Whitehall Woman Killed In Wreck Near Butte
Afton Masters 22 of Whitehall died early Sunday when her 1951 Ford struck a wrecker removing an overturned car near Cactus Inn on Highway 10. Three other Whitehall residents, Charles Collins 21 Robert Fischer 24 and Ruth Gardiner 21, were seriously injured and hospitalized at St. James in Butte. Patrolman G A Stevens investigated noting the wrecker blocked traffic with warnings in place. Mrs Master’s death raises Montana’s 1954 highway toll to 52. Her body lies in Scott's Funeral Home Whitehall.
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Whitehall
Cactus Inn
Butte
Highway 10
Highway Patrol
Aston Parkes Masters
Charles Robert Collins
Robert Fischer
Ruth Gardiner
St. James Hospital
Stevens
Elmer
Johnson
Eldon Parkes
Terry Masters
A. R. Smith
Peggy Parkes
Washington
Rich
Scott
Mercury St
Quong On
Charlie
Rocker
Rudy Sagatovic
Roy Leighton
Utah
Gun Club Range
Gun Club Road
Sheriff's Office
Mark Hampton
Rocket Gun Club Range
B. J. Riley
Dave Seccomb
Great Falls Youth Fatally Hurt in Car Collision
Robert D. Pfennings, 21, died after a Sunday auto crash at Gore Hill near Great Falls. He rode in a 1952 Chevrolet that hit a Buick, injuring Gabriel Swan, 21, who was hospitalized but not seriously hurt. Buick occupants Oscar Harry Paul, 25, Joseph Errea, 40, and John Patrick Amoyetta, 29, were also hospitalized with noncritical injuries.
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Great Falls
U.P
Robert D. Pfennings
Gore Hill
Pfennings
Gabriel Swan
Oscar Harry Paul
Browning
Joseph Errea
John Patrick Amoyetta
Dunseith
N. C
Montana School of Mines M Day Celebrations Planned
Montana School of Mines will mark M Day with a campus wide holiday Wednesday. The schedule includes a blast at 6 a.m., cleaning and whitewashing the Big Butte M at 8 a.m., illumination by Copper Guards at 8:30 p.m., and a second blast to resume festivities. The senior class leads with Ronald Karvinen and Norman Hardt as chairs. Copper Guards supervise. If weather fails, events shift to May 12.
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Montana School of Mines
Big Butte
Copper Guards
Associated Students
Ronald Karvinen
Norman Hardt
M” Dayfield
George Wilhelm
Duke
Marvin Lanphere
Art Morris
Edward Westerman
Richard Westerman
Don Mathis
Ben Huber
Jumps Into Navy Cadet Exam After Parachute Escape
Don Richards 21 of Abilene Tex hitchhiked a private plane when the Navy flight failed to arrive due to weather. He parachuted from 2500 feet over Dallas Naval Air Station and landed in a mud puddle then hiked a mile to the base. He arrived on time for his naval cadet physical examination.
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Dallas
Tex
Don Richards
Abilene
Navy
Richards
Dallas Naval Air Station
Naval Air Station
Prison guards miss escape as 19 inmates flee Atmore game
Atmore State Prisonenos inmates break through wire fence during Kilby Prison game. Nineteen convicts, all Negroes, flee. four remain at large. One guard fired and three suspended for lack of alertness while others pursued escapees with bloodhounds.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore State Prison
S. W. Hixon
Kilby Prison
J. M. McCullough
Henry Sayer
McCullough
Montana JCs Told Not to Shirk Duties
Great Falls hears United States Junior Chamber of Commerce leaders urge Jaycees to engage in governance. Davi J. Domich cites Continental Congress youth, while Jack Throckmorton is named Montana Jaycees Man of the Year and Great Falls Man of the Year. Awards go to cities including Billings Helena Miles City and others for various civic honors and projects.
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Great Falls
United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce
America
Davi J. Domich
Sacramento
Calif
Jaycees
Jayceens
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Domich
Halls of Congress
Jack Throckmorton
Montana Jaycees
Throckmorton
Missoula
Kalispell
Miles City
Cut Bank
Shelby
Dillon
Glasgow
Conrad
Ike's Atomic Pool Plan Heads to Congress Hearings
President Eisenhower seeks public scrutiny as Senate and House committees begin hearings on a plan to share atomic secrets with allies and loosen domestic restrictions to speed peacetime nuclear power. Officials testify in open sessions through May 17, outlining authorization to distribute information and withdraw materials if security fails.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Congress
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
State and Justice Departments
State and Defense Department
Efforts Spur to End Big Row Over Army Hearings
A chorus of senatorial complaints said the McCarthy Army hearings hurt the Republican party and the nation. Chairman Mundt rejected private hearings or private witnesses as a remedy. McCarthy offered no timetable for continuing questioning of Secretary of the Army Stevens, amid televised hearings into Schine's case and Army alleged favoritism. Senator Johnson called the affair repulsive and said he was tired of the hearing spectacle.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Republican Party
Senate
Mundt
R-Sd
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Roy M. Cohn
Army
Stevens
Pvt
David Schine
Schine
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Confirmation Ceremony in Butte Draws 7,500 at Civic Center
In Butte 1,072 Catholics including 876 children and 196 adults received the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Civic Center led by Bishops Gilmore and Condon. The ceremony drew an estimated 7,500 spectators with colorful robes, altar decor, and Marian Year hymns marking a historic, solemn rite in the Helena diocese.
