Texas University Bows to High Court Decision
UT accepted two Negro students after the Supreme Court ban on segregation. John Saunders Chase of Austin and Horace Lincoln Heath of Waco enrolled for graduate work, joining the long controversial case linked to Herman Sweatt, who will enroll in September after the ruling. Chase has ties to Hampton University and Colby and Penn affiliations heightening the historic impact.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas
United States Supreme Court
John Saunders Chase
Horace Lincoln Heath
Waco
Chase
Herman Marion Sweatt
Houston
Supreme Court
Sweatt
Texas State University
University Law School
Heath
Colby College
Waterville
Maine
University of Pennsylvania
Hampton University
Hampton
Montana Public Service panel hears protest to rate hike
Governor Bonner denounces proposed Mountain States Telephone increases as excessive while noting the company earns dividends. The commission asks attorneys to file memos within 10 days as hearings wrap up. Montana system would raise one party business lines and rural rates, sparking public concern.
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Helena
Montana Public Service Commission
John W. Bonner
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Montana
Kalispell
Mountain States
Bonner
Californian Killed in Car Crash East of Glasgow
Ray Alfred Harrington of Los Angeles died in a car wreck 22 miles east of Glasgow on Wednesday. A bus driver saw the vehicle plunge off a road, cross a ditch, and strike an embankment. Harrington suffered a broken neck and may have dozed at the wheel. He was the 61st Montana highway fatality this year, compared with 51 at the same time last year.
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Glasgow
Ray Alfred Harrington
Los Angeles
Here
California
Harrington
Montana
Mines to Graduate Largest Class Tomorrow Evening
Thirteen states and two foreign countries represent the Golden Commencement class of Montana School of Mines. Sixty one graduates will receive bachelor and master degrees in an 8 p.m. ceremony at the Library Museum building with Dr. Donald H. McLaughlin to deliver the address. The event marks the 50th commencement since 1903 with 17 from Butte and several from Fort Benton, Livingston, and Billings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana School of Mines
Library Museum
Francis A. Thomson
Louis V. Bender
Bender
Navy
Mines
W. Milton Brown
Donald H. McLaughlin
San Francisco
McLaughlin
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
Homestake Mining Company
Butte
Lead
S. D
Fort Benton
Livingston
Billings
Montana
Corvallis
Anaconda
Belt
Havre
Browning
Cut Bank
Warm Springs
Malta
Butte moves to abandon airport project and burn plans
Butte city council voted to relinquish most of the 1947 federal airport allocation, keeping 25000 for runway resurfacing and delaying work to 1950. The decision followed a report that bond retirements were technically deficient, making the sponsor’s bond issue unsalable.
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Butte Municipal Airport
Department of Commerce
Airport Committee
Department of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration
United States
Reardon Plumbing and Heating Company
Ways and Means Committee
Public Housing Authority
City
Silver Bow Homes
Butte
Jack
Butte Police Department
Duncan Meter Corporation
City Department of Public Works
Winter Weather Hits Montana in June Snow
Helena dispatch reports a rare June snow across Montana with Havre recording the first June snow since 1899 and Great Falls noting .72 inch of precipitation including an inch of snow. Snow was sighted in Butte Cut Bank Helena and Lewistown as cold rain persisted state wide and forecasts indicated a taper to showers Thursday with highs mainly 45 to 60.
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Helena
Butte
Cut Bank
Lewistown
Eight Men Drown In California Truck Mishap
COURTLAND Calif June 7 At least eight farm workers died when an open back stake truck carrying 22 to 27 men rolled back into an irrigation ditch near Courtland. Rescue crews found seven bodies in the five foot water. one man died en route to Sacramento hospital.
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Courtland
Calif
Here
Sacramento
Ray Pacis
Clarksburg
Orin Walker
Frank Addis
Clarksburg-Courtland
Anthony Eden Sues for Divorce in London Court
Former foreign secretary Anthony Eden sues his wife for divorce in London. The action was disclosed in court docket and will be heard by Justice Sir Francis Hodson. Mrs Eden is not defending, and grounds were not cited.
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London
Anthony Eden
Francis Hodson
Senator Cain Fights Rent Control Extension in Senate
Washington June 7 The Senate began consideration of a bill to extend federal rent controls as Senator Cain of Washington launched a prolonged on floor opposition promising to speak as long as needed. He cited political expediency and argued Illinois Chicago and Illinois interests pressure Congress to act.
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Washington
Senate
Cain
Wash
Lucas
Alabama
Nebraska
Texas
Virginia
New York
Wisconsin
House
Truman
United States
Ilinois
Douglas
Dill
Banking Committee
Chicago
Illinois
Congress of the
Mid-West
Marshall Urges Mutual Defense Aid for Europe
Gen. George C. Marshall told Congress that arming the United States alone while leaving Europe undefended is dangerous. He supported President Truman’s request for 1.2225 billion dollars for a second year of mutual defense aid to non Communist nations, warning of risks but favoring gradual European armament and sustained military strength.
