Communists Leap to Break Deadlock in Armistice Talks
The Panmunjom talks show a possible shift as Peiping radio says Red China adheres to the 1949 Geneva prisoner convention with reservations. The move prompts speculation on prisoner transfers and a possible new UN proposal. Secretary Acheson challenges Peiping to live up to Geneva terms as talks recess for two days.
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Red China
Peiping
Panmunjom
Red
Peiping Radio
China
Chou En-lai
North Korea
Pyongyang
Moscow
Washington
Geneva
Truman Enters Hospital for Check Up
President Truman was admitted to Walter Reed Army Hospital for a mild virus infection amid questions about his re election plans. He signed 37 bills on his first day in hospital and appeared cheerful in his bathrobe, while Mrs Truman remained away at least temporarily.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Joseph Short
Wallace H. Graham
Graham
Independence
Congress
Secret Service
Tom
City Budget Sees $275000 Rise If All Requests Granted
Budget requests for the 1952-53 fiscal year total $1,513,149.85, up from $1,239,468.77 last year. Mayor Morgan sent them to theWays and Means committee for review with a preliminary budget due by July 25 and final adoption by August 6. The panel faces trimming about $90,000 to fit anticipated revenue as wage and salary increases drive the increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas R. Morgan
Ways and Means
Bill Renouard
Ways and Means Committee
Renouard
Morgan
Ridgeview Club
Navy jet crashes through home in Santa Ana
A Navy F-21 Banshee plowed through the tile roof of a one story house in a crowded Santa Ana neighborhood killing the pilot. A woman across the street, Mrs Hazel McCallum 34, was seriously injured by debris and treated at Santa Ana Community Hospital.
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Santa Ana
Calif
UPJ
Navy
Hazel McCallum
Santa Ana Community Hospital
New POW Camps Reported Near Pyongyang
The Communists said they have established four new prisoner-of-war camps in or near Pyongyang, the capital of Korea, following last week's heavy Allied air raid.
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Munsan
Pyongyang
Childrens Day Set at Columbia Gardens
Columbia Gardens is reserved again Thursday for the exclusive pleasure of Butte boys and girls and small visitors to the Mining City. Children under 14 will receive free bus rides to and from the mountain recreation area by Anaconda Copper Mining company. Buses follow a 20 minute schedule starting at 9 am from Park and Main.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte
Ted Beech
Beautiful Mountain
Anaconda
Park and Main Streets
Truman Urges No Betrayal of New Deal
President Truman warns delegates at the Democratic national convention against any retreat from the New Deal or Fair Deal. The address, amid Taft Hartley debate and rival bids from Kefauver and Russell, signals talk of who will carry the party banner in 1952. Stevenson’s prospects waver as Arry vows no support.
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Chicago
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Kefauver
80Th Congress
Missouri
Mutual Security
Averell Harriman
Butte Weather Forecast Slightly Cooler West of Divide
Mostly clear Thursday and Thursday night with little temperature change. Expected minimum Thursday 12, maximum 76. Airport shows 45 to 78, School of Mines 51. West of Divide fair Thursday and Thursday night with high 70 to 80, east of Divide fair with minor cooling in the south portion. The table lists 18‑hour periods ending 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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School of Mines
Divide
Vote Count Rechecked In Silver Bow County Primary
Final tabulation alters seven Democratic legislative nominees led by Robert G. Dwyer and John E. Cavanaugh with Tobin and Tobin gaining votes. County offices see Dalling for sheriff and Daly for clerk winning easily while Searle defeats Bolton for sheriff in Republican contests as 18,000+ voters cast ballots.
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Silver Bow
William T. Duckham
Horace F. Casey
Silver Bow County
Thomas E. Tobin
James Mountain
Robert G. Dwyer
John E. Cavanaugh
Melvin J. Dempsey
Mike Loughran
Robert Marsenich
Rudolph Johnson
Frank Jg@ Gabse
Gene W. Daly
William L. Dalling
Nick Rotering
Larry O'Farrell
Evan Thibadeau
South Butte
Fred Hicks
Ed Winters
Dalling
Daly
Fred J. Searle
Michael Bolton
R. M. Steiner
B. Charles Kinman
Wheat acreage goal announced for 1953 harvest
Secretary Brannan urged farmers to plant 72 million acres of all wheat in 1953 aiming at about 1.08 billion bushels. The plan calls for an eight percent cut from 1952 plantings with fall sowing of winter wheat as the main driver to meet domestic and export needs.
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Washington
U.P
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
Montana youth dies after highway crash west of Missoula
Kenneth Eugene Irwin 19 a Lt Regis native died in Missoula hospital from injuries from a Tuesday crash on U S Highway 10 about 26 miles west. Passenger Joseph Greff 19 of Plentywood had a broken arm. Irwin graduated from St Regis high school and worked on highway construction near St Regis. He is survived by his parents a brother a sister and relatives. He was the 101st Montana traffic fatality this year, up from 98 last year.
