Aronson Forecasts Large Surge in Montana Secondary Road Spending
Gov J Hugo Aronson told the Montana Grange that secondary road expenditure for the coming year would more than double the 8 million dollars spent in 1956. He noted total federal aid highway programs and warned of tax burdens rising 8 to 10 mills, with indirect levies increasing across the state.
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Missoula
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana Grange
Montana
National Grange
Herschel D. Newsom
Indiana
Winton Weydemeyer
Fortune
Aronson
Steve Sullivan Named Butte Recreation Director Nominee
Steve Sullivan selected as city recreation director by an eight member board on Friday night. The nomination will go to the Butte City Council for ratification at the June 19 meeting. The only other candidate was Robert Sparks who held the post for three years. Sullivan won 5 to 3 after a vacancy was declared, though appointment runs July 1 to June 30.
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Steve Sullivan
City Recreation Board
Butte City Council
Robert Sparks
Sullivan
Recreation Board
John Kingston
Board of
Butte
John Lindquist
Pete Sodja
Kevin Shannon
John Riley
Treasury hires first women in 1862 wartime roles
The United States Treasury became the first federal division to employ women in 1862. Amid the War Between the States, women were hired to cut and count paper money due to men being in short supply. The note ends by encouraging job seekers to place Want Ads and to dial 5451.
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United States Treasury
The
Treasury
Hungary Frees U S Students From Detention
Two South Carolina students, Mike A. Gilbert and Warren Hair, held in Communist Hungary since May 26, were released Friday. They arrived near midnight at the border, were escorted by Hungarian police to Austrian authorities, and reported they were treated well.
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Nickelsdorf
Austria
South Carolina
Hungary
Mike A. Gilbert
Walterboro
Warren Hair
North Augusta
S. C
Budapest
Lake Neusidel
Sopron
Gilbert
U S Pledges Aid Pact With Communist Poland
The United States pledges 95 million dollars in aid to Poland to resist Moscow dominance and boost trade with the free world. Of this total 48.9 million is signed now, 46.1 million to follow, with first cotton deliveries expected in about three weeks.
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Washington
United States
Poland
State Dept
Poznan
Soviet Union
U. S
Montana Weather Summary for East and West Regions
Montana weather forecast lists partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers and thundershowers in the east and south portions, cooler nights, and highs in the 58 to 78 range. The west region remains partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with similar temperatures, no major changes, and nights around 45 to 50. Maximums refer to the 12 hours and minimums to the 18 hours ending at 5 30 p m Thursday.
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Montana
Senator Bridges Enters Hospital for Rest
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire 59, chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, was admitted to Doctors' Hospital on Friday to rest. He has the longest Senate tenure among Republicans, since entering the Senate on January 3, 1937.
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Washington
Sen
Bridg
New Hampshire
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Bridges
Butte Overpass Bids Called by Highway Board
Helena Montana Highway Commission called for bids on 12 more highway projects to be offered June 28, expanding 1957 contracts to 41. The year’s work totals 29 projects started valued at 5,756,454 dollars, covering about 61 miles. Projects include Billings office and shop complex and a 57 foot timber bridge on Miles City North Dakota Line, with multiple county tasks such as Fallon and Lake areas and Pablo Kalispell routing.
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Helena
Montana Highway Commission
Billings
Fallon
Miles City- North Dakota Line
Pablo-Kalispell
Bus Fare Hike Approved Across Eight Montana Lines
Montana State Railroad Commission approved a five percent increase in passenger fares for eight bus lines including Greyhound Billings Missoula division offices and other carriers in Billings Anaconda Malta Plentywood Great Falls and Billings Laurel route The commission also denied National Bus Traffic Assn request for a uniform national express tariff within Montana and scheduled hearings on the increase with potential extension to other carriers.
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Helena
Montana
State Railroad Commission
Greyhound Corp
Billings
Missoula
American Buslines
Intermountain Transportation Co
Anaconda
Northern Star Lines
Malta
Neville Transit Co
Plentywood
Glacier Transportation Co
Great Falls
Northern Pacific Transport Co
Billings-Laurel Run
Western Transit Co
Board of Railroad Commissioners
MRC
National Bus Traffic Assn
Woman Scientist Claims MS Cause After Isolation Breakthrough
Philadelphia reporter notes Miss Rose Ichelson identified spirochaeta myelophthora as the probable MS cause and developed a tuberculosis style skin test to detect infection. She says next steps involve independent verification before pursuing immunization or cures, with earlier work dating to 1951 and 1955.
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Philadelphia
Rose Schelson
Ichelson
Miles City Area Warned of Flood
Billings reports the Yellowstone River rose to 11.65 feet after a stormy night with 1.24 inches of rain. Crews from highway, railroad, county and city sectors were deployed as floods hit the Billings Laurel region. Miles City area residents were warned of a six inch rise by river forecaster Ralph Gumpf. Bridges were washed out on Clark Fork tributaries south of Laurel and traffic slowed on U.S. 10 and U.S. 12 due to rising waters and underpasses.
