Swedish plane shot down by Reds stirs Sweden
In Stockholm on June 16 Soviet jet fighters shot down an unarmed Swedish air force Catalina over the Baltic, wounding two crewmen of seven. Crowds outside the Soviet embassy roared for punishment and chanted for Stalin to be hanged. Sweden protested to Ambassador Rodinov and pressed for stop to spying as seven Swedes faced espionage charges in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Stalin
Constantine Rodinov
Foreign Office
Tage Erlander
Erlander
Hongoe
Finland
Sven Gosta Toerngern
Estonia
Latvia
Soviet Union
Russia
Commies Call UN Session to Air Kremlin Charges
United Nations in New York reports Russia's Jacob Malik called a Security Council session to air Soviet charges that the United States and the UN wage germ warfare in Korea and China. He also proposed simultaneous admission of 14 UN applicants, a move likely to be rejected by the West as a horse trade, as Britain’s Sir Gladwyn Jebb is set to chair from July 1.
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Kremlin
United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Jacob M. Malik
Security Council
U. S
Korea
China
Malik
Council
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Assembly
Truman
Senate
Brewster Loses Seat in U S Senate Primary in Maine
In Portland Maine on June 17 Sen Owen Brewster 63 loses Republican renomi nation after 30 years. Gov Frederick Payne 51 leads with 64 339 to 62 241 as 20 of 625 precincts report. Final totals set Payne ahead by 2 098 and the GOP Senate contest record. Burton Cross wins GOP governor nomination. Roger Dube tops Democrat race for Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Owen Brewster
Frederick G. Payne
Payne
Brewster
Senate
Brewster-Payne
Burton M. Cross
State Senate
GOP
Cross
LeRoy F. Hussey
Neil S. Bishop
Roger P. Dube
Androscoggin
Lewiston
Earl S. Grant
Dube
UN Walks Out Of Truce Talks For Three Day Recess
In Munsan Korea on Tuesday June 17 Allied negotiators joined the Communists for a second time in a three day walkout from the Korean armistice talks. Reds insisted on daily meetings and floated no neutral screening proposal, while Allied notes cited propaganda on prisoner of war treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. McArthur Munsan
Korea
Nam II
United Nations Command
Withering Allied Fire Blasts Attacking Reds Near Chorwon
United Nations forces repelled four Chinese assaults on western front hills near Chorwon as the bloodiest fighting since New Year raged. An estimated 730 Reds attacked, later reinforced by heavy mortar and artillery fire totaling about 6000 rounds in 24 hours. American planes supported, weather hot as combat extended to Kumhwa, Kumsong, Pukhan, and the Punchbowl with northbound Seoul 50 miles away.
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Milo Farnets
Seoul
United Nations
Chorwon
Pyongyang
Gibraltar
Kumhwa
Kumsong
Pukhan River
Punchbowl
The
Mercury
Rail strike paralyzes Long Island Rail Road in New York
New York June 16. The Long Island railroad shut down by an early morning strike, stranding 150000 commuters on the nation’s busiest line. Many stayed home while others faced bumper to bumper highways, crowded buses and packed subways. Trace conferences broke down as engineers walked out.
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New York
Long Island
Polio survivor Neal Archer shines at Odd Fellows conclave
Neal Archer of Fort Benton, 61, a polio cripple for 40 years, is a popular delegate at the 75th annual Independent Order of Odd Fellows convention in Butte. Born in Minnesota, he moved to Montana at age 9, learned engines, printing, carpentry, and for 20 years ran taxi and emergency services using custom hand controls.
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Neal Archer
Fort Benton
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Butte
Archer
Neal
Minnesota
Montana
Hotel
Finlen
Odd Fellows Convention in Butte Elects Officers Today
James French of Greybull Wyoming delivers the featured address at the 75th annual Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Montana session in Butte. He is special representative of Joe Looney of Wewoka Oklahoma. Nearly 200 delegates from Montana Canada Iowa Wyoming and Butte attend as election of officers is scheduled Tuesday. Monday night the Decoration of Chivalry was presented.
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James French
Greybull
Wyo
Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows of
Montana
French
Joe Looney
Wewoka
Okla
Butte
Canada
Iowa
Wyoming
Trustees approve uniforms for Butte Band and set meetings
The Butte school board agrees to buy 150 band uniforms for about 6000 dollars with cost to be refunded later. They schedule bids for general repairs and a June 23 budget adoption, raise janitors pay, authorize manhole work, and accept Troy Evans bid for typewriter service while noting two absences at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Rene Rouleau
Women's Protective Union
Reardon Plumbing Company
Webster-Garfield
Troy Evans
Butte High School
Paul Fall, Jr
Arthur Lehwalder
Newell Evans
Willis Gerry
Thomas C. Dunstan
Thomas Connolly
Hunt for Harlem Girls Intensified
Helena authorities intensified the search for Evelyn Lindsay, 14, and Doris Lindsay, 9, missing since Saturday after boarding an Harlem to Helena bus in Harlem. The sisters were to transfer at Havre for Great Falls and visit their Helena sister Mrs. Stanley Plummer. The mother, Mrs. Elda Lindsay, described Evelyn as responsible and able to transfer, with the younger sister 4 feet tall and both with blonde hair and blue eyes. An unidentified woman who heard a radio bulletin provided the first clue, noting the girls left Havre on a bus and did not reboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
U.P
Harlem
Havre
Elda Lindsay
Stanley Plummer
Plummer
Lindsay
Great Falls
Evelyn
Doris
Butte Weather Forecast Sees Warmer Tuesday With Clouds
Partly cloudy to cloudy and slightly warmer Tuesday and Tuesday night. Expected minimum Tuesday 38, maximum 65. Period temperatures from 12 midnight Sunday to 5:30 pm Monday show Airport minimum 36, maximum 63. School of Mines maximum 64. West of Divide reports considerable cloudiness Tuesday and Tuesday night with little temperature change. East of Divide notes scattered light showers and strong westerly winds on Tuesday, warmer west with highs 170 80. Partly cloudy Tuesday night with little temperature change.
