Allied Warn of Fresh Red Offensive in Korea
The Allied high command warned of a very sharp Communist counteroffensive in Korea as Gen. MacArthur and Lt. Gen. Ridgway cited massed Chinese and North Korean troops. They noted 90,000 to 120,000 fighters and up to 12 divisions poised, while UN forces pressured east of the 38th parallel and recaptured Changpyong.
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Tokyo
U.P
Allied High Command
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
38Th Parallel
MacArthur
Ridgway
East
Changpyong
Changdong
Eighth Army
Chunchon
Hoengsong
Seoul
Third Field Army
Kumhwa
Call for UN armed force and possible UN Legion
The United States urged UN members to earmark armed forces by September to counter aggression. A UN Legion was proposed to supplement a UN army. The first collective measures committee meeting, chaired by Joao Carlos Muniz, included 15 nations with all present. The Soviet Union condemned the body as illegal.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
United Nations Legion
Harding Bancroft
Bancroft
Britain
France
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Burma
Canada
Egypt
Mexico
Philippines
Turkey
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Joao Carlos Muniz
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Acheson
China
Four-Power meet aims to draft joint parley agenda
Paris March 5 Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and British delegate Ernest Davis led rival lists for the Big Four session. Russia pressed German disarmament and peace treaty while the West sought causes of European tension and an Austrian peace treaty. Both sides avoided Korea and Far East issues as they aim to align topics for a broader foreign ministers talks. The deputies planned to reconvene Tuesday.
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Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Ernest Davis
Russia
Germany
Europe
Red China
Far East
Gromyko
Robins Fall to Bread Crumbs Amid Montana Blizzard
In Hamilton Montana on Monday during a blizzard 32 robins on Anna Shappee’s porch consumed bread crumbs she tossed to tame the birds. The event occurred in the extreme western town as the weather raged outside.
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Hamilton
Anna Shappee
Montana
Hunter fires at crow triggers blast at fireworks plant
Pearl River New York March 5 a hunter shot at a crow and unintentionally exploded a small fireworks plant The blast rocked communities up to twelve miles away in two states drawing fire apparatus from six villages Fireworks material in one building blew up leveling the others and the hunter fled into a river with police and rescuers arriving soon after Frank Perkins Jr 24 was involved and fled safety.
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Pearl River
N. Y
Hackensack River
New York-New Jersey
Donald Ellsworth
Frank Perkins, Jr
Barnabas Fireworks Company
Perkins
Barnabas
Red Cross Campaign Seeks Big Year In Butte
Butte Red Cross drive reports progress with a $24,000 wartime goal and $2,935 raised so far. Officials ask for doubled contributions, no house to house canvass, and voluntary local mailing of checks to Red Cross headquarters. Forty percent stays in Butte and vicinity.
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Butte
Red Cross
The
American National Red Cross
West Broadway
Education Board Approves System Plan for University Buildings
Helena March 5 The State Education board approved a five million dollar plan to build facilities at six units. Allocations set by the 32nd legislature followed by the Examiners board, then challenged by Gov. Bonner but later validated by Judge Padbury clearing the way to spend. Institutions receive Missoula humanities classroom and music buildings plus a women's gym. Bozeman animal science lab and science math building. an engineering lab and greenhouses. and Eastern Montana College of Education allocations.
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Helena
State University System
State Education Board
32Nd Legislative Assembly
State Examiners Board
John W. Bonner
George W. Padbury, Jr
Bonner
Education Board
Arnold H. Olsen
Padbury
State University
Missoula
State College
Bozeman
Eastern Montana College of Edu
Montana schools earn full accreditation for seven districts
Helena March 5. Seven first class Montana high schools gained full accreditation including Anaconda junior and senior, Billings junior and senior, Butte, Helena and Great Falls. In all 180 schools were approved with 17 warned, seven on probation and two removed. King praised morale and ongoing curriculum improvements.
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Helena
Montana
State Education Board
Anaconda
Billings
Butte
Great Falls
William I. King
Frisco Hosts Welcoming Return Of 1000 Marines
Frisco celebrated as 1000 Marines of the 1st division arrived aboard the Gen Breckinridge after Korea service. Families and crowds lined streets from Nob Hill to the waterfront as the Leathernecks, upbeat and exhausted, headed to Treasure Island for processing. Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine expressed happiness at the homecoming.