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Missoula
Kenneth Eugene Irwin
Lt. Regis
U. S. Highway No. 10
Here
Joseph Greff
Plentywood
Irwin
St. Ignatius
St. Regis High School
Montana
Butte Man Dies of Polio in Korea
Charles D. Driscoll aged 24 died Saturday in Pusan Korea from polio after a week of illness. A well known young Butte man, he had gone to Korea in March and the story continues on page nine.
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Pfe
Charles D. Driscoll
Pusan
Korea
Inter-Party Talks on Foreign Policy Urged in Election Year
Secretary of State Acheson backed a plan for Republican and Democratic leaders to consult on foreign policy during the election year and transition. He limited action to the White House while Senator Wiley urged high level talks to prevent a period of confusion that could benefit the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Acheson
White House
Wiley
Wisconsin
Truman
Russia
Commie Jets Fight U S Sabres Over Korea
A flight of 50 Communist jets clashed with U S Sabres over Northwest Korea with one Red fighter reportedly downed. Capt. Arthur H. McCarthy of Dearborn Mich said the MIG pilots were the best yet, marking the first shootdown in his career.
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Seoul
Korea
Arthur H. McCarthy
Dearborn
Mich
U. S
Air
North Korea
Fifth Air Force
Chorwon
Eighth Army
Kosong
Taft predicts Truman will be nominated by Democrats
Senator Taft of Ohio says at the end the Democrats will nominate President Truman at the national convention next week. He cites weaknesses in other contenders but credits Truman as the best known Democrat with strong party backing.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Taft
Rankin likely GOP candidate in Montana race leads by 2000
Helena AP dispatch notes Wellington D Rankin 68 year old rancher attorney and GOP national committeeman appears to win the Republican nomination for U S representative from Montana First district with 13069 votes to 11046 for Winfield Page in 352 of 390 precincts. Cannon leads Metcalf for Democratic nod by 308 votes with 13918 to 13608 in 374 precincts. Aronson defeats Young for governor 52024 to 20246 in 891 precincts. Bonner unopposed for Democratic renomination with 60815. Mansfield and Ecton lead in Senate races unopposed in their parties. O Ewart renominated in second district. Fraser to face him. Toole wins Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Results from multiple precincts indicate official tally needed to finalize.
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Helena
Wellington D. Rankin
GOP
U. S
Montana
Rankin
Winfield E. Page
Page
Paul Cannon
Supreme Court
Lee Metcalf
Cannon
J. Hugo Aronson
Leonard C. Young
John W. Bonner
U. S. Senate
Mike Mansfield
Zales N. Ecton
Mansfield
Wesley A. O’ewart
Willard Fraser
Jack C. Toole
Shelby
Co . Craighead
Moogates
N. A. Peterson
Sam Babich
Butte
George M. Gosman
Dillon
Sam W. Mitchell
Dan McKittrick
Anaconda
Edgar Price
Arnold H. Olsen
James Freebourn
Wesley Castles
Missoula
John E. Kennedy
Kennedy
Edmund Sheehy
Francis E. Walsh
Fred Lay
Charles L. Sheridan
Bigfork
Democrats Called to Disavow Farm Support Policies
Democratic platform drafters faced pressure from two major farm groups led by Allan B. Kline and Herschel Newsom to reject Truman administration price support policies. The debate ran alongside a looming Civil Rights plank fight with northern and southern leaders at odds over a strong federal anti discrimination stance.
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Chicago
Truman
Charles A. Brannan
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Herschel Newsom
National Grange
Congress
Herbert Lehman
New York
John Sparkman
Alabama
Dixie
Lehman
Eisenhower to Confer with Sen Duff on Campaign Plans
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will meet next week with Senator James H. Duff to discuss campaign strategy and possible speeches after Labor Day. Duff is slated to arrive around July 21, with plans for a Denver or Fraser Colorado ranch meeting, and a farewell airport visit with his son John.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Eisenhower
Duff
Fraser
Colo
Aksel Nielsen
Continental Divide
John
Seattle
Korea
Chicago
Highland Falls
N. Y
Veterans’ Organizations
American Legion
New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Los Angeles
Navy D558-2 Skyrocket Sets Air Records
Secretary of the Navy Dan A Kimball credited the D558-2 Skyrocket with a speed of 1238 mph and an altitude of 79494 feet after Douglas test pilot Bridgeman flew near Edwards Air Force Base in August 1951, raising speed and altitude records, with a second record flight on August 15 in the Mojave desert.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Kimball
Bridgeman
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Mojave Desert
Highway Fatalities Reach 100 Mark
Montana's 1952 highway toll reached 100 after M. O. Farnstrom of Bozeman died in a local hospital. He was injured when his car left a bridge and rolled into a ditch near Big Timber. His 15 year old son Eugene and Don Bentzen were injured. Survivors include his widow and two children.
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Bozeman
Montana
M. O. Farnstrom
Farnstrom
Big Timber
Eugene
Don Bentzen
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Associated Press
Slim
U.S
Ecton
Price
Cook
Metcalf
Noonan
Sullivan
Myrick
R Page
Bonner
Aronson
Young
Babich
Geis
Peterson
Toole
Gosman
McKittrick
Mitchell
Commie
Olsen,Toole
Victori
Ike
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