UN Plan for Korean Prisoners Rejected by Reds
At Panmunjom the United Nations proposed immediate release and settlement of Korean prisoners of war after an armistice. The Communists rejected the plan in angry tones after a brief recess. Lt Gen William K Harrison Jr reported progress as zero and pressed on Pakistan as neutral custodian for reluctant returnees.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
U. N
Korea
William K. Harrison Jr
Harrison
Red
Pakistan
400 Transferred Safely When Vessels Collide
A British steamer and an American freighter collided off England's southeast coast. The Duke of York with 457 aboard sent a mayday and all passengers were transferred to the Haiti Victory before the Duke of York sank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Haiti Victory
Private Enterprise Wins Decision Over Public Power
Interior Secretary Douglas McKay endorsed private hydro development over a federal dam plan at Hell's Canyon on the Oregon Idaho line. He said Idaho Power's Oxbow Project will proceed with private financing, while federal funding is unlikely. Senator Morse denounced the decision as a betrayal of the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior
Douglas McKay
Truman
Hell’s Canyon
Oregon- Idaho
McKay
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Wayne Morse
Indore
Idaho
Congress
Department of the Interior
Federal Power Commission
Department
Blood Gathering Starts Today at Civic Center
The American Red Cross Blood mobile comes to the Civic Center auditorium in Butte for a two day drive to supply blood for the Armed Forces and Gamma Globulin. It operates noon to 6 pm Wednesday and 10 am to 4 pm Thursday with capacity over 60 donors per hour and free transport via the Butte Automobile Dealers Association.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Butte
Civic Center
D. R. Jones
Red Cross
Butte Automobile Dealers Association
Butte Child Hurt at Play Rushed to Brain Specialist in Great Falls
A three year old boy, Murray Lind III, was critically hurt playing near his home when struck by a steel trailer hitch. He underwent brain surgery in Great Falls at Columbus Hospital after being rushed by ambulance from Butte. Dr. Jess Schwidde, a brain specialist, led the operation and reported a successful procedure. the child remained conscious during transport and is expected to recover.
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Butte
Great Falls
Murray Lind III
Jess Schwidde
Columbus Hospital
Schwidde
Alexander Johnson
Wolf Creek
Murray Lind Sr
Montana Weather Forecast Brief With Warm Midweek
East and west of Divide expect fair and warm conditions on Wednesday and Thursday. Highs 70 to 80. Overnight lows near 30, with Tuesday Airport and School of Mines seeing 27 to 33 lows and highs around 75. Table notes 12 hour maxes and 18 hour minima ending 5 30 p m Tuesday.
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School of Mines
Divide
Montana
Billings
Max. Min. Pep
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte Sees Warmest Day Since October Record
Butte residents enjoyed their warmest day in over seven months with temperatures reaching 75 at the Municipal Airport and School of Mines. An equally warm day is forecast for Wednesday with a high near 75. Morning and evening temps should dip to around 30. The last 75-degree day was October 2 when it reached 76, with Monday at 68 as the warmest since then.
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Butte
School of Mines
203 War Casualties Identified in Defense List
The Defense Department released list No. 804 naming 203 Korean War casualties. It shows 31 killed, 157 wounded, nine missing and six injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
Butte Corporal Listed Missing in Korean Action
Army Cpl. Lewis B. Smith of Butte is reported missing in action in Korea. He enlisted Jan 25 1952 after graduating Boys Central High School in 1951 and trained at Fort Lewis and Fort Ord. His mother Mrs Helen A. Smith received the Defense Department telegram.
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Army
Lewis B. Smith
Butte
Helen A. Smith
South Dakota
Department of Defense
Defense Department
Cpl. Smith
Boys Central High School
Fort Lewis
Wash
Fort Ord
Calif
Lewis Benedict Smith Sr
Washington
Montana
Patrick E
Buffalo
Wilson
Browning
Pfe
Jess C. Bishop
Upton B. Bishop
Bigfork
Francis X. Guardipee Jr
Francis X. Guardipee Sr
Walter H. Johnson
Alfred Johnson
Fourth Avenue
Kalispell
Floyd F. Mooney
Anona M. Mooney
Wyoming Avenue
Billings
Robert Delano Shirtliff
Herbert J. Shirtliff
Somers
Pfc
Charles H. Wells
Virginia J. Wells
Box Elder
Reds Aim to Wreck U.S. Economy
A Wall Street survey warns the Soviet Union seeks world economic domination and to enfeeble the American economy. Prepared by Byfield and Cumberland for a non government observer group, it urges a re orientation of defense strategy and the use of personnel with Marxist knowledge on the firing line against Soviet propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Wall Street
United States
Soviet Union
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. N
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert S. Byfield
W. W. Cumberland
New York Stock Exchange
U. S
Stalin
Washington
Moscow
Byfield
U.S
Bombers Destroy Kangye Dam Buildings in Korea Strike
Waves of U S Thunderjet fighter bombers attacked the abandoned Kangye Dam in North central Korea near the Manpojin route from Manchuria. Thirty six Thunderjets and F 86 Sabre jets backed the raid, destroying at least 17 buildings, four rail cars, and a railway line segment amid reports of Reds using the site for supplies.
