Camp Fleishmann Honors Anaconda Hero With Plaque
A plaque unveiling at Camp Fleishmann honors Pfc. Richard L. Fleischmann of Anaconda for heroism in Korea. The 19 year old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fleischmann, served with the 23rd Medical Company of the Second Division and died Sept. 6 1950 after aiding wounded comrades and manning a machine gun under heavy fire. His remains were buried in Anaconda Aug. 3 1951. The Distinguished Service Cross was awarded at a ceremony Sept. 30 1951.
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Fleishmann
Anaconda
Korea
Richard L. Fleishmann
Richard Fleishmann
West Valley
23Rd Medical Company
Anaconda High School
Army
Fort Lewis
Wash
Cullman
Ala
George C. Mergens
23Rd Infantry Regiment
Richard L Fleishmann
MEDCO
Pusan Perimeter
New Peace Talks Set Today in Pittsburgh on Big Steel Strike
Pittsburgh scene heats as White House nudges new peace talks between steel industry CIO United Steelworkers over a 43 day strike. John R. Steelman to preside at 7 am in Pittsburgh with Philip Murray and Joseph Larkin attending. Nations wide impact noted as 1.5 million workers idle and OPS rejects price boost demands.
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Pittsburgh
White House
Steel Industry
CIO United Steelworkers
Office of
John R. Steelman
Wunhion
Philip Murray
Joseph Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Murray
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Pittsburgh Steel
Wage Stabilization Board
OPS
Weirton Steel Company
Armco Corporation
Armco
Weirton
CIO
Weather Outlook For Butte And Montana Regions
Butte expect Tuesday morning fair with partial clouds by afternoon and evening. Scattered t storms possible Tuesday night with warmer temps. low around 43 and high near 82. Western Montana west of Divide: fair Tuesday then scattered storms with strong northerly winds and high 80 to 90. East of Divide: scattered storms with NW winds, high 80 to 90, with unsettled conditions into Tuesday night or Wednesday.
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Butte Fair
Montana
Divide
State
Kefauver TV Doubt Fades Over Nomination Prospect
Estes Kefauver camp argues television will prevent a dark horse draft at the Democratic national convention in Chicago as millions watch. Gael Sullivan says TV empowers voters and blocks party bosses from engineering a three‑way deadlock. Missouri Gov. Forrest Smith shifts to Russell, while Truman remains cool to Kefauver's bid.
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Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Gael Sullivan
Sullivan
Richard B. Russell
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Russell
Stevenson
Florida
Truman
Missouri
Forrest Smith
Senator Russell
Smith
U. S. Superliner Sets New Record
The United States transatlantic liner completed the east to west crossing in three days, twelve hours and twelve minutes and, on the return, beat the Queen Mary’s 1938 record by nine hours and thirty six minutes. The ship, built for seventy three million dollars, achieved maritime history for the second time in a week near Ambrose Lightship.
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United States
Ambrose
U.P
America
England
Helena Man Saves Tiny Lad From Lake
Capt. Gustav Carlson of Helena in the 96th Infantry at Fort Lewis is credited with saving a 3 year old boy who fell into Echo lake near Tacoma. Carlson sprinted about 100 yards to the water in uniform and pulled the child from eight feet of water, performing artificial respiration until the boy recovered without injury.
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Tacoma
Wash
U.P
Gustav Carlson
Helena
Echo Lake
Here
Carlson
96Th Infantry
Fort Lewis
Accident Claims Second Victim in Three-Car Crash
In Montana on U S Highway 10 west of Helena a three car collision killed Byron Davis 58 and his son Andrew 9. Andrew died in a Helena hospital Monday night and Byron died Sunday. Mrs Davis and two other children Peggy 7 and Warren 5 were seriously injured. Frank 16 and Robert Lightbody escaped. William McKinnon of Anaconda drove the third car. the family were aiding a flat tire when struck.
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Helena
Andrew Davis
Avon
Byron Davis
Avon Logger
Davis
Frank
Lightbody
Davis Boy
Montana
Deer Lodge
Andrew
Ross Memorial Chapel
Clyde Waldren
Assembly of God Church
Montana Youth Killed in Crash Near Babb
Kenneth Harrison 19 of Babb died instantly when his car collided with a pickup 1% miles south of here. His brother Orville and Clarence Wagner had minor injuries. Earl Zaile 31 of Bowering identified as pickup driver and was uninjured. Harrison is the 95th Montana traffic fatality this year.
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Babb
Kenneth Harrison
Here
Harrison
Orville
Clarence Wagner
Earl Zaile
Browning
Montana
Eggs spill after city crash involving flat-bed trucks
About 1,650 dozen eggs spilled onto a Seattle street Monday when a flat-bed truck struck a second egg truck, scattering cartons and causing chaos before crews cleared the area.
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Seattle
U.P
Man Who Terrorized Butte District Walks Away From Hospital
Fred Goldsworthy, 36, who led a three hour rampage in Butte with a .22 pistol on June 1, fled Warm Springs state hospital Monday. Police say he is dangerous. he fired 21 shots, missing his brother and nearly hitting an officer. He was last seen at about 6 PM near a west Butte culvert, described as 5’10, 215 pounds with a left arm tattoo, wearing blue denim pants and a striped shirt.
