Special city levy and housing vote polls open in Mining City
Polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for two measures in Mining City. 11,177 eligible for garbage disposal tax, 16,208 voters for a $1,000,000 federal housing project. Nineteen precincts list Ward and venue names including City Hall, schools, churches, parks, and hospitals as polling sites.
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Mining City
Silver Bow Homes
City Hall
Washington Junior High School
Quartz St
Immaculate Conception Parish Hall
Sacred Heart School
Grant School
Burglars Fail To Peel Safe At Pioneer Lumber Co
Burglars attempted to peel the safe at Pioneer Lumber Co office 216 E Front using tools from the firm and a jimmie bar but failed. Police reported that they entered by lifting a window and tearing a screen after forcing a fence breach. A separate Iris Ice Cream store break in on Harrison yielded $150 in two sacks hidden in an oven with a $5 check. entry was gained by jimmying a rear door.
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Pioneer Lumber Co
Lumber Company
Asst
John O’leary
South Side
Burars
O'Leary
James Clark
Herb O’neill
Willard McCallum
Larry Tromly
O’leary
Iris
Harrison
Butte
Lars Larsen
Larry Netzner
Elizabeth Parke
Steel Union Boss Agrees to Talks in New York
Pittsburgh based United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald said he would join an industry plan to resume contract negotiations in New York City on Tuesday to end a 22 day strike. He condemned steel pricing, claiming prices rose beyond cost increases and canceled his planned picket line tour to attend talks.
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Pittsburgh
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers
New York City
McDonald
Wallet heist ends with $35 gain for cleaner
In Middletown New York Joseph Rodriguez left a wallet with 465 dollars on a bureau while bathing. The wallet vanished and police gathered tenants to locate the money. Thirty minutes later a porch roll totaling 500 dollars was found and Rodriguez admitted pocketing 35 dollars from the lapse.
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Middletown
N. Y
Joseph Rodriguez
Rodriguez
McKeon Lawyer Says Corps Is Obstructing Case
McKeon defense argues Marine Corps limited witnesses to hamper trial. Emile Zola Berman says up to 200 witnesses may testify to support that forced marches into streams at night are part of training. Trial center over Ribbon Creek drownings and charges of manslaughter and oppression.
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Parris Island
S. C
Matthew McKeon
Marine Corps
Emile Zola Berman
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Berman
New York City
Jerry Solomon
Anthony Burgos
Duncan Rankin
Wyman Osterhout
Dag Hammarskjold Meets Nasser In Cairo Talk
In Cairo on Sunday Dag Hammarskjold the United Nations secretary general conferred with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The discussions focused on regional tensions and ongoing peace efforts in the Middle East amid wider diplomatic exchanges in the area.
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DAG
Nasser
Cairo
Egypt
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Foreign Policy Seen Issue for Democrats
Three Democratic senators Mansfield Humphrey and Fulbright said the party will critique Eisenhower era foreign policy and resist a bipartisan plank. They anticipate a microscopic review of the 1952 GOP plan by Dulles and warn Republicans may desert key issues, while Smith of New Jersey cites potential common ground on China and UN matters.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mansfield
Mont
Humphrey
Minn
Fulbright
Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Chicago
Nixon
Congress
Democratic National Committee
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
United Nations
China
Mansfield Says Soviet Aid Matches U S Help Worldwide
Senator Mansfield released a staff study noting Soviet economic assistance may rival U S aid within 13 months. He said Moscow now offers loans and technical help globally without strings, expanding beyond Afghanistan and India and pressuring U S policy to adapt without mirroring dollar for dollar.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
Soviet Union
United States
Mansfield
D-Mont
Asia
U. S
Afghanistan
India
U.S.S.R
Middle East
Africa
Frighteningly Huge Carcass Found in Alaska Mystery Creature
Yakutat Alaska residents report a carcass over 100 feet long washed ashore near Dry Harbor sixty miles southeast of Yakutat. Origin and species unknown with reddish brown hair and decomposing crimson flesh. Eyewitnesses describe tusklike jaw, large eye sockets, and ribs extending from spine. Experts from Seattle say it matches no known animal and urge preservation for study.
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Alaska
Bob Kedrick
Juneau
Daily Empire
Yakutat
Here
Gulf of Alaska
Dry Harbor
Akwe River
Earl Flemming
Dan
Clint Mortenson
Akwe
Mortensons
Seattle
Trevor Kincaid
University of Washington
Loren Horn
Civil Aeronautics Administration
School Budget Adoption Set In Butte District
Trustees of School District No 1 Butte will adopt a final budget for 1956 57 Monday night at 8 oclock A taxpayers hearing is set for 10 oclock in the office of Maybelle Hogan county school superintendent for taxpayers to submit recommendations or protest The preliminary budget totals 2277800 34 for elementary schools and Butte High School the largest in district history
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Butte
Maybelle Hogan
Earth tremor shakes Arica Chile port city
A strong earthquake struck Arica in northern Chile early Sunday. The 14,000 population city reported minor building damage but no injuries.
