Senate approves largest postal rate increase in history
The Senate passed a broad 1958 postal bill raising the first class letter rate to four cents and adding a penny to air mail letters and ordinary postcards. It would boost annual post office revenue by about 575 million dollars, with roughly 265 million to fund a pay raise for 520,000 employees. The measure includes a 10 percent retroactive pay raise to January 1 for most workers.
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Washington
U. S
Senate
House
Irving I. Raines
Post Office Dept
Congress
Eisenhower
Summerfield
White House
Minors Targeted Under New Butte Liquor Ordinance
Butte City Council introduced an ordinance making possession of beer and intoxicants by anyone under 21 subject to fines up to 300 dollars and possible 90 days in jail. The measure, modeled after Billings Great Falls and Helena rules, would be processed in police court and take effect 30 days after passage.
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Butte
W. B. Renouard
Billings
Great Falls
Helena
W. P. Donnelly
Joe Armstrong
Armstrong
Thomas Joyce
Governors urge keep 400000 National Guard arms
The governors conference urged President Eisenhower and Congress to oppose cuts in National Guard strength. The Pentagon backed down on abolishing six of 27 divisions, while a 10 percent manpower reduction remains possible. Gov. Leroy Collins became chair. governors toured the aircraft carrier Forrestal before addressing broader issues.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Eisenhower
Congress
Pentagon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Leroy Collins
Florida
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Forrestal
Florida Gold Coast
Secretary of the Treasury
Anderson
Patrolman Finds His Own Son After Store Separation
Geneva officer Richard Verstraete aided a 2 year old who wandered from his mother in a store on Wednesday. He located his son, David, among shoppers and returned him to the mother.
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Geneva
N. Y
Richard Verstraete
David
French Military Chief Sent to Defiant Algeria
Premier Pflimlin appoints Gen. Henri Lorillot to Algiers to assert authority in Algeria while proposing a four point constitutional plan in Paris.Lorillot aims to coordinate with Gen. Salan as De Gaulle supporters in Algeria demand the general's leadership amid ongoing anti government unrest.
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Godfrey Anderson
Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Algeria
Henri Lorillot
Algiers
Pflimlin
Lorillot
Raoul Salan
Charles DeGaulle
Gen. DeGaulle
Alain de Serigny
Salan
Pierre de Chevigne
de Gaulle
France
Butte Man Jailed in Check Cashing Case
Hugh F. Schriver of Butte is jailed after police say he cashed his eighth check since arriving May 4 from Blackfoot Idaho. The 40th birthday suspect has prior Montana and Washington forgery and car theft convictions. Officers confiscated merchandise tied to the cashing spree and a signed statement outlines multiple checks in uptown stores May 17 to 19.
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Butte
Ernett Sullivan
Blackfoot
Idaho
Hugh F. Schriver
Montana State
Billings
Washington State
Glendive
Montana
Schriver
John Gardner
James Moran
Anaconda Company Holds Record Stockholders Meeting
The largest gathering in Anaconda Company history attended its annual meeting at the Anaconda Employees Club with 8,426,473 shares, 80.95 percent of outstanding. Clyde Weed sent a company message, eulogies were read for Roy Glover and J. D. Murphy, and directors Dwyer Harriman Parkinson were reelected. First quarter 1958 earnings stood at 6,130,898, below 1957 due to copper prices averaging 22.329 cents vs 31.258 cents.
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Mr. Weed
Weed
Robert E. Dwyer
F. Roland Harriman
C. Jay Parkinson
Anaconda
Anaconda Company
Glover and Murphy Eulogized at Anaconda Stockholders Meeting
The Anaconda Company honored Roy H. Glover and J. D. Murphy with eulogies read at its annual stockholders meeting. Chester Steele and William Kirkpatrick delivered tributes detailing Glover’s open heart and diplomacy and Murphy’s service as assistant secretary, with silent tributes led by C. Jay Parkinson.
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Roy H. Glover
Anaconda Company
J. D. Murphy
Chester H. Steele
Western Operations
Glover
William M. Kirkpatrick
Western
Mr. Murphy
West
Roy Glover
Goldendale
Wash
Montana
Havre
Great Falls
Burglars Loot Vault At Ca nadian Bank Of Commerce
In Saint Ferdinand Halifax Quebec thieves cut through the vault door of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and escaped with about 10000 in cash and 400000 in bonds. Police link the burglary to a similar April heist at Banque Canadienne Nationale about 60 miles away. Both robberies used acetylene torches to breach doors and opened safety deposit boxes.
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ST Ferdinand-O
Halifax
Que. An
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Donald Gingras
Banque Canadienne Nationale
St. Evariste
Weeks Predicts Brighter Economic Outlook This Year
Washington government officials voiced mixed views on the economy. Secretary Weeks forecast a brighter picture later this year and next if policy actions are right. Budget Director Stans warned of red ink, predicting trillion-level deficits and higher outlays in the coming year.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
House Banking Committee
Maurice Stans
Eisenhower
Stans
Fisenhower
Man Dies After Incinerator Fall in Wilkes‑Barre
A 20 year old truck helper Thomas Kilgasky Jr fell through a chute into a flaming incinerator while unloading a truck last Friday. He was pulled from the blaze and died Wednesday at General Hospital after suffering burns over 90 percent of his body.
