Primary Election Registration in State Is Down
Montana faces a down year in the June 5 primary registration with 259,387 voters registered across 52 of 56 counties, about 10,000 fewer than 1954. Only Yellowstone county shows an increase, while Silver Bow and Cascade report declines. failures to register, deaths and removals cited by clerks.
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Helena
Montana
Yellowstone County
Billings
Silver Bow County
Cascade County
Great Falls
Deer Lodge Man Killed in Wreck
Marshall E. Cooper 27 a Deer Lodge Korean War veteran was killed when his car struck a bridge abutment on Highway 10 near Deer Lodge around 11 p.m. He was alone and died from multiple injuries. an inquest is pending. He worked as a Melrose miner and is survived by many relatives.
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Deer Lodge
Marshall E. Cooper
Ralph Beck
Powell County
Cooper
Melrose
Bell
Moose Lodge
St. James Episcopal Church
Beck
C. R. Olson
Lou Hendrickson
Edward Darrow
Don Richardson
Walter Cooper
George Cooper
Ely
Nev
Butte
James Cooper
France
Henry
Samuel
Theodore
Clarence Cooper
Shirley Dillon
Spokane
Robert McKnight
George Allen
Salmon
Idaho
Marilyn
Audrey Cooper
Ross Mortuary
Six of Family Die near Fort Morgan Colorado
Six members of a Nebraska family of seven were killed Saturday afternoon in a fiery auto crash three miles north of Fort Morgan on Colorado Highway 52. The victims were identified as family members traveling together in a single vehicle.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Nebraska
Here
Colorado
Three Boys Rescued From River Islands
Three boys Dennis Clark 9 Leslie Lutz 8 and Raymond 10 were rescued from two Yellowstone River islands after a makeshift raft broke apart. Gus Wolf a grocer spotted them drifting and Raymond grabbed a branch but fell in. Deputies and refinery crew pulled them to shore after the raft grounded on an island.
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Billings
Yellowstone
Dennis Clark
Leslie Lutz
Raymond
Gus Wolf
Sheriff's Deputies
Gov Harriman Here Tuesday in Butte for luncheon
Governor Averell Harriman of New York arrives to speak at a noon luncheon in the Silver Bow Room Finlen Hotel. He will speak about 30 minutes then hold a press conference before flying to Spokane. DST noted for the event with tickets via local Democratic leaders.
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Butte
Montana
Silver Bow
Finlen Hotel
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
Democratic Party
Spokane
May 27 Italian municipal elections attract wide field
In Italy 313 601 candidates compete for 132 974 posts across 7 143 cities and towns. Eligible voters total 29 215 049 with one in 93 voters standing as a candidate.
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Rome
Italy
First Aid Contest Judges and Teams for June at Columbia Gardens
The Anaconda Company announces nineteen registered teams for the first aid contest on June 18 at Columbia Gardens in conjunction with Butte Miners Union Day. Judges include J H Bird, James A Zubel, L L Knaus, E J Podgorski, A C Moschetti, and officials from Bureau of Mines and Anaconda Aluminum. The event runs 11 a.m. to about 1 p.m. with music by a joint Miners Union and company band.
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Anaconda Company
Columbia Gardens
Butte Miners Union
John Boardman
Bureau of Safety
James Westfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Miners Union
J. H. Bird
Denver
Bureau of Mines
James A. Zubel
L. L. Knaus
Salt Lake City
E. J. Podgorski
A. C. Moschetti
John C. Kearns
Anaconda Aluminum Company
Columbia Falls
Duncan MacDonald
Walter J. Needham
Clyde Eccleston
Frank Podobnik
Anaconda
Peter J. McCallum
R. H. Miller
Great Falls
Maurice Hawkesworth
J. J. Hodge
Ogden
Joseph Williams
Kellogg
Idaho
E. L. Christensen
Billings
Carl Borgreen
Maurice Barry
Homer Hunt
Kirby Crowley
Loren Treglown
Ber
Montana Weather Forecast Sunday to Monday
Montana east sees frost warnings with scattered showers east and snow showers in mountains. Highs near 50 to 60 with frost or freezing temps Sunday night. Monday mostly partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Montana west reports frost warning, few snow showers in mountains, highs 45 to 55, Sunday night frost, Monday mainly cloudy with showers north portion.
