East and West Reject Plans On German Accord Clash
At the Big Four foreign ministers conference East and West rejected rival German settlement proposals. Christian Herter accused the Soviet plan of sowing discord with separate East and West Germany treaties. Gromyko argued the Western package approach is unacceptable and described reunification as only possible by direct action of the two German states.
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Geneva
U. S
Christian A. Herter
West Germany
Soviet Union
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Gromyko
West Berlin
East Berlin
East
Writ Denied in Berkeley Railway Dispute Ruling
The U S Court of Appeals upheld a Montana judge s denial of an injunction in a Railway Labor Act major dispute over switching crews at The Anaconda Company s Berkeley yard in Butte The panel also denied the unions petition to bar the Montana district court injunction The decision shields Anaconda s control of switching work under its contract with the miners union and cites Norris LaGuardia Act limits on injunctions in major disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.S. Court of Appeals
Montana
Anaconda Company
Berkeley
Butte
International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers
Anaconda
W. D. Murray
Montanan Killed In Nashua Crash Near Milk River
Ronald T. McPherson, 29, Fort Peck employee and amateur athlete, died when the car slamed into a concrete bridge abutment on a curve near Nashua. James O. Jacobson and Marc D. McCabe, both 29, were hospitalized in critical condition. Sheriff’s officials planned an inquest as the town mourned the 18th Montana fatality in 18 days.
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Fort Peck
Nashua
Ronald T. McPherson
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
Glasgow
James O. Jacobson
Marc D. McCabe
Martin Dahl
Milk River
McCabe
Hugh B. Orton
McPherson
Dorothy
Montana
Birthday mixup puts 133 on birth certificate
Geneva New York AP reports Randy Castelluzzo marked his 133rd birthday. clerks miswrote 1846 instead of 1946 on his birth certificate. His parents insist he is only 13 despite the century error.
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Geneva
N.Y
Randy Castelluzzo
Ross Castelluzzo
Rocky Mountain Chambers Challenge U S Reclamation Cut
In Salt Lake City delegates from Rocky Mountain chambers protested the U S Chamber of Commerce push for a 20 million dollar cut in Upper Colorado River project appropriations and no new reclamation starts. Formal action was delayed as officials debated if the policy change was an interpretation.
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Salt Lake City
Rocky Mountain Chambers of Commerce
U.S. Chamber
Congress
Mountain States Assn
Mountain States
U.S
House Appropriations
Upper
Colorado River
Mental Giants Fail to Lure Space Visitors
London AP reports an International Flying Saucer Contact Weekend message inviting space crews to visit Earth during Whitsun. Thousands of British saucer fans used telepathy and signals to reach Mars and Venus, but no ships appeared. Hon. Brinsley Le Poer Trench, a noted saucer enthusiast, awaited a landing in Ashdown Forest and urged friendly thoughts to attract space visitors.
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London
Space
Earth
Ashdown Forest
Sussex
Brinsley le Poer Trench
Trench
Outer Space
Britain
New Car Odor Spray Attracts Buyers In Ads
An auto dealer claims used cars smell factory new with a new interior odorizing agent. The ad promises stronger sales appeal for vehicles old or new and instructs readers to dial 5451 to order.
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Dial 5451
Montana approves end of city bus service in Butte and Great Falls
The Montana Railroad Commission authorized the discontinuance of Western Transit Systems Inc. bus service in Butte on May 31 and in Great Falls on June 30. Both orders, unanimous, cited crippling losses and declined tax support after patronage fell from 1949 to 1958. Hope exists for substitute service, with Western Transit agreeing to transfer rights and commission support for new operators.
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Helena
Butte
Great Falls
Montana Railroad Commission
Western Transit Systems Inc
Western Transit of
San Diego
Commission
MRC
Paul T. Smith
Austin B. Middleton
Jack Holmes
Telephone Rate Hearing Called
Montana Public Service Commission set June 30 for the first half of a split hearing on Mountain States Telephone Co. rate requests in Helena. The three day session will test a fair rate of return on Montana operations with cross examination in the fall. The 1957 two to one PSC denial preceded court actions and a new complaint. Mountain States says it has spent over 50 million in state construction since the last increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Montana
Public Service Commission
Mountain States Telephone Co
Mountain States
Billings
State Supreme Court
Commission
PSC
C. J. Hansen
K P. Todd
Moon Exhibits Varied Colors According to Tass Report
Soviet Tass reports from Monday that academician Nikolai Barabachov of Kharkov University says the moon displays red brown yellow green and blue shades rather than a uniform color.
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Moscow
Nikolai Barabachov
Kharkov University
Tass
Cuba Targets Massive Land Reform Expropriations
Cuba's revolutionary government moved to seize excess land under a broad agrarian reform law creating the National Institute of Agrarian Reform. It limits farm and ranch holdings, mandates registration, ends sharecropping, and prioritizes land to landless veterans and war crime victims. Foreign ownership rules loom for sugar plantations, with potential implications for United Fruit and American Sugar Co. holdings.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Oriente
National Institute of Agrarian Reform
Institute
National Institute
United Fruit
American Sugar Co
House Advances Farm Fund Bill
The House tentatively approved a 3.94 billion dollar Agriculture Department appropriation after fending off Republican cuts to soil conservation and price support payments. A final vote was delayed to Wednesday due to state primaries.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Appropriations Committee
Robert H. Michel
Ill
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Byrnes
Gates Named Deputy Defense Secretary and Radford Recalled
President Eisenhower selects Thomas S. Gates to be deputy secretary of defense and recalls Adm. Arthur W. Radford for temporary civilian duties at the Pentagon. Gates, Navy secretary, may become defense secretary if Neil McElroy departs. Radford returns as JCS successor awaits twinings recovery.
