Social Security Bill Advances to Senate Floor Debate
The Senate Finance Committee approved a social security bill aligned with administration aims and sent it to the floor. Sen. Long vows a floor fight to restore provisions lowering retirement age for all women to 62 and to create a $50 disability payments plan. The committee trimmed these, limited the age drop to widows, rejected the disability plan, and dropped a proposed payroll tax increase.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Sen. Long
D-La
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Long
Eleven Hurt in Flint Labor Plant Clash
In a costly labor dispute at General Motors Fisher body division in Grand Blanc, about 200 AFL craft workers invaded a section of the plant during machinery installation, resulting in eleven injuries and two critical. State troopers aided by sheriff’s deputies guarded entrances as workers fled to parking lots and over fences.
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Flint
Mich
Grand Blanc
Genesee County
Don H. Carmichael
Fisher Body
General Motors Corp
Army
AFL
Darin & Armstrong Inc
Detroit
General Contractor
United Auto Workers
Carmichael
No Longer Spry, He Is Caught in Gambling Raid
EAST ST. LOUIS ILL 7- A 55 year old man told detectives the raid caught him because a lookout sang out a WWI tune Over There warning too late. Henry Byrd a Negro said he was not as spry as others and the tardy warning cost him a $25 fine.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Henry Byrd
Byrd
Steering Committee Named to Plot County Planning Effort
A steering committee was selected Friday night at City Hall to plan for a Silver Bow County Planning Commission. About 75 people from 34 organizations attended. T. Stockton Veazey Jr. was elected chairman and Mrs. E. G. Koch secretary. Ten members represent various local groups. The panel will organize a planning commission to map a zoning system and seek enabling legislation. Mayor Sullivan urged planning amid concerns over streets and sewage.
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Silver Bow
E. G. Koch
Butte
John Nasstrom
Silver Bow Ministerial Assn
Veazey
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Harold Konen
Silver Bow Volunteer Firemen’s Council
Glen Zorn
Butte Miners Union
Alvin Shea
Silver Bow Trades and Labor Council
Building Trades Council
Tom Gibson
George Sarsfield
Koch
League of
Sullivan
Dillon Pioneer John T Orr Dies at 74
John T. Orr 74 longtime Dillon pioneer from the Beaverhead P and O Ranch family died Thursday night at Barrett Hospital after weeks of illness. Born Sept 21 1881 he helped found the famed Square and Compass outfit and ran Dillon s first bicycle and repair shops. He was longtime alderman and president of Dexter and Orr Livestock Co. until 1943.
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Dillon
John T. Orr
Beaverhead
Barrett
John Turney Orr
Rachel Cunard Orr
William C. Orr
P. H. Poindexter
Matt
Poindexter & Orr Livestock Co
Ike Warns EU Promise Near, US Faces Soviet Bomber Threat
General Earl Partridge told Congress that U S fighter aircraft like the F86 F89 and F94 lack altitude to counter the Bison jet bomber but new planes such as the F102 F101 and F104 promise improved interception. He warned a Soviet attack could be large scale, with nuclear weapons, and emphasized SAC’s deterrent and retaliatory role.
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Washington
Congress
U. S
Russia
Earl E. Partridge
Continental Air Defense Command
Senate
Armed Services
Partridge
United States
Soviet Union
Air Defense Command
Strategic Air Command
Montana Guard Encampment to Be Largest Ever
Montana's 1956 National Guard encampment near Helena is set to be the largest to date with about 2,700 officers and enlisted personnel attending June 10 to 24. Preparations begin June 7 with a precamp mess school by 6th Army personnel. 200 advance party members join the move. The Montana Air National Guard's 120th Fighter Group, at Gore Field, Great Falls, will train with F89 aircraft during June 16 to 30.
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Helena
Montana
National Guard
S. H. Mitchell
Mitchell
6Th Army
Presidio
San Francisco
Montana Air National Guard
120Th
Gore Field
Great Falls
Philadelphia Heiress Found Slain in Nevada Apartment
An expectant Philadelphia heiress, Anne Harris Van Ryne, 22, was found garrotted in a Carson City Nevada apartment of bartender William E. Boswell, who is being sought for questioning. Detective work tied fingerprints and clothing to the victim. her husband Thomas W. Van Ryne, 39, a jailed toxicologist, acknowledged the crime.
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Philadelphia
Nevada
Carson City
Nev
Lester Smith
Anne Harris van Ryne
Smith
Prince Hawkins
Reno
Hawkins
J. Francis DeVinney
Thomas W. van Ryne
Los Angeles
William E. Boswell
California
Boswell
Oroville
Calif
van Ryne
Los Angeles County
Montana Democrats Urge Ike to Sign Yellowtail Bill
Three Montana Democrats in Congress urged President Eisenhower to sign S. J. Res. 135 authorizing paying the Crow Tribe five million dollars for the transfer of rights to 7,000 acres of tribal lands for the Yellowtail Dam site on the Missouri River basin. The measure, backed by Sen. Murray and Mansfield and Rep. Metcalf, aims to compensate the tribe for power site values and spur regional development.
