Wilson Agrees Reds Building Bombers Faster
Secretary of Defense Wilson told reporters that Russia operates more intercontinental jet bombers and is expanding production. He defended the goal of 137 Air Force wings by June 1957 while suggesting future long range missile wings could reduce human aircraft units.
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Wilson
Curtis Lemay
United States
Air Force
Lemay
Strategic Air Command
Senate
Soviet Russia
May Day Observance Mixes Faith Parades and Riots
A May Day observance blending religious services and labor demonstrations included Pope Pius XII urging the world of labor to seek Christ. In Rome the pope spoke to Italian Catholic Action workers at St. Peter’s Basilica as May Day clashes in Algiers surfaced, with 4000 Algerians confronting French police. Moscow staged a restrained display, with 5000 troops and jets.
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Rome
St. Joseph
International Socialist Congress
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Latin America
Orient
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Canada
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Red Square
Georgi Zhukov
Zhukov
France
Algiers
U N moves to end slave labor backed by four powers
The United States backed a four-power resolution urging the ILO to crack down on forced labor, especially large scale slave labor in Communist states. The measure passed 13 to 2 in the UN Economic and Social Council after defeating Soviet amendments. Egypt Yugoslavia and Indonesia abstained.
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N. Y
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Walter Kotschnig
U. S
Economic and Social Council
International Labor Organization
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Ecuador
France
Netherlands
Britain
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Indonesia
Huge Western Parade to Kick Off Butte Fiesta in 1956
Mining City readies its biggest Western Parade on June 28 to open the 1956 Butte Rodeo The Wildest Show on Earth and a seven day Fiesta marking Silver Bow County’s 75th anniversary The program includes rodeo events June 28 29 30 a rodeo queen crowning and highway dedication with the massive celebration under a single 7500 budget Vern Griffith chairs the festivities and Harry Bennett led the parade committee meeting at the Chamber of Commerce
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Butte
Silver Bow County
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Dillon
Deer Lodge
Vern Griffith
Western Parade Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Bennett
Suspect in Highway Slaying Identified in Montana Case
Sheriff Dellwo said a definite suspect exists in the murder of Charles Denzil Ward, 59, a Beulah Colorado salesman. Ward’s body was found near Pendray on U S Highway 89, apparently killed for his money with a lineman’s pliers found nearby. Ward had cashed a $100 check in Kalispell shortly before his death. the weapon and crime scene point to robbery. The body will be sent to Colorado for funeral services.
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Mont
T. J. Dellwo
Charles Denzil Ward
Beulah
Colo
Dellwo
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
Ward
Pendray
U. S. Highway 89
Teton County
Kalispell
Dellno
Russell Frisell
Thrift Novelty Co
Weaver
Colorado
Girard
Kan
First Letter Society Dates Back to 1776
Phi Beta Kappa at William and Mary College in Williamsburg Virginia formed the first Greek letter society in the United States. The notice also promotes Want Ads for graduation gifts and ads with a sample line indicating how advertisers phrase their copy and a contact phone number.
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Phi Beta Kappa Fraternity
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Dulles Heads to Paris for Atlantic Community Talks
Secretary of State Dulles left for Paris Tuesday to discuss shaping the North Atlantic Community beyond a military alliance. He will meet with the 15 nation NATO council and foreign ministers to address Palestine, Russia, Cyprus and related issues.
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Dulles
Paris
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Eisenhower
White House
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Cyprus
NATO
Free World
Soviet Union
Yugo Slav Ambassador Leads UN Security Council Month
Jozan Briley of Yugoslavia chairs the United Nations Security Council for the month in a rotation that shifted from U. S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who held the post in April.
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Jozan Briley
U. N. Security Council
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Barkley Burial Procession Leaves for Washington
Eight Virginia students escorted the body of Sen Alben W Barkley to Washington for funeral services in the capital. Barkley 78 collapsed Monday at Washington and Lee University Virginia. a Foundry Methodist Church service is set for 11 a m EDT with Senate chaplain Rev Dr Frederick Brown Harris presiding. House adjourned in respect and Kentucky delegation to attend.
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Virginia
Alben W. Barkley
United States
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Virginia Military Institute
National
Barkley
Foundry Methodist Church
Senate
Frederick Brown Harris
Rayburn
D-Tex
Congress
House
Kentucky
Montana Weather Brief North and South Zones
Montana outlook shows cloudy conditions with occasional rain or snow from Tuesday night into Wednesday. North region peaks 35 to 40 degrees, south 40 to 50, with slight warmup by Thursday. West sees 40 to 50, then partly cloudy and warmer. showers possible east.
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Montana
Farm Bill Cleared for House Action
The new Democratic backed farm bill cleared by the House Rules Committee paves the way for debate and a Thursday vote. It would provide President Eisenhower a 1.2 billion soil bank, but drops advance payments to farmers for next year. Republicans plan a substitute soil bank bill with advance payment authority.
