Double shooting leaves Crackerville station owner dead
Arthur B. Foster, 53, owner of a Crackerville service station and cabins, dies after a Sunday morning gunfight that also wounds his wife June, 39. The scene was in their bedroom behind the station. son Wallace, 16, and stepdaughter Bertha McGrath, 16, were present. Foster reportedly shot his wife then killed himself. Coroner Longfellow led the inquiry with deputies and the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Arthur B. Foster
Crackerville
June Foster
St. Ann Hospital
Arthur A. Longfellow
Walter J. Derzay
Foster
Longfellow
Thomas D. Savage
Frank LaForest
Don Smith
Wallace Eugene Foster
Mr. Foster
Bertha McGrath
Sheriff's Office
Penland
Eau Clair
Wis
Deer Lodge Valley
Teamsters Union
International Union of Engineers
Butte
Deer Lodge
State Highway Department
June
Earl Foster
Wallace
Richard Hughes
Val Galle
Lost Creek
Darlene Foster
George McGrath
Japan
John McGrath
Jerry McGrath
Walter Foster
Montesano
Wash
Edward Foster
Charles Foster
Hugo Foster
Spokane
Tony Foster
George Mattson
Alice Pickthall
Paul Foster
Leonard Foster
Muskegon
Mich
Alex Mattson
Opportunity
Wesley Johnson
Los Angeles
Beck and Fischer Funeral Home
Democrats Attack Chiang Order Over Far East Policy
Senator Hill labeled Eisenhower’s 1953 Chiang Kai-Shek order a patent fraud and warned it would shape next year’s campaign. Senate Republicans like Knowland push for a formal defense line in Asia encompassing Quemoy and Matsu, while Neuberger supports a line with less emphasis on offshore islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Hill
D-Ala
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
China
Congress
Far East
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate
United States
Asia
Quemoy
Matsu
Sen. Neuberger
D-Ore
Neuberger
NBC
Formosa
Austrian Treaty Nears Signing Big Four Meet Sought
Western Big Three agreed to sign an Austrian treaty within days and discussed a summer four power summit with the Soviet Union. British and French officials pressed Dulles for a July Switzerland meeting of top leaders, while Eisenhower's participation would depend on earlier four power talks. Diplomats outlined steps to clear remaining obstacles to the Vienna agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Switzerland
Dulles
Eisenhower
Edgar Faure
Sir Athony
Nikolai Bulganin
Konrad Adenauer
Atlantic Alliance Council
Vienna
First Forest Fire Reported Here
The Butte district battled its first forest fire of the year on Sunday. Officials say a cigarette caused the one acre blaze southeast of Butte toward the Homestake Tunnel. A wind threat waned when a Montana Power line cleared the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Deer Lodge
Homestake
Merle Hofferber
Hofferber
Montana
George Kore
George Hill
Don Chamberlain
Walter Casberg
Chester Judd
George Platisha
John Galasso
Donald Abbott
Bill Boston
Foundation Grants 15 Million for Mental Illness Study
The Ford Foundation announces a 15 million dollar grant for mental illness research noting about half of US hospital beds are mental patients. Foundation president H Rowan Gaither Jr says care costs exceed one billion annually and current research funds are less than one percent of that. The grant aims to boost research though not solve the entire problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ford Foundation
United States
Foundation
H. Rowan Gaither Jr
Helena Curtis first Murray Hospital nurse dies at 87
Helena Curtis, first graduate of Murray Hospital School for Nurses in Butte, died at 87 in Sheridan Hospital after a long nursing career. She trained in 1898 and worked at Dillon private hospital 1914 to 1921, later at State Sanitarium Galen and active in Montana nursing groups. She retired at 81 and moved to Sheridan with daughter Helen Bray. survived by sister, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena Curtis
Murray Hospital
Sheridan
Murray Hospital School For Nurses
Butte
Sheridan Hospital
Curtis
Montana State Nurses Assn
Helen Bray
Harry Runkel
Marsh Funeral Home
No Curtain Call After crash Bowen’s car hits garage damaging property
Raymond J. Bowen said an unidentified driver rammed a vehicle into his car at Gaylord and Broadway late Saturday night. Bowen reported his car struck a garage and caused it to collapse, police were told in Butte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond J. Bowen
E. Center
Butte
Gaylord and
Broadway
Bowen
France and Germany Clash Over Saar Authority Rights
Paris reports a new row between French and German leaders on Saar area control on the eve of West Germany joining NATO. Pinay and Adenauer clash over a neutral high commissioner with power to intervene in Saar decisions, prompting Saar premier Hoffmann to demand reversal. NATO ministers meet Thursday to formalize West Germany’s entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saar
West Germany
Atlantic Alliance
Konrad Adenauer
Council of West European Union
WEU
Antoine Pinay
Adenauer
Bonn
Johannes Hoffman
Robert Schuman
Pinay
NATO
North Atlantic Alliance
Indochina
Formosa
Two Spokane Men Die in Plane Crash
A small aircraft carrying three Spokane men crashed in a snowstorm near Cayley Alberta. Pilot Stanley Leyland aged 37 and passenger L N Davis 51 were killed, passenger Richard T Collins 36 survived injured and taken to Calgary hospital. An inquest was ordered to be held at High River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayley
Alta
Calgary
Spokane
Wash
Stanley Leyland
L. N. Davis
Richard T. Collins
High River
Love at first sight leads to 30 year wait wedding
William Thompson told reporters that after 30 years and two engagement rings he and Honor Littlebury wed on Saturday. He cited illness and family troubles that delayed the marriage while Honor remained patient and hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Thompson
Honor Littlebury
Thompson
Honor
William
Non-Military Defense GHO Urged by NPA
