Senate Repeals Law Allowing Use of GIs in Integration
Washington The Senate voted 90 to 0 to amend the civil rights bill to repeal authorizing federal troops to enforce court orders, aiming to ease southern fears of bayonet enforcement. The move clears the way to strip enforcement powers except those protecting voting rights, while debate on final passages continues.
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Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Senate
Knowland
Rcalif
Sen
Humphrey
Dminn
House
Lausche
Ohio
Majority
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Russell
D-Ga
Sens. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Montana PSC threatens hearing over poor Montana phone service
The Montana Public Service Commission announced it may hold a general hearing if Montana's 41 telephone companies fail to take positive action to improve service. An earlier Libby area hearing is already scheduled as complaints rise nationwide. The commission warned it will issue orders to ensure efficient phone service statewide.
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Helena
Montana Public Service Commission
Montana
Commission
Paul T. Smith
Austin B. Middleton
Ory J. Armstrong
Public Service Commission
Dillon Boy Hurt In Boat Mishap Near Alder
Dennis Schmauch 15 of Dillon was injured in a boat propeller incident at Ruby Dam reservoir while water skiing. Rescuers pulled him from the water and he received emergency aid and a blood transfusion at Sheridan hospital after being rushed from the scene.
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Dillon
Dennis Schmauch
Mike Schmauch
Ruby Dam Reservoir
Alder
Young Schmauch
John Harr
Hart
Richard Weaver
Dan Carpita
Schmauch
Bill Backus
Carpita
Young Weaver
Backus
Carpital
Sheridan Hospital
Budget Adopted for School District No 1 Expenditures
County commissioners approve a total budget of 2 454 951 44 for School District No 1 through December 31 1958. Trustees had estimated 2 801 494 17. Cash reserve reduced to 7 135 44. Elementary schools receive 1 858 234 75 and Butte High School 596 716 69. Butte Junior High included in budget. Major item is 500 912 21 for bond interest.
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Board of County Commissioners
Board of Trustees
Butte
Solons Hear Of GM Jet Profits
Government auditors said General Motors overstated production costs on a 1952 55 fighter plane contract and reaped 17.46 million excess profits. The GAO blamed Air Force laxity and GM estimates as causes, with calls for renegotiation and further scrutiny by the House committee.
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B. L. Livingstone
Washington
General Motors Corp
Air Force
G-M
General Accounting Office
GAO
Joseph Campbell
House
Armed Services
Hebert
D-La
Detroit
Hardy
D-Va
General Motors
U.S
Herbert
Lawrence J. Powers
Defense Accontract
Army Ordnance
Ary Ordnance
Cadillac Division
Powers
Kansas City
Comptroller
Congress
Mining City school district awards 183000 in contracts
Trustees of School District No. 1 Butte let $183,297 in contracts for repair and remodeling of seven Mining City grade schools as part of a $2.5 million program. Knuckey Construction won the Washington general contract at 106,901. Lester Brown took painting 1,985. Murphy Plumbing and Heating 6,465. Sundberg Electric 13,246.
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Butte
Washington
Knuckey Construction Co
The
Lester Brown
Murphy Plumbing and Heating
Sundberg Electric
Franklin—General Construction
Knuckey
Rudy Endresse
Walsh Engineering
Grant
General Construction
Reardon Plumbing
Harrison—General Construction
Huckaba-Lutey Construction Co
End
Eisenhower Cuts Military Spending Ceilings Say Reductions Hit R&D and Production
Senator Symington reports the president is approving military expenditure ceilings that heavily cut many items including research and development, production, and training for both conventional weapons and missiles.
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Washington
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Senate
Eisenhower
Lead Zinc Peril Point Act Backed Stronger Law Urged
A Senate Finance Committee hearing heard industry spokesmen back an administration lead and zinc bill to set peril point prices and apply import excise taxes. Charles E. Schwab urged higher maximum taxes, arguing current measures fail to shield domestic miners from foreign competition. Southern Peru Corp challenged the plan as reducing Peru imports. Continued Page 11, Col. 1.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Charles E. Schwab
Kellog
Idaho
Schwab
U.S
Richard F. Goodwin
Southern Peru Corp
United States
Republic of Peru
Peru
FRB President Visits Butte on Montana Tour
Frederick L. Deming president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis visited Butte on a week long Montana tour as head of the Ninth District. He toured Kelley Mine and Anaconda Reduction Works and spoke of the district spanning 1900 miles. Deming traveled with Kyle Fossum and planned to continue to Helena.
