Labor Trustee System To Be Probed By Senate Rackets Panel
The Senate Rackets Committee plans hearings to examine trusteeship in unions including the Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union and Chicago Local No 100. The panel weighs whether trusteeships protect democracy or strip locals of voice and funds while AFL-CIO endorses guardrails and sparing use.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
McClellan
Dark
Chicago
Afl-Cio
Kalispell Man Dies in Crash on Somers-Bigfork Road
Kalispell resident John Raymond Tonkinson, 30, was killed when his car lost control near Flathead Lake. Police said the vehicle skidded 204 feet, rolled 132 feet on the shoulder, and plunged 12 feet before tumbling 162 more feet after leaving the road at about 2:20 a.m. Tonkinson, who lived with his mother in Kalispell, had earlier resided in Proctor.
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Kalispell
John Raymond Tonkinson
Somers-Bigfork
Montana
Highway Patrol
Tonkinson
Flathead Lake
Proctor
Roosevelt Sons Escape Unhurt After Takeoff Crash
Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. were aboard a light plane that slid 150 feet through a fence into brush on a soggy Fort Scott Kansas airstrip. The two sons of the late President were inspecting a ranch on a cattle-buying tour and were returning to Kansas City with Jimmy Smith and G W Chittenden. Elliott, who piloted the craft, faced about $10,000 in damage.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Kansas City
Jimmy Smith
Franklin
Duchess County
N. Y
G. W. Chittenden
American Polled Hereford Ass
Dr Edward M Gans Named Catholic Physician of the Year
New York The National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds honored 82 year old Dr Edward M Gans of Harl ot on Montana with its Catholic Physician of the Year award at a Wednesday night ceremony in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds
Edward M. Gans
Harlowton, Mont
Record 624 Tornadoes In Five Months Sets Peak
Weather Bureau reports 624 tornadoes in January May, an all time high and likely new yearly record. Texas led with 95 and Oklahoma with 46, while the Ruskin Heights Kansas City tornado on May 20 caused 39 deaths.
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Washington
U.P
Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
Ruskin Heights
Kansas City
Mead Will Retire From Mining School Faculty
L Vincent Mead associate professor of mathematics at the School of Mines will retire at the end of the current academic year. He has taught since 1947 after coming from the University of Florida. Mead, born September 27, 1889 in Ohio, holds degrees from Baldwin Wallace and Ohio State. He is married to Edna Farrar with one son, Kenneth Mead.
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L. Vincent Mead
School of Mines
Edwin G. Koch
Mead
University of Florida At
Gainesville
Huron County
Ohio
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Mr. Mead
Edna Farrar
Kenneth I. Mead
Dutton
W. Broadway
Railroad proposal eyed to market Big Hole timber
Helena A plan was urged for a railroad into Montana’s Big Hole Basin to market up to 647000 acres of timber. Forest Service managers Lindh and Castles argued rail access is essential, while planners discussed pulp development and a need for a full economic analysis.
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Helena
Montana
Big Hole
State Planning Board
Axel Lindh
Forest Service
Missoula
Lindh
John Castles
Coeur d’Alene
Idaho
Castles
R. C. Setterstrom
Montana Power Co
Butte
Charles L. Tibbe
Planning Board
Gov. J. Hugo Aronson
D. P. Fabrick
Chateau
C. H. Raymond
Hamilton
H. J. Sawtell
Miles City
Fred E. Buck
R. J. Kelly
Perry F. Roys
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
Bozeman
A. J. Mosby
KGVO
W. J. Bowman
Billings
James S. Umber
Aflcio
Clark’s Fork Valley
Libby
Gareth C. Moon
Aronson
Moon
Wolf Point Boy Drowns At Picnic Site In Missouri River
The body of Robert Meidinger, 15, was found on a sand bar in the Missouri River eight miles east of Wolf Point. He drowned near a picnic site on Memorial Day while swimming with two other boys. A search plane pilot spotted the body around 11 a.m. and notified ground crews.
