Cattlemen Urge Immediate Surplus Feed Shipments
Montana Cattlemen's Assn directors urge Gov Aronson and Congress to secure surplus feed for drought areas Roosevelt County and other northeast counties. They call for disaster agency action and cooperation of transportation firms to move feed quickly with low grazing rates and one trip rates for breeding herds moving to other pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Montana Cattlemen's
Assa
Montana
Jack Toole Friday
J. Hugo Aronson
Roosevelt
New Bank to Open in Helena First in 39 Years
Helena AP reports a new bank and trust company to open in the capital city, the first since 193? The Commerce Bank & Trust Co. chartered by state superintendent R. E. Towle. Founders include William Nefsy Henry Loble L. B. Foster W. E French and Hugh J. Lemire. Investment estimated at 400 000 to 500 000. Bank Building Corp. of America to supervise design and construction. The bank will seek Federal Reserve membership and FDIC insurance. Stock Ownership resides with Helena and Miles City residents.
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Helena
Montana
R. E. Towle
Commerce Bank & Trust Co
William Nefsy
Miles City
Henry Loble
L. B. Foster
W. E French
Hugh J. Lemire
Nefsy
Bank Building Corp. of America
St. Louis
Loble
Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Independent State Bank
Industrial Customer Priority on BPA Opposed by Corette
J E Corette president of The Montana Power Company told the Senate Public Works Committee that a bill to grant industrial customers a special BPA priority is wrong and would add another layer of preference. He proposed geographic power allocation as a fairer solution, citing Hungry Horse Dam as a working example to share federal power among Northwest states.
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Washington, D.C
Bonneville Power Administration
BPA
J. E. Corette
Montana Power Company
Senate Public Works Committee
Corette
EPA
Hungry Horse Dam
Northwest
Reminds Candidates To File Expenses For Primary Ballot
In Helena AP Secretary of State Frank Murray urged primary election candidates and supporting clubs to file expense statements. Individual expenditures must be reported by June 18 for candidates on the primary ballot. Organizations expending for a candidate must file by next Friday.
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Helena
Frank Murray
Murray
GOP Leader Repudiates Anderson in Montana Clash
Montana Republican Chairman R F Juedeman rebutted attorney general Forrest H Anderson calling the Aronson administration inept. Juedeman accused Anderson of factual gaps and defended the highway program while noting the Democratic control of the three member Board of Examiners and the legislature's role in fiscal policy.
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Montana
Juedeman
Anderson
Frank Murray
GOP
Democrat Party
Mansfield pushes stockpile plan to buy 150000 tons copper
Senator Mansfield says the government is seriously considering purchasing 150000 tons of surplus copper for stockpiling. The move could remove copper from the Minerals price support program and aid employment in copper regions, with 100000 tons planned now and 50000 more over 12 months.
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Washington
UPI
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Congress
Mansfield
United Press International
Seaton
U.S
Right-to-Work Opposition Group Opens Helena Office
A Montana Citizens Committee for Economic Progress announces a Helena office and hires a full time executive secretary. John T. Ryan a Belt Valley High School teacher will lead the campaign. The group includes Rev. Howard Y. Williams, Dr. T. L. Hawkins, Harry Cloke, Leonard Renfield and others.
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Helena
Montana
Howard Y. Williams
Butte
Montana Citizens Committee For Economic Progress
John T. Ryan
Belt Valley High School
Ryan
Centerville High School
Montana State University
Missoula
Bell
Army Engineers
Fort Peck
Montana Power Co
Great Falls
Seabees
Madaline Ortwein
Harlowton
Grain Producers Advised On Farm Storage Expansion
Dillon officials urge farmers to plan for harvest by expanding on farm storage if needed. Walter C. Berger notes grain supplies will be the largest ever to handle and stresses farmers’ role in avoiding market gluts and using price support programs. Commercial storage has grown, adding over 600 million bushels since 1954, with further expansion ongoing.
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Dillon
Department of Agriculture
G. E. Weston
Dillon Asc
Walter C. Berger
Commodity Stabilization Service
Mr. Berger
Taxpayers approve $500000 bond for Wibaux high school
Taxpayers in Wibaux approved a 500000 bond in a special election held with Tuesday's primary. The issue passed by about a 3 to 1 margin to fund a new county high school.
Stockgrower Officials To Address Meetings
Montana Stockgrowers' Assn officials will speak at three cattlemen meetings Saturday. MSGA president Gene Etchart of Glasgow and secretary Ralph Miracle of Helena will join a Meagher County Livestock Assn dinner at White Sulphur Springs. Wayne Bratten of Winnett will attend a Judith Basin Livestock Assn luncheon and meeting at Stanford. Robert Murphy of Helena will discuss the National Beef Council work at a Gallatin Beef Producers Assn meeting in Belgrade. Bud Brainerd of Belgrade leads that group.
