Senate approves foreign aid bill amid Yugoslavia ban
The Senate passed a 4.11 billion dollar foreign aid package with a Knowland amendment banning use of the funds for Yugoslavia military aid. The final vote was 60 to 30, sending the bill to a conference with the House. President Eisenhower urged executive discretion on Yugoslavia aid.
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Washington
Senate
Yugoslavia
Ence
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Knowland
California
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Two Attorneys Indicted in Gas Bill Probe
A federal grand jury indicted Superior Oil Co. of California and two attorneys Elmer Patman and John M. Neff on five counts plus conspiracy for allegedly trying to influence Sen. Francis Case on the vetoed natural gas bill. Neff and Patman were accused of offering Case $2,500 to back the bill and of failing to register as lobbyists, with penalties up to $10,000 fine and five years in prison. The probe, prompted by Case's disclosure, is ongoing as Eisenhower vetoed the measure aimed at easing federal regulation for independent gas producers.
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Washington
U.P
Superior Oil Co
California
Francis Case
R-S.d
Case
Neff
Grand
Superior Oil
Patman
South Dakotan
Congress
Justice Department
Eisenhower
Montana girl, 15, killed in one-car wreck near Culbertson
Joyce Eberling, 15, of Poplar, was killed when a convertible left a graveled road seven miles from Culbertson and fell into a gully. Carl Swenson, about 17, injured, walked to a farm for help. Swenson driving. Coroner reports the crash as Roosevelt county’s fourth highway fatality since July 4 and notes Montana’s race to 138 deaths in 1950.
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Culbertson
Joyce Eberling
Poplar
Carl Swenson
Lyman Clayton
Roosevelt County
Clayton
Swenson
Culbertson Hospital
Montana
County Grand Jury Indicts Hodge on Embezzling Charge
Springfield Illinois United Press reports Sangamon County grand jury indicted former State Auditor Orville E. Hodge on embezzling 637000 of state funds in a phony check scheme. The indictment counts 276 felonies including forgery and conspiracy, flagging a potential trial over a large fraud involving state checks. Hodge faces federal charges in a related funds misapplication case.
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Hodge
Springfield, Ill
Orville E. Hodge
Sangamon County
Montana Weather Outlook Strong Thunderstorms Possible Southwest
Montana east: mostly fair and warm Wednesday with high 90 to 100 and a few thunderstorms over southwestern mountains. West: mostly fair with highs 85 to 95 and a chance of late day storms in the south. Cooler northwest tonight into Thursday.
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Montana
Atomic Energy Plant Bill Dies in House
The House rejected a Democratic bill to launch an AEC power plant program by a 203 to 191 vote, shelving the plan for the 1956 season. It then approved a separate $1.94 billion for AEC activities for the new fiscal year, exceeding Eisenhower’s request.
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Washington
House
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis Strauss
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Strauss
Montana Drivers Adhere to New 65 MPH Daytime Limit
Montana Highway Patrol reports strong public compliance with the daytime 65 mph speed limit after enforcement began Sunday. Patrols noted no daylight traffic deaths in three days and eight officers said no tickets were written for violations during the initial period.
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Helena
Montana
Alex B. Stephenson
Stephenson
Montana Highway Patrol Board
Bozeman
Highway Patrol
Butte District
W. O. Thornby
Garrison
Butte- Anaconda Highway
Georgetown Lake
Sqt
Eeree
Butte-Anaconda
Warm Springs
Anaconda
Trustees Protest Melrose Students Bus Expenses Now
Melrose high school age students granted permission to attend Beaverhead County High School in Dillon face transportation dispute. Butte trustees refuse transportation costs due to a preexisting Beav erhead County bus contract to Butte High. The district approved a 2,277,800.34 dollar budget for the year ending July 1, 1957, the largest in Silver Bow County history, following a 90 minute athletic committee meeting and on recommendation of Charles Nugent and George Haney.
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Melrose
Beaverhead County
Dillon
Butte High School
Butte
Board of County Commissioners
Silver Bow County
Charles W. Nugent
George Haney
Grain Elevator Burns to Ground near Chester
A grain elevator and two annexes at the Tiber siding five miles west of Chester burned to the ground Tuesday morning, holding 70 000 to 80 000 bushels of wheat and barley. Loss estimated at 225 000 to 250 000 dollars, fully insured. Fire department lacked water, sheltering the flames. Cause undetermined. possible wheat dust spontaneous combustion or electrical short. Some grain may be salvaged for feed.
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Chester
Tiber Railroad
J. M. Walter
Farmers Union Grain Terminal Assn
Great Falls
Chester Fire Dept
Dodds Keith
Liberty County
Keith
Walter
Chinese Reds May Soon Free Six Priests
Hong Kong dispatch reports the Catholic Mission saying signs indicate the Chinese Reds will release six American Catholic missionaries held prisoner. A Briton released from Shanghai prison said priests are receiving greatly improved treatment. Two American priests were freed on June 15.
