Parolee Pleads Guilty in Helena Taxi Shooting
Ronald Allen Woods a 22 year old New York State parolee pleaded guilty in justice court to first degree assault with intent to rob in the shooting of Helena cab driver Cecil White near Frontier Town. White is listed as fair and is recovering after being wounded in the neck and back.
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Helena
New York State
Frontier Town
Justice Court
Ronald Allen Woods
Old West
John C. Harrison
Dave Middlemas
Woods
Elmire
N.Y
Cecil White
Middlemas
Dicates Woods
White
MacDonald Pass
Middleman
Indian Admits He Killed Rival in Dispute Over Girl
Forsyth AP reports 17-year-old Larry Highpine of Lame Deer admitted fatally shooting Thomas Jefferson Crazy Mule 27 during an argument over a girl at a Rosebud Creek party. Highpine faces first degree murder charges. coroner says Crazy Mule died from multiple gunshot wounds. Highpine surrendered after the incident with a rifle later found unused.
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Forsyth
Justice Court
Atty
Russell K. Fillner
Larry Highpine
Lame Deer
Fillner
District
Highpine
Thomas Jefferson
Crazy Mule
Rosebud Creek Road
Driver Dies In River At Whitefish
The body of 31 year old Freddie H Trowbridge of Whitefish was recovered from the Whitefish River after his late model car left the highway and plunged into the water. A SCUBA diver recovered the body and police said the car traveled 600 feet before hitting a guard post and sliding down a 30 foot embankment. Authorities could not determine if death was by drowning or head injuries. He was employed at the Anaconda Co plant in Columbia Falls since 1955. This marked the third auto fatality in Flathead County this year and lifted the 1960 death toll to 61.
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Kalispell
Whitefish
Whitefish River
Freddie H. Trowbridge
Bill Walterskirchen
Flathead County Rescue Association
Walterskirchen
Trowbridge
Montana Highway Patrol
Throwbridge
Columbia Falls
Anaconda Co
Flathes
Silver Bow County to Use 106 Voting Machines in Primary
Silver Bow County will deploy 106 voting machines across 43 precincts for Tuesday's primary election. Precinct No 35 will use five machines for 1,188 registered voters, while other precincts vary from one to four machines. Five precincts will use paper ballots. Officials plan daytime voting to ease crowds and 10 hour polling. A training program and a demonstrator machine are available for voters.
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Silver Bow County
William T. Duckham
Duckham
Heat kills over 100000 chickens in Sonoma County
Virgil Statton, Sonoma County farm adviser, reports more than 100000 chickens valued at about 150000 dollars died from Thursday’s extreme heat in Petaluma and surrounding areas.
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Petaluma
Calif
Sonoma County
Virgil Statton
Mine-Mill Chief Says NLRB To Hold Hearings
Jack Clark president of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers said in Butte that the National Labor Relations Board will proceed against Anaconda Co on charges of violating the Taft Hartley Act. He noted the NLRB advised a complaint and hearings will be held in Butte and Anaconda within three weeks. The charges, filed during the copper strike, allege illegal activities by the company in Anaconda and Great Falls.
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Jack Clark
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Butte
National Labor Relations Board
Anaconda Co
Clark
NLRB
Anaconda
Great Falls
Harold Rickman Hurt in Butte Auto Crash
Harold B. Rickman 48 a Butte insurance adjuster and former Helena policeman was seriously injured Friday when his car left U S Highway 91 along Woodville Hill near the Rainbow Motel. A physician said he likely has a fractured vertebra and he is hospitalized at St James.
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Harold B. Rickman
Butte
Helena
Rickman
St. James Hospital
Sherman
Woodville Hill
U.S. Highway 91
Rainbow Motel
Fifteen Die In Spain Lightning Storms
Madrid reports fifteen people killed as violent storms and lightning strike across Spain over the past two days. The Meteorological Department released the toll and details of casualties.
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Madrid
Spain
Meteorological Department
A Child Shall Lead Neighbors Help Clarence
Akron Ohio AP. Clarence Hathaway a five year old boy in a blind and deaf family becomes their eyes and ears. He helps his parents Harold and Geor gia manage their three room cottage in Stow. On Saturday he will receive a room of his own marking his step into responsibility and independence.
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Akron, Ohio
Clarence Hathaway
Harold
Georgia
Clarence
Stow
Montana Weekend Weather Outlook by Regions
Montana east expects fair warm spells with part cloudy skies and scattered afternoon showers. Highs range 60 to 80 with Saturday night lows 40 to 50 and a cooler Sunday with possible thunderstorms. Montana west remains mostly warm and partly to mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. Highs near 80 Saturday, 68 to 75 Sunday.
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Montana
Alumni to fete graduates of Mines tonight
Montana School of Mines celebrates its sixtieth commencement with an Alumni Association banquet at the Finlen Hotel at 7 p.m. The next day a luncheon at the Butte Country Club at 12:30 p.m. will honor graduates followed by class photos and rehearsal. Commencement begins at 8 p.m. in the Library Museum Building with Wayne E. Grenn of Continental Oil Co delivering the address. Degrees awarded include 33 undergraduate, 9 master's, 4 professional and 1 doctorate. Dr Reno Sales will be cited.
