Benson Defends Low Cost Farm Policy at Union Meet
Secretary Benson argued high rigid price supports are uneconomic and threaten federal farm aid with surpluses and prosperity gaps. He urged Farmers Union delegates to consider flexible parity while criticizing current measures as favoring large producers. The speech addressed 90 percent parity for major crops ending this year as a point of contention with Eisenhower era plans.
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Denver
Benson
National Farmers Union Convention
GOP
Farmers Union
Eisenhower
Oil Commission Director Quits in Montana
Alec Crowell resigned as director of the Montana Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and asked to be relieved by September 1 or sooner. Crowell joined the agency last Sept. 1 as petroleum engineer and director and said he has received several offers from other organizations. Commission Chairman Ken Byerly said the commission accepted the resignation offer amid preparations for a Poplar area field hearing.
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Poplar
Alec Crowell
Montana Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Crowell
Commission
Ken Byerly
Helena Lawyer Requests Full Investigation Into Crowell Resignation
Helena attorney John R. Marchi who resigned from the Montana Oil and Gas Conservation Commission warns that accepted resignation of Alec Crowell may hide facts. He urges a full and proper inquiry into the grave situation and cautions against precipitous action.
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Helena
John R. Marchi
Montana Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Alec Crowell
Montana oil field hearings slated for Glendive and Sidney
Hearings on field rules well spacing and production practices may be held in Glendive in April 1920 and Sidney on May 20 if there is public interest from land owners oilmen and drillers. Crowell may resign from the new oil commission after a year ending his tenure.
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Tive
Glendive
Sidney
Byerly
Montana
Crowell
New Commission
Commission
French Blast Rebels at Dien Bien Phu Brighten Battle
French artillery and air power hammered Vietminh positions around Dien Bien Phu as the siege entered its fifth day. French army reports claim about 12,000 Vietminh casualties with 3,000 killed and 9,000 wounded, while Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap still commands roughly 36,000 fighters in the surrounding hills.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Vo Nguyen Giap
Parking Meter Ordinance Proposed by City Council
Butte motorists may get a 7 day grace period to pay $1 overparking tickets under a new parking meter ordinance introduced at a City Council session. The measure also recodifies city statutes, with limited changes and one potential new zone on Front Street.
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Front Street
Wyoming
Arizona
Tim J. Sullivan
W. D. Hastings
Terry W. Kelly
Judiciary Committee
Harrison Avenue
Fashion Story: 1954 Spring Styles Highlighted
The Montana Standard features The Fashion Story detailing spring 1954 styles for men women and children plus home maker news. A Who Is He contest offers 400 in prizes across Thursday through Saturday for window shoppers.
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Montana Standard
Bloody clashes on New York waterfront as dock strike erupts
Hundreds of rival longshoremen fought on the New York and Newark piers in a second consecutive day of violence. Police rushed ambulances to scenes where car windows were smashed and at least five men were seriously injured. Nine arrests were made as pickets clashed with non-striking AFL dockers.
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New York
Newark
N. J
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Ind
Massacre Report Sparks Israeli Outrage After Bus Attack
An Israeli spokesman said a gang of Arabs attacked a bus near Scorpion Pass in the Negev, killing 11 Jews including women and children with four survivors. The incident drew UN censure and sparked government vows to respond, amid rising Arab-Israeli tensions.
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Israel
Scorpion’s Pass
Negev Desert
Jordan
Libya
United Nations
Navy Dentist Writes Song on St Patrick Day
Capt Clay Boland of the U S Navy writes songs between dental duties. A former Philadelphia dentist, he joined the Navy in World War II and later helped recruit dentists for the service. He notes a continuing shortage of Navy dentists despite the Korea era truce.
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Arthur Edson
Washington
U. S. Navy
Clay Boland
County Kildare
Patty
Galway
Molly Malone
McNamara
Boland
Philadelphia
ASCAP
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
New York
Mulberry Bush
Korea
Dream Comes True
Ferndale Maryland trooper Leland F Corbett stopped a speeding car on the Baltimore Washington Expressway and recognized the driver as his former Army company commander William Leo Daly Daly posted 11.45 collateral but forfeited by failing to appear at trial Wednesday
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Ferndale
Leland F. Corbett
Corbett
William Leo Daly
Born with a silver spoon boosts ambition says Indiana study
A University of Indiana study finds that children from affluent families tend to show greater ambition and initiative regardless of age education or financial background. The ad urges readers to use Want Ads for quick economical solutions and features a separate personal notice for a boy's bicycle with a phone contact.
