Memorial Day parade and public program in Butte
Butte holds Memorial Day ceremonies with a 9:30 a.m. parade start from the courthouse and a 10 a.m. march route through Granite to Main Broadway Washington Park and Soldier's Memorial Monument. A Naval Reserve unit and a color guard from Army Navy and Marines join the event. Wreaths will be laid by veterans groups during the park program led by Memorial Day chair Owen Grinde.
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Butte
Soldier's Memorial Park
Butte High School
Granite
Main
Broadway
Washington
Park
Wyoming
Soldier's Memorial Monument
Naval Reserve Surface Division
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
American Legion
Memorial Park
Owen Grinde
Red Cross Bloodmobile Aims 250 Pints June 11 in Butte
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Butte's Masonic Temple on Friday June 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to collect 250 pints for armed forces and civil defense. Clarence A. Champ said the Great Falls regional unit will staff the drive with medical crews and 40 volunteers. If transportation is needed call 5233 for pickup, and a baby-sitting service will be available at the temple for donors' children.
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Butte
American Red Cross
Clarence A. Champ
Red Cross
Great Falls
Masonic Temple
Silver Bow County
Butte Arc
Champ
ARC
Butte Automobile Dealers Assn
Molotov Leaves Geneva as Bia Issue Nears
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov departed Geneva as East and West prepared for actual cease fire talks in Indochina. A nine party agreement set military experts to draft cease fire lines for Viet Nam and possibly Cambodia and Laos, signaling a new phase in the conference.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Indochina
Wartorn
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Kremlin
Anthony Eden
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Smith
Berne
Switzerland
Chou Enlai
Nam-il
Pham van Dong
Panmunjom
Mob Kills Soldier in Ismailia Causing Canal Zone Tension
A British soldier was killed in Ismailia in the Suez Canal Zone on Sunday as violence flared for a second straight day. A military spokesman said the death came at the hands of a mob of Egyptians in the port town, underscoring heightened tensions in the area.
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Cairo
Suez Canal Zone
Canal Zone
Ismailia
Red gunboat sunk off Taipeh by Nationalist air force
The Chinese Nationalist air force said its planes sank one Red China gunboat and damaged three others during combat off the coast of China near Taipeh. The claim follows ongoing clashes as the two sides dispute control of the area.
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RED
Taipeh
Formosa
U.P
Sunday
Red China
China
Young Soldier Rescued From McKinley
A 25 year old Brooklyn man Pfc. George Argus lay with a broken hip in a wind blasted tent at 11 000 feet on Mt McKinley for 14 days before rescue. Rescue climbers reached him after a five day ascent reporting he was in fair shape and better than expected. He could not stand or sit and must lie flat while two other climbers survived a 1000 foot fall and one ranger died. A sled was air dropped to the rescue party but it will take two to three days to bring Argus down to the base camp at 5000 feet as news of the rescue was relayed from the base camp.
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Mt. McKinley
Fairbanks
Alaska
George Argus
Army
Arctic Test Center
Big Delta
Elton Thayer
Norton Wool
Leslie Viereck
University of Alaska
MT. Mckinley National Park
A.P
Pfc
Brooklyn
N. Y
McKinley Park
74Th Air Rescue Squadron
Argus
North America
Pakistan Cabinet Fired State of Emergency Declared
Pakistan's governor general dismissed 14 East Pakistan ministers led by Abdul Kasem Fazlul Huq and declared a state of emergency amid deep political rifts. Prime Minister Mohammed Ali labeled Huq traitorous and accused him of seeking an independent Bengal. reports also indicated the central government may have dissolved East Pakistan's new provincial assembly.
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Karachi
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Abdul Kasem Fazlul Huq
Mohammed Ali
Fazlul Huq
Bengal
Ali
Britain
Indian Subcontinent
Man and Wife Hurt in Auto Mishap Near Butte
Thomas Rowe 24 and his wife Betty of Butte were injured when their car left Moose Creek Hill on U S 91 south of Butte. They, with two children, escaped serious injury. Rowe suffered three fractured vertebrae and Mrs Rowe a fractured pelvis. The accident occurred about 4 30 p m during a fishing trip when Carol fell across Rowe and the car skidded and overturned twice due to slick edge.
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Thomas Rowe
Betty
Butte
Moose Creek Hill
U. S. 91
E. la Platte
Carol
Larry
Community Memorial Hospital
Rowe
AEC Commissioners Face Testimony On Row Over Policy
Washington reports a backstage row at the Atomic Energy Commission over policies of Chairman Lewis L. Strauss likely to be aired this week in open Senate House hearings. Rep. Holifield leads questions about alleged lack of harmony among five commissioners and access to information guiding atomic policy.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lewis L. Strauss
Congress
Strauss
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Holifield
D-Calif
Cole
Commission
Rep
Price
Atomic Energy
United States
Eisenhower
Democrats Using Row to Hurt GOP Dworshak
Senator Dworshak accused Democrats on the Senate Investigations Subcommittee of trying to seize on the McCarthy Army hearings to stir up trouble in the Republican party. Mundt said there had been some unfortunate political flurries but little partisan by play. The hearings on the McCarthy Stevens dispute resume after Memorial Day. McCarthy stepped aside earlier, while McCarthy and Cohn are probed for pressuring for favorable treatment of Pvt. G. David Schine and for using Schine as a hostage to influence the probe. Dworshak noted Democratic tactics to divert attention from the subcommittee’s work.
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Washington
Sen
Dworshak
Idaho
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
McCarthy
Army
Roy M. Cohn
Pvt
David Schine
Subcommittee
McCarthy and Cohn
John G. Adams
Ingenious Woman Foils Breakin With Taser In Louisville
Mrs. Mabel Wesley, a policewoman trained in self defense, woke to a man entering her Louisville bedroom. Her service pistol was out of reach but she screamed, and the intruder fled.