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House Rules Committee
Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
White House
GOP
Rules
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
House
Negative start to big lobby probe in Senate
The Senate committee investigating improper lobbying opened with testimony by Maston Nixon of Corpus Christi Texas president of an independent oil and gas company who said no illegal lobbying occurred over the deadlock gas bill Nixon chaired a hibernating general gas committee and claimed clean hands the committee said it did no lobbying or political contributions Senator Anderson questioned the President acting veto and noted Nixon denied ties to John M Neff the lawyer lobbyist for Superior Oil who tried to donate 2500 to re election of San Francisco Case during the gas bill fight.
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Senate
Congress
Maston Nixon
Corpus Christi
Tex
Nixon
General Gas Committee
Gas Committee
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
John M. Neff
Lexington
Neb
Superior Oil Co
California
Neff
San Francis Case
RSD
Eisenhower
Flash Flood Drowns Boy as Bus Washed From Bridge
In Lometa Texas a school bus carrying seven pupils was swept off a low water bridge by a flash flood on Antelope Creek. Driver Thomas Knox saved a girl while four others were rescued. Billy Ed Wittenburg, 12, drowned when the bus rolled free and sank. his body found about a half mile from the bridge.
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Tex
Here
Texas
Billy Ed Wittenburg
Thomas Knox
Antelope Creek
Wittenburg
Knox
Dag Plagued by Jordan River Dispute
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold faced renewed Arab Israeli tensions over the Jordan River as he delayed a Rome trip to pursue an unconditional ceasefire between Israel and Syria. Egypt and Israel have agreed to a frontier ceasefire, while Syria demands a pledge to halt Jordan river diversions, a condition Israel balked at.
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Lebanon
Egypt
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Jury Still Deliberating in James V. Alexander Murder Case
Cheyenne District Court jurors in the James V. Alexander murder trial retired at 11 10 p m after failing to reach a verdict. They will resume deliberations on whether the former Casper teacher killed his wife Barbara after debates over Rose Alexander's conflicting testimony. The case features Rose Alexander awaiting her own murder trial next Monday.
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Wyo
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Casper
Barbara
Rose Alexander
Dist
Sam Thompson
Rose
Alexander
Natrona County
Raymond Whitaker
Thompson
Whitaker
Olsen grilled and booed at Montana political rally
In Cut Bank Attorney General Arnold Olsen faced sharp questioning and jeers from oil men and wives during a Democratic gubernatorial campaign speech. He defended oil royalty policy and floor set proposals while denying major missteps in state land dealings.
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Olsen
State Land Board
Browning
Marine drill instructor charged in drownings crisis
The Marine Corps charged S. Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon with manslaughter after the death march at Parris Island in which six recruits drowned. Gen. Randolph McC. Pate ordered a major shakeup of drill supervision and transfer of Maj. Gen. Joseph C. Burger. Secretaries Thomas and Wilson voiced commitment to reforms to prevent a recurrence.
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Worcester
Mass
McKeon
Parris Island
S.C
Washington
Marine Corps
Randolph McC. Pate
Corps
Pate
Joseph C. Burger
S. C
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
Vinson
D-Ga
Marines
Secretary of the Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Elwyn B. Scarborough
Richard J. King
Thomas
House
Defense Wilson
Oxygen Explosion Kills Four at Cadiz Mine
Four men died after a truckload of liquid oxygen exploded at a strip coal mine in Cadiz Ohio Harry Deaton 49 Cadiz William Stevens 28 Cadiz Bud Hawthorne 24 Jewett and Richard DeLoma 24 Bloomingdale were among the dead. The liquid gas cylinders vented causing the blast.
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Ohio
William Stevens
Harry Deaton
Bud Hawthorne
Jewett
Richard DeLoma
Bloomingdale
Elderly man seeks marriage license in Detroit
James H. Jones, 101, applied for a marriage license Tuesday claiming the age is right to marry again. His fiancée is Mamie Blasingame, 55, who has been married twice before. They met six months ago while Blasingame was nursing Jones.
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Mamie Blasingame
Jones
Blasingame
Stevenson Leads Estes in Capital Delegates Race
In Washington DC the Stevenson Kefauver Democratic delegate race shows Stevenson ahead about 2 to 1 with 25 percent of returns counted. Margaret Just Butcher leads for delegate with 2595 votes to 1338 for Jiggs Donohue while Melvin Hildreth leads in Democratic committee race. Balloting slow due to a tight Dem ballot and inexperience. this marks the first official district election in over 80 years.
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Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Kefauver
Margaret Just Butcher
Joseph
Jiggs) Donohue
Donohue
Melvin Hildreth
Thousands clash with police in Algerian strife
In Algiers, thousands of Muslims clashed with police Tuesday after funeral services for an Algerian killed in a clash with authorities. Two policemen and one demonstrator were wounded by submachinegun fire after an officer fell. About 50 more demonstrators were injured by police clubs with ten hospitalized.
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