Seven Young Hockey Players Die As Arena Roof Collapses
In Listowel Ontario the roof of the Listowel Memorial Arena collapsed under heavy snow on Saturday, killing seven hockey players under 12 years old who were at a recreational event. Authorities investigated the cause and the tragedy stunned the community.
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Listowel, Ont
Listowel Memorial Arena
Knoblaugh
Memorial Park
Civil Defense Corps
Public Utility Commission
Ontario
Hotel Britannia
Huntsville
Harold Perkins
Listowel
U S Berlin Crisis prep and arms deals amid tensions
The United States plans two lines of action to ready for a May 27 Berlin showdown. Steps include a yet to be formalized IRBM base with Italy and continued replacement of F100 jets by F101s while considering F104 sales to West Germany. Officials say failure to strengthen bases would be read as weakness by allies.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
Defense
Italy
Antonio Segni
Rome
West Germany
Russia Denounces U S Cable Break Naval Search
London reports the Soviet Union bitterly condemned the U S Navy actions aboard the Russian fishing vessel Vorovosisk off Newfoundland. Radio Moscow labeled the 70 minute patrol aboard the trawler a premiditated provocation and accused Washington of unlawful action as it suspected cable damage while Lt Donald Sheely said most likely the trawler may have cut the cables but could have been an accident.
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London
Soviet Union
U.S
Radio
Moscow
United States
Novorossisk
Newfoundland
Roy O. Hale
Donald Sheely
Washington
Filipinos Detain Five Soviet Fishing Trawlers
In Cirique Inlet on Luzon’s northern coast five Soviet fishing vessels were detained by the Philippine navy after an engine failure and a call for repairs. The ships, which left the Baltic on Christmas Day, were held pending clearance from the Department of Foreign Affairs, per Defense Secretary Jesus Vargas.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine Navy
Philippine Island
Luzon
Department of Foreign Affairs
Cirique Inlet
Baltic Sea
Vladivostok
Defense
Jesus Vargas
Foreign Office
Man shields guests from grenade at Glendale party
A live phosphorous grenade rolled into a Glendale apartment during a Saturday party. Guest Lloyd A. Wilson, 23, grabbed the device and leapt onto a couch to shield others, suffering severe burns and a six hour surgery. He may lose sight of one eye. Police seek the pin puller, noting the grenade was a Marine Corps smoke marker. Wilson and friends brought two grenades to the gathering.
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Glendale
Calif
Lloyd A. Wilson
Wilson
Marine Corps
U S Playwright Anderson Passes on at 70
Pulitzer winner Maxwell Anderson dies at 70 in Stamford Connecticut after a stroke at home. He was working on Madonna and Child at the time and had been partially paralyzed since the stroke. Survived by widow and three sons.
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Stamford
Laurence Stallings
America
Anderson
Russia
Atlantic
Five Navy Crewmen Killed in Prescott Crash
A Mil itary Air Transport Service C121G crashed near Prescott Arizona killing all five Navy crew aboard. The four engine plane bound for practice landings at Prescott Municipal Airport slammed into ground along Highway 89 four miles north of Prescott. Wreckage burned over rugged wooded terrain setting several trees ablaze. The aircraft belonged to Transport Squadron 7 at Moffett Naval Air Station California.
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Prescott
Ariz
Military
Air Transport Service
Arizona
Navy
U.S. Highway 89
Transport Squadron 7
Moffett Naval Air Station
Sunnyvale
Calif
St Patrick event speakers named for 51st banquet
The Friendly Sons of St Patrick announce the 51st anniversary banquet at the Finlen Hotel on Monday March 16 at 630 pm with toastmaster Edward P Shea of Butte and speakers Rev Dr J J O Conner Helena Jack White Anaconda and George McVey Butte The event is chaired by Rt Rev Msgr M M English with Judge J J Lynch as chairman and Tickets available at the Toggery Knights of Columbus or through Joseph E Sullivan Montana Power Co.
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Butte
Montana
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Sen. Kennedy
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Democratic Central Committee
Hugh Lemire
Miles City
J. J. McCaffery
H. B. Strasser
C. P. Schenck
George F. Zurlo
Frank D. Reardon
Michael Lee Ruane
Anaconda
Edward T. Dussault
Oscar Helding
John Karlberg
Missoula
Hugh C. Cumming
Dorothy M. Page
Philipsburg
Carl Lehrkind Jr
Harrison Reeder
Bozeman
Joseph T. Casey
George McGaffick
Helena
Arnold Rieder
Boulder
M. K. Daniels
Deer Lodge
John M. Emmons
Owen P. McNally
Virgil Hanks
Gallatin Gateway
John H. Jardine
Whitehall
John V. Healy
Mike Loughran
Henry F. Mernin
Edward R. Picard
Maurice Powers
Dennis M. Shea
R. J. Wayrynen
Mr. Lemire
Leo C. Graybill
Great Falls
Jack Toole
Shelby
Paul Cannon
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Anaconda Company
J. J. O’conner
Butte Preist
Carroll College
Jack White
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railroad
George McVey
Montana Standard
J. J. Lynch
The
Friendly Sons
W. D. Murray
Joseph E. Sullivan
Toggery
Knights of Columbus
Sullivan
Montana Power Co
Jack Healy
Dan O'Neill
Emerald Isle
Finlen
Holiday Traffic Cop Costs Easter and Christmas
CHICAGO AP Things had a holiday touch Saturday for traffic cop Don Costigan. He ticketed, among others, Peter Easter and Roger Christmas.
