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Newspaper

The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1960

Page

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Butte Board Considers Cutting 11 Teaching Positions

The Board of Trustees may cut 11 teaching staff positions in School District No. 1. If the cuts go ahead, staffing changes would follow, affecting classrooms and district operations as the district faces budget pressures and potential program adjustments.

Butte State Department of Public Instruction Northwest Accrediting Assa Sherman School PTA Sherman

Shelby Pilot Killed When Crop-Duster Crashes by Farm

William Fordham about 30 a Shelby resident died Monday when the crop-dusting plane he flew struck a telephone line and crashed burning near Shelby. The crash occurred at 6 20 a.m. and the wreckage was found about 3 p.m. by a search party on the Dale Heath farm west of town. Fordham had recently returned from the west coast where he studied aircraft mechanics. Survivors include his widow, his mother Mrs S B Fordham, and a brother Robert, all of Shelby. He was well known in Butte and Anaconda where relatives live. The body was burned beyond recognition delaying identification.

Shelby William Fordham Fordham Robert Burns Dale Heath Bud Stewart Montana S. B. Fordham Robert

Lost Creek Boy Fatally Injured in Accident

Val Galle Jr., 8, of Lost Creek, died in a Missoula hospital after an accident near his home Sunday. Born October 5, 1951 in Anaconda, he was in third grade at Lincoln School and active in Cub Scouts and the Crotaian Brotherhood. The boy and a companion were riding in a pay loader bucket when a bump caused the bucket catch to spill them, and the machine ran over him.

Anaconda Val Galle, Jr Val Galle Sr Lost Creek Missoula Lincoln School Cub Scouts The Crotaian Brotherhood Ray Fischer Galle St. Ann

Swiss Plane Crashes in Sudan. 12 Feared Dead

A Balair DC 4 crashed into a mountain side in the Sudan Sunday night. The Swiss airline confirmed 12 people were aboard and there appears to be little hope of any survivors. The flight went from Khartama to Niamey on the Niger River and to Dakar to carry pilgrims to Mecca.

Basel Switzerland Balair Sudan Khartama Niamey Niger River Dakar Mecca

Collision Kills 59 in East German Train Crash

In Leipzig a collision between an East German express train and a local train on Sunday night killed 59 people and wounded 100, ADN reported. The crash highlights ongoing rail safety concerns in former East Germany.

Berlin Leipzig ADN

Wayne Bratten Elected Montana Stockgrowers Chief

Wayne Bratten, a Petroleum County rancher, was elected president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association at the 76th annual Missoula convention. Don McRae and Wesley Stearns were named first and second vice presidents. nine directors and holdovers were also chosen.

Missoula Wayne Bratten Monday Montana Stockgrowers Association Don McRae Forsyth Wesley Stearns Plains Bill Garrison Glen Bill Cornwell Glasgow Julian Terrett Jr Miles City Clarence Walton Wilsall Elmer Hanson White Sulphur Springs Alex Christie Grant Reg Davies Alvin Ellis Red Lodge Ford Garfield Lavina Wilford Johnson Hall Bratten Petroleum County Montana Russia Poland European Gene Etchart

Anaconda Company Stockholders To Meet Wednesday

The Anaconda Co stockholders will convene Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Employer Club Anaconda with Clyde E Weed presiding. Officers Brinckerhoff Parkinson Perry Schneider will attend and speak. Directors may be increased from nine to ten with nominees including Weed Cleveland Rockefeller Cochran and Archibald Cochran among others.

Anaconda Co Anaconda Clyde E. Weed Butte Weed Charles M. Brinckerhoff C. Jay Parkinson Vincent D. Perry Ralph E. Schneider Brinckerhoff Perry J. Luther Cleveland Morgan Guaranty Trust Co New York James S. Rockefeller First National City Bank of New York Howard C. Sheperd Fundamental Investors, Inc Archibald P. Cochran Anaconda Aluminium Company

Khrushchev Injects Himself Into U.S. Race

Soviet Premier Khrushchev used a Paris summit statement to insert himself into the U.S. presidential election. He suggested delaying the heads of government conference by six to eight months to align with a new administration and urged peaceful coexistence of capitalist and socialist systems. The talk centers on how Nixon or a change in party could affect U.S.-Soviet talks.

