Public told levies not to skyrocket in Silver Bow County
Silver Bow County taxpayers were assured that property reevaluation by Justin Haines Co under 1957 state law will not cause tax hikes. The Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee met with the Board of County Commissioners and noted concerns that ground values had been set too high per local realtors and property owners. Jim Driscoll and Jack Wulf were named to continued coverage.
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Silver Bow County
Chamber of Commerce Tax Committee
Board of County Commissioners
Justin Haines Co
Denver
Chamber
Jim Driscoll
Jack Wulf
Court Rejected Clemency for Chessman in Ninth Date
California Supreme Court denied clemency for death row author Daryl Chessman for the third time. The 4-3 vote followed a Friday ruling declaring the petition final and without rehearing. Chessman’s ninth execution date was set for 10 a.m. Monday, with his lawyer planning another habeas corpus petition.
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Napoleon
Marie Bonaparte
Cary Chessman
San Quentin
Japan
Chessman
California
Edmund Brown
California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Daryl Chessman
Supreme Court
William S. Sullivan
Fred Dickson
Edmund G. Brown
Sacramento
Oakland
George T. Davis
98 Democrats Seek 20 Nominations Here in County Primary
Silver Bow County voters face a Democratic primary with 58 candidates for 20 nominations. Incumbent judges on the non partisan Second Judicial District ticket are unopposed. Democrats list for county positions includes six candidates for commissioner and a slate of judges, clerks, and representatives with multiple incumbents.
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Silver Bow County
T. E. Downey
John B. McClernan
Merchants and Consumers Rally in Dillon Milk Fight
Dillon’s battle with the Montana Milk Control Board gains momentum as merchants, distributors, and the PTA unite to back Bonnie Arbour and Juanita McLaren. The group funds a legal challenge to stop a proposed milk price hike from 19 to 24 cents per quart, aiming to influence state lawmakers to curb or abolish retail price fixing.
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Dillon
Montana Milk Control Board
Dillon Merchants
Retail Merchants Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Bonnie Arbour
Juanita McLaren
PTA
Marie Gibbons
Grenade Fragments Found in Wreckage
Venezuelan airliner crash kills 1 of 13 aboard. Civil aviation director says grenade fragments found in wreckage support no alien explosion theory. survivor accounts conflict with sensational Russian sabotage tale. Police seek more details as two passengers survive.
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Richard G. Maslock
Caracas
Venezuela
Civil Aeronautics
Richard Wearne Dies at 81 in Sheridan
Richard Henry Wearne of Sheridan, longtime Butte resident, died in a local hospital. He was 81. The body rests at Richards Funeral Home with services Monday at 2 officiated by Rev. Richard F. Vick and Rev. Tom. Interment follows at Mount Moriah Cemetery. Wearne spent years as a fireman at the Emma Mine before retirement.
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Richard Henry Wearne
Sheridan
Butte
Richards Funeral Home
Richard F. Vick
Tom One
Mount Moriah
Wearne
Emma Mine
Trial of Hoffa Starts Tuesday
James R. Hoffa lost another bid to pause a federal court trial that could oust him as Teamsters president. The trial was set to begin Tuesday after Judge Joseph R. Jackson denied Hoffa’s claim that only union members could remove him. Hoffa sought appeals relief as a new motion to avoid trial was filed.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
Hoffa
Put Your Pennies In Fish Bowl Ad Hint
A humorous note promotes placing pennies in a goldfish bowl to prevent green scum and mentions a rent ad in Standard-Post Classifieds. It advises calling 5451 to an ad-writer and claims the ad got results.
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Standard-Post
Bedroom home for rent near town
Fully furnished bedroom home available for rent or lease near town. Includes utilities and easy access to local amenities. Contact 6th Post, Box 000 for details and terms.
Tornado Rakes Oklahoma Killing Six in Family and Areas
A tornado storm ripped through central Oklahoma killing three from a single family and causing widespread damage across numerous cities. Three others died of heart attacks as storms moved from the Southwest. A twister struck the Brawley home in Seminole County near midnight. clocks stopped at 11 45 p m. Many farm homes were damaged as twisters tracked from Anadarko northeast for over 50 miles.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Dave Brawley
Seminole County
Brawley
Bessie
State Records 43rd Fatality in Montana Traffic Toll
Hardin AP report notes the Montana traffic toll rose to 43 with the death of Joe Bull Weasel, 52, a Crow Indian from Pryor, when his car slid from the pavement shoulder in Crow Agency and plunged into a borrow pit. Companion James White Jr., of Pryor, sustained a broken leg and scratches. Sheriff Roy Riley said the crash occurred about noon Thursday. The toll a year ago stood at 4 lives.