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School of Mines
Divide
Democrats Liven Up Campaign With Skirmishes
The article reports Eisenhower meeting farm editors and a temporary truce in Republican campaigning while Democrats push contests in East and Midwest. It notes Russell increasing Georgia delegates to 114 percent, Kefauver and Harriman vying for DC delegates, Kerr seeking Iowa support, and editors of 19 Scripps-Howard papers backing Eisenhower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Farm Journal
Eisenhower
Denver
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Washington
East
Midwest
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell
W. Averell Harriman
Bismarck
North Dakota
Kefauver
Harriman
District of Columbia
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Iowa
Truman
Maine
Senate
House
Scripps-Howard
Harold W Hakala Returns to States
SAN FRANCISCO June 16 Five Montanans were aboard the transport Gen W F Hase docking with 2911 Army combat veterans from Korea They include Corp Donald W Eastwood Fairfield Pvt Harold W Hakala 545 East Park St Butte Lt Col John W Jackson Jr Great Falls M Sgt Herbert W Stobie Plains Pfc Joseph W Wilson Whitefish
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San Francisco
W. F. Hase
Korea
Corp
Donald W. Eastwood
Fairfield
Harold W. Hakala
East Park St
Butte
John W. Jackson, Jr
Great Falls
Herbert W. Stobie
Plains
Joseph W. Wilson
Whitefish
Road-E-O Added to Butte's July 4th Events
Butte adds an automobile Road-E-O to Independence Day celebrations July 3 4 and 5. Jaycees offer a safe driving obstacle course for under 20s with first prize a trip to Billings and a chance at a $1000 college scholarship in Washington D C. Event July 5 at Naranche stadium with police and highway patrol help.
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Butte
Thomas R. Morgan
Butte Junior Chamber of Commerce
Don Woodside
Jaycees
Woodside
Billings
Washington, D. C
Naranche Stadium
Montana
Elmer Clark
Morgan
Robert E. Eaton
Air Force
Eaton
McChordfield
Moses Lake
Washington
George Palmer
Palmer
Clark
M. O. Schwartz
City Plans Study on Value of Old Incinerator
The city council voted to have the mayor and city engineer study the value of land and property near the Civic Center before transferring it to the Civic Center commission. The incinerator on the site drew debate as a potential disposal option and an eyesore, with plans to possibly tear it down if not valuable to the city.
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Mayor
City Engineer Institute
Civic Center
Civic Center Commission
Gene Daly
Richard Shaw
Shaw
Spokane
Civic Center Set for Country Fair
Butte civic center crews and local volunteers from the high band booster program prepared the recreation building for a Country Fair on Wednesday night. Proceeds support the Butte high band trip to Los Angeles for the national VFW encampment and fund a Montana cottage for veterans orphans at Eaton Rapids. W. P. Donnelly led decorations and booths as the event opened at 8 PM with 25 cent admission.
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Butte
Butte High
Butte High Band
Los Angeles
Montana
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Eaton Rapids
Mich
W. P. Donnelly
Man's hospitality ends in theft at East Park home
Butte resident Alex Hoopla of 449 East Park sheltered a friend for the night. The next morning the guest reportedly disappeared with a rifle a table radio shoes and a gold ring from Hoopla's room. Local police described the guest as the offender in the missing possessions case.
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Butte
Alex Hoopla
East Park
Good Samaritan
Embassy Accused of Aiding Spies in Sweden
STOCKHOLM Sweden June 16 government accuses Soviet embassy officials of aiding Swedish spies on trial for betraying northern defense secrets. Ringleader Johan Enbom 33 pleaded guilty saying he supports Russia. Six others including his girlfriend and brother face charges of passing military and industrial data to the Soviets for cash. Prime Minister Erlander lodged notes with Ambassador Rodionov protesting the downing of a Swedish plane and demanding an end to espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Johan Fritiof Enbom
Russia
Tage Erlander
Constantine Rodionov
Foreign Office
Montana Sky Lookouts Put On Duty July 14
Defense department orders expect civilians to man airplane stations 24 hours a day starting July 14. Hundreds of thousands of civilian defense workers nationwide will observe for intruder planes. A volunteer ground observer network will span 27 states from North Carolina to the Canadian border, along the coast to the Pacific, and south to San Diego. Montana is included in the program.
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Washington
Defense Department
Nort
North Carolina
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Montana
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Francis W. Carpenter
Sen. Brewster
U.S. Senate
Decoration of Chivalry
Odd Fellows
Butte Band
Belgrade
By Douglas B. Cornell
Sky Lookouts
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