James Will Head Legislative Interim Council
Montana's Legislative Council elected Senate Majority Leader David F. James as chairman amid questions about legality. Rep. Ben E. Berg Jr. was chosen vice chairman, Sen. Bertha E. Streeter secretary, with a $100,000 two year appropriation for investigations into state government and plans for a fulltime director pending legality.
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Tom Maddox
Helena
Montana
Legislative Council
Senate
David F. James
Dliberty
James
Ben E. Berg Jr
R-Park
Berg
Livingston
Bertha E. Streeter
Rlake
Joplin
Supreme Court
Sen
Plane Hunt Fails to Find Missing C97 Over Pacific
A large air sea search 360 miles southeast of Tokyo for the missing C97 Stratocruiser with 67 aboard yielded no solid clue. Navy ships reported yellow objects sighted, but weather grounded most planes and rain hindered the effort as officials called it the largest Far East search yet.
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Tokyo
U. S
United States Navy
Pacific
Air Force
Far East
Japan
California
Southwestern Montana Schools Entered in Regional Science Fair
Southwestern Montana high schools and grade schools entered 205 senior exhibits and 165 grade school exhibits for the Butte Regional Science Fair to be held March 29 and 30 at the Civic Center. More than 370 students will participate, with entries from Butte, Anaconda, Powell County, Whitehall and others in senior and junior divisions.
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Butte
Montana
W. T. Barry
Butte High School
Boys Central
Girls Central
Anaconda
Powell County
Whitehall
Emerson
Lincoln
Hawthorne
Franklin
Immaculate Conception
McKinley
St. Ann
St. John
Whittier
Monroe
Greeley
Butte Business College
Trask
Hall
Deer Lodge
Senate eyes approval of red trade bill with Iron Curtain nations
Sen. Ellender said the Senate should approve next week a bill expanding barter and trade for farm surpluses with Poland and Soviet satellites. The measure would raise authority to four billion dollars and remove the friendly-nation restriction, enabling deals with any European satellites if in U.S. interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Senate
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Senate Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Russia
Hungary
Romania
Kremlin
Not All Bettors Collect Winnings At Fair Grounds
The Fair Grounds Race Track Louisiana reports eight years of uncollected parimutuel bets totaling $41,927 with even Want Ads failing to locate winning ticket holders. A caller is advised to place a Want Ad to claim missing winnings and to dial 5451 for a winning ticket.
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Fair Grounds Race Track
Louisiana
Quake Aftermath Dampens San Francisco Fear Amid Aftershocks
San Francisco endured jitters after Friday's major quake with 67 aftershocks by 5 p.m. and 31 injuries. Seismologists in Berkeley say danger of a new large tremor has passed, while damage surveys cover a wide area. Mayor Christopher warns damages could run into millions as public buildings are checked for safety and residents repair homes without quake insurance for many California households.
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University of California In Berkeley
George Christopher
Sacramento
Hollister
San Francisco
Butte Convention Planned by Stockgrowers
The 73rd annual Montana Stockgrowers' Assn convention will be held in Butte May 23 to 25. Ralph Miracle of Helena announced the plans, noting business and entertainment will mix with local cooperation. Committees coordinate stockgrowers and their wives with members from Butte Jackson Glen Deer Lodge Twin Bridges Wisdom and other towns.
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Montana Stockgrowers’ Assn
Butte
Ralph Miracle
Helena
Miracle
Fred Hirschy
Jackson
Bill Garrison
Glen
Don Warren
Deer Lodge
Mort Lott
Twin Bridges
Rial Havens
Mark Clemon
Wisdom
E. P. Frizelle
Ted Woodward
John J. Burke
Robert D. Corette
Jack Hirschy
Ben Stranahan
J. S. Brenner
Grant
Gene Etchart
Glasgow
Wayne Bratten
Winnett
R. A. Murphy
Don Barthelmess
Olive
Chauncey Flynn
Chinook
Ford Garfield
Ryegate
W. J. Harrer
Howell Harris
Highwood
William R. Mackay
Roscoe
Don McRae
Forsyth
Dale Metlen
Armstead
George Voldseth
Lennep
Fred Wetzteen
Lula
J. B. Grierson
Hysham
Stanley Holliday
Martinsdale
Mr. Miracle
Deer Lodge Presbyterian to Dedicate New Education Unit
Deer Lodge First Presbyterian Church will dedicate a new Christian Education Unit tonight at 8 p.m. in the ground floor of the building with a public open house after the service. Dr. Harrison Ray Anderson of Chicago will speak. refreshments follow hosted by church women.
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Deer Lodge
First Presbyterian Church
Christian Education
Montana
Harrison Ray Anderson
Fourth Presbyterian Church of
Chicago
Sheldon Jackson
Territorial Missions
J. R. Russel
Odd Fellows Hall
Mary Ann Larabie
Samuel E. Sarabie
Strong Move For Tax Cut Indicated
Senator Knowland calls for budget cuts to enable tax relief in 1958 election year. He opposes further extensions of wartime corporate and excise taxes and urges cuts in personal income taxes next year. Finance Committee moves on a one year extension keeping a 52 percent corporate rate, House already approved.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
California
Financial House
Senate Finance Committee
House
Big Two End Talks on World Issues
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan closed their discussions at the Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda with a generally satisfactory tone on Middle East and other global problems. They prepared to issue a joint communique and signaled possible secrecy around some military decisions while aiming to ease East West tensions and continue Hammarskjold’s peace efforts.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Tucker
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Middle East
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Educators Cite Local Bond Issue Urging School Modernization
Butte voters will consider a 2,459,380 bond issue on April 6 to build enlarge and remodel school facilities. Educators and trustees call the measure essential to relieve overcrowding and replace obsolete equipment as enrollment climbs about 300 students yearly. The program would fund repairs renovations and new classrooms including in Emerson and Hawthorne schools.
