Memorial Day Rites And Parade In Butte
Memorial Day events in Butte include a 10 a.m. parade through the business district and services at Soldiers Memorial Park. Mayor Donnelly will speak at the park, with veteran groups at the USS Maine capstan, and ceremonies at local cemeteries. Parade starts 9:30 a.m. from the courthouse area led by Ed Jordan committee. weather may bring thundershowers.
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W. P. Donnelly
Soldiers Memorial Park
Butte
Priate
United Spanish War Veterans
USS Maine
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bishop Finnigan
USWV
VFW
American Legion
Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Ed Jordan
Montana
Granite Streets
Main
Broadway
Park
Wyoming Street
Butte High School
E. B. Wainwright
Bernard Sullivan
Maine
Havana Harbor
Spain
Oil Companies Indicted in Sherman Antitrust Case
A federal grand jury indicted 29 oil firms including Standard Oil of New Jersey and Gulf, alleging a conspiracy to fix crude oil and auto gasoline prices from 1956 to January 1957. Defendants deny wrongdoing. maximum penalty is $50,000 per defendant.
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Alexandria
U.S. Dist
Albert V. Bryan
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
W. F. Kennedy
Shell Oil Co
Texas Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Cities Service Co
Indiana
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Idaho Mines Warn of Possible Shutdown August September
The Bunker Hill Mine Star Mine and lead smelter face a possible closure affecting about 1 500 workers if federal aid for the lead zinc industry fails. Bunker Hill president John D Bradley said operations would continue until relief is evident by June end or a shutdown plan would be announced. About 1 200 workers at Bunker Hill and 300 at Star Mine would be impacted with no zinc smelter or acid plant shutdowns mentioned.
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Kellogg
Idaho
North
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill Management
John D. Bradley
Star Mine
Pend Oreille
Washington
Violent storm devastates towns in Moravia region
In central Czechoslovakia violent winds and hail damaged homes and forests. The Czechoslovak News Agency said the storm demolished the hamlet of Zahradiste and destroyed more than 100 buildings in southwest Moravia. No lives were lost.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Zahradiste
Moravia
Memorial Day Weekend Weather and Travel Outlook
The three day Memorial Day weekend brings warmer days but a forecast of a little cooler weather with scattered showers. Montanans are urged to enjoy services parades and recreation while highway safety efforts and 15 courtesy cars aid motorists. Drownings and accidents are a remembered risk as crowds travel to lakes, rivers, and events across the state.
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Weather Bureau
Highway Patrol
Alex B. Stephenson
Montana Highway Patrol
Montana Motor Transport Assn
Chico Hot Springs
Livingston
Fish and Game Dept
Capital Pays Respects to Heroic Dead
Thousands mourn unknown war dead at the Capitol in Washington as two unknown soldiers lie in state. President Eisenhower will attend Memorial Day services and present the Medal of Honor. Crowds file by flag draped coffins while wreaths and flowers accumulate along the west wall.
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Washington
Korea
Capitol
Arlington National Cemetery
Eisenhower
Abraham Lincoln
Nixon
Congress
Arlington Cemetery
Lightning Strikes Tree Leads to False Alarm in Butte
Lightning struck a tree near 312 N Emmet in Butte causing attic smoke but no fire at E J Brauer home. Fire officials cite overheated wires as the smoke source while tree bark split from the strike. A false alarm at Christie Warehouse followed, and a six minute power outage from 8 18 to 8 24 p m hit several areas.
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Butte
E. J. Brauer
N. Emmet
Charles Krause
Christie Warehouse
Aluminum
Emmet Street
George Washington's Mule Breeding Ad Tease
The first president bred mules for profit and placed want ads to sell livestock. Readers are urged to use Want Ads to move mules or any livestock quickly, with the dial 5451 offering quick results.
Secret Summit Talks Enter Behind Closed Doors
London reports that Western powers are resuming summit diplomacy in Moscow through confidential talks. A British Foreign Office spokesman said both sides agreed to keep Moscow discussions secret as private exchanges replace public postures. The talks involve discussions between Gromyko and Reilly and planned meetings with Thompson and DeJean, reviving summit efforts after May 5.
