Butler predicts Eisenhower may resign before 1960
Democratic national chairman Paul Butler said on a radio program that Eisenhower could quit before his second term ends. Republican leader Meade Alcorn called the speculation ridiculous and noted the president denied plans to resign. Butler argued the president feels the burdens of office and might turn duties over to Vice President Nixon.
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Washington
Paul Butler
Eisenhower
Meade Alcorn
Butler
White House
Alcorn
Anne Wheaton
Nixon
Democratic National Committee
United States
NATO Talks Summit Plans Stir Dulles Warns Against Traps
In Copenhagen NATO foreign ministers press for a meaningful summit while Secretary of State Dulles warns against Russian traps on the road. He says parity at talks risks unbalancing four power norms and notes Moscow historically avoids the parity idea. West Germany presses for German reunification discussion.
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Dulles
Copenhagen
Denmark
Selwyn Lloyd
Lloyd
Kremlin
West Germany
Heinrich von Brentano
Mit
Christiansborg
Atlantic Alliance
Education Board Asked to Let McFarland Quit
Helena Montana education leaders heard a plea to accept MSU President Carl McFarland’s resignation offer for labor and salary disputes at the university. The Montana Board of Education recessed until Tuesday morning after a five hour secret session with no action taken.
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Helena
Montana Board of Education
Montana State University
Carl McFarland
James S. Umber
Montana Aflcio
Montana
McFarland
Amber
Earl L. Hall
Great Falls
MSU
Bond Heist at Brockville Trust Company Valued Over $2 Million
Thieves pried into a Brockville vault over the weekend stealing about 2.3 million dollars in bonds cash and checks. A Montreal man Rene Martin 31 was arrested after a bank book and a key led to suitcases believed to hold most of the loot. Police described the entry through a ceiling and a brick wall with acetylene gear, noting Canada’s third million dollar robbery in recent years.
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Montreal
Brockville Trust and Savings Co
Rene Martin
Trust Company
Canada
Memorial Day Plans Reached for Butte
Memorial Day observance planned for May 30 in Butte includes a parade, Soldiers Memorial Park program, and cemetery rites. Ed Jordan named general chair. Margaret LaForest is secretary. Committees include Parade E B Wainwright cochair, Park program Judge J B McClern an, Cemetery James W McCashin, and Transportation Howard Merhar. Next meeting May 12 at 7:30 in the Legion Club.
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American Legion Club
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Soldiers Memorial Park
Butte High School
Ed Jordan
Silver Bow Post No. 1
American Legion
Margaret LaForest
Women’s Relief Corps
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E. B. Wainwright
Bernard Sullivan
Cochairman
John B. McClernan
James W. McCashin
James Coyne
William O. Gilbert
Lester Frank
Donald Wedlake
Howard Merhar
Rudy Sayatovic
Ray Wayrynen
John Walsh
Clayton Jewell
Francis Dolan
Clayton Maxwell
Owen Grinde
Legion Club
Are Old Clothes Romantic
A fashion claim divides opinions on romance in vintage attire with a nod to a Want Ad service. The piece notes readers may dismiss a 20 year old dress yet call a centennial garment romantic and promotes using Want Ads to place ads by dialing 5451.
Woman Kills Self After Kidnap Chase In Colorado
Idaho Springs police chase ends with Georgia Bryan McKnight shooting herself inside a service station. Her husband David McKnight surrendered. he admitted involvement in a Texas pawn shop robbery and the couple face murder and kidnapping charges linked to incidents across multiple states. Marshal Charles Hull escaped unharmed as a captive airman from Nellis Air Force Base provided details. Continued on Page 8.
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Georgia Bryan McKnight
Port Chester
N.Y
David F. McKnight
Greenwich
Arthur Wermuth
McKnight
Amarillo
Tex
FBI
Kansas City
Wichita
Kan
Los
Bonanza Bucks Run Strong In Butte Campaign
Mayor W. P. Donnelly praises Butte and Silver Bow County for Bonanza Bucks success as one third of the $12,500 goal is reached. Certificates fund transport, downtown beautification, Fourth July events, and Vigilante Days rodeo. Purchasers gain entry to a Civic Center band concert and a share in a $1500 prize.
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Butte
Silver Bow County
W. P. Donnelly
Ernett Sullivan
Bill Dalling
Civic Center
Army awards Chrysler 65 million dollar Patton tank contract
The Army awarded Chrysler Corp a 65 million dollar contract on Monday to produce 900 Patton medium tanks.
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Washington
Army
Chrysler Corp
Ike's Defense Plan Wins Good Support
Former Joint Chiefs chairmen Gen. Omar Bradley and retired Adm. Arthur Radford endorsed President Eisenhower's defense reform plan. They said it would reduce confusion and secrecy barriers, enable rapid wartime decisions, and convert peacetime structures to meet cold war realities. Bradley urged direct transmission of top decisions to commanders through the Joint Chiefs, while Radford emphasized timely adaptation and maintaining world-leading armed services.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
House Armed Services Committee
Radford
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Bradley
Army
Navy
Air Force
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Vinson
Congress
Pentagon
Armed Services
Secretary of Defense
Pulitzer Prizes Awarded for 1958 Journalism and Arts
The 1958 Pulitzer Prizes were announced with Little Rock Central High coverage winning three awards. The Arkansas Gazette received public service and its editor Harry S. Ashmore earned an editorial prize for objective reporting during the crisis. Relman Morin of AP won for national reporting on mob violence. Clark Mollenhoff of the Des Moines Register won for labor racketeering investigation. Agee’s A Death in the Family won fiction and Look Homeward, Angel won drama.