Paris Nikita Khrushchev U.S Eisenhower Khrushchev United States Richard M. Nixon Nixon Moscow Washington

Beaverhead High Graduation Set for 83 Seniors

Beaverhead County High School will award diplomas to 83 seniors, the largest class in the school’s history, at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the auditorium. Former Congressman Orvin B. Flare will be the speaker. Judith Holland will give the valedictory and Shirla Weston the salutatorian address, with the Teen-Tones and school band providing musical features.

Charles F. Anderson Alice Joyce Anderson Myrtle Jeanne Archer Ronald Lee Archer Mary Eileen Bacon Robert Edmund Bacon John Keith Blomquist James William Burgess Philip Reginald Burk John Even Burrell John Charles Burton Edward Cecil Carpita Patsy Sue Childs Charlotte Ann Cluff Patsy Ann Contway

Husky Twins Born Here Set Local Birth Record

Diane and Gary Clark weighed 9 pounds 0 ounces and 9 pounds 4 ounces at St. James Community Hospital in Butte in what attendants say is the heaviest twin birth on record locally. The twins are children of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Clark of Ramsay and are reported healthy with mother also doing fine.

Diane Gary Clark St. James Community Hospital Butte Eugene W. Clark Ramsay Fairbanks Clark Gary Mrs. Clark Cheryl Susan Daniel John

Macmillan Tries to Heal Rift After Summit Breakup

British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan sought to revive the collapsed summit as Khrushchev and Eisenhower traded cold war blasts. The Big Four conference unraveled over Soviet American recriminations with Eisenhower’s June visit to the USSR off. Macmillan planned further talks with De Gaulle and Khrushchev in hopes of restoring contact despite bleak prospects.

Paris Harold Macmillan Eisenhower Soviet Union Macmillan Nikita Khrushchev Charles de Gaulle Khrushchev de Gaulle U.S.S.R United States Moscow

Republican Peace Claim in Air Adlai Is Critical

Washington AP Kennedy accused Khrushchev of trying to divide America on partisan lines over the missile issue. Stevenson blamed American missteps for the Paris summit collapse and U2 spy plane controversy. Nixon defended spy flights as necessary, while Eisenhower paused over Russia.

Washington Paris Eisenhower John F. Kennedy Massachusetts Nikita Khrushchev America United States Kennedy Khrushchev Russia Soviet Union Richard M. Nixon GOP Nixon Adlai E. Stevenson Stevenson Poemn

Khrushchev Upends Summit Plans With Sudden Move

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev shocked leaders by abruptly scrapping expectations for a cooperative summit. Administrations officials had forecast a limited disruption and a continued pursuit of a Paris meeting. The White House signaled Eisenhower would still press ahead with trips to Asia, including Japan and Korea, starting June 20.

Red China Khrushchev Eisenhower Paris Soviet Union U.S.S.R Richard M. Nixon

Wind Blows Roof Off Barn South of Butte

A violent gust tore the roof from a 35 by 70 foot barn on the Fred St. Onge ranch eight miles south of Butte along Highway 10. The same wind damaged a stovepipe at George C. Redfern’s ranch. No animals were harmed and hay remained in the mow. The storms occurred around 3 30 in the afternoon. Both sites are in the 9 Mile area.

Fred St. Onge Butte Highway 10 George C. Redfern St. Onge Redfern Redfern Ranch

Democratic Club Sets Butte Rally

The Silver Bow Democratic Women's Club invites all candidates for Democratic nomination to a dinner rally Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Vegas Club in Meaderville. Agnes Grady, club president, said invitations go to Democrats on state county and township primary ballots. Aspirants to national office will be invited. Reservations via Green's Cafe 4 to 8 p.m.. transportation meet front of Green's Cafe at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Silver Bow Democratic Women's Club Vegas Club Meaderville Agnes Grady Green's Green

Montana Weather Aids Tuesday Showers Then Cooler

East region sees considerable cloudiness and cooler, windy with scattered showers Tuesday afternoon and evening, clearing late night. West region reports cloudy conditions with showers, cooler Tuesday night into Wednesday, with slightly warmer Wednesday.

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