Turin Children Grateful for Salk Discovery
Turin third graders express gratitude for Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine in letters received by the U S Information Agency. The children, aged eight, include drawings and explanations praising the scientist, with themes of courage, salvation, and global health impact.
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Washington
Congress
Turin
Italy
U. S. Information Agency
Dottor
Jonas Salk
Inventore del Vaccino Antipoliomie Litico Pittsburgh
Sic
Stati Uniti D’america
Rita Chinelli
Rita
Lucco Raffaella
Parade plans set for Butte July Fourth event
The 1955 Butte July Fourth parade announces division chairs Ed Foley SSAC for junior floats and a decorated bicycle unit for ages 14 and under. Float cost cap is 25 dollars with two days’ inspection. Cash prizes offered. Tom Kelly treasurer prompts fundraising with mail and personal solicitations. Finance HQ at Butte Chamber of Commerce with Harold McGrath assisting. Senior entries count reaches 43 with deadlines and marshal assignments by B J Riley and William Dalling.
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Transportation Committee
Ed Foley
SSAC
Pete Yerkich
Tom Kelly
South Side Athletic Club
Margaret Nagle
Frank Brennan
D. D. Dahl
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Harold McGrath
Butte
Wyoming
Griffith
B. J. Riley
William Dalling
Man Held for Offering to Give Baby Away
Detroit police detained Willie Robinson after he stood on a street corner Sunday night and offered his 9 month old daughter Darlene for giving away. Passersby intervened and police recovered the child returning her to her mother.
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Detroit
Willie Robinson
Darlene
Robinson
Ships collide off San Francisco in dense fog
The Union Oil tanker L. P. St. Claire rammed the Luckenback freight er Marine Snapper eight miles off the Golden Gate in dense fog Monday morning. Both vessels reached port under their own power, Coast Guard reported.
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San Francisco
U.P
L. P. St. Claire
Golden Gate
Coast Guard
Red Guards Nab Yank Sergeant Near Iron Curtain Frontier
U S Army says sergeant Walter T. Winter of the 173rd or 175th Signal Battalion was captured at machinegun point by Red Czechoslovak border guards after venturing about 60 feet across the Czech frontier near a bridge over a small stream. A second sergeant from the same unit escaped back into West German territory. The incident occurred about 2 15 p.m. Sunday. Home town address not released. The men had passed border police checks and warning signs on the way to the frontier.
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Waidhaus
Germany
U.P
Walter T. Winter
173Rd
175Th
Thionville
France
Winter
Iron Curtain
Michigan Prison Riot Quelled at State Reformatory
A riot at Michigan's State Reformatory in Saginaw occurred Monday as four inmates seized two guards and demanded to see Warden Garrett Heyns. Two guards injured, treated at the reformatory hospital. Police stood by. the disturbance was confined to one building in a 1000 inmate facility.
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Sonia, Mich
State Reformatory
Reformatory Hospital
Garrett Heyns
Heyns
Reformatory
Radford and Other Leaders Win Senate Approval
The Senate approved without debate Adm. Arthur W. Radford for another term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and backed Eisenhower nominees Rear Adm. Arleigh Burke as chief of naval operations Gen. Maxwell Taylor as Army chief of staff Gen. Nathan Twining as Air Force chief of staff and Brig. Gen. John Hess as Army chief of finance all by voice vote.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
John B. Hess
Infant Driver Causes Two-Car Smashup in Rhode Island
EAST PROVIDENCE R I police say a 2-year-old boy, son of Thomas H. Carney, found his father's car keys, started the vehicle, and backed it from a driveway into a parked car owned by Raymond E Brouillard. The infant escaped injury.
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East Providence
R. I.P
John Vitacolonna
Thomas H. Carney
Raymond E. Brouillard
West Warwick, R. I
Woman Gets Degree as Jewelry Is Stolen
Mrs Helen V Rose received an honorary Master of Arts from Emerson College in Boston. While she wore a jewelry set valued at about 3000 dollars, she placed it in a hatbox in the cloakroom. After the ceremony she found the jewelry and a handbag containing 24 dollars missing.
