Montana Engineer Calls 07 Year Best for Roads
Helena Montana highway engineer Fred Quinnell Jr told the Highway Commission that 07 year marks the largest highway construction year in state history. He cited $3,400,000 in low bids opened on 13 projects and projected about 20 million dollars let for contract since July, with two more bid settings planned this year. Interstate work will use about 10 million, two interstate projects already contracted and more by July 1958. The secondary program proceeds as planned with all state money accounted for by July 1958.
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Helena
Montana
Fred Quinnell Jr
Highway Commission
Quinnell
Montana Highway Commission awards 13 projects totaling 3.42 million
The Montana Highway Commission let 13 highway contracts totaling 3,416,046 dollars, a record monthly total for 1957. Bids from Cascade, Roosevelt and Powder River counties include underpass work in Great Falls and Wolf Point, with firms Robertson & Cave and Sletten Construction Co. of Great Falls securing a major portion.
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Highway Commission
First Avenue
Great Falls
Robertson & Cave
Sletten Construction Co
Roosevelt
Wolf Point
Richardson Construction Co
Miles City
Powder River
Officials to discuss handling of Helena Girls Vocational inmates
State and county officials will meet in Helena on Monday to plan how to treat unruly inmates from the Montana Girls Vocational School in Helena Valley. Sheriff Dave Middlemas and County Attorney John C. Harrison requested the session after six inmates caused about 200 dollars in damage at the Lewis and Clark County Jail.
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Helena
Topstate
Lewis and Clark County
Capitol
Montana Girls Vocational School
Helena Valley
Board of
Dave Middlemas
John C. Harrison
C. N. Thompson
Middlemas
Harrison
Ruby Miller
Victor H. Fall. Harrison
Deer Lodge
Warm Springs
R. J. Spratt
Dist
Lester H. Loble
Board of Examiners
President Eisenhower's historic cruise aboard Seawolf submarine
President Eisenhower became the first to ride a nuclear powered submarine, Seawolf, diving to 60 feet off Brenton Point near Newport. He joined the crew aboard the Barabara Anne, spent nearly two hours on board, and dined with enlisted men as the submarine submerged for 15 minutes in Narragansett Bay.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Truman
Narragansett Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Brenton Point
Cancer Leaders To Start Meetings Today
Staff from New York headquarters and delegates from seven Western states plus Alaska arrive in Butte for Region 5 American Cancer Society meeting. The three day conference opens Friday at 9 am with welcome by Montana officials and focuses on cytology program for uterine cancer.
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New York
Alaska
Butte
American Cancer Society
ACS
C. A. Morrill
Billings
Montana
Duane W. Bowler
Helena
Mefford R. Runyon
New York City
H. H. James
Alfred M. Popma
Boise
Idaho
FBI Arrests 20-year-old in Crary Kidnapping Case
FBI agents arrested George Edward Collins Jr., 20, of Everett, in connection with the abduction of 8 year-old Lee Crary of Edmonds Washington. Police say Collins is jailed in Snohomish County and faces kidnapping charges under state law. The arrest followed a joint FBI Snohomish County probe aided by the missing boy’s information.
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FBI
Young Man
Lee Crary
Seattle
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lee Edward Crary
Edmonds
Wash
George Edward Collins Jr
Everett
Collins
Boeing Airplane Co
John F. Desmond
Desmond
Snohomish County
Washington
Bob Twitchell
Young Crary
Boeing
Twitchell
Mansfield Presses Five Million For Yellowtail Damsite
Sen. Mike Mansfield said he would seek a five million dollar payment to the Crow Indians for the Yellowtail damsite southwest of Hardin. He called it an investment in America and pledged to block federal condemnation. He argued the dam would pay for itself and boost treasury revenue.
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Malta
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Yellowtail
Hardin
America
Glasgow
Havre
Mansfield
Treasury
Mans field comments continue on page eight
Senator Mike Mansfield spoke Wednesday night, remarks carried on page eight with further details. The report notes ongoing discussion and upcoming events related to Mansfield’s positions and actions.
No Asian Virus Found in State
Dr. G D Carlyle Thompson of Montana Board of Health says tests continue to determine if the Asian influenza virus is present in Montana. Cultures from Hardin are negative so far, with further checks planned at other Montana sites as Hardin reports heavy influenza impact.
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Helena
G. D. Carlyle Thompson
Montana Board of Health
Mon
Hardin
Montana
Thompson
Asian flu outbreaks rise with no clear pattern
A Public Health Service spokesman says Asian flu cases are increasing nationwide with outbreaks in schools and colleges. The weekly state reports due Friday will show an estimated 100000 cases last week and note jumps in incidence without a directional spread.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Health Service
Newport
R. L
Ft. Ord
Calif
Louisiana
Arab leaders seek Arab summit to avert Syria split
In Damascus King Saud of Saudi Arabia mediates among Hashemites Iraq Jordan to ease Syria Egypt tensions over leftist policy. Premier Ali Jawdat of Iraq arrives and talks of a pan-Arab meeting to resolve divisions and counter Soviet influence.
