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Newspaper

The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1955

Page

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Democrats Charge Farm Betrayal by Eisenhower Admin

Nine Midwestern state leaders meeting at Island View near International Falls charge the Eisenhower administration with betrayal of farmers. They call for a new Democratic program restoring farm price supports and addressing farm income, warning of a green uprising to reject current farm policy.

International Falls Minn Eisenhower America Island View Here Rainey Lake Michigan Wisconsin Kansas Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Montana Minnesota Republican Party Paul Butler Indiana National Democratic Committee Hubert Humphrey D-Minn Butler Midwest

Dock Strike Off Then On Again

The International Longshoremen's Association reinstated a waterfront strike after five hours off the job. Patrick J. Connolly blamed a double cross as Assemblyman Ostrander denied agreeing to a special hearing. Marine workers halted port activity in protest of the Waterfront Commission’s perceived abuses of power and subpoenas.

New York International Longshoremen’s Assn Patrick J. Connolly New York Harbor Connolly John Ostrander Saratoga Republican Committee On Industrial and Labor Relations Marshall Miller ILA Ostrander Waterfront Commission New York-New Jersey AFL Commission Marshal Miller Miller Atlantic District Executive Council John Ostra

French Move to Avert New Moroccan Rioting

French authorities escalate precautions in Rabat and Casablanca as reinforcements bring the total force to about 80 000. Premier Faure and the cabinet discuss a plan tied to Sultan Ben Youssef’s return and a new government with nationalist participation to negotiate home rule.

Rabat Morocco U.P Paris Edgar Faure Meknes Casablanca Algeria Pierre Boyer de Latour Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef Faure Ben Youssef France Madagascar Sidi Mohammed II Ben Moulay Arafa Ben Arafa Menes Darmstadt Germany U. S. Army Stars and Stripes Air Force Protectorate U. S

Search Called Off For Superfort Survivors Near Okinawa

The Far East Air Forces ended its search for survivors from the B29 vanished off Okinawa Thursday night with 13 aboard. Planes will continue scanning the area about 200 miles southwest of Okinawa. Authorities at Okinawa earlier said there were likely no survivors. The B29 was on a training flight.

Tokyo Far East Air Forces Okinawa Air Force

Montana Weather Briefing East Warmth Ahead

Partly cloudy conditions in eastern Montana Monday with highs near 80 to 85 degrees. Overnight Monday into Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies west and a chance of scattered showers as cooler air arrives.

Montana Tuesay Billings Belgrade Broadus Oeean Butte Cut Bank Enthatas Kalispell Lewistown Livingston Miles City Missoula West Yellowstone

French Reserves Refuse Service at Gare de Lyons

More than 100 reserve airmen on a 13 car troop train for Marseilles refused to board shouting leave Morocco to the Moroccans. Police blocked exits and moved civilians, while guards surrounded the platform. The rebels were packed into police wagons and taken to barracks for review as the train finally pulled away.

Paris U P Morocco Gare de Lyons Marseilles North Africa Air Force Reaiity

Nationalist Planes Drop Rice and Leaflets Over China

Nationalist aircraft on Saturday night dropped tons of relief rice and millions of anti Communist leaflets in southeast China and in Kwangtung province, the air force reported. No figure was given for the number of planes involved.

Taipei China Kwangtung

Eisenhower urges longer schooling and later retirement

President Eisenhower, during a Lowry Air Force Base tour, argues for extending high school and college curricula to five years to fit a more complex era. He suggests keeping an open mind about a five year academy program and notes older workers are pushed to retire too early, joking he will join a revolution of old men.

Denver Eisenhower New Air Force Academy Lowry Air Force Base West Point Columbia University Hubert R. Harmon Academy Harmon

Adenauer appeals to Soviet leaders on German prisoners

West German Chancellor Adenauer urged Moscow to free thousands of Germans held in the Soviet Union, arguing relations cannot normalize while prisoners remain. The Soviets countered that only German war criminals are held and East German participation is needed. Khrushchev urged common ground as Bulganin accepted a proposed economic delegation to Moscow later this year.

London Konrad Adenauer Moscow Hitler Adenauer Russia West Germany Soviet Union Nikolai Bulganin Bulganin

Building and Loan Delegates Hear Prediction of Record Year

Stephen Slipher predicted 1955 would be the nation’s greatest business year at the Montana Building and Loan League opening dinner. The 31st annual meeting drew about 100 people as officials outlined federal legislative developments affecting savings and loan operations.

Stephen Slipher Montana Building and Loan League Slipher Washington United States Savings and Loan League State League Thomas T. Taylor Prudential Federal Savings and Loan Assn Salt Lake City

Flood Warnings In Texas Reach Rio Grande Valley

Texas coast residents from Del Rio to Brownsville faced possible floods as a tropical disturbance stirred winds and squalls. One to three foot tides and heavy rain threatened the lower valley, with sandbagging underway in Weslaco and Raymondville residents kept from returning to flood damaged homes.