The National Planning Assn. urged a federal nonmilitary defense headquarters to plan survival after nuclear bombing. It warned the nation is weak and uninformed and called for stronger federal state and municipal planning. The 29-page study, led by H Christian Sonne, argues that proper preparation could save lives and speed recovery, deterring attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Planning Assn
NPA
Association
United States
William H. Stead
National Security Resources Board
Stead
H. Christian Sonne
South Ridge Corp
Jersey City
N. J
Luther H. Gulick
City of
City of New York; A. J. Hayes
International Association of Machinists
Otto L. Nelson
New York Life Insurance Co
Ralph J. Watkins
Dun & Bradstreet
New York
Wreck Critically Injures Youth Near Wickes
Lloyd Thorbergson 18 of Wickes was found unconscious in an overturned 1951 automobile after his car left the road while dodging deer Saturday night. He remained in very critical condition with a fractured skull and internal injuries at St. John Hospital in Helena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
St. John Hospital
Lloyd Thorbergson
Theodore Thorbergson
Wickes Wickes
Boulder
Thorbergson
Helena Hospital
Montana Delays Salk Polio Vaccinations Nationwide Reappraisal
Montana postpones its Salk polio vaccination program Sunday pending a National Institute of Health reappraisal of each vaccine lot. Release expected later this week lot by lot. Pittman Moore vaccine involved with no prior issues in other states. County by county distribution resumes after reappraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
State Board of Health
Thompson
National Institute of Health
Pittman-Moore
Missoula
Mineral
Park and Gallatin
Zhukov Warns West Germans Against Rearming
Marshal Zhukov urged West Germans to thwart the Paris pacts entering NATO. He spoke at a Soviet memorial in East Berlin on the Nazi surrender anniversary, warning rearmament could trigger a new catastrophe and force Eastern Bloc defenses. He noted Western ministers meet in Paris to finalize accords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Georgi K. Zhukov
West Germany
Germany
NATO
Zhukov
East Berlin
Paris
East Germany
Warsaw
Poland
Giant ray hooks itself on boat anchor off Hong Kong
A giant ray weighing about a ton and 18 feet across became entangled on the anchor chain of a 40 foot shrimp boat about 20 miles off Hong Kong. The fish towed the boat in circles for nearly an hour before tiring. Experts say it tried to rub parasites from its back when it snagged the anchor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Weather Summary for Butte and Montana
Partly cloudy through Monday night with 55 as the Monday high and 32 Monday night low. Sunday highs reach 60 and lows around 36. West of Divide fair Monday with 50 to 55 highs and light winds. East of Divide fair Monday cooler in the east with 50 to 60 highs and lighter winds. Tuesday shows partly cloudy and warmer conditions across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Divide
Pakistan Blamed in Slaying of 12 Indians
The Indian Defense Ministry blamed Pakistan border police for killing 12 Indian soldiers in Jammu province of Kashmir while an agricultural party worked near Nekowal. The attack lasted about eight hours and UN observers were fired upon. Local commanders met under UN auspices to discuss the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Indian Defense Ministry
Pakistan
Jammu
Kashmir
Nekowal
United Nations
VU. N
U. N
Salk Vaccine Rollout Paused for Safety Review
Washington reports a further postponement of the nationwide Salk polio vaccine program as Surgeon General Leonard Scheele outlines a manufacturer by manufacturer re appraisal of tests and processes. The aim is a rapid return to availability by late week on a safer basis with continued confidence in the vaccine's safety and effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Jonas Salk
National Foundation For
Barroom knife attack leaves man critical in Butte
Gregorio Ravellas, 29, of 247 E. Quartz, is in critical condition at Butte Community Memorial Hospital with knife wounds to the left side and temple after an assault at the New Mexico Bar on East Park. Willie and Joe Martinez, both of 348 E. Park, have been arrested as investigators identify the two attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregorio Ravellas
E. Quartz
Butte Community Memorial Hospital
Jim Clark
Ravellas
New Mexico
E. Park
Joe Martinez
Willie
Ray O’connor
Larry Connors
Clark
James Moran
Earl Holman
Nathan J. Scotia
N. Main
St. James Hospital
Martinez Brothers
Rent Acts and ads sparking empty units
An advertiser touts Rent Acts as effective for filling vacancies in housing and commercial spaces. A quirky ad urges readers to call 5451 for an ad-writer, offering a good condition apartment size G. E. RANGE for $50 with phone number 0000.
St Ignatius Man Killed in Montana Highway Crash
Francis Charles Felsman 25 of St Ignatius died when his car left U S Highway 93 two miles south of Ronan. The vehicle rolled two or three times and he was thrown from it. An inquest is planned. Felsman is the 635th Montana traffic fatality this year versus 56 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronan
Francis Charles Felsman
St. Ignatius
U. S. Highway 93
Here
W. W. Taylor
Lake County
Felsman
Taylor
Montana
U S Ambassador to Poland Dies at Sea
Joseph Flack age 60 American ambassador to Poland died at sea aboard the liner United States while en route home for reassignment. A career diplomat of 39 years he had led Warsaw envoy since 1950 and previously served across Latin America and Europe. Eisenhower later nominated Joseph E Jacobs to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Flack
Poland
United States
Flack
Warsaw
Latin America
Europe
Bolivia
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Joseph E. Jacobs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Democrat
Chiang
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Flathead County
Billings Eeeresees
Belgrade
U.S
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!