Truman Urges Larger Foreign Aid Program
Former President Truman urged Congress to expand foreign aid on a longer basis and to police it vigilantly. He defended a program at least as large as Eisenhower's and called for boosting the development loan fund while stressing prudent administration and good public relations to foster friendly ties with recipient nations.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
Congress
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Senate
Eisenhower
Chicago Tribune
80Th Congress
Rail Assessments In State Are Cut
Montana’s Board of Equalization cut 1959 assessments for seven railroads to 168,277,246, about 8 percent below 1958. The action aligns rail property values with local county assessments and follows a Billings court decision accelerating the ratio equalization program. Major lines affected include Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific.
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Helena
Montana
Board of Equalization
Billings
E. E. Fenton
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul & Pacific
Burling
Burns Take Life Of Bandleader Hal McIntyre
Band leader Hal McIntyre died from burns after an apartment fire in Los Angeles. The 44 year old saxophonist and clarinetist led his own group and had played with Glenn Miller before taking over the Miller orchestra. He was found Sunday on the kitchen floor and died at General Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Hal McIntyre
McIntyre
Glenn Miller
Miller
General Hospital
Pauline McIntyre
Cromwell
Conn
Jeanne McManus
Jordan PM Rifai resigns amid health claim
Prime Minister Samir Rifai resigns from his post in Amman citing ill health. King Hussein asks Hazza Majali to form a new government and maintain anti communist policy while pursuing closer ties with Arab states. Majali expects a Wednesday completion.
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Amman
Jordan
Samir Rifai
Hussein
United Arab Republic
Rifai
Hazza_ Majali
Majali
U.A.R
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Iraq
American Mother Of Year Chosen
Jennie Loit man Barron named American mother of 1959 at the Waldorf Astoria. The Brookline Massachusetts Superior Court justice and grandmother of seven credited her husband and all fathers, accepting the award as a symbol for mothers nationwide.
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New York
Jennie Loitman Barron
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Daniel A. Poling
American Mothers Committee, Inc
American Mothers Committee
Barron
Massachusetts Superior Court
Prison escapees from Montana captured in Nevada
Two Montana Prison escapees Bernard Gustin 26 of Moscow Idaho and Ernest McDowell 28 of Myrtle Idaho were arrested in Ely Nevada. They escaped April 6 from a Deer Lodge prison farm in a truck then stole a car in Missoula and traveled to Moscow before capture.
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Moscow
Idaho
Montana
Ely
Nev
FBI
Bernard G. Gustin
Ernest Guy McDowell
Myrtle
Deer Lodge
Missoula
Long Beach official tied to embezzlement case death
In San Francisco AP report, a Long Beach bank official died by his own action after admitting to embezzling 3.714 million dollars. Investigators say 1.766 million in unauthorized checks were issued to John F. Hendrickson or his companies. Hendrickson is charged with conspiracy to embezzle bank funds and bonded out after a bail reduction.
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San Francisco
Long Beach
San Rafael
Asst
U.S
Donald Constine
John F. Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Constine
Joseph Karesh
Karesh
George Hewlett
Long Beach National Bank
New Englander Named President of U S Steel
Walter F. Munford a 58 year old New Englander from Worcester Massachusetts was elected president of U S Steel Corp advancing from executive vice president for engineering and research He also becomes chief administrative officer Roger Blough 55 remains chief executive officer Hood retires as president first named in 1953 and stays on board Munford elected director and chairman of the executive committee He is an MIT graduate who started in U S Steel wire mills in 1923
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New York
U. S. Steel Corp
New
Lewistown Drag Races Spark Record Weekend Disorder
More than 200 teens and fans flooded Lewistown for a car show and drag races. Police say 35 were arrested mainly for speeding as a mob caused property damage and chaos. town officials and the Highway Patrol battled drunken, unruly behavior across the city.
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Lewistown
Mont
Montana
Ken Lingley
Police Department
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Idaho
Wyoming
Canada
Lloyd Johnson
Couple Jailed In Death Of Two Sons
In San Diego a mother Wanda Brogdon and her lover Kenneth Merriam were jailed on murder suspicion for killing their two sons Virgil Jr. and David Brogdon in the Laguna Mountains. They allegedly strangled the children after accusing them of misbehaving and moved the bodies to Merriam’s sister Margaret Schmitter’s home. Cynthia Ann, 19 months, survived with the family. The father Virgil Brogdon filed for divorce in Illinois.
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San Diego
Calif
Here
Kenneth Archie Merriam
Wanda Brogdon
Virgil Lee Brogdon Jr
David Wayne Brogdon
Tom Isbell
Margaret Schmitter
Spring Valley
Mines Students Mark M-Day at School of Mines
The Big Butte area signals M-Day with a 7 o clock explosive charge for campus cleanup and the block M restoration. Student elections follow with Sigma Rho and Theta Tau slates listed, plus afternoon athletics and an evening dance.