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Boston
Helen V. Rose
Emerson College
Newton
Private autos in Norway reach 102,339 by end of 1954
At year end 1954 Norway counted 102,339 privately owned automobiles. The figure reflects continued growth in personal motor vehicle ownership, signaling rising mobility and demand for road transport.
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Norway
Bozeman Native Martin A. Gary Dies at 79
Martin A. Gary of Bozeman, a 60 year resident, died after a two year illness. Born February 29, 1876, he lived at 421 W. Main and ran a grocery business before hay and grain trading. He married Evelyn Corcoran in 1902. survived by six children and other relatives. Funeral arrangements pending at Dahl Funeral Home.
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Bozeman
Martin A. Gary
W. Main
Mr. Gary
John Gary
Montana
Big Timber
Gary
Townsend
Livingston
Evelyn Corcoran
Ronald Gary
Gallatin Gateway
Patrick Gary
Long Beach
Calif
Robert Gary
Great Falls
Walter Kelley
Herman Laux
Seattle
Virginia Gary
Martin Gary Jr
Dahl Funeral Home
Mecklenburg Named Hospital Chairman
Walter Mecklenburg was appointed chairman of the Bozeman Deaconess Hospital Board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Fred Williams who had held the post for years. Richard Lubben, the hospital manager, announced the appointment on Monday. Carl Lehrkind Jr. was named as a new board member replacing Williams.
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Bozeman
Walter Mecklenburg
Bozeman Deaconess Hospital
Fred Williams
Mecklenburg
Richard Lubben
Carl Lehrkind Jr
Williams
Last Rites Set for Edward Lyon
Funeral services for Edward Madison Lyon 77 will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Bozeman at the Sunset Chapel. Lyon died Saturday and is survived by his wife Lillie Lyon a son Robert H Lyon of Bozeman two daughters Mrs R B Spain of Bozeman and Mrs R E Willson of Albuquerque N M sisters Mrs Mabel Nichols of Bozeman and Mrs H S Scott of San Luis Obispo Calif Lyon was a Montana State College graduate who lived in Butte and Whitehall before moving to Bozeman in 1919. He was a member of the Sons and Daughters of Gallatin County Pioneers and the Presbyterian Church.
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Bozeman
Dokken, Nelson and Kippen
Edward Madison Lyon
Lyon
Montana
Mr. Lyon
Madison County
George Lyon
Virginia City
Ennis
Montana State College
Butte
Montana Meat Co
Lillie Webster
Whitehall
Sons and Daughters
Gallatin County
Presbyterian Church
Lillie Lyon
Robert H. Lyon
R. B. Spain
R. E. Willson
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Mabel Nichols
H. S. Scott
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Marguerite Thomas Rites Are Pending
Funeral arrangements are pending for Marguerite Thomas wife of Archie J Thomas who died Sunday at Old Faithful in Yellowstone Park. Born February 3 1926 in Ironwood Michigan she married in 1949 in Salome Arizona and the family lived in Gallatin Canyon and Yellowstone Park. Survivors include her husband and two sons Richard and Blain. Body brought to Bozeman for services to be handled by Dokken Nelson and Kippen.
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Bozeman
Marguerite Thomas
Archie J. Thomas
Old Faithful
Yellowstone Park
Ironwood
Mich
Salome
Ariz
Gallatin Canyon
Richard
Blain
Dokken, Nelson and
Kippen
Ex Bozeman Man Passes on Coast
Clare Ely 46 died Saturday in Anacortes Washington. Body being forwarded to Dokken Nelson and Kippen Funeral Home. Born August 21 1908 in Boulder Colorado. He lived in Bozeman for years working as a cook and later as an electrician.
