Ione Hammers Virginia After North Carolina Toll Rising
Hurricane Ione moved into Virginia after causing at least four deaths and extensive damage in eastern North Carolina. In Hampton Roads tides rose to about seven feet above low water with winds near 58 mph, threatening flooding and damaged lines and roads.
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Norfolk
Ione
Virginia
North Carolina
Norfolk Weather Bureau
Hampton Roads
Glen V. Sachse
Sachse
Willoughby
Rep John Dingell Dies Suddenly at Walter Reed
Rep John Dingell of Detroit dies at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after a Friday admission for a physical checkup. He and his family confirmed a heart attack likely caused his death at age 62, with funeral plans expected in Detroit. Survived by Grace B Dingell wife two sons John Jr James and daughter Jule.
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Washington
John D. Dingell
Detroit
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dingell
15Th
Michigan
Congress
Walter Reed Hospital
James
Grace B. Dingell
John Jr
Jule
Two Women Freed by Chinese Captors
Two American women missionaries, Miss Sarah Perkins and Miss Dorothy Middleton, were released by Red China after about 40 years in captivity on sabotage charges. They crossed the border into Hong Kong Tuesday as the eighth and ninth Americans freed by the Communists since Friday under Geneva terms. Perkins, 63, is a Georgia native with New York headquarters. Middleton, once of Cicero Illinois, is the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hines of Lakeland Florida. Both are Presbyterian missionaries.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Geneva
Sarah Perkins
Georgia
New York
Dorothy Middleton
Cicero, Ill
Roy Hines
Lakeland
Fla
First U.S. Census of 1790 and Classified Ads
The note cites the 1790 census population at 3 929 214 and promotes classified ads in Standard-Post for vacancies and sales. It shows an example ad “GOOD CLEAN 4& OLDS, $250. PH. 0000.”
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U.S
Standard-Post
Petersen Named to Fill Vacancy on Butte School Board
Robert J. Petersen was appointed to complete the late William Mott’s three year term on the Butte School District No. 1 board. He co-owns Petersen Bros. Grocery and lives at 900 E. Mercury. The board also adopted union salary and training recommendations as overcrowding warnings prompted by City Superintendent George Haney.
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Robert J. Petersen
William Mott
House of Representatives
Butte Teachers Union
Heard City
George Haney
Petersen
Maybelle Hogan
Mott
E. Mercury
Petersen Bros
New Party
Supt
Haney
Thomas Stanisich
Arnold Olsen
Benson and Mansfield Clash Over Farm Proposals
Sen Mansfield accuses Secretary Benson of delaying farm plan disclosures and urges immediate hearings. He links farm income decline to 1956 election stakes and criticizes Eisenhower's farm policy. Benson defends that proposals are in discussion, while Nixon defends the administration and Democrats press for a party position on farm policies.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Congress
Administration
Eisenhower
Nixon
Truman
Chicago
Paul M. Butler
Claude Wickard
Soviet Sign Finland Pact Returns Porkkala Base
In Moscow, the Soviet Union and Finland signed a 20 year friendship extension and restored Porkkala military base to Finland. Premier Bulganin and Urho Kekkonen led the agreements as East Germany talks drafted a new sovereignty treaty to be signed Tuesday.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Finland
Porkkala
Kremlin
East Germany
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Urho Kekkonen
Emil Skog
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Bulgaria
Juho K. Paasikivi
Marshall Klementi Voroshilov
Paasikivi
Russia
Case Dropped in 1918 State Vagrancy Convictions
Judge John B. McClernan granted dismissal of police court convictions for Jim Kane and Madge West on charges of state vagrancy. The defendants had appealed to District Court. city attorney Robert P. McGee cited the 1918 appeals filed in September and the death of the complaining witness, a Butte policeman.
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Jim Kane
Madge West
John B. McClernan
Robert P. McGee
Butte
Seven Die in Bloody Montana Weekend On Roads
A brutal weekend on Montana highways left at least seven dead and the state tally climbing to 153 for the year, with victims ranging from a Broadus couple to a Powell student and a Libby Air Force sergeant. The spate of crashes stretched across the state from Libby to Helena, with officials labeling the toll appalling.
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Treasure State
Montana
Bruce Morrow
Broadus
Bowie
Tex
Ann Sullivan Bridgeford
Butte
William Fitzgerald
Havre
Harry H. Bergh
Glasgow
Donald Faye Fleming
Powell
Wyo
Harlin N. Huggins
Yank
Paul Crum Jr
Los Angeles
Libby
Ray Frost
Crum
S.sgt
Bobby Lee
Arthur Luebbers
Eulis Rowland
William Davey
Joseph Lewis
Huggins
Lincoln County
Helena
Glenn M. Schultz
Montana Highway Patrol
Schultz
National Safety Council
Butte Woman Dies in Helena Car Crash
Ann Catherine Sullivan Bridgeford of Butte dies in a car crash nine miles south of Helena while returning from Helena. Driver Thomas Judge 25 from Nevada treated for minor injuries. investigation by Jefferson County authorities continues. Bridgesford leaves two young children and parents Francis and Sullivan of Butte.
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Ann Bridgeford
Butte
Ann Catherine Sullivan Bridgeford
White
Thomas Judge
Nevada
Helena
Richard Nankervis
Placer St
Carroll College
Wash
Jefferson County
Bridgeford
Margaret Sullivan
Francis Sullivan Jr
Missoula
Daniel V. Sullivan
Joe Sullivan
Livingston
Mildred Harrington
Flurry Harrington
Ireland
Mr Bald of 1955 Crowned in Pinerolo Contest
Giovanni Baldioli aged 45 won the Mr Bald of 1955 title at a contest in Pinerolo Italy drawing 80 entrants. Judges noted insufficient hair on all contestants to form a good mustache. Baldioli received a gold comb as prize.