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Big Butte
School of Mines
Sigma Rho Fraternity
Kelly P. Hemmert
Butte
Gary W. Riley
Roundup
Dan Rovig
Kalispell
Robert W. Hoy
Dave Rasmussen
Missoula
Theta Tau Fraternity
Robert Vincelette
Billings
George A. Grandy
Michael R. Maddocks
Calgary
Alta
Gay Kravik
Havre
Lloyd Smith
Great Falls
Churchill Visits Dulles and Marshall in Hospital Visit
Sir Winston Churchill accompanied by President Eisenhower visited Walter Reed Army Hospital to see John Foster Dulles who is fighting cancer and General George C. Marshall who had two strokes earlier this year.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Churchill
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John Foster Dulles
George C. Marshall
Robert Crichton 80 Dies in Deer Lodge
Robert M. Crichton, 80, retired Deer Lodge hardware dealer, died Tuesday night at his home 607 Cottonwood after a year of ill health. Born May 2, 1879 in Newton Kansas, he lived in Auburn Nebraska and Verona North Dakota before moving to Deer Lodge in 1936 to open a hardware store with his son Williams. He was active in Masonic circles and community groups and survived by his wife Sadie, children and many relatives. The body is in Ross Funeral Home.
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Robert M. Crichton
Cottonwood
Mr. Crichton
Newton
Kan
Auburn
Neb
Carson National Bank
Sadie Scott
LaMoure
N. D
First Presbyterian Church
Deer Lodge Rotary Club
Sadie
J. P. Smith
Philadelphia
Paul Ranes
Lisbon
Robert S. Crichton
Milwaukee
William S. Crichton
May Bartos
Helena
Belle Thomason
Memphis
Tenn
Helen Sanders
Reno
Nev
William Crichton
Omaha
Thomas Crichton
Sterling, Colo
Ross Funeral Home
Senate Backs Stewart for Supreme Court Nomination
The Senate voted 70 to 17 to confirm Potter Stewart to the seat on the Supreme Court he has filled since Oct. 14. Stewart, 44, Cincinnati native and Yale trained, succeeds Harold Burton.
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Washington
Senate
Potter Stewart
Supreme Court
Two More Killed In Montana Traffic Mishaps
In Great Falls Beverly Cooper 54 crushed when a tractor tipped in a borrow pit on Belt Centerville cutoff road. Coroner Magner said chest and neck injuries. no inquest. Cooper’s widow La Verne survives. Montana traffic fatalities reach 52 for the year.
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Great Falls
UPI
Beverly Cooper
Here
Highway Patrol
A. P. Lehman
Butte
Cooper
Montana
Professor Defends Slow Reading
A Michigan State University English professor criticizes the stress on speed in reading and argues hurried reading hinders thoughtful understanding. The piece urges readers to take time, then notes using Want Ads to announce needs and offers, with a punchline on dialing 5451 to reach readers.
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Michigan State University
Eisenhower warns steel industry to avoid inflationary spiral
President Eisenhower told steel executives and workers the United States cannot stand still if wages and prices rise. He urged both sides to show wisdom and warned of possible government controls on profits, prices and pay. The remarks came as contract talks opened in New York, with results expected to affect all industry and the public.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
New York
Eisenhower cites Khrushchev leadership as pivotal in summit hopes
In a news conference the president emphasized East West progress depends on Soviet authority, with Strauss and Churchill prominent. He noted Truman’s White House invite and third term talk while acknowledging Senate scrutiny of Strauss nomination and Anderson’s critique.
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Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Lewis L. Strauss
Winston Churchill
Britain
Harry S. Truman
White House
Strauss
Senate Commerce Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
Clare Boothe Luce
Brazil
San
Wayne Morse
Steel Contract Talks Open On Hopeful Note
New York AP reports steel negotiations began on a hopeful note with both sides seeking an early amicable contract without government intervention. Eisenhower warned government action possible if wage and price inflation rises. leaders pledge to work toward a contract before June 30 and avoid a July 1 industrywide strike. Negotiations include U S Steel Bethlehem Republic Kaiser and eight other firms, about a thousand participants across a dozen sessions.
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New York
Eisenhower
Washington
R. Conrad Cooper
U. S. Steel Corp
David J. McDonald
McDonald
Cooper
Bethlehem
Republic
Kaiser Steel
U. S. Steel
Montana Weather Outlook for East and West Regions
East Montana sees ample cloudiness with scattered showers or snow flurries mainly south and central areas on Wednesday. Temperatures reach 50 to 60 with 25 to 35 at night. warming Thursday to 55 to 65.
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Montana High
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Butte
Cut Bank
Drummond Eeetes
Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whiteball
Gold Creek Man Dies in Fire
William B. Gough a 43 year old Gold Creek resident and World War II veteran died in a mobile home fire three miles east of Gold Creek. Coroner Ralph J Beck ruled the blaze accidental due to an overheated stove and noted a nearby explosion scattered debris. Neighbor William Briggeman 55 raised the alarm but help arrived too late. Burial rites were scheduled with Requiem Mass at Immaculate Conception Deer Lodge and Rosary in Gold Creek.
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Deer Lodge
William B. Gough
Gold Creek
Ralph J. Beck
William Briggeman
Ross Funeral Home
St. Mary Church
William Morley
Immaculate Conception Church
Hillcrest Cemetery
Mr. Gough
Brooklyn
N. Y
Powell County
Mines Student Burned in Clothing Fire At Hospital
John A. Chellew a 22 year old Montana School of Mines student from Chile was badly burned when his clothing accidentally caught fire Tuesday night He suffered second degree burns to the face both hands and half of his right leg The physician said his condition is serious but not critical and he is a patient at Community Memorial Hospital.
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John A. Chellew
Montana School of Mines
Chile
Chellew
Chellen
Community Memorial Hospital
Constantine Turmoil Continues as Youths Riot in Streets
Crowds of Arab and French youths rampaged through Constantine Algeria in a panicky city as authorities faced a second day of violence and disturbances.
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Constantine
Algeria
UPI
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