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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1957
Page
2
Washington reports 5 793 Soil Bank contracts in Montana this year covering 478 882 acres with maximum reserve payments of 8 816 397. Through April 15 signing deadline 473 farmers have 80 706 acres in conservation contracts eligible for 491 000 practice payments and 688 000 annual payments totaling 1 179 000.
Helena report on a three day National Rehabilitation Assn conference with 75 delegates. Dr Winifred S Wilder highlights loneliness after hospital discharge as a major rehabilitation barrier and notes limited mental counseling coverage across Montana.
Twenty seven teenage attendants report to posts at Montana courtesy stations for the summer. They received western outfits and learned about state attractions as Governor Aronson and officials stressed courtesy and traffic safety. The attendants start welcoming motorists Saturday at 13 stations with films about Montana included in the program.
George Parker, 82, a Spanish American War veteran from Great Falls, died Friday at the Veterans Administration hospital in Fort Harrison after a brief illness. Born December 30, 1874 in Bay City Michigan, he had been a patient since Wednesday. There are no known survivors.
THOMPSON FALLS Fred H. Searle of Trout Creek spotted a bear while cutting posts on Beaver Creek. He fired, believed it dead, and tried to load it until a inspection revealed injuries from the bear. He faced a $27.50 fine for hunting with an illegal license and the bear weighed an estimated 300 to 400 pounds.
Helena Montana will admit 18 new lawyers at a noon ceremony in the State Supreme Court. Dean Robert E Sullivan of Montana State University Law School will present the candidates and Atty Gen Forrest H Anderson will move for admission. Names include Richmond F Allan Billings Geoffrey L Brazier Helena Calvin A Calton Worland Ross W Cannon Butte Lawrence D Gaughan Missoula Wallace L Herreid Missoula Robert C Johnson Butte Rae V Kalbfleisch Shelby Gareth F Krieg Billings Leonard H McKinney Helena William D Morris Missoula Walter S Morfitt Helena John L Peterson Butte Peter L Rapkoch Missoula Urban L Roth Missoula Joel G Roth Missoula Jack Shanstrom Livingston Donald W Wolf Wolf Point.
Glendive Everett Redeen of Forsyth was elected grand high priest at the Montana Grand Chapter annual convention. The slate includes John A. Peters Glasgow as king and Edwin Grafton Helena treasurer, with officers Sims Butte scribe and Thaamum Helena recorder and other leaders from Helena Glasgow Dillon Libby Billings Lewis town Conrad Glendive.
The Montana Public Service Commission will hold hearings July 16 in Wolf Point and July 18 in Miles City on Montana Dakota Utilities Co. rate hike requests of about 13 percent for residential and 12 percent for commercial use. The company cites higher operating costs and new electric properties including transmission additions and a generating station as reasons. The proposed changes would raise Montana revenue by about $304,000.
About 125 teenage cadets will attend a nine day encampment at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls from June 15 to 22. Lt. Col. Clarence R. Anthony said roughly 35 will be girls and cadets are arriving from multiple Montana towns including Great Falls Helena Townsend Lewistown Glendive Sidney Billings Hamilton Polson Kalispell Eureka Missoula and Libby.
A drive-in barbershop in Orilla reports strong business with customers choosing to step inside or stay in their cars while Mitch Bell uses long extensions and car side tools to provide haircuts for motorists.
Ernest Mills, a turkey farmer in Benton Illinois, dreamed his truck was stolen and woke to a police call confirming the dream. The incident blends superstition and law enforcement as Mills learns of the vehicle’s absence and recovery.
Montana boards and agencies release a cooperative study showing proper irrigation and drainage reduce mosquito breeding and improve crop yields in the Milk River Valley. The project began in 1952 with the State Experimentation, Board of Health, U S Public Health Service, and Blaine County Mosquito Control Committee.
Gulfport Mississippi jailer Levi Cuevas was dismissed for negligence after Montana inmate Dale Morris escaped from Harrison County Jail by slipping from a sun cage after receiving a teleph one call he was not allowed to make. The escape prompted a prosecutor review and police searches with an unlocked sun cage door and a cut chicken wire enclosure noted as causes. Morris, 32, faced murder and narcotics indictments and was awaiting trial for the 1955 Bay St. Louis slaying. multiple trials had resulted in mistrials.
Donald H. Edwards 38 of Milroy Minnesota died Friday after illness in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Ft Harrison while visiting Helena. He served in the U S Navy. Survived by parents six brothers and three sisters in Milroy. Body in Hermann and Co Funeral Home arrangements pending.
The Montana Milk Control Board meets in Helena Saturday morning to hire a new executive secretary from about 20 applicants. Dr J W Safford says the job will be filled only if a suitable applicant is found. The new secretary replaces A A Klemme who retires July 1 after 13 years at the post.
Montana State College Beta Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi has declared band awards. James Melhattan of Bozeman received the outstanding four year member plaque. Graduating seniors earning certificates include James McLhattan James Peterson Hugh Collison and others from Bozeman Great Falls and beyond. Pins for outstanding bandsmen went to a list of members from Bozeman plus Katharinette Malone Chateau Theresa Johnson Red Lodge and more.
