Body of kidnapped infant found in Lake Whitney
New Haven Conn county coroner said Cynthia Ruotolo six weeks old was found in a plastic bag in Lake Whitney with a head bruise and hemorrhage. An autopsy showed no brain injury and investigators planned FBI analysis of vital organs. The case remains unsolved with no arrest.
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New Haven
Conn
James J. Corrigan
Cynthia Ruotolo
Lake Whitney
Corrigan
Hamden
Sterling Taylor
Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory
Washington
Cynthia
Abraham S. Uiman
Eleanor Ruotolo
Mt Rainier climbers found after daylong search
Two Canadian climbers Don Richardson and Earle Johnson from Victoria were found on a ridge at the 6,800 foot level on Mt. Rainier after a daylong search prompted by distress signals from about 13,000 feet. They faced possible fines and jail for climbing without park permission. The search involved multiple parties reaching 12,000 feet before continuing the ascent to locate them.
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MT. Rainier
National Park
Wash
Don Richardson
Earle Johnson
Victoria
B. C
National Park Service
Wally Minor
Tacoma
Paradise Inn
Curtis Skinner
Richardson
Johnson
U. S
Skinner
Harvey Glen Ullyot
Royal Camateen Air Force
Comox
Ullyot
Kautz Glacier
Virginian Named National Legion Commander
Wilbur C. Daniel 42, of Danville Virginia, was elected national commander of the American Legion. He defeated Charles W. Blackburn of Versailles Kentucky by 3024 to 114 in a roll call vote. Daniel is personal director at Dan River Mills and a former national vice commander and Virginia department commander. He is married with a son.
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Los Angeles
Wilbur C
Dan) Daniel
Danville
American Legion
Daniel
Charles W. Blackburn
Versailles
Dan River Mills
The
Legion
Department of Virginia
Jimmy Foxx
Dan
Glendive Woman Killed in Fall
Glendive Mrs. Elmer Beder age 28 died Thursday from a basilar skull fracture and intracranial hemorrhage after a fall at her home. Survivors include her husband Elmer and two daughters aged one month and one year.
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Glendive
Elmer Beder
Elmer
What’s in a Name Drummer Ad Beats for Sale Items
The text explains that a drummer was the nickname for itinerant salesmen who beat a drum to announce arrival. Want Ads are described as beating the drum loudly to sell items, with a call to dial 5451 for an experienced Want Ad writer to help.
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Dial 5451
Want
Three-Year Pact with Anaconda Approved by 31 AFL-CIO Unions
A three-year contract with The Anaconda Company was approved by 26 unions in Butte Anaconda and Great Falls, four voted against, and one result pending. The pact retroactive to July 1 mirrors the agreement recently accepted by local Mine Mill and Smelter Workers units.
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Anaconda Company
Afl-Cio
Butte
Anaconda
Great Falls
James
Butte, Anaconda
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
U S Opens Talks With Romania on Friendlier Ties
The United States proposed talks with Communist Romania on October 15 in Bucharest to ease tensions and broaden topics beyond economics. Romania indicated readiness to discuss compensation for seized properties and the seizure of U.S. government assets, and to address the fate of Americans of Romanian descent.
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Washington
United States
Romania
State Dept
Bucharest
Robert H. Thayer
Moscow
Shopper's Gun Misfire Triggers Confrontation in Glendive
In Glendive a customer argues with clerk Jim Shirley over a malfunctioning .22 revolver. The pistol discharged striking Shirley's jacket sleeve but caused no injury. Shirley wrestled the gun from Harold Donahue and police allowed him to leave with the weapon after deeming it operable.
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Glendive
Jim Shirley
Harold Donahue
Shirley
Donahue
Stevenson says GOP withholds facts on world crisis
Adlai E. Stevenson charged the Republican administration hides facts about the world situation at a San Francisco speech before the International Association of Machinists. He attacked GOP pledges as leap year liberalism and urged labor to join Democrats for victory.
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San Francisco
Adlai E. Stevenson
International Assn
Stevenson
GOP
Dwight Eisenhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
American Legion
Los Angeles
Stevenson-Kefauver
Civic Auditorium
Cartoonist Alexander Raymond Dies in Car Crash
Alexander Raymond 47 a nationally known cartoonist who drew Rip Kirby was killed when the sports car he drove hit a tree and overturned in Westport Connecticut He died on arrival at Norwalk Hospital from a skull fracture and internal injuries He worked for King Features Syndicate and previously drew Flash Gordon He lived in Stamford Connecticut.
