Scouts Embark on Rafts for Lewis and Clark River Trek
Twenty seven Explorer Scouts from the Vigilante Council including 13 boys from Butte plan a Wednesday morning raft trip on the Jefferson River from Silver Star to Trident. They re enact parts of the 1805 06 expedition, observing the sesquicentennial year with similar tours by other regional councils. Local organizers include Harold Gribble and Earl Wright with support from Dr Scott Walker and others. Rafts provided by the U S Air Force for the river journey.
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Vigilante Council
Boy Scouts of America
Jefferson River
Silver Star
Missouri
Three Forks
Air Force
Butte
Trident
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountain
United States
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout 11Th
Portland
Ore
O. D. Sharpe
Harold Gribble
Earl Wright
Scott Walker
Anaconda
Bob Ross
Whitehall
James Anderson
Rex Clark
Dillon
Don Scott
Owen Scott
U. S. Air Force
Lewis and Clark
Mr. Sharpe
Cooling Cue Sparks Homemaker Tables Across The Home
A brief note highlights placing occasional tables in handy spots to avoid moving lamps weeds and plants. The motto saving work keeps them cool while classifieds offer tables for spot cash. An ad writer is available at 5451. An example ad touts a Dodge pickup in excellent condition with 4 speed, new tires and canopy in Montana.
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Montana
Helen Schroeder Wins Medalist Honors in State Golf Tourney
Helen Schroeder from Montana State University led a field of 65 women at the Montana state women's golf tournament at Butte Country Club with an 84 to claim medalist honors. Dorothy Stupeca of Anaconda was runnerup with 88, followed by Mrs. Roy Jackson of Butte with 89. Schroeder captained the Missoula team to the low opening-round score of 385, edging Great Falls for team honors.
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Helen Schroeder
Montana State University
Missoula
Butte Country Club
Miss Schroeder
Dickinson
N. D
Dorothy Stupeca
Anaconda
Roy Jackson
Butte
John Case
Great Falls
Russell Tank
Mary Youngdale
Emery Plummer
Ted Polhemus
George Sarsfield
Dave Fitzgerald
Livingston
Alton Foutz
Helen McGowan
George Miller
Helena
Robert Olund
D. W. Ricker
Billings
N. V. Anderson
Polhemus
Plummer
Ethel Tietjen
Tank
Case
Youngdale
Margaret Montgomery
Sarsfield
Foutz
Dorothy Ackerman
Marge Sullivan
Hiland Club
Billings Yellowstone
Object of Probe Says He's Ruined
Washington Harry Lev a Chicago cap maker to the U S armed forces testified before a Senate Investigations Subcommittee that the probe into his business deals has ruined him He declared I am no more a millionaire after hearing a former Army inspector swear Lev tried to bribe him A deathbed statement from a former Lev employee claimed he became a millionaire on taxpayers money He denied any bribes and offered to account for more details on the record
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Washington
Harry Lev
Chicago
U. S
Senate
Lev
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Leo
Salt Lake City Man Falls 490 Feet In Yellowstone
A Salt Lake City man, Bob Lambrum aged about 31, fell roughly 490 feet from a canyon ledge in Yellowstone National Park and vanished into the Yellowstone River below the edge. His companions Brown and Carr reported the fall after Lambrum missed a tree and toppled to a clump of trees before plunging over the ledge. Park Supt. Joseph Joffe noted a search was underway for the body near the Stone Wall by Tower Fall.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone National Park
Park
Joseph Joffe
Bob Lambrum
Lambrum
William A. Brown
R. C. Carr
Joffe
Brown
Carr
Tower Falla
Two Pilots Die In Bolling AFB Plane Crash
Two planes from Bolling Field Washington collided high above High Point Maryland killing two pilots when one ship crashed and exploded. Two other pilots managed to nurse a crippled B25 for about ten miles to Baltimore edging to a crash landing with minor injuries.
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High Point
Bolling Afb
Washington
Baltimore
Friendship International Airport
Mayor Responds to Protests Over New Garbage Act
Mayor Tim J. Sullivan released a statement on the citys new garbage ordinance amid petitions calling for a public vote. He cited the cost of a special election and lack of funds for garbage collection, warning property owners of immediate duties or private-hauler contracts.
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Tim J. Sullivan
Montana Weather Outlook for Wednesday and Thursday
Montana forecast split by region shows fair skies through Thursday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in the west and even hotter conditions in the extreme east. Highs reach 85 to 95 in the west and up to 105 in the far east, with temperatures continuing warm.
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Montana
Senate restores aid fund after House cuts in foreign bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to restore 565.6 million of the 527.9 million cut from Eisenhower's foreign aid bill. The panel's action leaves 3.204 billion for global aid in the year starting July 1, with floor action set for Thursday.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Eisenhower
Senate Committee
Senate
Asia
House Committee Approves Major Highway Financing Bill
The House Public Works Committee reapproved a large highway bill 17 to 9, easing diesel and camelback tire recapping costs while extending new user tax rates to about 16 years. It raises the gasoline tax to 3 cents and diesel to 4 cents, with camelback tax limited to large cars and trucks, aiming to fund 482 billion dollars in construction over 12 years.
