Four Plunge to Deaths in Missoula River
Four people died when a car plunged from a bridge into the deep Missoula River 40 miles west of Missoula. Identifications tentatively include Harold White of Walla Walla Washington Mr and Mrs Henry Gable of Smelterville Idaho and Mrs Elsie Sylvia of Denver. The vehicle struck two ledges before the plunge and recovery of the car may be impossible.
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Missoula
Montana Highway Patrol
Joe Young
Missoula River
Young
Harold White
White Cab Company
Walla Walla
Wash
Henry Gable
Smelterville
Idaho
Elsie Sylvia
Denver
Granite County Sheriff’s
Sylvia
William Richardson
Richardson
Washington
Highway Patrol
New Montana Statutes Take Effect July First
More than 106 new state laws will become effective in Montana July 1 as the 1947 legislature ends its session. 67 House bills and 39 Senate measures are included with a two cent cigarette tax the only new state levy. Several bills raise or authorize fees, licensing, and school bus standards while others address taxes and local funding.
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Helena
Montana
House
Senate
State Board of Education
Silver Bow Creek Dredging Planned This Summer
City and county officials in Butte agree to dredge Silver Bow Creek along its entire length from the northern end through Meaderville and East Butte and west of Montana street The city will dredge the section within its limits from Texas avenue to Montana street The decision follows a Friday night meeting of Alderman John Lindquist Mayor Barry O Leary and other officials to address a serious health menace posed by the creek
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Silver Bow Creek
Butte
John Lindquist
City Council
Ways and Means
Silver Bow
Meaderville
McQueen Addition
East Butte
Montana Street
Texas Avenue
City Hall
Barry O'Leary
George W. Tippett
Loretta E. Sullivan
Joe D. Sullivan
Jack Healy
Vote to Restore Funds for Navy
A Senate appropriations subcommittee voted to restore 176 million of 379 million cut from the Navy 1948 budget. The move brings the Navy appropriation to 3.644 billion with most added for personnel. Officials say the rise funds an active fleet next year while offset by canceling 200 million in unspent prior Navy appropriations.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Offers Measure to Admit Poles Fighting for Freedom
Representative MacKinnon proposed a bill to admit about 30 000 Polish former combat troops now in Britain and Italy who refuse to return to Poland. He said the troops are anti Communist and fought against Germany, ending up in friendly territories after Poland fell.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Italy
MacKinnon
R-Minn
Poland
Germany
Soviet say Britain and France urge three power march toward plan
Moscow radio quoted Tass saying Britain and France pressed for three power initiative to relieve Europe’s economic distress. Tass said Britain and French notes were delivered to the Kremlin and that the Soviet government is considering the plan while seeking more data. Trygve Lie assured Bevin that Anglo French talks do not bypass the United Nations.
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London
Russia
Europe
Great Britain
France
Moscow Radio
Tass
Kremlin
United States
George C. Marshall
United Nations
Lake Success
N. Y
Trygve Lie
U S Interference in Italy Charged
Italian Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti accused the United States of meddling in Italy by offering a loan if Communists were excluded from government. His remarks followed Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza’s address as De Gasperi's non Communist cabinet faced a confidence vote postponed to Saturday due to the lengthy speech.
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Rome
U.P
Palmiro Togliatti
United States
Italy
Togliatti
Carlo Sforza
Alcide de Gasperi
Marshall Appeals for Finances
Secretary of State Marshall told Congress that peace cannot be served by rationing American facts. He spoke in a letter read to the House as it debated a bill to continue the overseas information program, set to expire in 10 days without approval. A vote on passage was postponed to Monday.
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Washington
Marshall
Congress
House
Death in Colorado gas chamber ends Harold Gillette life
Harold Gillette, 31, an inmate with a record of penitentiary terms in five states, died Friday night in the Colorado state penitentiary gas chamber. Convicted for the Christmas Day shooting of Glen D. Cook, a Larmier county ranch foreman, Gillette walked to execution with a prayer on his lips and appeared pale but steady as witnesses followed.
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Canon City
Colo
Harold Gillette
State Penitentiary
Gillette
Glen D. Cook
Larmier County
Limited U S Policy in China Faces Hard Choice
U S policy in China is said to hinge on a stark choice between military aid to Chiang Kai-shek or withdrawal as June 30 approaches for a $500 million Export-Import loan. Diplomats say reform by the Generalissimo is needed, and a Marshall Plan style program offers only a temporary fix without political changes.
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Nanking
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Marshall
Man Ran Amuck Slaying Wife Wounding Father in Snohomish
In Snohomish Washington on a crowded street Homer A. Simpson 36 fired at his former wife Anne Rose Simpson 23 killing her and seriously wounding her father Robert N. Cole 53. Simpson was arrested and jailed as officials investigated a possible family quarrel. An unrelated note reports 18 month old Keith Hanford drowned in a Boise pond.
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Snohomish
Wash
U.P
Charles Adams
Homer A. Simpson
Adams
Anne Rose Simpson
Robert N. Cole
Cole
Snohomish County
Boise
Idaho
Keith Hanford
Kenneth Hanford
Greece Binds to Publicize $300 Million Aid Program
Greece signed an Athens accord with United States Ambassador Lincoln MacVeagh pledging full publicity for the $300,000,000 American aid program in Greece and the United States. The agreement allows U S observers and assigns a broad economic reform plan to ensure recovery.
