Mitchell Urges Quick Action on Idle Benefits Hearings
Secretary of Labor Mitchell urged speedy moves on extending unemployment benefits during a Ways and Means Committee hearing on Eisenhower’s proposal. He warned unemployment claims will rise with 147000 in January, 145000 in February, and an expected 187500 in March, totaling about 2300000 for the year.
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Washington
House
Labor
Mitchell
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Byrnes
R-Wis
Rep
Mason
Ill
Truman
Montana MUCC studies 50 percent unemployment extension
The Montana Unemployment Compensation Commission discusses a federal plan to extend weekly benefits from 22 to 33 weeks. Commission Chairman Chadwick H. Smith and members Albert F. Root and Paul R. McClure review the proposal and consider asking for the extension with a vote possible at the next meeting, likely April 30.
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Helena
Montana
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Commission
Chadwick H. Smith
Albert F. Root
Kila
Paul R. McClure
Great Falls
State Commission
Smith
Dulles Says Khrushchev Change Won’t Alter Ties
Secretary of State Dulles stated no expected shift in U S Soviet relations from Nikita Khrushchev becoming Soviet premier. He spoke after a 40 minute White House meeting with Eisenhower and a routine discussion about ten matters.
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Dulles
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Senate panel debates mining aid and tariff options
A Senate Interior Subcommittee heard witnesses on mining legislation including import taxes and quotas. Some senators urged tariff protection, others doubted its effectiveness and favored alternatives like incentive payments similar to sugar and wool programs. Debate noted public support for strong domestic mineral production but differed on remedies.
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Washington
Senate Interior
Uncle Sam
Sens
Barrett
R-Wye
Dworshak
Idaho
Bartlett
Alaska
Sen. Malone
New
Congress
Charles H. Russell
Nevada
Earl R. Pilgrim
Russell
Western Governors Conference
Winners to be named at Butte Regional Science Fair
Thousands attended the Butte Regional Science Fair as 225 projects from eight southwestern Montana high schools were judged Friday night. Tonight at 9 at the Butte Civic Center the top winners will be announced and two will advance to the national Flint Michigan finals in May.
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Butte
Butte Civic Center
Montana
Phil Foley
Butte High School
Army Undersecretary Finucane Resigns
Washington Charles C. Finucane resigned as undersecretary of the Army effective April 30. In a letter to President Eisenhower he cited deep personal considerations and return to private business. Finucane, 52, from Spokane, was appointed assistant secretary for financial management in 1954 and became undersecretary in 1955.
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Washington
Charles C. Finucane
Eisenhower
Finucane
Spokane
Wash
Army
Montanan among plane victims in Texas collision
In Bridgeport Texas two Air Force planes collided and disintegrated after failing to hold assigned altitudes. Eighteen servicemen died including 25 year old Cut Bank Montana native 1st Lt V T White Jr. The C124 Globemaster and a C119 cargo plane collided near dusk likely due to limited visibility.
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Bridgeport
Tex
Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Administration
V. T. White Jr
Cut Bank
Mont
CAA
North
Texas
First Fingerprints Traced to 200 B.C. Tablets
Ancient Chinese tablets dating back to 200 B.C. reveal fingerprint impressions believed to be author signatures. A modern tip suggests using WANT ads and contacting an ad-writer at Dial 5451 to craft ads targeting the right prospects.
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B.C
Dial
House Group Approves Spending Plan Amid Skepticism
The Democratic led House Appropriations Committee approved a 840 million dollar speedup to buy supplies and equipment for federal agencies over the next 90 days, while expressing doubt it would curb the recession. The committee also authorized 3.216 billion for the Agriculture Dept, linking farm income with recovery.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Dept
House
Senate
White House
Agriculture Department
Department
Helena Shooting Ruled Justifiable Homicide
A coroner's jury in Helena ruled the 19 year old mother Sheila A. Wooten's death a justifiable homicide after 45 minutes of deliberation. Her husband Carl Wooten testified the shooting occurred in self defense after she fired a pistol. a lie detector test was admitted showing negative results on seven questions. No charges were filed.
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Helena
Sheila A. Wooten
Carl
John C. Harrison
Montana
Harrison
Wooten
Soviets May Ban Nuclear Tests
Moscow reports show the Soviet Parliament debating Khrushchev’s plan to reorganize agriculture and awaiting reports on nuclear tests and a new government. Bulganin’s resignation ends his premiership and dissolves the Council of Ministers.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Council of Union
Council of Nationalities
Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Council of Ministers
Farm Prices Rise Sharply Amid Years of Slump
Livingston reports a seven year old boy, Marek Schwenneker, killed by a pickup on U S Highway 89 at the edge of town. Morris Meirhofer of Manhattan says the boy darted into the truck’s path from a bridge edge. The death, from a crushed skull, occurred at 3 12 p m as he walked home from school. the incident marks the 39th Montana traffic fatality this year, up from 32 last year.
