Nuclear Test Opens New Explosions At Eniwetok
A predawn blast on Saturday near Eniwetok Atoll signaled the start of the 1956 atomic tests. The initial event appeared modest, perhaps a warhead for a tactical bomb, with officials not specfying details. Next Tuesday a massive hydrogen detonation designated Cherokee will be fired from a B52 bomber, with a cloud of several megatons possible.
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Eniwetok Atoll
United States
Graf
U. S
Strategic Air Command
Task Force High Command
America
Runit Island
Eisenhower says Chotiner case poses no ethics violation
President Eisenhower stated there are no grounds to believe Murray Chotiner's White House contacts violated the ethics code. Chotiner, Beverly Hills lawyer and 1952 Nixon campaign manager, testified at a Senate hearing on military uniform contracting. He said the White House aided him on two private law matters unrelated to uniforms. He also noted two explicit presidential orders to ensure courteous treatment and to deny privileges related to family or friends in government.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Murray Chotiner
White House
Chotiner
Beverley Hills
Calif
Nixon
Senate
Youth Accused of Highway Death in Montana
A 17 year old Spokane youth Lee Smart was charged with first degree murder in District Court for the beating death of Charles D. Ward a 59 year old Beulah Colorado salesman found dead near Pendroy Montana on U S 89. Ward was robbed of $40 and his skull crushed. Detective Robert Piper said Smart admitted striking the motorist and dragging the body into a ditch. He was jailed in Spokane and to be in custody of Sheriff Tom Dellno in coming days.
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Mont
Spokane
Wash
Leon H. Murphy
Teton County
Lee Smart
Colorado
Charles D. Ward
Beulah, Colo
Pendroy
U. S. 89
Robert Piper
Piper
Smart
Great Falls
Clifford Barclay
Mary E. Smart
Tom Dellno
Lincoln man nabbed prowler with thread trap
Tom Humphreys told police he used a thread trap tied to a stone under a bedroom window as evidence. The spool sliding across the floor alerted him, and he and a neighbor captured a youth who was turned over to police.
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Lincoln
Neb
Tom Humphreys
Humphreys
Scouts Circus Tonight At Civic Center
The Civic Center hosts the Vigilante Council Boy Scouts of America circus tonight drawing hundreds from Mining City and nearby towns. More than 1,900 boys participate in a two and a half hour show themed Boys Life Americana with Cub Scout flying saucers and rockets, Cub, Boy and Explorer Scouts represented from multiple communities.
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Anaconda Elks Drum and Bugle Corps
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Boy Scouts
W W. Jones
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Butte
Anaconda
Dillon
Deer Lodge
Boulder
Warm Springs
Ennis
Twin Bridges
Philipsburg
Fitch Built First U.S. Steamboat
John Fitch of Philadelphia built and operated a steamboat on the Delaware in 1788, challenging the common belief that Robert Fulton was first to craft such a vessel. Advertisements offer boat and marine supplies and a 21 inch TV, floor model, and table model radio-phonograph for $135.
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Robert Fulton
John Fitch
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Eisenhower Defends Air Power Policy Amid Testimony
President Eisenhower told reporters that the full defense picture will reassure the public about long-range jet bombers and stressed the navy’s strength and mobile air power. He noted bases worldwide exist to support bomber operations and urged awaiting complete testimony before drawing conclusions on Russia’s future power.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Status of Women AAUW Banquet Presented by Mrs Fariss
Mrs Gertrude Houk Fariss of Portland spoke at the Montana Div ision AAUW biennial convention in Butte on Friday night The speech defined status as earned standing in community and profession and contrasted it with legal status She highlighted women’s contributions through organizations like AAUW and noted constitutional limits on rights while citing equal laws in many states
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Gertrude Houk Fariss
Portland
Montana
American Association of University Women
Butte
Anna T. Beckwith
Helena
Fariss
Alice Oliver
Bozeman
Finlen
AAUW
Hooded Gunman Robs Bar Near Garrison
A hooded gunman robbed the Silver Star Bar on Highway 10 between Garrison and Missoula, taking between 1200 and 1900 dollars. After forcing the proprietor and two patrons into a restroom, he cut telephones, fled in a patron’s car, and headed west toward Deer Lodge. State, county and local officers set roadblocks but he remained at large late Friday.
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Garrison
Missoula
Highway 10
Deer Lodge
Butte-Anaconda
Norman Jones
Powell County
Silver Star
Tak
Disciplined Boy Kills Teacher at Maryland Park Junior High
A 15 year old expelled student opened fire at Maryland Park Junior High near Washington. He killed Frazer Cameron and wounded coach Francis Wagner and Robert Hicks while attempting to target the principal. A 13 year old witness described the sequence in the third floor hall.
