Butte Plans 125 New Homes In Northwest District
Plans for a $1,000,000 plus project to build 125 semi prefabricated Farwest homes in the northwest Butte district north of Lexington street near North Excelsior. The homes will be three and two bedroom designs with garages, varied exteriors, oak floors, Karoseal tile, gas hot water, and rental or sale options. Construction to start within three weeks with streets graded and sewers installed.
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Butte
Lexington Street
North
Excelsior Street
Greater Butte
Farwest
Butte Fourth of July Parade Set With Large Civic Display
Butte's annual Independence Day festivities promise one of the largest parades in years. The July 4 parade will highlight the two day observance, honoring armed services members and allied units, with committees, material sales, and a full schedule including a Shrine circus and fireworks.
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Butte
George Palmer
Harold O. Schilling
Stewart Waters
Edward Quinn
Marion Moore
E. Kaiser
Ida Crossman
Jack Duggan
William Daley
William Dalling
Bart Riley
Leslie Boyer
al la Forrest
Eddie Price
Naranche Memorial Stadium
Shrine Circus
Civic Center
Playmate Shoots Miles City Boy in Accidental Incident
Miles City on June 14. Five year old Owen Sloan was shot in the head by a playmate also five. Police describe the incident as accidental. Doctors report the child in critical condition at the local hospital.
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Miles City
Owen Sloan
Leo O. Sloan
Vern Handley
Sloan
Blood Collection Unit To Visit Butte For Armed Forces
John D. Ford appeals for blood donors as the Union Pacific and American Red Cross convert a railroad car into a portable blood bank. The unit, staffed by four Red Cross nurses and Butte volunteers, will operate at Front Street near the passenger station Thursday and Friday from 11 to hours to aid the armed forces.
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John D. Ford
America
American Red Cross
Ford
Union Pacific Railroad
Butte
Red Cross
Union Pacific
Front Street
Thief Steals Ice Truck in Denver Heat
Frank West reported to police that a thief took his truck containing eight hundred pounds of ice. West walked through 94 degree heat to make the report, underscoring the odd motive and summer heat in the city.
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Denver
Frank West
West
Odd Fellows Open Meet In Butte This Week
Montana members of the Odd Fellow fraternity gather in Butte for the annual grand body sessions Sunday through Thursday. Headquarters open at 1 PM Sunday in the Hotel Finlen with visitors including James R. French Leo F Pilz and Mrs Iva Crowell. An 8 PM get acquainted session, a Tuesday banquet in the Finlen, and a dance follow with tickets at the registration desk.
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Odd Fellow Fraternity
Montana
Butte
Hotel
Finlen
James R. French
Greybull
Wyo
Sovereign
Joe Looney
Wewoka
Oklo
Leo F. Pilz
Clarksburg
Calif
Patriarchs Militant
McMahon Claims U S Solved Hydrogen Bomb Secret
Connecticut Senator Brien McMahon told a Democratic state convention that the United States has solved the hydrogen bomb secret and would produce weapons numbered in four figures. He spoke by telephone from Washington as delegates backed him for the presidential nomination and Benton for another Senate term. McMahon outlined a survival program to require the AEC to manufacture hydrogen weapons, arguing they deter war and buy time for peace.
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Hartford
Conn
Brien McMahon
America
Connecticut
McMahon
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Roosevelt
William A. Benton
Washington
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Stalin
Truman Declares Atomic Engine Ready For Submarine
President Truman hails atomic energy as a golden future while dedicating the keel of the first atomic powered submarine in Groton Connecticut. He says only Soviet Russia blocks progress and reveals a full sized atomic engine is nearing completion.
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Groton
Conn
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Eis
Butte Doctor Trapped by Greek Red Tape in Exile
John Buller, a native Butte physician now in a Greek village, risks losing contact with his homeland as American authorities fail to resolve his travel and residency status. Brother Dan Buller recounts the family saga from Butte and Paleohorion, noting the wartime disruption and consular indifference.
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Butte
Greece
John Buller
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Dr. Buller
Dan
State Cafe
South Main Street
Paleohorion
Kynourias
Old City
Sparta
Dan Buller
Athens
Plans for Butte indoor rodeo set for July event
Oral Zumwalt, veteran rodeo contestant and producer for Zumwalt and Lake, met with Butte sponsors to outline an indoor rodeo at the Butte Civic Center July 9 to 12. He praised the arena’s facilities and pledged his firm will stage the wildest show on earth, aiming to make Montana’s first indoor rodeo the era’s best.
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Oral Zumwalt
America
Butte Rodeo
Zumwalt
Zumwalt and Lake
Butte
Montana
Butte Civic Center
Civic Center
Butte Arena
Rioting in Tunis Raises Sectarian Tensions
Rioting between Moslems and Jews erupted in Tunis on Saturday amid tensions over reports of an attempted poisoning of the Bey's family. Officials said the incidents appeared unrelated.
