Eisenhower Urges Moderation on Racial Progress Across South
President Eisenhower told a news conference that all parts of the South should show progress toward desegregation. He said he favors moderation and progress, warning against seeing the issue as a decisive fight that could divide Americans. He commented on farm legislation, Minnesota primary results, and world peace efforts.
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Washington
Eisenhower
South
Senate
Senate House Conference On
Minnesota
Middle East
Defense Dept
Hoover Commission
Dulles
Mexico
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Canada
Louis St. Laurent
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Nehru
India
Condon Seeks Third Term as Montana School Superintendent
Public Instruction Superintendent Mary M. Condon announced her candidacy for a third term promising dynamic leadership for Montana schools. At 39, she is the sole Democrat in the race with a $7,500 salary, while seven Republicans seek the nomination on June 5.
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Helena
Public Instruction
Mary M. Condon
Montana
Miss Condon
C. E. Naugle
Bigfork
Glenn H. Belisle
Cascade
John M. Crock
Condon
Aged Man Survives Five-Floor Fall in New York
A 75-year-old man named Max Weiring fell five stories from his apartment and survived. Police report he landed in a snowbank and sustained a possible concussion and a fractured right arm.
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New York
U.P
Max Weiring
Eisenhower warns Middle East war would be catastrophe
President says a large Middle East conflict would spell catastrophe for the world and declines to reveal plans to avert it. He defends Dulles amid Washington absences as U S policy aims for a peaceful resolution with Israel and Arab states.
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Middle East
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Asia
Canada
Mexico
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Nehru
Khrushchev - Bulganin
Russia
Stalin
Douglas Dillon
Paris
United States
Free World
Billy Graham
Graham
India
President Hints Senate Farm Bill Faces Veto
Eisenhower signaled on Wednesday he would veto any farm bill resembling the Senate measure passed Monday night. He called the bill unworkable and likely to worsen surpluses and prices. He urged conferees to rewrite sensibly to aid farmers amid five years of declining income.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Negroes defend boycott of Montgomery buses in court
Testimony from 26 defense witnesses described mistreatment by city transit employees as the 17 week old boycott led by African Americans aims to show a just cause for refusing to ride Montgomery City Lines. Judge weighs challenges to the anti boycott law amid ongoing trial of Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery City Lines
Martin Luther King Jr
Eugene Carter
Fred D Gray
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Gladys Moore
Rosa Parks
Want Ads Help You Plant Garden Needs
Want Ads offer assistance to plant and garden buyers and sellers. Dial 5457 for ad-writing help. The ad notes a HYDRAULIC BUMPER JACK for sale at $5.
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Dial 5457
Secretary Dulles Returns From Asia Tour
Secretary of State Dulles returns from a 10 nation Asia tour and says U S security arrangements will foster independence and welfare for the continent. He will report to the President at the White House and address Congress and the American people over the next two days.
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Washington
Dulles
Asia
U. S
White House
Congress
Davis seeks Montana state treasurer nomination in GOP race
George A. Davis of Helena former Montana Disabled American Veterans commander filed for the Republican nomination as state treasurer. Bruce O. Mefford of Great Falls also seeks the nomination for the four year $7 500 a year post. Democrats run Gerald Holland of Butte and C W Purtle of Great Falls. The incumbent treasurer Edna J Hinman seeks the secretary of state nomination. Davis has worked for the Unemployment Compensation program.
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Helena
George A. Davis
Montana
Bruce O. Mefford
Great Falls
Gerald Holland
Butte
C. W. Purtle
Edna J. Hinman
GOP
Davis
Montana Weather: Partly cloudy in east and west regions
The Montana forecast shows partly cloudy skies in both the east and west. Temperatures rise modestly with highs around 40 to 50 degrees Thursday and Friday, and in the extreme southwest east area highs may reach 50 to 55 on Friday.
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Montana
Kefauver Sweeps Minnesota as Victory Strengthens Nomination
Kefauver wins Minnesota primary by a wide margin and secures 26 of 30 delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Stevenson earns two confirmed delegates with two more in doubt. Duluth region remains unsettled as returns from 3,612 of 3,868 precincts show Kefauver with a lead in most counts.
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Minneapolis
Estes
Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Minnesota
Tennessee
Chicago
Stevenson
North Woods
Iron Range
Duluth
Kefauver in Falls Assails Administration at Dinner
Senator Estes Kefauver accused the Eisenhower administration of failing to prepare for peace and warned the United States economy would suffer if the Soviet Union offered peaceful relations. He spoke after an unexpected primary win in Minnesota and said a 30 percent vote would have been a personal victory.
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Great Falls
Mont
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Minnesota
Soviet Union
United States
Kefauver
Stevenson Says He'll Run Harder After Minnesota Loss
Adlai E. Stevenson told a Chicago news conference he is no longer the front-runner but will run harder than ever. He blamed the Minnesota primary defeat to Kefauver and said campaign pace was too fast, planning to cover ground more slowly while staying true to his message. He declined to discuss Kefauver or moon promises and did not rule California and Florida campaigns.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Minnesota
Stevenson
Kefauver
California
Florida
Demand for Death Sought in Theater Slaying Trial
Sacramento District Attorney J Francis O Shea said he will seek the death penalty for Thomas L Johnston on charges of killing 7 year old Donald Wendorf in a downtown theater rest room. Johnston, 24, an embalmer apprentice once from Billings Montana, pleads innocent and insanity while police say he admitted the slaying. Opening day focused on jury selection with O Shea telling jurors he will seek the gas chamber.
