of Seattle, crushed in a three-car wreck near Lima. Byron A. Davis, 58, Avon logger, fatally injured changing a tire west of Helena. Murray McMahon, 31, of Browning killed when his car overturned near East Glacier.
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Seattle
Lima
Avon
Montana
Montanan
Byron Davis
Murray McMahon
Browning Railway
John Harris
Young Harris
Davis
Helena
Frank
Robert Lightbody
Davis Auto
Peggy Davis
Warren Davis
Lightbody
Frank Davis
Clifford M. Small
William A. McKinnon
McMahon
U. S. Highway 2
East Glacier
C. Murl Beck
Browning
Beck
Havre
Deer Lodge
Byron A. Davis
Canada
Mr. Davis
Powell County
Ralph Beck
Ross Mortuary
Martinell
Harris
Evans
Archer
Beaverhead
Carl Davis
Raymond Schwartz
J. G. Harris
Navy
H. Harris
Ashton
Idaho
Owart
Teton
Brundage Funeral Home
Butte Forecast Warmth Rises Monday Into Night
Butte fair and warmer Monday and Monday night with lows near 40 and highs to 74. Airport area records show 47 to 69 with 0.01 inch precipitation. West of Divide Montana expects fair Monday night with 45 to 50 low and 75 to 80 high. East of Divide fair Monday with 40 to 50 low and 70 to 80 high. The table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours to 5 30 p m Saturday.
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Butte Fair
Divide
Associated Press
Truman Calls Tariff Curbs Threaten Mutual Security Program
President Truman urged a broad study by a 12 member public advisory board on tariffs quotas farm policy and customs to assess how U S trade barriers may undermine mutual security goals. He pressed for independent analysis of reciprocal trade expiration and domestic producer interests while seeking expanded world trade. James G Patton of Denver headlined board members including labor industry and education representatives.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Public Advisory Board
Mutual Security
White House
Congress
Free World
James G. Patton
Denver
National Farmers’ Union
Disappeared Coast Scientist Searched In Pasadena
Police continued a discouraging search for Albert Clark Reed a 45 year old aircraft research scientist who vanished after leaving home for Caltech where he was to meet government officials. A woman warned Mrs Reed that her husband was being held for information and Reed later sent his wife a will and his license. He was to travel to Washington to discuss a new aeronautical development.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.R
Albert Clark Reed
Reed
Florence Reed
California Institute of Technology
Caltech
Washington, D. C
Warren says no split in Republican party in New York
Governor Earl Warren of California arrived with his family in New York and stated there is no split in the Republican party. The report notes his remarks made Sunday amid party activities in the city.
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New York
U.P
Earl Warren
California
Steelworkers Reach Tentative Settlement Proposals From Industry
Pittsburgh July 13 The steel industry put settlement of the CIO United Steelworkers walkout up to CIO President Philip Murray after industry leaders proposed wage increases and fringe benefits near 25 cents an hour, a tighter union security clause, and continued talks on management rights incentive pay and seniority. The strike neared a new record in duration with 42 days and a $2.5 billion economic impact, as nearly 600,000 workers idled in allied industries.
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J. Robert Shubert
Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Wage Stabilization Board
Allied Industries
Democrats Open Drive to Split Ike and Platform
Democrats mobilize to split Eisenhower from the GOP platform as Harriman accuses the party of dishonesty. Lehman says Eisenhower may repudiate his Europe gains, while Republicans plan a campaign crusade. Eisenhower visits Fort Sheridan. Nixon studies statements and Byrd faces renomination in Virginia. Montana and other primaries also held Tuesday ahead of Chicago convention opening.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
Gen
Harriman
NBC
Stalin
Lehman
New York
Europe
Republican Party
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Denver
Richard Nixon
Washington
Senate
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Montana
U. S
House
Midnight Ride Costs Deer Lodge Man $23
Shel ton Perkins of the Five Dot ranch near Deer Lodge was robbed at Holy Cross cemetery after meeting two men near an uptown Butte bar. Police described the incident as a midnight assault and theft totaling $23 with Perkins providing descriptions of the suspects.
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Shelton Perkins
Five Dot Ranch
Deer Lodge
Butte
Perkins
Holy Cross Cemetery
This Week's Political Calendar
Vice President Barkley gives first speech since nominating drive at Israel bond dinner. Montana primaries select Senate House and governor candidates. Virginia Dems choose Senate and House nominees. Chicago hosts platform hearings and the Democratic delegates contest hearings. Virginia convention names 28 delegate roster for the national convention.
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Associated Press
Barkley
Montana
Senate
House
Virginia
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Nationwide lookouts begin peacetime air alert duty
Volunteers from monks to forest rangers join a peacetime air raid alert across 27 states at 8 am. More than 150000 Americans man 9000 posts and 32 filter centers to guard coasts and borders, with 500000 needed and overtime likely.
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Paul Reveres
Defense Command
Maryknoll Father's Catholic Foreign Service
White Plains
N. Y
Civil Defense
Skywatch
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Heat so intense baked apples found on trees
New Haven County Farm Bureau warned of extreme heat with reports that baked apples were found on trees in most orchards. The alarming condition underscored a record setting heat spell in New Haven County.
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New Haven
Conn
Polio Claims Nashua Youth in Great Falls
Ray Tihista a 21 year old Nashua resident died in Great Falls Sunday night from infantile paralysis after the illness progressed rapidly. He had been admitted to the local hospital less than a week earlier and death occurred in an iron lung.
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Great Falls
Nashua
Ray Tihista
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