Ike Proposes U S Foot Bill for Huge Atom Smasher
President Eisenhower urged Congress to fund a 100 million dollar two mile long atom smasher at Stanford California as America’s security cornerstone. He said it would take six years to complete and would boost basic research and national defense amid Soviet advances.
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U.S
New York
Eisenhower
America
Stanford University
California
Congress
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National Academy of Sciences
The
American Assn. For the Advancement of Science
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Pauly Ranch Worker Dies In Cook House Fire
Albert Begun, about 78, perished in a cook house at a Pauly Ranch lambing camp four miles northwest of Deer Lodge. The stove explosion is suspected as the cause. Coroner Ralph Beck said Begun, born in Poland, had worked in mining and ranching locally and served in the Canadian Army in World War I. He leaves a brother and sister in Poland. No inquest. Body at Ross Funeral Home.
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Deer Lodge
Albert Begun
Pauly Ranch Co
Powell County
Ralph Beck
Beck
Begun
Poland
Roundup
Ross Funeral Home
Aronsons Leave For Sweden On Three Week Trip
Gov. J. Hugo Aronson and his wife and daughter Rika depart Helena for a three week trip to Sweden. Lt. Gov. Paul Cannon becomes acting governor. They will meet King Gustaf Adolf on June 1 and plan to return June 9.
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Helena
J. Hugo Aronson
Rika
Sweden
Montana
Paul Cannon
Butte
Cannon
Aronson
Police arrest trio of teens end string of petty crimes
Police Chief James Clark reports that a 14-year-old led to the capture of two more 14-year-olds after a mail truck envelope containing two checks was stolen. One check for 141.90 was found on the first boy, who also burned another check for 335. Authorities link the youths to break ins including Harkins Bottling Co. A window smash and candy theft preceded the arrests.
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James Clark
William Ryan
John Gaspar
East Copper
Anothr
Ryan
Clark
Harkins Bottling Co
E. Quartz
General Twining Victim Of Lung Cancer
Gen. Nathan Twining, 61, diagnosed with lung cancer after Tuesday surgery to remove the upper left lung lobe. At Walter Reed, he is recovering and expected to resume Joint Chiefs of Staff duties in five to six weeks.
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Washington
Nathan Twining
Defense Department
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Twining
Arthur Godfrey
New York
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Pentagon
Man Rescued From Grand Canyon After Canoe Capsize
Earl Francis was rescued two days after his canoe overturned in the Colorado River near Lockdolager Rapids in the Grand Canyon. A park ranger found him exhausted and injured but alive, and he was escorted to Phantom Ranch after a brief rest. The canoe wreckage was spotted near Phantom Ranch, triggering a rescue search beginning the previous day.
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Ariz
Colorado River
Earl Francis
Roy Rainey
Rainey
Phantom Ranch
Francis
Lockdolager Rapids
Man and Wife, Policemen Shot to Death
A distraught factory owner Gordon E. Hamlin killed his wife Rose on a neighbor’s porch and, after a five hour siege, shot Police Chief Pierre Harnois and wounded two troopers before dying by his own hand in a flooded basement.
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Maine
Gordon E. Hamlin
Hamlin
Stephen A. Cobb
Rose
Pierre Harnois
Westbrook
Stephen Regina
Saco
Willard Parker
Parker
Rt. 11
Judith
Treasury Agents Seize Gamblers in Coordinated Crackdown
Treasury agents arrested nearly forty suspects in seven cities from New York to Los Angeles in a nationwide gambling crackdown. Authorities seized cash, gambling equipment, records, and vehicles with one prisoner reported to carry over eight thousand dollars. Arrests listed for New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Middletown Ohio, Lexington Kentucky, Niagara Falls New York, and Toledo Ohio.
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Washington
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Service
New York City
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Middletown
Ohio
Lexington
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Toledo
Interior Secretary Seeks 345 Million for General Department Ops
Secretary Fred A. Seaton asked a Senate appropriations subcommittee to approve 345,168,375 for general operations of the Interior Department for the year starting July 1, a figure 19,607,575 higher than the House vote. The request would fund all department activities except Bureau of Reclamation and power marketing agencies, with restorations sought for Indian schools, relocation, education, welfare and law enforcement, road maintenance, and other Indian programs, plus funding for Geological Survey, National Park Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Secretary of the Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Senate Appropriations
House
Senate
Bureau of Reclamation
Electric Power Marketing Agencies
Seaton
Geological Survey
National Park Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
House Group Approves Aid to Education Bill
The House Education Committee backed a 4.4 billion aid to education proposal providing grants of 25 dollars per school aged child. Democrats carry the plan amid Republican opposition and Eisenhower administration doubts with potential floor and Rules Committee hurdles ahead.
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House
Washington
House Education Committee
Graham A. Barden
D-Nc
Phil M. Landrum
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Cleveland M. Bailey
Dw.va
Rules Committee
Bailey
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Supreme Court
Navy Blimp Crashes Into Hangar at Lakehurst
A Navy blimp returning from an Atlantic patrol crashed into a hangar at Lakehurst New Jersey in dense fog. One crewman Lt. (j.g.) David M Loyd was killed and six others injured. The airship ZPQ2 343 feet long struck the hangar at 35 to 40 mph tearing the gas bag and causing helium to escape.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Navy
J.g
David M. Loyd
Vega
Tex
Loyd
Marian
Pinehurst Estates
Richard W. Sirch
Flushing
N.Y
Montana Power Buys Electric Building
The Montana Power Co has acquired the Montana Electric Building at 50 E Broadway and will renovate the second and third floors for expanding operations. The F B Price Co division of Boyd Coffee Co Portland will occupy the first floor and basement, while Montana Power will use the second floor immediately. The reinforced concrete building erected about 1910 sits next to the Beehive building.
