Secretary Weeks Sees Record May Business Activity
Washington reports show May employment at 62.703 million civilian workers, unemployment down 473000 to 2.489 million, jobless rate 3.8 percent of labor force. Working week averages 40.7 hours as manufacturing adds 60,000 jobs from April and output reaches peak 370 billion dollars annual rate. Weeks and Labor Department foresee 1955 prosperity if industrial peace holds.
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Washington
Weeks
Labor Department
Y Finance Drive Is Dedicated to Late Tom J. Davis
Butte YMCA launches a 1955 fundraising and membership campaign in memory of Tom J. Davis, longtime director and president. Frank Sutter praised Davis as a founder of the Y and dedication to its welfare. About 200 locals attended the kickoff, with a plaque in the lobby honoring Davis.
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Late of Davis
Butte Ymca
Frank Satter
Butte Insuranceman
The
Butte
YMCA
Aquatic Club
John A. Nasstrom
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Butte Ministerial Assn
Sutter
Tom J. Davis
Davis
W. R. Miles Jr
Mr. Davis
Nehru Receives Massive Soviet Welcome in Moscow
In Moscow Prime Minister Nehru of India was greeted by an uproarious crowd at the airport as the Soviet cabinet and Premier Bulganin met him. The procession through the city featured flowers, white doves, banners, and cheering Muscovites. Indira Gandhi accompanied Nehru on a two week Soviet tour with a packed hospitality schedule.
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Moscow
Nehru
India
Soviet Union
Nikolai Bulganin
Indira Gandhi
Dulles Sees Possible Loosening of Soviet Reins on Satellites
Secretary of State Dulles, amid Moscow protests, said Russia may loosen reins on Eastern Europe. He cited Yugoslav attitude as hopeful, spoke of possible changes in Poland Czechoslovakia and Hungary, and tied this to the 1954 Yalta promises. He noted a de facto cease-fire in Formosa and expected no Far East agenda at the upcoming Big Four talks.
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Washington
Dulles
Moscow
Russia
Eastern Europe
Yugoslavia
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Eisenhower
Euope
Yalta
Far East
Formosa
Bulganin
Fannie D Ennis Pioneer and Montana Pioneer Leader Dies
Fannie D Davis Ennis 88 native of Virginia City and president of the Montana Society of Pioneers died Tuesday morning at the home of her son in law and daughter C S McLeod 909 W Quartz She was serving a second term as president of the Pioneers Society after being elected at the August 1954 Dillon convention Born January 5 1867 in Virginia City she was the daughter of Nathaniel J Davis and the first infant baptized by Bishop Daniel Tuttle She later attended Bishop Tuttle Day School in Salt Lake City for three years
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Fannie Davis Ennis
Virginia City
Montana Society of Pioneers
Treasure State
Nathaniel J. Davis
Montana
Davis
Daniel Tuttle
Episcopal
Montana Territory
Salt Lake City
Bishop Tuttle Day School
Five Die in Twin-Engine Plane Crash Near Edmonton
An Associated Airways twin-engined plane crashed and burned late Tuesday near Winterburn ten miles west of Edmonton. There were five fatalities including two crew members and three passengers aboard. Identification of the victims was not available immediately. The aircraft was on a local flight from Edmonton Airport.
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Edmonton
Alto
Winterburn
Associated Airways Ltd
West Point address cues cautious path to peace
President Eisenhower spoke at the U S Military Academy commencement urging restraint and realism about the upcoming Big Four talks. He warned against expecting a miracle from a single meeting while affirming U S strength and commitment to pursue peaceful avenues through a series of cautious, persistent conferences.
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West Point
N. Y
Eisenhower
Free World
U. S. Military Academy
Academy
Four Powers
United States
Widsom
Adenauer Asked to Visit Russia
The Soviet government invited Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to visit Moscow to normalize relations with West Germany. The note warned a new war could turn Germany into a field of battle and destruction, and stressed that peace depends on normal relations between the Soviet Union and the German Federal Republic. The invitation was delivered to the West German embassy in Paris and released by the Soviet Foreign Ministry.
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Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
German Federal Republic
Adenauer
Germany
Paris
Europe
Bee Causes Fatal Crash in Oregon Infant Murray
A bee landing on a diaper in the Murray car near Lakeview Oregon led to a rollover on Highway 295. Five month old Teresa Kay Murray died at a hospital Tuesday. Mrs Murray was hospitalized for observation with injuries not serious, Marcus Murray unhurt. The family was moving from Burney California to Montana.
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Lakeview
Ore
Teresa Kay Murray
Marcus B. Murray
Burney
Calif
Montana
Omnibus Housing Bill Wins Senate Approval
Postal workers secure an average 8 percent pay raise retroactive to March 1, amid Senate and House actions. The measure, costing about 164 to 165 million dollars annually, heads to President Eisenhower for signature after a near unanimous House vote and a Senate passage. One House dissent came from Rep. Cole who criticized the politics of the bill.
