Scout Exposition Opens Tonight at Civic Center
Nearly 2,000 Scouts from Butte and nearby towns will parade in relays at the Vigilante Council Exposition in the Butte Civic Center. The 7 to 9:30 p.m. event features booths by multiple troops, displays by the Order of the Arrow, and a world Scout booth commemorating Baden Powell's 100th anniversary. Proceeds fund summer camp facilities with a new camp site contemplated.
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Civic Center
First Presbyterian Church
Fred Hill
Ed Ruark
Bob King
George Redding
Alex Hill
John Eaton
Don Thompson
Jim Ruark
Tom Ruark
Don Riegger
Tom Drain
Richard Collins
Steve Hotvedt
Rick Lloyd
Butte Civic Center
Butte
Walkerville
Anaconda
Warm Springs
Boulder
Drummond
Deer Lodge
Galen and
Dillon
H. J. Sannan
W. Wayne Jones
Ray Calkins
Fritz Apostel
M. K. Matthewson
Valley Forge
Vigilante Council
Lord Baden Powell
Scout Movement
Citizens School Group Sets Aims in Montana
Helena action by the Montana Citizens Committee on Schools forms a five man subcommittee to create 12 districts for a statewide task force. Members include Sen. David F. James Paul R. Working R Arthur Neill Charles Peck and R H Robinson. The group will explain school problems to the public and the Legislature with a primary goal to submit recommendations.
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Helena
Montana
Missoula
Russell B. Hart
Billings
Gordon Tweet
Rudyard
Seriously Injured Woman Trapped 12 Hours in Auto
A 29 year old Placerville woman lay seriously injured for about 12 hours in her wrecked car after a solo crash on U S Highway 50 near Echo Summit California. Marine Giesenger reported the vehicle dropped 400 feet into a gulley and was not found until around noon Friday. She suffered concussion scratches bruises and shock. She could not recall how the accident occurred.
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Bijou
Calif
U.P
Placerville
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Marine Giesenger
U.S. Highway 50
Echo Summit
Here
Richards Presents Eisenhower Doctrine to Israeli Leaders
Special envoy James P Richards outlined President Eisenhower's Middle East doctrine to Israeli leaders in Jerusalem. He declined to state Israel's position but said he felt very good about the meeting and planned to depart for Tunisia and Morocco.
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Richards
Jerusalem
James P Richards
Eisenhower
Middle East
Israel
Tunisia
Morocco
Montana Librarians Engage In 44th Annual Meeting Schedule
Five sessions are planned for Saturday as the Montana State Library Assn marks its 44th annual meeting in Billings. The Friday banquet featured Elizabeth Lochrie and Merwin Moores as speakers. Sessions include workshop on book selection and binding, a Friends of the Library panel, and Know Your Community discussions with leaders from Bozeman Cut Bank and other towns.
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Montana State Library Assn
Finlen Hotel
Elizabeth Lochrie
Butte
Merwin Moores
Northern Montana College
Havre
Lochrie
Clare Smith
Miles City
Ruth Hileman
Bozeman
Ruth Longworth
Cut Bank
Pearl Coomb
Glendive
Lily Eveland
Chester
Eleanor Ivankovich
Anaconda
Doris Mart
Jordan
Loretta Kilroy
Great Falls
Harriette Cushman
Friends of the Library
Harold Nelson
Homer Norman
Somers
Oscar Hoiseth
Gildford
Robert Bemis
Virginia Walton
Helena
Amy World
Whitney Smith
Whitefish
Elva Wineman
Stanford
John Cushman
Red Lodge
Eisenhower Nominates Bennett for Interior solicitor post
President Eisenhower announced he will nominate Elmer F. Bennett of Colorado to be solicitor for the Interior Department, succeeding J. Reuel Armstrong of Wyoming. Bennett, 39, has served in the Interior Department since 1953 and previously worked as legislative counsel to Secretary Seaton. Armstrong resigns for health reasons with immediate effect.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Elmer F. Bennett
Colorado
Interior Dept
J. Reuel Armstrong
Wyoming
Senate
Armstrong
Bennett
Longmont, Colo
Seaton
Federal Trade Commission
Sen
Millikin
R-Colo
Nicaragua Says Border Fighting Stopped Amid Talks
President Luis Somoza announced Nicaragua has halted fighting on the disputed Honduras border and will not retaliate unless attacked. He asked the Foreign Minister to inform the OAS in Washington that Nicaragua would refrain from actions likely to worsen the situation, while awaiting the OAS committee visit. Somoza claimed no clashes remain after Nicaragua recaptured Mocoron, though Honduras denies the seizure.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
Honduras
Organization of American States
Washington
OAS
Alejandro Montiel Arguello
Tegucigalpa
Somoza
Mocoron
Gunman Hunts Costello Assailant in New York
Police sought a gunman who shot Frank Costello in the lobby of his Central Park West building as he returned from a night out with his wife and friends. More than 60 detectives searched for the assailant amid fears of underworld retaliation after Costello, a famed Kefauver witness, suffered a scalp wound and was treated at a hospital.
