Eisenhower Pushes Geneva Talks on Nuclear Test Ban
President Eisenhower invited the Soviet Union to secret three week talks in Geneva on policing a nuclear test ban. He named three top U S scientists Ernest Lawrence James Fisk and Robert Bacher to meet Soviet experts possibly with Britain France and Japan. The proposal aims for a progress report in 30 days and a final report in 60 days.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Geneva
State Dept
U. S
Britain
France
Japan
Khrushchev
Moscow
White House
Soviet Union
Ernest O. Lawrence
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Lawrence
Edward Teller
AEC
Lewis Strauss
James Brown Fisk
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Robert F. Bacher
California Institute of Technology
James R. Killian Jr
Nine Days Left In Primary Vote Campaign
Campaigns for county state and national offices have nine days remaining to present qualifications before the June 3 primary. State law requires campaigning end by midnight June 2. Democratic nominees total 62 candidates with key races for clerk recorder coroner treasurer public administrator justice of the peace and constable in multiple townships. Republicans have 10 for nomination, with only coroner contested.
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Silver Bow
Justice of the Peace
South Butte
House of Representatives
William Duckham
Mansfield Proposes Copper Purchase to Fight Unemployment
Senator Mike Mansfield urges the federal government to buy 150000 tons of copper. He asks 100000 tons in two months and 50000 tons over ten months, arguing a one shot purchase stabilizes prices and boosts mining employment. He cites a 240000 ton surplus and prefers direct government buying to Seaton’s five year subsidy plan.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Secretary of the Interior
Seaton
Anaconda to Begin Daylight Time Monday
The Anaconda Company announced that its operations will shift to daylight saving time at 6 a.m. Monday. Standard time will become daylight time at 7 a.m. Monday, and all shifts starting with the 7 o'clock day shift will run on daylight saving time.
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Anaconda
Anaconda Company
Federal air safety bill gains momentum in Senate
Sen. Monroney reports broad backing for a new independent federal aviation agency with power to unify air traffic control. Nearly 33 senators support the measure as hearings reveal aviation industry and government officials favor swift action after deadly military civilian crashes.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Federal Air Safety Agency
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Monroney
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Senate
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Commerce Rothschild
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Primary Dinner Highlights Democratic Club Meeting
Crowd of about 300 at the South Side Democratic Club dinner in Meaderville heard William Kelly of Butte argue the party’s tradition of popular government and liberty. Club president William A. Curran welcomed guests and candidates as Mary Ellen McCarthy and Betty Corbett provided entertainment. Kelly urged vigilance to keep the party from becoming a tool for any group while supporting Democratic representation in Silver Bow County and beyond.
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Ing
South Side Democratic Organization
Aro
Meaderville
William A. Curran
H. B. Strasser
Mary Ellen McCarthy
Betty Corbett
Louise Zanchi
Kelly
South Side
Democratic Club
Silver Bow
Cattlemen Adopt Resolutions In Montana Meeting
GREAT FALLS The Montana Stockgrowers Assn adopted resolutions on school funding and teacher qualifications. A plan to finance school funds via a retail sales tax, replacing property tax, was endorsed. A controversial proposal urged allowing a high school graduate to renew a teaching permit after a 12 week training course.
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Great Falls
Montana
Gene Etchart elected Montana Stockgrowers president
Gene Etchart of Glasgow was named president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association at the annual Great Falls convention, advancing from first vice president.
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Gene Etchart
Glasgow
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Great Falls
Sound Sleeper Car Theft Stuns Fort Worth Man
Fisher told detectives his car was stolen Friday night while he slept inside it. He awoke Saturday to find himself lying behind a high school, missing his ear, billfold, and shoes, realizing he must have slept through the entire incident.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Reaster Fisher
Fisher
Mines Will Confer Honorary Degree On Robert P. Koenig
Robert P. Koenig president of Cerro de Pasco Corp. will receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering at the 58th Montana School of Mines commencement on Monday June 2. Koenig, Harvard 1925 geology honors grad, has held top posts at Ayrshire Collieries and Cerro de Pasco while serving on boards from Banco Viese to Magma Copper and Fairmont Aluminum. He earned the Legion of Merit during World War II and finished as SHAEF coal chief in Northwestern Europe.
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Robert P. Koenig
Cerro de Pasco Corp
Montana School of Mines
Mr. Koenig
New York City
Harvard University
Cerro de Pasco
International Mining Corp
Montezuma Corp
Lehman Brothers
Ayrshire Collieries Corp
Koenig
Republic Coal and Coke Co
Fairmont Aluminum Co
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Central Africa
North Africa
Mediterranean
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Europe
United States
Hellman Defense Rests in Smith Act Case
The government's trial of John C. Hellman in Butte nears a pause as the defense rests. Judge Mur ray will instruct the jury on Monday at 10 o clock before further arguments. The case centered on Hellman alleged to be a member of the Communist Party while knowing it sought violent overthrow. Meridel Le Sueur of Minneapolis testified as a Party expert after long cross and direct examination.