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Wolf Point
Robert Meidinger
Missouri River
Adolph Meidinger
Roosevelt County
AEC Explodes Pipsqueak Atomic Device
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated a small atomic device from a captive helium balloon over Yucca Flat, marking possibly the smallest nuclear blast at the site. Officials described it as very successful with no fallout beyond the test area and a brief dawn flash observed from Las Vegas.
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Yucca Flat Dry Lake
Desert
Atomic Energy Commission
Angel’s Peak
AEC
Gerald W. Johnson
University of California
Radiation Laboratory
Livermore
Calif
Further Flooding Of Yellowstone River Predicted
The turbulent Yellowstone River neared flood state in Billings on Wednesday and the Weather Bureau warned it would stay there for several days. River forecaster Ralph E. Gumpf reported the Yellowstone and tributaries from Livingston to Billings are near or slightly above flood state with lowland areas flooded. He attributed continuing hot weather and mountain snowmelt to keeping the river at or above flood stage.
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Billings
Yellowstone
Weather Bureau
Ralph E. Gumpf
Livingston
Girard Chooses Japanese Lawyer for Trial
U S soldier William S. Girard, 21, of Ottawa Illinois, selects 64 year old Itsuro Hayashi to defend him in a Japanese court for manslaughter. The case involves the January 30 shooting of Mrs Naka Sakai at a United States firing range.
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Tokyo
U.P
U. S
William S. Girard
Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Naka Sakai
United States
State Department
Itsuro Hayashi
Tokyo Bar Assa
Awd
Russians Ready to Agree on Broad Disarmament
Soviet Premier Bulganin told the ILO opening session in Geneva that the USSR is ready to conclude an across-the-board disarmament agreement or an agreement on its individual aspects including cessation of nuclear tests. He urged international organizations to help preserve peace and reduce tensions.
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Michael Goldsmith
Geneva
Nikolai Bulganin
U.S.S.R
International Labor Organization
ILO
United Nations
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
U. S
Soviet Union
London
Eisenhower backs limited ban on atomic tests
President Eisenhower said he would delight in a total ban on atomic tests only if the Soviet Union accepts a heat proof disarmament system. He stressed the U.S. will continue testing to curb radioactive fallout, questioned another H bomb, and spoke on Khrushchev, Formosa riots, Red China trade, and the Girard case. He warned budget contrasts with Democratic policies and referenced continued congressional proposals.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
United States
South Pacific
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Europe
United
Army Sp
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Ill
Congress
Trembling Hands Mirror Tumbling Hopes In Omiya Japan
A brief note from Omiya, Japan describes trembling hands and tumbling hopes, indicating a moment of anxiety or reflection. The fragment hints at broader context on page 11, column 3, continuing here.
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Omiya
Japan
Doctors condemn pop-up drugs used by athletes nationwide
AMA delegates call for a study by trustees to halt abuse of amphetamine and derivatives. Dr. Herbert Berger warns that stimulants can trigger violent behavior and dangerous actions, with high school to professional athletes in danger. He cites risks to hearts and overall personality changes linked to performance boosts.
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New York
American Medical Assny
AMA
Herbert Berger
New York State Medical Society
Berger
Children Enjoy First Outing At Gardens In 1957
The 1957 Children Day at Columbia Gardens opens with cooperative weather and well kept grounds. Free bus service for children under 14 is provided by The Anaconda Company. Butte City Lines runs trips from Park and Main at 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays will host weekly Children's Days except June 13 for Miners Union Day.
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Columbia Gardens
Butte
Anaconda Company
Butte City Lines
Park and Main
Miners Union
Russian Roulette Fatal To Boy 16 In Indianapolis
A 16 year old high school junior died from a self inflicted gunshot wound after playing Russian roulette to impress a former girlfriend. The incident happened Tuesday at a home where Sharon May was visiting. the revolver fired on the second trigger pull after the cylinder was twirled. Donald Forehand was handling the gun at the time.