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Butte
Haney
Emerson and
Hawthorne
Elks Name Youth Award Winners
Mikell Peck 21 of Baker and Daniel McRae 19 of Missoula were named first place winners in the Montana State Elks Assn Elks National Foundation Scholarship contest. Their state wins earn $400 each and entries advance to the national competition with $15,000 total prizes. Second place honors went to Tele Boveng Kali spell and John Thomas Bonner Carroll College Helena.
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Mikell Peck
F. C. Peck
Baker
Daniel McRae
Missoula
Montana State
Elks Assn
Elks National Foundation
Miss Peck
Montana State University
McRae
Missoula County
Isobel Bonner
W. Galena
Tom Bonner
Bonner
Carroll College
Helena
Finlen Hotel
Joseph McCarthy
Butte Lodge of Elks
Henry Zahn
W. W. Wetzel
Glendive
Stanley Snyder
Havre
Walter Delaney
Dillon
Phil Johnson
Kalispell
Leroy P. Schmid
Butte
Montana State Elks Assn
Mary Jane Borden
Butte High School
Police Nab Alberta Man After Bold Charge At Butte Station
Police chase ends with six officers catching Robert Sterling of Alberta near Silver Bow after he filled a gas tank and told a attendant to charge it to the Butte police. Asst. Police Chief Russell says Sterling is held in county jail on the incident.
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Butte
Silver Bow
Robert Russell
Robert Sterling
Alberta
Russell
Sterling
Barney
Platinum
Sheriff's Office
Savage blizzard snarls Southwest and Central Plains
A severe blizzard hit the Central Plains and Southwest with drifts up to seven feet closing most east–west highways. One death in Texas and hundreds stranded across Kansas Nebraska Colorado and Oklahoma. National Guard mobilized as weather warns of a record breaking late season storm.
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Central Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Colorado
Weather Bureau
Ported
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas City
West Central Plains
Southwest
National
Kansas-Colorado
Victor Anderson
National Guard
Ogallala
Dakotas
Texas Panhandles
Winslow
Ariz
Ira Merrick
State Highway Commission
Garden City
Kan
Oklahoma Panhandle
Beck Funds Labeled Not Loans or Gifts by Probers
Senate investigators say 270000 given to Teamsters President Dave Beck from West Coast union funds were neither loans nor gifts and can be proven. They plan public hearings to illuminate transactions while Beck withholds records. Walter Reuther of the UAW condemns Beck’s use of funds and urges a nonunion panel to police the union. Senator Case calls for legal claims against Beck properties and those of Frank Brewster to secure repayment.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters
Dave Beck
McClellan
D-Ark
Robert F. Kennedy
Beck
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Reuther
UAW
Sen. Case
R-Nj
Frank W. Brewster
Western Conference of
Brewster
Case
Montana Weather Summary For Montana Regions
Montana east fair and warm Sunday with strong southwest winds on eastern slopes of the Continental Divide. North west mountains may see few snow showers Sunday night and Monday with little temperature change. Montana west clouds increase Sunday with snow showers in mountains and some lower elevation snow or rain, mainly north. Sunday highs 45 to 55 both regions. Sunday night lows 25 to 35 east and -35 to 35 west. Monday highs 45 to 55 east and 40 to 50 west.
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Montana
Continental Divide
Butte Trucker Hurt In Hwy Crash Near Opportunity
Joseph Schumacher a 31 year old truck driver from Butte sustained head injuries a possible fractured arm and back injuries when his tractor trailer blew a tire on the Butte Deer Lodge highway near Stuart street in Opportunity and jackknifed into a borrow pit. Passernger Natalie Baroni 18 suffered minor cuts and bruises. The rig did not overturn and the undercarriage and rear wheels were sheared off.
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Anaconda
Butte
Spokane
Butte-Deer Lodge
Opportunity
Joseph Schumacher
Farrell
St. Ann Hospital
Natalie Baroni
W. Aluminum
Butte Child Struck By Car Hospitalized
Three year old Gail Lawrence daughter of Mr and Mrs James Sullivan 544 E Mercury suffered a broken right leg and was knocked unconscious when she and a car collided at Atlantic and Mercury late Saturday afternoon Butte police reported The child Saturday night was reported in fair condition in St James Hospital where further examinations are scheduled.
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Gail Lawrence
James Sullivan
E. Mercury
Atlantic
Mercury
Butte
St. James Hospital
Asst
Robert Russell
Gail
Mercury and
James Land
Russell
Hyland
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Jack Madden
John Alley
Arlene Hill
Donna Brisbin
Jean Engelbach
Barbeth Smith
John Kelly
Legislative Interim Council
George Haney
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