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Damascus
Syria
Saud
Arabia
Ali Jawdat
Iraq
Jordan
Egypt
Middle East
Hussein
Eisenhower
West Germany
Switzerland
Jawdat
Lebanon
Russia
Pioneer J T Cleary 74 dies after long Butte life
J T Cleary 74 a longtime Butte resident and former Montana dairy worker died Thursday after illness. He lived at 1927 Sherman and formerly at 2020 Nevada. A charter Butte figure skater and Butte Miners Union member, he was born November 11 1882 in Michigan and retired from The Anaconda Company in 1953. His body rests in the Sherman and Reed Mortuary.
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John T. Cleary
Sherman
Nevada
Mr. Cleary
Michigan
Anaconda Company
Montana Dairy
Crystal Creamery
Cleary
Butte
Butte Figure Skating Club
St. Ann Church
Butte Miners Union
Daniel Radoman
John R. Riley
Seattle
California
Grace Cleary
Sherman & Reed Mortuary
Anaconda Mines to Switch to Mountain Standard Time
The Anaconda Company announces operations at its Butte mines and plants will observe Mountain Standard Time starting 7 a.m. Monday, Sept 30, with 7 a.m. Daylight Saving Time becoming 6 a.m. Standard Time.
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Anaconda Company
Butte
Faubus Urges Calm as Federal Troops Occupy Little Rock
Governor Orval Faubus appealed for prudence and lawfulness in Little Rock as federal troops enforce school integration. He compared occupancy to wartime quiet and warned against further federal action. The address followed a tense second day at Central High with armed guards escorting nine Negro students.
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C. E. Blake
Little Rock
Ark
City
Central High School
Blake
Gov. Faubus
Orval Faubus
Faubus
United Army
Eisenhower
Little Rock Central High School
United States Army
FBI
U S Confident Of Success On Arms Issue
United States officials express confidence it can block pro posals at the United Nations to end nuclear tests without full agreement on other disarmament steps. Diplomats report the 82 nation assembly may reject India Soviet Union and Japan proposals. Britain calls for linkage to a broader partial disarmament framework.
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United Nations
United States
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
U.N
82-Nation Assembly
India
Soviet Union
Japan
Britain
Stolen Cessna 170 Sighting Triggers Montana Air Patrol
Civil Aeronautics officials and Montana law enforcement hunt for a stolen 1948 Cessna 170 described with cream fuselage and red nose. The craft, linked to Fresno, California, landed at Missoula and then possibly headed east through the Deer Lodge Valley toward Garrison before taking off again.
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Missoula
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Montana
Fresno
Calif
Missoula County
Jesse W. Owen
Livingston
Bozeman
Butte
Butte Caa
CAA
Owen
Deer Lodge
Garrison
Eisenhower Sets Integration Talks With Southern Governors
President Eisenhower agrees to meet with a committee of five Southern governors in Washington on Tuesday. He says the talks will cover broader school integration issues beyond the Little Rock troops withdrawal. The governors had sought only to press for the earliest removal of federal troops.
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Newport
R. I
Eisenhower
Washington
Little Rock
Ark
Orval Faubus
Montana Weather Forecast Summary
Montana east expect cloudy skies Friday with a spread of cloudiness Friday night and Saturday. Scattered showers mainly west Friday night, cooler conditions both west Friday and Friday night into Saturday. Highs 65 to 75 Friday, 60 to 70 Saturday. lows 40 to 50. The table notes maximums over 12 hours and minimums over 18 hours ending 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Montana
Typhoon Devastates Okinawa War Base With Heavy Losses
A typhoon battered a U S military fortress on Okinawa causing extensive damage to shelters and planes. At least 11 people were killed and more than 100 fishermen plus 31 boats remained unaccounted for. The Ryukyus government reported 11 Okinawans dead, 17 seriously injured, 111 missing and 417 houses destroyed as the storm swept the island.
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Naha
Okinawa
U.S
Camp Hansen
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Tokyo
U.S. 5Th Air Force
Frederic H. Smith Jr
5Th Air Force
Ryukyus
Brucker rescinds Army riot training order amid tensions
Secretary of the Army Brucker revoked a Wednesday issued directive directing some regular units to train for riot duty in the South. The order, prompted by Little Rock unrest, caused fears of expanded federal action. Eisenhower aides stated the President had no involvement.
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Washington
Pentagon
Brucker
Little Rock
Eisenhower
101St Airborne Division
Ark
South
White House
Newsport
R. I
James C. Hagerty
Millions of Wives Are Stranded
An ad urges readers to place want ads by phone 5451 to sell furniture for cash. It claims 8 percent of husbands in one car families leave women without ready transportation, promoting used furniture sales as a solution.
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Tana
U.S. Base
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J. T. Cleary
Pioneer
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Budapest
Milton Besser
By James Devlin
Montana Weather
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Drummond
Kalispell
Lewistown
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