13-Week Extension Of Unemployment Benefits Planned
Governors at the White House conferenced about financing 13 additional weeks of unemployment compensation from a federal fund. Republican Gov. Goodwin Knight and Democratic Govs. Rosellini Muskie Faubus described the plan as federal grants, while an admin official said it would be loans.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Goodwin Knight
California
Knight
Albert D. Roselini
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Secretary of Welfare Folsom
McCormack
D-Mass
Mills
D-Ark
Western senators to discuss metals industry woes Friday
The Conference of Western senators will meet Friday to address unemployment and mine closures in copper lead zinc and related sectors. Senators Murray and Bennett co chair the bipartisan talks with members from western mining states. Officials say relief plans are in early stages and a broad long term minerals program is under review.
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Ence
Royce A. Hardyson
Mansfield
Hardy
Interior Dept
Montana to Lose Highway Numbers Under Interstate Plan
Public Roads Administration shifts to a unified interstate numbering system eliminating Montana routes 10 and 91. Highway 90 will run from Boston to Seattle via Billings and Missoula, while Interstate 94 will replace eastern Montana's 10, and Interstate 15 will extend from the border through Montana to California. Highways 2 and 93 remain unchanged.
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Missoula
Public Roads Administration
Montana
Billings
Lookout Pass
Seattle
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Tomah
Wis
Sioux Falls
S. D
Rapid City
Sheridan
Wyo
North Dakota
Sweetgrass
Great Falls
Helena
Butte
Pocatello
Idaho
Salt Lake City
Las Vega
Nev
San Bernardino
Auto Industry Will Get Army Contracts
The Army plans about 100 million dollars in defense contracts awarded to the low in spirits auto industry. Most contracts cover military trucks and trailers produced in Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio and Pennsylvania plants. Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker said the acceleration would secure vehicles for the Army and ease unemployment.
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Washington
A.P
Army
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wilber M. Brucker
Montana Solons Press Public Works Aid for Flood Control
Montana Senators and Representatives urged the Corps of Engineers to speed flood control and power-plant work. They cited projects like Billings and Miles City flood control, St. Regis and Clark Fork reports, and Libby Dam negotiations with Canada, with planning timelines and funding gaps outlined.
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Corps of Engineers
Montana
James E. Murray
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
LeRoy H. Anderson
James A. Vivaian
Clarence Conway
Fort Peck
Billings
Miles City
St. Regis
Clark Fork
Missoula
Libby Dam
Canada
Ten Mile Creek
Helena
Cut Bank Creek
Browning
Box Elder Creek
Plentywood
Yellowstone River
West Glendive
Sun River
Great Falls
House
Senate
Montana Weather Outlook Mixed Clouds and Showers
Eastern Montana will see mostly cloudy skies Thursday through Friday with scattered showers or snow flurries in the western mountains. Highs run 35 to 50 with lows 10 to 25, while western Montana highs reach 40 to 55 and lows 20 to 30. Slightly cooler Friday across the state with little temperature change Thursday night.
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Montana
Iwest
Eisenhower Eyes Geneva as Summit Site in Fall
The administration ruled out a US venue for a summit to avoid boosting Khrushchev's stature. Geneva is favored for a September or October meeting, with June East-West talks and UN framed disarmament talks planned to lay groundwork. The plan includes possible halt to atomic tests if linked to production limits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Geneva
Nikita Khrushchev
Dulles
Kremlin
United Nations
Europe
Russia
Emergency Housing Bill Passes House To Eisenhower
The House approved a 1.85 billion dollar emergency housing measure aimed at reviving the GI home loan program and boosting housing. It extends the GI program to July 25, 1960, expands direct federal loans, lowers FHA down payments to 3 percent, and authorizes FNMA purchases of up to 1.5 billion for mortgage buying.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Housing Administration
Federal National Mortgage Assn
FNMA
Butte Council Backs Fluoridation and Sacks Parking Meters
The Butte City Council approved a fluoridation resolution by a large margin on March 5, later upheld by one vote after a parliamentary move to reconsider failed. A separate unanimous decision allows merchants to rent up town parking meters for a March 29 shopping promo, covering multiple blocks for free parking sacks at a $125 fee. Alderman Joe Armstrong led both actions while Bert Mehrens attempted to block fluoridation.
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Butte
Butte Water Co
Joe Armstrong
Armstrong
Galena
Park and Broadway
Montana
Wyoming
Granite
Hamilton
Main
Broadway
Dakota
Bert Mehrens
Farm Bill Cleared For House Vote To Preserve Price Supports
The House Rules Committee advanced a farm bill to the House floor to keep price supports for 1958 crops and dairy at last year’s levels and freeze 1959 acreage allotments. The measure faces a likely veto by President Eisenhower. dairy regions push for the floor amid anticipated cuts. The bill excludes tobacco and corn grown over allotments from its scope.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
Benson
Eisenhower
Congress
Pilot Suffers Fatal Attack Lands Plane Safely
In Orofino Idaho a passenger with a pilot license took over after the pilot Ralph Whipple 44 suffered a fatal heart attack at about 420 PM during a Civil Air Patrol test flight. Charles Lashley landed the light plane safely as Whipple died.
