Britain Presses US to Ease Trade Bans on Soviet, Chinese Goods
British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd pressed U S Secretary of State Dulles in Paris to ease Western embargoes on strategic goods to the Soviet Union and Red China. They discussed NATO Council plans and Bulganin Khrushchev visit impacts. A NATO expansion plan aimed at countering Russia's trade and aid offensive was endorsed for quick action.
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Paris
Britain
United States
Russia
Red China
Selwyn Lloyd
U. S
State Dulles
NATO
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Eden
Lloyd
Dulles
Dulles and
Loyd
Alexander Gets 45-65 Year Term
James V. Alexander 48, ex Casper schoolteacher, was sentenced to 45 to 65 years for second degree murder after a jury found him guilty following nearly 48 hours of deliberation. The case grew from the death of his wife Barbara 24, who vanished in 1953 and was later exhumed from a basement grave in Casper. Alexander appealed, claiming he had not received a fair trial, while the judge urged respect for the verdict and noted substantial circumstantial evidence supporting guilt. The court also fined 1000 dollars and ordered trial costs, estimated at 20 to 30 thousand dollars.
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Pnb
Wyo
James V. Alexander
Casper
Barbara
Dist
Sam Thompson
Alexander
Wyoming Supreme Court
Hartford, Conn
Thompson
Natrona County
Raymond Whitaker
Marine Corps accused of leniency over Parris Island death march
Rep Walter Norblad charged the Marine Corps with being too lenient in punishing officers after the Parris Island boot camp death march. He faulted Gen Randolph McC Pate for glossing over the responsibility of immediate superior officers of Staff Sgt Matthew C McKeon, the assistant drill instructor in the incident that left six recruits drowned.
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Washington
U.P
Walter Norblad
R-Cre
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Norblad
House Armed Services Committee
Randolph McC. Pate
Matthew C. McKeon
McKeon
Nixon Supporter Testifies in Senate Probe
Murray M. Chotiner, Nixon’s 1952 campaign manager, told the Senate Investigations Subcommittee he sought and received White House help on private law cases. He said two Eisenhower aides Maxwell Rabb and Charles Willis Jr. placed calls to check case status or to arrange meetings. Hagerty said there was nothing improper about the contacts.
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Washington
Murray M. Chotiner
Nixon
White House
Eisenhower
Maxwell Rabb
Charles F. Willis Jr
Chotiner
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Murray Honored on 80th Birthday
Senator James E. Murray of Montana marked his 80th birthday with a Washington dinner attended by about 140 guests including current and former government officials. The event, arranged by his five sons, expanded from a private gathering as Murray joked about age and his 1960 reelection bid.
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Washington
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Murray
W. D
Butte
Charles A
Edward E
Westbury
Long Island
N. H
Howard A
James A
First Plane Flight at Kitty Hawk Fifty Years Ago
The Wright brothers flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on December 17 1903 lasted 59 seconds and covered 852 feet. Want ads offer buying selling and locating assistance with Dial 5451 for service. Rolllaway bed phone 0000.
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Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
France weighs selling more Mystere IV jets to Israel
Paris sources say France is considering selling 12 additional Mystere IV jet planes to Israel after sending a dozen already. The government reportedly seeks to share arms supply responsibility with the United States and Britain, amid frustration over sole ownership of arms shipments.
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Paris
U.P
France
Israel
United States
Britain
Two Indian Youths Die in Burglary Crash
Two Brockton youths Harold Red Eagle aged 16 and Melvin Benedict 17 were killed in a two car collision 23 miles south of Malta while being sought for questioning in a $1,400 Wolf Point burglary. A third youth Earl Jones 18 was injured and hospitalized. A driver Mrs Kirkaldie was uninjured. The incident pushes Montana 1956 highway deaths to 50.
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Malta
William C. Dove
Harold Red Eagle
Melvin Benedict
Brockton
Dove
Wolf Point
Montana
Egyptians Protest Seizure of Plane by Israel
Egypt protested to the United Nations mixed armistice commission over Israel’s seizure of a Dutch chartered DC-3 plane in the Negev. The aircraft, with five Dutch crew and one Egyptian sergeant, was forced down near Jerusalem and Egypt demands release of all occupants. Israel said the plane violated its airspace and later allowed the crew to depart while the Egyptian sergeant remained detained.
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Gaza
U.P
Egypt
United Nations Mixed Armistice Commission
Israel
Lyddia
Jerusalem
Negev Desert
Dag Hammarskjold reports new Middle East cease-fire pacts
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold announced three new cease-fire agreements with Israel and Arab neighbors Syria Jordan and Lebanon. The accords aim to curb hostilities in the Gaza area and reinforce 1949 armistice terms with self-defense reservations. He will report to the Security Council and press for unconditional cease-fires backed by all parties.
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United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
Israel
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
U. N
Gaza
Middle East
Security Council
Council
Joza Brilej
Yugoslavia
Hammarskjold
Cairo
Jerusalem
Beirut
Damascus
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Rome
London Talks on Arms to End Today
Delegates from the United States, Russia, Britain, France, and Canada agreed to one final session before referring the disarmament issue to the United Nations. The deadlock, five weeks old, centered on supervision and inspection of any plan, with Soviet delegate Andrei A. Gromyko opposing the proposed open sky aerial inspections.
