Queen Contest Entries Open for Southwestern Montana Rodeo
Entries are open to all unmarried women 17 to 24 for the Southwestern Montana Rodeo Queen Contest in Butte with judging on beauty personality talent and horsemanship. Deadline June 20 at the Chamber of Commerce. Winners may advance to a state event and then national finals in Las Vegas.
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Montana
Butte
Jim Huff
Cynthia Kreeze
Carolyn Larson
Don Harrington
Chamber of Commerce
Las Vegas
Silver Bow
Powell
Beaverhead
Deer Lodge
Jefferson
Madison
Lewis and Clark
Graham crusade draws large San Francisco crowd
The Billy Graham crusade in San Francisco reports 545 300 attendees over 34 days, compared with 592 000 in New York during the same period last year.
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San Francisco
Billy Graham
New York
Vigilante Rodeo Queen Contest Nomination Open
Nomination information for the Vigilante Rodeo Queen in Butte from June 26 to 28 invites unmarried women aged 17 to 24 from Silver Bow and surrounding counties to enter via the Butte Chamber of Commerce. Entry blanks and coupons are available by mail or in person, with the local winner advancing to the state contest and the state winner to Las Vegas nationals.
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Chamber of Commerce
Butte
Silver Bow
Powell
Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Jefferson
Madison
Lewis and Clark
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Las Vegas
Landslide kills 52 in Assam tribal district
Fifty two persons died instantly in a landslide in Lohit District in Northeast Assam. Details of the disaster were not available, and reports reached here on Saturday.
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Calcutta
India
UPI
Lohit
Assam
Butte CAA Office Sets Open House During Aviation Week
Civil Aviation Week marks 20th anniversary of the Civil Aeronautics Administration. The Butte CAA office will host an open house from 9 a m to 5 p m at the Butte airport to showcase air traffic control operations and weather data. The agency promotes safe planes, airmen, airports, and navigation. There are about 95 million cattle in U S farms.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Butte
CAA
Department of Commerce
Mistake by Sailor Caused Sinking Of Sub Stickleback
In Honolulu AP report First Class Electricians Mate Robert B Mehrling testified to a Navy board that he caused a fatal power loss on the submarine Stickleback by reversing a rheostat. The Stickleback sank off Oahu May 29 after being rammed by destroyer escort Silverstein, but no casualties occurred.
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Honolulu
Robert B. Mehrling
Navy Board of Inquiry
Oahu
Silverstein
Mehrling
Texas refineries fueled a large share of kerosene in 1956
In 1956 Texas refineries produced roughly 36 percent of the United States kerosene supply, underscoring the state’s dominant role in fuel production that year.
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Texas
Montana Delegates Shine At Garden Club National Meet
Montana sent 25 delegates to the 29th annual National Council of State Garden Clubs meeting in Seattle May 18 23. Butte's Mrs Daniel J Mooney national president presided over sessions and toured Alaska before returning home.
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Montana
National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc
Seattle
EF. J. Mueller
Butte
Daniel J. Mooney
Mooney
Mueller
Marie Evans
W. I. Higgins
S. J. White
Alaska
J. M. Heidt
Helena
Frank Davison
Miles City
Olympic Hotel
Suicide attempt ends in hospital for Yoshimitsu Imai
Yoshimitsu Imai survived a self harm attempt after being brought to a Tokyo hospital. Doctors found a small steel plate, a brass hook, a metal fitting and several nails in his stomach. He said he would not try it again and reflected on the ordeal. Bees were noted for recognizing honey yielding flowers first by color then by scent in experiments.
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Tokyo
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Hennessy’s Jewelry
Hennessy’s
Rogers & Bro
H.H. Place
Jr. Pullman
Pullman
Decorator
Hennessy ’S
Butte, Montana
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Mountain Rose
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