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John C. Hellman
Butte
W. D. Murray
Hellman
Communist Party of the
United States
Meridel LeSueur
Minneapolis
Communist Party
Party
Butte Memorial Day Plans Announced by Ed Jordan
Ed Jordan, general chairman, outlines the Memorial Day parade lineup and services in Butte. The march starts at 10 Friday after United Spanish War Veterans services at the courthouse. The USS Maine monument serves as the Spanish American War touchstone before the parade ends at Soldiers Memorial Park for the memorial program led by Mayor William P. Donnelly.
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Butte
Ed Jordan
United Spanish War Veterans
Maine
Havana
Cuba
Soldiers Memorial Park
Butte High School
Wyoming Street
William P. Donnelly
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Middle Road Labor Reform Bill Forecast by Senators
Senators Kennedy and Ives predicted a middle of the road labor reform bill from the Senate Labor Committee. They expect a draft with union democracy safeguards and financial reporting, plus Taft Hartley repeal and limits on picketing and jurisdiction disputes. The plan aims for committee action by next week and floor consideration in June.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Irving M Ives
R-Ny
Kennedy
Ives
Eisenhower
New Yorker
National Labor Relations Board
Cardinal Stritch Slips Toward Death After Stroke
Cardinal Samuel Stritch of Chicago remained gravely ill in Rome after a cerebral stroke. Doctors reported worsening cardio circulatory complications and little hope, as friends and relatives kept vigil at his bedside awaiting prayers.
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Rome
UPI
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Cardinal Stritch
Vatican
Filippo Rocchi
Anaconda Man to Attend Unknown Soldier Burials at Arlington
Leo J. Powers 49 of Anaconda, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for Cassino Italy on February 3 1944, will travel to Washington DC for Memorial Day ceremonies honoring unknown soldiers of World War II and the Korean conflict. powers earned the medal January 15 1945 from President Roosevelt after single handed action at Hill 175 and pillbox assault during the Cassino battle. He lives with wife Martha Jane and works at Anaconda Reduction Works.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Leo J. Powers
Cassino
Italy
Washington
D.C
Powers
Martha Jane
Anaconda
Anaconda 2
Gilbert Livestock Ranch
Alder
Franklin Roosevelt
Hill 175
National Assembly To Take Up New Insurrection Monday
Premier Pflimlin convened an emergency session of the National Assembly for Monday to address an armed Corsican insurrection. Self appointed public safety committees and paratroopers seized Ajaccio Corte and Calvi, with calls for a national union led by De Gaulle.
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National Assembly
Godfrey Anderson
Pierre Pflimlin
Corsica
Ajaccio
Napoleon Lonaparte
Algiers
Pflimlin
National Union
Charles DeGaulle
DeGaullists
Algeria
de Gaulle
Paris
Paul Pascal Arrighi
Corte
Three High Schools Prepare 450 Graduates This Week
Four hundred fifty Butte students from Mining City high schools will graduate Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Girls Central hosts 77 graduates Monday under Rev Raymond Hunthausen of Carroll College. Boys Central graduates 63 Tuesday at Columbia Gardens Pavilion with Rev Anthony Brown of Carroll College speaking. Butte High School caps the week with 320 graduates Wednesday at the Civic Center with Dr Edwin G Koch of Montana School of Mines speaking.
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Butte
Mining City
Girls Central
St. Patrick Church
Raymond Hunthausen
Carroll College
Helena
Boys Central High School
Columbia Gardens
Charles Davis
Butte High School
George Haney
Fred Honeychurch Jr
Kenneth Fitzpatrick
James Gannon
C. A. O'Donnell
Boys Central
30Ers Central
Montana Weather Forecast For Sunday And Monday
Montana forecast splits east and west regions. East will be mostly fair Sunday morning, then partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers later, cooler Sunday night. highs 70 to 85, lows 40 to 55. West will be mostly fair with widely scattered thundershowers Sunday afternoon and night, little temp change. highs 75 to 85, then Sunday night 40 to 55. Monday expects partly cloudy skies with more scattered thundershowers in the west and south, slightly cooler. highs 70 to 80.
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Montana
Dam Boom Damages Thompson Falls Structure In Montana
A massive steel air tank boom at the Mone tana Power Co Thompson Falls Dam failed Saturday, damaging a steel pier and threatening the dam. Managers warned water levels would rise little if break occurred, as debris pressure shifted downstream toward Noxon Rapids Dam. Crews worked overnight to remove the obstruction while Kerr Dam released water from upstream runoff.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Monetana Power Co
Clarence Helman
Clark Fork
Montana
Helman
Noxon Rapids
Ray Bail
Montana Power Co
Butte
Harry McCann
Missoula
Kerr Dam
Hardin Rodeo Rider Dies of Injuries
Billings UPI reports 25 year old Ray Edwin Adsit a Hardin rodeo rider died from head injuries suffered at the Hardin Rodeo Grounds on May 14 during a practice bulldogging run his horse collided with a steer throwing him from the saddle Survivors include two young daughters whose mother died recently.
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Billings
UPI
Ray Edwin Adsit
Hardin
Hardin Rodeo Grounds
Adsit
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