U.S. Carrier Hornet Hit by Chinese Fire Near Swatow
The U S aircraft carrier Hornet came under antiaircraft fire from Communist batteries during routine operations off the China coast near Swatow. One Hornet plane was damaged but returned to the carrier. no injuries were reported. China claimed 66 sorties in 23 groups over Chinese territorial waters, with two Nationalist Taiwan pilots shot down nearby.
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Peiping
China
Washington
U. S. Navy
Navy
United States
Formosa
Hornet
Russia Accused Of Intervention In Middle East
The United States accuses Russia of meddling in Middle East affairs through threats subversion and rhetoric. Washington urged Moscow to pursue peace by working within the United Nations for Arab Israeli issues, while Britain and France delivered parallel notes in response to a Russian proposal for a four power declaration. The U S note reiterates a non use of force principle aligned with U N Charter norms.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Middle East
United Nations
U. S
State Dept
Moscow
Soviet Foreign Ministry
U. N
VFW to Send Observer to Trial of Spc. Girard
Cooper Holt announced John Mahan of Montana would attend the Tokyo trial of Spc. William Girard for the slaying of a woman and also examine other American detainees. Mahan may testify before Congress on status of forces treaties after reporting findings to the VFW and the public.
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Kansas City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tokyo
William Girard
Cooper T. Holt
VFW
John W. Mahan
Helena
Mont
Veterans’ Organization
Mahan
Montana
Holt
Japan
Girard
Alaska Forest Fires Devastate Interior Area
Clouds of acrid smoke blanket Alaska interior as more than 45 forest fires burn across a swath larger than Rhode Island. Over 300 men fight the flames. fire fronts converge leaving a wasteland with burning stumps and heavy expected moose losses, though no villages are threatened.
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Anchorage
Alaska
A.P
Rhode Island
Atlantic naval review shows seapower from 18 nations
Eighteen nations staged a historic naval review at Hampton Roads Virginia to mark Jamestown’s 350th anniversary. The Canberra led a line of 14 ships while aircraft and missiles crossed the sky as Adm. Jerauld Wright and Adm. Arthur Radford presided aboard the missile cruiser Canberra.
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Canberra
Hampton Roads
New World
Jamestown
United States
Wilson
U. S. Navy
Sarooga
Britain
Adm
Jerauld Wright
Atlantic
U. S. Atlantic
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Boots Through Two Major Money Bills
The Senate swiftly approved two appropriations bills totaling about 8.0 billion dollars for federal agencies for the next fiscal year, 640 million below Eisenhower’s request. One bill covers 17 independent agencies for the year starting July 1, the other funds Labor Health Education and Welfare and related agencies. Both measures head to House Senate conference panels for reconciliation.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Eisenhower
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
House
Agriculture Department
District of Columbia
Ike's Wooing Of Sclons Said Too Late
President Eisenhower held a breakfast meeting with about 40 GOP House members to rally support for his budget and key measures but critics say the effort may be too late to stop budget cuts and win converts for the school construction bill. He urged focus on foreign aid and defense. attendees noted a friendly tone with little arm twisting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
White House
Roosevelt
Truman
Perkins Bass
New Hampshire
Congress
State
Charles B. Brownson
Indiana
Brownson
Floods threaten in two states broad midwest storm lingers
Heavy rains, tornadoes, and gusty winds weakened overnight but flood threats rose in Kansas and Oklahoma. Northeast Oklahoma streams near flood levels with major flooding predicted on the Caney River and Bird Creek. Verdigris and Neosho rivers at risk in Kansas.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Caney River
Bird Creek
Neosho
Texas
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Quanah
Plains
Appalachians
North Dakota
Montana
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Atlanta
Pacific Ocean
Lower Plains States
Greek tanker World Jury hit by explosion near Suez Canal
A 33,000 ton Greek tanker World Jury carrying Kuwait crude was rocked by a mine related blast near the Suez Canal. The front end was damaged but the ship stayed afloat and was expected to continue the voyage with no casualties.
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Suez
Egypt
U.P
Suez Canal
Kuwait
World Jury
Miners Union Day Observed in Butte Columbia Gardens
Butte honors Miners Union No. 1 on Miners Union Day with events at Columbia Gardens. Highlights include a first aid contest by The Anaconda Company, union leader addresses, a sports program, Little League game, and a free evening dance.
