Butte Promoters Urge Action To Build Bright Future
J E Corette of Montana Power Co outlines a vision for Butte emphasizing progress over past losses at a Chamber dinner in the Finlen Hotel. Leaders including Bourke MacDonald and James Keyes press promotion of Butte as a trade center with major regional assets and developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Finlen Hotel
J. E. Corette
The
Montana Pow- Co
Bourke MacDonald
Chamber
James Keyes
City-County Planning Board
Howard Marans
John Cavanaugh
Richard Nixon
Frank Canny
Merchants Group
Corette
Montana Power Co
Core
Drifter Held in Rape Slaying of 4 Year Old Girl
Fred Thompson, 59, was captured on a chicken farm after a tip from his prospective employer, Max Pesko. He admitted abducting and raping and killing Edith Kiccorius, whose body was found Sunday. Thompson used the alias John Andrews and faces extradition to New York.
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New York
Toms River
N. J
Fred Thompson
Edith Kiccorius
Thompson
Max Pesko
Jacob J. Harris
Philadelphia
John Andrews
Pesko
Harris
Westchester County
N.Y
Edith
Bowery
Manchester Township
Evan Jahes
Ocean County
Thomson
County Men Head to Seattle for Sewer Talks
Silver Bow County officials including Chairman Frank Gersh and Commissioner Gene Daly travel to Seattle for discussions with federal officials on a $2.8 million storm and sanitary sewer project. They will review legal, financial, administrative and engineering aspects over two to three days, aiming to advance a plan backed by local unions and leaders.
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Silver Bow
Seattle
Frank Gorsh
Gene Daly
George D. McCarthy
Robert J. Holland
L. R. Durkin
Northwest
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Gersh
McCarthy
Silver Bow Creek
Butte
National Capital
Silver Bow County
Council to debate uptown parking proposal
Butte officials consider a new ordinance to manage free parking for uptown employees. The City Council will review the measure at Wednesday night session and decide its fate.
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Council
Butte
Ing
January drops in living costs ease yearlong climb
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.1 percent decline in the consumer price index for January, the first drop in a year, driven by lower clothing prices and a 2.5 percent fall in used car costs while new car prices held steady and food costs fell 0.1 percent. The move affects wage adjustments for auto and trucking workers and trims one local city wage index for Chicago transit staff.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Virginia
Carolinas
Chicago
Congo pact unites rival rulers to bar Communist influence
In Leopoldville the Tshombe Kasavubu and Kasai Katanga leaders signed a military pact to form a 13 000 strong anti Communist bloc. The deal aims to deter U N trusteeship and a Korean style war as roundtable talks set for Malagasay Island to resolve Congo crisis. Gizenga invited to talks amid regional tensions.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Tshombe
Kasavubu
Kasai
Antoine Gizenga
Soviet Union
Congo
Gizenga
Leopoldville
Elisabethville
Joseph Ileo
Joseph Kasavubu
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Albert Kalonji
Kalonji
Ileo
Malagasy
Geneva
Switzerland
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Anicét Kash‘amura
Kivu
Kash‘amura
Kill Em Dead Stamp Bill Heads to Governor
Montana lawmakers send HB442 to Governor after 58 to 33 vote. Bill requires stores using trading stamps to pay a $100 license fee and a 2 percent tax on gross receipts. Governor Nutter faces the measure as wartime consumer policy moves forward.
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Helena
Donald G. Nutter
Montana
Representatives
Senate
Air Force tanker crashes near Mount Clemens killing five crew
A Boeing KC97 tanker crashed during takeoff from Selfridge Air Force Base near Mount Clemens Michigan tumbling across U S 25 into a vacant house and igniting a fire. Firefighters could not reach the blaze as five crewmen aboard were killed and four bodies recovered.
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Air Force
Mount Clemens
Mich
Michigan City
U.S. 25
Selfridge Air Force Base
State Missile Complex Contracts Set
The Associated Press reports a $61 773 644 construction contract for a Minuteman missile complex in Central Montana. The joint venture of George A. Fuller Co. and Del E Webb of LA and NY will emphasize Montana labor and subcontractors. Details came from Montana's congressional delegation.