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Little Rock
Ark
Gazette
Harry S. Ashmore
Associated Press
Relman
Pat) Morin
Morin
Clark Mollenhoff
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Arkansas Gazette
James Agee
Agee
Angel
Ketti Frings
Thomas Wolfe
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia University
Wool Bill Passes in House to Suspend Wool Duties
Washington The House approved by voice vote a bill sending to President Eisenhower to suspend wool import duties until June 30 1960.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Starkweather On Trial for One of Eleven Deaths
Charles R. Starkweather, 19, stands trial in Lancaster District Court for first degree murder in one of 11 slayings. Jurors to be chosen as defense changes plea to insanity. A jail note attributes blame to his teenage girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate for two killings.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles R. Starkweather
Lancaster District Court
Starkweather
Caril Ann Fugate
Caril
Montana Weather Shifts With Clouds Showers and Warm West
Montana forecast splits into east and west regions with abundant clouds possible showers and isolated storms near mountains west and south. Highs range from 65 to 78 across regions with cooler nights and a mainly fair Wednesday. Maximums and minimums pertain to specific observation windows.
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Montana
State Man's Death Pushes Montana Highway Toll to 55
Warren Bellamy 28 of White Sulphur Springs died Sunday night in a single vehicle crash on Highway 89 one mile north of Wilsall. The car traveled 136 feet on the right shoulder before striking a bridge abutment. Bellamy worked as a laborer in White Sulphur Springs. survivors include his father and mother. This crash marks the 55th highway fatality in Montana for the year.
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Livingston
Warren Bellamy
White Sulphur Springs
Highway 89
Bellamy
Wilsall
Montana
Woodmen Meet Here Wednesday
Delegates from Montana cities and Alberta representing 14 districts of Modern Woodmen of America will hold a one day business meeting in Butte. Silver Bow Camp hosts with luncheon at Lloyds at 11 a.m. Don King presides and M Fleishman of Dutton will take notes.
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Alberta
Canada
Woodmen of America
Butte
Silver Bow Camp
Lloyd’s
Don King
M. Fleishman
Dutton
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West Calgary
Edmonton
Wetaskiwin
Milford M
Civil Defense Test Scheduled Today
Helena will host a two day civil defense drill beginning today with a simulated nuclear attack. A three minute alert will start between 7 and 8:30 a.m. from Colorado Springs to Helena and be relayed statewide. The exercise will study evacuation, fallout mapping, and emergency services coordination.
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Hugh Potter
Washington
Idaho
Potter
National Guard Arsenal
Gromyko pushes for summit talks amid easing tensions
Moscow notes indicate Andrei Gromyko will continue presummit negotiations with Western ambassadors. After talks with the American French and British envoys at a London event, diplomats sensed optimism about closer understanding on obstacles to a formal summit. Gromyko lamented Poland and Czechoslovakia participation was rejected but urged all sides to push toward early talks. Tass reported exchanges with Czech and Polish ambassadors in Moscow on summit questions.
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Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S.A
U.K
Britain
France
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Tass
Supreme Court Frees San Francisco Communist Leader
The Supreme Court ordered the release of Mrs. Oleta O Connor Yates who had been confined a year on criminal contempt charges. The court said seven months in jail during the Smith Act litigation was adequate punishment, with three justices dissenti ng.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oleta O’connor Yates
San Francisco
High Tribunal
Nine Shot In Potrero Hill Juvenile Fight Tragedy
In San Francisco a children's quarrel in a Potrero Hill housing project escalated into a family shooting. Police say William Breeze 35 and his wife Mary fired into a neighbor's apartment injuring nine people including six children. Breeze escaped in a sedan while Mrs. Breeze was captured. Aline Herbert 29 and three of her children were among the victims.
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San Francisco
William Edward Breeze
Mary
Potrero Hill
Aline Herbert
Butte’s Warmest Day in Seven Months Reaches 71
Butte posted its warmest day in seven months with a high of 71. The last time temperatures topped that level was Oct 1 with 79 degrees, and the prior seasonal high was 65 on April 13. The forecast calls for 65 Tuesday with partly cloudy skies and occasional showers as Monday’s low reached 30.
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Butte
Two Senior Solons Urge Labor Reform Legislation
Senators Knowland and McClellan urged Congress to act this year against corruption in labor unions. They cited evidence from the Senate Rackets Committee and warned inaction would indict the 85th Congress. A broad omnibus reform bill faces uncertain House hearings and a mid June floor date.
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Congress
William F. Knowland
California
Senate
D-Ark
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McClellan
House
Rackets
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Three States Hold Primaries Amid Segregation Debate
The Associated Press reports primaries in Ohio Indiana and Alabama with Alabama race seen as record turnout backed by segregation pledges. In Ohio voters pick governor U S Senate and Congress candidates including Taft versus ONeill while Indiana votes on Congress Legislature and local posts. Alabama Democratic nominees for Congress governor and lieutenant governor are at stake with 14 candidates in the governor’s race all pledging to curb integration.
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Associated Press
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Indiana
Alabama
U. S. Senate
House
William O'Neill
Cincinnati
Charles P. Taft
Robert A. Taft
Congress
Indian Agent Missing in Montana Foul Play Suspected
Great Falls sheriff’s officers say federal Indian agent Dan Gilhan, 31, vanished after leaving Helena at 11 30 a m Saturday en route to Billings. A 1957 model car found abandoned near Lewistown prompted a statewide alert. Gilhan is described as 210 pounds with black hair and dark eyes.
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Dan Gilhan
Gilhan
Helena
Billings
Lewistown
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