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Washington
Free
Europe
George C. Marshall
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Marshall
United States
MacArthur Extends Purge of Reds in Japan
Tokyo reports Gen. MacArthur orders purge of 17 Akahata policy makers, banned from public life, while Akahata promises a general strike and protests. Government weighs suspension, while Communist presence in Diet narrows. Yoshida reviews next moves with the general amid ongoing crackdown.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Communist Party
Akahata
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
Kyoto
Mussolini
Hitler
Tojo
Katsuo Okazaki
Japan Communist Party
United States
Party
Ment
Diet
Reds
Assembly
Warren to Face Roosevelt in General Election
California voters moved toward a November clash between James Roosevelt and Earl Warren as Roosevelt led Democrats while Warren topped Republicans in statewide returns. Roosevelt held a large Democratic margin and won both parties’ nominations in the 1946 sense but not this year, with Warren prevailing in the GOP race. Nixon and Douglas won their party nominations, but neither secured both major party tickets.
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San Francisco
James Roosevelt
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Roosevelt
Richard Nixon
Whittier
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Los Angeles
Manchester Boddy
Aide to Truman Named in Probe of Amerasia Case
James K. Vardaman former naval aide to President Truman was named by Senate investigators as the man who may have urged delaying the 1945 Amerasia secret documents case. He denied the accusation stressing his White House role was administrative in the map room.
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James K. Vardaman
Truman
Senate
Amerasia
Vardaman
Federal Board of Governors
Okinawa
Associated Press
White House
Julius Holmes
Holmes
Var
State and Congressional Primary Field Grows to 30 Contestants
Helena June 7 Thirty candidates filed to seek nominations in Montana state and congressional primaries to be decided July 18. Winners advance to the November 7 general election for two U S representatives two Supreme Court seats state treasurer and railroad public service commissioner. County races follow June 17 as filing closes. Notable contenders include incumbents Mike Mansfield and Wesley A O Ewart and rivals Edward G Cook Peter Meloy and M S Galasso among others.
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Helena
Montana
United States
Supreme Court
State
House of Representatives
State Senate
Mike Mansfield
Edward G. Cook
Missoula
Peter Meloy
Ralph Y. McGinnis
M. S. Galasso
Butte
Galasso
Wesley A. O’ewart
Mike Kuchera
Hardin
W. L. Hammond
Wibaux
John J. Holmes
David J. Ryan
Great Falls
Willard Fraser
Billings
Andrew G. Sutton
Jess L. Angstman
Havre
Harrison J. Freebourn
A. H. Angstman
R. M. Hattersley
Conrad
Clarence
Injunctions Ordered Against Butte Gambling Clubs
Montana Supreme Court orders Silver Bow district court to issue temporary injunctions against the 30 club and Walkers Social club in Butte. Attorney General Olsen seeks to abate as nuisances over keno and bordo gambling. Court directs reinstate of prior orders and holds gambling equipment, with temporary bans remaining pending hearings.
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Helena
Montana Supreme Court
Silver Bow County District Court
30 Club
Walkers
Butte
Arnold H. Olsen
Supreme Court
District Court
Silver Bow Court
High Court
Keno
Bordo
Silver Bow County
Russian Prestige Hits All-Time Low in Germany
In Frankfurt on June 7 East Germany recognized Poland's right to the German territory it gained after World War II, lowering Soviet prestige to a record low. The ADN reported Warsaw talks produced a short-term accord and a cultural cooperation treaty between the two Communist regimes.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.P
East Germany
Poland
ADN
Red Germany
Oder- Neisse
Warsaw
Art treasures stolen from Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh
Police report a burglary at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh with 22 priceless art treasures stolen, some items dating to 17th century France. The thieves reportedly left behind several fans once owned by Marie Antoinette.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Carnegie
France
Marie Antoinette
Weather Forecast for Butte and Surroundings
Partly cloudy to cloudy with showers Thursday and slightly warmer. Expected high around 56 Thursday afternoon and low near 23 Thursday morning. Readings show School of Mines high 42 low 34 and Airport high 46 low 31 with .16 inches precipitation. West of Divide mostly cloudy Thursday with showers and little temp change. high 45 to 55. East of Divide cloudy Thursday with occasional rain and not quite so cold. high 50 to 60.
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School of Mines
Divide
Two Survivors Picked Up by British Ship
A U S A F B 29 crashed in flames into the North Sea off the east coast of England during a routine gunnery drill. Two survivors and one dead crew member were rescued by the British trawler Warren. Eight crewmen remain missing, believed bobbing in life jackets. Parachutes and Mae West life preservers were noted. search involved many ships and Royal Navy vessels. The bomber belonged to the 72nd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron, recently arrived from the United States.
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London
U.P
North Sea
United States Air Force
England
Great Yarmouth
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Wiesbaden
Lowestoft
72Nd Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron
Scunthorpe
Fairfield-Suisun Field
Sacramento
Calif
Mae West
Royal Naval
Garlston
United Sates
Senate Approves Perverts Probe in Government Jobs
The Senate approved a $10,000 inquiry by voice vote to investigate alleged sexual perverts in federal employment. Witnesses testified about an estimated 3,500 such individuals in Washington, with 91 forced to resign from State, and 14 of those finding posts in other agencies.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Hill
D-Ala
State Department
Congress
Wherry
R-Neb
Children’s Day Canceled At Columbia Gardens Due To Storms
Superintendent Ted é announced that Children’s Day is not observed at Columbia Gardens today because of stormy weather. The first event drew a record attendance a week ago, and organizers expect similar crowds next Thursday if weather improves.
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Columbia Gardens
Ted É
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Gen. Marshall
Russia
Kxv
Daman
Adm. Leahy
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