Haste Urged in Building Atomic Plants
LaCrosse Wis The Pentagon atomic coordinator urged immediate formation of an agency to push a crash program for peacetime nuclear power. Robert Lebaron compared it to the Manhattan Project and warned against waste while calling for faster development of practical atomic plants for power generation amid reports of Soviet speed in similar goals.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Pentagon
Robert Lebaron
Atomic Energy Commission
Manhattan
Lebaren
AEC
Eisenhower
Lewis Strauss
Lebaron
Russia
Soviet Union
India
New York High School Riots Sink Subways in Field Day Fallout
Hundreds of New York high school students rioted in subway cars after a Field Day at Van Cortlandt Park Bronx. Police questioned 24 boys and 19 girls as chaos closed trains, with smashed windows, broken seats, and disrupted schedules.
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New York
Lice
Poice
Commons
van Cortland Park
Bronx
242Nd Street
Columbia University
Western Railroads Cut Rates on Grain
Western railroads announced a 10 cent per 100 pounds cut in grain freight from the Pacific Northwest to the Missouri River, affecting shipments to Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth. The new rate will be filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission and take effect 30 days after filing unless suspended. The adjustment aims to boost eastbound grain movement.
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Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Missouri River
Western Railroads
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Nicaragua Proposes Steps on Communist Infiltration In Central America
Nicaragua raises the possibility of invoking Western hemisphere mutual defense and anti Communist pacts over a large shipment of arms from Poland to Guatemala. Senator Wiley and Sen Smathers push for immediate regional consultation and Monroe Doctrine action as U S officials weigh the threat to hemispheric peace.
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Nicaragua
Central America
Guillermo Sevilla Sacas
Red Poland
Guatemala
Eisenhower
U. S. State Department
Congress
Wiley
Senate Foreign Relions Committee
Sen. Smathers
D-Fla
Senate
Smathers
Monroe
North
South America
Poland
Americas
Sevilla Sacasa
Managua
Cen
Chiang Installed Under Threat of Revived War
Chiang Kai-shek begins a new term amid air and sea clashes off the Red China coast as Nationalist forces alert for Communist raids. He urges a strong Asian anti Communist alliance and vows potential reconquest with Western aid while denouncing Mao and Soviet Russia. Chiang Ching kuog declares reports of civilian evacuations on Tachens ridiculous.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Red China
U. S
Wilson
Russia
Mao Tze-tung
Red
Defense Ministry
Chiang Ching-kuo
State's Stockmen Open Convention
Miles City, U P The Montana Stockgrowers Assn marks its 70th anniversary with leaders debating a record supporting a sliding scale subsidy program Milburn questions if stockmen should sit back while subsidies promote surplus grain sales to the government and reduce feeding to livestock The discussion centers on grain prices and cattle feed policy within the farming nation
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Miles City
U.P
Montana Stockgrowers Assn
G. R. Milburn
Association
Milburn
Army Secretary Stevens Visits Montana Stockgrowers
Army Secretary Robert Stevens arrived in Miles City on Thursday for rest and talks with stockmen at a Montana Stockgrowers meeting. He said he is not running for any office and will return to Washington for resumed McCarthy hearings next week. He will address the stock growers Friday before heading to his Two Dot ranch.
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Miles City
U.S
Army
Robert Stevens
Washington
Stevens
Montana
French Planes Pound Rebel Convoys Near Hanoi
French planes pounded Vietminh concentrations and convoys within 50 miles of the Red River Delta as top French generals met on strategy. Maj. Gen. John W. O’Daniel planned to travel to Manila for talks with Defense Secretary Wilson on U S aid for Indochina and allied training plans. Airlift of wounded from Dien Bien Phu continued, with 111 evacuated and 100 more expected, storms limiting landings. Vietminh may release up to 753 of 1,300 to 2,000 French Union wounded.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
France
John W. O’daniel
U. S. Military Aid Advisory Commission
Saigon
Manila
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
U. S
Delta
O’daniel
Wilson
Dien Bien Phu
Luang Prabang
Vietminh
Vietainh
Mochau
Black River
Red
Red Delta
National Spelling Bee Champ William Cashore Wins at 14
William Cashore a 14 year old from St Helena's School Center Square Pa captured the national spelling bee title after out spelling 56 rivals. He earned $500 first prize and a New York trip prize while runner up William Kelley won $300 and third prize went to Patricia Brown.
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William
William Kelley
Deering
Kelley
Patricia Brown
Birmingham
Ala
Scripps-Howard
Cashore
New York
Ed Sullivan
Jeannie Sargent
Lowell
Mass
Melody Sachko
Atelier
Crete
Bagatelle
Costello Becomes Ireland's Government Chief
DUBLIN Silver haired John A Costello Ireland's prime minister from 1948 to 1951 displaced aged nearly blind Eamon De Valera again as the Irish Republic's chief of government. Voters in Tuesday's general election gave undisputed control of the Dail to a coalition formed and kept together by Costello. Fianna Fail headed out of power after a landslide rejection by voters. Final tabulations show Fianna Fail 64 Independents 5 Coalition Fine Gael 49 Labor 18 Clann Na Talmhan 5 Clann Na Poblachta 3. Costello now 62 leads Fine Gael. Three seats will be decided in Wicklow next week.
