House Opens Debate on Democrats New Farm Measure
The House began debate on a new Democratic farm bill as leaders work toward a compromise acceptable to President Eisenhower. The soil bank remains the main sticking point with Republicans seeking pre payments to farmers. the measure would offer advances to offset costs of placing land into grass or soil bank activities.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Rep
Halleck
Indiana
Soil Bank
Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Solemn Tribute for Alben Barkley Draws Wide BiPartisan Turnout
The nation bids farewell to Alben W Barkley in a Foundry Methodist Church funeral attended by President Eisenhower Vice President Nixon and leaders from both parties. Barkley 79 longtime senator former VP known for humor and civic dedication. Burial follows in Paducah Kentucky as rain falls and citizens gather in tribute.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Alben W. Barkley
Foundry Methodist Church
Paducah
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Warmer Weather Seen Across Montana State
The Weather Bureau forecast calmer skies and warmer temperatures for most of Montana after a week of rain and snow. Highs ranged from 45 to 55 in the west and 40 to 50 in the east, with Dillon and Belgrade among locations already warming, while Kalispell and Great Falls reported lingering moisture and fog elsewhere.
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Helena
Montana
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Divide
Belgrade
Dillon
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Lewistown
Kalispell
Mullan Pass
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Drummond
Livingston
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana High Low
Broadus Ween
Russians May Announce Cut in Army
London reports indicate the Soviet Union may reveal a major reduction of armed forces despite stalled disarmament talks. British premier Eden and U S envoy Stassen held secret exchanges with Soviet leaders during Khrushchev visit, fueling expectations of cutting manpower to support industrial and agricultural goals.
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London
Soviet Union
Eden
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Stassen
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. Disarmament Commission
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Canada
U. N
Man Thrice Convicted Slayings Out On Freedom From Sing Sing
OSSINING N Y Camilo Leyra a 55 year old man thrice convicted of murdering his parents walked from Sing Sing to freedom after being ordered freed by the State Court of Appeals. He left with a $20 token payment and said he would spend the rest of his life trying to solve the crime. He thanked his attorneys and Father Donovan, the prison chaplain, and declined to discuss future plans.
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Camilo Leyva
New York
State Court of Appeals
Leyra
New Jersey
Manhattan
Russia rejects U S charges over Taapse seamen case
Moscow radio said the United States wrongly detained nine crew members from the tanker Taapse who sought asylum in 1954 after it was seized off Formosa. The State Department expelled two Soviet attaches in New York while Arkady Sobolev was accused of meddling. Turkin and Guryanov will leave New York May 9 and are in Russia now.
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London
Russia
U. S
U. N
United States
Moscow
State Dept
Aleksandr Guryanov
Nikolai Turkin
New York
Turkin
Guryanov
Taapse
Formosa
Moscow Radio
Washington
Arkady A. Sobolev
Idlewild
Sobolev
Daylight Saving Time Begins at Anaconda Mines in Butte
The Anaconda Company will switch operations in its Butte mines and plants to Daylight Saving Time at 7 a.m. Monday May 7, advancing from 6 a.m. Standard Time.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Montana Weather Summary for Thursday and Friday
Montana east shows partly cloudy north and cloudy central with light snow or rain in the extreme south on Thursday. North is slightly warmer, south cooler. highs 40 to 50. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and warm again in most areas. West Montana: mostly partly cloudy, warmer in the north on Thursday. highs 45 to 55. Tables note that maximums refer to 12 hours and minimums to 18 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Montana
Special Elections Called in Butte on Housing Project
Butte voters will decide on a proposed housing project and a garbage levy at a July 23 special election. City Council authorized ballot measures and rehired city recreation board officials, while noting possible delays in housing funding.
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Butte
Butte City Council
Robert Sparks
City Recreation Board
Tim J. Sullivan
George Sarsfield
Recreation Board
City
Francis P. Kelly
James E. McFeely
Public Housing Authority
San Francisco
McFeely
PHA
Congress
Sullivan
Joe A. Kissock
John Lindquist
State AAUW Convention Opens in Butte With Lunches and Dinners
The Montana Division of the American Association of University Women opens its convention at the Finlen Hotel with registration from 4 to 6 30 p m and a dinner featuring Mrs Mabel Winston of Ashland Oregon as speaker. Activities include executive board meeting, workshops, luncheons and banquets through Saturday noon.
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Montana
American Association of University Women
Finlen Hotel
Mabel Winston
Ashland
Ore
North Pacific
AAUW
Stanley Gronfein
Butte
Edward Eck
Anaconda
Elizabeth McFadden
Ralph McFadden
Western Montana College of Education
Dillon
Helen J. Imrie
State Department
Washington, D. C
Finlen
Gertrude Houk Fariss
Portland
Status of Women Committee
Presbyterian Church
Caroline McGill
Gronfein
Joel G. Droubay
Robert Kroeze
Wade Green
Helen Helms
James G. Sawyer
C. H. Kirk
Polar Expedition Ventures and Outdoor Gear Ad
John Davis of England conducted early polar explorations from Davis Strait to Sander son s Hope in 1587. The Want Section lists expedition gear and camping items with an ad for a 141 Ford Club Coupe in good condition and contact details.
