Stassen Seeks Month Leave to Push Herter on Ticket
Harold Stassen takes a one month leave from his White House role to press for Gov Christian Herter of Massachusetts as Ike Nixon running mate. Eisenhower approved the leave, enabling Stassen to pursue political activity without tying it to the White House. He plans to outline aims Aug 2 and to bolster Eisenhower Herter in the GOP.
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Washington
Harold Stassen
White House
GOP
Richard Nixon
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Eisenhower
Stassen
Gettysburg
Herter
Nixon
Anaconda Company veterans honored at dinner in Butte
Nearly 200 veteran employees attended a Finlen Hotel service award dinner honoring 900 plus Butte workers with 25 years of service. Roy H. Glover praised the backbone of the company and Clyde E. Weed spoke of a bright future in Butte and teamwork for all.
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Anaconda Company
Roy AH. Glover
Oldtimers
Clyde E. Weed
Butte
New York
Finlen Hotel
Glover
Anaconda
Montana
American Brass
Chile
Weed
Chester H. Steele
Death Creek survey casts doubt on dangers in Ribbon Creek
Marine surveyor testified that in the Ribbon Creek march area there were no hidden pits or deep water. He said the water near the bank reached about 2.3 feet, with deeper sections 20 to 48 feet out, contradicting claims of fatal hazards in the April 8 incident led by Platoon 71.
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Arthur Everett
Ribbon Creek
McKeon
Volle
Sawbucks Made With Want Ads Aid Whizzer Motor Bike
An old style notice explains sawbucks as ten dollar bills and promotes Want Ads for fast action results. It mentions a Whizzer motor bike priced at 15 dollars and provides a phone contact for listings. The fragment shows casual classifieds language and a phone number placeholder.
Plan to cut U S German forces under study
Washington reports say the Eisenhower administration is weighing reducing the 17 000 man U S divisions in West Germany by trimming support units over the next two years without weakening combat power. West German officials and Adenauer voiced grave concerns about large troop cuts and reliance on atomic weapons.
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Washington
Eisenhower
West Germany
Pentagon
State Department
Heinz Krekeler
Dulles
Konrad Adenauer
Krekeler
Adenauer
U. S
United States
Western Europe
Iran Flood Toll Reaches 1000 Dead or Missing
TEHERAN U P At least a thousand persons were reported dead or missing as floods swept Iran’s provinces for three weeks. Interior Minister Assadollah Alam said 50 had been buried and 500 unaccounted for, with damage estimated at 5 billion rials about 66 million dollars. He noted the United States offered aid including tinned food and wheat shipments.
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Teheran
U.P
Iran
Assadollah Alam
Alam
United States
Tenith Caesarean Birth At Mercy Hospital Chicago
Mrs Margaret Thomas 39 gave birth by caesarean to her tenth child at Mercy Hospital Chicago. The newborn is a seven pound one ounce son. she and husband Peter Thomas, a printer, already have six girls and three boys among their 66 children.
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Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Margaret Thomas
Peter Thomas
Hungary reshuffles cabinet as premier pledges living standard rise
In Budapest premier Andras Hegedus overhauled the government naming a new foreign minister Imre Horvath and six other cabinet changes. He urged Parliament to improve living conditions for city dwellers and peasants and reform the Stalin era legal code while signaling a cautious five year plan. The session followed the Poznan unrest and Rakosi’s ouster, with debates expected to be freer.
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Richard Kasischke
Budapest
Hungary
Andras Hegedus
Poznan
Matyas Rakosi
Dic
Tator
Hegedus
Imre Horvath
Janos Boldoczky
Horvath
Washington
Gergely Szabo
Chemical Industries
Arpad Kiss
Arpad Konya
Tibor Erdei-Gruz
Rezso Nyers
Ivan Altomare
Burma Faces Chinese Invasion Near Northern Frontier
Several hundred armed Chinese Communist troops crossed into Burma from Putao to Kunlong Ferry and advanced deeper into Burmese territory along a 500 mile stretch. Prime Minister Ba Swe convened cabinet and military chiefs as the government party leaders warned of a threat to Burma's security.
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Rangoon
Burma
Putao
Kunlong Ferry
China
Ba Swe
Government Party
Peoples Freedom League
Ten Believed Killed in Missouri Fire at aged home
PAXICO Mo At least ten persons were believed killed when a fire swept a two story frame home for aged residents Monday night near the town center. Floyd Morgan said the blaze was found about 1030 p m and two hours later the fire was under control with several bodies still unrecovered. The dead toll may reach thirteen with only one escapee identified as Mrs Charity Frederick of Poplar Bluff. Neighbors said there were twelve inmates with proprietor Mrs Bertha Riggins and her three year old grandson David Riggins. Volunteered firemen fought to keep flames from spreading to nearby buildings one block north of Main Street in the 750 population town.
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Paxico
Floyd Morgan
Morgan
Charity Frederick
Poplar Bluff
Bertha Riggins
David Riggins
Missouri
Airman 146th road death in Montana crash
A car left U S Highway 91 near Gore Hill west of Great Falls and plunged down a 40 foot bank, killing Ambers Session Jr. 20 of Malmstrom Air Force Base and seriously injuring passenger Herbert F. Brion 18. Officials said the crash occurred while en route from a ranch near Wolf Creek, with no skid marks observed and cause pending. Montana’s 1956 highway toll rose to 146, up from 106 a year earlier.