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Montana Power Co
Montana Electric
E. Broadway
J. F E. Corette
F. B. Price Co
Boyd Coffee Co
Portland
Ore
Montana Power
Fairview Child Drowns in Ditch
Shirley May Kasten two, daughter of Fairview Police Chief Earl Kasten, drowned in an irrigation ditch near her Fairview home. The body was found an hour later about a mile downstream in McKenzie County North Dakota. Coroner Leiseth ruled accidental death with no inquest planned. The child was playing with her four year old sister when she fell in.
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Fairview
UPI
Shirley May Kasten
Earl Kasten
McKenzie County
North Dakota
Clarence Leiseth
Watford City
N. D
Kastens
Shirley
Montana
Montana-North Dakota
Fairview Volunteers Fire Dept
Sidney
Woman Keeps House Just for Fun
A 47-year-old Spencer Ohio widow advertised for a housework job and says housekeeping is too much fun to quit. A 90-year-old man who hired her offered pay, but she prefers fun over payment. The piece notes Want Ads as a quick way to reach the right person.
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Spencer
Ohio
Housing Bill Heads for House Debate
The House Rules Committee approved a 2.1 billion housing bill with debate set for next Tuesday. A clash over funding for low rent public housing is expected as the measure faces choices between public housing provisions and alternative legislation.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
William Colmer
D-Miss
Colmer
Banking Committee
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rules Committee For Action
Rayburn
Federal Housing Administration Authority
FHA
Senate Approves 150 Million Loan Fund for Aid
The Senate sent to the White House a 150 million dollar Development Loan Fund for underdeveloped nations abroad as part of a 2.764 billion catch-all bill for the current fiscal year. An effort by Senator Russell Long to widen Army and Marine manpower was rejected.
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Senate
White House
F Eisenhower
Russell B. Long
D-L
House
Marine Corps
Montana Weather Forecast East and West Regions
Montana forecast divided into east and west. East area will have fair skies then increasing clouds with scattered showers or thundershowers and warmer highs 70 to 80. Friday night and Saturday bring more clouds and scattered showers, cooler southwest, lows 35 to 50, highs 65 to 75. West area mostly cloudy, cooler with showers and thundershowers Friday and Saturday, temps 60 to 70 Friday then 55 to 65 Saturday.
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Montana
Western plan pushed for European peace at Geneva
U S Secretary of State Herter urged the Soviet Union to accept a Western package as the basis for a European settlement. Gromyko listened without comment as Potapov and Khrushchev voiced mixed reactions while Bolz urged careful study of the plan.
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Germany
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Berlin
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Anatoly Potapov
Potapov
West Berlin
East Germany
Lothar Bolz
Khrushchev
Kishinev
Radio
Grippe
Mine Mill Wins Bargaining Election in Butte
Mine Mill local No. 1 of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers won the NLRB election in Butte with 1 043 votes of 1 943 ballots cast. The Mine Mill tally was 53.67 percent, defeating United Steelworkers 665 and International Chemical Workers Union 220. Sixty five ballots backed other options or were void or challenged. counting occurred under NLRB supervision in the Federal Building.
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Anaconda Company
Butte Miners Union No. 1
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
National Labor Relations Board
Howard E. Hilbun
NLRB
Pacific Northwest
Mine-Mill
United Steelworkers of America
Aflcio
International Chemical Workers Union
Hilbun
Mr. Hilbun
Dan E. Boyd
Eugene Nielson
William Nowell
Orville Turnbaugh
Gordon Burholdt
Dale Cubbison
Dustin McCreary
Seattle
Senate Hearings on Strauss End After Turbulent 16 Days
The Senate Commerce Committee wrapped 16 days of hearings on Lewis L. Strauss for secretary of commerce. A vote behind closed doors is due next Tuesday with Magnuson aiming for late next week’s recommendations from both parties. An onlooker disruption occurred as Agnes Waters protested, claiming Strauss financed the Russian Revolution. Thurmond stated support for confirmation, while all Republican members are expected to back it.
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Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
Senate Commerce Committee
Strauss
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Sen
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Agnes Waters
Magnuson
Thurmond
Eisenhower
Congress
Lima Man Killed In Utica Car Crash
Robert Dee Norman 27 an electrical engineer and Lima native died in a Tuesday night automobile accident near Utica New York. He served in the Navy and held a GE training program assignment. Survivors include his parents and several relatives. The Lima funeral will be held locally with arrangements pending.
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Bozeman
Navy
Fort Knox
Newport News
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Alaska
Robert
General Electric Co
Scranton
Cincinnati
Utica
R. Kimbro
Lima
Willis Cotton
Richland
Wash
Rue Manes
Leslie
Ark
Dick Kembrell
West Point
Maude Blair
St. Louis
Stokes
Springfield
Plane Explodes On Convair Line Killing One
A B58 jet bomber exploded and burned on Convair Aircraft Co flight line in Fort Worth Texas. One man was killed and 13 injured. The workers were Convair employees handling the 15 million dollar aircraft. The cause of the blast was not determined. The B58 can exceed 1300 mph. It marked the second B58 accident after a December crash near the New Mexico Texas border.
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Fort Worth
New Mexico-Texas
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