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Hong Kong
U.P
Catholic Mission
Shanghai
Hagerty Praises Ike After Panama Conference Trip
President Eisenhower returned from the Panama conference of American presidents and, according to White House secretary James Hagerty, stood up well on the four day trip. Hagerty said his condition is fine and that the president, though tired, found the trip very fine but very busy.
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Washington
U.P
Eisenhower
Panama
White House
James C. Hagerty
Escape attempt at Alcatraz ends in recapture
Floyd Wilson, 41, convicted murderer, failed to escape Alcatraz after an 11 hour search. He was found drenched in a cave on the island edge and recaptured at 2:45 a.m. Coast Guard boats circled in fog. Warden Madigan called him close mouthed and considered indictment. Wilson has been on The Rock since 1952 and faces potential additional five year sentence and $10,000 fine if convicted for the escape attempt.
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San Francisco
Floyd Wilson
Alcatraz
Island
Coast Guard
San Francisco Bay
Wilson
Paul J. Madigan
Madigan
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
Lloyd Burke
Washington, D. C
Milton E. Lowe
J. B. Latimer
Floyd Hamilton
Averell Backers in Montana Group OrganizeSupport
Helena reports backers of New York Governor Harriman organized within Montana 16 vote delegation despite a voters mandate to back Estes Kefauver. Delegate Paul Cannon claimed seven provisional Harriman votes while Kefauver ran unopposed in the first presidential primary under a new law. The plan has Kefauver delegates bound until 20 percent of the national ballots or until Kefauver releases them. Cannon says a trend toward Harriman exists as Western States members met with delegates. The AP poll showed varied preferences among other potential delegates.
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Helena
Mont
New York
Averell Harriman
Montana
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Paul Cannon
Kefauver
Cannon
Butte
Harriman
Harriman Committee
Milton Weisenmann
Reva Beck Basone
Salt Lake City
Associated Press
Illinois
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Arnold H. Olsen
Stevenson
Page
Harri
New York's Carnegie Hall Might Become Hotel
Carnegie Hall at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue could be sold to a corporation led by Louis J. Glickman and converted to a hotel or office building. The Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York will keep using the hall for at least three years under the purchase terms.
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New York
U.P
Carnegie Hall
Louis J. Glickman
57Th Street
Seventh Avenue
Midtown Manhattan
Philharmonic-Symphony Society of
Nixon to be nominated for vice presidency at GOP convention
Harold Stassen failed to derail Nixon's bid as Gov. Christian Herter will place Nixon's name in nomination at the Republican National Convention. Nixon praised the move as he denied any admin backing for Stassen. Stassen argued for Herter, saying the ticket Eisenhower Herter is stronger, while Eisenhower offered no comment.
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Herter
Washington
Harold Stassen
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Leonard Hall
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Stassen
Eisenhower
GOP
Hall
Gov. Herter
White House
James Hagerty
Senate Delays Civil Rights Bill Amid Booker Sparring
In Washington liberal northern Democrats failed to force Senate action on Eisenhower civil rights legislation. Southern leaders led by Richard Russell blocked progress as Senate adjournment looms. Senate leader Lyndon Johnson warned delay could jeopardize passage of social security and other must legislation.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Eisenhower
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Presidential Commission On
Justice Department
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
James C. Eastland
D-Miss
Thomas C. Henings
D-Mo
Survivor Testimony On Ribbon Creek Tragedy At Marine Court
Pfc. Cormac Brennan testified that leader S Sgt Matthew C McKeon ordered nonswimmers to do their best before marching into Ribbon Creek where six recruits drowned. Brennan described McKeon as a good patient drill instructor while defense limits on witnesses were set at 18 ex Marines amid ongoing court martial proceedings.
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Parris Island
S. C
Matthew C. McKeon
Cormac M. Brennan
New York City
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Brennan
City College of New York
Emile Zola Berman
Berman
Maj
Charles B. Sevier
Steel talks show progress toward settlement of nationwide strike
Negotiators in New York reported progress as steel companies and the United Steelworkers began bargaining again for a 24 day nationwide strike. A tentative offer shift to a 3 year pact with a 20 cent hourly increase for year one emerged, and some companies reportedly planned to resume operations Friday.
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New York
Steel Company
International
United Steelworkers
New York Times
the Times
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
David McDonald
Arrest in Colombia Over Poisoned Cocktail Batch
Fernel Mendoza, chairman of a festival committee in Pailas, Barranquilla, was arrested Tuesday for mixing a batch of cocktails that authorities say killed 50 people and poisoned 250 others. The detoxified mix reportedly contained contraband alcohol lavender lo tion beets potatoes tobacco and battery acid.
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Barranquilla
Columbia
U.P
Fernel Mendoza
Mendoza
Seoter
Pailas
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