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London
East
West
Moscow
Foreign Office
Patrick Reilly
Andrei Gromyko
Reilly
Llewellyn Thompson
Maurice DeJean
Gromyko
Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Expected To Top 40 Million
The National Safety Council estimates more than 40 million motor vehicles will travel 10 billion miles during the 78 hour Memorial Day period from 6 p m Thursday to midnight Sunday. The council warns about 310 deaths if extra care isn’t taken. An Associated Press survey shows 294 fatalities in a comparable non holiday period last year, with 369 in 1955 the record high.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Montana Highway Deaths Rise to 64 for Year
The Montana Highway Patrol added Grace E Comstock, 73, of Harlowton to the 1958 fatality list, bringing the year's toll to 64, down from 74 last year. Mrs Comstock died in Harlowton on April 23 from injuries after a February 22 crash near Two Dot on Mont 6 in a car driven by Chester Comstock, 76.
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Helena
Montana Highway Patrol
Grace E Comstock
Harlowton
Board of Health
GM's Contract With UAW Ends
DETROIT AP General Motors contract with the United Auto Workers expired at midnight as GM rejected a last-ditch union effort. UAW President Walter Reuther proposed a 30 day extension and a secret ballot among GM workers to choose between the union proposals or a two year extension of the old contract, with arbitration if unresolved. Louis Seaton GM vice president said no new basis for settlement, plants to operate during the no contract period.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Seaton
Senators Clash Over Ike Era Foreign Aid Bill
In the Senate debate on a $3.712 billion foreign aid program for the year starting July 1, Senator H. Alexander Smith defended enacting the measure as written, warning against hampering the President amid anti-American spillover abroad. Senator Olin Johnston urged halting the program, arguing it breeds mischief, mistrust, and dependence on paid friends.
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H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Senate
Smith
South America
Lebanon
Algeria
Johnston
American Sub Sinks With No Loss of Life
The submarine Stickelback sank after being struck by destroyer escort Silverstein off Pearl Harbor 19 miles southwest of the channel entrance. All crew members were accounted for as 38 returned to Pearl Harbor aboard the salvage ship Retriever. A board of investigation will determine the cause of the collision.
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Honolulu
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Cmdr
Q. R. Schulz
De Gaulle Wins Commission to Head New French Government
President Coty asks General Charles de Gaulle to form a new French government to avert civil war. De Gaulle seeks full powers near-dictatorial to run the state for a period set by the National Assembly, with fears of a yearlong adjournment by the divided body and opposition from socialist blocs.
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Coty
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Coty
DeGaulle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
France
Murray Predicts Speedy Alaska Statehood Action
Senate Interior Committee Chairman James E. Murray predicts quick Senate action to admit Alaska as the 49th state after House passage 208 to 166. He dismisses pairing Alaska with Hawaii statehood, saying both territories have separate problems and urging prompt yet separate consideration.
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Washington
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Senate Interior Committee
Senate
Alaska
House
Murray
Hawaii
Alaska Il
Majority
Montana Weather Forecast Notes Regional Variations
Montana forecast shows cooler trend with cloudy skies and some showers. East region expects highs 70 to 80 from Friday to Friday night lows 45 to 55, then mid 70s to mid 80s Saturday. West expects partly cloudy with afternoon or evening showers, highs 70 to 80, lows 40 to 50. The table defines 12 hour maximums and 18 hour minimums ending at 5 30 p m Friday.
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Montana
Richardson Gets Five-Year Term
A former Montana Parole officer, Robert E. Richardson, 26, pleaded guilty to assisting an escape and received a five year prison term. He aided prisoner Clyde S. Adams, serving a five year lewd act sentence, by illegal parole papers on Feb. 10. Adams was recaptured near Helena on Feb. 25.
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Deer Lodge
Mont
Montana
Robert E. Richardson
Dist
Sid G. Stewart
Richardson
United States
Canada
Clyde S. Adams
Adams
Helena
Spokane Veterans Hospital
Alberta Prairies
Atty
Forrest H. Anderson
Spokane
Veteran’s Hospital
Capitol
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