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Washington
Montana
Congress
Eisenhower
Yellowtail
Flare
R-Mont
Sens
Murray
Mansfield
Rep. Metcalf
Secretary of the Interior
Yellowtail Dam
Missouri River Basin
Wyoming
Northwest
Missouri
First Bicycle Club Formed 86 Years Ago
The Pickwick Bicycle Club organized in London in 1870 and the League of American Wheelmen started in 1880. Want Ads connect buyers and sellers for bicycle listings with ad-writing help available by calling 5451.
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Pickwick Bicycle Club
London
League of American Wheelmen
Army Officer Denies He Took Money In Senate Inquiry
Col Louis H Shirley testified before a Senate investigations subcommittee that he never received money from anyone in connection with large uniform contracts. Sol Schlesinger denied kickback charges and refused to turn over documents, citing possible tax concerns.
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Washington
Louis H. Shirley
Senate
Sol Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Shirley
Ft. Lee
Army Quartermaster Corps
New York
McClellan
D-Air
Freeport
N. Y
Ritz Hotel
Paris
Herman Kravitz
Atlantic City
N. J
Army
Jane Mackey
Miss Mackey
Schles
Big Timber Man Killed in Wreck
Robert Cort, about 22, of Big Timber, died Friday when his car left the road and plunged over an eight foot embankment on the road to McLeod. Sheriff Osborne said Cort dozed at the wheel, and the crash occurred about 5 20 a m. The car sustained little damage and investigators were not alerted until near noon. Cort's death raises Montana’s 1956 traffic toll to 79, four more than last year.
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BIG Timber
Robert Cort
Here
McLeod
Walter H. Osborne
Cort
Osborne
Harvey Cort
Montana
Montana Weather Outlook Saturday Through Sunday
Montana east region shows mostly fair conditions with partial clouds and scattered thundershowers in southeast. West expects mainly fair and warm weather with possible afternoon storms and mountain showers Saturday night. Highs reach 70 to 80 degrees. Sunday remains partly cloudy with lighter east temperatures. The table notes 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending 5 30 p.m. Friday.
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Montana
Western Mountains
Eisenhower Addresses Baylor Graduates on Free World Strength
President Eisenhower told 665 Baylor graduates and 11,000 spectators that the Western European union and strong educational centers would fortify free nations. He called communism a failure yet warned even the U S is not wholly immune to its threat amid a Texas crowd awaiting aircraft departure and a campaign parade atmosphere.
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Waco
Tex
Eisenhower
European Union
Baylor University
W. R. White
Baylor
Forces of Freedom
Universities of America
Free World
Texas
H. J
Jack) Porter
Houston
Washington
Gettysburg
Allan Shivers
Shivers
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
James Connally Air Force Base
Heart of Texas Coliseum
Montana Chambers Back Adequate University Funds Plan
Eight Montana chambers including Butte Billings Great Falls Helena Bozeman Dillon and Havre endorsed an adequate university building and operating fund for the University of Montana. They backed a 15 million dollar bond initiative and said time did not permit placing it on the November ballot.
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Helena
Chamber of Commerce
Montana
University of Montana
Montana Chamber of Commerce
Secretary of State
Butte
Billings
Great Falls
Bozeman
Dillon
Havre
Chambers of
President of GM Sees Good Year
General Motors President Harlow W. Curtice told about 3,000 stockholders at the Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac plant in Wilmington that despite fewer automobile sales than in 1955, the year should be very good, the third best in GM history. He noted mixed economic trends with consumer spending down but demand for heavy goods like airplane engines and diesel motors remaining strong.
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Wilmington
Del
General Motors
Harlow W. Curtice
Curtice
Man Swallows Razor Blade During Nail Trim
Emil Samuel aged 62 in San Antonio swallowed a double edge razor blade while trimming his toe nails. He held the blade in his mouth when the accident happened and doctors planned removal by breaking the blade, with hospital reports noting no immediate danger.
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San Antonio
Tex
Emil Samuel
Samuel
Kootenai River Drops Seen After Record Crest
Bonners Ferry residents watch the Kootenai River hold near 37 feet with forecasts of a slow decline through the weekend. Weather Bureau foresees 36.5 feet Saturday 36 feet Sunday and 34.5 to 35 feet Monday as dikes face strain. Half the Kootenai Valley farmland remains flooded while farms and homes are isolated by water and wind. An Army helicopter surveys flooded farm buildings.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Kootenai
Robert McComb
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kootenai Valley
Suspected racketeer killed by dynamite blast in Chicago
In Chicago a 55 year old ex convict and truck driver Clarence Michael Campbell was blown in half by a dynamite bomb Friday. His body was found in front of John G. Olinder’s residence on the northwest side. Police traced two auto license numbers from Campbell’s pockets to Olinder but Olinder denied knowing him. Lt. James McMahon said Campbell likely intended to bomb someone in the residential area, a tactic seen in Chicago underworld terrorism.
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Chicago
U.P
Clarence Michael Campbell
Campbell
John G. Olinder
Illinois
Olinder
James McMahon
Homicide
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