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Bozeman
Clare Ely
Anacortes
Wash
Dokken, Nelson and Kippen
Mr. Ely
Boulder
Colo
Oklahoma Regents End State College Segregation
Oklahoma City reports the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education ordered abolition of segregation at 18 state supported colleges effective next fall. The board voted 8-1 with Frank Buttram dissenting to admit qualified Negro students, completing a nine year integration process since the Supreme Court ruling.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
U. S. Supreme Court
Frank Buttram
Peron seeks spiritual reform amid excommunication rumors
President Juan D. Peron, amid growing Vatican excommunication rumors, reaffirmed his aim to carry out spiritual reform in Argentina. He intends to crush Catholic opposition to his regime to achieve this reform, according to reports on Monday.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Vatican
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
Ford and UAW reach wage pact amid GM resistance
Ford approves a historic wage agreement with the UAW, offering a guaranteed plan with weekly cash benefits up to 25 dollars plus enhanced pension, holidays, and cost of living protections. GM hints at resistance and a strike deadline looms while industry predicts higher 1956 model prices and a potential slowdown in discounts as car inventories swell.
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Ture
Reuther
G-M
UAW
South
Ford
YMCA Campaign Plans Expansion In Butte 1955
Y campaign leaders-led by Miles and Poore- announce a goal to expand YMCA service in Butte. Keynote by Frank Satter. workers instructed by Poore Jr. Refreshments by Acquatic Club. tours of the building for volunteers. Emphasis on free programs for local youth and broader community involvement.
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Felley
Leonard
Lexington
Mountain Con
Orphan Girl
Travonia
William R. Miles Jr
James A. Poore Jr
John E. O'Neill
C. O. Anderson
R. F. Petersoon
Albert E. Liddicoat
John Cote
J. O. Peterson
S. F. Jones
Don Ulrich
Frank Satter
Ymca Board
Butte
YMCA
Miles
Butte Ymca
Poore
al Grimm
The
Disintegration of Hoa Hao Private Army Reported
In Saigon on Monday government sources said hundreds of Tran Van Soai led forces surrendered as 20 000 government troops faced roughly 5 000 Hoa Hao fighters. Casualties stood at about 8 dead and 50 wounded since the Sunday start of operations with Soai’s total strength estimated at 5 000.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tran Vam Soai
National
Ngo Dinh Diem
Soai
Tran van Don
National Army
Hoa Hao
Yugoslavia Briefs Western Ambassadors on Soviet Talks
Belgrade hosted Western Big Three ambassadors and Greek and Turkish envoys for a two hour briefing with Deputy Foreign Minister Srdjan Prica on last week's Soviet Yugoslav negotiations. The session aimed to update the ambassadors before their return to brief their governments.
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Belgrade
A.P
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Srdjan Prica
Eisenhower at West Point reunion on Normandy anniversary
President Eisenhower marched and dined with West Point alumni on the 11th anniversary of D-Day. He delivered the commencement address, reviewed cadets, and spoke of his dual life as President versus military life. He praised leadership beyond mere rank and received ovations from the 1915 class.
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West Point
N. Y
Eisenhower
United States Military Academy
Academy
Corps of Cadets
Blackshear Bryan
Army
John Eisenhower
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Ft. Belvoir
Washington
Sidney Mason
Sarasota
Fla
Howitzer
Charles Roades
Colorado Springs
Colo
Glee Club
Mason
Roades
Washington Hall
Omar N. Bradley
Senate extends SBA loan program two more years
Senate approved by voice vote a bill to extend the Small Business Administration for two years, allowing larger loans up to 250000 from a 175 million dollar fund and enabling renewals up to twenty years, with no renewal under present terms and removing the 25 million dollar cap on disaster relief loans.
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Washington
Senate
House
Small Business Administration
SBA
Congress
Marines Lose Four In El Toro Crash
A Marine dive bomber returning from Albuquerque crashed near Santa Ana six miles from El Toro Marine Base in heavy fog, killing all four Marines aboard. Names released include M Sergeant Robert A. Hill and Lt George De Smet. A Marine board opens an inquiry into the crash.