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Orofino
Idaho
Charles Lashley
Ralph Whipple
Lashley
Whipple
Civil Air Patrol
Government Troops Still in Control of Big Oil Center
Indonesian government troops remained in control of Pakanbaru and Medan as land sea and air forces prepared to strike Cen tral Sumatra’s rebel nerve center. Rebels claimed retaking Pakanbaru and reopening fighting near Medan, but American reporters saw only light firing and calm conditions in Pakanbaru with Medan reported peaceful by a US information officer. Air Force Information Chief Capt Agus Soeroto said government forces in Sumatra continue their progress.
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Indonesia
Padang
Sumatra
Pakanbaru
Central Sumatra
Jakarta
Medan
U. S
Air Force
Agus Soeroto
Bulganin Urges Global Arms Holiday For Summit Era
Soviet Premier Bulganin asks for a worldwide standstill before a proposed East-West summit. In a letter to Prime Minister Macmillan he outlines topics for discussion and rejects others, urging a halt to atomic tests and the removal of foreign bases as a starting point.
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London
Bulganin
Macmillan
Russia
Eisenhower
United Nations
U. N. Security Council
East Europe
Germany
Foreign Office
Atlantic Pact
Paris
Europe
Moonwatch Sighting Hints Vanguard Rocket In New Mexico
Moonwatch teams in New Mexico reported a faint moving object at 6 14 a m matching Vanguard I’s predicted path raising a good chance it was the Vanguard rocket. Smithsonian observers said this was the first Moonwatch sighting from their 200 teams.
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Cambridge
Mass
America
New Mexico
Moonwatch
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Alamogordo
N. M
Smithsonian Observatory
Smithsonian
Olifantsfontein
South Africa
Observatory
Green Celery Vitamin Tip and Quick Help Ads
Nutritionists say green celery has more vitamin A while both varieties share similar other values. For sales and jobs, Want Ads offer fast money through For Sale For Rent and Help Ads via dial 5451 for an ad-writer.
Loft Building Blaze Kills 24 in New York
A New York loft fire and explosion trapped many workers in a Lower Broadway five story building. Twenty four people, 18 women and 6 men, died as flames and dense smoke swept through the structure. Fire Commissioner Cavanagh noted mass hysteria and panicked escapes as the blaze burned about 14 hours.
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Arthur W. Everett
New York
Broadway
Edward
J. Cavanagh
Cavanagh
Houston
Bleecker Streets
Manhattan
Edna Murray
Trustees Put Mill Levies on April Ballot in School Election
School District No. 1 Butte trustees adopt a resolution to place mill levies of 1 and 2.34 on the April 5 ballot to raise 149 485 for operations. Elementary budget needs 142 mills 52 285 and high schools 234 mills 87 200. Only taxpayers vote on levies. all electors vote for two school board candidates. Incumbent chairman John Kingston seeks reelection with Jack Schulte on Independent ticket. Norma Mee Phail and Irvin Evans run for United Party. Additional resolutions cover the district’s role in a group medical program.
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Butte
John Kingston
Thomas Stanisich
Independent Party
Kingston
Jack Schulte
United Party
Norma MeePhail
Irvin Evans
1 000 Hunt for Kentucky Boy
A 5-year-old boy named Johnny McKinney vanished from his farm near Gallipolis Ferry West Virginia. About 1 000 searchers scoured woods and ponds, but by Wednesday night the boy remained missing after wandering off Monday afternoon with two dogs. His father Paul McKinney, 28, said Johnny planned a camping trip like a Boy Scout. The family fears exposure and possible death from the cold.
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Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
Johnny McKinney
Paul McKinney
Johnny
McKinney
Infection Causes 16 Deaths in Houston Hospital Nurseries
A bacterial infection has killed 16 newborns in City-County Hospital nurseries over the past 22 months in Houston. Incomplete stats show at least 81 infections since January, 21 mothers infected in February, and a rise in pneumonia among elderly patients. The antibiotic resistant staphylococcus is the suspected epidemic strain linked to other hospitals nationwide.
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Houston
Tex
Hospital Board of Managers
Butte Jaycees Plan Spring Cleanup With Underwriters
The OQunce of Prevention Butte Jaycees join local life underwriters for a spring cleanup campaign. A formal letter to the Butte City Council asks policemen issuing traffic tickets not to throw carbon papers into the street.
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Butte Jaycees
Local Life Underwriters
Jaycees
Butte City Council
New York Fire Recounts From Garment Building Tragedy
Survivors describe a five story blaze in Manhattan's garment district that caused a panicked stampede to the street and left more than twenty dead. Louise Bostic recalled a ground shaking explosion and escaping through smoke with no coat or hat. Carmen Torres told of being lifted by the blast and climbing out a broken window as others urged against jumping.
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New York
U.P
New York City
Louise Bostic
Monarch
Carmen Torres
Bellevue Hospital
Someody
Carmen
Indonesia Ship Sinks Off Bawean Island Feared Dead
A privately owned vessel sank Sunday off Bawean Island east Java. The un named ship carried 68 passengers plus 7 crew, far exceeding its 17 capacity. Seventeen people were rescued, leaving 58 feared dead according to reports reaching Jakarta.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Bawean Island
East Java
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