Mehrens Chosen President Of Butte City Council
Albert J. Mehrens, a mining city automobile salesman, was chosen president of the Butte City Council at the reorganizational session. Leonard Vainio was named council vice president, both by acclamation as the new all Democratic administration was seated.
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Mehrens
Butte
Albert J. Mehrens
Joe D. Armstrong
Eighth Ward
Leonard Vainio
Mehren
J. D. Flynn
Pete Evankovich
Vainio
Vern Griffith
Ronnie
Linda
William
Jane Albert
Diamond
Thomas F. Powers
Frank Panisko
Tom Sheehy
John J. Franey
Griffith
John Seton
Joseph F. Oneill
Conferees Agree On 1.25 Wage With House Fight Ahead
Senate and House conferees reached a wage compromise raising the hourly minimum from 1 to 1.25 by 1963, adding about 3.6 million workers. The plan drops 305,000 auto dealers and 140,000 laundries workers but remains to face a tough House vote led by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell.
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Washington
Senate House
House
Senate
Nch
Adam Clayton Powell
Dn.v
Night Club Fire Claims 19 in Bolton England
A warehouse district night club in Bolton Lancashire saw at least nineteen dead in a blaze on Tuesday. Police reported fourteen trapped victims on the fifth floor while four others leaped from upper-story windows to a river below. Four patrons were hospitalized with burns as investigators pursued the fire's cause.
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Bolton
England
Lancashire
Union Dispute Flares Over Anaconda Maintenance Plan
The Metal Trades Council filed suit in district court seeking an injunction against Anaconda Co over a proposed preventive maintenance system. Judge Sid G. Stewart granted a temporary restraining order pending a May 10 hearing. The union may file unfair labor practices charges with the NLRB after a meeting in Butte.
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Anaconda—Metal Trades Council
Anaconda Reduction Dept
Anaconda Co
John Luke McKeon
Metal Trades
Sid G. Stewart
McKeon
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Butte
Robert Parker
Tony Krsul
Metals Trades Council
Frank B. McGrath
Metal Trades Council Union
Kennedy Says Unemployment Level Is Intolerable
The White House meeting of President Kennedy with the 21 member labor management advisory committee produced a unanimous statement calling the current unemployment level near five percent intolerable. The group urged continued automation while recognizing tech change as essential. Secretary Arthur Goldberg hailed the principles as a significant early achievement.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Arthur J. Goldberg
Ikeda to Bring Wife on U S Visit Breaking Tradition
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda will defy etiquette by traveling to the United States in June with his wife accompanying him. The move marks a notable departure from prior protocol.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
U.S
Montana Weather Report East and West Summary
Montana east expects fair skies turning cloudy with scattered showers Tuesday into Wednesday, possible thunder Tuesday. Cooler by Tuesday afternoon and night, highs 55 to 70, lows 30 to 40. Montana west sees showers and a cooler trend, mainly cloudy with light showers and mountain snow, highs 52 to 62, lows 32 to 40.
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Montana
Nutter accuses Renne of prioritizing wants at MSC
Gov. Donald G. Nutter charged President Dr. R. R. Renne of putting his wants first and failing to meet the test of good administration as Montana State College budgets faced cuts. Nutter cited MSC and system budget battles amid a push for 1961 63 funding. Renne countered that the governor usurps Regents powers.
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Board of Regents
MSC
Renne
Kennedy and Aides Ponder Laos Meeting Advances NSC Session
President Kennedy and a larger National Security Council group held a two hour session on Laos amid a deepening crisis. An additional NSC meeting was set for Tuesday with expanded participation including top aides and U.N. ambassador Stevenson.
