Montana Reservists to Attend Yakima Encampment in July
More than 1 000 Montana Army Reservists of the 96th Infantry Div will join about 1 100 from Idaho and Utah for a two week summer encampment at Yakima Firing Center Washington. Led by Maj Gen LeRoy H Anderson Conrad the group includes units from Helena Billings Glasgow Great Falls and others. This year women reserve nurse officers from Portland will attend the 96th camp marking a first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
96Th Infantry Divn
Yakima
H. L. Ostler
Salt Lake City
94Th
Arizona
Camp Roberts
Irwin
California
Tank Co
381St Infantry
Bozeman
Anderson
Charles D. Palmer
6Th Army
321St General Hospital
Portland
Ore
Montana Republicans Consider Sales Tax Referendum
United Press International reports Montana Republicans at the 1958 convention weigh a sales tax referendum and defend the general fund as key platform planks. The plan mirrors a defeated bill that would allow voters to decide at the general election. The party blames Democratic majorities for deficit spending and discusses highway funding via a penny gasoline tax.
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Helena
UPI
Montana
General Fund
United Press International
James Felt
Yellowstone
George Morrison
Cascade
Car Is Looted In Helena Incident Near North Last Chance Gulch
Willis Manley of Drummond reported to Helena police at 2 a.m. Sunday that a new camera and light meter stolen from his car parked near a restaurant on North Last Chance Gulch. He had hidden the camera under the seat after parking at 10:30 p.m. Saturday.
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Helena
Willis Manley
Drummond
North Last Chance Gulch
Manley
Alfalfa Looper Worm Damage Reported in Montana
In central Montana, occasional alfalfa looper damage to nearby crops is noted. Entomologist George Roemhild of Montana State College says cut alfalfa drives worms into beans peas and small grains. Endrin or dieldrin are advised for control. Looper color ranges from green to yellow with yellow stripes. The pest has six leg pairs unlike the sugar beet webworm’s eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
George Roemhild
Montana State College
Charles Radu Found Dead Near Helena
Charles Radu about 70 was found dead at his Marsh Creek home near Helena. Sheriff-Coroner says he died about a week earlier likely from natural causes. Born in Alsace Lorraine he worked in Montana mines before moving to Marsh Creek 30 years ago to tend a ranch. No survivors listed. Body at Hagler Mortuary.
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Helena
Charles Radu
Marsh Creek
Dave Middleman
Republicans List Parley Leaders
Six committees to conduct the business of the state Republican platform conven tion were appointed at opening sessions Sunday. Key leaders include James Felt of Billings as platform chair and Sumner Gerard of Ennis to head nominations, with numerous state senators and representatives named to credentials rules and other panels.
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Scobey
Platform
Catherine Pemberton
Jim Murphy
Rena Sales
Orvin Flare
van Fulton
Guy Mayberg
M. F. Keller
Tim Babcock
Fred Robinson
Paul Keller
Glen Larson
Claude Kiff
Dallas Reed
Mel Engles
Norris Nichols
Monahan
Bill Scott
J. Miller Smith
George Howard
Ben Brownfield
le Roy Des Rosier
Melba E. Erickson
Jean Walterskirchen
Lou Welch
Supreme Court
Leonard Young
Edna Hinman
Ory Armstrong
Bertha Streeter
Pearl Rostad
Peggy Gardiner
Jim
Musee
Otto Sipple
Viva Huelster
Elaine Warner
Etta Larson
Ronnie McDonnell
Donovan Worden
Reed Taylor
Montana Republicans Sound Talks at State Convention
Delegates heard GOP leaders defend free enterprise and oppose federal education aid while urging election of Republicans to the Legislature and political offices. Speakers cited 1946 election contrasts, praised strong defense, and pressed tax reform, state sovereignty, and party unity amid a challenging election year.
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U. S
Zales Icton
Jones
GOP
Aronson
Montana
America
Ory J. Armstrong
Kalispell
Leonard Young
Helena
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
Montana Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Bertha Weiloff
Lewistown
Molly O. Claskey
Washington, D. C
Republican National Committee
Record Sweet Cherry Crop Is Anticipated
Kalispell reports a record sweet cherry crop expected from East Shore Flathead Lake orchards. More than 1,500 workers will join the seasonal industry as harvesting and shipping begin. Nat Boyd of Flathead Lake Cherry Growers, Inc. notes 244 million pounds shipped in 1949 and says this year's crop may surpass it. Hay fire in Helena destroys baled and loose hay at Carroll Rittenour property.