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Montana
George A. Fuller Co
del E. Webb
Los Angeles
New York
Webb
New York Yankees
Great Falls and Missoula Men Nominated for U.S. Posts
Montana Senators recommend Moody Brickett of Great Falls for U S Attorney and George A Bukovatz of Missoula for U S Marshal. Brickett, 42, is a lawyer with Brickett and Gabriel, WWII air force veteran and MSU graduate. Bukovatz began in law enforcement in 1933, serving as deputy sheriff and undersheriff in Missoula.
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Cascade
Beverly Lockhart
Kalispell
Bukovatz
Missoula
Missoula County
J. R. Thompson
R. D. Maclean
Rail merger touted to aid Livingston, Butte audience told
A rail spokesman said a Great Northern Pacific Burlington merger would expand NP shops at Livingston. The point came from D H King NP superintendent at Missoula during an Exchange Club meeting, addressing floor questions on an Interstate Commerce Commission consolidation plan involving four railroads.
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Butte
Livingston
William J. Clark
Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines Inc
John W. Haw
Exchange Club
D. H. King
Missoula
Haw
Line
Interstate Commerce Commission
Girl Scout Executives Open Sectional Workshop in Butte
Girl Scout leaders from Montana and Idaho gather in Butte for a three day sectional workshop on administration and leadership trends. Region No 2 opens Tuesday with 25 women who lead or guide local councils. Attendees include council presidents and directors from Butte Anaconda Great Falls Bozeman Lewis town Billings Livingston Idaho Falls and others.
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Girl Scout
Butte
Montana
Idaho
Region No. 2
Joseph Kissock
Laura Mae Hammer
Seattle
Marie Thebault
New York City
Edith Lee
Anaconda
Great Falls
Bozeman
Lewistown
Billings
Livingston
Idaho Falls
Montana Weather Rundown for East and West Regions
Mostly cloudy conditions with occasional snow in the east through Thursday and lighter snow with showers in lower levels on Wednesday. Winds 30 to 50 mph on northeast mountain slopes. warmer east Wednesday, cooler west Wednesday night. West region sees possible rain or snow Wednesday into Thursday with gusty forenoon winds. highs 35 to 45, lows 25 to 30. The table lists 12 hour high and 18 hour low temperatures for key Montana towns including Billings Belgrade Butte Cut Bank Dillon Glasgow Great Falls Havre Helena Kalispell Lewistown Livingston Miles City Missoula.
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Montana
Montana High
Billings
Belgrade
Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon
Sant
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Fifteen-Year-Old Confesses to School Vandalism
A 15 year old boy admitted sole guilt in a Friday night vandalism spree at St Mary parish school. Probation officer John Sheehan said the confession followed intensive interviewing and that the youth, a 1960 graduate now a high school freshman, said he acted alone to seek revenge after being blamed for something he did not do. The boy is in juvenile detention and proceedings are pending, with parents' restitution doubtful.
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St. Mary
John T. Sheehan
Sheehan
Frank V. Harper
James Konen
Don Miller
Montana
Republicans Push Them To Final Vote In Montana House
House Republicans lifted a five minute gag rule to allow full debate on three major appropriation bills totaling nearly 34.9 million from the state general fund. Democrats sparred over MSU and MSC funding and student fee changes, while Republicans defended allocations and pushed the measures toward final passage on the 58th day of session.
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Helena
House
University System
M. K.daniels
D-Powell
State University
State College
Bozeman
MSC
MSU
Sterling Rygg
R-Flathead
Rygg
Daniels
Keith C. Abel
D-Hill
Northern Montana College
Havre
Hoffa Wins as Monitors Lose Bid to Oust Teamsters Leader
U S District Judge F Dickinson Letts dissolves the monitor board after a three year fight, authorizes a Teamsters convention and election in Miami for mid May, and Hoffa declares plans to run again. He faces a Florida fraud indictment and possible clashes with AFL C IO over organizing drives.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
U. S. Dist
F. Dickinson Letts
Teamsters
Miami
Fla
Florida
Justice Department
Afl-Cio
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U.S
Forest Service
Raymond
Titi
Montana Weather
Algeria
Oran
Mohammed V
Morocco
France
J. D. Holmes
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