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Washington
Greece
United States
Athens
Lincoln MacVeagh
Constantin Tsaldaris
Congress
America
State Department
Iran
Turkey
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Chilly Welcome for Summer Arrives in Butte
Summer is due in Butte after midnight with forecasts of a cool reception. Weather officials expect frost Saturday morning near 32 degrees and cloudy skies with rain showers. Saturday's high is projected at 65 as Sunday, the longest day of the year, brings sunrise at 4:44 and sunset at 8:01.
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Butte
Weather Bureau
Soviet Delegates Walk Out of UN Conference
Soviet military delegates walked out of a Friday morning UN Security Council committee meeting over a procedural dispute. The move, led by Lt. Gen. A P Vasiliev and Vice Admiral V Bodenko, came amid tensions over Trieste governance and Italy's peace treaty ratification.
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Lake Success
Russia
United Nations
Big Power
Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Trieste
France
A. P. Vasiliev
V. Bodenko
Laymen Activities Highlight Montana Methodist Conference in Butte
The Montana Methodist conference in Butte features Ralph N. Lodge and several boards and committees with Saturday business sessions and a Sunday close. Highlights include Wilbur E. Hammaker's final morning address and the World Service Oratorical finals, plus a lay activities dinner at Unity Methodist Meaderville.
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Ralph N. Lodge
Montana Methodist Conference
Butte
Wilbur E. Hammaker
D.D
L.L.D
Denver
Colo
Conference Board
Unity Methodist Church
Meaderville
Conference
Czechs and others wary of Marshall Plan prospects
Prague reports mixed reactions as eastern European leaders weigh Secretary of State Marshall’s European recovery proposal. Government spokesmen seek clarity on scope and political implications while ordinary citizens hint at cautious support if tangible gains appear. Romania’s press splits along party lines, with Dreptatea praising aid for peace and freedom, Liberalul calling it a major U.S. decision, and Scanteia criticizing credits as insufficient without real reforms.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Europe
George C. Marshall
Romania
Dreptatea
Peasant
United States
Liberalul
Liberal Party
Scanteia
Soviet Union
Battle to Save Levees Climbs in Missouri Floods
In Hannibal Missouri intense efforts continued to shore up levees as new flood crests approached. Army engineers reported 829 100 acres 1295 square miles flooded this month with 387 square miles from levee failures. About 20000 homeless and 30 million dollars in damage recorded. Coast Guard sent 25 men and ten 18 foot boats to assist Elsberry area amid upcoming rains.
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Hannibal
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Pike County
Elsberry
Here
Division
Army Engineers
St. Louis
Government Weather Bureau
Burlington
Iowa
Missouri
United States Coast Guard
Historian Sir John Lloyd Dies in Bangor at 86
Sir John Edward Lloyd, a renowned Welsh historian aged 86, died Friday night in Bangor hospital after a brief illness. He spent his career shaping Welsh historical scholarship and was a leading figure in Bangor.
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Bangor
Wales
Sir John Edward Lloyd
Bangor Hospital
Senate weighs Taft Hartley veto after overwhelming House override
President Truman argued the Taft Hartley bill would sow discord and hurt management and unions while Senator Taft deemed the veto misrepresentative. The House voted 331 to 83 to override, setting up a Senate decision amid last minute maneuvering and dramatic floor action.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Taft
House
Business Women Open Session at State Federation Jubilee
The Montana State Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs starts its silver jubilee convention with an 8:30 a m session at the Hotel Finlen led by state president Rhoda G Kennel. A breakfast for past presidents follows, with Cath erine Harrington of Butte presiding. arriving past presidents include Martha Kaufman Forsyth Hazel Davis Great Falls the Rev Margaret Clifford Kalispell and Frances Hooper Billings.
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Montana
Margaret Clifford
Kalispell
Frances Hooper
Billings
Butte Weather Forecast Saturday Showers and Mild Warmth
Butte predicts clear to partly cloudy Saturday forenoon with increasing clouds and scattered light showers in the afternoon. Expected maximum 65 and minimum near 32 for the next 24 hours. Mines School reports 61/39. Butte Airport 53/41. West of divide in Montana partly cloudy with scattered showers. highs 60 to 68. East of divide partly cloudy with highs 60 to 65.
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Butte
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Warns Democracy or Communism Will Rule World
Undersecretary of War Kenneth C. Royall told the North Carolina Disabled American Veterans convention that either democracy or communism will ultimately prevail. He warned of totalitarian systems and urged free nations to unite for postwar reconstruction without using totalitarian tactics or propaganda. He stressed proving democracy abroad, not infiltrating other nations.
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Greensboro
N. C
Kenneth C. Royall
North Carolina
America
Europe
Russia
Slaying Suspect Sought in Creek
In Pinecliffe Colorado a grappling hook search sought a possible body in Coal Creek connected to the gunshot deaths of Emily Griffith and her sister Florence. Undersheriff Don Moore reported sighting an object downstream from Pred Lundy’s cabin, a mile below where Lundy’s abandoned car was found. The investigation spanned the mountain area and extended along transportation routes.
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Pinecliffe
Colo
Coal Creek
Emily Griffith
Denver
Florence
Don Moore
Pred W. Lundy
the Griffiths
Moore
Lundy
Wyoming Rancher Dies of Snake Bite
Perry Westfall aged 59 of Shoshoni died in a Lander hospital after eight days without treatment following a rattlesnake bite on his left ankle. The rancher lived alone and was found when a neighbor sent his children to check on him. He had almost no water or food, surviving on collected rainwater. He reached the hospital on June 15.
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Lander
Wyo
Perry Westfall
Westfall
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