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Arica
Chile
Chilean
Indian earthquake toll rises with 117 dead and 800 missing
Anjar in Kutch bears the brunt of a powerful quake that rocked from Bombay to the Pakistan border. At least 117 killed and 800 missing as relief efforts mobilize across Madhya Bharat and Jamnagar. Army and police salvage operations continue amid widespread destruction.
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Bombay
India
Anjar
Ahmedabad
Pakistan
Kutch
Colaba Meteorological Observatory
Bhuj
Kathiawar
Madhya Bharat
Nehru
London
Europe
Middle East
Jamnagar
Gulf of Kutch
Ahmadabad
Montana Weather Announces Warm Fair Conditions
East Montana will see fair skies and continued warmth on Monday and Tuesday with highs from 85 to 95. West Montana remains fair with Monday highs of 85 to 92, and little temperature change expected.
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Montana
Dr. W. L. Hunter Taken by Death
Helena dentist and longtime Republican member of the Montana House Dr. William Lewis Hunter 69 died of a heart attack at his Kenwood home after a family picnic. Born in Inverness Canada in 1887 he practiced dentistry since 1908 and led the state dental association. Survived by wife Florence Sheek, married 1910.
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Helena
William Lewis Hunter
House of Representatives
Kenwood
Hunter
Great Falls
Montana State Dental Assn
State Association
Inverness
Que
Canada
U. S
Florence Sheek
Sunnyside
Wash
Commission Would Deal With Human Problems
President Eisenhower proposed a pan American commission with one representative from each of the 21 republics to tackle economic social and technical issues across the Americas. Milton Eisenhower was named as the U S representative. The Panama signatures affirmed resolve against totalitarian forces and reinforced Pan American solidarity and ideals. The declaration links to 1826 Bolivar era Pan Americanism and underscores the destiny of America to build a civilization advancing human liberty with government serving the people.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Panama
Eisenhower
United States
Commission On
Milton
U. S
Dulles
Americas
Simon Bolivar
Organization of American States
OAS
Assembly of Plenipotentiaries
America
Four Airmen Rescued After Off Course Navy Bomber
Four U S Navy airmen rescued Sunday after bailing from a disabled bomber 700 miles off course. Lt Donald Fitzgerald and Lt Christopher Withers landed near Aratung Island while two others, Lynn A Mcatee and Helen Mills, reached Merampi Island. Natives fed, housed, and aided the crew, using signs to communicate.
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Sangley Point
Philippine Islands
U. S. Navy
South Sea
Donald Fitzgerald
Sacramento
Calif
Christopher Withers
Port Washington
N. Y
C. Helen Mills
Guin
Ala
Lynn A. Mcatee
Colton
Guam
Langley Point
Withers
Fitzgerald
Aratung Island
Moatee
Mills
Merampi
Mindanao
Mcatee and
Four Drownings Shock Montana Over Weekend
Tragedy struck three families as four youths drowned during weekend recreation across Montana. Victims named Frank Robert Allison 21 Saint Ignatius Donald Sievers 20 Creston Leonard Stephens 13 Minton Sask and Benjamin Berger 16 Crystal North Dakota near Havre reported by Associated Press. Allison drowned Sunday at 3 p m at Mission Dam during an American Legion picnic after cramps in ten feet of water. Divers recovered him and Dr. Steve Van Deen failed to revive him after an hour of artificial respiration.
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Frank Robert Allison
St. Ignatius
Donald Sievers
Creston
Leonard Stephens
Minton
Sask
Associated Press
Benjamin Berger
Crystal
N. D
Havre
Allison
Mission Dam
American Legion
Bill Graham
Steve van Deen
Murder Witnessed But Victim Slain in Daylight on Lake Michigan Shore
CHICAGO A lakefront sunbather was beaten to death in Lincoln Park while a resident on a 15th floor watched through opera glasses. Arthur Besley, 55, led a motorcycle patrolman to the scene as police tried to identify the victim, a roughly 35 year old woman found near her sun chair in a bushes clump. The assault left the left side of her head crushed, presumed from a bottle or rock.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Arthur Besley
Lincoln Park
Elmer Tesker
Bolivars Named After Venezuelan Leader in Local Cash Talk
A historical note explains Bolivars as Venezuela currency named for Simon Bolivar. The piece compares their value to US money and highlights modern monetary naming. Readers are invited to place a Want Ad to sell items and convert them to cash by dialing 5451.
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George Washington
Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
U.S
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