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Fred Goldsworthy
Butte
West Side
State Hospital
Warm Springs
Goldsworthy
Reds Repel New NK Probes At Kosong Hill Front
North Korean infantry launched a fourth day of assaults on a hill south of Kosong, meeting stiff UN defense. Allied artillery air strikes and warships battered the attackers, leaving about 600 dead and wounded on the slope. UN forces halted the latest wave after surrounding and destroying a hostile group in bunkers as fighting continued along the front.
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Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
Allied Patrol Drives Off Reds Near Yonchon
An Allied patrol near Yonchon on the western front observed two Communist groups working nearby and exchanging fire. The patrol then withdrew and launched an artillery barrage, smashing the Reds.
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Seoul
Yonchon
Kerr predicts victory on early ballots if Truman stays away
Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma said in Chicago that he expects to secure the Democratic presidential nomination on the fifth or sixth ballot at the national convention, provided President Truman does not actively oppose or influence the proceedings.
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Chicago
U.P
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Truman
Mystery Gunman Slays Young Girl at Columbia Campus
A gunman killed Eileen Fahey 20 at Columbia University's American Physical Society office on the ninth floor. He fired six shots then left, telling bystanders to call police. Investigators ruled out Alonzo Ramirez as a suspect. motive remains unclear.
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New York
Columbia University
Korea
Eileen Fahey
American Physical Society
Columbia
Miss Fahey
Manhattan
Frank
Fahey
Alonzo Ramirez
George Anu
Ramirez
Ronald Lee
Case Dismissed in Bermuda Assault Charge
Magistrate Judge L. M. Minty dismissed an assault charge against Harvey L. Fichter of New York filed by his wife Sharon E. Dumont after she admitted hitting him with a beer bottle and biting his legs but said she faced threats with a knife. The couple had been married three weeks.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
L. M. Minty
Harvey L. Fichter
New York
Sharon E. Dumont
Pioneer Hotel Fire Toll Undetermined in Fairbanks
FAIRBANKS Alaska July 14 Fire at the Pioneer hotel left at least one dead and four or more unaccounted for. Twelve hospitalized with burns two in critical condition. Night clerk David Littlefield said a woman screamed before flames and extinguishers failed. The cause remains unknown and many guests fled in nightwear as spectators hindered firefighting efforts.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Pioneer
Bill Vanderpool
Ednar Richardson
Morris Flynn
Gordon
Caroline Kimball
David Littlefield
Littlefield
Hotel Register
Price Decontrol Lifts Most Fruit and Veggie Ceilings
The Price Decontrol Order released by OPS lifts price ceilings on 90 percent of processed fruits and vegetables. The move, tied to a congressional amendment, signals higher prices for many items while assessing extensions of the law.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Congress
Ellis Arnall
Harrison
D-Va
OFS
American earnings power jumps in May report
The Commerce Department said Americans earned money at a rate of 263.5 billion dollars per year in May, averaging 1,678 dollars per person. Personal income rose by 1 billion dollars from April and by 12 billion dollars from May of 1951, marking a strong month.
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Washington
A.P
Commerce Department
Primary Election Sets Montana Voters 12 State and National Races
About 275000 Montanans registered will vote between noon and 7 p m Tuesday for party nominees for 12 national and state offices plus state legislature seats and county posts. Absentee voting in Silver Bow is heavy with 945 ballots cast by Monday. 25 755 county residents are registered.
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Montana
Supreme Court
Silver Bow
William T. Duckham
Recorder’s
Silver Bow County
St. Lawrence
Sherman School
Centerville
Walkerville City Hall
St. M School
Blaine School
St. Mary Church
North Montana
North Main
Big Butte
Hall
Washington School
Quartz Street
Arizona Street
West Woolman
Sacred Heart School
Edison and
Cale
65 Land Management Officials Will Be in Mining City Today
The Butte Chamber of Commerce plans host to 65 Bureau of Land Management representatives arriving from Billings at 2 pm. A luncheon at Copper Bowl and tour of Anaconda Copper Mining plants precede a visit to the Anaconda smelter and fertilizer plant. The group will dine at the Montana hotel before boarding a Union Pacific train to Pocatello Idaho.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Land Management
Department of Interior
Billings
Chamber
Tom Kelly
Butte
Copper Bowl
Finlen Hotel
Butte Hill
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
R. D Corette
Mr. Keily
F. A. Linforth
Anaconda Company
Kelley
Anaconda
Montana
Union Pacific
Pocatello
Idaho
State Wheat Crop Slashed by Drought in Montana
Helena July 14 The June drought in eastern Montana reduced the state wheat crop by nearly 40 million bushels. The July 1 forecast places Montana wheat at 59.329 million bushels, far below last year’s 97.988 million and earlier all time guesses. western areas may offset losses with favorable June rainfall while total output of 12 major crops runs 21 percent below last year and 20 percent under the 1941 50 average.
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Helena
Drouth
Montana
Federal Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
BAE
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Missoula
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Dan J. Me. Kittrick
John J. Holmes
Fred Way
Francis E. Walsh
John F. Kennedy
Edmund F Sheehy
Mary M. Condon
Railroad Public Service Commission
Paul T. Smith
Horace F. Casey
William Neary
Frank Murray
Wellington D. Rankin
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George M Gosman
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