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Livingston
Marek Schwenneker
U. S. Highway 89
Morris Meirhofer
Manhattan
Benjamin Schwenneker
Montana
Farm prices rise 4 percent in March largest since 1951
Washington reports a 4 percent upturn in farm prices for Feb 15 to March 15, the sharpest monthly rise since February 1951. Prices paid by farmers also rose 1 percent, while prices received reached 87 percent of parity, the highest since 1955. Benson labels the rise highly gratifying and cites underlying economic strength. Continued coverage on page 3.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Agriculture Dept
Benson
Private Goforth Found Dead in Hawaii
Memorial services were held for Pfe. William J. Goforth 22 of Meaderville Montana at Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station Hawaii. Body found March 19 beside a dirt road near the air station. Cause not announced but foul play not suspected. Goforth’s wife Lily K. Goforth was hospitalized. He is survived by mother, brothers and sisters in laws, cousins and many relatives in Butte Anaconda Buckley and Washington state communities.
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Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station
Pfe
William J. Goforth
Meaderville
Mont
Butte
Goforth
Lily K. Goforth
Territorial
Lillian Sandah
Front St
Marine Corps
Pfc. Goforth
Butte High School
Charles Knipe
Victor Sample
McCormick
Anaconda
Caroline Goforth
Buckley, Wash
Hunger strike by Cuban rebels captured near Brownsville
A group of 36 Cuban rebels captured in the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville remains on a hunger strike in the county jail. Leader Arnoldo G. Barron says no food has been eaten since Wednesday, only water, protesting U S aid to Batista. Deputies doubt the protest will end soon.
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Brownsville
Tex
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Arnoldo G. Barron
U.S
Batista
Cuba
F. H. Deven
GOP senators urge Ike to accept farm price freeze
A five member Republican delegation asked President Eisenhower at the White House to sign the one year freeze on farm price supports passed by Congress. Benson opposes the bill arguing lower supports ease overproduction and aides expect a veto if it reaches his desk. The senators said he gave a sympathetic hearing but no promise. Eisenhower is reportedly concerned about a deteriorating political situation if he vetoes the measure.
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Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
GOP
White House
Sen. Young
North Dakota
Young
Senate
Congress
Sons
Aiken
Vermont
Allott
Colorado
Carlson
Kansas
Mundt
South Dakota
Republican Party
James C. Hagerty
Woman Injured in Head-On Crash Near Lima Idaho
Mrs Gladyce G Stegenga 37 of Wallace Idaho in critical condition after her car skidded off the highway six miles north of Lima and rolled twice. She suffered multiple fractures and possible pelvic and spinal injuries. A parakeet perished in the crash.
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Dillon
Gladyce G. Stegenga
Wallace
Idaho
Barrett Hospital
Lima
Stegenga
Beaverhead
Royal Archer
Sheriff's Office
Phantom bomber terror grips Idaho Falls residents
Idaho Falls citizens and police joined by 52 volunteers to patrol the city as FBI assists an investigation into seven dynamite blasts. A 24 year old divorcee, Mrs Roene Gasser, was injuries in the latest blast affecting her car, with a 15 month old child unharmed.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
FBI
F. G. Prrien
Roene Gasser
Montana Highway Commission Rejects U.S. 10 Route Change
The Montana Highway Commission on Friday declined to shift the east west interstate routing from U.S. 10 to the Central Montana Highway. By a 3 to 1 vote, with Chairman Burns not voting, the panel reaffirmed its 1946 approval of U.S. 10 routing.
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Helena
Montana
Highway Commission
Otis S. Waters
Richey
Commission
Harry L. Burns
Waters
Lester V. Swanson
Livingston
S. N. Halvorson
Kalispell
Roy L. Sorrells
Billings
U. S. 10
Central
Burns
Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Commission
American Assn. of
Montana Weather Summary This Weekend
Montana east will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and some mountain snow Sunday. Highs 40 to 55 Saturday, 40 to 55 Sunday. Lows 20 to 30, slightly cooler west. Montana west partly cloudy Saturday with occasional rain in lower elevations and snow in mountains Saturday and Sunday. Lows 25 to 35, cooler Sunday.
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Montana
Crow Indians seek to dismiss Yellowtail dam condemnation case
Crow Indian Tribe asks federal judge to drop the condemnation proceedings for the Yellowtail dam site on the Crow Reservation in Big Horn county. U S attorney argues government right to use waters on reservations. case tied to treaty rights and a proposed 95 million dollar dam payment bill before Congress.
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Billings
Yellowtail
W. J. Jameson
Krest Cyr
U. S
Cyr
Big Horn County
Indian Agency
Congress
Big Horn River
Hardin
Montana
B. K. Wheeler
Bert W. Kronmiller
Crow
Wheeler
Expectant Mother Robs Bank in Addison Michigan
Dorothy Foley, 28, eight months pregnant, robbed the Commercial Savings Bank branch in Addison, Michigan, taking 430 dollars to cover a bad check. State Trooper Ben Denites captured her at a roadblock about 10 miles from the scene, 13 minutes after the robbery.
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Addison, Mich
U.P
Addison
Dorothy Foley
Ben Denites
Denites
Chicago man convicted of murder faces 299 year sentence
Chicago police and prosecutors secured a murder conviction against William Stacey, 23, for killing Darlyne Todd, 16, after he went to her apartment. The jury sentenced him to 299 years in prison.
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Chicago
William Stacey
Stacey
Darlyne Todd
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