Brownsville Tex.s Rio Grande Valley del Rio Texas Weslaco Raymondville State Disaster Office Rio Grande

Efficient Crooks Steal 240 Turkeys in Chicago Halting Heist

Donald Burns of Greeley Colorado reported four men robbed his transport truck in Chicago. They broke in after arrival and took 240 raw birds, fleeing in a panel truck. Burns found 36 turkeys left in the alley before returning to find all nine cases gone.

Chicago Donald Burns Greeley Colo Burns

New Area Rule Aims to Boost Supersonic Speed

NACA announced a new aircraft design concept called the area rule that increases supersonic speeds without extra power. Invented by Richard T. Whitcomb at Langley, the rule shapes the fuselage to reduce drag at transonic speeds, with applications on the Navy FN1F-1 Tiger, Air Force F102A, and Navy F8U-1 carrier interceptor.

Washington National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics NACA Marilyn Monrose Aviation Week Aeronautical Research Richard T. Whitcomb Langley Aeronautical Laboratory Hampton Navy Grumman Bethpage Long Island N. Y Air Force San Diego Dallas Tex Whitcomb

Distant 6.8 Quake Noted at Caltech Seismology Lab

PASADENA Calif A large distant earthquake was recorded at 11 07 38 pm PDT Sunday at the Caltech seismological laboratory. Dr Charles Richter said preliminary calculations placed the distance at about 8000 miles in an undetermined direction. Magnitude 6 8 on a scale with 8 6 as the record maximum.

Pasadena Calif California Institute of Technology Seismological Laboratory Charles Richter

Ten Americans in China Convicted in Propaganda Spy Case

A Peiping radio report says ten American civilians including two women missionaries were convicted of offenses from propaganda to spying. It notes their conduct deemed fairly good and indicates their release to Hong Kong is planned before prison terms end. Border guards at Hong Kong reported no sign of them as of Sunday.

London Red China Peiping China Hong Kong U. S Chungking Shanghai Foochow Canton Geneva Wang Ping-nan U.S U. Alexis Johnson Reds U. S. State Dept Washington Britain India United States

U S to Press for Word on Missing GIs in Korea

The United States will press Peiping for word on several hundred American soldiers listed as missing in the Korean War. Some may be in Chinese Communist hands and a resolution is expected in Geneva talks. Peiping radio dismissed the claim of 500 Americans held in China as fabrication.

Washington United States Peiping Red China Geneva Peiping Radio Communist Party People’s Daily China U. S A. Alexis Johnson

China denies holding American soldiers in Korea

Peiping radio said Sunday no American soldiers are held by China and rejected U S claims of 500 to 600 captives as fabrications by the State Department. The broadcast urged Washington to stop smearing China and to cease provocative questions.

Two Kalispell Men and Forest Observer Die In Plane Crash

A small plane carrying E. A. Gene Cole and Fred Wagner of Kalispell and Forest Service aerial observer Gene M. Tuininga of Belmont Calif. crashed during a routine patrol about 45 miles southeast of Kalispell. The wreckage was found near Swan River country north of the Condon Ranger Station. Sheriff coroner Bill Graham will lead recovery with Forest Service personnel.

Kalispell Missoula Mont Forest Service A. E. Spaulding al Forester E. A Gene) Cole Corsair Flight Service Fred Wagner Cole Gene. M. Tuininga Belmont Calif Condon Ranger Station Swan River Country Herbert Syler Condon Station Spaulding Tuiinga Flathead Bill Graham Lake County

Million Dollar Fire Destroys Vancouver Warehouses

A fire in Vancouver's False Creek industrial area caused over 1 million dollars in damage, destroying two large warehouses a sawmill and a fleet of lumber carriers. Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd. warehouses suffered the heaviest losses with more than two million dollars worth of refrigerators television sets and other household furnishings destroyed.

Vancouver B. C False Creek Arrow Transfer Co. Ltd Arrow Transfer

Smooching Linnets Cause Power Line Short in Capistrano

In Capistrano Beach two linnets on a power line kissed, causing a short circuit that shut San Juan Water Co pumps. Don Kennedy saw a sudden flash from the transformer as the birds’ beaks locked, burning their chests and knocking out service until fuses were replaced about an hour later.

Capistrano Beach Calif San Juan Don Kennedy

Campaign Set for Diocese Building Program

The Diocese of Helena announced a major fundraising drive led by Bishop Joseph M. Gilmore to finance a seminary in the diocese, expand Carroll College with a science building and library wing, and create a fund to aid financially strapped parishes. The campaign starts October 16 in all parishes and aims to mobilize about 4000 volunteers, with initial meetings this week and non Catholic support not solicited but welcomed.

Helena Joseph M. Gilmore Gilmore Pope Pius XII

Anti Reds Win in Phnom Penh Elections

In Phnom Penh the anti Communist party of former King Norodom Sihanouk won a landslide in a key test of strength against neutrality. Norodom's Socialist People's Community captured all 46 seats decided so far in the vote for a 91 member assembly.

Phnom Penh Cambodia U.P Norodom Sihanouk Southeast Asia Norodom Socialist People's Community

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