Navy Officer Slain By Prisoner On Uvalde Bridge
Jimmie Henderson 22, an enlisted prisoner from Marin City, seized a guard’s pistol on the Uvalde docked at Treasure Island, killed Ensign Arthur Morris and wounded Ensign R D Harrison, held officers and hostages on the wheelhouse for six hours before surrendering and being taken to the Treasure Island brig. The motive cited was Henderson felt persecuted by a Navy court martial. The incident prompted heavy Marine and Navy presence on the pier and ship.
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San Francisco
Treasure Island
Jimmie Henderson
Marin City
Uvalde
Henderson
Ens. Athur Lusk Morris
Ens
R. D. Harrison
Grand Rapids
Mich
Morris
Stow
Ohio
Harrison
Joseph H. Verbdek
Robert O. Beer
San Mateo
Calif
Thomas Smith
Reavus Cheatham
Sgt
Grim 1960 Russia H bomb forecast sparks U.S. alarm
Senate hearings on atomic hazards heard Charles Shafer of the Weather Bureau warn Russia could deliver an H bomb equivalent to 2 percent of a billion tons of TNT by 1960 with an estimated 82 million dead. The testimony cited 24 million casualties and 60 million uninjured yet affected by radiation, with fallout concentrating in the temperate zone according to Lester Machta.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congress
Russia
America
Charles Shafer
Weather Bureau
Civil Defense Administration
Shafer
Senate House Committee On Atomic Energy
Lester Machta
Atomic Energy Commission
Machta
Little Monster Atom Shot Fired At Nevada Test Site
The 10 kiloton device at Yucca Flat near Las Vegas produced a 35 000 foot mushroom cloud as the Nevada Test Organization aimed to minimize off site fallout. Test manager James Reeves said fallout would be heavy in the test area, with only light delayed fallout off site. Dr Alvin Graves testified before a congressional committee on nuclear fallout. The blast occurred at 4 55 a.m. on a 500 foot steel tower amid mountain rims.
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Jack Lefler
Nev
Nevada Desert
United States
James E. Reeves
Nevada Test Organization
Congressional
Washington
Alvin C. Graves
NTO Planning Board
Las Vegas
U S May Cut Hundreds of Formosan Forces
Washington reports hundreds of Americans on Formosa may be withdrawn after last Friday's anti American rioting. The State Department says it is actively considering reductions in both U S military and civilian personnel on the island and Defense Secretary Wilson proposes a 12 percent cut in overseas military personnel. He says no plan to reduce combat troops, noting marching men symbolize power. There are about 10 000 Americans on Formosa.
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Washington
Formosa
State Dept
U. S
China
Wilson
United States
Senate
Lincoln
Stassen's Paris trip clashes with NATO disarmament plan
Harold Stassen flew to Paris to brief the NATO council on new U S disarmament proposals amid reports of opposition from allies. NATO ministers met as the U N Disarmament Subcommittee adjourned with mixed accounts of the talks and Zorin raising procedural concerns.
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Watson Sims
London
Harold E. Stassen
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
U. S
U. N
America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Christian Pineau
Jules Moch
Moch
NATO
Stassen
Canada
Valerian A. Zorin
Zorin
Bakers Hearing Set Next Week on Union Funds
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee will hold public hearings next Tuesday on alleged misuse of union funds by Bakers Union officials. Chairman McClellan plans to question Dave Beck Jr. and witnesses Joseph McEvoy and Fred Verschueren Sr. before opening Bakers Union hearings the same day. McEvoy is depicted as a Beck front in some activities, Verschueren is the top West Coast Teamsters auditor.
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Washington
Senate
Bakers Union
McClellan
D-Ark
Dave Beck Jr
Teamsters Union
Beck Jr
Joseph MceEvoy
Fred Verschueren Sr
McEvoy
Teamster
Beck
Verschueren
Memorial Day Parade and Rites Planned in Butte
Memorial Day observances in Butte include a 9:15 a.m. service at the USS Maine capstan in the courthouse lobby by Henry W. Lawton Camp United Spanish War Veterans. A 9:30 a.m. parade assembly on West Granite leads to a 10 a.m. march through downtown ending at Soldiers and Sailors Park. Joint services follow with Millecam presiding.
