AEC Confirms 1958 Nuclear Tests at Eniwetok Underway
Washington confirms 1958 nuclear tests at Eniwetok in the Pacific are underway with an explosion set off on April 28. Rep. Charles C. Porter voiced the blast in a House speech after returning from the scene. He urged halting tests to curb an expanding atomic arms race and warned of radiation danger area covering about 400,000 square miles surrounding Eniwetok and Bikini.
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Washington
Eniwetok
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Charles C. Porter
D-Ore
U. S
Porter
Bikini
President Names Flemming to Succeed Folsom at HEW
President Eisenhower selected Arthur S. Flemming to replace Marion B. Folsom as secretary of health education and welfare with an August 1 departure. Flemming, 53, is president of Ohio Wesleyan University and has led roles in ODM, War Manpower, Labor, and other agencies. Folsom, 64, resigns citing personal reasons and is recovering from flu in Florida.
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Washington
Marion B. Folsom
Eisenhower
Arthur S. Flemming
James C. Hagerty
Folsom
Flemming
Ohio Wesleyan University
Federal Office of Defense Mobilization
Ohio Wesleyan
American University
United States Daily
U. S. News and World Report
George Washington University
American U
Civil Service Commission
ODM
War Manpower Commission
The
Labor Dept
Commission On
Atomic Energy Commission
United Nations
Defense Dept
Ohio
Florida
Eastman Kodak Co
Treasury
Wylie Will Head Mines Students
Robert Wylie of White Sulphur Springs was elected president of the Associated Students of Montana School of Mines during the annual M-Day. Officers include Rich ard Roberts vice president Gus Coolidge secretary treasurer Richard Vincelette and Donald K. Roberts. The day featured debris cleanup Big Butte M re‑whitewash and a campus volleyball game a dance in Museum Hall and a celebratory blast.
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Robert Wylie
White Sulphur Springs
Associated Students of Montana School of Mines
Richard Roberts
Anchorage
Alaska
Gus Coolidge
Sundust
Richard Vincelette
Billings
Donald K. Roberts
Whitehall
Theta Tau Fraternity
Roberts
Big Butte
Museum
Anaconda Bride Lightens Court Session
Judge W. D. Murray briefly broke decorum in a federal court when he called Virginia Gallagher of Anaconda for the Hell man Smith Act trial panel. A young woman answered in the jury box declaring she was Mrs. John Monahan and noted she had married since receiving her summons. The judge joked about interrupting a honeymoon as the courtroom laughed.
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W. D. Murray
John C. Hellman
Virginia Gallagher
Anaconda
Ike's Trade Program Still Stymied
Washington The Eisenhower administration stood firm on its reciprocal trade agreements extension amid warnings of possible no extension if concessions are not made. The House Ways and Means Committee gave the President until Monday to propose a solution after hearings were halted in a meeting with Secretary Weeks and Speaker Rayburn.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Montana Board Denies Mountain States Rate Increase
The Montana Public Service Commission in a 2 1 vote denied Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co. higher residential and business rates and rejected a request to reopen the case. Commissioner Middleton dissented, calling the proposed rates fair and reasonable amid wage-driven expense rises.
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Helena
Montana Public Service Commission
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Mst&t
Paul T. Smith
Ory J. Armstrong
Austin B. Middleton
Smith
Armstrong
Middleton
E. P. Todd
Montana
PSC
Billings
Rancher Cory Dutton Killed in Gold Creek Tractor Overturn
Coroner reports no inquest planned for Cory Delos Dutton 76 a Western Montana rancher killed when his tractor overturned on a county road about 10 miles west of Garrison He curated Hereford cattle and operated multiple ranches with family survivors including his wife a son and daughter in Gold Creek Ros Funeral Home is handling arrangements in Deer Lodge.
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Deer Lodge
Ralph Beck
Cory Delos Dutton
Montana
Gold Creek
Garrison
Mr. Dutton
South Dakota
Spokane
Rosalia
Wash
Dora Brooks
Dutton
Thrasher
David Dutton
Dean Dutton
Hawthorne
Cal
Madison Project Contracts Let for Water Storage
Water Conservation Board awards two storage projects totaling about 234000 dollars. Schue and Sullivan of White Sulphur Springs won 91170 dollars for Deadman's Basin enlargement near Harlowton, adding 10 feet to the dam to raise capacity by 20000 acre feet. F L Flynn and Co of Billings tentatively won 142811 dollars for Cataract Creek Dam near Pony in Madison county, storing 1400 acre feet, to be completed by late spring 1959.
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Helena
Montana Water Conservation Board
Schue & Sullivan
White Sulphur Springs
Deadman’s Basin
Harlowton
Family Affair Involving Car Theft Near YMCA
Mrs. Don Maddock reports a 1953 Chevrolet Tudor sedan stolen from near the YMCA on a Wednesday night. The report links her brother-in-law, Asst. Police Chief Vern Maddock, to the incident.
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Butte
YMCA
Don Maddock
North Drive
Asst
Vern Maddock
Death summons E. M. Norris in California home
E. M. Long John Norris former assistant general superintendent of mines in Butte and retired manager of The Anaconda Company phosphate operations at Conda Idaho died Wednesday at his Chula Vista California home. Born March 12 1883 in Newark New Jersey he worked as civil engineer for New York Central Railway and assayer for Nova Scotia Gold Mines before graduating from Columbia School of Mines. He began in 1905 as a miner at Parrot Mine in Butte later managed Nevada property and served as mine inspector in the Southwest before returning to Butte in 1908 as shift boss.
