House panel backs aid in part after blocking amendment
Washington The House Foreign Affairs Committee reversed a bid to block U S aid to many nations and kept Eisenhower s $4 9 billion foreign aid bill largely intact while delaying final action until Tuesday The panel near a billion dollar cut on the bill and tied votes signaled close contest over the aid package with chair Richards noting a plan to appoint a special commission before any sweeping changes. Administration officials warned cuts below four billion dollars could force major revamping to bolster free world nations against communism.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Eisenhower
Richards
D-Sc
Edna F. Kelly
D-Ny
Kelly
Great Britain
Lenin’s Testament Attacks Stalin Headlines Youth Paper
Komosomol Pravda publishes a column claiming Lenin condemned Stalin in 1923. The piece cites Lenin’s Testament noting Stalin’s rude conduct and abuse of power and suggests party leadership should replace him. Lenin’s March 1923 break with Stalin is not highlighted.
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Moscow
Stalin
Lenin
Komosomol Pravda
Communist Party
Pravda
Leon Trotsky
Komosol Pravdada
Komosol Pravda
Egypt Red China Deal Rumored
State Department officials said they were investigating rumors that Egypt planned to obtain arms from Red China. No confirmation was given, and officials noted prior rumors followed by confirmations of Czech arms deals with Egypt and Syria.
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Washington
Lincoln White
State Dept
Egypt
China
White
Syria
Gamal Abdel Masser
Eisenhower Nominates T A M Craven to FCC Seat
President Eisenhower Friday nominated T A M Craven, a Washington engineer and Democrat, to a seven year term on the Federal Communications Commission. Craven previously served as an FCC member from 1937 to 1944, to succeed Edward M Webster whose term expires June 30.
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Washington
Eisenhower
T. A. M. Craven
Federal Communications Commission
Craven
FCC
Edward M. Webster
Utah Man to Be Guest Today of Exchange Clubs
The Montana Exchange Clubs regional conference convenes at Finlen Hotel with a noon luncheon and a grand dinner dance at Butte Country Club. Delegates from Butte Billings and Helena attend. Grant MacFarlane, Salt Lake City attorney and former National Exchange president, is an honored guest and may address delegates.
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Montana Exchange Clubs
Finlen
Butte Country Club
Butte
Billings
Helena
L. S. Waite Jr
National Exchange
Grant MacFarlane
Salt Lake City
Waite
MacFarlane
Builders Acceptance Corp
Utah
National
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Phi Delta Theta Legal Fraternity
Utah Democratic State Central Committee
Board of Managers Council of State Governments
Utah State Senate
Salt Lake County
Utah Office of Federal Housing Administration
American Legion
Butte Club
Edward N. Sparks
Civic
Special Panel to Review Soviet Plans
Washington announced plans for a large cut in Soviet military forces will be studied by an eight man panel of nuclear military and industrial leaders formed by President Eisenhower. The group will meet May 29 in Washington to analyze implications of Moscow’s plan to reduce forces by 1,200,000 and assess possible U.S. responses in light of London talks. Descriptions include task force heads Ernest Lawrence James Doolittle Walter Bedell Smith Oswald Colclough Benjamin Fairless Walker Cisler Harold Moulton and James Fisk. Stassen urged cautious optimism about the Soviet move, calling it potentially a desirable dividend for peace policy while noting White House and State Dept. reservations.
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Washington
Russia
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
London
Moscow
Ernest O. Lawrence
James H. Doolittle
Walter Bedell Smith
Army
Oswald S. Colclough
Navy
Benjamin Fairless
Steel
Walker L
White House
State Dept
State Dulles
Autoist Fatally Injured Near Anaconda
Gerald Crossman 23 died after a west Anaconda Highway 10A crash Friday night. He rode with William Martinez whose car hit Raymond Bailey’s vehicle. Crossman died at St. Ann Hospital after fractures and injuries. he served in the Army and attended Montana State University. survivor George Spurlock of Anaconda.
