Soviet Gift to Finland Seen as Ace in the Hole
Western diplomats view Moscow promise to return Porkkala base to Finland as a strategic move ahead of the Geneva Foreign Ministers Conference. Pravda frames base abolition as easing global tensions and potentially loosening NATO pressure by Norway and Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Porkkala
Finland
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Pravda
Norway
Denmark
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kremlin
Nikolai Bulganin
Konrad Adenauer
Nikita Khrushchev
Urho Kekkonen
Fund for Republic backs Illinois Legion program amid clash
In Chicago the Fund for the Republic defends its support for the Illinois Legion Education for Freedom program after national commander Seaborn Collins criticized the fund. Irving Breakstone, former Illinois commander, broader dispute over civil liberties and anti communism efforts, noting the fund’s Ford Foundation ties and $15 million grant.
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Chicago
Fund For the Republic
The
American Legion
Legion
Illinois
Irving Breakstone
the Legion
Seaborn P. Collins
Breakstone
Collins
Illinois Legion
Education For Freedom
Fund For
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Hutchins
Food Distributors Urged to Help Shape Policies in Montana
The Montana State Food Distributors Association held a Sunday banquet in Butte to urge grocers to participate in government policy formation. Henry Bison Jr. of Washington, DC, urged active industry involvement while outlining federal impacts on business. The event capped opening day of the 16th annual parley with sessions, upcoming addresses by Atty. Gen. Olsen and Leonard Kanter, and a luncheon at Eddy Bakery Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana State Food Distributors Assn
Butte
Henry Bison Jr
Washington, D. C
National Association of Retail Grocers
Finlen
Silver Bow
Arnold H. Olsen
Leonard Kanter
Eddy Bakery
Frank Stupea
Anaconda
Bison
Wyoming Air Guard Jets Crash Kills Three Aviators
Two Wyoming Air National Guard single engine jets collided during a gunnery mission seven miles southwest of Torrington Wyoming. All three crewmembers were from the 187th Fighter Bomber Squadron and did not bail out as their planes plunged to adjacent fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
U.P
Wyoming Air National Guard
Torrington
Wyoming
Wyoming Air Guard
Zhukov Calls for U.S. Base Closures Worldwide
Soviet Defense Minister G K Zhukov urged Washington to shut down overseas military installations around the Soviet Union Red China and other countries. He said Russia plans to liquidate its bases in general during a Sunday night statement in Moscow.
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Moscow
U.P
G. K. Zhukov
United States
Soviet Union
China
Supplies Rushed to Flooded Guatemalan Port Area
Guatemala The government rushed food and medical supplies Sunday to the flooded Pacific coast port of San Jose fifty miles south of here struck by a tropical storm. Torrential rains ceased but villages near San Jose remained under five to six feet of water. Hurricane winds and heavy rains lashed the port for four hours causing major damage to homes and communications. One woman was killed when a home collapsed.
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Guatemala
Pacific Coast
San Jose
Here
Salter and Eiland Returned to Washington After Riot Extradition
Herman Salter 27 and James Eiland 29, ringleaders of the July 5 Walla Walla Prison riot, were escorted from Deer Lodge to Butte airport and flown to Washington under extradition papers. Salter resisted violently during transfer. Eiland cooperated with officers. Both had escaped from the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane and face long terms in Washington penal institutions.
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Herman Salter
James Eiland
Washington
Evergreen State
Salter
Eiland
Walla Walla
Butte
Silver Bow County
Bill Dixon
Montana
Deer Lodge
Arthur B. Langlie
Carl Hastie
Husky Salter
Eastern Washington
Trucker Injured In Downhill Harding Way Crash
A 36 year old Billings man Prentice Adams leaped from a runaway truck trailer on Harding Way 19 miles south of Butte. He suffers fractured ribs possible broken bones and cuts but was listed as improved at St James Hospital. The truck laden with corrugated tin roofing hit a rock cut and telescoped.
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Billings
Harding Way
St. James Hospital
Prentice Adams
Glen Stevens
Whitehall
Adams
Butte
Hurricane Ione lashes to East Coast with 125 mph winds
Hurricane Ione roared toward the Carolinas and Virginia, with gusts near 125 mph and 8 to 10 foot tides. Coastal residents evacuated beaches as Red Cross and military units prepared shelters and hurricane anchorages from Myrtle Beach to Cape Cod.
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Hatteras
N. C
Ione
North Carolina
Seaboard
New England
Carolinas
Virgina
Miami Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Charleston
S. C
Morehead City
Myrtle Beach
Provincetown
Mass
Cape Cod
Atlantic City
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Hurricane Hilda Nears Tampico
Hurricane Hilda with 125 mph winds neared the Mexican coast and was forecast to strike near Tampico. Tampico faced floods from prior storms with cloudbursts and high water, while Texans along the lower Rio Grande prepared with sandbags and evacuations as the storm tracked north northwest.
Mitchell Claims Ike Ordered Rotten D Y Deal
Former Democratic national chairman Stephen A. Mitchell accused President Eisenhower of personally ordering a rotten Dixon-Yates power contract in June 1954. He criticized the plan as wasteful and harmful to taxpayers and cited public opposition that led to its cancellation. Mitchell also linked the issue to 1956 Illinois governor considerations.
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LA Salle
Ill
Stephen A. Mitchell
Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates
Mitchell
la Salle County
Chicago
Illinois
West Memphis
Ark
Memphis
Dixon- Yates Utility Group
Leonard Hall
Truman
Roosevelt
Eight Polio Victims in Family Improved
In Rockford Illinois farmer Keron Walsh and his wife parents of 14 children, eight polio victims are reported improving by hospital authorities after 10 days. Seventeen year old David, the only one in an iron lung, remains serious but shows slight improvement.
