Butte Wins Permanent Pioneer League Franchise for 1956
Butte will host Pioneer League baseball in 1956 after a 39 year lapse. Ogden’s franchise, owned by the Cincinnati Redlegs, transfers to the Mining City with a permanent deal assurance. The option on a new American Legion ballpark near the junior high school secures the move, ending a three year bid by local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pioneer League
Ogden
Cincinnati Redlegs
National League
Walter Barnard
William T. Cullen
Butte Pioneer Baseball, Inc
E. P. Frizelle
Barnard
Cullen
Frizelle
Cincinnati
Pioneer
American Legion
Silver Bow Post No. 1
Legionnaires
Ogden Club
Billings
Great Falls
Pocatello
Twin Falls
4 H FFA Stock Show Sale Tops Prices In Butte
At the 4 H and FFA Show in Butte top calf price went to Billy Garrison of Beaverhead County who sold a 950 pound calf for 55 cents per pound and 522 50 total. Barbara Frisbee of McAllister stole the spotlight by donating her lamb to the Butte Soroptimist Home. Other notable sales included Pay n Save No 21 paying 45 cents for a 935 pound calf and Deer Lodge Bank paying 44 cents for a 1035 pound calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Garrison
Beaverhead County
Butte
Joe Wilson
Barbara Frisbee
McAllister
Bozeman
Misco Mills
Sandra Hunt
Madison County
Billy Powell
Madison
Safeway
Highway Rockslide East of Butte Cleared
Highway crews cleared about 4,000 tons of rock from Highway 10S twenty miles east of Butte. The road reopened after a week long closure near the new cut that eliminated Dead Man's Curve on the Butte Whitehall roadway. Richard Dundas of Butte announced the reopening as division maintenance engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Richard Dundas
Butte-Whitehall
Decapitated Body Identified Near Great Falls
Relatives identified the beheaded body recovered from the Missouri River as John Redthunder, 23, whose family had lived in Libby and who worked as a farmhand near Geraldine. Police offered few motive details. a second leg and shoe were also recovered during dredging.
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Great Falls
Missouri River
John Redthunder
Libby
Redthunder
Fort Benton
George Rowe
Canada
Cascade County
First Anesthetic Administered in 1842
Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Georgia first let a patient breathe ether as general anesthesia before surgery. Others credited due to his late report to the Medical Society. advertisers claim daily success from WANT ADS with phone stops and immediate results.
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Crawford W. Long
Jefferson, Ga
Long
Medical Society
Plane Believed Down in Pacific With Five Aboard
Navy Coast Guard and Air Force planes and ships comb the 5,000 square mile Pacific area after Flying Tiger DC-4 believed down about 1,000 miles west of Honolulu. Last radio report said 500 feet with three engines out, from Captain A J Machado. Crews included Hightower Vallejo Gin Los Angeles Olsen Van Nuys Ventresca Sepulveda City. Twenty other aircraft took part in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
U.P
Navy
Coast Guard
Air Force
Pacific
Tiger Airlines
Here
Hickman Field
Wake Island
A. J. Machado
Hickam
Wake
Johnston Island
Flying Tiger
Los Angeles
Machado
Hollywood
Silver Bow Road Project Let By Highway Commission
Helena Two of four road contracts held for review were awarded to low bidders Saturday totaling 1 121 338 for 10 2 miles in Silver Bow and Yellowstone counties. F S Construction Co Butte received 3 885 for 4 38 miles of the Butte west road and brewery bypass. Long Construction Co Billings won 247 453 to grade gravel and build a timber bridge on 5 8 miles of Shiloh and Mott Billings roads. Two jobs were rejected and will be re advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Highway Commission
Fred Quinnell Jr
Silver Bow
Yellowstone
F & S Construction Co
Butte
Butte West
Brewery
Long Construction Co
Billings
Shiloh
Mott-Billings
Yellowstone County
Quinnell _ said
Lewistown
Forest Grove
Fergus County
Wilsall Northeast
Park County
Stevensville Man Killed in Highway Smashup
A Montana grocer, Allen Eugene Morrison of Stevensville, age 48, was killed in a two-vehicle crash on U S Highway 36 four miles east of Chillicothe Missouri. His wife Mildred, 45, was injured with leg and wrist fractures and lacerations. Walter Schaffer, about 40, Green City Missouri, was critically injured while towing a car behind his own vehicle. his car and Morrison’s collided.
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Chillicothe
Montana
U. S. Highway 36
Here
Allen Eugene Morrison
Stevensville
Mont
Mildred
Walter Schaffer
Green City
Highway Patrol
Schaffer
Morrison
Peron Leaves Argentina for Paraguay Asylum
Former Argentine president Juan D Peron gains permission to seek asylum in Paraguay. General Lonardi forms a civilian cabinet and pledges asylum and safety guarantees. Peron to travel on a Paraguayan gunboat toward Asuncion with a safe conduct pass aboard the Humanita.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Paraguay
Eduardo Lonardi
Peron
Lonardi
Vatican
Adm
Isaac Rojas
Armed Services
Interior and Justice Ministry
Eduardo Busso
Juan Chaves
Asuncion
Chaves
Humanita
Freed Brothers Still Face Trial
In Sumner Mississippi Roy Bryant and J W Milam, acquitted of Till murder, still face kidnapping charges in his August disappearance As defense counsel urged acquittal a prior motive cited was alleged advances toward Mrs Roy Bryant The case remains part of Mississippi’s tense history and carries into ongoing legal proceedings (Continued Page 8 Col 3).