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Anaconda
Drummond
Gerald Crossman
St. Ann Hospital
Richard Albert
Crossman
William Martinez
Martinez
Raymond Bailey
Georgetown Lake
Bailey
Deer Lodge
Montana State University
George Spurlock
Beck and Fischer Funeral Home
Kootenai River Predicted to Reach Flood Stage Early Sunday
The Weather Bureau forecast the Kootenai River in western Montana will reach flood stage by early Sunday as warm temperatures melt snowpack. Libby river level stood at 12 feet and rising, with 16 feet expected by Sunday. Libby and Bonners Ferry, Idaho are among affected areas.
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Kootenai
Helena
Weather Bureau
Montana
Libby
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Rocky Mountains
Spokane River
Kootenai River
Bandits Tie Up Bank Staff in Lutry Swiss Heist
Two bandits seized three Cantonale Bank employees in Lutry near Lausanne and fled with about 46 000 Swiss francs during a Friday robbery. The crime scene was the bank's Lutry branch and investigators pursued the trail.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Cantonale Bank
Lutry
Bishop Ordains Five Montana Priests Saturday Morning
The Most Rev. Joseph M. Gilmore will ordain five Montana men to the Catholic priesthood at St Helena Cathedral in Helena on Saturday at 10 a.m. MST. The new priests are James Burns and Joseph Harrington of Butte, George Ferguson of Deer Lodge, Bernard Koenig of Conrad, and Bernard Foley of Anaconda. Burns and Harrington will celebrate first masses in Butte, Ferguson in Deer Lodge, Koenig in Conrad, and Foley in Anaconda.
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Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Montana
Edward D. Howard
Portland
Ore
Gilmore
Butte
St. Helena
James Burns
Joseph Harrington
George Ferguson
Deer Lodge
Bernard Koenig
Conrad
Bernard Foley
Anaconda
Foley
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Burns
Irene Burns
James D. Burns
St. Joseph Church
Harrington
Florence Harrington
Joseph D. Harrington
Veronica Bear Harrington
St. John the Evangelist Church
Ferguson
George L
Five Die as Michigan Student Car Crash Near Ann Arbor
Five people are killed and a sixth is in critical condition after a head on collision on U S 12 seven miles east of Ann Arbor. The Michigan students had just left a party in the car they rode in. Howard Saltzer 63 of Detroit and his wife Lena died in the other vehicle. Victims include Keith Ryan of Toledo William B McKean Jr and Nancy Robson 19 of Birmingham. Thomas Bernasky of Cleveland was in very critical condition at University Hospital, Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Howard Saltzer
Detroit
U. S. 12
Saltzer
Lena
Keith Ryan
Toledo
William B. McKean Jr
Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Nancy Robson
Birmingham
Thomas Bernasky
Cleveland
University Hospital
Six Killed When Planes Collide
Two RCAF training planes collided in the air Friday and crashed into a farm field six miles southwest of Winnipeg. The Air Force confirmed six airmen killed, with names withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Winnipeg
RCAF
Here
Air Force
NATO
Oil Industry Spokesmen Praised by Montana Gas Price Hearing
Montana Trade Commission ended a two day hearing into Montana gasoline prices after complimenting oil company representatives for an informative breakdown of operating costs. Carter Oil Co officials testified that margins are tight and state taxes plus dealer margins drive higher costs, while Montana crude and refinery size raise production costs.
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Helena
Montana Trade Commission
T. E. Uppinghouse
Great Falls
Commission
Carter Oil Co
Phillips
Union Oil
Socony-Vacuum
Carter
George Phipps
Billings
Montana
U. S
Phipps
I. J. Staid
George A. Welsh
Kevin
Big West Independent
Leonard W
Woman Indicted in Poison Deaths Across Three Marriages
Montgomery 49 year old Rhonda Belle Martin, a waitress, was indicted on three additional serious case counts after a grand jury added them to charges already filed. She faces trial the week of June 4 with potential execution by electrocution. Victims include Claude Martin, George Garrett, Carolyn Garrett, and others linked to earlier Mobile indictments.