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Frederick L. Deming
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Butte
Treasure State
Montana
Deming
Helena
Country Club
FRB
Kelley
Anaconda
Kyle Fossum
Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis
Oliver Powell
No Wedding Bells for Him Origin of a Phrase
A line from Walter Melville's melodrama popularized the phrase dirty work at the crossroads. The notice suggests using Want Ads to handle tricky problems, with contact Ph. 5451.
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Walter Melville
SOS Hoax Sinks Collision Report Debunked
Coast Guard called off search for a sinking ship at 2 p.m. Monday after deeming the SOS hoax. A spokesman noted radio messages heard Sunday night with SOS and sinking claims tied to Cuban registry CLFH.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Britain to Aid Sultan Put Down Revolt in Oman
Britain agrees to help the Sultan of Muscat and Oman suppress a revolt in the Persian Gulf. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd cites outside forces stirring the rebellion and says small precautionary movements are underway with no British troops on Muscat soil. Air transports head to the Middle East and Kenya while British ships and units set readiness, amid tensions with Saudi and American oil interests.
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London
Britain
Muscat
Oman
Persian Gulf
Middle East
United States
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
House of Commons
Arabian Peninsula
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Nairobi
Kenya
East Africa
Lord Mancroft
House of Lords
Sultanate
Cyprus
Iraq
Arabia
Ghaleb Ben Ali
Sultan Said Ben Taimur
Odaiba
State Has 101st Highway Death
Miles City reports the 101st highway death of the year after Joe Garcia 28 died from injuries in a two car crash near Miles City. Garcia was a passenger in Fay Bramlett 34’s car which turned left, collided with Melvin Alexander 46 of Indianapolis, then plunged down a 20 foot embankment. Bramlett in satisfactory condition and Alexander treated for cuts and bruises.
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Miles City
Joe Garcia
Gene Miller
Garcia
Fay Bramlett
Miller
Bramlett
Melvin Alexander
Indianapolis
Alexander
Montana
Postal Pay Raise Tentatively Okayed by House
The House voted by voice to boost pay for about 518,000 postal workers by 12 percent up to a maximum of 546 dollars a year, raising average salaries from about 4340 dollars annually. Final vote was postponed to Tuesday. Fourth class postmasters would also receive the 12 percent raise, within the cap.
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Washington
House
Dulles Urges Limited Disarmament Steps Now
Secretary of State Dulles urged Russia to accept a first step in disarmament during a national radio address. He warned time is not unlimited as East West talks in London show slight progress and called for a halt to nuclear tests for 10 months if Moscow will agree to end production of fissionable materials for atomic hydrogen weapons.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
London
Kremlin
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Two Hawthorne Officers Slain After Traffic Stop
In Hawthorne California El Segundo officer Richard Phillips 29 and Hawthorne officer Milton Curtis 25 were gunned down during a traffic stop. The killer fled in a car later abandoned as a nationwide manhunt began. Phillips fired six rounds at the fleeing vehicle and called for an ambulance before dying.
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Hawthorne
Calif
el Segundo
Sies
Ater
Richard Phillips
Milton Curtis
Montana Weather: scattered showers and cooler temps ahead
Montana forecast splits east and west regions. East section sees mostly fair Tuesday with highs 90 to 100 and possible showers, Tuesday night 55 to 65, then partly cloudy Wednesday with scattered thundershowers and highs 85 to 95. West section expects cloudiness and scattered showers Tuesday, highs 75 to 85, cooler Tuesday night 50 to 55, and partial clearing Wednesday with some afternoon thundershowers.
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Montana
Missoula Hears Bensonin Farm Price Talk
Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson told Missoula the farm price support system should move under general guides without fixed formulas. He warned fixed formulas caused extreme consequences and urged reforms through research and education to boost parity and strengthen marketing machinery.
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Missoula
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
New Mar
Montana
USIA Cuts 900 Jobs Overseas Total
Washington reports the United States Information Agency will cut 900 employees and sharply trim overseas operations. Director Arthur Larson says core activity remains in reaching people inside the Soviet Union and its satellites with Voice of America broadcasts and the magazine America.
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Washington
Arthur Larson
U.S. Information Agency
Larson
USIA
Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Voice of America
America
Giant bank holdup nets cash at Asheville branch
A tall, 250 pound masked bandit held up the Bank and Trust Co Northside Branch in Asheville North Carolina Monday. He herded nine people into a vault and escaped with 42857 dollars in cash. The gunman warned by saying this is a holdup.
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Asheville
N.C
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Northside
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