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Seoul
Kangye
Korea
Air Force
Reds
Manchuria
Yalu River
North Korea
Suiho
Sleak
Kangye Dam
50 American Repatriates on Way Home
Honolulu reports the last airlift of 50 American sick and wounded from Korea nearing completion. Two MATS C-54s at Hickam AFB await medical clearance for 38 passengers to fly to Travis AFB, then to homes nationwide. A second C-54 brings 12 more, with two Canadians and six Colombians. One flight of 20 went directly to Valley Forge Army Hospital.
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Honolulu
Korea
Military Air Transport Service
Hickam Air Force Base
California
Army
Hickam Air Base
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Travis Field
United States
Tokyo
Zach Dean
Douglass
Kan
Abigail
Clifford Smith
Lake Charles
Wilford F. Hall
Hall
Pacific
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Pennsylvania
Safer Roads Advice and Ad Speedway for Travelers
A guide urges women travelers to stay on main routes and use other vehicles when venturing off rural roads. It promotes WANT ADS as the fastest way to reach destinations and notes a 2-WHEEL SPORTSMAN TRAILER that sleeps two with a boat rack, listed as 0000 Gaylord.
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Gaylord
U S Moves Toward Automatic Disposal of Government Papers
Washington reports progress in the federal paper waste program as the Joint Select Committee on the Disposition of Papers in the Executive Department advances a plan to speed disposal. National Archives official Theodore Schellenberg explains that heads must vet lists before Congress finalizes deletions, with periodic destruction timelines hoped to reduce backlogs.
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Washington
U. S
Congressional
Joint Select Committee
Executive Department
Congressional Record
Carlson
R-Kan
Johnston
Dsc
National Archives
Theodore R. Schellenberg
Congress
Schellenberg
Sen. Langer
RND
Montanan among POWs still held in Korea list released
Cpl. David W. Ludlum of Fort Wayne Indiana, a returning prisoner of war, named 76 American POWs still held by communists in Korea and listed where he met them in camps and hospitals. The list includes Richard Meckler of Sidney Montana.
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Battle Creek
Mich
David W. Ludlum
Fort Wayne
Ind
Korea
Ludlum
Richard Meckler
Sidney
Mont
Will Leave Bullet in Montana Boy
Gearnie Black, 16, was shot in the abdomen when a .22 bullet ricocheted off a rock near Billings. Doctors said he looks fine and the bullet remains above his kidney waiting to be removed only if complications arise. The youth was hunting with friends when the accident occurred.
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Billings
Gearnie Black
Clack
Eisenhower asks 5.8 billion for new foreign aid program
President Eisenhower asks Congress for 5.828 billion dollars in new foreign aid to bolster defense against Soviet aggression and vows a tougher stance in Southeast Asia. He urges Moscow to prove peaceful intent by deeds and notes the request is less than Truman’s 1954 budget. Congressional leaders signal caution on the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Kremlin
United States
Southeast Asia
French Indochina
Russia
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Soviet Union
Truman
Chiperfield
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Secretary of State
Dulles
Defense
Wilson
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Episcopal Meet to Close Today in Montana Hotel
Deaconess Elsie W. Riebe praised for 36 years of China mission work at the 50th annual Episcopal Church of Montana convention banquet in the Silver Bow Ballroom. More than 250 attendees, including clergy, will adjourn Wednesday with morning sessions at St John Church and commission appointments, reports, and officer elections planned.
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Elsie W. Riebe
China
Episcopal Church of
Riebe
Dulles Refuses Universal Trade Halt With Red China
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States should not force friendly nations to halt all trade with Communist China. He spoke before a joint congressional committee on the foreign aid program a day after Sen. McCarthy demanded the official view. McCarthy pressed to bar any state or entity linked to Chinese Communist trade from foreign flagships.
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Washington
Dulles
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
China
Joint
Congressional Committee
State Department
Senate
John R. Leddy
Coastal States Win Fight Over Ocean Oil Rights Vote
The Senate approved Ike backed bill to grant state ownership of offshore oil lands by a 56 to 35 vote after a 27 day filibuster. The bill now goes to the House with potential conference talks to reconcile differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Sen
Morse
Ind-ore
Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
M Day Election At Montana School Of Mines
Students at the Montana School of Mines plan a full M Day program starting at 6 a m with a whitewash of the Block M on Big Butte and campus cleanup. The student election runs 11 30 a m to 1 p m with Sigma Rho Theta Tau and Independents slate. Activities include beard judging lunch in the gym dance and nighttime flares around the M followed by a dance to end the day.
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Montana School of Mines
Big Butte
Sigma Rho
Theta Tau
Student Wives Club
Copper Guards
Hearing Today on Sheriff Funds Petition
Public hearing before the board of county commissioners at 2 pm Wednesday on Sheriff William Dalling’s request for more than $8,000 in emergency funds to operate the county jail and pay the board of prisoners through July 1. Citizens may appear to support or oppose.
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William Dalling
Board of Prisoners
Board of County Commissioners
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By Robert B. Tuckman
Murray Lind Jr
South Crystal
Dam
Arthur Edson
AP News
Montanan
Bullet
Theresa McKinney
Santa Mancia
Robert Berman
McKinney
Berman
K Eisenhower
By Roger D. Greene
Episcopal
Sen. McCarthy
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