Senate to speed postal funds amid looming service cuts
Key Senator Robertson said the Senate may rush hearings on Postmaster General Summerfield’s 149½ million dollar 1958 supplemental request to avert service cuts. He warned Congress must provide more money or face reductions, including potential loss of Saturday mail and other services. Ellender urged restraint and insisted on clarity on impacts.
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Washington
Sen
Robertson
D-Va
Senate
Summerfield
House
Postmaster General
Eisenhower
Congress
Department
House Appropriations
Ellender
D-La
Post Office Dept
Johnson urges weekly US Soviet broadcasts for open dialogue
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson proposes weekly appearances on Soviet and American radio and television to discuss disarmament and urgent issues. He calls for experts from industry, labor, farming, and academia to participate, aiming for broad, unfiltered exchange beyond official replies.
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New York
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Soviet Russia
United Jewish Appeal
Texas Democrat
Nikita Khrushchev
Johnson
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Miners Union Plans 79th Birthday Celebration
The Butte Miners Union No. 1 announces a 79th birthday celebration at Columbia Gardens on Thursday Miners Union Day. 27 six man teams will enter the first aid contest at 11 a.m. on the Gardens baseball field followed by speeches a sports program tug of war a Babe Ruth League baseball game and free refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte Miners Union No. 1
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Columbia Gardens
Miners Union
Anaconda Company
Butte Hill
Butte Union
Anaconda Mill and Smeltermen’s Union
White’s
Stassen and Dulles to Confer on Disarmament Proposals
Secretary of State Dulles and Harold E. Stassen are to confer in Washington today on new American disarmament proposals. Stassen returns to Washington Sunday after attending his son Glen's graduation at the University of Virginia. Dulles arrived Saturday after a New York City speech and plans to meet Stassen Sunday or Monday.
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Washington
Dulles
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
University of Virginia
Glen. Dulles
New York City
Lewsmen
Stas
Death of Dakota girl in Montana highway crash
Jerry K. Larson an 11 year old from Pierre South Dakota was killed when a car driven by her stepfather Keith Franklin struck a bridge railing on US 212 nine miles east of Broadus Montana. The mother and Franklin were uninjured. The accident raised Montana's 1957 highway toll to 79.
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Broadus
U.P
Jerry K. Larson
Pierre
S. D
Montana
Powder River
George Daniels
Keith Franklin
Daniels
Little Powder River
Franklin
Gunman felled by rock as police held at bay in Syracuse
In Syracuse a gunman with a sawed off shotgun trapped Deputy Sheriff Theodore Marsh, then was struck in the temple by a rock thrown by Paul Hanson of Manlius after a three mile chase. Olkowski, 50, Utica, was knocked unconscious and listed in a coma. He had admitted no operator’s license and served three prison terms for felony convictions.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Flix J. Olkowski
Utica
Theodore Marsh
Marsh
Olkowski
Paul W. Hanson
Manlius
Hanson
Chamber Plans Tour of Nearby Cities
Butte Chamber of Commerce members and families plan a Friday June 21 goodwill tour to Whitehall Ennis Virginia City Sheridan Twin Bridges Dillon Jackson Wisdom. The trip promotes Vigilante Days Rodeo June 27 29 and Fourth of July events with a $10 per adult and $6 per child meal package.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Butte
John Downey
E. G. Leipheimer Jr
Cochairman
Trade Area Promotion Committee
Butte Civic Center
Whitehall
Ennis
Harrison and
Norris
Jackson
Jackson Diamond Bar Inn
Wisdom-Jackson
Chamber of Commerce
Zeihen to Head Mines Alumni
At the Montana School of Mines Alumni Assn banquet at the Finlen Hotel Lester G. Zeihen of Anaconda Company geology was elevated to president of the alumni group. Plato Malozemoff of New York Newmont Mining Co. urged graduates to study history and politics before opting to work abroad, noting risks and the need for informed choices. More than 250 members attended the event.
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Montana School of Mines
Finlen
Plato Malozemoff
New York
Newmont Mining Co
School of Mines
Lester G. Zeihen
Anaconda Company
Mines School
Anaconda Plants to Idle in June Shutdown
The mines and plants of The Anaconda Company in Butte will close on Thursday June 13 as part of a Miners' Union Bay protest action.
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The
Anaconda Company
Butte
Union Bay
Butte Man Fights Paralysis After Virus Attack
Jay F. Johnson, 39, a Montana Power Co. engineer, battled paralysis after a severe virus. Hospitalized December 8, 1956, he spent days in an iron lung and could not move. On February 25 he first turned pages of a magazine unaided, a hopeful sign he is on the road to recovery with support from doctors and rehab staff.
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Jay F. Johnson
Lowell Ave
Mr. Johnson
St. James Hospital
Montana Power Co
Jay
Civic Center
Montana Power Receives NECA Award for Leadership
The Montana Power Company received a bronze NECA award at the first annual Electrical Construction Industry Convention of Montana. About 100 attendees heard the honor cited for loyalty and leadership boosting freedom of enterprise and public benefits in Montana. C. J. Burns accepted the plaque for Montana Power in J. E. Corette's absence.