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Sacramento
Calif
J. Francis O'Shea
Thomas L. Johnston
Donald Wendorf
Billings
Mont
O’shea
Bomb found in Gov Harding’s bed on Cyprus island
A time bomb was found between Gov Sir John Harding’s bed mattresses at Government House in Nicosia. The device was carried out and exploded safely. Security forces searched for a missing Greek Cypriot staff member linked to the Enosis movement amid an ongoing rebellion suppression.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Sir John Harding
Government House
Harding
Famagusta
Eoka
Makarios
Union-With- Greece Movement
Enosis
Hardin
Caledonian Society
Women's Royal Army Corps
Renne Foresees Bright Farm Outlook Over Next Quarter Century
Montana State College President R R Renne told the Great Falls Farm and Ranch Forum that the farm sector faces a favorable 25 year period if production aligns with demand. Speakers included Frank Parsons of the Fed and Bushrod Allin of the Agriculture Department, discussing surplus capacity and worker displacement. The forum highlighted population growth toward 250 million by 1980 and the need for farm plans tied to broader economic fields.
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Great Falls
R. R. Renne
Montana State College
Renne
Agriculture
United States
Allin
Soll Bank
Butte Aldermen OK Extra Street Funds Amid Emergency
The Butte City Council approved an emergency appropriation not to exceed 41 750 to maintain city streets, exceeding the 1955 56 budget of about 148 600. Mayor Sullivan urged reclaiming all county auto tax proceeds and a share of liquor profits, while warrants may be issued to cover the deficit.
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Butte
Tim J. Sullivan
Montana Liquor Control Board
Pete J. Sodja
Sodja
Louis Lienemann
Neil Ward Found Dead In Sage Brush Field Near Silver Bow
Neil Ward 66, sought since Monday, was found dead near Silver Bow in a sage brush field after deputies searched the area. Coroner says preliminary cause exposure, investigators continue. Ward, lifelong Butte resident, leaves seven children and many relatives.
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Neil Ward
Silver Bow
Leonard
Carl Hastie
Don Miller
E. J. Paulsen
Ward
John Enright
Quartz
Nissler Junction
Butte
U.S. Highway 91
Daly-Shea
Mr. Ward
Michael Ward
St. Patrick School
Winifred
Clifford Peterson
Dale Kane
B. Lewis
Neil Ward Jr
Edward Ward
Pat Ward
Charles Ward
Spokane
Rocco Campana
Robert Martin
Jack Milliken
Flushing, N. Y
Frank Paul
Missoula
Mildred Sullivan
Ivester Sullivan
Clare Sullivan
California
Magnani and Borgnine Win Best Actor and Actress Awards
Anna Magnani and Ernest Borgnine won Academy Awards for 1955 performances. Marty was chosen as best picture. Jack Lemmon and Jo Van Fleet received acting nominations as the ceremony highlighted Italian and American stars.
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Hollywood
Anna Magnani
Ernest Borgnine
U. S. Navy
Marty
Jack Lemmon
Pulver
Mister Roberts
Jo van Fleet
Salinas
Calif
East of Eden
Divorce Granted After Efforts To Curb Smoking
Muskegon Michigan Diana Titus 19 wins divorce after nine months of marriage to Gordon 20. She cited his request to help him quit smoking and later accused her of nagging when she encouraged him. She resumes maiden name Diana Sparkes.
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Muskegon, Mich
Diana Titus
Diana Sparkes
Gordon
Dramatic Plan Offered at London Parley
The United States proposed opening 30 009 square miles of Russian and American territory for a test of disarmament controls. Russian nuclear tests began shortly after, with blasts in a Siberian area during a U N sub committee on disarmament meeting. Harold Stassen presented the experimental arms control plan for immediate action.
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London
United States
Siberian
U. N
Britain
Harold Stassen
Eisenhower
Soviets explode another nuclear device
AEC Chairman Lewis L. Strauss said in Washington that the Soviets had exploded another nuclear device in the past few days, marking the fifth Soviet test announced by the United States in eight months. British Defense Ministry confirmed the tests and reports of high radioactivity in the upper atmosphere continued from several overseas locations.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U. S
Strauss
London
British Defense Ministry
Soviet Union
Russia
Car Plunge Into Missouri River Near Craig
A car and a truck collided about nine miles north of Craig on U S Highway 91 and the car plunged into the Missouri River. At least one person is believed dead with investigators and wrecking crews attempting to recover the vehicle and search for additional victims. The crash occurred near the old Gary Cooper ranch, the car lying about 50 feet from shore with only the top visible above water.
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Great Falls
D. J. Leeper
Cascade County
Craig
Gary Cooper
Costly Explosions Kill Two at General Electric Plant
In Schenectady New York a seven million dollar explosion and fire rocked the General Electric plant killing two workers Walter Keith 61 of Saratoga Springs and Louis Savacchio 49 of Broadalbin. Twelve injured and nearly 400 idled as a chemical materials building burned for six hours. The cause remained undetermined.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric
Walter Keith
Saratoga Springs
Louis Savacchio
Broadalbin
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