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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1956
Page
2
Montana candidate Steve Arnold said he is honored to be Montana Republicans’ choice for president and pledged to release his delegation to support Eisenhower on the first ballot. He urged unanimous nomination and reelection, thanking Montana voters for their support.
Washington announces three changes in federal rules for leasing Indian lands for minerals other than oil and gas. The changes remove the 960 acre cap per operator per state for uranium mining, set annual rental at 1 dollar per acre for most mineral leases, and require development expenditures totaling at least 10 dollars per leased acre for coal or uranium and related minerals.
The sentence notes that among animals the North American opossum and the lung fishes of Australia and South America are often cited as living fossils. The reference groups these species as emblematic long-standing lineages in evolutionary discussions.
Andrew Hansen of Wolf Point was elected commander of the Montana Cooties, the VFW fall group. He succeeds Cliff Rutledge as the four day state convention opened with Gov. J Hugo Aronson due to speak. New officers include Donald O’Brien Sidney Paul Dean Billings and Frank Grundkowski Bozeman with W R Fletcher installing them. A banquet and midnight parade closed the day.
Senator Murray dismisses a Washington Post report as fiction and says the Yellowtail Dam resolution will determine the D Ewart nomination. He calls for no hearing until President Eisenhower acts, then will consult Interior and Insular Affairs Committee on next steps.
The Indian Bureau announces new rules for oil and gas leases on Indian lands requiring bidders to put 25 percent of their bonus bids as an initial deposit. Successful bidders must finish the release within 30 days, pay the balance, the first year's rent, and advertising costs. Forfeiture applies if requirements are not met.
The article notes Ontario covers 412 582 square miles in Canada. It emphasizes the province's large geographic extent and its role within the country. Governor or regional references are not provided in the fragment.
Former Connecticut Republican senator Hiram Bingham died Wednesday after a long illness at Doctors Hospital. He was 80 and had served nine years in the Senate during the Coolidge and Hoover administrations and later chaired the Loyalty Review Board. He also held roles as governor lieutenant governor explorer author aviator businessman and scholar.
Dillon Rothers Inc of Missoula was the high bidder on a timber sale offering over one million board feet of sawtimber in northern Powell County. Fred Benson of the Dillon Bureau of Land Management announced bids for four species, with a total bid of 23791.30 dollars from multiple bidders.
Beaverhead County reports Tuesday's primary results with John W. Bonner leading in 17 precincts but losing statewide. Arnold Olsen topped statewide Republican totals while Gov. J. Hugo Aronson was unopposed. About 1,900 votes were cast from 3,153 registered, with a notable Democratic turnout.
In Lewis and Clark County the 79 percent turnout produced Arnold H. Olsen a six vote win over former Gov. John W. Bonner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Unofficial results show Olsen 2,780 to Bonner 2,774 with Aronson unopposed for Republican renomination at 2,719.
A 13 year old, Tommy Gorse of Newark, plans to spend 140 from his savings to bury his dog Wow Wow in Restdale Park Chester New York. The dog died Tuesday of an internal hemorrhage and will be interred in a silk lined casket in a concrete vault with a bronze plaque. Services are set for Sunday with perpetual grave care.
The Senate confirms several Montana postmaster nominations including Cecil J. Ranney Al berton Irvan W. Smail Alder and Donald W. Bell Browning Also President Eisenhower sends a Montana postmaster nomination for Charles P. Rapos Fallon to the Senate.
President Eisenhower signed a bill introduced by Rep. Metcalf to authorize a new $465 000 fish hatchery near Miles City. Metcalf and Senator Mansfield will begin work to secure financing for the project.
Governor Aronson starts a three day Montana tour with a bridge dedication and VFW encampment. He will brand a calf at Senator Mackay's ranch for a overseas relief program and travel to Sidney to meet North Dakota Governor Brunsdale for the Hjalmer Nelson Memorial bridge dedication over the Missouri River.
Measles again topped the communicable disease report from the State Board of Health. In a week ending Saturday 156 new measles cases were reported across 22 counties and communities, boosting the yearly total to 5,670 from 548 a year ago. Chicken pox added 19 cases. polio remained at six for 1956 with no new cases this week. Thirty-one counties and 28 Montana communities did not report.
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