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Billings
Yellowstone
Yellowstone Valley
Laurel
Miles City
Ralph Gumpf
Gumpf
Clark Fork
Park City
Columbus
Big Timber
U. S. Highway 10
Keyser Creek
U. S. 12
Red Lodge
Cody
Wyo
Eisenhower Urges GOP to Back Platform Pledges at Conference
President Eisenhower appealed to GOP leaders to drop personal preferences and uphold the 1956 platform pledges, warning that party responsibility would collapse otherwise. He stressed a special duty for Republicans in Congress, the executive, and party organizations to support the program, while critics of the budget faced his crackdown. Delegates and lawmakers praised the speech, with some noting independents and Democrats backed the platform. Senator Knowland was absent to push budget cuts and policy differences.
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Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Republican National Conference
Congress
Sen. Schoeppel
Kansas
Senate
Clarence F. Baldwin
Connecticut
Knowland
California
White House
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
Jacksonville
Fla
Glover Urges Mines Graduates Toward Research Horizons
R H Glover told the Montana School of Mines 57th commencement that research in thermonuclear reactions and desalination could unlock nature’s treasures and expand habitable areas. He noted limited uranium and the vast oceans, and discussed turning saline seas into usable water as population grows. He received a doctor of laws honorary degree as 36 undergraduates and four graduates also received degrees in a large ceremony.
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Roy H. Glover
Montana School of Mines
Anaconda Company
United States
Los Angeles
Sahara
Glover
University of Oregon
School of Mines
Edwin G. Koch
Frank H
Pioneer Mathias Christen Dies After Illness At 98
Mathias Christen a Montana pioneer died Friday night at about 9 15 in a local hospital after an illness. He was 98 and lived at 2105 Oregon He was born in Switzerland and came to the United States at age 20 first living in New Orleans then Cairo Ill Blackfoot Idaho before settling in Montana on November 13 1882 Christen helped establish Glendale and Kalispell areas and later lived in Butte He married Margaret Jane Gremm in Helena in 1886 who died in 1948.
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Mathias Christen
Oregon
Christen
Switzerland
United States
New Orleans
Cairo
Ill
Blackfoot
Idaho
Montana
Glendale
Butte
Helena
Margaret Jane Gremm
Kalispell
Butte Girl Wins Montana VFW Essay Contest
Judy McVey of Butte, 17, won first place in Montana's VFW Ladies Auxiliary essay contest titled Americas Crusade for Free Mens Rights. Virginia Durr and Len Duvall placed second and third. savings bonds and medals were awarded. McVey advances to the national contest. Honorable mentions included Paula Simmons, Diane Rosdahl, and Ebin Dussault.
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Helena
Judy McVey
Butte
Ladies Auxiliary
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Mildred Schneider
Harlem
Virginia Durr
Chateau
Len Duvall
Geraldine
Miss McVey
Paula Simmons
Red Lodge
Diane Rosdahl
Thompson Falls
Ebin Dussault
Missoula
Awards Ruled at School of Mines Commencement
Montana School of Mines honored numerous scholars and engineers during Friday night exercises in Museum Hall. Awards announced by Dr. E G Koch included $500 mining prizes to Ross W Wayment and $500 metallurgy prize to Roger N Dokken. other honors went to Donald E Zipperian Lawrence E Treiber and more.
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Montana School of Mines
Don L. Denis
Martin E. Messner
Frank H. MacPherson
Roy H. Glover
E. G. Koch
Plato Malozemoff
Theodore H. Eyde
Au-Gwoc-Ho
Dennis A. Williams
Herman A. Sommer
Richard O. Sigauw
Allen F. Westerdahl
Frank
Museum Hall
American Smelting and Refining Co
Ross W. Wayment
Butte
Roger N. Dokken
Shelby
Viola Vestal Coulter
Donald E. Zipperian
Great Falls
Mobil Producing Co
Lawrence E. Treiber
Billings
Donald E. Macknight
American Society For Metals
Leonard W. Boyd Jr
Colorado Springs
American Petroleum Institute
Aurelio Madrazo
Butte, Gardner- Denver Co
Moshe Sheinkin
Holon
Israel
John B. Hazen
Montana Society of Engineers
R. Robert Dorman
Bismarck
N. D
Warren R. Jensen
Samuel A. Worcester Jr
Society of American Military Engineers
Air Force Assn
Worcester
VFW Condemns Girard Action at Helena Encampment
Montana VFW delegates at Helena passed a resolution condemning government handling of Army Specialist 3 C William S Girard case. The action targets secretary of state and defense and the President for turning Girard over to Japanese authorities. The encampment also backed Fort Harrison VA hospital modernization with 250 new beds.
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Helena
Montana
Truck Car Meet Fatality Near Billings Montana
Harold Johnson of Lavina died after his pickup collided with a car driven by Roger Brovold in Montana Highway 3 about 16 miles north of Billings. Brovold was hospitalized with internal injuries and cuts. Johnson likely died from chest injuries after being pinned by the steering wheel. toll for 1957 reaches 78, down from 92 a year earlier.
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Billings
Harold Johnson
Lavina
Roger Brovold
Montana
Dallas lineman tailed by bulldog then police called
Haden Nix, a telephone installation man in Dallas, was bitten by a bulldog as he tried to descend a telephone pole. He climbed back up, tapped the line, and alerted police who arrived just as the dog fled.
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Dallas
Tex
Haden
Nix
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