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Butte
West
Butte Civic Center
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
William J. Condon
Great Falls
Pius XII
D. P. Meade
Missoula
M. M. English
Butte Conference of Catholic Clergy; the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Emmet J. Riley
John M. Halligan
D. B. Harrington
Harrison Street
Pacific Partners Talk on Indochina
Secret talks in Geneva among United States Australia New Zealand and Pacific partners focus on Indochina crisis as Vietminh forces attack Dien Bien Phu and threaten truce negotiations. An unofficial source hints France may push for Geneva talks while Dulles prepares to visit Italy for Trieste discussions amid Western splits concerns.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
France
Christian de Castries
Geneva
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Anc
Pacific
Dulles
$100,000 Fire Destroys Pomeroy Post Office Complex
A midnight blaze engulfed the Pomeroy Washington Post Office building Saturday, gutting a restaurant, bus depot, VFW office, Boy Scouts office and two law libraries. Firefighters reported major destruction of equipment and an investigation is underway to determine the fire origin.
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Pomeroy, Wash
U.P
Veterans of Foreign War Office
Boy Scouts
Spree Leaves Four Dead in Canton Home Rampage
A 172-year old man described as anti religious shot and killed his wife, son and daughter in Canton Ohio before barricading himself inside his home. Sheriff Harry Groseglaus shot and killed the shooter during the standoff.
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Spree
Canton, Ohio
U.P
Harry Groseglaus
War Intervention Chance Lessened in Indochina Policy
Washington officials say direct U S intervention against Indochina is unlikely unless Britain joins a Southeast Asia defense coalition. Dulles returns from Geneva for talks with Eisenhower and lawmakers as Churchill rejects joining pre negotiations. The plan for a united front is shelved for now.
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Washington
U. S
Britain
Southeast Asia
Dulles
Geneva
Eisenhower
Indochina
Churchill
Sen. Knowland
California
Senate
Popejoy Trial Resumes In Twin Bridges Double Murder
Virginia City reports the resumption of the first degree murder trial of Sam Popejoy a 55 year old former Butte trapper before Dist Judge Philip Duncan. The state is to rest its case after cross examination of Robert Little superintendent of the State Orphans Home. Popejoy stands accused of killing twin brothers James and Bill Seyler on Thanksgiving Eve in Twin Bridges.
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Virginia City
Sam Popejoy
Philip Duncan
Robert Little
State Orphans Home
Popejoy
James
Bill Seyler
Twin Bridges Brothers
Twin Bridges
Butte Montana Weather Report Overnight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy and not so cold Monday night with little temperature change Tuesday. Expected Monday high 50 and Monday night low 30, Tuesday high 52. Period temps from Saturday midnight to Sunday 12 Max 43 Min 15. West of Divide cloudier and warmer Monday with possible rain or snow northern mountains Highs 50 60. East of Divide fair and warmer Monday with highs 50 60, extreme east 40 50 and higher western valleys.
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Divide
Montana
Pep Billings
Broadus Belgrade
Eecseres
Tr Butte
Cut Bank
Dillon Aesecs
Drummond Sence
Glasgow
Great Falls
Qesecce
Havre
Helera
Kalispell Pereeeer
Lewistown
Livingston Eceasaces
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone Dimmaemsinians
Oe Uy
Mystery Blast Astonishes Butte Residents
A loud explosion rattled Butte Sunday night at 9 50 near Garrison and Harrison. authorities offered no explanation. Residents reported windows and dishes shaken as fire crews found no cause, while the CAA and Montana Power Co offered no corroboration.
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Butte
CAA
Great Falls Air Force Base
Montana Power Co
Sheriff's Office
Garrison
Uptown
Harrison Avenue
Boy nets $50 bill while fishing in San Diego Bay
George Weaver 9 years old cast from a San Diego beach with a 10 foot pole. He hauled in a find he mistook for play money then realized a real $50 bill. His mother Maxine Weaver noted the afternoon catch and he stayed upbeat despite wet pants.
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San Diego
Calif
George Allen Weaver
Maxine Weaver
San Diego Bay
George
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Heart of Fortress
Laos
Luang Prabang
China
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Tonkin
Clayton Maxwell
Ike
Frances Gibraltar
Isabelle
LNA
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