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Westport
Conn
Alexander Raymond
Raymond
Rip Kirby
Norwalk Hospital
King Features Syndicate
Stamford
Nixon Attacks Stevenson On Tests Draft And World Image
Vice President Nixon countered Adlai Stevenson at the American Legion Convention arguing against stopping hydrogen bomb tests and ending the draft while defending U S prestige abroad. Stevenson defended limited testing and draft timing, calling for cautious foreign policy amid rising Cold War tensions.
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Los Angeles
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
United States
American Legion
Stevenson
America
Shrine Auditorium
Montana Weather Outlook East and West
The Montana forecast shows east and west regions mostly sunny or fair with a warm Friday reaching 80 to 85. Friday night into Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and a few showers mainly in western mountains, with cooler conditions Saturday across the west and highs 72 to 80 west and 80 to 88 east.
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Montana
Undertow Sweeps Marines to Death Off Okinawa Beach
Eleven U S Marines drowned during a calm water swim off a north Okinawa beach amid a violent undertow blamed on Typhoon Emma. A dozen survivors clung to a rubber raft as helicopters aided rescues and a later roll call identified the fallen by name and home towns.
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Okinawa
Naha
U. S
Marine Corps
Jack Westerman
Bation
9Th Marine Regiment
Imme
John L. Shanahan
James M. Middleton
Balboa
Calif
Butte Marine Among Unit Lost in Okinawa Beach Tragedy
Pfc. Ray Grant 19 a former speed skating champion and member of Company F 2nd Battalion 9th Marine Regiment survived a swimming accident off Okinawa that killed 11 Marines. Grant, son of John Grant of 2556 Parrot Street, is a 1955 graduate of Boys Central High School. He studied at Joseph Parochial School where he set speed skating records.
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Ray Grant
9Th Marine Regiment
Okinawa
Butte
Grant
John Grant
Parrot St
Boys Central High School
Marine Corps
St.oseph
Switchman’s spur of the moment switch caused Santa Fe wreck
N M Springer railroad worker Pete Caldarelli testified he threw a switch just before a crash that killed 20 railroad employees on a siding near Springer New Mexico on Sept 5 1956. He said signal lights showed the main line open and the brakeman was not near the switch. The inquest found deaths resulted from a head on collision between the Chief and a mail train with no company rule violation found.
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Springer
N. M
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Pete Caldarelli
Raton
Robinson Switch
At&sf
Sic
Caldarelli
New Mexico Corporation Commission
James Lamb
France Increases Forces in Cyprus During Suez Crisis
Nicosia reports 2500 French paratroopers and airmen arrive from Marseille aboard Athos II to bolster Cyprus during the Suez crisis. Additional French ships and airborne reinforcements are expected, with Baghdad and Amman signaling regional concern.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Middle East
Marseille
Limassol
Baghdad
Iraq
Nuri Said
U. S
Suez
Jordan
Ine Awni Abdel Hadi
Amman
Athos II
Athos
Pasteur
Western and Egyptian talks seek Suez stalemate break
Washington reports a Cairo stalemate on the Suez Canal as new Western consultations open. Secretary Dulles briefs a five man bipartisan delegation while Egypts Nasser rejects the Dulles plan and proposes own terms. British Prime Minister Eden faces an emergency session as Menzies prepares to brief London.
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Washington
Cairo
Suez Canal
Dulles
Suez
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Eden
Parli
State Dept
Egypt
Nasser
Robert G. Menzies
London
Selwyn
Nasser rejects plan as Suez talks drift toward delay
London plans an emergency Parliament session on September 12 after President Nasser refuses the 1 percent international control proposal for the Suez Canal. Menzies mission remains in Cairo amid secrecy as diplomats note a flat rejection and signal possible no agreement before Monday unless Cairo offers new terms.
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London
Nasser
Suez Canal
Cairo
Menzies
London Suez
Menies
Egypt
Montana Pioneer Passes in N Y
Mrs Olla Burnett Iddings of Hamilton died in Gowanda New York Thursday one week before her 96th birthday. She came to Montana in 1878 and lived in New York with her daughter Mrs Carrie Spencer since 1948. Her parents ran a hotel in Glendale between Butte and Dillon. She married Will T Iddings and they homesteaded near Hamilton in 1882.
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Hamilton
Olla Burnett Iddings
Montana
Gowanda
N. Y
New York
Carrie Spencer
Iddings
J. J. Burnett
Glendale
Butte
Dillon
Will T. Iddings
Bargain Day in Traffic Court In Mineola
In Mineola New York traffic court Andrew T Hewitt 57 faced a $25 fine for driving without a license. Judge Lyman D Hall lowered the fine to $20 then to $18 after Hewitt offered $20. The exchange shows a bargain day with reduced penalties.
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Mineola
N. Y
Andrew T. Hewitt
Lyman D Hall
Hewitt
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