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Louisville
Mabel Wesley
Memorial Day Toll Rises Across Nation
The Memorial Day weekend death toll climbed across the nation with 308 total deaths in 78 hours. Traffic accidents caused 237 fatalities, drownings 40, and other mishaps 31 as National Safety Council officials warned the week could set a new record if motorists do not proceed with caution. Illinois saw two high speed head on crashes killing nine and injuring several.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Dearborn
Butte Nurses Graduated at Carroll College Commencement
Twenty six nursing students received diplomas at Carroll College commencement in the Helena Civic Center. Eighteen graduates were from Butte, with one male student, all from the St. James Hospital unit of the Sisters of Charity School of Nursing. Several will pursue nursing education while others begin as registered nurses after state board exams.
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Butte
St. James Hospital
Sisters of Charity School of Nursing
Carroll College
Helena
Helena Civic Center
St. James Unit
Marie S. Bradley
Claire L. Combe
Mary Noreen Doran
Dolores Becky
Marguerite R. Flick
Betty J. Gageby
Joan C. Hall
Shirley R. Jordan
Margaret W. Lynch
Catherine A. McDermott
Mary Ellen McDonald
Margaret M. McLaughlin
Geraldine F. O'Neill
Donna M. Reardon
Shirley A. Savich
Langlie chases speeders as candidate in Port Townsend
Washington Governor Arthur Langlie ordered a state patrol driver to pursue speedster Leroy Welcome of Seattle who raced ahead of the gubernatorial machine. Port Townsend police arrested Welcome after a two mile chase that ended the case.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Washington
Arthur B. Langlie
Leroy Welcome
Seattle
Langlie
French Hold Vital Indochina Delta Against Vietminh Assault
Paris ordered defense of the Red River Delta with a restructured network as Vietminh forces move west and north. Reinforcements pour in from France while 64 Vietminh rebels are reported killed and 14 captured as air and ground units strike near Phu Ly. Lt Genevieve De Galard Terraube’s nurse corps ally is freed. 27 French medical personnel are released from Dien Bien Phu. Helicopters evacuate the freed men from the northwest fortress Monday pending cease-fire talks at Geneva.
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Dien Bien Phu
Iindochina
Rene Cogny
Luang Prabang
Hanoi
France
Paris
Indochina
Red River
Northwest
High Command
Delta
Phu Ly
Eighty Will Graduate This Evening at Girls Central
Eighty seniors of Girls Central High School will receive diplomas at commencement in St Patrick Church tonight at 8 15. The Rev Joseph Mackin will give the address. Diplomas will be presented by Rt Rev Denis P Meade. The class will be presented by Rev Francis J Burns. The program features organ solos by Margaret McHale and choral numbers including Panis Angelicus Cantate Domino Adoramus te Christe.
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Girls Central High School
St. Patrick Church
Joseph Mackin
Helena
Denis P. Meade
V.G
Missoula
Francis J. Burns
Msgr. English
James Gannon
William Morley
John Kerrigan
Pioneer Cowboy Dies in Helena
Cyrus Nelson aged 98 a former Texas cowboy who came up the Chisholm Trail in 1878 and lived in Helena Montana died at his home on Stewart Homes. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM at Retz Chapel with Rev H M Eklund officiating. Burial in Forestvale Cemetery. Pallbearers include six grandsons. Nelson born February 25 1856 in Clyde Ohio was the last of his 10 siblings and is survived by his widow Arvie J Nelson.
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Helena
Cyrus Nelson
Chisholm Trail
Texas
Stage
Montana
Stewart Homes
Nelson
Retz
H. M. Eklund
Forestvale Cemetery
Fred Lamping Jr
Larry Lamping
S. Owen Warren
Bernard Warren
Roy Romberg
Frank Montibelier
Mr. Nelson
Clyde
Ohio
Byron Nelson
Illinois
Hopper Livestock Co
Arvie J. Nelson
Denver
Butte Weather Forecast Says Partly Cloudy Start
Partly cloudy Monday morning with increasing clouds and warmer in the afternoon. Not so cool Monday night with a few showers. Tuesday partly cloudy and slightly cooler with light showers in the afternoon. Monday highs 64, low 38. Tuesday high 62. period max 51 min 33. Montana forecast West of Divide predicts 60 to 70 highs with showers. East of Divide details incomplete.
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Montana
Divide
Weekend Weather Outlook
Partly cloudy with warmer Monday and scattered mountain showers. Highs 55 to 65 overall. East fair, west cloudier and cooler Monday night with more mountain showers. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and scattered afternoon showers in the west and south, warmer in the east. Temperature figures cover 12 hours highs and 18 hours lows through Sunday 5 30 p.m.
Memorial Day traffic kills two in Montana
The Associated Press reports Montana funerals so far show two holiday deaths on the Memorial Day weekend. An 18 year old Livingston youth and a 26 year old Carter woman died from crash injuries. Three others remain in hospitals as the 1954 toll rises to 64, compared with 85 last year. Clinton Palmer, 18, died six miles west of Livingston after an early Saturday collision following a graduation. Jytte Pfeil, 26, of Carter, died when her car hit an approach near Tunis, possibly after fainting at the wheel.
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Associated Press
Montana
Livingston
Carter
Clinton Palmer
Young Palmer
Jytte Pfeil
Tunis
President Eisenhower to Speak on New York Trip
President Eisenhower travels to New York Monday to deliver a major foreign policy speech. He is expected to rally free nations to unite against Communist efforts, with a nationwide television and radio broadcast at 6 30 p.m. MST. The address accompanies Columbia University's bicentennial celebration dinner.
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Eisenhower
New York
Free Nations
White House
Free World
Columbia University
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