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San Francisco
U.P
Korea
Nob Hill
Seoul
Inchon
Hungnam
No Name Ridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Breckinridge
Maritimes
Treasure Island
Graves B. Erskine
Department of the Pacific
Senate Votes to Draft Youths of 18
The Senate approved a 24 month draft term for 18 year olds after rejecting an 18 year bottom age proposal and a 21 month plan. Morse conceded defeat on his amendments while Taft charged the administration with pressuring Congress. The measure sets the universal draft at 24 months with the goal of arming 3.5 million men soon after July 1.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Truman
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Wayne Morse
R-Ore
Morse
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
George C. Marshall
Congress
Armed Services Committee
Five Anaconda youths remain critical after fatal crash
Five young people injured in a head on collision Saturday night in Anaconda left three dead. Lloyd Jeanette 21 was killed, Gary Gustafson 17 and Gertrude Henry 15 died Sunday and Monday. Surviving youths include Virginia Wimple 16 in very critical condition, with Calvin Boyce 17, Dorothy Morgan 16, Helen Todorovich 16, and Jeanette car passenger Cros.
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St. Ann Hospital
Lloyd Jeanette
Finnegan Company
Rolla
N. D
Gary Francis Gustafson
Oscar Gustafson
Finnegan Chapel
Joseph E. Lonnquist
First Lutheran Church
Hill Cemetery
Gustafson
Gertrude Henry
Raymond Henry
East Fourth Street
New Hill Cemetery
Miss Henry
Jeanette
Cecil Boyd
Philips
Virginia Wimple
East Third
Boyd
Calvin Boyce
East Fifth
Helen Todorovich
Dorothy Morgan
Havre
U.S
Earl Jacobson
Milk River
Lohman
Jacobson
Patsy Trapp
Jimmy Pike
Weather Forecast for Butte and Montana Regions
Butte reports cloudy skies with occasional snow and very cold conditions through Tuesday. Forecasted lows reach -25 with highs near 0 on Tuesday, plus local readings at the Airport and School of Mines. Montana west of Divide expects snow Tuesday with blizzard conditions and -5 to -15 highs, while east of Divide sees occasional snow and strong winds with -10 to -20 highs.
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School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Bitter Montana blizzard claims four lives in Powell County
Extreme cold and snow blanketed Southwestern Montana as a ground blizzard closed passes and left highways perilous. A mother Isabell Burley and two children Linda Christey and Sam Christey died near Helmville, with Mrs Christey’s husband and others racing to aid them. A second fatality, Isabell Burley, died in a Carter crash, as more frostbite cases and frostbitten players surfaced from the Deer Lodge tournament.
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Butte
School of Mines
Monida
Helmville
Montana
Dillon
Deer Lodge
Ben Tyrand
Beaverhead County High School
Deer
Powell County
Ralph Beck
Pamy
Ross Christey
Linda
Sam
Isabell Burley
Black Eagle
Burley
Carter
Christey
McCormick Ranch
Beck
Ed Ellsworth
William McCormick
McCormick
State Controller Office Created
Gov. John W. Bonner signed into law a bill creating the State Controller to absorb the Purchasing Agent and State Accountant roles and oversee budget duties. Rep. Winfield Page said the move will streamline archaic fiscal structures and standardize agency budgeting to align with appropriations.
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Helena
John W. Bonner
State Examiners Board
Winfield Page
Missoula
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Butte Business College
Butte Floral
Food Bank Saving Center
Fox Theaters
Fox-Montana-Rialto
Main Drug Co
Trazzolino Food Products Co
Butte Motor Co
Len Waters Music Co
Murray Motors
New Method Laundry & Dry Cleaning
Singer Sewing Machine
Wellman Motors
Wilson Motors
Big Four
Robins
Hunter
Crow
Japan
International Soundphoto
Frisco
GOP
Associated Press
Belgrade
Broadus Butter
Cut Bank
Drummond
Superior
W. Yellowstone
Whitehall
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