Butte Boy Shotgun Wounding Crashes Neighborhood Dispute
Phillip Bailey a 12 year old of Butte was critically wounded by a shotgun blast in a vacant area behind his home. Police say the shot came after a rock throwing dispute among children during an evening game of catch.
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Butte
Phillip Bailey
William Bailey
East Platinum
St. James Hospital
James Moran
James Clark
Maron
Clark
Moran
Bailey
Ward wins 43rd 500 mile Speedway with record pace
Rodger Ward, 38, driving the Leader Card Special, wins the 43rd Indianapolis 500 in a record 135.857 mph, beating Jim Rathmann by 23 seconds. Ward takes his first Speedway win in nine starts, with Johnny Thomson third and five crashes causing injuries but no fatalities. prize on the day listed at about $100,000 to Ward, who normally earns 40 percent.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Rodger Ward
Beau
Ward
Speedway
Los Angeles
Jimmy Bryan
Jim Rathmann
Miami
Sam Hanis
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Johnny Thomson
Boyertown
Tony Bettenhausen
Tinley Park
Tll
Paul Goldsmith
St. Clair Shores
Mich
Missing Garrison Boy Found Safe
A 16 year old Glen Kohr of Garrison was found alive in Garnet after a five and a half hour multi county search along the Clark's Fork river. Deputies from Powell and Granite counties had scoured the river and banks after he vanished Friday while fishing in a home made boat.
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Deer Lodge
UPS
Garrison
Clark’s Fork
Drummond
Garnet
Powell
Granite Counties
Glen Kohr
John Kohr
Powell County
Everett Burt
Burt
Glen
Bear Mouth
Valuable Stock Certificates Stolen From Widow's Home
New York Journal American reports stock certificates valued at nearly 600000 dollars were stolen from the Fifth Avenue mansion of Jane Peterson Philipp 80 widow of Moritz Bernard Philipp an Eastman Kodak lawyer. A broker is suspected and the DA's office is investigating while SEC and NYSE have issued transfer bans on the 7000 shares of Eastman Kodak stock.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Eastman Kodak
New York Journal American
Jane Peterson Philipp
Moritz Bernard Philipp
New York Stock Exchange
Committees Named for Butte Defense Resources Conference
The Butte defense resources conference in October will have civilian selection and arrangements committees. Chairman Rogert D. Corette leads the selection panel with members including John J. Burke Lloyd Crippen Dr R F Peterson J H Dickey Jr and others. Chairman Ward Fanning heads the arrangements committee with a long list of appointees and local officials.
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Butte
National Defense Resources Conference
Rogert D. Corette
John J. Burke
Lloyd Crippen
R. F. Peterson
J. C. Shields
J. H. Dickey Jr
Edwin G. Koch
E. P. Frizelle
Fred Emmett
Joseph J. McCaffery
Dan J. Mooney
Edward J. Renouard
J. E. Corette
Sam B. Chase Jr
George O’connor
Dick Lloyd
John Hauck
R. F. Vick
M. M. English
Irving Bolitho
W. E. Muray
Barnard Rask
Francis Fleming
W. J. Fogerty
Martha Evans
Glenn Carney
Bourke MacDonald
Ward Fanning
Arne Antjon
Bruce Twerell
Frank Reardon
E. P. Craney
Larry Smith
Don Ulrich
R. A. Neill
Joe F. Mogush
Robert Poore
Colin W. Raff
Tom Wigal
Vern Griffith
K. C. Boulter
W. P. Cooney
H. A. Frank
O. J. Gunnell
George Haney
Frank L. Harrington
Leonard Kaufman
P. L. MacDonald
Don McLaughlin
Roy E. Muray
L. M. Sheridan
T. S. Veazey
Kendrick Smith
Herbert Weingartner
Scouts to Hold Vigilante Camporee Near Anaconda
More than 500 Boy Scouts and volunteer leaders join the Washoe District for the Vigilante Council Camporee at Cregg Meadows on Foster Creek June 6-7. The site sits six miles west of Anaconda off Highway 10 A with land donated by E. L. Cregg. Delbert Bebo directs the program with John Grant Ben Campbell Dr William Callaghan Harland Lindner Henry Smith and Ralph Johnson assisting from Anaconda and Post 41 explorers.
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Cregg Meadows
Foster Creek
Anaconda
H. F. Morris
Washoe District
E. L. Cregg
Washoe
Delbert Bebo
John Grant
Ben Campbell
William Callaghan
Harland Lindner
Henry Smith
Ralph Johnson
Ted Morris
Post 41
Howard Clemmons
Butte
Council Health
Reds Use U S Mail to Send Propaganda
Senator James Eastland charged a Communist printing plant in Mexico uses the U S mails to forward propaganda to Latin American outlets. He said the United States must handle in transit and closed mail under the universal postal union agreement, and that the U S cannot do anything about it.
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Washing1iuun
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Mexico
U. S
Eastland
Universal Postal Union Agreement
United States
Butte Memorial Day Parade And Ceremonies Mark Observance
Memorial Day observances in Butte honored veterans from the Spanish American War through Korea. The day began with services at the USS Maine capstan in the courthouse lobby led by Henry W. Lawton Camp No 1 members Cmdr Henry A. Young and others, followed by a parade to the Soldiers Memorial Monument on South Wyoming Street. Crowds lined the streets as veterans conducted joint services before cemetery ceremonies.
