Four Montana Road Fatalities Bring Toll to One Hundred
Four more people died in Montana traffic accidents, lifting the 1956 fatality total to 100. Victims include Randall B. Paddock of Victor and Peter S. McArthur of Calgary, with details of a fatal Skalkaho Pass truck plunge and a head on collision near Dutton.
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Montana
Sam Halbrook
Conrad
A. E. Gaines
Randall B. Paddock
Victor
Peter S. McArthur
Calgary
Alta
Halbrook
Gaines
Dutton East
Kathryn Gaines
Jack Wiprud
Great Falls
Paddock
Skalkaho Pass
Hamilton
U.P
Highway Department
Here
Ravalli County
Lloyd Raymond
Skalkaho Falls
Harry Stevenson
Butte and Other Areas Hit by Severe Hailstorm
A violent hailstorm struck Butte around 5 p.m. with lightning damaging a BA and P locomotive cab in the 800 block on Utah. The storm blanketed streets, then rain followed for hours, with a 0.15 inch precipitation reading recorded by the CAA, mostly from hail.
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Butte
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific
Utah
Montana
Ba&p
CAA
Uptown
Montana's First Major 1956 Hailstorm Strikes Region
A Montana hailstorm delivers two inch ice stones in the season's first major hit. Details follow on page 3 column 6 with continued coverage.
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Montana
Druggists Open Conclave In Butte Montana
Registration for the Montana Pharmaceutical Assn convention opens 6 p.m. Saturday in the Hotel Finlen lobby and runs to 10 a.m. Sunday. The Montana Drug Travelers Assn hosts a social 9 p.m. Saturday. First business session Sunday morning and ongoing activities through Monday include mine trip and banquet at 7 30 p.m. Butte Country Club. Silver Bow hosts, local committees run activities with separate ladies schedule including a Sunday brunch and Monday smorgasbord at 1 15 p.m.
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Montana Pharmaceutical Assn
Finlen
Montana Drug Travelers Assn
Butte
Butte Country Club
Silver Bow Pharmaceutical Assn
Stalinists Ousted in Czechoslovakia
In Vienna the Czech regime under Premier William Siroky announced a major cabinet reshuffle. Communist leaders ousted two cabinet ministers and the state prosecutor general, merging ministries and abolishing several agencies including church affairs. Vaclav Ales was dismissed as Prosecutor-General and Jan Bartun became Minister of Justice.
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Vienna
U.P
Czechoslovakia
Wiliam Siroky
Radio Prague
Communist Party
Prague
Alois Malek
Vadislav Stoll
Education
Vaclav Ales
Jan Bartu
Reds Free Butte Priest Freed After Three Years in Shanghai
Two American Roman Catholic priests from San Francisco, Rev. John William Clifford and Rev. Thomas Leonard Phillips, said they were released by Chinese authorities and are well. They spoke by telephone from Shanghai to The Associated Press, listing plans to rest and await further orders as they head toward Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Shanghai
Associated Press
John William Clifford
Thomas Leonard Phillips
San Francisco
Peiping Radio
Father Phillips
Butte
Red
Father Clifford
U. S
Homer Bradshaw
Clifford
Phillips
Shang
Harriman Gains Strength Among Western Delegates
Democrats arriving for a national convention in Chicago say Averell Harriman is gaining support among Western delegates. They note increased backing since he declared himself an active candidate and expect real influence to appear on later ballots.
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Denver
Averell Harriman
New York
Chicago
Unidentified Subs Sighted in Baltic
In the Central Baltic unidentified submarines were sighted several times in recent weeks by the West German Maritime Border Protection. The boats showed no flags and did not identify themselves after repeated calls from patrol boats.
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Kiel
Germany
Baltic
New Mexico Arizona Battle Fires
About 150 forest fires raged across New Mexico and Arizona on Friday with six major blazes. A 15,000 acre Holbrook Arizona fire threatened 60 families in two logging camps and a ranger station. No lives were believed endangered as roads gave access to Sitgraves National Forest. The Holbrook fire has burned 30 million dollars worth of ponderosa pine and is the most dangerous of 140 fires. five others in Arizona averaged 1,000 acres each.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico
Arizona
Holbrook
Ariz
U. S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Sitgraves National Forest
Ed Tucker
Eisenhower Shows Progress in Recovery
President Eisenhower's doctors reported a continued recovery after his emergency abdominal operation at Walter Reed. The medical bulletins noted restored intestinal activity, cessation of IV feeding, and a good day with fluids taken by mouth. No decision yet on a second term. official page 3 continuation referenced.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
James C. Hay
Federal Reserve economist cites easy way for hot money flows
A Fed economist told Senate investigators it would be technically feasible for Russia or any Soviet country to move hot money through foreign banks, especially Swiss institutions, and invest anonymously in the United States. He noted Swiss secrecy and rising Swiss assets while Soviet capital in the U.S. remains small.