Helena Montana receives a $6,000 grant from the U S Public Health Service Communicable Disease Center for polio virus diagnostic work. Dr G D Carlyle Thompson, executive officer of the State Board of Health, said funds will become available July 1 and replace a previously depleted polio grant.
The Board of Health said Friday it has approved plans for an addition to the Hellgate grade school in Missoula School Dist. 4. State law requires that plans for school buildings be approved for health and safety factors before construction begins.
Articles filed Friday with Secretary of State Frank Murray establish the Practical Builders Supply Co a 50000 dollar corporation in Butte Its directors are Paul Leveaux James K Archibald and Karl B Mueller all of Butte.
Montana VFW leaders at Helena endorsed the World War I pension bill and proposed extending Servicemen's Readjustment Act loan authority to July 25 1962. They urged establishment of a Senate veterans committee, protections for discharged veterans and reforms to VA programs. Committees named for memorial work at Columbia Falls and thanks extended to Fort Harrison hospital staff.
Helena automobile salesmen strike, now in its second day, halting service and sales at all but two agencies. The Teamsters Union No. 666 members backed two shops after demands for higher commissions on new and used cars. garage mechanics reportedly honored picket lines.
A man claiming to be Herbert Coady of Idaho Falls is jailed in Dillon on a bad check at a local service station. Undersheriff Lloyd Thomas said arraignment is scheduled for next Tuesday after Dillon police picked up the suspect.
Frankfurt reports the West German film industry has decided to produce TV films after previously resisting the idea. This shift signals new strategy for TV movie production and distribution in postwar Germany.
In Villa de Joao Belo Mozambique a native woman Selina Corane 30 gave birth to quintuplets four boys and a girl all died within 24 hours. Dr Antonio Moreira said the infants had no chance of survival from the outset and the mother was well. One surviving twin girl aged nine had previously been born in earlier multiple births.
The Senate foreign relations committee approved a 3.637 billion foreign aid program for the coming year, down 227 million from Eisenhower’s request. The panel set a two year authorization for military aid, added a 25 million Latin American development fund, and tied Tito aid to U S security and non communism goals.
The Fayetteville incident near here claimed its 20th victim Laverse Giles 28 of Mt Olive NC died in a hospital after a tractor-trailer and a migrant worker truck collided Thursday Eighteen and nineteen victims died earlier with 16 injured workers in critical condition The workers believed to be African American were en route to a bean field near Dunn from several states including Mount Olive area
Weather fronts from the Northwest to New England trigger thunderstorms and rain across much of the United States. Cold Canadian air pushes into warm moist air, lowering temperatures and causing showers from the Great Lakes to the Middle Atlantic. A tornado funnel was spotted near Brazil Indiana and another near Houston Texas but no ground contact reported.
The Greely Elevator Co. intends to rebuild its Carter grain elevator after a Thursday fire caused an estimated 191000 dollars in damage. Secret Treasurer G. F. Greely of Great Falls cites grain loss at 111000 dollars as part of the total.
Montana highway contracts outline 15 projects with varying scopes from 6.2 to 12.6 miles of grading and resurfacing and multiple bridge and culvert works. Timelines range from 80 to 450 calendar days with completion by mid 1958 to 1959, including overpasses, box culverts, and a Yellowstone River bridge near Terry.
Fire on the near north side killed Paul Edward 12 Louis Wayne 10 and Richard Lee 8 Yates brothers of Charles W Yates 44 a window washer. Phillip 20 leaped from the second floor suffering injuries and was hospitalized. The family’s wife and two remaining children escaped from a first floor bedroom. Ten other families occupied the building.
A tear gas incident at the Montana Capitol Friday injured or distressed staff and tourists. The gas originated from a tear gas device once kept at the cash window for holdup defense, misfired by a new employee causing a loud bang and eye irritation.
Helena Montana Porter W Corby of Billings was elected grand counselor succeeding Herbert Woods of Ogden Utah. The council includes members from Montana Utah and Idaho with Bliss of Great Falls Carlson of Salt Lake City Jensen of Provo Vincent of Miles City Bowman of Ogden and Wayrymen of Butte in key posts. The two year executive committee includes Rost of Boise and Dr McCune of Ogden. Next annual meeting set for Salt Lake City June 3 5 with delegates to the Cincinnati supreme session led by Mahrens Beall Fredregill Heal Barlow Thornton and Cottrell and alternates Cook and Flinn.
Carbon County clerk and recorder George J. McDonald 63 died Wednesday. Funeral services are Saturday at 2 p.m. in Red Lodge. McDonald served as county treasurer and was once secretary of the United Mine Workers in the Red Lodge area. He was born in Dover Ohio on August 17 1893.
Bozeman Montana State College prepares for commencement week with alumni returning from across the United States. The class of 1907 marks its 50th anniversary with events culminating in a 2 p.m. commencement in the Field House and a 7 p.m. baccalaureate service in the same venue.
Don Collins of Kit Carson Colorado warned Wyoming stockmen at the 8th annual Wyoming Stock Growers convention not to rush to rebuild cattle herds after rains. He urged focus on quality over quantity and advised lenders not to hastily finance rapid restocking to avoid overstocking post drought.
In New York two plainclothes officers spotted a motorist making an illegal U turn and speeding away. After a pursuit they stopped the violator, who turned out to be in another unmarked police car.
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