North Korea Threats and Armistice Meeting Amid Arms Upgrade
North Korea issued fresh threats to the United States and called a Joint Military Armistice Commission meeting for Wednesday. The regime staged an aerial show near the truce line in response to U.N. arms modernization for South Korea, while U.N. Command notes the upcoming commission session to challenge the Allied decision. Deputy Defense Minister Kim Jong Kap reports sighting 19 MIG fighters near the demilitarized zone, speculated to aim at lowering morale.
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Seoul
North Korea
United States
Joint Military Armistice Commission
U.S
U.N
South Korea
Military Armistice Commission
Syngman Rhee
A G Hunthausen of Anaconda Dies After Illness
Anthony G Hunthausen 65 prominent Anaconda businessman father of two priests Rev Raymond Hunthausen president and Rev John Hunthausen athletic coach at Carroll College Helena died Monday at St Ann Hospital after 18 months illness. Funeral at St Paul Church 11 o clock solemn requiem mass with full military honors by American Legion. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. Body at Finnegan Co Funeral Home. Personal home at 701 W Third St.
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Anaconda
Anthony G. Hunthausen
Raymond Hunthausen
John Hunthausen
Carroll College
Helena
St. Ann Hospital
Third St
Finnegan Co. Funeral Home
St. Paul Church
American Legion
Mount Olivet
Hunthausen
Daylight giant nuclear test at Nevada site breaks records
At the Atomic Energy Commission test site in Nevada a daylight detonation of a helium balloon suspended device produced a blast described as a second sunrise. It was the 50th US detonation at the site and the fifth in the current series with an estimated yield over 20 kilotons.
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Nev
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Desert
United States
Tonopah
Bishop
Calif
Reno
Control Point
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
First Atlantic Phone Cable Opens in 1956
Dreamed of since 1885 the first transatlantic telephone cable between America and Europe was put in service in fall 1956. The static free cable makes continent to continent calls feel like neighbors chatting. Dial 5451 to place a Want Ad.
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America
Europe
Dial
Scientists claim near clean hydrogen bomb breakthrough
A group of University of California physicists told President Eisenhower and AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss that hydrogen bomb fallout could be cut to about 5 percent of earlier levels. The scientists Ernest Lawrence Mark Mills and Edward Teller said progress toward a virtually fallout free device has advanced beyond previous estimates.
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Wilmot Hercher
Washington
University of California
White House
Lewis L
Mark M. Mills
Edward Teller
Lawrence
Radiation Laboratory
Driver Dies When Jeep Upsets in West Yellowstone
West Yellowstone laborer Harry Evans about 58 was killed Monday night when his jeep overturned in downtown West Yellowstone pinning him underneath. Deputy Worthman said Evans died instantly from a crushed skull with legs broken. Passenger James Irwin about 50 was slight injured. Evans drove at moderate speed veering to road edge as jeep flipped. Witnesses found him under the car within minutes and officials noted 6 30 p m. toll rise to 85 for Montana in 1957 compared to 110 last year.
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West Yellowstone
U.P
Harry Evans
W. L. Worthman
Evans
James Irwin
Montana
Charge Brought Against Mother Over Child Death
A district court information filed Monday charges Alfredo Pacheco 29 mother of 14 month old Leon Pacheco with neglect of a minor an indictable misdemeanor. Leon died May 27 in an overheated cabin where he had been left with his sister Anita 2. The girl was hospitalized and recovered. Bond set at 500. she remained jailed in county jail. Arraignment held for 10 a.m. Tuesday plea to the charge.
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Alfredo Pacheco
Leon Pacheco
Anita
Butte
Hardin
Paulino Pacheco
Galena Street
Falls Gambler Witnesses in Portland Mayor Trial
A blackjack dealer testified that a Great Falls, Montana gambler was told to come to Portland to help defeat mayoral candidate Terry Schrunk. Schrunk faces a perjury trial over a $500 bribe charge amid broader gambling corruption allegations linked to Big Jim Elkins and Oregonian investigations.
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Ore
Big Jim Elkins
Great Falls
Mont
Terry Schrunk
Schrunk
Tom Beard
Raymond Clark
Elkins
Clifford C. Bennett
James W. Crawford
Beard
Clark
Bennett
The
Oregonian
Quemoy Fight Intensifies as Red China Bombards Islands
Red China shells Quemoy and nearby islands in the Formosa Strait in what authorities call the largest exchange of the three year offshore war. Nationalist troops reply from sand bag emplacements. no casualties reported. Organizing leaders say they will defend to the death as U N moves arms to South Korea and tensions rise.
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Formosa
China
Quemoy Islands
Quemoy
Formosa Strait
Peiping
Red China
Korea
North Korea
U.N
South Korea
U. N
Chiang Kai-shek
Yu Ta-wei
Chiang
Eisenhower urges states to share load for federal tax cuts
President Eisenhower urged governors to shoulder costs of some programs now financed by Washington to pave the way for federal tax cuts. He proposed a federal state task force to designate functions, adjust revenues, and define future responsibilities. He cited slum clearance and disaster relief as examples.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Thomas Stanley
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Robert Meyner
New Jersey
Boggs
Man Gets Life Term for Shelby Killing
Jess W. Tennessee DeWeese, a part time Shelby dogcatcher, pleaded guilty to one of two killings in a barroom shooting. He received life in Montana Prison for the death of Wayne Sullivan while Gordon Lyle died from a stray bullet. DeWeese admitted firing the rifle after being teased about a dog, claiming his mind broke.