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New York
Frank Costello
Costello
Kefauver
Italy
Central Park West
Norval Keith
Diem to Address U.S. Congress during State Visit
The State Department said President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Viet Nam will address a joint session of Congress next Thursday during his state visit. He will arrive in Washington on Wednesday.
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Washington
State Dept
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Congress
Diem
Eisenhower Urges GOP to Sell Platform in West to Rebuild Support
President Eisenhower urged Western Republican leaders to spread the party’s platform as a path to recoup losses from 1956. Speaking by telephone to about 100 workers at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City, he emphasized unifying the party and winning back seats in 1958.
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Salt Lake City
Eisenhower
Washington
Utah
Alcorn
Wallace F. Bennett
Richard Simpson
Republican Campaign Committee
House
George D. Clyde
Bertha S. Adkins
GOP
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Salt Lake
Senate
NATO Retort to Kremlin Warnings on Nuclear Arms Policy
NATO foreign ministers closed their Berlin meeting with a communique asserting deterring Soviet attack requires modern nuclear firepower, until a disarmament agreement with verification is reached. They warned Moscow against nuclear bases in Scandinavia and West Germany, urged German reunification, and pledged peaceful steps to restore Germany as a free, united state within European security. The West German Socialists denounced the gathering as a fiasco.
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Germany
NATO
Moscow
Scandinavia
West Germany
Greece
Turkey
Soviet Union
European
Berlin
Heinrich von Brentano
U. S
Dulles
East Germany
Geneva
West German
Socialist Party
McClellan Claims Conspiracy in Beck Probe
Senator McClellan charged a conspiracy to hide four missing witnesses in the Beck investigation. He vowed to continue until subpoenas and testimony are secured as part of the Racketeering and Union malpractices inquiry. Other developments include Goldwater presenting evidence of coal mine operators colluding with local UMW officials in Luzerne County. Mundt corroborated further details.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate
Dave Beck
Beck
Teamsters Union
Sen. Goldwater
Ariz
United Mine Workers Union
Luzerne County
Sen. Mundt
R SD
Butte Man Will Head Dentists
Montana State Dental Assn. chose Dr. Harry G. Farrell of Butte as president-elect. He will succeed Dr. Bernhard Olness of Big Timber as president. Dr. John D. Roche of Kalispell becomes president-elect. Dr. Richard Ritter of Bozeman is secretary-treasurer and Dr. D. A. Nottingham of Laurel is vice president. About 150 dentists attended statewide clinical lectures.
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Billings
Montana State Dental Assn
Harry G. Farrell
Butte
Bernhard Olness
Big Timber
John D. Roche
Kalispell
Richard Ritter
Bozeman
D. A. Nottingham
Laurel
Clifford Sturdevant
Chap
Auto Train Collision Near Havre Leaves Driver Critical
Tony M. Crowell of Thermopolis Wyoming was critically injured in a car train collision on U S Highway 2 about 40 miles west of Havre. He was alone in the car and collided with the first unit of the Great Northern’s eastbound Western Star. Crowell suffered extensive head and neck injuries. His wife's residence is listed as Deadwood South Dakota.
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Havre
Tony M. Crowell
Thermopolis
Wyo
Highway Patrol
Crowell
Great Northern
Western Star
Deadwood
A. BD
Right Heartbeat Prompts Want Ad Centered Buying
The ad section is described as the daily hub of buying and selling activity. Readers are urged to phone an ad to place wanted or offered items, suggesting the Want Ad column as central to commerce.
