British military transport plane crashes near Blackbushe
A Viking aircraft of Eagle Aviation carrying servicemen and families to Libya crashed after takeoff from Blackbushe airfield in flames. Thirty one aboard were killed, including one woman and two children. Sixteen bodies recovered by midnight as fire crews worked the wreckage near Hartley Wintney. The aircraft had asked to land seconds before the explosion.
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Blackbushe
England
North Africa
Libya
London
Air Ministry
Eagle Aviation Co
Viking
Lyon
France
Hartley Wintney
Mediterranean
Middle East
Residents flee Texas floods as Deweyville plans grow
Deweyville amid record Sabine River heights plans to abandon the town as floodwaters rise. Sheriff Curtis Humphreys warns against fighting the surge while 1,000 residents join 9,000 others fleeing across Texas.
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Dallas
Sabine River
Deweyville
Curtis Humphreys
Texas
Red Cross
Texas-Louisiana
Sabine
Upper
Brazos
Weather Bureau
Beaumont
Tex
Morgan City
John Simmons
Sabine River Authority
Claude Villamez
Gulf Oil Co
Gladwater
Gladewater
Shreveport Weather Bureau
Mineola
State Tax Take Reported Down
Helena Montana wage earners have paid more than 2 430 000 in 1956 state income taxes to date with 422 779 refunded. Refunds to 38 596 persons average 10 95. J F Reid chairman said 1956 total will likely be between 5 5 million and 5 2 million reflecting loss of withholding impact.
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Helena
Montana
Tax-Collecting Board of Equalization
J. F. Reid
Reid
Avalanche Claims One Life in Austrian Ski Run
In Austria near Stuben on the Arlberg Albona Mountain a late season avalanche swept five West German skiers. Police report one dead another missing. Three freed themselves and a fourth died en route to hospital. The fifth remained missing at nightfall.
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Bregenz
Austria
Albona
Stuben
Arlberg
Chamber Opposes Major New Federal Spending Programs
The United States Chamber of Commerce voted overwhelmingly against nearly all new federal spending proposals before Congress. It opposed Eisenhower plans for school construction and aiding distressed cities and a Democratic push for government built atomic power plants. Only two issues saw floor battles.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Eisenhower
Greater Providence
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
Assn. of Commerce and Industry
Providence
Brown confesses to killings of two women in Gary area
Police say George R. Brown admitted strangling 29 year old beautician Mildred Grigonis of East Gary and 16 year old Lana Brock of New Chicago and burying both at ends of a nearby airport runway. Brown led officers to Grigonis grave after car trouble near the airport.
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Gary
Ind
New Chicago
Sandor Singer
George R. Brown
Lana Brock
Singer
Brown
Mildred Grigonis
East Gary
Chicago
Grimes Sisters
Patty
Barbara
Brock
NATO planners favor nuclear weapons for alliance forces
NATO planners will advise the 15 member nations to arm their forces with nuclear weapons. Lord Ismay warned no member will be forced to accept this, but a refusal by a major power could be dangerous for the alliance. Dulles sought to assure peace and justice as NATO meets in Bonn to discuss Russia's threats.
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Bonn
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Britain
Lord Ismay
Soviet Union
Ismay
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Europe
Middle East
Konrad Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
Adenauer
West Germany
Dulles
Washington
von Brentano
Kremlin
Stock Tip Triggers Profit Claim In Airline Action
Washington lawyer Robert W. Oliver testified he received an anonymous tip about a government air route decision and bought 400 shares of Northeast Airlines by mistake, instead of Northwest Airlines, the carrier slated to profit from the award. The profit claim centers on a August 3 purchase followed by the August 10 public announcement, with Sen. Jackson questioning the testimony and the broker involved.
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Washington
Robert W. Oliver
Northwest Airlines
Northeast Airlines
New York-Miami
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Oliver
Transac
False Fire at Berkeley Launderette Causes Damage
A false fire call at the Hopkins Launderette in Berkeley resulted in $100 damage when a brassiere explosion inside a clothes dryer sparked the blaze. Firemen extinguished the fire. Asst. Fire Chief G Rodney Porter reported the incident.
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Berkeley
Calif
Hopkins
Asst
G. Rodney Porter
Ike Seeks Public Aid for Budget and Foreign Aid
President Eisenhower urged sacrifice for peace and signaled a direct appeal to the public about his 71.8 billion dollar budget. White House aides hinted he may speak on radio and television to defend foreign aid amid congressional restraint.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Council of the League of Women Voters
White House
Congress
James C. Hagerty
Mines Students Elect Lanier President At Montana School Of Mines
Gene Lanier was elected president of the Montana School of Mines Associated Students during M-Day activities in Missoula. Pat Butler and Duane Dickman won vice president and secretary roles, with Tom Martin and Bob Wylie named as delegates. Several independents and other candidates lost, and campus events included a spring clean up and sports and a dance.