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Kennedy
Laos
Washington
National Security Council
NSC
Kennedy Signs 394 Million Area Development Bill
President Kennedy signed the 394 million area development law using 18 pens. The program aids at least 10 communities with loans and grants to attract industry and retrain workers. William L. Batt Jr. will administer the program, with task force input from Sen. Paul H. Douglas.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
White House
Sec
Luther H. Hodges
William L. Batt Jr
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Labor Department
Evansville
Ind
Fall River
Lowell
New Bedford
Mass
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Atlantic City
N.J
Altoona
Erie
Couple Is Killed In Road Smashup Near Raynesford
A California couple, Paul H. Ferrell and Violet Ferrell, were killed when a Minuteman missile site contractor’s truck and a ranch car collided on a hill four miles east of Raynesford on the Lewistown highway. The truck driver Severino P. Sciachetti, 50, and another woman were injured and taken to a Great Falls hospital.
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Great Falls
California
Raynesford
Lewistown
Judith Basin
Paul H. Ferrell
Violet
Keddie
Calif
Spencer Ranch
Geyser
Sever
Speed Up $750 000 For State Roads In Yellowstone Area
President Kennedy orders faster spending on three quarter million dollars for Yellowtail Dam area roads in Montana and for Cooke City Red Lodge access to Yellowstone. Sens. Mansfield Metcalf say the projects are part of a national $3.5 million lands highway build up. The plan covers a link from Yellowtail Dam to Hardin and access to the park’s northeastern edge.
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Washington
Yellowtail Dam
Yellowstone Park Area
Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Lee Metcalf
Hardin
Cooke City
Red Lodge
Yellowstone Park
Dandy Buttons Fetch $18 516 at London Auction
Auction of 18th and 19th century buttons in London drew bids totaling 18516 dollars. Pieces included buttons inscribed with Aesop fables and butterfly shaped designs.
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London
Weather Delays Sparkle Flight Countdown for Mercury Mission
Clouds and wind threaten the launch as engineers monitor conditions for America’s first manned spaceflight. Final countdown continues despite gusts and unsettled skies this morning.
Weather Again Clouds Space Launch Plans
Space experts and astronauts weighed a 50 percent chance of cloud and wind delays for Tuesday's American spaceflight. The critical countdown phase involves fueling and astronaut installation. On Monday engineers tested the rocket electronics as two Mercury astronauts simulated missions in a capsule like the one under consideration. No official launch date or time was released.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Mercury
Eisenhower Defends Cuba Aid and Warns Against Witch Hunt
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said his administration aided Cuban rebels and urged against a witch hunt to assign blame for the failed invasion. He endorsed Kennedy’s crisis actions and pledged U.S. support to prevent a Communist stronghold in the Western Hemisphere. He noted refugees sought action and said details beyond training and equipment were not pursued. Eisenhower spoke in Gettysburg after meeting Republican congressional leaders.
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Arthur H. Dean
U.S
Geneva
John J. McCloy
Kennedy
Laos
NSC
Ike
Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
Fidel Castro
Castro
Batista
Realis
Buddy
Congress
Admiral Towner to Speak in Butte on Naval Aviation Anniversary
Rear Adm. George Crosby Towner USN, born in Fort Benton and commander of Navy activities in the Pacific Northwest, will address the Butte Rotary Club luncheon Thursday marking the 50th anniversary of Naval aviation. He will review the rise of naval flight from early landings to carrier battles and Korea era air support, and note future Navy aviation and space themes. He will also inspect local Reserve units and confer with their officers during the visit.
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Montana
13Th Naval District
Butte
George Crosby Towner
USN
Fort Benton
Navy
Pacific Northwest
Navy League
E. P. Frizelle
Naval
America
Adm. Towner
Hardin
Naval Academy
Saratoga
Helena
Arctic
Military Sea Transportation Service
Adm
Towner
Naval and
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
Carroll E. Davis
USNR
Butte Naval Reserve
E. H. Reeder
Owen — Grinde
No Plans for Armed Move in Cuba Rusk Says
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee there are no plans for an American armed intervention in Cuba. He indicated the United States would defend itself if Castro attacks, and attributed the ill starred April 17 invasion to Cuban exiles acting on their own.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Cuba
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Rusk
Fidel Castro
Guantanamo
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Morse
U.S
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