McCarthy Rites Planned in Senate Chamber
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy was to receive a 30 minute funeral in the Senate chamber after which his body would be flown to Appleton Wisconsin for church services and burial. He died at 48 from an acute liver ailment as flags flew at half staff at government buildings.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
U. S. Senate
McCarthy
Senate
Appleton
Capitol
White House
Outagamie County
Grand Chute
Congressional
Bischerts Handed Five-Year Terms
Francis Bischert and his wife Donna were sentenced to five-year prison terms for manslaughter in their infant daughter Melody’s 1956 death. The jury, after about four hours, recommended the sentences. Donna Bischert pleaded guilty after the verdict. They were sent to Deer Lodge Prison to serve.
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Missoula
Mont
Francis Bischert
Donna
Melody
Bischert
Justice of the Peace Fined in Miles City
Miles City justice of the peace John Grauman fined Eugene Morgan ten dollars after Morgan pleaded guilty to driving without a license. Morgan serves as a justice of the peace in Ashland.
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Miles City
Justice of the Peace
John Grauman
Eugene Morgan
Morgan
Ashland
Wichita Falls Flood Threat as Holiday Creek Rises
Heavy rain and rising Holliday Creek flooded Wichita Falls Texas with Lake Wichita filling the spillways by 17 inches. Evacuations began for the first seven families as more were expected. tornado funnels were sighted but did not touch ground.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Holliday Creek
Texas
Red River
Lake Wichita
Brazos River
Fort Worth
Bosque River
Waco
Gainesville
Elm Creek
Sabine
Iredell
North Bosque River
Navy pilot cuts power to San Francisco region with AD7
Navy Lt. (j.g.) Harry M. Nyberg piloted an AD7 Skyraider that severed two 220,000-volt lines in Niles Canyon. The outage affected 1.1 million people from San Francisco to San Jose, knocking out TV and radio, traffic signals, elevators, and critical communications for up to 30 minutes. Nyberg landed safely at Alameda NAS after the incident.
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San
Alameda Naval Air Station
Nyberg
San Francisco
International Airport
T. S. Petersen
Standard Oil of California
Two Car Crashes Kill Conrad Man in Rain
J D Monson age 85 died Friday night when his car collided head on with a bridge abutment on U S 91 south of Conrad during heavy rain. He was returning to Conrad from his ranch ten miles southwest. The Montana 1957 traffic toll rose to 53, matching last year.
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Conrad
J. D. Monson
U. S. 91
Monson
Montana
Three car crash on US 10N leaves one dead in Montana
Robert F. Calloway 39, a Hamilton Management Co. representative, died from a skull fracture after a three car collision between Winston and Claspil on US 10N near Helena. Four others including Angus McArthur 56 were injured and hospitalized in Helena Townsend, or Broadwater hospitals. Montana's 52nd traffic fatality of the year noted.
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Helena
Rapid City
S. D
Winston and
Claspil
U. S. Highway
Milking Ordinance Repealed by East Paterson Council
East Paterson New Jersey the borough council repealed an old milking ordinance alongside other obsolete laws affecting Police Chief Ralph Bloor who no longer must milk stray cows in duty. The move modernizes local rules and clarifies chief duties.
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East Paterson
N.J
Ralph Bloor
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook
Montana east region foresees partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thundershowers, highs 70 to 80 and 75 to 85 for Sunday, lows 40 to 50. West region expects partial cloudiness with isolated thundershowers south, highs 65 to 75 Saturday rising to 70 to 80 Sunday, lows 35 to 45. Precipitation totals cover 24 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Friday.
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Montana
Missing Sidney school chief Raymond Gerber located in Minot
Sidney authorities report Raymond A. Gerber the 56 year old Sidney high and grade schools superintendent is missing after discrepancies in audits. Shortages totaling 7598 dollars were found in the student funds and school accounts. Gerber was last known in Minot North Dakota on May 1 driving a gunmetal gray 1948 Chevrolet with Montana plates.
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Sidney
Raymond A. Gerber
Minot
N. D
Richland County Atty. Victor
S. W. Childers
Sidney High
Hugh N. Williamson
Donald M. Rees
Sidney Cpa
Gerber
N. C
Montana
Associated Students Fund
Gerbers
House Committee Advances Meat Promotion Plan
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill allowing livestock producer groups to collect a small sales fee to fund a national meat promotion campaign. Marketing agencies would deduct 10 cents per head for cattle and 5 cents for sheep and hogs, with refunds available to growers objecting within 20 days.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
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