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Kalispell
API
Flathead Lake
Nat Boyd
Professor Urges Drought Study for Great Plains
Montana State College sociologist Dr Carl Kraenzel told the We Shake Hands conference that the Great Plains learned little from seven years of drought. He urged studying plains Indian living patterns to sustain semi arid life and proposed a Great Plains Foundation for basic research and tax policy changes to aid farmers ranchers and regional business amid variable rainfall. Nearly 300 attended the Indian and non Indian session in Pierre.
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Kraenzel
Plains States
Great Plains
Plains
Montana Woman Competes in Powder Puff Derby
Mrs. Milton Schrank of Jordan Montana aged 49 grandmother of two left Billings for San Diego to join the 1958 Powder Puff Derby. Her co pilot is Mrs Ed Laska of Fairbanks Alaska. They join more than 100 women pilots racing for the fastest San Diego to Charleston leg with prior entries in 1955 and 1956. They won $100 in 1956 for the Winslow to Albuquerque leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Milton Schrank
Jordan
Montana
San Diego
Calif
Psychologist to Lecture at MSC on Communication Skills
Bozeman Dr. William H. Pemberton, renowned psychology consultant from San Francisco, will speak Tuesday at 3 p.m. in the Montana State College Student Union Theater on Communication Strategies for the New Era after a philosophy class lecture. He directs Executive Methods Conference and has a Berkeley PhD in education psychology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
William H. Pemberton
San Francisco
New Era
Montana State College Student Union
Pemberton
Mill Valley
Calif
College of Marin
University of Washington
Seattle
University of California At Berkeley
Columbia University
University of Bucharest
Premberton
Treasure State Road Projects Approved
Washington said construction of the Camas Creek and Kishenena cut off roads can begin next summer in Montana. Interior Secretary Seaton noted two short Flathead River stretches would be park access roads with bridges built outside Glacier NP boundaries. The Montana delegation awaits replies on a forest development road along the Flathead River to upgrade standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Camas Creek
Kishenena
Montana
Secretary of Interior
Seaton
Flathead River
Glacier National Park
Agriculture and Commerce Depts
Golden Rule Offered As World Panacea
H Park Arnold of Glendale California urged Kiwanis International to adopt the Golden Rule as a solution to international strife. He spoke during the 43rd annual Kiwanis convention and cornerstone ceremony for the new headquarters costing 1 250 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
UPI
Kiwanis International Sunday
H. Park Arnold
Glendale
Calif
Arnold
Kiwanis
Rebels Hold U.S. Engineer Group In Cuba Kidnapping
Ten U S and two Canadian engineers were seized by rebels in Oriente Province near Guantánamo. Raul Castro led a rebel column as the army halted operations to avoid endangering captives. Bowdler and Wollam tried to reestablish contact, while negotiations and rumors of imminent releases circulated in Havana Washington.
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Page One
Bowdler
Guantanamo Base
Wollam
Moa
U. S
Raul Castro
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Naval Base
Navy
Washington
Richard Colligan
Moa Bay Mining Co
Havana
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Farr E. T. Smith
Moaday Mining Co
State Dept
Francis Tully
Tully
John Schissler
California
Oriente
Guantanamo
Hearing Assured On Disease Bill in Senate Action
Senator James E. Murray said a hearing will be held on a House bill prohibiting import of wild animals for zoos from countries with rinderpest or other dangerous diseases. The measure is before a Senate Agriculture subcommittee chaired by Hubert Humphrey, with Murray noting Montana farmers support the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Senate Agricultural Committee
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Murray
Montana
Sidewalk thief sought after patriotic colored slabs vanish
New London Connecticut police hunt a thief who stole about four feet of concrete sidewalk in front of Mrs. Harold Ramos home. The missing slabs, in eight sections, were colored red white and blue.
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New London, Conn
Harold Ramos
MSU Hosts Second Annual Food Distributors Seminar
Four Montana State University faculty members join the second annual management seminar for the state grocery industry in Missoula July 13 to 15. The Montana Food Distributors Association and MSU School of Business co sponsor the event led by seminar director Dr John S Wright. Participants include Dr Edward E J Chambers R J Markin E A Atkinson and Dr William Peters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
API
Montana State University
MSU
Montana Food Distributors Assn
Montana State University School of Business
John S. Wright
Said
Edward E. J. Chambers
R. J. Markin
E. A. Atkinson
William Peters
Pope Blesses Large Crowd at St Peters Feast Day
About 200000 pilgrims tourists and Romans visited St Peters Basilica for the feast of St Peter and St Paul. At noon Pope Pius XII appeared at his window and blessed the 50000 or so people in St Peters Square as cheers rang out and horns sounded.