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John Davis
England
Davis
Sanderson
Dial 5451
House OKs record highway fund and weather aids
The House approved a $1.382 billion funding bill for the Commerce Department and related agencies for the next fiscal year. It includes $775 million for federal highway aid, $37.5 million for air navigation equipment, and $35.5 million for the Weather Bureau with $1 million for hurricane and tornado warning research. The measure, trimmed from Eisenhower’s request, goes to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Air Safety
Weather Bureau
Commerce Department
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administrants-in
UN chief travels Damascus to urge Arab Israeli water accord
Dag Hammarskjold pressed Syria Jordan and Lebanon to back a cease fire and an agreed water rights plan on the Jordan River during talks in Damascus and a later session with Israeli and Syrian leaders. He refused to confirm success or failure and left for Jerusalem after a brief visit.
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Jerusalem
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
Damascus
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Israel
Hammarskiold
United Nations
Said Ghazzi
Rashad Barmada
David
Mining Students Elect Dorman and Honor Adams
Knownly R. Dorman of Bis marck junior was elected president of the Associated Students of the School of Mines on M-Day renamed A-Day to honor Dean A. E. Adams who retires after 49 years on the faculty. The election selected Robert N. Hickman as vice president Gene A. Lanier as secretary and Robert Long and Robert Loucks as Student Council delegates. The day featured beard and character formation contests with prizes and a large Beaux M whitewash on Big Butte.
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R. Dorman
Bismarck
N.D
School of Mines
Sam Worcester
Sigma Rho
Butte
Allen F.westerdahl
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Dorman
Theta Tau
A. E. Adams
Gene A. Lanier
Polson
Robert Long
Rowan
Independent
Robert Loucks
Great Falls
Profs
Clifford Laity
James Albertson
Louis McBride
Jerry Weber
Minneapolis
Westerdahl
Richard Sigaun
Spokane
Roland L. Nordwick
Wolf Point
William B. McKinnis
Puyallup, Wash
Hugo Pulin
Menahga
Minn
Dennis Williams
David Dahlem
Downey
Calif
Darrell Bywater
Big Butte
Copper Guard
George Cloudy
Juneau
Alaska
Senator Murray to Be Honored on His Birthday
Senator James E. Murray of Montana will be honored on his 80th birthday with a dinner at the Shoreham Hotel. A surprise party expanded to include friends from his 21 years in the Senate, with 132 guests accepting invitations. The guest list includes four Supreme Court justices, 52 senators, seven former senators, former Cabinet members, current and former diplomats, representatives, and a university president.
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Washington
James E. Murray
D.mont
Murray
Shoreham Hotel
Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Paris meeting weighs new plan for international aid agency
French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau proposed to U S Secretary of State Dulles a plan to create a new aid agency outside NATO to distribute aid through the United Nations framework. The proposal aims to help underdeveloped regions and keep the body separate from Cold War instruments. Pineau plans to present the scheme to the NATO council.
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Paris
France
United States
Christian Pineau
U. S
Dulles
Foreign Office
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Washington
Russia
White House
Eisenhower
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Nations
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Italy
Pineau
Lemay Testifies on B52 Production and Rejections
General Curtis Lemay told a Senate panel that 78 B52 bombers were built but only 47 accepted by the Air Force, with rejections fixable and production urged to meet Soviet bomber growth. He cited prior months of January to April and noted a component failure with a solution.
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Washington
Curtis Lemay
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Russia
Lemay
Senate Armed Services
U. S
Pentagon
Soviet Russia
Alexander Found Guilty in Death
James V. Alexander, 48, convicted of second degree murder in the death of his wife Barbara whose remains were found in a basement tomb. He faces 20 years to life in the Wyoming State Penitentiary at Rawlins. Rose Alexander, his ex wife, faces trial next Monday.
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Cheyenne Wyo
James V. Alexander
Barbara
Wyoming
Rawlins
Alexander
Casper, Wyo
Sam Thompson
Rose
Fred Layman
Wyoming Supreme Court
Thief Cuts Fire Alarm Cable as 300 False Alarms Ring
Detroit Fire Dept. reports 300 false alarms triggered simultaneously after a thief cut a four foot section of master cable linking alarm boxes to the dispatcher. The alarms sounded and the thief escaped.
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Detroit
Detroit Fire Dept
Fire Dept
Traffic Scramble System to Start on Monday
The pedestrian scramble will debut Monday at Park and Main Streets, with Walk and Dont Walk signals replacing green lights for pedestrians. If successful in Butte, the plan may expand to other busy downtown crossings, aiming to protect pedestrians and aid turning traffic.
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Park and Main Streets
Tim J. Sullivan
Park
Park and Main Street
Missing Butte Girl Found With Playmate
Polly Ann Harvey a six year old first grader at Washington School was found at about 12 30 a m Thursday at the home of a playmate near Holmes avenue in Butte after a search by sheriff s officers police and volunteers began when the mother reported she was last seen on East Park around 3 p m The girl is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Harvey of 329 Jr Summit
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Butte
Polly Ann Harvey
Paul Harvey
329 Jr. Summit
East Park
Polly Ann
Washington School
Holmes Avenue
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