Southwest Floods and Tornadoes Displace Thousands Across Four States
Severe storms drenched southwest Texas and surrounding states as 7 500 people fled homes and towns from Dallas to Oklahoma and Missouri. Flooding, cloudbursts, and a Red River dam release caused extensive damage and multiple evacuations, with Mississippi River region impacts noted.
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Dallas
Texas
Elgin
Laredo
Sonora
Corpus Christi
Mexican
San Antonio
Nueces
Missouri
Hornersville
Little River
Texoma
Oklahoma-Texas
Red River
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Abilene
Bipartisan push to restore arms cuts in House
The House faces a bipartisan effort to reinstate about 300 million dollars or more to Eisenhower's trimmed defense budget. Committee cuts totaling 20 billion are under review as Democrats join Republicans to seek restored funding, with forecasts of up to 500 million in amendments.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Appropriations Committee
Republican Policy Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
The
Armed Services Committee
Montana Opposes Eastern Rail Share in Transcontinental Freight
Perry F. Roys director of the Montana Planning Board urged the ICC in Portland to deny eastern railroad requests for a larger share of cross country freight revenue. He testified for the Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission that such shifts could hurt Montana’s competitive economic position.
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Portland
Ore
Perry F. Roys
Montana Planning Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Railroad
Roys
Montana
Montana Railroad and Public Service Commission
ICC
Howard Hosmer
Eastern Railroads
Western
R. R.weldman
Libby
J. Neils Lumber Co
Gaylord Senson
St. Paul
Twin Bridges contracts okayed for state institutions
Montana Board of Examiners approved architecture for more than 570000 in projects at three state facilities. Lonners and Streeve of Billings chosen for Miles City Industrial School dean residence and school. Kestle and Moyle of Butte for Twin Bridges Children’s Home dining hall. J G Link Co. to plan Mines physics building and plant growing rooms at Montana State College. Oil and Gas Conservation Commission set to take over Billings Bureau of Mines lab July 1. Board seeks disposal of all farm animals and machinery at Children’s Home and Industrial School next meeting.
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Helena
Board of Examiners
Lonners and Streeve
Billings
Miles City
Kestle
Supreme Court declines reconsideration on Hells Canyon dispute
Washington U P reported the U S Supreme Court refused to revisit the Hells Canyon controversy on April 1 in a dispute between public power interests and Idaho Power Co. The National Hells Canyon Assn sought to block federal dam plans across the Snake River at the Idaho Oregon border. Congress has not endorsed the federal high dam project, while Idaho Power proceeds.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Hells Canyon
Pacific Northwest
Hells Canyon Assn
U.S. Court of Appeals
Federal Power Commission
Idaho Power Co
Snake River
Idaho-Oregon
Congress
Idaho Power
Idaho Power Tax Write-Off Denied, Interior Secretary Says
A Senate subcommittee was told Monday that Secretary of the Interior Seaton urged denying a 65 million dollar rapid tax write-off for Idaho Power Co. The tax privilege had been granted.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Seaton
Idaho Power Co
Welfare-Pension Bill Toughened
Washington the administration strengthened its welfare pension fund bill amid the Dave Beck probe adding federal crime penalties up to five years and a 5000 dollar fine for tampering. Secretary Mitchell urged Congress before a Senate subcommittee and said the measure expands to management run funds and requires public accounting while encouraging state action and self policing.
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Washington
Dave Beck
Secretary of Labor
Mitchell
Congress
Senate Labor
Sen
Kennedy
D-Mass
Teamster
Beck
Reunification Efforts Pushed by Eisenhower-Adenauer Talks
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer met with President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles to press for German reunification and European integration. They discussed East West disarmament, NATO matters, pace of rearmament, and full West German consultation on any Soviet disarmament steps.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Dulles
Adenauer
State Dept
White House
Gettysburg
Germany
President's
West Germany
Canadian Killed In Montana Road Crash
Roderick Joseph Payie of Downsview Ontario, 30, was killed when his car collided on U S Highway 2 about six miles west of Wolf Point. The crash occurred on a curve at 2 20 p m as Payie traveled west. a pickup truck driven by Fred Lipp of Glasgow, eastbound with a house trailer, escaped with no serious injuries. Payie became the 71st highway death in Montana this year, compared with 86 the year before.
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Wolf Point
Roderick Joseph Payie
Downsview
Ont
U.S. Highway 2
Alvin Baldry
Payie
Fred Lipp
Glasgow
Lipp
Montana
Mansfield to Speak at Butte High Graduation
Senator Mike Mansfield will deliver the commencement address at 8 p.m. in the Butte Civic Center for 298 graduates. Principal Charles C. Davis announced the program with music by the Butte High Concert Band, diplomas by John Kingston, and scholarships to be announced.
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Mike Mansfield
Butte Civic Center
Butte High School
Charles C. Davis
H. J. Schneisser
Davis
George E. Haney
John Kingston
Butte Infant Dies in Oven-Hot Cabin
A 14 month old boy, Leon Pacheco, died and his 2 year old sister Anita was seriously ill after a gas range was left on in a small two room cabin at 333 East Galena. The parents were away. the father reported the girl turned the stove on before leaving to fetch groceries.