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Butte
Gettysburg
Antietam
USS Maine
Henry W
Plans Advanced For Butte's Big Western Parade
Butte announces a June 25 parade to open the annual rodeo, with Ward Fanning as general chairman and John Bud Tobin as starting marshal. Division marshals Ed Guay Pat O Hern and Ray Barrett Sr. will oversee sections, while Sheriff William Dalling and Chief James Clark manage the parade route. Salish and Kootenai Indians will appear in pageantry dances and street appearances June 25 and 26.
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Ward Fanning
John
Bud) Tobin
Ed Guay
Pat O’hern
Ray Barrett Sr
William Dalling
James Clark
Elcome
Passing of Public Transportation System Here Recalls Days When Street Cars Were Vital
Butte recalls its street car era and the later bus era as both fade away. The piece notes how street cars connected work, school, shopping, and community life, forming daily routines for tens of thousands. It mentions the 1937 farewell of street cars and the shift to buses, with reminiscences of neighbors, riders, and daily life on the system.
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Butte
Indonesian Wreck Toll May Hit 200
Officials report 85 dead in a West Java express train crash with 47 hospitalized. Casualty figures remain unfinished as authorities probe sabotage by Darul Islam rebels in the Tasikmalaya area where four coaches fell into a valley after a coupling broke.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
West Java
Bandung
Tasikmalaya
Darul Islam
Death of Lame Deer Man Raises State Road Deaths to 70
A 27 year old Lame Deer man Paul Kills On Top died from injuries after a car crash 13 miles north of Decker in Rosebud County. Police say he lost control at high speed causing the car to roll three times. His brother Laverne Kills On Top survived. This marks Montana road deaths at 70 for the year, excluding Memorial holiday toll.
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Hardin
Sheridan
Wyo
Decker
Rosebud
Paul Kills
Laverne Kills
Montana
Nation Honors Its War Dead On Memorial Day
The nation observed Memorial Day with services across the country and overseas. Veterans wore uniforms in parades and graveside ceremonies honoring 1,128,392 Americans who died in wars since the Revolution, as the start of summer travel loomed with an estimated 40 million cars on the roads.
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Associated Pres
National Safety Council
Grand Army of the Republic
North
Cathedral of the
First DSC Medal Awarded in 1776
The first Distinguished Service Medal was awarded in 1776 to General George Washington for recapturing Boston from the British. The notice also mentions want ads in search of money and labor, with a contact number 5451.
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George Washington
Boston
Three Hurt In Headon Auto Collision Near Elk Park Inn
A two car headon collision on Highway 91 about six o clock Saturday night left three people injured two seriously. Mrs Lorraine Murphy 27 of 2035 Whitman suffered severe concussion possible internal injuries and other wounds. Dennis Murphy 41 and James Robinson 42 were also injured, Robinson with a scalp laceration and facial injuries. All were taken by ambulance to Butte Community Memorial Hospital.
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Butte Community Memorial Hospital
Elk Park Inn
Lorraine Murphy
Whitman
Dennis Murphy
James Robinson
S. Dakota
al Boehme
William Madlena
Butte
Murphy
Robinson
Montana Weather Outlook Areas Warm Through Monday
West Montana expects fair skies and a slow warmup with highs 60 to 70 Sunday and 65 to 75 Monday while east Montana stays clear to partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers in the southeast Sunday. Highs reach 60 to 75 Sunday and 70 to 80 Monday, with Sunday night lows 34 to 50. Table notes maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours ending 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Montana
Compromise Offers Berlin Status Quo With Safeguards
Western powers propose leaving Berlin divided but reduce friction by addressing Soviet complaints of anti Communist activity in West Berlin. Gromyko attacks Allied plans and calls for a “reasonable understanding” on Berlin while describing West Berlin as a center of subversive activity and hostile propaganda.
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Berlin
United States
West Berlin
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Moscow
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Soviet Union
Christian A. Herter
East Germany
Soviet Bloc
West
German Democratic Republic
America
Road Deaths Climb at Alarming Pace
Memorial Day weekend traffic toll rose swiftly with 27 hours counted, surpassing last year’s 38 hour period. National Safety Council urged drivers not to gamble behind the wheel, stressing responsibility for others’ lives as summer travel begins.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Alumni to Honor Mines Graduates
The Montana School of Mines Alumni Assn plans its annual meeting next Saturday at the Finlen Hotel with the graduating class as guests. R. H. Fletcher will speak, followed by entertainment. officers will be elected. The event also marks 50th and 25th anniversary reunions for classes of 1909 and 1934. Reservations are urged with Rayworth Howe.
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Montana School of Mines Alumni Assn
Finlen Hotel
R. H. Fletcher
Butte
Montana
Butte Rotary Club
Montana Power Co
Fletcher
Robert G. Ingersoll Jr
Anaconda Company
James R. Evans
Stevensville
Rayworth Howe
Time Change To Daylight Saving For Butte Anaconda
Butte and Anaconda switch to daylight saving time at midnight Sunday. Trains and planes run on standard time. post office and mail carriers adjust. Anaconda Company mines shift to daylight time Monday 6 a.m. standard becomes 7 a.m. DST. Hospitals warn out of town visitors to plan visits with the hour difference in mind.
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Butte
Anaconda
Anaconda Company
St. James and
Community Memorial Hospitals
Missing Women Are Found Dead in Submerged Car
A man and boy hiking along Elk Creek near Clarksburg, West Virginia spotted a nearly submerged automobile containing the bodies of two women, Juanita Ferguson and Virginia Conley, who disappeared April 8 after a garden club meeting. Authorities suspect an accident and planned autopsies if possible.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Juanita Ferguson
Virginia Conley
Harry Morris
Elk Creek
Charles Swiger
David Elder
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