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Montana
Wind Storm Toll Rises Across Michigan and Ohio
A severe wind and rain storm killed at least ten people and injured 124 across Greater Cleveland and southern Michigan. Winds up to 70 mph toppled structures, with Flint hardest hit by tornadoes that damaged homes and caused multiple fatalities. Michigan alert extended to all counties as more tornadoes threatened.
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Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
Actor Calhern Dies Suddenly on Location in Japan
Veteran Brooklyn born actor Calhern, age 61, collapsed from a heart attack in his hotel room in NARA Japan while filming Teahouse of the August Moon. He had been in Japan since last month and was to play Col Purdy with Marlon Brando and Glenn Ford. Bad weather delayed production. MGM said he would likely have started work soon if he survived.
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Nara
Japan
Louis Calhern
Broadway
Hollywood
Calhern
Col. Purdy
Marlon Brando
Glenn Ford
MGM
Brooklyn
H-Bomb Test Schedule Revised For Monday
Task Force 7 announced the sixth H-bomb test, rescheduled to Monday U S time and mid Pacific time aboard USS Mt. McKinley. Rear Adm. B Hall Hanlon stressed wind conditions must prevent radioactive fallout over the Marshall Islands before detonation. The weapon’s explosive yield is expected to range from seven to zero million tons of TNT.
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Mt. McKinley
Eniwetoka
Task Force 7 Command
U. S
Adm
B. Hall Hanlon
Marshall Islands
Marine General to Inspect Butte Reserve Facilities
Brig. Gen. William W. Stickney of the Marine Corps Reserve will inspect the Butte Reserve Marine Corps facilities at the Clark Park training center Tuesday. He arrives Monday from Spokane and will be greeted by Marine Corps Reserve officers and the Butte Advisory Council. Stickney, a Washington, D.C. attorney, serves as deputy director of the Marine Corps Reserve and sits on the Defense Department Reserve Forces Policy Board and the Joint Committee on Civilian Specialists in the Reserve Forces. A four‑war veteran, he earned the Legion of Merit with Combat V for Guadalcanal service and led operations in Guadalcanal, Tulagi, eastern New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago. He was born May 16, 1899, in New York City, enlisted in 1917, and rose from Lt. Col. to command roles during the Guadalcanal campaign. (Continued Page 18, Col. 5)
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Marine Corps Reserve Company
Clark Park Training Center
William W. Stickney
USMC
Spokane
Marine Corps Reserve
Butte Marine Corps Advisory Council
Stickney
Washington, D.C
Marine Reserve
Defense Department
Reserve Forces Policy Board
Joint Committee On
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal- Tulagi
New Guinea
Bismarck Archipelago
Marine
New York City
Vermont
Navy
Boston
Doctors Say President’s Health Good After Tests
President Eisenhower received a positive medical report after two days of tests at Walter Reed Hospital. The doctors said his heart is well healed and his general health is good, with normal heart rhythm and no heart enlargement. He left for the golf course in celebration and waved to patients and staff.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Fitzsimons Hospital
Denver
Leonard D. Heaton
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Sir Winston Churchill
Mother and Young Boy Die in Separate Mountain and Road Tragedies
In Montana all occurred last Saturday. A 15 year old Butte boy Harry Martin Weir died when a boulder rolled onto him during rock rolling while hiking near Silver Bow County Hospital. James Meeks Jr. aided by ranchers called for help but Weir died at the scene. A Catholic service and inquest followed. In a separate accident Shirley Boston 28 mother of five was fatally injured when her truck went off Upper Nine Mile Road near Butte. Her six year old son Jimmy sustained minor injuries as the vehicle rolled. the wreck occurred around 9 20 p m and investigators listed multiple county and state officers on scene. Mrs Boston was a native of Walkerville and a donor of family and friends. This was Montana highway fatality number 57 for the year and the second in Silver Bow County.