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Rockford
Ill
Keron Walsh
David
West Seeks Strategy to Meet Soviets
Washington observers say the Soviet move to recognize West Germany changes the balance and requires a skilled Western strategy. Dulles and allied ministers must chart a plan at meetings starting Monday, aware that Moscow controls some factors and German public opinion will largely determine long term outcomes.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Dulles
Moscow
West Germany
Bulgaria
Konrad Adenauer
Bonn
U. S. State Department
West
State Department
Dulles
Four St Louis Firemen Killed in Collision
Four St Louis firemen from Company 36 were killed when a fire truck with siren and lights collided with a tractor-trailer at an intersection. Driver Orville Freeze was charged with four counts of manslaughter and related offenses. The victims were Capt. Frank Jones and Privates William Nation, John Craig, and Robert Geisler.
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ST. Louis
Fire Department
Frank Jones
William Nation
John Craig
Robert Geisler
Nation
Orville
Eugene Freeze
Wentzville
Freeze
Tito May Visit Moscow After Geneva Conference
Yugoslav leader Tito may visit Moscow after the foreign ministers conference in Geneva, according to well informed diplomatic sources.
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Tito
Moscow
U.P
Geneva
Dazed 7 Year Old Found Near Broadus After Fatal Crash
A 7 year old boy wandering along U S Highway 212 led a motorist to a wreck north of Broadus where his father Henry B. Marrow 35 died and his mother was severely injured. Coroner S A Holt Jr. said the vehicle left the road and crashed after speeding. The boy was hospitalized in Miles City and is not believed to be seriously hurt. The fatality marked the 146th traffic death in Montana this year, three fewer than previous year.
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Broadus
Great Basin Petroleum Co
Denver
Marrow
Bowie
Tex
Miles City
Holt
Borrow Pit
Montana
Perons Forces Claim Re conquest of Córdoba and rebel moves
Argentine government reports loyal forces have reconquered Córdoba, a key city of 350,000, while rebels claim control in Mendoza and San Juan San Luis. Gas supply lines were cut into Buenos Aires and a Buenos Aires defense remains tense amid threats of bombardment.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
Plate River
Juan D. Peron
Cordoba
Argentina
Tucuman
Puerto Belgrano
2Nd Army
Gentine
Mendoza
San Juan
San Luis
Butte Man’s Body Recovered From Jefferson River
The body of Anthony Peter Alaska 46 was recovered from the Jefferson River about 12 45 p m Sunday. He slipped into the river Friday while attempting to rescue a cocker spaniel named Feathers. The body was found in an 18 foot deep hole by Broadwater County Sheriff Jack Foster after a dragnet involving about 20 men. Alaska lived at 350 E Galena and worked for Safeway. A search had continued since Friday night led by Jefferson County undersheriff Dan Quinn. Survivors include three sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held in Mount Carmel Pa.
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Anthony Peter
Tony
Alaska
Jefferson River
Duggan
Merrill Mortuary
Broadwater
Jack Foster
Foster
Madison County
Lloyd Brook
Jefferson County
George Paradis
E. Galena
Cardwell
Fred Christopher
Acoma
Safeway
Christopher
Dan Quinn
Whitehall
Cliff Westfall
Harrison
Beatrice Alaska
Mount Carmel
Anna DePatron
Staten Island
New York
Mary Annette
Omaha
Neb
Joe Alaska
Montana Weather Forecast Sees Warmer East With Fair Skies
Eastern Montana expects fair conditions and warmer day with highs 65 to 78 and a slight rise Tuesday. Western Montana will be fair at 70 with Tuesday partly cloudy skies and little temperature change. Maximums cover 12 hours and minimums 18 hours to 5 30 p.m. Sunday.
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Montana
U S Missionary Freed After Years In Red China
The Rev. Levi A. Lovegren an American Baptist missionary from Cherry Grove Oregon crossed into Hong Kong territory after nearly five years in Red China on espionage charges. He was the seventh American freed in four days as Geneva talks promised release of 10 civilians and 12 others denied exit permits. Three U S Roman Catholic priests were freed on Sunday. Father Gordon of Somerset Ohio Father Hyde Lowell Massachusetts and Father Joyce Clinton Massachusetts said they faced long house arrest with poor food but no physical torture. They reported prayer books in Chinese and Russian and noted mass arrests of church workers in Shanghai and possible future religious clashes.
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Hong Kong
Levi A. Lovegren
Cherry Grove
Ore
Red China
Lovegren
Reds
Geneva
U. S
Frederick A. Gordon
Somerset
Ohio
Joseph E. Hyde
Lowell
Mass
James G. Joyce
Clinton
Father Gordon
Luis Remigo Bolumburu
Shanghai
Foochow
Matsu Islands
Father Hyde
Father Joyce
Foochow Airfield
Foochow Field
Matsus
Formosa
Utah Plane Crash Claims Two Lives
Two Californians were killed when their small plane crashed while taking off from Cedar City airport. Pilot Lynal B. Chase of Oceanside and Harvey Lay of Carlsbad died instantly. the men were Cedar City friends returning home from Utah.
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Cedar City
Utah
U.P
California
Lynal B. Chase
Oceanside
Calif
Harvey Lay
Carlsbad
Chase
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South View Hospital
Milwaukee
Sentinel
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Wilmington
Norfolk
Navy
Chesapeake Bay
Tangier Island
Iowa
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Albany
Mississippi
Atlantic
Tampico
Brownsville
Isla de Lobos
Panuco
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Raymondville
Gladys
Mary Frost
Associated Press
Police Dept
Ihe
By John M. Hightower
Peron
Bahia Blanca
Comodoro Rivadavia
Plate
Rio de la Plata
Jefferson
Montana Weather
Belgrade
Broadus Wrew
Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Sees
Glasgow
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