Study Fails to Reveal Cause of Crash
CAA officer says investigators could not determine if the plane carrying Dal ton and Dorothy LeMasurier crashed due to fire or explosion. Wreckage on Fer ris Mountain shows extensive burn damage with no sign of mechanical failure and no fuel remaining. Dorothy LeMasurier survived 19 days on candy bars and snow water before rescue.
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Cheyenne
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Dalton
Dorothy LeMasurier
Duluth
Minn
Wyoming Peak
Harold Grandy
CAA
Ferris Mountain
LeMasurier
Grandy
Anaconda Resident Mary Varelia Dies After Illness
Mary Varelia 69 longtime Anaconda resident died early Friday after an extended illness. Born August 9 1887 in Bribir Yugoslavia she moved to Anaconda in 1922. She is survived by her husband Michael a son and daughter in law Joseph Varella and a daughter in law Gerald Emmette and Frank Dunn of Butte plus seven grandchildren. Funeral Monday at Finnegan Co Mortuary and St Peter Church with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery services start at 9 o clock solemn requiem mass.\"
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Mary Varelia
Michael Varelia
E. Fifth
Finnegan Co
St. Peter Church
Mount Olivet
Varelia
Bribir
Yugoslavia
Anaconda
SS. Peter and Paul Society
Catholic Church
Joseph Varella
Gerald Emmette
Tacoma
Wash
Frank Dunn
Butte
Joseph
Helen D
Richard Varella
Frank Dunn Jr
Gerald
Darlene
Kathy Emmette
Mirko Mandich
Joseph Dika
Ludwig Hreljar
Zemke Addresses Missoula High Grads
Col Hubert Zemke, 1932 Missoula County High School alumnus and WWII Air Force ace, spoke at the 50th commencement. The ceremony marked the first in a new high school unit as the largest class on record graduated 322 seniors, including 159 boys and 163 girls, surpassing the previous 311 in 1939.
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Missoula
Col
Hubert Zemke
Missoula County High School
Air Force
Cooke Highway Opens Saturday to Yellowstone Park
BILLINGS The Red Lodge Cooke highway to Yellowstone National Park will open for the season Saturday announced by Lemuel A. Garrison park superintendent. Crews were dismantling barriers after clearing drifts described as very heavy. The highway tops Beartooth Range near 11 000 feet with snowplows active since mid April to clear drifts up to 30 feet deep.
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Billings
Red Lodge-Cooke
Yellowstone National Park
Lemuel A. Garrison
Garrison
Beartooth Mountain Range
One Year Ago Death Stalked Close To President
A year ago a sudden ileitis attack nearly felled President Eisenhower, prompting emergency surgery at Walter Reed. Surgeons reported success and that he could run for a second term. a year later he feels well, with renewed vigor and a routine midday rest.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Virginia
Philadelphia
Boston
South Carolina
Ness
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Mamie Eisenhower
Leonard D. Heaton
Walter Reed
Heaton
Howard M. Snyder
Bernard M. Shanley
White House
Grange Master Calls for Spending Cuts at Montana Convention
Montana Grange Master Winton Weydemeyer urged reducing federal spending by billions by cutting pork barrel programs at the state convention. He pushed self-help marketing to end reliance on price supports and urged greater use of Montana resources for local benefit. National Grange Master pay D. Newsom criticized current farm policy as not aligning with Grange goals.
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Missoula
Winton Weydemeyer
Grange
Montana
Pay D. Newsom
National Grange
Church of Nazarene Elects Officers in Rocky Mountain District
In Billings Montana the Rocky Mountain District of the Church of the Nazarene elected Richard A Gilster of Riverton Wyoming as secretary and W G McKay of Missoula as treasurer. Two pastors Lyle J Higgins of Mills Wyoming and Mrs Golda M Rock of Cheyenne Wyoming were ordained. Rev Alvin L McQuay of Billings was re elected district supervisor for his eleventh term. Advisory board selections included Rev Murray Pallet of Billings Rev Mendall Collins and Oscar Lund of Kinnear Wyoming and McKay. The conference continues Saturday.
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Billings
Mont
Rocky Mountain
Church of the Nazarene
Richard A. Gilster
Riverton
Wyo
W. G. McKay
Missoula
Lyle J. Higgins
Mills
Golda M. Rock
Cheyenne
Alvin L. McQuay
Murray Pallet
Mendall Collins
Oscar Lund
Kinnear
McKay
Junction City Officially Erased by County Commissioners
Yellowstone county commissioners signed an order erasing Junction City once a Yellowstone riverboat and overland stop. The town, once busy with river traffic and routes from Fort Benton to Fort Custer and Fort Keogh, now hosts cattle and sheep on the old townsite.
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Billings
Yellowstone
Junction City
Yellowstone County
Fort Benton
Old Fort Custer
Fort Keogh
Screen Actors Guild aids blood bank drive in Hollywood
Hollywood donors from film and TV unite for the annual blood bank party with SAG on hand to check blood pressures. Jayne Mansfield assists as actors contribute over 100 pints of blood.
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Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Jayne Mansfield
Joint Winners Named In National Spelling Competition
Washington, two girl finalists Sandra Owen of Navarre Ohio and Dana Bennett of Denver shared the 30th annual National Spelling Bee title. Each receives 1000 dollars plus a New York City visit after a tie through 38 rounds. Sandra, 14, was runner up last year. Dana, 13, is a first time national finalist. The pair are the second co champions in the event’s history following a 1950 tie.
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Washington
Sandra Owen
Navarre
Ohio
Dana Bennett
Denver
New York City
Richard D. Peters
The
Bee
Sandra
Dana
Diana Reynard
Cleveland
Colquitt Dean
Atlanta
Billings to Build Parking Garage
A contract for a 194 car downtown Billings parking garage will go to Hitz Construction Co. on a low base bid of 248000. Construction starts Monday with November 1 as target completion. The project costs about 500000 and will be the first self service garage of its kind in Montana.
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Billings
Hitz Construction Co
Downtown Parking, Inc
Russ B. Hart
Montana
American Policy on Red China Frozen but May thaw Soon
The piece notes U S policy toward Red China remains frozen under Eisenhower, with no thaw in sight yet. It contrasts past shifts under Truman and current stance denying recognition, banning trade, blocking UN membership, and defending Formosa while limiting Chiang Kai-shek’s actions.
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China
Washington
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Truman
United Nations
Chiang
U. N
Red China
Russia
Japan
Geneva
Congress
World issues split over fallout and tests era
The week saw global debate on radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons tests and its threat to future generations. Eisenhower and Macmillan urged an end to testing, but warned against stopping amid Soviet threats, while Khrushchev spoke on peace and war risks in a TV interview.
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Charles M. McCann
United Press
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Russia
United States
Ottawa
Ill
William S. Girard
Tokyo
Girard
State Department
Defense Department
Japan
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Columbia Broadcasting System
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Noxon Dam Progresses With Rising Workforce
Construction at the Noxon Rapids hydroelectric project continued at a faster pace with 935 workers this week, up from 882. At the dam site Morrison Knudson Co. laid about 2,000 cubic yards of concrete in the spillway section as welding of pen stocks proceeded, while bridges roads and overpasses also advanced.
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Thompson Falls
Noxon Rapids
Morrison- Knudson Co
Distances in Cuba Measured From Capitol Diamond
All distance measurements in Cuba are stated as from a 24 karat diamond embedded in the floor of the Havana capitol. The rule anchorsscale and navigation to this gem in the center of Havana.
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Cuba
Havana
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