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Silver Bow County Hospital
Butte
Harry Martin Weir
Harry Weir
Adams
Young Weir
James Meeks Jr
Silver Bow St
Meeks
Young Meeks
Joe Basar
J. E. Kelley
Eldred Chaz
Shirley Boston
William Boston
Nine Mile Road
Jimmy
St. James Hospital
Bostons
Little Blacktail Canyon
al Boehme
Boehme
Roy Butan
N. Main
H. A. Miller
Bill Miller
Sampson
Boston
Emmet J. Paulsen
Frank Harper
Walter Stocker
Jim O'Rourke
Mike
Rickey
Bobby
Johnny
Hiram Binney
Walkerville
Tom J. Briney
Robert Briney
Montana State University
Missoula
Virginia Dean
Bedford
Ore
Montana
Silver Bow County
Eino Kaskisto
DeSmet
Webster-Garfield Triumph at Butte Track Meet
Webster-Garfield captured the championship in the Butte Exchange Club 46th track and field meet for public and parochial schoolboys. The Webster-Garfield team scored 68 3/5 points, Emerson placed second with 29.12, Greeley third with 24, while Longfel...
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Webster -Garfield
Butte Exchange Club
Webster-Garfield
Emerson
Greeley
Longfel- M
Local meet features record times and strong turnout
Scoring by Schools low fourth with 22 and Whittier, last year’s champion, placed fifth with 20 percent. Immaculate Conception was sixth with 20 points. More than 400 boys participated as experienced track judges led events at Naranche Memorial Stadium. Saturday finals ran in record time with one record broken and another tied in sprint events. John Lalty clocked 1 13 for a new middleweight century mark, Mark Ciabattari tied the 100 yard dash mark of 11 seconds for heavies. Whitier finished second in the heavyweight relay where Webster-Garfield took third. The middleweight relay was won by (Continued Page 14-B, Col. 4).
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Low
Whittier
Immaculate Conception
Naranche Memorial Stadium
John Lalty
Mark Ciabattari
Webster Garfield
St. Ann Parochial School
Webster-Garfield
Page
Body of Missing Montanan Found
The body of Tom Epperson of Great Falls was found 13 miles above Hungry Horse Dam on the west side road. Officials say he died of natural causes after leaving May 4 with a truck to deliver to Ben Stephens at Bigfork. The truck ran out of gas and Epperson walked six miles in heavy snow before his body was located by road workers.
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Kalispell
Tom Epperson
Great Falls
Hungry Horse Dam
West Side
Epperson
Ben Stephens
Stephens
Bigfork
Richard P. Walsh
West Glacier
Sol Catron
Morrice E. Martin
Ken Yager
U. S. Forest Service
Catron
Ernest Baker
Anaconda Delays DST Start By One Week
Anaconda begins daylight saving time at 7 a.m. DST Monday after an injunction delayed the change from last week. Butte has observed DST since last Monday. Residents may adjust clocks Sunday night or at midnight when clocks move from 12 a.m. to 1 a.m. Monday.
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Anaconda
Butte
Anaconda Company
First Olympic Games Held 2 700 Years Ago
The first recorded Olympic games occurred in 776 B C with a single 200 yard foot race at Olympia Greece. The event began every four years by the Alpheus River. An ad offers selling unused sporting equipment with phone contact 5451 for ad-writing help. A 1946 Chevrolet panel is listed for 120 dollars in good condition with phone 0000.
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B. C
Alpheus River
Olympia
Greece
Battle for Wyoming Democratic delegates Monday in Cody
In Cody Wyoming supporters of Estes Kefauver and Averell Harriman clash over Wyoming 14 delegates to the National Democratic Convention. Harriman will deliver the keynote Monday morning with Kefauver organizers bringing J Howard McGrath for a breakfast rally. Stan Lowe cites at least 78 of 203 pledged. Adlai Stevenson shows limited support. Republicans meet in Casper with no opposition for a pledged Eisenhower Nixon delegation.
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Cody
Wyo
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
New York
Averell Harriman
Wyoming
Harriman
Robert Chaffin
Torrington
Kefauver
Young Rawlins
Kefauver Organization
Tennessee
Man seeks used car. police intercepts interstate drive
A Paterson area man walked into Cassler Motors in Pompton Lakes New Jersey on Friday asking to buy a used car and drive it around the block with permission. On Saturday state police reported Daniel Edward DeBlick age 31 of Midvale was picked up about 300 miles away near Chariton Massachusetts still headed north.
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Pompton Lakes
N. J
Cassler Motors
Daniel Edward DeBlick
Midvale
Chariton
Mass
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