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Hardin
Montana
Joe Bull Weasel
Pryor
James White Jr
Roy Riley
Big Horn County
Crow Agency
Violence Flares Anew in Paraguay Invasion
Armed invaders seeking to overthrow President General Alfredo Stroessner landed in southeastern Paraguay on Friday. Columns from Argentina and Brazil attacked towns along the Parana River, with reports of fighting, captured towns, and government airstrikes. The Interior Ministry said the assault was being vigorously suppressed and casualty figures were not released.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Interior Ministry
Puerto Carlos Antonio Lopez
Parana
Colonia Otano
Argentina
Misiones
Brazil
Buenos Aires
Uprising Against Menderes Leaves Five Dead in Turkey
Student demonstrations in Istanbul Ankara and Izmir flare into clashes with police. Martial law extended through May to July. In Ankara about 100 students injured and unconfirmed reports say four students and a policeman killed. Istanbul University surrounded by troops as 2,000 students hold sit in.
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Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Ankara
Izmir
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Istanbul University
Liberty
Menderes
Democrat Party
Interior Ministry
Paraguayan exiles invade Paraguay from Argentina and Brazil
In Buenos Aires on Friday night Paraguayan informants reported several columns of exiles opposing President Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship had crossed into Paraguay from neighboring Argentina and Brazil. Military sources confirmed activity near the border as authorities monitored the situation.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Alfredo Stroessner
Paraguay
Brazil
Druggist Murphy of Butte Indicted
Federal grand jury indicts James D Murphy and Robert Arthur McCrea Jr in Missoula division. Murphy, a Butte pharmacist, faces four counts of selling narcotics to FBI agent Eldon R Prziborowski after an Feb 12 arrest in the Finlen Hotel and remains on $5,000 bond. McCrea allegedly embezzled 2587.50 from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes by cashing a group check in Plains. he is on $2,000 bail. A third true bill awaits service.
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Butte
Finlen Hotel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eldon R. Prziborowski
McCrea
Confederated Salish and
Kootenai
Plains
Missoula
Crash Near Dillon Involves Durkee Of Wisdom
Dillon sheriff officers report an automobile driven by Floyd Durkee of Wisdom ran off the Dillon Monida road late Friday afternoon a mile south of here. Durkee and another man in the car, not identified, were not hurt.
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Floyd Durkee
Wisdom
Dillon-Monida
Here
Durkee
Pope John XXIII to address workers on May Day
The Vatican announces Pope John XXIII will deliver a May Day message this Sunday to workers around the world. The address will be carried by Vatican radio.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican Radio
Butte Police Arrest Touring Couple in Check Probe
Butte police arrested Theresa B Walker 42 and Marlin Jenson 34 of Minneapolis on late Friday in a sprawling check fraud probe. Walker confessed to passing checks at several stores including Hennessys Jim Spier's and Taylor Shoe Co while traveling with Jenson who was booked for vagrancy. Police seek a Billings warrant. twins city records indicate prior hospital confinement in Minneapolis.
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Theresa B. Walker
Marlin Jenson
Minneapolis
James A. Clark
Robert Russell
Walker
North Main Street
Earl Holman
Walter Eslick
Holman
Toggery
Clark
Hennessy’s
Jim Spier
Fargo
Billings
Twin Cities
Death Imposed On Airman With Possible Pardon
Indonesian court sentenced American pilot Alan Lawrence Pope to death for fighting with rebels in the 1958 uprising. Pope, a decorated Vietnam or Korean War veteran, faces a week to appeal. a pardon request may be sent to President Sukarno. He was accused of killing 17 Indonesian soldiers and carrying arms for rebels after bailing out of his downed World War II B26 near Ambon.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Allan Lawrence Pope
Miami
Fla
Pope
Sardjono
Sukarno
Ambon
Togoland seeks U N membership to attend Sept General Assembly
SOME Togo AP reports newly independent Togoland plans to apply for United Nations membership soon. The goal is admission in time to attend the General Assembly in New York in September.
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Togo
Togoland
U. N
General Assembly
Soomae
New York
Flea Circus Offers One Dollar per Ten Fleas in Montreal
An amusement park in Montreal offers to pay one dollar for every ten fleas it captures for a flea circus perched by AP reports. The quirky contest aims to source live fleas from the public, inviting participation from residents and visitors.
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Montreal
General Fund Sure Winner In Any Political Campaign
In Silver Bow County the General Fund, feeding on filing fees, has already secured a win as 69 aspirants to county and township nominations paid a total of 1915.66, with amounts from 15 to 54.18. Fees are nonrefundable, and even a last minute withdrawal cannot save 15 dollars, though the candidate’s name may be removed from the June 7 primary ballot. Filing fees break down to nine for county commissioner at 48.72 each totaling 438.48, plus three for county attorney and other entries reflected in the report.
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General Fund
Silver Bow County
Clerk and Recorder's Office
Dillon Building Upswing Noted
A heavy upswing in Dillon building trades is indicated this year with 22 applications for construction and renovation issued by city officials led by Roger Pierce. Projects exceed $100,000, not including a proposed east side church or near city-limits development. Motels and trailer courts are among planned projects for the area.
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Dillon
City Street and Water Commissioner
Roger Pierce
Pierce
Montana Weather: East Fair with Warmth This Weekend
Eastern Montana sees fair skies and a warming trend through Sunday with highs 45 to 60 and lows 20 to 35. Western Montana also fair, warmer, with highs 50 to 65 both days and Saturday night lows 20 to 30. The table notes maximums are for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours ending at p.m. Friday.
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