Plans Staged for Quemoy Fight If Needed
Senate defeat of tax cut seen. drafts outline U S plans to act if Eisenhower deems fighting for Quemoy or Matsui necessary. High command expects limited initial moves, with a wider three front strategy across Korea Formosa and Indochina if aggression continues, while publicly backing Chiang Kai shek forces. Page 14 continues.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
U. S
Dulles
Southeast Asia
Formosa
Russia
United States
Knowland Predicts GOP Stand on Tax Cut Compromise
Senator Knowland forecast the Senate will defeat a Democratic compromise plan to cut income taxes by several votes next week and then pass an administration backed bill to extend present corporate and excise taxes. He urged Republicans to refuse any compromise while noting a House measure had trimmed a small individual tax cut. He projected a Senate loss of more than three votes for the Democratic plan with full Republican attendance expected.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Ocratic
Chamber
House
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Sen. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Langer
North Dakota
Nehru Fends Off Knife Attack in Nagpur Incident
Prime Minister Nehru, 65, was unharmed when a rickshaw boy wielding a 6 inch knife leaped onto his open car. Basu Rao, 32, from Maharashtra, was seized by police. another man arrested. Nehru called the weapon small and said there was no danger, framing the act as a cranky gesture rather than an assassination attempt. Government officials in New Delhi ruled it not an attempt and noted the assailant may have aimed at someone else in the car. Leading figures speculated over motive while Nehru continued toward Chief Minister Shukla’s residence after arriving from New Delhi.
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Nagpur
India
Nehru
Basu Rao
Maharashtra
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Rao
New Delhi
Pandit R. S. Shukla
Madhya Pradesh
Sangeon
Shukla
Nagar
Bomay
Pope Pius XII Receives Ovation At Sistine Chapel
Pope Pius XII, age 79, received an ovation at the Sistine Chapel marking the 16th anniversary of his coronation. More than 5,000 pilgrims packed the chamber as he blessed attendees from a portable throne during a two hour Mass led by Cardinal Bene detto Aloisi Masella.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Sistine Chapel
Benedetto Cardinal
Aloisi Masella
Rome
Vatican Press Office
Sistine’ Chapel
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican
Many Expected at Irish Banquet in Butte
The Friendly Sons of St Patrick banquet at Finlen Hotel on March 17 at 6 15 p m honors St Patrick with Rt Rev D P Meade V G Missoula and others as speakers. It aims to draw a record crowd for the Montana Class A Basketball Tournament opening at the Civic Center with entertainment from Mrs James Cummins and Frankie McDonald's orchestra. Tickets are sold at the Toggery Knights of Columbus and Montana Power.
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Friendly Sons of St Patrick
Finlen Hotel
St. Patrick
Little Isle Across the Seas
Butte
Montana
Civic
D. P. Meade
V. G
Missoula
Arthur F. Lamey
Billings
Joseph B. McBride
Butte Serra Club
James F. O’brien Jr
M. M. English
Ireland
James Cummins
Margaret McHale
Frankie McDonald
Toggery
Knights of Columbus
Montana Power
One Week Left for Candidates in City Primary
Candidates aiming for city offices have one week to finish campaigning for party nominations in the March 21 primary. Thirty-two contenders seek mayor treasurer police magistrate and 16 council seats. Judges will receive instructions on automatic voting machines with demonstrations offered at the Montana Power office on East Broadway and the clerk and recorder's office in the courthouse.
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Montana Power Office
East Broadway
Wreckage Found Of Falls Plane On Mt Timpanogos
Three mountain men reached a wrecked B25 bomber on Mt Timpanogos after a tough ascent from Timpooneke Ranger Station. They recovered three bodies and searched for two others as a civilian Beechcraft with five aboard remained missing in the Wasatch snowstorm. The crash occurred Wednesday night with the summit wreck located about 300 feet from the top.
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Salt Lake City
Mt. Timpanogos
Wasatch Range
Air Force
Timpooneke Ranger Station
Worry Less, Save Big With Local Want Ads
Businessmen surveyed express concern over high taxes and subsidy trends. Yet residents are urged to advertise surpluses and space, with a local ad writer offering help for crafting Want Ads. Dial 5451 for assistance.
Smoke Screen Use Tested in A-Explosion
A junior site atomic blast was detonated to test if a smoke screen can cut nuclear heat radiation. The fifth detonation of the 1955 series flashed at the desert test site 75 miles from Las Vegas at 5:20 a.m. Pacific. The brilliant white flash resembled lightning and was seen from Los Angeles to Klamath Falls and heard in Bishop.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Desert Test Site
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Phoenix
Ariz
Klamath Falls
Ore
Bishop
Calif
Inyokern
Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
Army Chemical Corps
AEC
Yucca Flat
Chemical Corps
Army
Winners Chosen in Student Contest by Elks
Local winners in the Elks National Foundation scholarship and leadership contests were announced by Butte Lodge No. 240. First place in girls went to Mary Florence Wiegenstein and Stella Milavich second. boys first to John Thomas Bonner and Thomas J. Worring second. Leadership winners were Bonner and Jane Kirk. Award amounts include $200 for top scholarship and $100 for runner up. state and national contests follow with large prize pools.