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Montana School of Mines
Finlen Hotel
Butte Country Club
Library-Museum
Wayne E. Grenn
Houston
Continental Oil Co
Reno Sales
Khrushchev Attacks Eisenhower and Adenauer in News Conference
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev criticized President Eisenhower as weak and lacking willpower and condemned Konrad Adenauer as crazy. He offered backhand praise for Richard Nixon while faulting Secretary Dulles for foolish actions. Khrushchev warned of a dark and dangerous period in world affairs and suggested Nixon might become a favorable president for the Soviets.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Richard M. Nixon
Dulles
Khrushchev
Nixon
White House
Adenauer
Woman Survives Six Day Ordeal After Plane Crash
Janet Robertson a 25 year old San Francisco secretary survived six days after a plane crash that killed her fiance Jack Steele 34. They had departed San Carlos Airport for Las Vegas refueling in Fresno. The crash occurred near Hackett Meadow 8600 feet as Steele attempted to clear a peak. Robertson later reached Sequoia National Park ranger station by helicopter and was hospitalized with fractured ribs lacerations and exposure. Steele's body was recovered by ground party from the crash site. There was no food aboard the single engine plane.
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Porterville
Calif
San Francisco
Janet Robertson
Jack Steele
Chemical Company
Hackett Meadow
Miss Robertson
Steele
San Carlos
Las Vegas
Fresno
Upper Hackett Meadow
Boy survives 15 days beside wrecked plane in Manitoba
Walter Sedor, 9, spent 15 days beside his father's body after a plane crash 12 miles from Flin Flon, Manitoba. He survived on roots and rain water until a helicopter found him and later recovered the victims, pilot Ken Harrison and father Steve Sedor.
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Flin. Flon
Man
Flnn Flon
Walter Sedor
Winnipeg
Steve Sedor
Ken Harrison
Walter
India seeks master pen designer to fix ink blobs
New Delhi reports the government aims to hire an international master pen designer to prevent fountain pens from blotting and staining users. An official source confirms India makes about 15 million pens annually and seeks design expertise abroad.
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New Delhi
India
Apindia
Top Democrats Denounce Attack on Ike
Washington AP report notes Khrushchev accused Eisenhower of fearing a reunified Germany. White House rejects the claim as untrue. Johnson and other Democrats condemn Khrushchev’s remarks, suggesting Soviet internal trouble and potential strains with Red China.
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Ike
Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
United States
Germany
White House
Anne Wheaton
Khrushchev
East
West Germany
DAV Pledges Aid for Montana Soldiers Home Expansion
Montana Disabled American Veterans adopted a resolution at the 39th annual Butte convention urging state action to expand the Old Soldiers Home at Columbia Falls. Gene Naegele urged a $150,000 to $200,000 appropriation for a 30 room dormitory to house more than 100 veterans. Delegates met in Lodge Hall as business sessions continued with elections and a Saturday banquet planned. Thomas W. Mahan of Helena spoke at the session.
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Montana
Old Soldiers Home
Columbia Falls
Butte
Gene Naegele
Lakeside
The
American Legion
Naegele
Lodge Hall
W. Broadway
Red Lodge Youth Named Montana Star Farmer of 1960
Eddie Miller, 18, Red Lodge graduate, earned the 1960 Star State Farmer honor at the Montana FFA leadership conference in Bozeman. He won a $200 FFA Foundation award and led farm livestock focus, with top honors for other specialties and several $100 or $200 scholarships. Top teams earned trips to major national shows while high individual judges included Frank Crabtree, Joe Donahue, and Bob Casne.
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Red Lodge
Dillon
Three Forks
Bozeman
Eddie Miller
Montana
Future Farmers of America
Miller
FFA
FFA Foundation
Star State
Doug Mitchell
Chinook
Gale Jellum
Glasgow
Lyle E. Brist
Kalispell
Sears- Roebuck Foundation
Bob Casne
Gary Romness
Missoula
Carter Fritz
Lennie Drugge
Duane Marshall
Union Pacific Railroad
Lee Conner
Bernard Jensen
Polson
Kansas City
Lewistown
National Dairy Congress
Waterloo
Iowa
Fairfield
National Western Livestock Show
Denver
Absarokee
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Frank Crabtree
Joe Donahue
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Broadus
Butte Eevensed Stenerseses
iCut Bank
Drummond
Glasgow Sanseces Neces
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Livingston
Miles City
West Yellowstone
Nikita
By Preston Grover
Manitoba
Harry Evans
Transair Ltd
Flin Flon
Evans
By Gardner L. Bridge
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
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Mansfield
Soviet Union
Red China
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Gore
U.S
Russia
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
DAV
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Ronald Hagen
Joliet
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