Missoula and Butte Reach Semifinals in 1959 State AA Tourney
Missoula and Butte advance to the semifinal round at the 1959 Class AA state basketball tournament held at Civic Center. Missoula, AA champion, faces Park County in Friday night's first game as a record crowd is expected for the semifinal lineup featuring four top teams.
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Butte
Civic Center
Missoula
Park County
Bob Rae
Bulldogs
Forrest Wilson
Bob
Gene Downey
Butte High School
Harry Dahlberg
Butte High
Rae
Tourney Attendance Here Hits 14 600
The Butte basketball tourney drew 14 600 total attendance with 6 400 Thursday night and 2 000 Thursday afternoon crowds. R Rex Dalley MHSA executive secretary notes large funds as Butte hosts semi finals where Missoula beat Helena 76 53 and Butte edged Great Falls 54 45. Conso bracket features Billings over Bozeman 70 45 and Anaconda over Kalispell 62 55.
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Butte
R. Rex Dalley
The
Montana High School Assn
Bozeman
Rangers
Hoop and Holler
Butte Bulldogs
Central
Maroons
Missoula
Helena
Great Falls
Billings
Anaconda
Kalispell
Montana High
Belgrade
Broadus
Dillonce
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Lewistown
Livingston
Ry Miles City
Missoula West
Yellowstone
Whitehall Beeewnne
Governor Parley Bill Survives In State Senate
Helena AP report says HB526 an $85,000 appropriation to underwrite the 1960 National Governors Conference in Glacier National Park survived a Senate bid to kill it by one vote. The measure passed the House 52-29 and was referred for study, while other budget items were debated.
Man Unhurt as Car Overturns in Excelsior Street Crash
A driver identified as Charles R. Johnson escaped injury when his car struck a telegraph pole in the 600 block on North Excelsior and overturned Thursday night. Police Officers John Mirich and John T. Sullivan managed traffic at the scene as onlookers checked with the local newspaper office for any injury reports.
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Butteman
North Excelsior
John Mirich
John T. Sullivan
Charles R. Johnson
Churchill actress fined for drunken behavior in Liverpool
Sarah Churchill, 44, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill, was brought to Liverpool court by four police officers on a drunken and disorderly charge. She pleaded not guilty but was found guilty and fined five dollars and sixty cents after a confrontation in the dock.
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Liverpool
England
UPI
Sarah Churchill
Winston Churchil
Miss Churchill
Montana lawmakers near balanced general fund plan
In Helena the Democratic 36th Legislature narrows the gap on a 76.36 million general fund budget to about 6.3 million as conference committees OK two corporation tax bills. The plan keeps a 5 percent net income tax first year and 4 percent second year, with no federal tax deductions. The bills are sent toward the governor, while a separate tax shift for individuals remains unsettled with a new conferees group to resume talks aimed at balancing the budget.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
House
Nicaraguan Plane Crash Kills 12 Officials Say
A four engine TACA plane carrying 16 passengers and crew crashed after takeoff from Las Mercedes Airport in Managua. Twelve people died including the captain and co pilot. Four survived including two stewardesses. Flight No 770 was bound for Mexico.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Taca International
Las Mercedes
J. D. Brock
TACA
Brock
Mexico
11 Die In Wreck Near Mexico City
An over speeding freight train, far ahead of schedule, rammed a standing passenger train near Xometla, about 27 miles from Mexico City, killing 11 and injuring more than 70. Authorities investigate cause as rescue efforts continue.
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Mexico City
Xometla
Iran Turkey and Pakistan Sign Defense Pacts With U S
In Ankara three nations Iran Turkey and Pakistan signed separate defense pacts with the United States pledging that Washington will take appropriate armed action as mutually agreed in case of aggression. The move ties these states closer to the Baghdad Pact alliance with Britain and Iraq.
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Ankara
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
United States
Britain
Iraq
Steps to Cope With Crisis Taken by Ike
President Eisenhower moved to manage the Berlin crisis with a one hour National Security Council session and invited Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to a White House meeting. Secretary McElroy said planning is underway for contingencies while denying any limited war potential. Khrushchev suggested Berlin deadlines might shift if East-West talks progress. The White House indicated Friday morning talks would discuss Berlin problems with leaders including Nix on, Johnson, Rayburn, Dirksen, and Halleck.
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National Security Council
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Leipzig
East Germany
Neil McElroy
Security Council
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McElroy
Christian A. Herter
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
House
Sam Rayburn
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Manning Chosen Montana Senate Pro Tem Nominee
Senate Democrats select Sen. David M. Manning to be next in line for governor if needed, with 39 to 17 party-line backing. Republican Sen. W. B. Spear named opposition. Manning, 62, longtime legislator, former House speaker and banker, moved to Montana in 1905 and has three children.
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Big Horn County
Hysham
J. Hugo Aronson
Paul Cannon
Butte
Montana
Robert S. Cotton
Valley
Glasgow
Manning
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Senate
Montana State University
Missoula
3000 Men Idle as Anaconda Strike Halts Mines
About 3,000 Butte workers are idled as The Anaconda Company shuts down copper and zinc mining and smelting operations after a jurisdictional dispute between Mine Mill and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Firemen. Trucked anodes to Great Falls were blocked by pickets. further closures threaten the Berkeley Yard jobs and the Great Falls smelter. The company seeks resolution via government agencies, alleging unfair labor practices and contract disputes with Mine Mill.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Anaconda
Great Northern
Great Falls
B.A
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Anacond
Berkeley
Mine- Mill
Chester H. Steele
Western
B.A. and
P. Railway
Mine-Mill
P. Brotherhoods
National Labor Relations Board
Railroad Brotherhoods
Senators Refuse To Confirm Reid And Halpine
The Democrat led Senate refused to confirm Governor Aronson's picks J F Reid to the Montana Board of Equalization and W Leroy Halpine to the Unemployment Compensation Commission. Reid said I was through the minute the vote was taken. This ends Aronson's confirmed appointments for the two posts and prompts new nominations. The move came after the governor urged committee action and followed 40 confirmations this week.