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The
Elks National Foundation
Butte Lodge No. 240
BPOE
Mary Florence Wiegenstein
Girls Central High School
Stella Milanovich
Butte High School
John Thomas Bonner
Boys Central High School
Thomas J. Worring
Jane Kirk
Florence H. Weigenstein
Isabelle Bonner
W. Galena
Thomas Worring
William Worring
W. Aluminum
John Milanovich
Oregon
C. H. Kirk
W. Steel
Butte Lodge of Elks
Livingston
Two Brothers Are Burned to Death in Blast
In Fairview New Jersey a 50 gallon drum of high explosive chemicals exploded at a construction site. Neal Alexander 11 was killed instantly and his brother Ronnie 8 died seven hours later at Englewood Hospital. Two playmates Andrew Farrell 8 and Michael Korolewicz 8 were critically burned.
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Fairview
N. J
Neal Alexander
Frank Alexander
Ronnie
Englewood Hospital
Andrew Farrell
Michael Korolewicz
Fleet Debate Over Finnish Tanker Sparks Cold War Rhetoric
U S senators clash over whether the 7th Fleet should halt a Finnish jet fuel tanker en route to Red China. George opposes action, Knowland urges interception if other means fail, McClellan cites trade failures and seeks broader scrutiny of Western-Chinese commerce. The voyage underscores tensions as analysts note shifts in Western trade since 1950.
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Sen
Knowland
California
7Th Fleet
China
George
Georgia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Aruba
Indian Ocean
Red
Romania
Senate
U. S. Navy
McClellan
D-Ark
Red China
Great Britain
Finland
U. S
Harold Stassen
Formosa
Matusow Charged With Criminal Contempt by US Judge in Texas
US District Judge R E Thomason in El Paso overruled Clinton Jencks motion for a new trial and charged Harvey Matusow with criminal contempt of court. A 10 am Wednesday hearing will address the contempt action while Nathan Witt faced questions after invoking the Fifth Amendment. Witt warned not to practice before him if the Fifth Amendment is used. Jencks appeals his 1950 conviction, with the Fifth Circuit case due next week. he remains free on bond after a five year sentence based largely on Matusow testimony.
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EL Paso
Tex
U. S
R. E. Thomason
Clinton Jencks
Harvey Matusow
Witt
Thomason
Jencks
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Sweden Smashes Large Spy Ring
Police in Stockholm say they have dismantled a nation wide spy ring that probed Swedish arms making and military secrets. Nine suspects were held in custody across Stockholm Goteborg Bofors and Karlskoga with six Swedes charged with gross espionage and three foreigners detained. The ring was exposed after over a year of investigation aided by undercover security agents posing as factory workers. The armament factories involved are linked to Nobel founder Alfred Nobel.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Red
Goteborg
Bofors
Karlskoga
Montana State Forecast Notes Cold Wave in East
Today's forecast for Butte and Montana warns of a cold wave in the east with snow and northerly winds spreading Sunday. Temperatures expected 5-15 above zero by evening, with highs 30-40 in the south and 25-32 in the west. Snow flurries and cloudy, cold conditions appear in the north and northeast through Monday.
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Montana
Atomic Fallout Danger Report Is Toned Down
Denver officials dispute University of Colorado doctors warning of rising radioactivity from Nevada atom bomb tests. Governor Johnson calls the scientists alarmists while the Atomic Energy Commission asserts readings show no public health risk.
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Denver
Edwin C. Johnson
Nevada
Colorado
University of Colorado Medical Center
Johnson
Ray R. Lanier
Theodore Puck
Nevada Joint Test Organization
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S. Public Health Service
Joint Test Organization
University of Colorado Medical School
Washington
AEC
Montana Pilot Committee on Education plan set
Montana Governor J Hugo Aronson backs a Pilot Committee on Education to shape a local to national education program. County commissioners will name delegates for district meetings in nine cities to gather input on goals teacher supply buildings transportation and financing. Meetings run June 6 to 17 with delegates based on population, two to five per county.
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Helena
Montana
J. Hugo Aronson
Eskimos Buy Iceboxes in Sales Wave Across Alaska
Frank H. Whaley on a goodwill tour for the Alaska Visitors Assn. reports Eskimos who worked for the Navy at Point Barrow after World War II bought many electric refrigerators and deep freeze units. With the Navy leaving and power gone, they placed the appliances outdoors. Whaley is a former Alaska legislator.
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New York
Frank H. Whaley
United States
Alaska Visitors Assn
Navy
Point Barrow
Eskimos
Whaley
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