Record Set by County in Cancer Drive Treasure State
Silver Bow County led Montana in the Crusade against Cancer with a $12 347 45 campaign total in April. The drive exceeded the $11 000 goal for the county for the second time, benefiting local, state, and national cancer efforts and research.
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Silver Bow County
Treasure State
Montana
Lloyd Crippen
S. O. Meyer
J. J. Burke
Guyatt
Grace Cunningham
Butte
Silver Bow
Harold Gregg
Henry Peterson
Melrose Dance
VFW
E. H. Reeder
Robert D. Corette
James Chandler
George St. George
Joseph E. Shaw
Dan H. Ryfer
Milton Wolffs
Howard Elderkin
James Kintrea
Thomas Mellett
Clare Lively
Melrose
Ike's Public Housing Program Rejected
The Senate Banking Committee rejected the administration housing plan and approved a substitute eight times larger. It voted to extend the four billion dollar FHA housing loan program for another year and to fund 135,000 new units annually for four years plus 540,000 total units in the period. The administration had sought 35,000 units per year for two years with potential expansion.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Lennie finally files for divorce after long separation
Mrs. Jane H. Lennie aged 59 in Chicago has filed for divorce. She says she has not seen her husband since he left in 1922 and waited many years before taking action.
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Chicago
U.R
Jane H. Lennie
Boys bring home hand grenade in Shreveport
Doug and Louis Price ages 10 and 9 discovered a hand grenade and carried it home. Their mother calmly retrieved the grenade, noting the dangerous find and logging the object away.
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Shreveport
U.P
Doug
Louis Price
Martin J. Kall, Former Golf Champion, Dies in Rochester
Martin J. Kall 39 long-time Butte Country Club steward and three time Montana state golf champion died Friday in Rochester Minnesota after treatment for complications from surgery. He was born in Butte and active in local journalism and the Elks. He is survived by a son and two daughters and several brothers and sisters-in-law. The body was sent to Daly Shea Mortuary.
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Martin J. Kall
Butte Country Club
Montana
Rochester
Minn
Mr. Kall
Butte
Pressmen’s Union
Kall
Old Country Club
Butte Elks
Carl Gergurich
Fern DeDycker
John Kall
Helena
Emil Kall
San Francisco
Frank Kall
Rickey, Phillip
Sherry DeDycker
Ronald Kall
Kenneth Kall
J. Creighton Kall
Richard Kase
New Delhi
India
Herman Enderlin
Portland
Frank Cash
Hamilton
Tony Ferkovich
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Young Housewife Killed by Fumes in Trailer House
17-year-old Lou Ann Crawford died from gas fumes in a Baker area trailer house east of Baker. Her husband Jess Crawford, 24, was overcome and treated at Baker hospital. The couple, near Monaco Oil Co Well No. 1, were found by Jess’ father around 9:30 a.m. An inquest is scheduled for Saturday morning. Lou Ann Squibbs was her maiden name from Poplar.
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Baker
Lou Ann Crawford
Jess
Gus Crawford
Young Crawford
Monaco Oil Co
Crawfords
Crawford
Lou Ann Squibbs
Poplar
Louis Squibbs
Udall Kansas Tornado Devastates Tiny Town
Udall, Kansas suffered the worst storm disaster in state history with 73 dead and more than 200 injured from a tornado that left only one habitable building. Civil Defense funds were authorized and Red Cross relief rushed to aid victims as workers from nearby towns cleared debris and set up temporary shelters.
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Udall
Kan
International Soundphoto
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Eisenhower
Fred Hall
Civil Defense Administration
The
Red Cross
Arkansas City
Blackwell
Okla
Chikaskia
Decline in Farm Prices Reported by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department reported a 1 percent fall in prices received by farmers from mid April to mid May. The index dropped to 224 based on 1910 14 average as prices for beef cattle strawberries milk and eggs fell. The prices paid index also slipped about 1 percent with feeder livestock costs driving the drop. Parity remained 3 percent below a year ago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Seven Dead and Missing in Fire at Strathcona Hotel
In Nelson British Columbia seven people were dead or missing after a fast moving blaze destroyed the Strathcona, the oldest three story hotel in town. Two bodies were recovered, both charred, as residents clung to windows and firefighters used loudspeakers to urge them to persevere.
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Nelson
B. C
British Columbia
Strathcona
E. S. Owens
Honest Man Returns Missing Bag With Rolls
In Chicago a man initially took a bag of money instead of sweet rolls from Mrs. Frieda Schachter’s bakery. After a call for police, he returned the bag with $800 in receipts and departed with the bag of rolls, offering no explanation.
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Chicago
U.P
Frieda Schachter
Vaccination Outlook Improves for Polio Campaign
Surgeon General Scheele says nine million schoolchildren may receive the second polio inoculations before the peak season. A vaccine release is expected next week from Pitman Moore and Wyeth, with all six licensed manufacturers adopting revised safety standards.