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E. M
Long John) Norris
Butte
Anaconda Company
Conda
Idaho
Chula Vista
Calif
Norris
Newark
N. J
New York Central Railway
Nova Scotia Gold Mines Co
School of Mines
Columbia University
Parrot
Salt Lake City
Nevada
Southwest
Foreign Aid Bill Advances to Floor With $3.6 Billion
The House Foreign Affairs Committee endorsed a $3.6 billion foreign aid program, arguing cuts would hurt the cold war effort and U.S. economy. The panel trimmed $339 million from Eisenhower’s request, sets a spending ceiling for mutual security, and will consider funding later.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Russia
U. S
Clothes Leaders Tend To Dominate Others
A psychologist notes that a friend who lends clothing may be a dominant figure seeking leverage, not a meek helper. The piece ends with a plug for a Want ad-writer at 5451 offering ad wording help to speed up results.
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5451
City Council pledges funding to save Butte buses
Butte city leaders advance more than eight thousand dollars toward a Bonanza Bucks drive to keep city buses running for a year. The plan includes leasing Butte City Lines buses under a management contract and raises the campaign toward a twelve thousand five hundred dollar goal for service, beautification, and civic events.
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Butte
Bonanza Bucks
Conferees Agree On Military Pay Bill
A Senate House conference committee agreed on a military pay raise bill to attract and retain personnel. First year cost estimated at 576.4 million dollars with boosts from six to sixty percent. The measure aligns with President Eisenhower’s recommendations and allows a retirement benefit increase for three and four star generals. The bill returns to the House and then the Senate.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Montana Weather Outlook by Regions
East region expects fair to cloudy with showers in the far south on Thursday and warmer highs of 65 to 75. North remains fair. west stays fair to partly cloudy with warmer southern areas up to 75. Overnight lows range 30s to 50s with cooler nights in the south and northwest Friday. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Montana
Balloon Journey Finds Stars Unchanging From 40000 Feet
Navy Cmdr. Malcolm D. Ross and Alfred H. Mikesell report a successful 40,000 foot balloon flight from Crosby Minnesota to a clover field near Dubuque Iowa. They measured heartbeats and respiration with radio data links and noted stars did not twinkle from the altitude.
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Minneapolis
Navy
Malcolm D. Ross
Alfred H. Mikesell
Dubuque
Iowa
Crosby
Minn
Ross
Mikesell
His- Navy Medical Research Laboratory
Washington, D.C
NATO invites Soviets to renewed disarmament push
In Copenhagen NATO foreign ministers urged the Soviet Union to join efforts toward safe disarmament beyond summit talks. The Western alliance pledged technical studies within NATO if Russia blocks talks, signaling a broader path to reduce tensions without relying solely on a four power summit. Italy was singled out as a partner to attend potential top level talks.
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United States
Britain
France
NATO
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
India
Egypt
Sweden
Russia
Ten jurors tentatively seated in Hellman trial
Federal District Court began jury selection for John C. Hellman charged with membership in the Communist Party while knowing it aimed to overthrow the government. Nineteen prospective jurors were questioned, five excused for opinions, two for anti party beliefs, and several for credibility concerns.
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Federal District Court
John C. Hellman
Murray
Communist Party
Hellman
Communist Party of the
United States
Fourth of July Planning Begun
Butte's Fourth of July Parade aims to be one of the biggest ever with plans from a Wednesday night Chamber of Commerce meeting. Vern Griffith presided as committee chair while Pete Yerkich reported strong Bonanza Bucks sales funding the July program and local services such as bus operations and floral urns. City and county officials pledged cooperation and praised broad community response to the Bonanza Bucks sale.
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W. P. Donnelly
Butte City Lines
National City Lines of
San Diego
Calif
Pete Sodja
Ed Hastings
Sodja
Butte
Chamber of Commerce
Vern Griffith
Pete Yerkich
Bonanza Bucks Campaign
Bill Dalling
Griffith
Don Satterthwaite
Mississippi governor grants power to close parks and schools
Governor J P Coleman signed legislation authorizing closure of state parks to block integration and extended authority to close all public schools if needed to prevent racial integration.
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Jackson
Miss
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Coleman
Alabama Races Undecided After Tuesday Primaries
Vote counting in Alabama Ohio and Indiana left many races undecided Wednesday night with a June 3 runoff to decide Alabama governor Democratic control and party machinery. In Alabama George M Grant trailed Montg omery Rep Wilbur Nolen for renomination. Ohio incumbent Rep Thomas A Jenkins defeated but had withdrawn and is ill in Bethesda Maryland. Patterson led Democratic governor field but faces Wallace in a runoff. States rights candidates led in 35 of the Democratic Executive Committee race.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
House
George M. Grant
Wilbur Nolen
Montgomery
Thomas A. Jenkins
House of Representatives
Bethesda
Jenkins
Homer Abele
John Patterson
George Wallace
Democratic Executive Committee
Shoppers in Butte To Have Free Parking Saturday
Uptown Butte merchants will offer free parking this Saturday after a city council update. The program, now in its third run, costs merchants 150 dollars per Saturday and suspends meters from Granite to Wyoming streets, within Montana and Galena boundaries.
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Butte
Granite
Montana
Galena
Wyoming
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