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London
A.P
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Eisenhower
AAUW Banquet Highlights Goals at Montana Convention
Mrs. C. D. Winston of Ashland Oregon delivered the keynote at the Montana Division AAUW convention opening banquet in Butte. She outlined objectives including self education for members, fellowships for outstanding women, and stipends from a large endowment to foster international relations and study in the United States.
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C. D. Winston
Ashland
Ore
Montana
American Association of University Women
Winston
North Pacific
AAUM
Finlen
AAUW
Endowment Fund
International Federation of University Women
United States
Southern Oregon College
Big Drive Against Voter Apathy in 56 Elections
Washington announce a nationwide voter engagement push running until November led by the American Heritage Foundation. The effort promotes registration and participation through diverse appeals and gimmicks, citing historical restrictions on voting in colonial times to motivate today.
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American Heritage Foundation
Foundation
New Jersey
South Carolina
Virginia
House Group Increases Defense Funds
The House Appropriations Committee approved 33.6 billion dollars for the Defense Dept for the new fiscal year starting July 1, with emphasis on air power and new weapons. Total funding rises 1.74 billion over the current year but falls 512.8 million short of the president’s request. most reductions are deemed on paper. The plan reserves 46.23 billion with manpower at about 2.865 million and allocates 1.647 billion for research and development to counter Soviet gains. Distribution: Air Force 15.48 billion, Navy 9.10 billion, Army 7.50 billion.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Defense Dept
Congress
Eisenhower
Defense
House
Senate
Russia
America
United States
Air Force
Navy
Montana Weather Outlook For Friday And Saturday
Montana east reports cloudy conditions Friday with rain or snow across the south and west central areas. Highs range from 38 to 48 in the south and 48 to 55 in the north with lingering precipitation, then diminishing Friday night. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer readings in the south. West section expects rain and snow at higher elevations mainly Friday, ending Friday night with little temperature change. highs reach 40 to 55 from south to north, with Saturday partly cloudy and no major shifts.
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Montana
Man Killed North of Helena At Gates of the Mountain
The Lewis and Clark County sheriff’s office investigated a report of a man killed at the Gates of the Mountain turnoff about 13 miles north of Helena. A Great Falls car was being sought after it ran over a party, with Sheriff Coroner Dave Middleman en route to the scene around 12 30 a.m.
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Helena
Lewis and Clark County
Sheriff's Office
Mountain
Here
Great Falls
Dave Middleman
Barkley Buried in Hometown in Paducah
U S Senator Alben W Barkley was laid to rest in his Paducah home with notable figures including Former President Harry S Truman and governors in attendance The service at Broadway Methodist Church drew about 1500 friends and hundreds outside as Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver and Gov Averell Harriman attended nearby in a solemn ceremony reflecting his long public career.
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Paducah
U. S
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Broadway Methodist Church
Barkley
William Evans
Evans
Harry S. Truman
Harris Funeral Home
Truman
Lex A
Spee
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Gov
Averell Harriman
New York
Stevenson
Kefauver
Legislators Reject Immediate Farm Benefit Advances
Washington House passes a new farm bill backing Eisenhower soil bank while denying 500 million dollars in advance benefits this year. Vote 181-157 on pre payment plan. 314-78 passage. bill moves to Senate. It broadens soil bank coverage to additional crops and raises reserve authorization, totaling nearly 6 billion dollars for four years.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Senate
Rep
McIntyre
Rmaine
Secretary of Agriculture
Soil Bank
Albert
Dokla
Mitchell Weeks predict good business year in 1956
Labor Secretary James Mitchell and Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks forecast a favorable 1956 despite weak auto and farm equipment sectors. They cited a projected April employment rise of about one million from March and a fall in unemployment. They pointed to construction strength, wage gains, rising personal income, and stable living costs as main support while noting softer March factory sales and orders.
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Washington
U.P
James P. Mitchell
Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Mitchell
Weeks
Commerce Dept
Defense Rests in Graham Trial
Denver jurists hear John Gilbert Graham deny testifying and deny calling psychiatrist witnesses as defense rests after less than three hours. Four psychiatrists testified Graham sane. Defense motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and to move trial to Weld County were denied. Prosecution foregoes rebuttal.
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Denver
John Gilbert Graham
Graham
Gloria
Weld County
Joseph M. McDonald
Judge weighs bid to block desegregated bus lines
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones in Montgomery took under advisement a city suit seeking to stop privately owned city bus lines from operating desegregated buses. He said a decision would come in two to three days.
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Montgomery
Ala
ULP
Walter B. Jones
Jones
Phenix
Outlook Changes, More Snow Seen in Montana
Montana faced persistent cool, wet weather as a new storm in southwestern Idaho sparked scattered showers across the state. Forecasters expected the precipitation area to grow with heavy mountain snowfall while cities like Billings and Great Falls reported light snow that mostly melted on contact.
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Helena
Montana
Weather Bureau
Idaho
Billings
Great Falls
Drummond
Butte
Whitehall
Bozeman
Livingston
Missoula
Last Chance Gulch
Denver Tax Lawyer Guilty of Failing to File Return
Denver tax lawyer Charles A Haskell was found guilty by a U S District Court jury of willfully failing to file a 1951 income tax return. The eight men and four women jury deliberated 40 minutes before the verdict. He faces up to one year in prison and a $10000 fine and remains free on a $1000 cash bond until sentencing. Haskell said he would appeal.
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Denver
Colorado
GOP
Charles A. Haskell
U. S. District Court
Haskell
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