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Montana Power Company
Montana
Silver Bow
Hotel
Finlen
Montana Power
Robert P. Burns
Butte
National Electrical Contractors Assn
NECA
C. J. Burns
J. E. Corette
Two Miles City Children Die in Fire Rescue Belated
Mary Ann Gandara 18 and her brother David 6 died Saturday afternoon in a Miles City house fire. A third child Charlie Gandara and cousin Tommy Kuwahara about 11 were treated for burns. Coroner Kenneth Rudolph noted burns or suffocation as possible causes. firefighters suspect gasoline can explosion near a power mower.
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Miles City
Mary Ann Ganbara
David
Charlie
Tommy Kuwahara
Custer County
Kenneth Rudolph
Charlie Gandara
Kuwahara
Gandara
Gonzalo Gandara
Mary Ann
Durkee Elected Montana VFW Department Commander
Robert A. Durkee of Havre was elected commander of the Montana Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the 35th annual encampment. Durkee, a Havre businessman and Democratic state senator, previously served in World War II with the First Special Service Group. Other officers named include Dale Pawlowski as senior vice commander and Bernard Sullivan as junior vice commander.
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Helena
Robert A. Durkee
Havre
Montana
Keith Abel
Clifford Johnson
Laurel
G. W. Setzer
Galen
Bruce Hobbs
Miles City
Wayne Casman
Walter
Wilson First President to Travel Abroad for Peace Talks
The article notes Woodrow Wilson as the first U.S. president to travel abroad to Paris to negotiate the postwar peace treaty after World War I. It contrasts earlier presidents who visited foreign lands and mentions advice to use Want Ads for profitable deals, with a phone order number 5451.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson
Paris
White House to Get Protest From Delegation Monday
An American GI's pending trial in Japan sparks an international uproar as a home town delegation led by William S. Girard's brother Louis arrives in Washington. They will seek a meeting with Edward A. McCabe to press to reverse the Japanese court's handling.
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White House
Washington
Japan
James C. Hagerty
Army
William S. Girard
Executive Mansion
Girard
Louis
Edward A. McCabe
Eisenhower
Ottawa
Home Town
United States
Dulles
New York
State
Defense Departments
U. S. District Court
John F. Aiso
Los Angeles
Aiso
McCabe
L. S. Clemens
Clemens
Oattawa
Republican Times
Illinois
Douglas
Dirksen
Louis Girard
Shirley
Earl Carroll
Democrats Fire Back at Eisenhower Charges in Presidential Clash
Democrats countered President Eisenhower on Saturday disputing his claim of a split party. Former President Truman asserted the Democrats are united and warned Eisenhower to focus on his own party. Eisenhower, at a rally, warned that 1960 would mark a shift toward loose spending and centralized policy. Senator Neuberger supported the president’s $71.8 billion budget.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
New York
Sen. Neuberger
D-Ore
Foresters Group Seats New Staff at Banquet
The Northern Rocky Mountain Section of the Society of American Foresters held a Saturday banquet at the Finlen Hotel drawing foresters from the region. Richard Marks of Bozeman served as master of ceremonies and introduced Torger L. Oaas Butte George Keller Belgrade Ed Kotok Ogden Utah and Charles Matthews Butte to speak on forestry topics. New officers were installed with Victor Sandberg Missoula as chairman Don Baldwin Missoula as vice chairman and John Dieterich Missoula as secretary treasurer. Members also attended the North South All Star basketball game at the Civic Center after the dinner.
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Rocky Mountain
Society of American Foresters
Finlen Hotel
Richard Marks
State Forester
Bozeman
Torger L. Oaas
Butte
George Keller
Belgrade
Ed Kotok
Ogden
Utah
Charles Matthews
Civic Center
Victor Sandberg
Missoula
Don Baldwin
John Dieterich
Oaas
Montana Pole
Montana Weather: East and West Regions Show Cloudiness and Rain
East Montana expected mostly cloudy cooler with occasional rain and thunderstorms in southeast. Highs 55 to 65, nights 40 to 50. West Montana sees considerable cloudiness with showers, highs 60 to 70, nights 40 to 45. Table notes 12 hour maximums and 24 hour precip ending 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Montana
Prison escapees shot and captured in Helena chase
In Helena a prison escapee Marvin Gallape was wounded in the ribs and captured after a foot chase near a shrubbery. Gallape and accomplice James Woodall fled a stolen car but were soon cornered by Patrolmen Sparing and Goodale who shot at the tires and pursued them to an alley. Gallape served one year for Cascade county grand larceny. Woodall five years for burglary in Gallatin county.
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Helena
Marvin L. Gallape
Len Sparing
William Goodale
Gallape
James Henry Woodall
Galen
Woodall
Sparing
Goodale
Inman Overcomes Ink Allergy at Eastern State College
Corbin, Ky. Robert Inman, a freshman at Eastern State College, found textbooks caused hay fever like reactions. A local physician diagnosed an allergy to printer's ink. He left Eastern in March for four months of treatment and is reportedly symptom free now. He plans to try summer school at Eastern to resume his studies.
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Corbin
Robert Inman
Eastern State College
Inman
Eastern
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