Montana School of Mines graduates ready for engineering careers
Montana School of Mines awarded degrees Friday night to a group of graduates and undergraduates in various engineering fields. The ceremony honored several with honorary and professional degrees, listing names from Dillon, Rangoon, Butte, and beyond, with in-absentia graduates also noted.
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Montana School of Mines
Are
Ford Wesley Knight
Dillon
Maung See Win
Rangoon
Burma
Lester F
Bishop
Butte
Anaconda Company
Gailen T. Vandel
Peru
South America
Frank William Bowdish
Lawrence
Kan
William W. Clawson
Billings
Opportunities Are Unlimited Mines Class Told
Frank Quinn reports Montana School of Mines 1955 graduating class heard optimism on scientific progress. Mobil Producing Co. president W. W. Clawson urged human initiative and cooperation to drive future industry, noting seven graduates earned advanced degrees and 25 bachelor's degrees were conferred.
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J. R. van Pelt
Clawson
Mines Graduation Awards Listed
The Mines commencement program announced new scholarship funds and displayed student awards. Roy S Herde received the Montana Society of Engineers Gold Medal for integrity and engineering promise, with a certificate of merit. Harold Lane Coolidge Jr and Don Albert Rohrenbach earned AIME prize papers for Ferromagnetic Alloys and The Venturi Mucker.
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Montana School of Mines
J. R. van Pelt
Montana Society of Engineers
E. W. Becker
Butte
Roy S. Herde
Montana
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Clifford P. Milkwick
Anaconda
Harold Lane Coolidge Jr
Lewistown
Don Albert Rohrenbach
Philipsburg
Butte Twins Born With DST Skewing Birth Dates
Mr and Mrs Thomas D Riley of 1225 W Copper welcomed twins at St James Hospital. The daughter arrived Thursday night at 11 43 and the son Friday morning at 12 27. Because daylight saving time shifted the clock, the births fall on different calendar days, June 9 and June 10.
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Thomas D. Riley
St. James Hospital
Butte
DST
Funds Denied for Yates Project by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee rejected President Eisenhower’s request for 6.5 million dollars for the Dixon Yates project and redirected funds to a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant. The panel proposed a 12 month federal power, flood control, and rivers and harbors bill totaling about 1.28 billion, with Atomic Energy Commission funding cut by roughly 513 million.
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U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Dixon- Yates
Tennessee Valley Authority
House
Atomic Energy Commission
President names defense aide Gordon Gray
President Eisenhower named Gordon Gray president of the University of North Carolina as assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs. Gray will be nominated to the Senate next week to succeed H Struve Hensel, who resigned effective June 30. Gray is a Democrat.
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Eisenhower
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White House
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President Signs 8 Per Cent Postal Pay Hike
Eisenhower signed Friday an average 8 per cent pay increase for about 500000 postal workers. The act also reshuffles classifications, adds a 6 per cent base raise with retroactive pay and a 2 per cent reclassification bump, costing about 164 million dollars annually.
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Eisenhower
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Simple Way to Sell Through Want Ads in 1930s Scene
An old fashioned ad explains selling anything via FOR Sale notices. It urges readers to call 5451 to hire an ad-writer and showcases a 1934 FORD with excellent condition as an example, encouraging cash sales.
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FORD
City Sells 48 Liquor, 54 Beer Licenses After Crackdown
After a police drive Thursday night, Butte vendors rushed to buy city licenses for beer and liquor sales. Friday the treasurer reported 54 beer licenses and 48 liquor licenses issued, with two club beer licenses as well. One arrest for selling beer without a license occurred at the Crown Bar, as court proceedings continued.
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Butte
Bernard Holland
T. E. Downey
Walter Duggan
Crown Bar
E. Park St
Eisenhower to Deliver Major Address at Penn State
President Eisenhower will speak at Pennsylvania State University on international aspects of atomic energy and receive an honorary degree. White House aide Murray Snyder called the speech a major address with international significance tied to his campus reactor tour. The 7:30 a.m. MST address will be carried live by NBC and ABC, with Mutual, CBS radio delays domestically.
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Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Murray Snyder
White House
Washington
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ABC
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Shimmying Nose Wheel Halts Test of Keng Airship
Emporia Virginia amateur inventor Charles Pritchard tested his wingless air ship with an 800 pound octagonal hull and six fins on a 4000 foot runway. A shimmying front wheel caused loss of steering and a drift into a field ending the first flight attempt. He predicted a 10 day to two week delay for repairs and said he remains convinced the craft will fly.
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Keng
Emporia
Charles Pritchard
Pritchard
Wheat supports cut to 76 percent of parity for 1956
Washington reported the Agriculture Department set the 1956 minimum national wheat support price at 76 percent of parity, about $1.81 per bushel if quotas pass in the June 25 referendum, versus $2.06 for 1955. Montana counties requested latest Salk vaccine batches, with most to begin immunizations next week.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Benson
House
Senate
Nation's Wheat Crop Down and Montana's Up
The Agriculture Department forecast an 845 million bushel national wheat crop for 1955, the smallest since 1943, down 13 percent from 970 million last year. Montana is seen at 83.982 million bushels, with 38.784 winter and 45.198 spring, while rains improve outlook for corn and other crops.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Montana
US signals aid to Austria for armed forces under treaty
Secretary Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that if Austria requests aid, the United States would provide assistance to equip the forces permitted by the new treaty. The pact bars atomic and mass destruction weapons but does not limit army size. Austria pledges neutrality. officials say arms aid would not violate the treaty. The treaty aims for withdrawal of occupation forces within 90 days of ratification by the U.S., the U.K., France, and Russia.
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United States
Austria
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
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Dga
U. S
Britain
France
Montana Weather Outlook for Montana Regions
East Montana will be fair and warmer on Saturday with highs 75 to 85. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies with possible afternoon thundershowers and warmer conditions in the east. West Montana turns partly cloudy both days with mountain thundershowers from Saturday afternoon into Sunday and a warmer Saturday, cooler Sunday afternoon.
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Montana
Dulles to Speak on Foreign Policy at Indiana
Secretary of State Dulles will deliver a foreign policy speech Sunday night at the University of Indiana during baccalaureate services. He is to receive an honorary degree Monday marking the 50th anniversary of his great grandfather John Watson Foster receiving the same honor.
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Dulles
University of Indiana
John Watson Foster
Scheele Sees Polio Vaccine Safe to Proceed
Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele announced at a Friday news conference that the polio vaccine program may have skirted safety concerns in the past but is now clearly safe and ready to move forward. He cited new evidence amid tensions between the Public Health Service and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, and acknowledged differences with vaccine inventor Dr Jonas E Salk. Basil O Connor, president of the polio foundation, criticized the Health Service white paper as incomplete and hinted more details remain to be told.
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Leonard A. Scheele
Public Health Service
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
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Jonas E. Salk
Basil O’connor
Polio Foundation
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Health Service
O'Connor
O’connor
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
Calif
Salk
Dr. Salk
Missoula Driver Blamed Wisdom Tooth for Crash
Police say Stanley Dahlstrom blamed a just pulled wisdom tooth for his Missoula crash after his car struck a service pole. He told officers he blacked out while driving following the dental procedure.
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Missoula
Stanley Dahlstrom
Dahlstrom
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