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Great Falls
U. S
Air Base
Wolf Creek
Gore Hill
Montana
Navy Is Called Only Force to Save Mideast
Admiral Burke warns the Mediterranean would be lost if the 6th Fleet cannot stay and fight. He testifies the United States may be the only major force able to retaliate after initial atomic exchanges in a future world war. Burke says land based planes cannot operate there without the fleet and argues sea control is now largely a U.S. task. He adds dispersed naval forces will play an important part, with broader strategic implications.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
Arleigh Burke
Free World
Mediterranean
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Chief of Naval Operations
U. S
6Th Fleet
Burke
Senate
Air Power Committee
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
United States
NAACP Fined $100000 for Court Contempt in Alabama
In Montgomery a state judge refused to modify a 100000 contempt fine against the NAACP for defying an order to surrender extensive records. The organization warned public release of 14566 Alabama members could trigger economic reprisals and violence. Roy Wilkins cited job losses tied to school integration as justification to keep lists private.
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Montgomery
Ala
NAACP
Walter B. Jones
Alabama
Alabama Naacp
Jones
Roy Wilkins
Wilkins
Selma
145 Persons Topped Million Last Year
Washington reports 145 taxpayers had incomes of one million dollars or more on 1953 tax returns. The figure compares with 148 in 1952 and 219 in 1950, the peak for the postwar period, among 58 million returns filed.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Forest Service Chief Tours Butte On Water and Timber Fight
Richard McArdle, chief of the U S Forest Service, urged urgent conservation work with public cooperation to protect vital water supplies and timber. He spoke during a Butte visit with regional officials C D Hansen Reed Bailey and Wilford Dresskell, arriving from Billings for a picnic at Columbia Gardens with about 150 Forest Service employees.
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Forest Service
Richard McArdle
U.S. Forest Service
Washington D.C
Butte
McArdle
Billings
C. D. Hansen
Missoula
Reed Bailey
Intermountain
Wilford Dresskell
Mr. McArdle
Floyd Bowman
Columbia Gardens
Beaverhead
Helena
Deer Lodge
Plan for International Canal Amid Suez Crisis
Britain rejects unfettered Egyptian control of the Suez Canal and discusses an international plan to operate the waterway. Egypt and Russia would join an international board, with revenues shared, while Britain halts arms shipments to Egypt and seeks a Western-backed solution.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Russia
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez
Alexandria
Commonwealth
Paris
France
International Board
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Robert D. Murphy
U. S
Freight Derailment Blocks NP Main Line at Clinton
A westbound Northern Pacific freight derailed near Clinton Montana derailing 29 cars and blocking both tracks. No injuries reported though spectators gathered as 79 cars totaled the train and rail damage forced trains to use Milwaukee rails while crews worked from Missoula to clear the line.
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Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacific Railway
Clinton
Here
U. S. Highway 10
Rocky Mountain Division
Milwaukee Railroad
Montana Weather Outlook Strong Thunder Showers This Week
Montana forecast split by region shows east areas clear to partly cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday with scattered afternoon or evening thunder showers, warmer Tuesday in central and east zones, highs 85 to 95. Western Montana fair Tuesday and Wednesday with some afternoon thundershowers in the south, highs 80 to 90. Table notes that maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours ending 5 30 p.m. Monday.
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Montana
Torrential Rain Sweeps Denver
A torrential storm drenched southern Denver and scattered Colorado towns Monday night flooding streets and basements. The Fort Morgan district saw two feet of water, outages lingered, and The Fort Morgan Times suffered damaged press and print shipments. Boats aided rescues in Englewood and motorists stranded by floodwaters near Denver. Canon City and Colorado Springs reported flooding in low areas. Denver’s Stapleton Airport recorded 1.1 inches at 9:30 p.m. with reports of heavier rainfall downtown.
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Denver
Colorado
Fort Morgan
Englewood
Ex-Helena basketball player killed fighting forest fire
Gary Fellbaum 19, former Helena High School athlete and 1954 1955 state champion, died after a tree fell on him while battling a 30 acre lightning fire in Cabinet National Forest near Nox. An eight man smoke jumper crew and helicopter aided evacuation. he died en route to Sandpoint Idaho. His father E H Fellbaum teaches at Montana State College Bozeman. He attended MSC in 1955 56.
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Missoula
Helena
Gary Fellbaum
Martin Creek
Cabinet National Forest
Fellbaum
Noxon
Bozeman
E. H. Fellbaum
Montana State College
Gary
MSC
Sandpoint
Idaho
Dillon Prisoner Escapes Jail in Beaverhead County
Beaverhead County authorities seek George W. Heiser a 33 year old escapee who vanished from Dillon jail between 11 p.m. Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday after picking a lock. He is 6 feet tall 175 pounds with blue eyes blond hair and thin features. Authorities alerted western Montana Idaho Utah and Washington. Heiser was held on a fictitious check charge and had threatened self-harm during prior jail stays. He fled aboard a northbound freight train near Armstead and may be headed toward Butte.
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Dillon
Beaverhead
George W. Heiser
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Washington
Heiser
John H. MacDonald
Armstead
MacDonald
Butte
Beaverhead County
Albert Woolson Remains in Critical Condition
Duluth Minnesota Albert Woolson 109 a surviving Civil War veteran remained critical at St Lukes ilial suffering from recurrent lung congestion and has been unconscious since early Saturday. reports describe his condition as unstable and grave with family at his bedside.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Woolson
St. Lukes
Woolson
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C. E. Weed
U.S
Leslie Liebman
Long Island
Flushing
Liebman
Red Hungary
Mideast
Butte Visitor
Arthur Gavshon
Parently
Murphy
Montana Weather
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