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Rome
St. Peters Basilica
St. Peter and St. Paul
Pius XII
Cambodia Complains to U.N. Team Over Alleged Invasion
Cambodia has told the U.N. truce team in Cambodia about an alleged invasion of its territory by South Vietnam earlier this month. South Vietnam denies the charge.
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New Delhi
Cambodia
U.N
South Viet Nam
Owls Invade Home For Morning Alarm In California
In North Hollywood California at 6 a m Jim Manask awoke to his son Arthur reporting bats. Investigating they found two large owls under Arthurs bed and another on a skillet handle. Police advised humane society as owls toppled vases and feathered the living room. The family chased them out and the owls perched in a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Hollywood
Calif
Jim Manask
Manash
Helen
Humane Society
Colorado Boy, 7 Beaten Cruelly Lands in Care
Colorado Springs police removed 7-year-old Charles Thrasher from his parents after reports of severe abuse. The boy suffered malnutrition and beatings with a belt, dragging on gravel, and a cigarette burn. Parents Walter R. Thrasher 47 and Helen Thrasher were detained without charges. three other children, including a 10-day-old infant, are in a detention home. Deputy District Attorney Byron Akers Jr. said no charges have been filed yet. Police cited a neighbor complaint and the father’s claim of punishment for bad behavior.
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Colorado Springs
Charles Thrasher
St. Francis Hospital
Byron Akers Jr
Walter R. Thrasher
Helen
Akers
Thrasher
I. B
Dad) Bruce
Bruce
Olive Elizabeth Tonkin Dies at 56 in Butte Home
Mrs Olive Elizabeth Tonkin 56 lifelong Butte resident died Sunday evening at 902 Hornet after illness. She was born February 16 1902 educated in Butte schools member of Mountain View Methodist Church Ruth Chapter No 2 CES White Shrine past president DeMolay Mothers. Survived by husband William Tonkin son William E Tonkin mother Mary Jane Nicholls brothers and sisters in law Paul Tonkin and Thomas Mill parents in law Charles Curtis Salinas plus many relatives in several states. Body at Richards Funeral Home.
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Olive Elizabeth Tonkin
Butte
Hornet
William Tonkin
Tonkin
Mountain View Methodist Church
Ruth Chapter No. 2
CES
White Shrine
DeMolay Mothers
William E. Tonkin
Mary Jane Nicholls
Paul Tonkin
Thomas Mill
Salinas
Calif
Charles Curtis
Montana
California
Utah
Arizona
Ernest R. Laity
T. E. Jones
Anaconda
Ida Weston
Flagstaff
Ariz
Florence Williams
Edith Johns
Richards Funeral Home
Air Force Cadets Tour Pacific on Pacific voyage
Sixty cadets from the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs left Tachikawa Air Base near Tokyo for Okinawa Sunday. They form one third of the 1959 class and are visiting U S Air Force installations and the Japanese Defense Academy at Yokosuka during a five day stay in Japan. The tour continues to Alaska Hong Kong Formosa the Philippines and Hawaii. The article notes the first cotton imported into the United States in 1938 at Salem Massachusetts.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Tachikawa Air Base
Okinawa
Pacific
Japan
U. S. Air Force
Japanese Defense Academy
Yokosuka
Alaska
Hong Kong
Formosa
Philippines
Hawaii
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Treasure State News
Melvin E. Magnuson
39Th Transportation Co
Chicago
Norristown
Real Estate Board
Dayton
Ohio
American Council To Improve Our
Radio City
N.Y
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Ashton Jones
Helena—City
Carroll Rittenour Place
Wilder
MSC
Treasure State
Jonathan Orovitz
U.S
Kew Gardens
Roy Johnson
Defense Dept
Advance Research Projects Agency
Jonathan
Food Distributors
Pope
Colorado
Air Force Cadets
Salem
Mass
Auto
State Farm Mutual
Don Ulrich
State Farm Muhrs! Automedie Inserence Company
Bloomington
W. Broadway
United
Harrison
Canada
Hiram Walker
ING
Detroit
Mich
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