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Russia
United States
Arthur I. Bloomfield
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Bloomfield
Senate
Internal Security
U. S
Switzerland
Fred Klopstock
Reserve Bank
Dillon College Chief Dr Rush Jordan Retires
Helena Dr Rush Jordan head of Dillon college retires after demanding unified Montana higher ed system. Board relieves him of active duty Sept 1 but keeps salary through year end with retirement at half pay starting Jan 1 1957. He cites substandard pay and lack of board unity as core reasons.
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Helena
Rush _ Jordan
Western Montana College of Education
Friday
Jordan
University of Montana
Board of Education
Dillon College
Carl McFarland
Montana State University
Bozeman
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
Robert van Pelt
Montana School of Mines
Butte
A. G. Peterson
Eastern
Billings
L. O. Brockmann
Northern
Havre
Western
Montana
Dillon Chamber of Commerce
Thieves Take $60,000 in Jewels and Furs in Boston
Wal lace M. Scudder, 46, of Bondville Vermont and director of the Newark Evening News, reported his Ritz Carlton Hotel guest room looted of jewels and furs worth about $60,000. He and his wife Virginia, 40, discovered the break in Friday night.
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Boston
U.P
Wallace M. Scudder
Bondville, Vt
Newark
N.J
Soviet Foreign Minister Shepilov Starts Middle East Tour
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov left Moscow by air on Friday for a tour that will include Egypt Syria Lebanon and Greece He is to be the guest of the Egyptian government Monday to begin his regional visit
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Moscow
Dmitri Shepilov
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Greece
Predicts Another N Y Sub Strike
New York faces a second subway strike forecast as rumors of another walkout spread after the first citywide action crippled transit. AFL CIO union leaders and a new Motormen's Benevolent Association threaten disruption while MBA officials urge calm and caution.
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New York
New York City
Michael J. Quill
Afl-Cio Transport Workers
Motormen
Benevolent Assa
Ind
Quill
MBA
Theodore Loos
Transit Authority
Robert F. Wagner
Want Ads Help Sell Anything Fast in Town
Advertisers can move goods quickly as Want Ads reach almost everyone in town within hours. For ad information and help, call 5451. Sample notice promises a 499 Plymouth Sedan available for purchase.
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Dial 5451
Montana University Heads Call Off Bond Issue Plan
University of Montana presidents urged dropping the 15 million dollar university system building bond measure for now. J Robert Van Pelt said no unanimity existed among presidents or chamber reps to place the proposal before voters this fall due to short time and millage referendum concerns. July 5 is the petition filing deadline. The council noted broad chamber support for operations and the building program despite the pause.
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Helena WW
University of Montana
J. Robert van Pelt
Council of Presidents
Montana School of Mines
Board of Education
van Pelt
Chambers of Commerce
Chamber
Reports H-Bomb Missed Target
Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports the Bikini May 21 hydrogen bomb missed the Namu islet by about seven miles with Washington sources suggesting seven miles as well. An Eninwetok technician claimed hits on vital instruments and two blinded men lived near Eniwetok while fears of a radioactive tidal wave persisted.
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Honolulu
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Bikini
Namu
Washington
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Star-Bulletin
Eniwetok
Bikini Atoll
Dwight E Druner
Charlotte
Mich
Kirtland Afb
Albuquerque
Marshal's Comments in Moscow Visit Raise Concern
The United States asked Yugoslavia to clarify its stance between Russia and the West after Marshal Tito’s goodwill tour to the Soviet Union. Deputy Undersecretary Robert Murphy summoned Ambassador Leo Mates for a 40 minute discussion at the State Department amid questions over Tito’s pro Soviet remarks.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Russia
Marshal Tito
Soviet Union
Robert Murphy
Leo Mates
Senate panel boosts foreign aid bill amid House cuts
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee increased the aid measure to 4.5026 billion dollars restoring 100 million for the Asian fund while trimming 12.4 million in technical sections. The panel's action sets up a floor fight next week over military aid funding and potential further cuts.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Congress
House
Eisenhower
Bridges
Republican Policy Committee
Knowland
California
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
George
D-Ga
Montana Weather Outlook by Regions
Montana east region expects rain in the northwest with scattered thundershowers east and partly cloudy skies in the southwest. Cooler east portion with highs 65 to 75 and rain ending Saturday night. Sunday becomes partly cloudy and cool. West region has scattered showers Saturday, ending Saturday night, with Sunday partly cloudy and cool. highs 62 to 72.
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Montana
Economy Moves at Even Pace in May and June
The Federal Reserve Board reports the economy held steady in May and early June with slight gains in construction spending and farm prices remaining high. Industrial production stood at 142 in May, down from April’s 143, while auto assemblies fell about 20 percent and steel output slowed. capacity use in steel ran around 96 to 64 percent with 3 to 4 percent of capacity idle due to work stoppages beginning April 29.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Adenauer Warns Russia Has Not Changed Goal
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned free nations that Russia aims for world domination and would start a hot war to achieve it. He said Stalin’s dethronement does not alter Russian policy and that dictatorship persists whether by one man or a group as he rode in an open car through Chicago crowds.
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Chicago
U.P
Konrad Adenauer
Free Nations
Russia
Adenauer
Josef Stalin
New York
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Shepilov
N. Y
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