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Washington
Leonard Scheele
James Shannon
National Institutes of Health
National Foundation For
Scheele
Pitman-Moore Co
Zionsville
Ind
Wyeth, Inc
Marietta
Public Health
Fair Weather Forecast for Memorial Day Weekend in Montana
Weather Bureau predicted fairly decent conditions over Memorial Day weekend with cool temperatures through Sunday due to a western cold air mass. Only a slight shower occurred in the southeast. highs ranged from 55 to 65 degrees, with readings in the 40s in many towns and notable rainfall totals led by Lewistown at 1.06 inches.
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Helena
Montana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Glasgow
Havre
Miles City
Lewistown
Livingston
West Yellowstone
Billings
Belgrade
Butte
Great Falls
Broadus
Cut Bank
Kalispell
Tito rejects Soviet bid to pull Yugoslavia into Cominform
In Belgrade Tito insists Belgrade talks stay governmental not party driven. Khruschev presses for Moscow fold, but Tito, a longtime Communist, vows Never to rejoin the Cominform. Bulganin accompanies Khruschev as both sides stick to their lines.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Nikita Khruschev
Khruschev
Communist Party
Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Cominform
Runaway Truck Kills Seven in San Francisco
A yellow Mayflower moving van Careered down Nob Hill without brakes killing seven and injuring others. Driver William McCandless 41 of Davenport Iowa died in the crash near the Hall of Justice after speed of 80 to 100 mph. Co-driver Wayne Wolfe survived. Witnesses recalled a furious 100 yard final stretch before impact.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Nob Hill
Hall of Justice
Indianapolis
William Russell McCandless
Davenport
Iowa
Clay
Henry Fidler
Barbara S. Scrabonich
Peter FE. Federf
William L. Ahuna
Lionel Cope Stone
Burlingame
Calif
Ahuna
Mary
Wayne D. Wolfe
Littleton
Colo
Montana Weather Showers and mild weekend forecast
East Montana stays partly cloudy with scattered Saturday showers and a high around 65 as warmup continues. West Montana sees partly cloudy skies and higher 55 to 65 with Saturday warmth, then more clouds and light temperature changes by Sunday.
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Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus
Miles City
Missoula
West Yellowstone
Whitehall
Eisenhower seeks changes to refugee relief act
President Eisenhower urged Congress to liberalize the 1953 Refugee Relief Act and reaffirm sanctuary traditions. He proposed 10 changes, saying administration steps fall short as the act’s purposes are not being achieved quickly enough. The act authorized up to 214000 refugees and non quota immigrants, with only about 30000 visas issued and 22000 entrants to date.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Land Board Sets Date for Oil Lease Sale in Montana
Montana Land Board voted to set a sale date for indefi nite term oil and gas leases on school lands with a deadline for applications June 3. The board weighs royalty terms likely 12% or more and moves toward a first auction under the 1953 law.
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Land Board
Helena
Montana Land Board
Mary M. Condon
Lou Bretzke
Wells
Miss Condon
Arnold H. Olsen
Montana Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Olsen
J. Hugo Aronson
Aronson
Libby Dam Not Feasible Now Says Former Idaho Governor
Former Idaho Governor Len Jordan told the Columbia Basin Inter-Agency Committee that the Libby Dam project is not feasible due to difficulties securing a Canada US storage agreement. He urged continued exploration of cooperative options with Canada and noted rising private dam license activity as President Eisenhower promotes private power development. Jordan chairs the American Joint Commission study on US Canadian Columbia River projects and emphasized evaluating domestic storage potential to accelerate system benefits.
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Missoula
Idaho
Len Jordan
Libby
Canada
Jordan
Columbia
Federal Power Commission
CBIAC
Eisenhower
Stueck
Interstate Committee On Water Resources
Northwest
International Joint Commission On
U. S
Columbia River
Love and Law Refines Wife's Right to Sell Furnishings
A Connecticut Supreme Court pronouncement is cited on a wife's right to sell furniture for sustenance if a husband withholds funds. The piece shifts to how readers can place want ads to auction unneeded items, with sample listings including a bath tub and lavatory priced at 15 dollars and a storm door for ten dollars.
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Connecticut Supreme Court
Butte Woman 97 Plays Cards Not Knowing Hip Broken
A 97 year old Butte woman Mrs Catherine O Leary of 1831 Phillips Ave fell from a chair while playing cards at St John the Evangelist Parish Hall. She did not realize she was hurt and continued to play until pain prompted medical help. X rays at St James Hospital showed a fractured hip. She is widow of William O Leary.
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Butte
Catherine O'Leary
Phillips Ave
St. James Hospital
O'Leary
St. John the Evangelist Parish Hall
St. James
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