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Miners’ Union
Butte
Columbia Gardens
Anaconda Company
Butte Miners Union No. 1
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
America
Western Federation of Miners
Anaconda
Miners Union
the Gardens
Columbia Gardens Pavilion
Butte Municipal Band
Martin Cesare
Ernest Sjoman
Butte Union
Barney Rask
Ernest Salvas
International
Edmund Fahey
Anaconda Union
Bureau of Safety
Butte Hill
Herbert A. Wendel
Communist Leaders Leave Finland After Propaganda Tour
Soviet head Nikita Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai Buganin finished a goodwill trip in Finland without securing political concessions. In Tampere they declared Communism would conquer world capitalism with ideas, not nukes, while critics noted the visit had limited impact.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Nikitai S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Buganin
Tampere
Tammerfors
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Patrick Downey Taken by Death
Patrick M. Downey 40 of 79 Missoula died Wednesday in Rochester Minnesota after an illness. He was a Butte native and former oiler on the Butte Hill and elevator operator at the Silver Bow County Courthouse. Surviving include his widow Alice and 12 children. services pending as the body is sent from Rochester to Duggan Merrill Mortuary.
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Patrick M. Downey
Missoula
Silver Bow County
Rochester
Minn
Butte
Mr. Downey
Boys Central High School
Butte Hill
of Stationary Engineers Union
Alice
Paddy
Oakland
Calif
Navy
Tom
Jerry
Loretta Ann
Mary Julia
Tim
Geraldine
Teresea
Rose Marie
Mark
Michael Downey
Isabelle Downey
James Malvey
Nora Murphy
Jerry Sheehan
William Sheppard
Glendive
Loretta Daly
Gene Mellon
Tom Coles
Frank Coles
George Prescott
Robert Coles
Duggan Merrill Mortuary
Bourges-Maunoury Named France Premier in Crisis End
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury aged 42, a Radical Socialist, was confirmed as France's premier by a 240 to 194 vote in the National Assembly ending a three week political crisis. He leads a 13 minister coalition with Pi neau and LaCoste continuing in key posts and vows reform in Algeria and austerity at home.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Radical Socialist Party
France
Bourges-Maunoury
Christian Pineau
Robert LaCoste
Guy Mollet
Mollet
Felix Gaillard
Bourges- Maunoury
Assembly
First Transistors Announced in 1948
Three Bell Telephone Laboratories scientists shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for having perfected a practical transistor in 1948. The device promises major advances in electronics and communications. Want ads are noted as handy tools for quick communication with unknown persons. to order one, dial 5451.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
Montana plans six million dollar Korean bonus bond bids
Helena officials announced bids on six million dollars in bonds to fund a Korean War veterans bonus up to 500 dollars per veteran or survivor. Delays lie ahead while court questions are tested, with July 29 set for bid opening and bonds to be delivered around August 26.
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Helena
Montana
Montana Supreme Court
Far Eastern
Japan
Montana Weather Forecast for East and West Regions
Montana east will have partly cloudy skies with isolated thundershowers over mountains Thursday afternoon. Temperatures dip to 40 to 50 degrees at night and rise to 65 to 75 on Friday. West community sees partly thundershowers in late afternoons and evenings Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. Highs stay 65 to 75, lows 40 to 45 Thursday night.
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Montana
Jimmy Dorsey Dies of Cancer at 53 in New York
New York reports band leader Jimmy Dorsey died of cancer at 53, less than seven months after brother Tommy’s death. The Dorseys rose from Shenandoah Pennsylvania coal fields to top charts with 110 million records, shaping the jazz age.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Tommy
Jimmy
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Lee Castle
Dorsey
Doctors Hospital
Statler
Castle
Dorseys
Jackie Gleason
America
Glenn Miller
Charlie Spivak
Bob Crosby
NATO Chief Says West Can Positively Deter Soviet Attack
Gen Lauris Norstad told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that NATO can strike at Russia from 250 US bases and 150 NATO fields, and could destroy military targets in the Soviet Union at present. He warned the deterrent remains absolute for the next decade and noted a 24 hour NATO communications grid with radar to warn of attacks. Inland cities like Detroit and Kansas City would receive hours of warning before impact.
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Washington
Russia
West
Lauris Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Forces
NATO
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Norstad
Soviet Union
U. S
Europe
Detroit
Kansas City
Mayflower II reaches Provincetown after 5000 mile voyage
Robust Cmdr Alan Villiers brought Mayflower II to Provincetown Harbor on a 53 day voyage from Plymouth England. A tow was used for the final leg and officials restricted shore access while the ship prepared for Plymouth. Villiers noted favorable winds and Gulf Stream routing aided the historic replica’s passage.
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Provincetown
Mass
Alan Villiers
Provincetown Harbor
Villiers
Plymouth
Cape Cod Bay
Immigration and Customs
Australia
England
West Indies
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Nancy Jamieson
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Tom Jamieson
Jerry Malmberg
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