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Gene Lanier
Missoula
Sigma Rho
Montana School of Mines Associated
Pat Butler
Billings
Theta Tau
Duane Dickman
Lewistown
Tom Martin
Anaheim
Calif
Bob Wylie
White Sulphur Springs
Lanier
Donald A. Macknight
Great Falls
Gordon R. Parker
Capetown
South Africa
Donald A. Hendricks
Des Moines
Iowa
George Maxwell
Warm Springs
Gerald Svee
Columbus
Gary Alexander
Mount Vernon
Wash
Ted Burtch
Toston
Temple B. Page
Mather Field
Theta Tau. Mines
Big Butte
Sidney Schools Chief Charged With Grand Larceny
Sidney County Atty Vic tor Koch filed a grand larceny charge against Raymond Gerber the longtime Sidney schools superintendent. Gerber was unavailable for comment and left the city Tuesday. The books are to be audited and acting superintendent Harry M. Kelson will lead. Geiger, about 55, is married with a grown daughter.
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Sidney
Victor Koch
Raymond Gerber
Gerber
Ed Edmondson
Harry M. Kelson
Geiger
Twelve Die as India Storm Rages Across East Regions
A six hour cyclone in eastern and northeastern India left twelve dead and thousands homeless. Assam suffered the most severe damage with widespread destruction reported.
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Calcutta
India
U.P
Assam
Reds Westernize May Day Rallies
Communists in Moscow and Budapest staged May Day events with lighter touches including red bathing suit tableaux and athletic mimicry. In Naples a 20,000 crowd clashed with police for an hour injuring forty officers as demonstrations turned violent.
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Moscow
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Naples
Youre Wrong if you think oldsters cant learn
An editorial urge argues older folks can learn quickly and gain from ads. It notes older workers benefit from Want Ads and promotes contacting ad takers at phone 5451 for placing Help Wanted notices.
Byrd urges removal of budget chief and big cuts
Sen. Harry F. Byrd urged the Eisenhower administration to replace Budget Director Percival Brundage and cut the 1958 budget by eight to nine billion dollars. Speaking at the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, Byrd attacked public spending as waste and said Brundage had failed his budget. The 1958 plan calls for seventy one point eight billion dollars in spending starting July 1, 1957.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower Administration
Senate Finance Committee
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Percival F. Brundage
Brundage
Knowland
California
Senate
Banner Unfurled From Building Sparks Helena Outcry
Two boys aged 16 and 17 admitted unfurling a homemade red banner with hammer and sickle from a six story Power Block during an Elks Youth Parade in Helena. Police say the youths were duped by a man who paid them a dollar and claimed it was an American Legion banner. The incident at Sixth and Last Chance Gulch drew crowd attention as spectators, including local attorney John Mahan, searched rooftops for the mysterious man while officers questioned the teens.
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Helena
Elks
American Legion
Cathedral High School
Erhart Laible
Last Chance Gulch
John W. Mahan
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mahan
Flames Devour Clark Park Grandstand in Butte Blaze
Spectators crowded Clark Park as a massive fire destroyed the 5,500 seat grandstand built in 1921. Firefighters, residents, and Marines aided, saving nearby homes and a restroom building while authorities investigated the origin in the press box and battled the blaze for under an hour. No injuries were reported and insurance was thought to cover the loss.
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Clark Park
Butte
Wall Street
John McCarthy
Tory
Grand
Thomas T. Thomas
Wall
Thomas
Fred G. Henningsen
Willard McCallum
Don Plessas
McCallum
Grandstand
Butte City approves strict penalties for drunk and reckless driving
New city ordinances set severe penalties for drunk driving and drug impairment with fines up to 500 dollars and jail terms to six months for first offenses. Second offenses carry 30 days to one year and fines up to 1000 dollars. The measures accompany a lame duck city council session and upcoming seating of new council members.
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Butte
Tim J. Sullivan
William P. Donnelly
John V.healy
Arthur J. Mehrens
Mehrens
Robert Lee
Joseph Simonich
Simonich
Albert J. Mehrens
Frank Moran
John F. Gannon
Joe A. Kissock
Montana Weather Averages Show Cloudy West and Warm East
Montana forecast calls for considerable cloudiness in the west with scattered afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms. Mild conditions continue in both regions with highs 70 to 80 and lows around 40 to 50, cooler in extreme southwest valleys.
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Montana
Hearings on Civil Rights Bill Begin Today
The House Rules Committee agreed to begin hearings Thursday on President Eisenhower's Civil Rights Bill. The panel left open the possibility the hearings could run for some time and did not set a final date for termination or a vote on floor approval.
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Washington
W.P
House Rules Committee
Eisenhower
House
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Associated Press
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Commie Banner
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