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Helena
Montana Stockgrowers’ Assn
Gene Etchart
Glasgow
MSGA
Ralph Miracle
Meagher County Livestock Assn
White Sulphur Springs
Wayne Bratten
Winnett
Judith Basin Livestock Assn
Stanford
Robert Murphy
National Beef Council
Gallatin Beef Producers’ Assn
Belgrade
Bud Brainerd
Montana Financial Report Shows May Balance Decline
Montana's end May balance in all funds was 68,220,322 dollars, down 1,286,092 from April. The general fund stood at 3,741,801 dollars, up 865,569, though 4,000,000 in warrants remain outstanding. Cash on deposit across 113 banks totaled 14,152,862 dollars as of May 31. Unemployment compensation funds were 2,450,917 dollars, highway trust 5,393,516 dollars, and highway construction 947,536 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Horace F. Casey
Casey
Future Homemaker Delegates Named
Five delegates will represent Montana at the 1958 national Future Homemakers of America meeting in Kansas City July 7 to 11. Accompanying advisor Miss Betty Lou Hoffman are leaders Lynn Ellinghouse and Margaret Finley. Participants include Judith Ann Johnson Connie Koski and Georgia Dengel. About 450 teenagers from 47 states plus Alaska Hawaii and Puerto Rico are slated to attend.
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Helena
Montana
Future Homemakers of America
Kansas City
Betty Lou Hoffman
FHA
Lynn Ellinghouse
Sheridan
Margaret Finley
Chinook
Judith Ann Johnson
Sidney
Connie Koski
Joliet
Georgia Dengel
Lewistown
Voters Consistent In Two of Dillon's Precincts
Beaverhead County reports 63 percent of 3 166 registered voters cast ballots in the primary. County Clerk Dora Schmittroth notes Dillon North No 13 and Dillon West No 14 each had exactly 400 registered voters and both precincts recorded 265 ballots by Thursday.
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Dillon
Beaverhead County
Dora Schmittroth
France recovers leadership as De Gaulle extends power
Charles de Gaulle returns as premier with nearly dictatorial authority for six months to quell Algeria unrest, reform the constitution, and stabilize France's finances and prestige. Khrushchev and Eisenhower discuss nuclear test controls and expanded trade. Dr. Eisenhower’s Central American tour delayed amid Latin American riots.
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Charles M. McCann
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Algeria
Tax Collections In May Rise In Montana Revenue
Helena AP Montana tax collections for May rose 817 589 over April led by gains in gasoline, oil, cigarette, inheritance and income withholding taxes. May receipts totaled 1 136 971 more than May of last year.
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Helena
Montana
Board of Equalization
Montana's state employees rise sharply with population growth
Montana had 8,167 state employees in April 1957, up from 3,111 in 1940 and 5,444 in 1950, while public service population grew only 17 percent since 1940 and 9 percent since 1950. The ratio rose from 56 per 10,000 in 1940 to 125 in 1957, placing Montana among the top six states for employee density.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Montana Taxpayers Assn
MTA
Association
Wyoming
New Mexico
Oregon
HEW Health Field Plan Postponed by Governor
Helena AP W J Fouse reports a proposed reshuffle of the U S Health Education and Welfare field organization, tied to civil defense structure, is indefinitely postponed. Governor Aronson opposed the change in telegrams to President Eisenhower and HEW Secretary Folsom, stating the current HEW field plan aids health and welfare programs.
Highway survey crews set control points near Missoula
State highway survey crews establish control points for the interstate corridor around Missoula. Locations include near the brewing plant on the city’s north edge and toward the eastern Missoula limits.
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Missoula
Prairie County First to Report Primary Votes
Prairie County again led Montana counties by sending its abstract of votes from Tuesday’s primary to the state headquarters. Secretary of State Frank Murray said the envelope with the county’s certified unofficial can vass is in a vault until the statewide count. Prairie County includes six precincts and 1121 registered electors. Frank Rogerson is the county clerk and recorder.
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Helena
Prairie County
Frank Murray
Frank Rogerson
Helena woman Vera Frasier dies after long illness
Mrs. Vera Frasier 40 wife of Vernon Frasier of 2336 Chateau Helena died Friday at St Peter Hospital where she had been a patient since April 10 She was born July 1 1917 in Lewistown and married Vernon Frasier June 2 1942 in Lewistown They lived in Helena since 1950 Survivors include husband two sons Lyle and Stanley her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Hodge two brothers Paul and Russell and sister Mary all of Moccasin Funeral arrangements are with Retz Funeral Home
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Helena
Vera Frasier
Vernon Frasier
Chateau
St. Peter Hospital
Frasier
Lewistown
Moccasin
Lyle
Stanley
Frank Hodge
Paul
Russell Hodge
Mary Hodge
Whittier
Calif. Retz
Navy tests Polaris missile in Atlantic off Cape Canaveral
The Navy conducted a short test of a Polaris experimental rocket over the Atlantic. The orange tipped missile broke apart after liftoff but officials said the flight complied with the test program. Destined for shipboard use by 1960, it will carry nuclear warheads up to 1500 miles and be deployed on submarines.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
Navy
Atlantic
Polaris
Welch Appears GOP Senate Hopeful in Montana
Lou W. Welch 31 of East Valley near Anaconda led Blanche S. Anderson by 82 votes in unofficial primary returns for Montana’s U S Senate race. Welch faced Mansfield in November after total 19,727 votes to Anderson 19,645 with turnout near 289,851 in steady rain.