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Montgomery
Ala
Rhonda Belle Martin
Montgomery County
Garrett
Carolyn
Mobile
Mary Frances Gibbon
Emogene Garrett
Ellyn Elizabeth Garrett
Emogene
Ellyn Elizabeth
William F. Thetford
Donald Martin
Biloxi
Miss
Aristides Wins the First Kentucky Derby in 1875
On May 17 1875 Aristides won the inaugural Kentucky Derby running as a pacemaker for Chesapeake. The ad section promotes Want Ads with listings including a Schwy nn Boys bicycle with wagon for 19 and a Canary cage with stand for 5.0000 at 000 Main.
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Aristides
Schwynn
N. Main
Montana Weather: Scattered Tstorms and Warm Highs
East Montana sees fair warm weather with 80 to 90 degrees in the east and 75 to 80 in the west. Saturday turns cooler with partly cloudy skies and afternoon and evening showers and thunder showers mainly in the west. Sunday remains partly cloudy and slightly cooler with possible afternoon thundershowers in the southeast and mountains. West Montana mostly partly cloudy with scattered storms, highs 70 to 80, cooler Sunday.
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Montana
Mountains
Senate farm bill passes with soil bank plan intact
The Senate approved a new farm bill to replace Eisenhower's vetoed measure, stripping objectionable features and authorizing up to 1.2 billion dollars yearly for the soil bank. It heads to the House for changes, with parties urging quick action to secure presidential signature. If House rejects, a conference committee will resolve differences. A compromise on price supports and livestock feed was adopted 73 to 14, while prepayment authority was not granted.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
House
Aiken
Anderson
White House
GOP
Senate Agriculture Committee
Administration
Senate House Conference Committee
Congress
Ellender
D-La
Mies - Neers
Sen
Holland
D-Fla
Explosions Kill Two Firemen in Galena Maryland
A fire and three blasts at the Kent Oil Red plant in Galena Maryland level the facility on U S 213. Eight people were seriously burned and two residents were injured as a storage tank exploded sending 8,000 gallons of high octane gasoline across the area. Fireman Harry Brice and Richard Loller died from injuries suffered as debris fell during the blasts.
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Galena
Maryland
Harry Robert Brice
Betterton
Brice
Richard Lockwood Loller
Chesapeake City
Loller
Elkton
Stevenson Leads in Oregon Democratic Primary Race
Early write in returns from Oregon show Adlai Stevenson ahead of Estes Kefauver in the Democratic contest as Eisenhower dominates the Republican ballot. Nixon's Nixon's write in appears for vice presidency with Kefauver trailing in unofficial totals from 821 of 2,519 precincts. Stevenson 13,263 Kefauver 8,805 Republicans 40,989.
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Portland
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Oregon
Eisenhower
Nixon
Stevenson
Tennessee
Kefauver
Fisenhower
Five Injured in Helena Area Car Crash
A two car collision five miles north of Helena on U S Highway 91 Friday night injured five people, with two seriously hurt. Mitzi Grantier and Sharon Folkvord, both from Helena, were listed as seriously injured. Dale Folkvord and Bob Kirkland with his wife, also from Helena, were not seriously hurt. Kirkland is Lewis and Clark county juvenile officer. All injured were transported to a Helena hospital.
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Helena
Police Dept
U. S. Highway 91
Mitzi Grantier
Sharon Folkvord
Dale Folkvord
Bob Kirkland
Kirkland
Lewis and Clark County
Diamonds vanish from Wichita hotel vault theft
A well dressed man using the name J L Brandt of New York checked into a Wichita hotel and deposited a briefcase with diamonds worth about 90000 in the guest vault. The case disappeared within an hour after Nate Pevsner a Chicago diamond merchant signed in and left the case. Police traced the Brandt call and pursue leads from Oklahoma City.
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Wichita
Kan
New York
Chicago
Nate Pevsner
James Reeves
J. L. Brandt
New York City
Brandt
Jewelers
Pevsner
Oklahoma City
Five Die in Waterloo Plane Crash Near Airport
Five persons believed employed by Waterloo's McCoy Trucking Co burned to death when a light plane they rode in crashed near the Waterloo Municipal Airport late Friday. Only one victim, Arthur Bauman, shop superintendent for McCoy Trucking, identified hours after the crash. Bauman and two businessmen owned the plane. officials say he may have invited others after work for a ride.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Arthur Bauman
McCoy Trucking Co
Bauman
Lofficials
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