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EL Toro Marine Air Base
Calif
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Moulton Ranch
Santa Ana
Marine Base
Orange County
el Toro
Robert A. Hill
George de Smet
Lewis A. de Smet
Chicago
Ernest M. Guy
Ernest Guy
Boston
Mass
Marine Board of Investigation
Cigarette Cancer Risk Report Highlights Ex-Smoker Benefits
A study of about 25 000 ex-smokers found lung cancer death rates in the last three years half those of men who kept smoking, yet 14 times higher than never smokers. Experts caution more research is needed to prove quitting reduces cancer risk. Other reports link heavy smoking to lung and larynx cancer, while alcohol amplifies larynx cancer risk.
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Hammond
Horn
American Medical Assn
Hammond-Horn
Tobacco
ACS
Timothy V. Hartnett
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Ernest Wynder
Irwin J. Bross
Emerson Day
Sloan- Kettering Institute
New York
U. S
India
Sweden
Wynder
Education Group Presses Five Percent Bond Limit Change
An education group urged expanding state law to let school districts bond up to five percent of assessed valuation. Maurice Driscoll outlined goals for homes and schools, college entrance, and non- sacrificing physical education. Tax discussions with consultants backed higher funding. delegates prepare a report for the Helena conference and a White House briefing. County delegates listed from Silver Bow, Beaverhead, Deer Lodge, Granite, Jefferson, and Powell.
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Maurice Driscoll
Driscoll
Jack Reid
State Board of Equalization
Helena
Maurice Taylor
Montana State College
State Conference On Education
White House
Washington
Silver Bow
John H. Newland
George E. Haney
Cochairman
William B. Freebourn
L. F. Smith
James V. Keyes
Paul Cannon
Beaverhead
Roscoe Cornell
Deer Lodge
Michael F. O
Egypt rejects U N conference on Gaza tensions
Cairo said Egypt rejected U N proposals for a conference of Egyptian and Israeli officials to ease clashes along the Gaza strip. Government spokesman Col. Salah Gohar said Cairo prefers to continue negotiations through the UN sponsored armistice commission.
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Cairo
Egypt
U. N
Gaza Strip
Salah Gohar
West Germany's Cabinet Shuffled for Defense Drive
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer reshuffled his cabinet adding a defense minister and giving up the foreign ministry to push for armed forces under parliamentary control. He urged President Theodor Heuss to accept his resignation as foreign minister and recommended Heinrich von Brentano as successor and Theodor Blank as defense minister to be sworn in Wednesday. Adenauer predicted West German soldiers in uniform by late fall with conscription to recruit about a half million men.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Montay
Adenauer
Theodor Heuss
Foreign Ministry
Christian Democratic
Heinrich von Brentano
Theodor Blank
Heroic Mother Fights Kidnapper in Portland Home
In Portland a man broke into Lillian Weinstein's home at 3:30 am intending to kidnap her 6 year old twin son Richard. The mother struggled, was struck, and the intruder fled after a neighbor fired into the ground. A threatening ransom note demanded 20 000 dollars and warned of a second kidnapping. The mother and grandmother were uninjured.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Lillian Weinstein
Robert
Bertha Eisenberg
William Monahan
FBI
Air Force Plans Larger Bases Amid Soviet Threat
Washington Senator Henry M Jackson disclosed that the Air Force seeks an extra 16 million dollars to enlarge fighter bases as part of a broader build up in defense. He urged faster production of advanced interceptors to counter Russia's intercontinental jet bomber threat, noting no current interceptor can cope with the new Soviet bomber.
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Washington
U.P
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Air Force
Russia
Jackson
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
CIO Steelworkers Open Wage Talks With Industry Today
PITTSBURGH The CIO United Steelworkers unanimously determined to achieve a substantial wage increase and a peaceful settlement open wage talks Tuesday with a busy steel industry. The union starts negotiations with U S Steel Corp and expects talks with five other large firms immediately after. President David J McDonald said the union voiced unanimous determination to secure a substantial wage increase before the June 30 expiry. Officials expect the dispute to settle without a strike as industry runs near capacity.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
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