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Indianapolis
Donald
Sharon May
Passenger pilot saves man after amphibious crash at Nelson Reservoir
Border patrol pilot Francis Skenham of Grand Forks North Dakota pulled passenger Ralph Tabers of Washington DC from an overturned Beaver after a routine landing nosed the craft underwater at Nelson Reservoir. Both surfaced on pontoons for two hours before a fisherman found them and took them to hospital. Tabers suffered facial cuts and was in fair condition.
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Malta
U.P
Border Patrol
Francis Skenham
Grand Forks
N. D
Nelson Reservoir
Ralph Tabers
Washington, D. C
Skenham
Havre
Tabers
Hubert Drables
Drables
Body of Missoula Woman Found After Year in River
The Clark Fork River body of Dinah Rolan, Missoula, missing since June 2, 1956, was recovered near Lake Pend Oreille Idaho. Army Engineers workers retrieved the corpse after it passed two power dams Cabinet Gorge and Thompson Falls, according to Sandpoint Idaho sheriff's office.
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Thompson Falls
Sandpoint
Idaho
Clark Fork
Missoula
Lake Pend Oreille
Dinah Rolan
Corps of Army Engineers
Cabinet Gorge
Claims to first comic titles contrast with want ads
Two early comic figures Swinnerton’s Little Bears and Tigers and Outcault’s Yellow Kid claim historic firsts, but the era’s most effective modern solution for needs remains want ads. Dial 5451.
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James Swinnerton
Richard C. Outcault
Dial 5451
City council warned of dangerously low balances
Butte officials heard that city funds were dangerously low and would require expenditure curtailment for the final two months of the fiscal year to avoid overdrawing. Mayor Donnelly won a second vote of confidence and appointed a nine member recreation board plus a temporary tenth. He created a juvenile officer post and a plain clothesman to combat delinquency as part of a packed two hour meeting.
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Butte
State Examiner
W. P. Donnelly
Roberts
City Recreation Board
Donnelly
John Gardner
Police Department
James Moran
Gardner
Montana Weather Outlook Throws Clouds and Showers
Montana forecast calls for considerable cloudiness and scattered thundershowers Thursday across the state with cooler air moving in from the northeast. Highs reach 80 to 90 in the east and 75 to 85 in the west, with lows around 45 to 55 and Friday highs near 65 to 75 as showers and gusty winds develop.
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Montana
State
Plane Crashes Here Two Great Falls Brothers Hurt
Two Great Falls men Elmer Pederson and James Pederson were injured when their small plane flipped during a windstorm at Butte Airport. Elmer, 42, received facial cuts and a 10 stitch wound. James, 45, had facial cuts and a possible back strain. Both were treated at St. James Hospital and not admitted. The crash occurred about 6 p.m. as wind reached 35 knots. witnesses said the plane fell on its nose wheel just after takeoff, demolishing the aircraft.
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Great Falls
Butte
St. James Hospital
Elmer
James Pederson
James
Butte Aero Sales
Fatal collision near Laredo claims Navy airman
A head on crash northeast of Laredo involving an auto and a dynamite truck killed Aviation Mate 3 C Cleon Eason Jr 20 of O'Donnell Texas. Three others including Jack Martin 22 of Butte Montana and Tracy Sink pre 2 position Monrovia California were hurt. Driver Robert Jones of Corpus Christi suffered injuries.
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Laredo
Tex
Here
C. Cleon Eason Jr
O'Donnell
Jack Martin
Butte
Mont
Tracy Sink
Monrovia
Calif
Laredo Air Force Base
Chase Field
Beeville
Robert Jones
Corpus Christi
Martin
Sinka Reems
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Roosevelt Sons
Dr. Gans
Senate Rackets
Dave Beck Jr
Joseph McEvoy
Seattle
Teamsters’ Union
Young Beck
McEvoy
Dave Beck Sr
Mining School
Big Hole Railroad
Pipsqueak
Las Vegas
Yellowstone River
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