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Shelby
Jess W
Tennessee
DeWeese
Shelby Dogcatcher
Montana
R. M. Hattersley
Toole County
Gordon Lyle
Joplin
Lyle
Wayne A. Sullivan
William W. Black
Black
Sullivan
Alibi Club
DeWeese Was
Boma, Tenn
Eight year old killed in deer lodge accidental shooting
Deer Lodge Montana an eight year old boy Philip Johnson died after a bullet from a twenty two caliber automatic rifle pierced his chest The coroner called it an accidental shooting The incident occurred while Philip and his brother Gerald ten were playing in a basement room of the Johnson home The father reportedly had not returned the gun to its cabinet after a hunting trip and the magazine held shells at the time of the discharge The boy was born February sixteen nineteen forty nine Survivors include his parents brother Russell and grandmother Mrs Clara Johnson The body rests at Ross Mortuary
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Deer Lodge
Powell County
Ralph Beck
Philip Johnson
Donald F. Johnson
Philip
Gerald
Johnson
St. Joseph Hospital
Beck
Ed Darrow
Pravda Hints at Chinese Right Wing Upheaval
Pravda reports that right wing elements in Communist China are organizing an offensive to overthrow Peiping leadership. The Soviet party newspaper frames the move as a possible revolt supported by anti communist factions.
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Moscow
U.P
Communist Party
Pravda
China
Peiping
Trustees Approve Largest School Budget in History Here
Butte school trustees adopted a 1957 58 budget of 2 801 494 17 for School District No 1. The plan adds a Junior High budget and bonds for a school building program. Elementary, Butte High, and Junior High budgets detail changes along with sinking fund needs and salary increases for staff.
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Butte
Maybelle Hogan
Board of Budget Supervisors
Miss Hogan
John Kingston
Butte High School
Whittier
Webster-Garfield
Supreme Court rules obscenity not protected by First Amendment
The Supreme Court upheld federal and state laws restricting obscene literature and affirmed injunctions against distribution of such material. Justice Brennan stated obscenity falls outside free speech protections, distinguishing it from legitimate art or science. Justice Douglas dissented, defending robust public discernment.
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Karl R. Bauman
Washington
Supreme Court
California
New York
New Jersey Supreme Court
Newark
Brennan
High Court
Douglas
Girls State Elects Mock City Leaders in Bozeman
Montana Girls State opened at Montana State College with 112 city participants electing mock city officials. Dianne Stirland Chinook was named mayor of Copper City, joined by Marie Christianson Glendive as treasurer and Lynette Grill Joliet as alderman among others.
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Bozeman
Montana
Montana State College
W. W. Lessley
America
George
Copper City
Dianne Stirland
Chinook
Marie Christianson
Glendive
Mary Ann Nicka
Hamilton
Lynette Grill
Joliet
Joyce Johnson
Sunburst
Lana Peterson
Browning
Roberta Walsh
Great Falls
Granite City
Ann Steffeck
Helena
Linda Berg
Missoula
Jeannie Jones
Kitty Kehrwald
Billings
Judy Larson
Deer
Supreme Court impeachment plans emerge in Congress
Rep Andrews and Rep Mason said a group of House members plans to draft an impeachment resolution against all Supreme Court justices. They stated a top American lawyer will prepare the filing while the House votes and the Senate acts as jury. Southern lawmakers object to past court rulings on school integration and other decisions.
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Andrews
D-Ala
Mason
R-Iii
House
Supreme Court
America
High Court
Senate
Congress
Four Navy Airmen Killed In Mid Air Collision
Four Navy airmen died when two North American AJ Savage bombers from Norfolk Naval Air Station collided during routine training off Ocean View Park near Chesapeake Bay. The planes struck at about 500 feet, plunged into the water near Ebbtide Beach as thousands watched, and Navy officials withheld identifications pending next of kin notifications.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Ocean View Park
Navy
Ebbtide Beach
Butte Boy Breaks Leg In Two Story Fall
A 25 foot fall from the roof of a two story house at Washington and Silver left Butte boy Sam Aklin, 15, with a fractured leg. He was admitted to St James Hospital. Police say he slipped and fell onto a cement sidewalk on Silver Street. Officers described his injuries as not serious.
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Washington and Silver
St. James Spital
Sam Aklin
W. Gold
Herb O'Neil
Dave Seccomb
Silver Street
O’neill
Let Leaders Talk To Peoples Let Leaders Talk To Peoples
The United States urged the Soviet Union to permit direct broadcasts between Soviet and American leaders and their peoples through uncensored radio and TV programs. The State Department conveyed the proposal to Ambassador Georgi Zarubin to foster freer information exchange and world developments discussion. The move also appeared aimed at appeasing Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson.
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United States
Russia
State Dept
Georgi Zarubin
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
D-Tex
Johnson
Montana Weather Outlook Shows Warmer Temps Across Regions
West Montana will stay mostly fair with little temperature change through Tuesday and highs from 70 to 75, cooling to 40s to 50s at night but warming to 75 to 82 on Wednesday. East Montana remains fair with cooler conditions in the northeast, wind along the Divide, and highs from 68 to 80 today, then 75 to 85 on Wednesday.
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