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Tunis
Tunisia
Five of Family Perish in Fire
A Boston tenement fire on Saturday killed five members of the Horne family including John Horne 32 Cecile 27 their children Arnold 8 Carol 2 and Mrs Horne's brother Alan Gorneault 18 The blaze began on a first floor stairway rapidly spreading as 30 people slept Passers by police horns and sirens tried to rouse occupants One survivor Gilman Gorneault 16 a brother of Mrs Horne
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Boston
John Horne
Cecile
Arnold
Carol
Horne
Butte Man Robert L. Guay Dies After Crash
Robert L. Guay 23 of 2039 Richardson Butte died Saturday night at Sheridan hospital after a Friday morning auto wreck three miles south of Virginia City. Companion Robert Graham Nugent 24 was released from St. James hospital with a bruised knee. Guay owned the Alibi Inn tavern and served in the Navy. he leaves parents two brothers a sister and other relatives. Body at Duggan's Merrill mortuary.
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Robert L. Guay
Butte
Virginia City
Sheridan Hospital
Guay
Richardson
Robert Graham Nugent
Roberts
St. James Hospital
Sheridan
Glenn Stevens
Ennis
Nugent
Ennis Hill
Hawthorne
Navy
Alibi Inn
Oscar Guay
Richard Guay
Korea
Ralph Guay
Arlene Guay
Fred Dahl
Harlowton
Fred Guay
Clarence Guay
Albert Guay
Clyde Stears
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Weather outlook calls for considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms Sunday. Sunday morning warm then cooler Sunday afternoon and night. Airport readings range 37 to 79 with 12 midnight Friday to 5:30 PM Saturday period. West of Divide sees scattered storms then cooling. East of Divide turns clear to partly cloudy with strong winds, highs 75 to 95.
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Butte
Divide
Three Justice Department Officials Quit
Washington June 14 Two other officials remained under scrutiny as Attorney General James P McGranery announced the resignations of H Graham Morison Harold I Baynton and William A Underhill. He said they were not fired but their posts would be filled by men in accord with his policy. Rep Patrick J Hillings said more heads would roll.
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Washington
W.P
James P. McGranery
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Me. Granery
H. Graham Morison
Harold I. Baynton
Office of
Alien Property
William A. Underhill
Baynton
Patrick J. Hillings
Calif
McGranery
Hillings
House
House Committee
A. Devitt Vanech
Joseph C. Duggan
Philip B. Perman
Morison
Underhill
Heavy fighting for hills in western Korea battles persists
Allied forces report at least 477 killed and 338 wounded among Chinese troops, with total casualties from four days of combat over 800. The 155 mile front saw heavy artillery barrages and air strikes, including destruction of a Red airfield near Chorwon.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
James Crutchfield
Graceville
Fla
North Korea
Foo
45Th (Oklahoma
Chorwon
Eighth Army
Hill “T
Gibraltar
Property taxes in state may drop this year
Montana may see a property tax reduction for 1952 tied to Williston basin oil boom revenues. The Montana Taxpayers association says oil royalties and bonuses have boosted state school payments by over a million, with about 2.4 million in tax savings possible if officials use all tax-saving options.
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Helena
Williston Basin
Montana
Montana Taxpayers Association
The
Bulletin
First Baby Born in Butte's New Hospital
Stephen McHugh, 10 pounds 1 ounce, born Saturday at 11 10 in Butte's Community Memorial hospital. His mother is Mrs. Dorothy Barr RN obstetrical supervisor. Father Frank McHugh works at High Ore mine. siblings Frances 10 Paul 6 Tommy 2. Stephen receives a $100 Defense Savings bond from C F Kelley Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
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Stephen McHugh
Dorothy Barr
Butte
New Community Memorial Hospital
Stephen
Frank McHugh
Caledonia
C. F. Kelley
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Hospital Board of Directors
State Veterans Bonus Payoff Begins in Helena
A $21,700,000 Montana World War II veterans bonus started Saturday with Gov. Bonner presenting the first check to Dean G. Hanson of Harlowton. The Montana Veterans of Foreign Wars banquet marked the encampment’s end as nine more claims were processed.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
Dean G. Hanson
Harlowton
Bonner
State Board of Examiners
Sam W. Mitchell
Arnold H. Olsen
John J. Holmes
J. F. Neely
Examiners Board
Hanson
William H. Speck
Deer
County Officials Oppose Amendment At 43rd Convention
Montana Association of County Commissioners adopts a resolution opposing an amendment to the state workmen's compensation act at its 43rd annual convention in Billings. Lewistown chosen for 1953 gathering. Hagerman elected president. Sutherland vice president. Edwards secretary treasurer. Brown association counsel.
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Billings
Montana
Lewistown
Ben B. Hagerman
Clyde Dygert
Hardin
M. C. Sutherland
Thompson Falls
N. W. Edwards
Collins
William A. Brown
Helena
Montana Association of County Commissioners
Tana
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West Side
Miles City Boy
U.S
John
Catherine
Albania
Mussolini
Johnny As
Associated Press
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Butte’s
New Hospital
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