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Eisenhower
Rep
Cole
Washington
Senate
Democrats
Sens. Sparkman
D-Ala
Lehman
D-Ny
Douglas
Dill
Sen
Capehart
R-Ind
Public Housing Administration
Montana Land Board Eyes July Oil Lease Sale Dates
Montana's four member Land Board plans July 11 and 12 as the dates for auctioning 178 oil and gas leases on 81,090 acres of state land. The plan, to be discussed by the board, would allow four weeks of advertising as required by law. The listing covers leases on school lands and includes a $1 minimum annual rental per tract. The agenda notes a two day sale beginning at 10 am on July 11, with potential royalty terms still to be decided.
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Helena
Montana
Land Board
F. L. Sorenson
State Land Commissioner
Land Department
J. Hugo Aronson
Sam W. Mitchell
Wells
Love and Law and Want Ads Promote Self Support
A 1930s Iowa court note says a man who marries a woman with children remains their father after divorce and must support them. The item shifts to advertising, urging readers to use FOR SALE want ads to reach interested buyers and offering ad-writing help by calling 3451, with an example of an ad bringing results.
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Supreme Court of Iowa
Practically new craftsman 12 foot table saw for sale
Practically new Craftsman 12 table saw with a small horsepower motor and attachments. Phone number provided for inquiries.
Public Safe Salk Polio Vaccine Made Report
Government scientists said a safe Salk polio vaccine is being produced after finding manufacturers hid bad batch records. They noted good batch records were sent to NIH while bad ones were discarded. They warned not enough serum will be ready for all children before the polio season peak in August.
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Ike
Atlantic City
Leonard Scheele
James A. Shannon
National Institutes of Health
NIH
Scheele
American Medical Assn
Shannon
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Montana Receives New Batch of Salk Polio Vaccine
Helena Montana awaiting the second shipment of Salk polio vaccine from Eli Lilly to arrive by air express at 10 35 a m The batch will inoculate 31410 Montana first and second graders The State Board of Health official Dr G D Carlyle Thompson said wires were sent to public health officers to arrange local schedules and refrigeration will be used for re packing plans
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Helena
U.P
Montana
Air Express
Fli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
State Board of Health
Thompson
Hat Maker Denies Bribery Charge
Hat maker Harry Lev of Chicago testified at a Senate hearing denying bribery and stating a $5,089.38 payment was for showing he is not a “chiseler” on Army contracts. He rejected ties to a former government employee and called the garrison hat contract price surprise, likening it to the ceiling falling on his head.
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Washington
Harry Lev
Chicago
Senate
Lev
Air Force
Armed Services
Garrison
Leo
Sen. McClellan
D-Ark
Tickets Available for Commencement at School of Mines
Residents of Butte and surrounding area may obtain tickets for the 55th commencement of the Montana School of Mines to be held Friday at 8 o clock. Tickets available by calling 9476 or at the president's office. The ceremony is in the Library Museum auditorium with seven graduate and 25 undergraduate degrees. Honorary degrees of doctor of engineering go to W. W. Clawson and Curtis L. Wilson. Clawson will give the keynote address. Engineering degrees will be awarded to Lester F. Bishop Frank W. Bodish and Gailen T. Vandel for their roles at Anaconda Copper, University of Kansas, and Cerro de Pasco Corp.
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Butte
Montana School of Mines
Library- Museum
W. W. Clawson
Mobil Producing Co
Billings
Curtis L. Wilson
Missouri School of Mines
Clawson
Wilson
Butte Engineering Institution
Lester F. Bishop
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Frank W. Bowdish
University of Kansas
Gailen T. Vandel
Cerro de Pasco Corp
Peru
Senate votes 60-25 pass omnibus housing bill
Washington reports a 60-25 Senate roll for passage of an omnibus housing bill. Democrats supporting included Mansfield of Montana and O Mahoney of Wyoming. Republicans supporting included Allott of Colorado Bennett of Utah Langer of North Dakota Millikin of Colorado. Republicans opposing included Barrett of Wyoming Case of South Dakota Curtis Hruska Mundt Watkins and Young of North Dakota announced for passage.
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Washington
Senate
House
Mansfield
Mont
O'Mahoney
Wye
Allott
Colo
Bennett
Utah
Langer
Mundt
Watkins
Sen
Young
R-Nd
Secretary Benson Tours Butte Sees Favorable Farm Outlook
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson viewed Montana and Idaho crop prospects from the air and praised moisture and range conditions. He noted stable farm prices in May and planned on-the-ground inspections in Montana while traveling to Calgary to speak to farm and business groups. Benson also spoke at Brigham Young University and to Lions Clubs in Sun Valley and Idaho Falls before continuing to Spokane.
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Montana
Idaho
Ezra Taft Benson
Butte
Benson
Calgary
Canada
Mr. Benson
Denver
Utah
Brigham Young University
Sun Valley
Lions Clubs
Oregon
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
W. D. Benson
Spokane
Montana Weather Outlook for East and West Regions
In Montana east region, partly cloudy Wednesday with scattered showers in the northeast, cooler in the south, generally cool elsewhere. highs 58 to 65, fair and cooler Wednesday night into Thursday, then warmer Thursday. In Montana west region, partly cloudy Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change. highs 70 to 80. Maximums cover 12 hours, minimums cover 18 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Montana
Thieves steal $3000 in typewriters from Milan vault maker
In Milan thieves broke into the office of a safety vault and locks manufacturer and carried off about $3000 worth of typewriters and adding machines.
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Milan
Italy
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