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Sumner
Miss
Mississippi
Emmett Louis Till
Till
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
South Side
Chicago
John Whitten
Bryant
Milam
Montana Weather Summary for Sunday and Monday
Montana east shows variable clouds with some rain in the south and snow in the mountains, warmer in the north with highs 45 to 60. Sunday night remains partly to mostly cloudy. warmer than Saturday in most areas. Montana west forecasts partly cloudy conditions Sunday and Monday with higher daytime temps, north highs near 62.
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Montana
Eisenhower Heart Attack Shakes GOP Conventions Ahead
President Eisenhower's heart attack casts uncertainty over a 1956 Republican field. His physicians say he is improving but his condition could force the party to choose a candidate of lesser stature if he does not run. Nixon remains a favored potential candidate, while Democrats see openings against him.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Colorado
Maj
John Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Estes Kefauver
AIME to Visit Aluminum Plant in Montana
Montana section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers resumes meetings with a two day program at Club Rocco Hungry Horse on Oct 1 and an inspection trip to the new Anaconda Aluminum plant at Columbia Falls. National AIME vice president William W Mein Jr visits. dinner and symposium on the plant follow. James F Smith and Edwin Wooster will speak on plant outline and potline operations.
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Montana
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Club Rocco
Hungry Horse
Anaconda Aluminum Company
Columbia Falls
Clifford J. Hicks
Butte
William W. Mein Jr
San Francisco
AIME
Hicks
Mein
Calaveras Cement Co
Bishop Oil Co
C. F. Milkwick
Anaconda
James F. Smith
Edwin Wooster
Potline
Potline Opera
Nation hopes for Ike recovery after heart attack
Leaders from both parties expressed hope for President Eisenhower, with figures like Herbert Hoover Adlai Stevenson Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson sending prayers. Cabinet members and Treasury Secretary Humphrey stressed the President is not in danger and urged nationwide prayers for a swift restoration.
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Eisenhower
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Herbert Hoover
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic Party
Harry S.S. Truman
William F. Knowland
Calif
Senate
House
Joseph W. Martin
R-Mass
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Paul Butler
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower in Oxygen Tent as Heart Attack Battle Continues
White House says President Eisenhower has been in an oxygen tent since hospital admission for a heart attack. A new heart specialist is summoned, with Dr Paul White to arrive Sunday. Conditions described as resting well and good, though the word mild was dropped in later bulletins. Col. Mattingly and Dr. White expected at Fitzsimons, officials say.
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Denver
White House
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Mattingly
Washington
Illness Triggers Quick Calls From Eisenhower Kin
President Eisenhowers heart attack drew rapid calls from his son John Eisenhower and four brothers. Vice President Nixon and most Cabinet members also reached out. A conference on physical fitness set for Sept. 27 28 may be postponed, with no decision until Sunday.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Denver White House
Nixon
Washington
Snyder
Murray Snyder
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Edgar
Tacoma
Wash
Earl
la Grange
Ill
Arthur
Kansas City
White House
John S. Doud
Butte Records Persistent Cold Temperature
The Butte thermometer held at 38 degrees for eight straight hours from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, then fell to 37 at 7:30 p.m. The day averaged a high of 38 and a low of 33, with continued snow and cold forecast for Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
South American Nations Face Turmoil After Argentine Crisis
Washington reports indicate Argentina’s revolution prompts a tough readjustment while sister South American nations confront economic and political troubles. Colombia's regime tightens controls, Brazil eyes Oct 3 elections, Chile wrestles with inflation, and Uruguay Paraguay and Bolivia suffer economic strains in wool wheat and meat sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argentina
South America
Peron
Eduardo Lonardi
Colombia
Brazil
Chile
Uruguay
Paraguay
Bolivia
el Tiempo
Dairy Association Elects Crumbaker President in Montana
The Montana Dairy Industries Assn elected Jack Crumbaker of Billings as president, succeeding Stanley Halversson of Kalispell. Ralph Anderson of Havre was named vice president, with Alfred F. Dougherty of Helena continuing as secretary and counsel. Directors include Howard G. Dissly, R. W. Van Auker, and Herbert Searles. A banquet and planned Sunday meeting closed the convention after speeches by industry leaders from Helena Cincinnati Washington D.C. and Missoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Crumbaker
Billings
Montana Dairy Industries Assn
Stanley N. Halverson
Kalispell
Ralph Anderson
Havre
Joe Larson
Laurel
Alfred F. Dougherty
Helena
Seana
Howard G. Dissly
Lewistown
Crumbaker
R. W. van Auker
Herbert Searles
Missoula
Cincinnati
del Cook
Ice Cream Merchandising Institute
Washington, D.C
Dean Houseman
Montana Milk Control Board
John C. Harrison
Montana Milk Producers Assn
Mansfield Shocked by Ike's Illness
Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana said he was deeply shocked by the news of President Eisenhower's heart attack. He wired the President expressing sympathy and hoping for a speedy recovery as he toured his home state.
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Fort Benton
Mont
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Mansfield
Montana
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Hanna
Mt. Zion Hospital
Robert
Pioneer Baseball League
Montana Weather
Belgrade
Dillon Seer
Drummond
Glasgow
Livingston
Miles City
Gop
Jack Bell
Republican Party
Ike
United Press
Dairy Association
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