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Helena
Lou W. Welch
U. S. Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Welch
Anaconda Co
Anaconda
Blanche S. Anderson
Anderson
Mansfield
GOP
Senate
Billings
Bozeman
Montana State College
Western Union
Western District
Toole County
Fishermen Fined For Out of Season Catch
Eugene Baker and William Mann were found guilty of fishing out of season by a jury after a Wednesday hearing in Dillon Justice Court. Minimum fines of 25 dollars plus 2.50 dollars court costs were imposed with defense by Atty. W. G. Gilbert and prosecution by Carl Davis.
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W. G. Gilbert
Atty
Carl Davis
Fall Ends Life Of 18 Month Old In Nashua Home
Darrel Victor Cherney, 18 months, son of Mr and Mrs Joyce Cherney, fell from a chair at the family table on a farm near Nashua. A physician said the toddler dislocated the spine at the base of the skull, pinching or severing the spinal cord. Funeral services were planned for 2 p.m. Friday.
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Nashua
UPI
Darrel Victor Cherney
Joyce Cherney
Here
Powell given six months for auto death in Montana
James Ger main Powell 23 of Portland received six months in prison from Federal Judge W D Murray after pleading guilty to traffic manslaughter in the April 13 death of Pierre Couture 43 of an Indian. Powell was driving a pickup on U S Highway 93 near Rowan when Couture rode in the truck. Powell has 60 days already served in Lake County Jail at Polson for DUI. the judge ordered completion of that sentence before federal confinement ending June 18.
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Missoula
James Germain Powell
Portland
W. D. Murray
Powell
Pierre Couture
Rowan
Couture
Lake County
Polson
Caribou Exhibit Unique Antlered Males and Fawns
A zoological note describes caribou as the only deer species with both male and female antlers. It notes that fawns develop small spiked antlers about two months after birth, highlighting distinctive antler growth patterns.
Khrushchev Seen As Using Brainwashing Tactics
U S analysts suggest Nikita Khrushchev employs a mixed messaging strategy to unsettle the United States. He shifts from calls for togetherness to labeling the U S as warmongers while broadcasting letters and statements globally. The approach pressures Eisenhower and Dulles into responsive diplomacy or risk propaganda gains for the Soviets.
Lions District Heads Elected At Great Falls Convention
Delegates at Lions International District 37 elected four district governors to serve 37-A through 37-D. Nominees for international director were Jim Evanson and Leo C. Graybill. Keaton highlighted Europe growth and district gains, noting 6,467 members and 169 clubs in Montana.
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Great Falls
Lions International Dist
R. Roy Keaton
Chicago
David (Deak) Overturf
Bozeman
Don Carruthers
Bom Accord
Alta
Jack Thompson
Foremost
Tom Carter
Plains
Jim Evanson
Billings
Leo C. Graybill
Keaton
Lions International
Europe
Sweden
Finland
France
Italy
Germany
Lions Club
Montana
Alberta
Sugar Beet Field Progress Noted
MISSOULA AP Thinning completed on 3445 acres in the district supplying the American Crystal Sugar Co. Dist. Manager E L Swift said thinning added 1200 acres in the past week. Prospects are bright for a good crop on 5230 acres planted in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
American Crystal Sugar Co. Dist
E. L. Swift
Health officer named Charlo picks new district leader
Dr. Paul H Brown is named health officer for Public Health District 2 replacing Dr. David Duncan who served since March 1957. The appointment was announced by H. M. Hendrickson Charlo district health board chairman.
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Charlo
Paul H Brown
Public Health
David Duncan
Brown
H. M. Hendrickson
District Health Board
Saltiest Waters Ranked From The Dead Sea
The Dead Sea in Palestine is the saltiest body of water on earth. Second place is held by Great Salt Lake in northern Utah.
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Dead Sea
Palestine
Earth
Great Salt Lake
Utah
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eisenhower
State Department
Milton Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Latin America
Nixon
Welch Apparent Gop
Khrushchev
By James Marlow
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Bulganin
Secretary of
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W. J. Sewell Hardware
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