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Washington
House Public Works Committee
Polio Vaccine Victims Total 209 Through July 13
Public Health Service reports 209 polio cases through July 13 among people who received Salk vaccine and 202 cases among those in contact with vaccinated individuals. Spokesman notes 126 paralytic and 83 nonparalytic cases in the vaccinated group and 155 paralytic and 47 nonparalytic in contact cases.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Nevada penitentiary revolt ends after 26 hours
In Carson City Nevada the 200 inmates of the Nevada State Prison ended a 26 hour protest with hunger and demands for parole and privileges after Warden Art Bernard warned that 25 armed troopers surrounded the yard. Guards searched prisoners as they returned to cells and the warden ordered feeding at 8 p.m. while he considered charges against ringleaders.
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Carson City
Nev
Nevada Penitentiary
Art Bernard
Pris
Nevada State Patrol
Bernard
Bodies of Two Missing Fliers Are Found
Bozeman Montana searchers recovered the bodies of two missing pilots Dun can Johnson of Menlo Park California and Michael Patten of Birmingham Michigan in the Spanish Peaks area south of Bozeman. The single engine L 5 plane was located on the West Fork of the Gallatin River below Wilson Peak after a three day air ground search led by Al Newby. Johnson a Pan American Airlines co pilot based in San Francisco and Patten a Stanford University geology masters candidate were reportedly prospecting for uranium and were overdue since Friday with rescue efforts continuing to locate other missing fliers in Montana. Ground crews including about 200 people aided by six pilots led the effort.
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Bozeman
Mont
Spanish Peaks
Don Skerritt
Gallatin County
Duncan Johnson
Menlo Park
Calif
Michael Patten
Birmingham
Mich
Gallatin River
Wilson Peak
Jim Stradley
Belgrade
Johnson
Patten
al Newby
Montana Aeronautics Commission
Pan-American Airlines
San Francisco
Gallatin Valley
Stanford University
Wiley
Montana
Phil Myers
Clarence Hebel
Harvey Preszler
Tacoma
Wash
Jack Little
Verna Wade
Great Falls
Kalispell
Flathead River
South Fork
Little
Mrs
Wade
Black Eagle
Polson
Minimum Wage Vote Delayed Amid Bipartisan Pushback
Washington Democrats postponed a final vote on the minimum wage bill to Wednesday after a three hour debate. Southern Democrats and Republicans joined to back Eisenhower's demand for no more than 90 cents rise, while supporters pressed for an increase toward one dollar. The piece also notes the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis reporting about 6.14 million children received their first and second grade vaccines.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Foundation For
Wife Acts as Own Attorney in Death of Rival
A 28 year old wife represented herself at a coroner's inquest and persuaded the jury the shooting of 19 year old Nancy Penton was accidental. The husband, Lis Haynes, faces possible homicide charges pending federal review.
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Washington
Katherine Ann Haynes
Nancy Penton
Miss Penton
Willis M
Mickey) Haynes
Balding
Haynes
Asst
U. S
Kenneth Wood
Nancy
Ike appeals for unified Germany amid NATO talks
President Eisenhower urged Soviet leaders to allow a defensively aligned unified Germany with the West. Soviet Premier Bulganin rejected a German unification under that basis, keeping the rift over alliance ties with NATO wide.
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Geneva
Georgi Zhukov
Eisenhower
Russia
Germany
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Atlantic Alliance
Butte and Great Falls Unions Accept Anaconda Offer
Butte Stationary Engineers' Union No. 83 and Great Falls Mill and Smeltermen's Union No. 16 voted yes on The Anaconda Company's wage increase. The Butte engineers 173 to 60 and smeltermen 394 to 88 supported the proposal, finalizing talks across Butte Anaconda and Great Falls locals.
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Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
Butte Miners’ Union No. 1
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen’s Union No
Ernest Salvas
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Butte Heat Wave Sets New Weather History Milestone
Butte records show five consecutive days with 90F plus, including 91 at the airport on Tuesday. The streak eclipses 51 years of July averages, with comparisons to 1953 and 1954 heat readings and a historic all time high of 100F in 1931.
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Butte
Mercury
Man Kendricks Cleaned Up After Stolen Car Call
A Butte man Cecil Kendrick telephoned police from an East Park street bar to report his car stolen. Officers found him with a loaded 38 caliber revolver in his coat pocket and took him to jail for investigation. The car had been reported stolen from in front of an east side bar.
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Butte
Cecil Kendricks
East Park Street
Willard McCallum
Vern Maddock
Maddock
Iver Johnson
Kendrick
McCallum
Visiting Soviets Enjoy Farmhouse Iowa Meal
Twelve Soviet farm leaders toured Iowa farms by bus and shared a home cooked meal hosted by Marie Hora. They praised the fried chicken and pies while locals expressed cautious optimism about the visit and potential exchange of ideas.
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Washington
Iowa
Marie Hora
Horn Yard
Clarence Fulton
Crawfordsville
Edgar Stout
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Earl C. Wright
Norman Hanni
Jim Blodgett
Deer Lodge
Paul Maddin
Dave Markwald
Ronnie Wadsack
Lauren Madden
John Maybee
Earle Sager
Jack Hihnala
Post No. 9
Jim King
Buddy Sager
Albert Worth
Yellowston
Montana Weather
Pep
Eecewesens
Serewe
Broadus Eeeneses
Ceneeeses
Butte Weweresee
Cut Bank
Dillon Os
West
Senate Group Restores Fund For Aid
Nevada
Ike
NATO
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