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Chicago
Don Costigan
Peter Easter
Roger Christmas
Mines Students Are Honored at Copper Bowl Luncheon
Melvin R. Bennett of Deer Lodge and Suzanne K. Dunlap of Butte, both Montana School of Mines students, received the Daughters of American Colonists Bannock Chapter American History excellence awards at a semi annual luncheon in the Copper Bowl, Finlen Hotel. Bennett, son of Roy J. Bennett, starred in high school sports and graduated in 1954. Dunlap is completing her second year.
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Melvin R. Bennett
Deer Lodge
Montana School of Mines
Daughters of American Colonists
Bannock
Copper Bowl
Finlen Hotel
George P. Palmer
Harry Johnson
Harald Clausen
Powell County
Suzanne K. Dunlap
Butte
School of Mines
Anderson Rules On Veto Power
Helena AP report states the attorney general’s opinion holds the governor lacks veto power over constitutional amendments the Legislature places on ballots. The measure to create a Montana University System Board of Regents would go to the secretary of state for the November 1960 ballot. Senate Bill 7 passed both chambers with two thirds support. House Speaker James J. MacDonald and Senate Leader David F. James led the questioning before the AG opinion.
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Garfield
Senate
David F. James
Liberty
Atty
Forrest H. Anderson
States Senate Approves Income Tax Bills in Montana
HELENA AP Montana senators gave final approval Saturday night to increases in personal and corporate income taxes designed to raise an extra 116 million dollars. The bills aim to shore up state finances and fund services, with supporters arguing the measures are necessary and fair. Opponents cautioned about the impact on taxpayers and business.
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Helena
Montana
Montana House changes 12 Senate measures
Montana House of Representatives moved quickly to beat a deadline by amending 12 Senate measures and sending them back for Senate approval. The session ran 10 am to 7:30 pm with roughly nine hours of work. nine hours of activity included two new resolutions, ten Senate bills killed, and Gov. J Hugo Aronson veto action partly overridden.
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Helena
Montana
House of Representatives
Senate
House
J. Hugo Aronson
Aronson
Senate approves tax bills to balance budget
Debate ends with four revenue bills passed in a late night Senate vote. Personal income tax hikes target income over 1000 dollars, raising about 10 million, most to the general fund and some to schools. Corporate tax changes disallow federal tax deductions, adding roughly 5 million to the general fund. Bills await House concurrence after Senate amendments. Senator Ringling and colleagues stress reluctant necessity.
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Senate
House
General Fund
Paul T. Ringling
Senate Approves Pay Raise Bill in Montana Senate
The Montana Senate approved a bill to raise salaries for 13 elected state officials including the governor by a 50 to 3 vote before sending it to the House for concurrence. The measure HB455 was among 45 bills finalized as the session neared the midnight deadline, with 40 more awaiting final votes.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
House
Montana Weather Summary for Eastern and Western Regions
Montana forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions Sunday through Monday. Eastern slopes of the Continental Divide to see 25-40 mph southwesterly winds and light snow showers in western mountains. Temperatures will ease from Sunday to Monday with highs 30-50, 30-40 and overnight lows 15-25. Western area may see scattered rain or snow with cooler highs 30-40 and low 15-25.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Iwest
Navy Still Doubtful Discoverer I Reaches Orbit
Navy officials could not confirm Discoverer I reached orbit four hours after launch from Vandenberg. Rear Adm. Clark noted signals not received at Hawaii or Alaska tracking stations may reflect satellite or antenna trouble, but radar could settle orbit later. The 1300 pound, 19 by 5 foot cylinder rode a Thor missile from a site 170 miles north of Los Angeles, aiming for a polar path as part of early space exploration.
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Vandenberg Air Force
Calif
West Coast
Air Force
John FE. Clark
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Los Angeles
U. S S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Thor
Pacific
Snowplane Races Set March 8
Jackson hosts the annual national snowplane races at the Snow Bowl between Jackson and Wisdom on March 8 at 1 p.m. Ideal snow and a fast track are expected as Snowplane Assn officials finalize plans. Races are in classes A B and C with dash and oval events and a championship for the top four finishers in each class. The Banks Maxwell Propeller Co. of Fort Worth funds a trophy, with prizes from Beaverhead merchants and a smorgasbord to close the event.
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Jackson
Big Hole Basin
Snow Bowl
Wisdom
Snowplane Assn
Banks-Maxwell Propeller Co
Fort Worth
Texas
Beaverhead County
Beaverhead
Pittsburgh Pirates Named by Foes
In early days Pittsburgh teams nicknamed the Pirates for stealing players from rivals. A Want Ad suggests turning unused items around your home into cash by calling 3451 today.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh
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