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Seat Pleasant
George J. Panagoulis
Billy Ray Prevatte
Raleigh
N. C
Maryland Park
Washington, D. C
Frazer Cameron
Westfield
N. J
Francis Daniel Wagner
Robert Hicks
Robert Haywood
Cameron
Wagner
Shinicky Dies During Campaign Against Rhee
Seoul police reported presidential candidate P. H. Shinicky died of a cerebral hemorrhage during a campaign tour near Iri, 125 miles south of Seoul. The 61 year old long time foe of President Syngman Rhee collapsed at about 6:40 am.
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Seoul
P. H. Shinicky
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Shinicky
Iri
Montana Weather Brief Heavy snow and rain warnings
Montana forecast shows heavy snow in western mountains with rain in lower elevations. Snow and rain linger Friday night into Saturday morning, tapering by Saturday afternoon with scattered snow showers in the east. Highs reach 45 to 55 while Friday night remains mild in the west.
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Montana
Western
Peace Pledges Bring Spat Among Arabs
Bickering broke out between Arab allies in Rome Friday over cease-fire pledges to U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. Lebanon accused Syria of betrayal over a cease-fire letter tied to Jordan irrigation issues. Hammarskjold left for New York as Security Council gears up to study his 25 day mission report.
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U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Security Council
Middle East
New York
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Beirut
E. L. M. Bruins
Jury rules accident caused Helena fatality
A coroner's jury in Helena found Arthur James Leach died in an unavoidable accident after falling from a State Highway Dept. truck into a freight truck. The panel recommended possible highway code violations against Ole Gunderson, a Power official, who allegedly struck Leach after the crash. Eleven witnesses testified including road crew, drivers, and an autopsy doctor.
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U.P
Arthur James Leach
Leach
State Highway Dept
Great Northern Freightways
Dave Middlemas
Ole Gunderson
Power
Middlemas
Gunderson
Cascade
John Harrison
R. Wynne Morris
Wolf Creek
Reid Collins
Francis O'Leary
North Hill
O'Leary
Fielding Wright Ex Governor of Mississippi Dies at 60
Former Mississippi governor Fielding Wright died at his home after a heart attack Friday night at age 60. The Issaquena County native had recently campaigned as vice presidential candidate on the 1948 state rights ticket and earlier served as lieutenant governor and governor, completing Thomas Bailey's term and winning election in 1948. Wright had lived in Jackson and worked at his law office with his son.
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Jackson
Miss
Fielding Wright
Wright
Issaquena County
Thomas Bailey
Bailey
Dulles urges a ten-year program to counter Kremlin tactics
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles called NATO ministers to marshal moral and material resources for a new decade program to counter Soviet soft tactics in Asia Africa and the Middle East. He urged a small ministerial committee to plan stronger NATO political and economic action reporting to the Atlantic Council in fall.
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Paris
John Foster Dulles
Free World
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Russia
Kremlin
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Soviet Union
Atlantic Pact
Atlantic Council
France
Christian Pineau
Council
Eisenhower
Washington
United States
United Nations
Italy
West Germany
Holland
Canada
Victim of Sulphuric Acid Attack Blinded
New York labor columnist Victor Riesel has lost sight in both eyes after a sulphuric acid assault outside Lindy’s Restaurant on April 5. The attacker remains unidentified as top eye doctors struggle to save his sight and a $40,000 reward yields no clues. Riesel’s syndicate says his column will continue.
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New York
Victor Riesel
Robert M. Hall
Riesel
Hall
Risel
Lindy’s
Betty Nevins
New York Daily Mirror
Benson Sees Improved Farm Bill but Object to Two Provisions
Secretary of Agriculture Benson said the farm bill passed by the House is much improved but contains two administration objectionable features mandatory price supports for livestock feed grains and grazing lands added to the soil bank program. He did not forecast a veto likelihood if those provisions remain and noted the bill provides the soil bank funding of 1.2 billion dollars with no advance payments this year.
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Washington
Benson
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Missing $1 000 Bill Turns Up in Tot's Piggy Bank
Belmont California report states Charles Berger confessed the $1,000 bill he claimed lost last week is found in his two year old daughter Kimberlee’s piggy bank. He suspected the child took it. Kimberlee has not spoken.
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Tot
Belmont
Calif
U.P
Kimberlee Berger
Kimberlee
Charles Berger
John Graham Guilty in Plane Deaths
John Gilbert Graham was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death for killing his mother and 43 others by placing a dynamite bomb on a United Air Lines flight. The Denver jury deliberated 1 hour 12 minutes after 10 days of testimony, with the verdict read at 11:11 p.m. MST.
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John Gilbert Graham
Graham
Daisie E. King
FBI
United Air Lines
Longmont
Colo
Joseph M. McDonald
Ralph Bonar
Charles
Vigil
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