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Dublin
John A. Costello
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Dail
Costello
de Valera
Fianna Fail
Men of Destiny
Wicklow
Fine Gael
United Ireland
Labor
Clann Na Talmhan
Clann Na Poblachta
Senate Committee backs down payment loans for small homes
The Senate Banking Committee approved a plan to let buyers of homes $6,000 or less borrow down payments from co signers such as employers. The proposal targets distressed buyers and small towns, with co signers responsible for full debt on default. House already approved lower down payments and longer terms, while Eisenhower seeks broader FHA loan relief.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Sen. Capehart
R-Ind
Banking
Eisenhower
Capehart
Federal Housing Administration
House
Congress
Burglar Locks Safe After 50 Years Santo Francisco Door
Ed ward B. Henshaw heard a clanking from the downstairs refrigerator office and surprised a safecracker who burst past him and fled. The burglar reportedly locked the safe for the first time in 50 years, according to Henshaw and the police.
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San Francisco
U.P
Edward B. Henshaw
Henshaw
Reds Nearing Talks on Indochina Peace at Geneva
Western diplomats report possible Communist flexibility on Cease-fire planning while insisting resistance governments of Laos and Cambodia not be recognized. Chou En lai reportedly told Eden the Reds would pause these claims to allow Geneva talks to proceed. Western powers monitor for concrete steps as Vietminh negotiations stall again.
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Geneva
United States
Laos
Cambodia
Chou En-lai
Anthony Eden
Indochina
Chou
Eden
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Social Security Change Favored by House Committee
The Ways and Means Committee approved President Eisenhower plan to raise income limits for retired workers while preserving Social Security. Under current rules those under 75 earning 75 or more lose checks. the plan lets up to 1000 dollars yearly with one month lost per 80 dollars over that. Those over 75 retain payments regardless of earnings. Continued discussion on page 21. Col. 5.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Stompson Girl to Put Out Fire
Missoula grade school action saved Diane Stacey third grader from serious injury in the Washington School yard. Eighth grader Ted Thompson stomped on the burning dress when she fell on a flare marking the excavation. She escaped with no burns, only bruises from the stomp. The girl is daughter of Dr and Mrs Neil A Stacey.
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Missoula
Diane Stacey
Washington
George J. Sayer
Ted Thompson
Sayer
Thorval Thompson
Neil A. Stacey
Two Montana Tots Drowned On School Picnic
In Wibaux Montana two seventh grade students Sandy McClain thirteen and Alvin Trollope twelve drowned while on a Beaver Creek picnic. Principal Wayne Marcus said the boys wandered into a deep hole as about 30 students and three adults watched. Attempts to revive them failed. Coroner F E Sherman announced no inquest and no negligence was found. The youths lacked swimming trunks and apparently swam away from the group after cries for help.
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Wibaux
Mont
Sherman
Marcus
McClain
Clarence McClain
Trollope
Stanley Trollope
Tractor Worker Dies After Missoula Logging Camp Crash
Ronald Wearley 26, a Missoula resident employed at a logging camp west of Hall, died en route to Granite County Memorial Hospital from injuries in a tractor accident. He had been substituting for the regular operator when the vehicle rolled on a hill. Wearley attempted to reach the cab but was caught in the machinery. death attributed to shock and loss of blood. No inquest.
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Philipsburg
Ronald Wearley
Missoula
James Sullivan
Hall
Granite County Memorial Hospital
Granite County
R. R. Wilson
Wearley
Wilson
Rhee Backed Candidates Lead in Half of Races in Seoul
In Seoul on Friday candidates allied with Syngman Rhee won or led in nearly half of the legislative races. The aging president, however, apparently failed in his bid to win two thirds control of the national assembly.
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Seoul
U.P
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
McCarthy to Attend Monday Hearings on Army Row
Senator McCarthy said he will be present when the Senate Investigations Subcommittee resumes its telephonic hearing Monday over the Army row involving him and aides. He warned he may take further steps against Eisenhower secrecy order while criticizing witnesses invoking the Fifth Amendment. Secretary Stevens said he acted without higher orders.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Eisenhower
White House
Army
Pvt. G
David Schine
Executive Branch
Stevens
Franco German accord aims to ease Saar dispute
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and French Vice Premier Henri Teitgen agreed Thursday on a Franco German declaration of principles in the Saar dispute. If accepted, the declaration would remove a barrier to France approving the European Defense Community plan.
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Strasbourg
France
U.P
Konrad Adenauer
Henri Teitgen
Saar
Weather summary for Divide region with scattered thundershowers
Partly cloudy conditions with afternoon thundershowers and cooler nights. Friday highs around 70s to 80, Friday night cooler. Saturday partly cloudy with little temperature change. East of Divide expects cooler conditions with scattered showers Friday and again Saturday. North-west extremes briefly warm then cooler by afternoon. Maximum and minimum figures provided for specified periods.
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Divide
Montana Floods Eased But Local Risk Persists
Montana civil defense officials say no immediate general danger from floods, with Kootenai River cresting expected to Libby and Troy Friday night. Lincoln county reports six displaced families as creeks rise, and Libby area suffers bridge washouts. Bozeman to curb irrigation to conserve scarce water amid drought conditions, while Mystic Lake supplies run unusually low.
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Montana
Civil Defense
Hugh K. Potter
Red Cross
Potter
Kootenai
Columbia Falls
Libby
Troy
Lincoln County
Yank Air Force Base
Bozeman
M. E. Henderson
Mystic Lake
Henderson
Bozeman Creek
Weather Bureau
Great Falls
Rattlesnake bite halts pilot during golf rounds
Air Force Captain Lawrence Thalkens of Sacramento sliced his drive at the Pittsburg Golf and Country Club on Thursday and wound up in the hospital after being bitten by a rattlesnake while entering the rough in pursuit of his ball.
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Pittsburg
Calif
U.R
Air Force
Lawrence Thalkens
Sacramento
Pittsburg Golf and Country Club
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