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Butte
James Millecam
USS Maine
Henry W. Lawton Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
West Grante
Montana
Hamilton
Granite
Main
Broadway
Park
Wyoming
Soldiers and Sailors Park
Butte High School
Millecam
Buglers
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Color and attention in bull behavior and ads
The piece notes bulls are nearly color blind, with white attracting their attention due to brightness. It then pivots to advise using the Want Ad section to promote rental property or sale articles, offering a contact number 5451 for bright advisers.
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Dial
Mansfield urges peace and worldwide cooperation at Butte graduation
Senator Mansfield spoke to 298 Butte High graduates at the Civic Center urging joint effort to safeguard peace. He warned that peace requires wisdom restraint and economy and that no country can solve global dangers alone. Graduation honors were announced as the class included valedictorian Jane Borden and salutatorian Nelson Gillis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
United States
Mining
Civic Center
John Kingston
Charles Davis
Howard Y. Williams
Raymond Johnson
Butte High School
H. J. Schiesser
Jane Borden
Nelson Gillis
Davis
Senator Mansfield
Airlines seek to preserve Great Falls to Salt Lake City service
At the Montana local air service hearing Northwest Western and West Coast Airlines clash over route 19 between Great Falls and Salt Lake City. Western opposes suspension to Lewistown Cut Bank Logan and Ogden while Northwest backs continued service to Butte Helena Missoula and Kalispell. Final witnesses for Northwest expected Wednesday as hearings move to Washington.
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Great Falls
Mont.p
Western Airlines
Montana
Western
Salt Lake City
Civil Aeronautics Board
Merritt Ruhlen
Northwest Airlines
CAB
Henry Borros
Washington, D. C
James L. Mitchell
Redondo Beach
Calif
Pocatello
Idaho Falls
Butte
Helena
Mitchell
John Simpson
Western Counsel
Lewistown
Cut Bank
Logan
Ogden
Utah
William C. Burt
Northwest
Bozeman
Missoula
Burt
Kalispell
West Coast
Frontier
C. L. Stewart
Herman Scheuer
West Coast Airlines
Billings
Cut Bank-Shelby
Washington
Oregon
California
Nevada
Idaho
Henry C. Beecken
Pep
Belgrade
Oo Keneeeneeesnee
Broadus
Butte Gases
Eewereneese
T Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond
Glasgow
Havre
Livingston
Miles City
West Yellowstone
Whit Rr
Deputy Stonewall McGuire Wounded in On Duty Accident
Granite County deputy sheriff Stonewall McGuire was accidentally shot near his Drummond station around 4 am Tuesday. The bullet passed below the lung but did not lodge in him, and he is in Deer Lodge hospital, progressing "nicely" as of Tuesday evening.
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Philipsburg
Stonewall McGuire
Granite County
Deer Lodge
Drummond
McGuire
Butte High names 1957 valedictorian and salutatorian
Class leaders Miss Borden daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Clucas 2225 Elm St was valedictorian of the 1957 Butte High School class. Gillis son of Mr and Mrs Herman D Gillis 823 W Quartz was the salutatorian.
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Miss Borden
John J. Clucas
Elm St
Butte High School
Gillis
Herman D. Gillis
W. Quartz
Woman Dies After Car Wreck Near Anaconda
Mrs. Helen Lindberg 69 of Southern Cross died after a car truck collision on U S Highway 10A near Silver Lake. Coroner to autopsy determine if traffic fatality. Husband 89 injured. Cline driver unhurt. Funeral plans pending.
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Helen
Nellie) Lindberg
Southern Cross
Silver Lake
Arthur A. Longfellow
Lindberg
Anaconda
U.S
Lindborg
Clinton Hardda
Cline
Frank LaForest
Frank Ranalli
Barney Larsen
Butte
Longfellow
Mrs. Lindberg
Negro Air General Davis to Become 12th Air Force Chief of Staff
Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. will become Chief of Staff of the U.S. 12th Air Force in July, succeeding Brig. Gen. William J. Bell and Lt. Gen. William H. Tunner. He is the first Negro general staff officer in the U.S. Air Force and son of retired Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis.