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Gates
Defense
Adm. Radford
Washington
Thomas S. Gates
Arthur W. Radford
Navy
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Neil H. McElroy
McElroy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Air Force
Nathan F. Twining
Defense Department
Senate
Philadelphia
Mrs Truman Has Tumor Removed
Mrs Bess Wallace Truman underwent surgery Monday to remove a tumor from her left breast. A Research Hospital spokesman called her condition very satisfactory though malignancy would be known in two or three days. President Harry S Truman said the operation was a grand success.
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Kansas City, Mo
Bess Wallace Truman
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Montana Weather Report Tuesday Through Wednesday
The Montana forecast shows east region cloudy with rain and cooler temperatures and isolated thunder showers Tuesday into Wednesday. Highs range 40 to 55 degrees with overnight lows 35 to 45. The west region stays cloudy with rain and cool conditions Monday night into Wednesday, with highs 40 to 50 and similar low ranges. The table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending at 5 p.m. Monday.
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Montana
Anaconda Officials Arrive for Stockholders Meet
Clyde F E Weed chairman of The Anaconda Company arrives from New York City for the stockholders annual meeting in Anaconda on Wednesday. Edward S McGlone executive vice president and Ralph E Schneider secretary and treasurer also attend with their wives. Charles M Brinckerhoff president and Richard S Newlin arrive earlier and John A Coe of American Brass Company will attend. Weed plans to speak at the Montana School of Mines commencement June 8 in Butte next month.
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Clyde FE. Weed
Anaconda Company
Edward S. McGlone
Ralph E. Schneider
New York City
Anaconda
Charles M. Brinckerhoff
Richard S. Newlin
John A. Coe
American Brass Company
Mr. Weed
Butte
Montana School of Mines
Annual Meeting Of Stockholders At Anaconda Company
The Anaconda Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting on Wednesday morning May 20 at the Anaconda Employees Club. The session begins at 11 a.m. Standard Time and admission is restricted to shareholders, spouses, and invited guests who register and receive identification badges.
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Anaconda Company
Anaconda Employes Club
Anaconda
Rush Hour Wreck Tears Through Chicago Elevates Trains
Two six car elevated trains with about 800 riders collided during the morning rush on the Logan Square line near 1800 Milwaukee Ave. At least 125 were hospitalized and Nancy Alberger 20 suffered a critical leg injury as the front car telescoped into the rear car. Motorman Dominic Parise 45 freed himself after the crash and was hospitalized with an injured ankle. The CTA cited man failure as a preliminary cause, noting brakes appeared to function.
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Chicago
Nancy Alberger
Dominic Parise
Chicago Transit Authority
Logan Square
Milwaukee Ave
Parise
Western Ave
Pistol Duel Ends in Death of Lovers in Richmond
In South Richmond Marvin Edwards 38 and Annie Pizzuto 31 both drew pistols after a brief meeting near her home. Pizzuto fired five shots wounding Edwards in the abdomen. Edwards killed Pizzuto then shot himself. Edwards, a former Salvation Army captain, had a history of threats toward Pizzuto and was separated from his wife.
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Richmond
Salvation Army
Marvin Edwards
Annie Pizzuto
Edwards
Pizzuto
Governor Aronson Visits Birthplace in Sweden
Swed ish born J Hugo Aronson governor of Montana arrives in his native Boras province on a three week tour. He will spend two days with old friends in Celsremma and a party for him is planned with 500 schoolmates. King Gustav will receive him in Stockholm on June 1.
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Boras
Sweden
J. Hugo Aronson
Montana
Celsremma
Gustav
Stockholm
Midwest Storms Leave Homes Damaged Across States
Thunderstorms and twisters lashed the Midwest with tornadoes near Powhattan Kansas and Denton. Winds above 80 mphHit Shenandoah Iowa with tower damage and widespread rainfall across Nebraska North Dakota Kentucky Indiana. Cooler temps followed in the Northwest while Wyoming Idaho saw storms and Montana Oregon snow in the mountains.
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Midwest
Kansas
Powhattan
Hiawatha
Denton
Kan
State Highway Patrol
Shenandoah
Iowa
KMA
Nebraska
North Dakota
Kentucky
Indiana
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sidney
Republican City
Oklahoma
Florida
Louisiana
South Carolina
South Dakota
Minnesota
Texas
Georgia
Ohio River
Maryland
Virginia
Washington
Oregon
Rockies
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Soviet Priests Named as Secret Police Agents
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee testimony claims Soviet church leaders, including Metropolitan Nikolai, are controlled by the secret police with priests acting as agents. Witness Petro Deriabian described a 20 year state police policy forcing priests to serve as agents.
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Soviet Union
J. G. Loudwine
Deriabian
Nikolai
Austria
Vienna
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Harlem
New York
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Billings Belgrade
Broadus
Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Don Wehling
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