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J. F. Reid
Halpine
Helena
Montana
Senate
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana Board of Equalization
W. Leroy Halpine
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Aronson
Reid
UCC
Senate State Boards and Offices
Richard Nixon
Blaine
Montana Legislature names 12 to Legislative Council
HELENA AP The Montana Legislature named twelve members to the Legislative Council to study problems and make recommendations for the next session. Six Democrats and six Republicans will serve, with three senators and three representatives from each party. The council retains an interim office and staff led by director Eugene C. Tidball, funded at a $100,000 appropriation for two years.
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Arnold Rieder
Jefferson
William T. J. Mannix
Powell
George T. Howard
Rmissoula
Fred E. Barrett
Liberty
John J. Cavan
Yellowstone
P. J. Gilfeather
Cascade
Norris Nichols
Ravalli
Ted Schwinden
D-Roosevelt
Senate
Durkee
Mackay
Miss Streeter
House
Howard
Capitol
Eugene C. Tidball
Fear of touch fuels aphephobia in readers
The piece notes a phobia called aphephobia for those who fear being touched. It urges cash needs and suggests checking Want Ads for loan offers or to sell items, with a phone number 5451 for quick results.
Four Die In Hazleton Hotel Fire Inferno
Hazleton Pennsylvania four people killed when flames roared up an elevator shaft turning the Gary Hotel into an inferno. A woman is missing and sixteen hurt, one critically. Fire started about 1 am in the seven year old hotel in the business district.
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Hazleton, Pa
Gary
Samuel Mednitsky
Clarence Krapf
Krapf
Fire Devastates Wrightsville Negro School Dormitory
Twenty one teenage boys died when a dormitory at the Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School in Wrightsville burned after windows were forced open by escaping youths. Forty seven others fled as doors were locked and no key was found, while Gov Faubus pledged a full investigation and officials considered faulty wiring as a cause. The blaze originated in the basement office area of the U shaped building where 68 boys slept in bunks closely spaced.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School
Wrightsville
Orval FE. Faubus
Faubus
P. R. Parks
L. R. Gaines
Industrial School
Montana House Passes Pay Bill 41 to 39
Helena AP A bill to double pay for Montana’s 10 legislators cleared the House on a 41 to 39 vote. It would add $180,000 to the cost of the legislative session, with $20 day expense money plus $20 daily pay. The same session also approved a $100 fee for copies of legislative proceedings for lobbyists, newsmen and some officials exempt. Two resolutions were adopted on the 60th day seeking federal tax allocations and a 15 percent cut in federal grants. Page 12, Col. 4.
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Helena
Montana
Senate
Sumner Gerard
R Madison
Idaho
Congress
U.S. Congress
American Officer Killed In Algerian Ambush
An American Air Force reserve colonel Homer Flint Kellems age 65 from Siloam Springs Arkansas and his German interpreter Airele Raimund Allen were slain in an ambush in rebel Algeria at dusk. Another American, William Hobbs, was badly wounded. They were in Algeria to shoot educational film material for schools and television.
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Algiers
Homer Flint Kellems
Siloam Springs
Ark
Vivien Kellems
Morocco
Kellems
U.S. Air Force Reserve
Airele Raimund Allen
Bonn
Germany
William Hobb
Tlemcen
Rabat
National Geographic Magazine
Robert F. Newman
Eye Gate House, Inc
Jamaica
Queens
N.Y
Hobbs
Africa
Maurice Green
Films of the Nations, Inc
New York
Butte Strike Shuts Anaconda Copper Plant March 5 1959
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen led a strike that halted all copper and zinc operations of The Anaconda Company in Butte after the day shift ended on March 5 1959. The notice notes the suspension applies to the Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Co lines as well.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Co
Anaconda Company
Butte
Montana Weather Table Summary
Montana forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies across the state Friday through Saturday with scattered snow in the west and central to east. Highs reach 30 to 40 degrees, lows Friday night range 10 to 25 in western areas and 15 to 25 elsewhere.
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Montana
Montana West
Kennedy Banquet To Draw Crowd In Butte
Butte will host a Jefferson-Jackson Day address by Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, drawing a large Montana Democratic crowd. More than 300 reservations have been made for the 5:30 p.m. dinner at the Finlen Hotel, with 450 tickets total. Organizers urge reservations to secure seats and note Kennedy may speak before the Montana Legislature if sessions are ongoing.
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Butte
Montana
Democratic Party
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Finlen Hotel
Montana State Democratic Central Committee
Hugh Lemire
Miles City
Sen. Kennedy
Kennedy
J. J. McCaffery
Dillon
Lima
Anaconda
Carl Davis
Beaverhead County
Mary Jensen
Democratic Committee
Emmett Walsh
Deer Lodge
Luke McKeon
Helena
McCaffery
Boise
Idaho
Mr. McCaffery
W. B. Renouard
H. B. Strasser
William Curran
Louise Bouchard
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