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Weisbaden
Germany
U.S
Benjamin O. Davis Jr
U.S. 12Th Air Force
William J. Bell
William H. Tunner
US. Air Force
Europe
Davis
U.S. Air Force
Benjamin O. Davis
U.S. Army
Afghan King Mohammed Zahir to Visit Soviet Union
King Mohammed Zahir of Afghanistan accepted an invitation from Soviet President Kliment Voroshilov to visit the Soviet Union. No date was given for the trip.
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Moscow
Mohammed Zahir
Afghanistan
Klementi Voroshilov
Soviet Union
Montana Weather Outlook Mixed Thundershowers Across South
Mostly fair statewide through Thursday with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers mainly in the south. Warm conditions continue with highs 75 to 85 in the east and 75 to 80 in the west. Lows at night range 45 to 55 east and 40 to 50 west.
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Montana
Republicans Desert Leaders on Defense Budget Vote
In Washington the House defeated an amendment to increase Army maintenance and operation funds by 80 million dollars as Republicans split from leaders. About 20 Republicans opposed the plan, while seven Democrats supported it. Eisenhower seeks 1.2 billion in cuts. GOP aims to restore 332 million.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Army
House Appropriations Committee
Appropriations Committee
Rep
Ford
R-Mich
Sikes
D-Fla
Martin
Massachusetts
White House
Rayburn
Texas
Sabotage Blamed In Havana Blast
An underground explosion near Havana's Capitol disrupted power across the city killing and injuring civilians. Army clashes with Fidel Castro’s rebels in the eastern mountains followed the blast with extensive damage and suspicions of saboteurs.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Mexico
Fulgencio Batista
Sinesio Cuesta
Batista
Columbia Military City
Antonio Garcia Hernandez
Cuban Electricity Co
Algerian Rebels Slay French Marshal's Alleged Ally
Algiers reports the death of 2nd Lt. Xavier Bonnefoy near Tizi-Ouzou as Algerian rebels kill a young French military engineer. Marshal Alphonse Juin, a retired Allied commander, was also killed in the same timeframe.
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Algiers
Algeria
Alphonse Juin
Europe
Xavier Bonnefoy
Tizi-Ouzou
Here
Senate Approves Compromise Housing Plan and Down Payment Cut
The Senate voted 67 to 11 to accept a bipartisan compromise amending the 1957 housing bill. Bricker of Ohio led a measure trimming $1.25 billion in authorizations, moving the package about 450 million over Eisenhower’s budget, with final passage postponed to Wednesday. The plan lowers FHA down payments to 3 percent on the first 10,000 and 10 percent on the next 6,000, 30 percent thereafter, up to 20,000, benefiting moderate income buyers.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
Eisenhower
House
German Opposes Arms Proposal
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told reporters in Washington he opposes Germany being included in any initial disarmament deal with Russia. He argued the first step should focus on Russia and the United States to test Soviet sincerity.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Eisenhower
Germany
Russia
United States
Billings Man Heads Regional Oil And Gas Association
A. F. Barrett of Billings Montana was elected president Tuesday of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn succeeding W. H. Curry of Casper Wyoming The three day convention will conclude here Wednesday Others elected include Warren Hancock Billings for Montana Dave True Casper for Wyoming Mike Gower Denver for Colorado Robert McMillan Sidney for Nebraska J L Dougan Salt Lake City for Utah Bruce Anderson Casper was re elected treasurer The new officers will be installed July 1.
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Denver
A. F. Barrett
Billings
Mont
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Assn
W. H. Curry
Casper
Wyo
Warren Hancock
Montana
Dave True
Wyoming
Mike Gower
Colorado
Robert McMillan
Sidney
Nebraska
J. L. Dougan
Salt Lake City
Utah
Bruce Anderson
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Southgate
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