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Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital
Thomas Kilgasky Jr
Anaconda Company Stockholders Reelect Directors at 63rd Meeting
At the 63rd annual stockholders meeting in Anaconda on Wednesday, The Anaconda Company chair and CEO expressed confidence in the long term US economy and the firm. Vice president and general counsel Mr. Parkinson presided and was reelected director alongside Robert E. Dwyer and E. Roland Harriman.
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Anaconda Company
Anaconda
United States
Parkinson
Robert E. Dwyer
E. Roland Harriman
Labor union witness says Hellman accused as Communist
Richard Dickenson testified in the Smith Act trial that at a May 1954 union meeting John C. Hellman was accused of being a Communist. Dickenson said Hellman then worked for Victor Chemical Works near Silver Bow and served on the Victor plant negotiating committee. He also stated Hellman had signed a non Communist declaration under the National Labor Relations Act prior to his committee appointment.
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Richard Dickenson
Butte
International General Laborers Union
John C. Hellman
Hellman
Dickenson
Victor Chemical Works
Silver Bow
Victor
U. S. District Court
Parochial School Contracts Let for Caledonia Webster Modernization
Contracts awarded for modernization of Immaculate Conception Parochial School at Caledonia and Webster to Huckaba and Lutey Walsh Engineering and Copper City Electric. Low bids totaled 262,043 below the 300,000 appropriation. Proposals listed by trade show general plumbing heating and electrical bids. The project adds classrooms and revamps the building to create a 15 classroom setup under Rev. James W McCormick with Norman Hamill as architect.
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Immaculate Conception
Caledonia and
Webster
Huckaba and
Lutey
Walsh Engineering
Copper City Electric
James W McCormick
Norman Hamill
Joseph M. Gilmore
Helena
Huckaba and Lutey
Butte
Taylor McDonald
Cahill
LeSage’s
Bozeman Electric
St. John
Sundberg
Immaculate Conception Parish
Montana Weather Outlook Sparse Thunder Showers
Montana east region will be partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening Thursday and Friday. Temperatures reach 75 to 85 with night lows 45 to 55. Montana west stays partly cloudy and warm with 80 to 90 highs and 50 to 55 Thursday night. The table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours ending at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
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Montana
Montana Bridge Problems Aired
Montana Highway Commission met to discuss financing a new Missouri River bridge at Fort Benton and repairing the old bridge at Toston. A Fort Benton project could cost $700,000 or less, likely delaying until 1962 unless $200,000 to $300,000 is raised. District Judge McClernan ruled the Toston bridge belongs to the county after the reroute of U S Highway 10N. A Whitefish delegation pressed for U S Highway 2 designation from Kalispell to Co.
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Butte
Whitefish
Kalispell
Butte Sergeant Survives Narrow Wreck on Leave
A 26 year old Air Force sergeant Justin Millay home on leave from Greenland narrowly escaped death when his ranch wagon left Rocker road, crossed a borrow pit and rails striking a power pole. He was treated at St James Hospital for a bruised leg and neck pain.
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Air Force
Greenland
Rocker Road
Ba&p
al Vanek
S. Set
Justin Millay
Millay
Rocker
Vanek
No Copper Shortage Likely, Weed Says at Anaconda Meet
Clyde E. Weed, Anaconda's chairman, told stockholders there is no expected copper shortage or unjustified price for the foreseeable future. He cited steps to balance supply and demand and predicted improved domestic copper demand in the second half of the year as inventories deplete. Weed urged teamwork to reduce costs, noted Anaconda's strong heritage, and warned against seeking quick fixes from Washington while stressing the need to put the company in order.
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Anaconda
United States
Clyde E. Weed
Anaconda Company
Anaconda Employes Club
C. J. Parkinson
Weed
Mr. Weed
Washington
Free World
Fashion Psychology Prompts Women and Youth to Change
Psychologists say women and young people feel new clothes change personality and seek new wearables. The piece adds that WANT ads can help earn money fast by taking jobs selling unused items renting spaces or writing ads. Call 5451 to get help.
Senators Favor Full Amount For Foreign Aid
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee tentatively backed the full foreign aid request totaling 2.635 billion for military assistance and defense support. It also endorsed continued aid to India as part of a mutual security bill while stressing no final decision until the full committee acts. The panel proposed 1.8 billion for allied military aid and 835 million for defense support plus India development assistance.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eisenhower
India
William F. Knowland
California
Senate
House
U. S
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Congress
Knowland
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Defense Dept
Montana approves 900000 for forest fire lab at Missoula
Washington conferees fast tracked a 900000 appropriation to establish a forest fire research laboratory in Missoula Montana. Representative Lee Metcalf said the facility would boost the Forest Service fire control program and ease local recession tied to payroll losses. The Montana delegation hailed the cut as a victory, reducing Senate increases.
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Washington
Senate House
Missoula
Mont
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Forest Service
Bureau of Public Roads
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Metcalf
Montana
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Jay Parkinson
New York City
R. H. Glover
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Butte &0
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Drummond
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