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University of Indiana of America
Dial
Eisenhower backs Stevens amid McCarthy clash
President Eisenhower expressed confidence in Secretary of the Army Stevens and urged an end to bitter quarrels over the Stevens McCarthy dispute. He said Stevens may be mistaken on some points but would be in his post only if his integrity were lacking. The president criticized sensationalism and urged focus on national progress.
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Eisenhower
Army
Stevens
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Chicago
Kremlin
United States
America
White House
Montanan Robert Tootell Selected for Farm Credit Post
President Eisenhower approved Robert Tootell for the Farm Credit Administration post yielding 17 500 dollars yearly. Tootell, Montana Extension Service director, will serve until last July 30 and has lived in Pullman Washington since leaving Bozeman. He is a Republican former head of Montana State College agricultural economics and state extension director.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert Tootell
Montana
Montana State College
Agricultural Extension Service
Butte High to Hear Dr Brockmann as Commencement Speaker
Dr Lou Brockmann president of Northern Montana College of Education Havre will deliver the Butte High School commencement address at the Civic Center on June 1 at 8 p.m. Principal Charles Davis announced the selection. Brockmann is noted for work in student guidance and previously taught at Montana State College where he earned his doctorate.
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Lou Brockmann
Northern Montana College of Education
Havre
Butte High School
Civic Center
Brockmann
Charles Davis
Montana State College
Hydrogen Bomb Blast of Awesome New Power Described
Washington reports a March 1 thermonuclear test yielded an explosion far exceeding prior blasts and possibly hundreds to a thousand times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb. Sources say debris and moisture were thrown beyond the safety zone, with island shaking noted 176 miles away. President Eisenhower avoided comment on a deliverable weapon while noting the term thermonuclear.
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Washington
United States
mid-Pacific Proving Grounds
Congressional Committee
Rep
Durham
D-Nc
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Pacific Proving Grounds
Hiroshima
Eisenhower
Rep. W. Sterling Cole
Joint Congressional Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
McCarthy Flings Down Challenge in Fighting Talk
Senator McCarthy spoke to about 1,200 members of the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club on St Patrick's Day denying he started the fight with Army Secretary Stevens while claiming a broad conspiracy by Communists to drive a wedge between Eisenhower and himself. The Senate investigations panel has ordered a full public probe into the dispute and charges that McCarthy and Roy Cohn pressed the Army for favorable treatment of G David Schine.
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Chicago
Sen
McCarthy
Chicago Irish Fellowship Club
Robert T. Stevens
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army
MBS
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Stevens
Weather Outlook: Cloudy and Cooler With Light Snow
A regional forecast notes cloudy conditions and a cooler trend with light snow possible Thursday. Temperatures peak near 38 Thursday and around 40 Friday with low temps around 20 Thursday night. Across regions west and east of Divide expect varied clouds, light snow, and cooling nights through Wednesday.
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Divide
Republicans Rally as Tax Cut Vote Looms in House
In Washington Republicans gain ground in the House debate over a Democratic plan to boost individual exemptions by 100 dollars for every taxpayer and dependent. Leaders predict a Thursday vote may defeat the proposal, with several lawmakers switching sides and President Eisenhower opposing the measure. Democratic critics claim benefits would reach all groups, while Republicans counter that the data misleads the public. The 875 page tax revision bill reshapes broad tax law.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Reed
Ways and Means Committee
Brown
Ohio
Rep
Cooper
D-Tenn
Ike Says Any President Who Did Not React Instantly to Hit Aggressor Should Be Hanged
President Eisenhower said a leader who delays action to defend the United States in an atomic age should be hanged. He endorsed massive retaliation and the right of a president to strike back without awaiting Congress, while distinguishing war from acts of self-defense.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Congress
Secretary of State
Dulles
Europe
Middle East
Americas
Pearl Harbor
Seattle Girl Survives 175 Foot Fall at Mount Rainier
Dolores Van Parys, 17, fell 175 feet from a parapet above a waterfall in Mount Rainier National Park. She was conscious on rescue and rushed to Morton Hospital with multiple fractures and internal injuries. Park rangers and Air Force personnel aided the group of three companions waiting below.
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Wash
Seattle
Dolores van Parys
Park Rangers
Air Force
Morton Hospital
Dwane Romine
Wayne Jackson
Dolores
Marilyn McQuane
Marilyn
Irish-born veteran dyes hair green for St Patrick’s Day
Harry J. Kelly, 70, a resident at the Veterans Administration facility in Los Angeles, celebrated St Patrick’s Day by dyeing his white hair green with wet crepe paper. He plans to undye it Thursday.
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Los Angeles
Harry J. Kelly
Veterans Administration Facility
St. Patrick’s Day
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