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Butte
E. Galena
Leon Pacheco
Paulino G. Pacheco
St. James Hospital
Anita Pacheco
Pacheco
Anita
Lawrence Stimatz
Two teens robbed at Missoula service station
Missoula police seek two men after a Sunday night holdup at a Missoula service station netted 1142.52 including 318.64 in checks and 84.05 in card fees. The 17 year old attendants Janet Garrin and Gloria Snyder described the suspects as two men in their late 30s wearing khaki outfits and dark glasses.
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Missoula
Janet Garrin
Gloria Snyder
Frank Moran's Wife Clara Moran Dies
Mrs. Clara Moran wife of former Butte alderman Frank M. Moran died Monday afternoon after a brief illness. She lived in Butte since childhood and leaves a large extended family including a Spokane couple and several Butte relatives. The body is at Daly-Shea Mortuary.
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Clara Moran
Frank M. Moran
Butte
W. Mercury
James J. Moran
Missoula
Mayme Schemmel
Seattle
Daly-Shea Mortuary
Moth Life Cycle Clarified and Want Ads Open
The note explains that adult moths do not eat wool or fabrics. larvae from eggs laid in cloth cause damage. It also praises Want Ads for generating results and instructs calling 5451 for a for sale listing.
Eisenhower Signals Post Office Aid With Possible Cuts
President Eisenhower signed a bill granting 3.192 billion dollars to the Post Office Department for the new fiscal year but warned it was insufficient without major savings. Postmaster General Summerfield urged an additional 140 million dollars as Congress trimmed 58 million from the prior request. The advisory board urged five retrenchment steps, including fewer mail deliveries and closing hundreds or thousands of post offices, with third class mail bearing the load if volume grows. The President backed the board, indicating services must be curtailed by July 1, 1957, unless funds rise.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Post Office Dept
Congress
Summerfield
Rowland Jones Jr
American Retail Federation
Jones
Picket Barricade Gun Battle Leaves Two Dead
In Guntersvile Alabama a barricade at a Cotton Producers feed mill job led to a gunfight killing two men and wounding at least seven others, one critically. Victims were John Leroy Ward and Reverend William Clinton Harrison. The clash followed a May 20 UMW strike demanding bargaining recognition.
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Guntersville
Ala
L. P. Dickson
John Leroy Ward
Parsons
Kans
William Clinton Harrison
Albertville
Cotton Producers Assn
Gulf States Const. Co
Atlanta
United Mine Workers, Dist. 50
UMW
Dickson
Victory Partial On USIA Funds
The Senate House Conference Committee voted to restore 6 million of a 15.9 million cut for USIA for the coming fiscal year. The final compromise totals 96.2 million, still far below House and administration requests, with further cuts to the State Department and education programs. Senator Johnson said the measure totals 562,891,293 for State Justice and USIA, under both prior votes and administration requests.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
United States Information Agency
USIA
House
Eisenhower
Overseas Information Agency
State Dept
Sen
Johnson
D- Tex
Joint Conference
State and Justice Departments
Judiciary
Seventy Nine Girls Graduate From Butte High School
Seventy nine senior graduates of Butte Girls Central High School received diplomas at a Monday night ceremony in St. Patrick Church. Rev Harold Arbanas delivered the commencement address stressing the role of women in religious life and family, with diplomas presented by Msgr. M. M. English and remarks by Rev. James Gannon.
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Butte Girls Central High School
St. Patrick Church
Butte
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth School
Harold Arbanas
Great Falls Central High School
Father Arbanas
M. M. English
God
Gannon
Joseph O'Donnell
Leonard
Montana Weather Outlook East West Vary by Region
Montana forecast shows east region mostly fair Tuesday and Wednesday with isolated thundershowers in the southeast Tuesday and west portion Wednesday. Highs 75 to 80 Tuesday, 75 to 85 Wednesday, lows 45 to 55 Tuesday night. West region partly cloudy with late afternoon storms possible both days. highs 70 to 80 Tuesday, 75 to 85 Wednesday. lows 40 to 50 Tuesday night.
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Montana
Billings
Belgrade
Broadus Butte
Dillon
Drummond Glasgow
Great Falls
Havre
Helena
Kalispell
Lewistown
Livingston
Miles City
Missoula
Ae Jie
Anaes
Edaebienlinas
Oo Ihdetissaianniec
U S Seeks Halfway Disarmament With Russia
U S would meet Russia halfway on disarmament terms as Stassen outlined a serious plan for a partial arms reduction. Soviet delegate Zorin welcomed the U S approach. Western allies would need time to consult before formal submission. Negotiations to follow across Western nations proceed with caution and consensus emphasis.
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London
Harold E. Stassen
U. N. Disarmament
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
Stassen
America
U. S
Washington
Britain
France
Canada
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Moscow
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