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Pinerolo
Italy
Giovanni Baldioli
Mr. Bald
Baldioli
Butte Police Captain Injured Chasing Speeder
Police Capt Edward Molthen was hospitalized after a crash early Monday morning while pursuing a speeder on East Park Street near Grant Grade School. Driver Officer Edward Moser escaped unhurt as Molthen suffered shoulder and leg pains, with non fracture injuries.
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Edward A. Molthen
E. Galena
St. James Hospital
Edward A. Moser
Colorado
Malthen
Moser
East Park Street
Grant Grade School
Park
Molthen
Butte Chamber Delegation Heads to Billings Workshop
Thirty two members of the Butte Chamber of Commerce depart for Billings to attend a Local Chamber Leaders Workshop. The one day session aims to boost understanding of theChamber role in community development with leaders from Montana and neighboring states.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Billings
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber of Commerce
Montana
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Robert D. Corette
Chamber
Dan Mooney
Larry Smith
Harold McGrath
Emmett Buckley
R. V. Burke
D. R. Campbell
H. L. Casebeer
Ed Cooney
Lloyd Crippen
William Dolan
James Driscoll
Fred Emmett
C. Pat Egan
H. A. Frank
John Hazen
R. W. Hickox
Joe Kissock
Gillis B. Lembke
F. E. Lienemann
Rourke MacDonald
George W. McVey
John McKenna
Verne T. Smith
Irene Snell
Charles Spillum
H. R. Stanaway
Don Ulrich
J. R. van Pelt
Stockton Veazey Jr
Len Waters
J. D. Wymore
Montana Weather Update Tuesday Through Wednesday
Montana forecast splits into east and west zones with cloudiness and rain and scattered thunderstorms Tuesday. Winds shift cooler. mountains may see snow. Highs 55 to 75 across regions. Wednesday remains cool with showers and diminishing winds.
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Montana
Military Junta Named to Negotiate Peace in Argentina
A three man junta replaces Peron amid a four day civil war and offers to open peace talks with rebel leaders aboard the cruiser La Argentina. The move aims to halt fighting, seal a cease fire, and resolve tensions with employers unions and the Vatican backed church.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Domingo Peron
Argentina
Peron
Franklin Lucero
Lucero
Pron
Supreme Court
Hernan Bellido
Emile Forcher
Interior Forces
Angel Juan Mani
Carlos Wirrth
Maria Felix Robles
Butte Approves seven Street Contracts for 80 800
Butte city officials awarded seven paving contracts totaling 80 800 to Kiely Construction Co. for the 1955 56 permanent street program. The work, overseen by County Surveyor George McCarthy, will extend into 1956 57 with weather permitting. Money from the auto license refund funds the project as a long range plan is mapped with the county and contractor.
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Butte
Kiely Construction Co
George McCarthy
Tim J. Sullivan
Infant Kidnapped From Crib at Mt Zion Hospital
Police search San Francisco for a chunky blonde woman seen near the Mt Zion Hospital nursery as the three day old son of Dr and Mrs Sanford Marcus was abducted between 3 45 and 4 15 p.m. PDT. Investigators suspect a mentally troubled woman acted out of a misguided maternal urge and kidnapping was not for ransom.
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San Francisco
U.P
Mt. Zion Hospital
Robert Marcus
Sanford Marcus
Wiley accuses Defense Dept of playing politics on new military seats
Senator Alexander Wiley charges the Defense Department is playing politics with the new military seats program. He did not elaborate on specific actions or evidence.
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Washington
U.P
Alexander Wiley
Defense Department
Butte Man Elected President Of Montana Grocers
Ray Carter of Butte was elected president of the Montana State Food Distributors Assn at the close of its 16th annual convention in Butte. Frank Stupen of Anaconda retires as president and joins the board. Jack Brown of Kalispell named vice president. Board members include B. J. Lingscheid Great Falls Jack Clifford Forsyth L. L Vierus Billings with holdovers Dave Guilbault Missoula J D Kelly Hardin and Joe Petesch Geyser. The group chose Butte to host the 1956 convention.
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Ray Carter
Butte
Montana State Food Distributors Assn
Finlen Hotel
Frank Stupen
Anaconda
Soca
Jack Brown
Kalispell
B. J. Lingscheid
Great Falls
Jack Clifford
Forsyth
L. L Vierus
Great Falls Records Four New Polio Cases
Great Falls reports four new polio cases, including an eight year old girl and an eight year old boy, raising the epidemic total to 31. Victor Johnson, 47, a brewery engineer, is listed as seriously ill with paralysis. A 19 year old woman at the Great Falls Air Force Base brings the base total to seven cases since August.
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Great Falls
Grea Falls
Beth
Victor Johnson
Johnson
Great Fal Air Force Base
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Associated Press
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North Carolina Highway Patrol
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John Dingell
Robert Petersen
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Miles City
Great Basin Petroleum Co
Denver
Bruce
S. A. Holt Jr
U. S
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Fitzgerald
Haston Broadus
Katherine Doney
Frank Chavez
Laredo
U. S. Navy
Lake Campbell
Bergh
B. E. Richter
Howard Highland
Jordan Farmer
Fleming
Northwest Community College
Bridger
Eugene V. Fleming
Korea
Mrs. Ann Bridgeford
Speeder
Delmiro Videla Balaguer
C of C
Montana Weather
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Belgrade
Broadus Ee
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Cut Bank
Dillon
Drummond Eneene
Lewistown
West Yellowstone
By Bruce Henderson
Labor Federation
Crib
Butte Man Heads Grocers Group
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