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The people's voice., 1959-05-29

area over the worlds largest earth
fill dam, Fort Peck, on through two
National parks, on the loop route f;
Montana has two state parks in this
area, He'll Greek and Rock Creek /;
the federal government has spent
100000 on a recreation center at
Fort Peck and there is no road from
the south to it.
Campbell said the Glasgow area has
been designated as primary target
in civil defense planning, and the
blank spot this uncompleted road
leaves means there is no place to get
through to the south. He said Glas-
gov anticipates increases in popula-
tion of up to $4,000 people because
of air-base expansion and the expend-
iture of 81 million dollars a year
in the area.
State Highway Engineer Fred Quin-
nell told the Valley county people
that this road had been figured for
this fall, on the basis of the gas tax
that they didn't get, and that the gas
tax money already imposed is not
coming in like it should. He said it
might be the weather that is to blame.
In answer to question from Blk
ken as to how much this stretch of
road is likely to cost, Quinnell said
he wouldn't want to make a quote
without checking, but he thought it
might run SO to 60 thousand dollars
a mile.
The people's voice., 1959-05-29
Importance of Van Norman Road
Stressed By Valley Delegation

Two Valley county people appeared
before the State Highway Commission
Wednesday to make plea for COM
pletion of what is commonly known
as the Van Norman road from Glas-
gov south along Fort Peck Dam,
that will tie-in highways 2 and 18
about Is miles east of Jordan.
Resner Blikken, Opheim, and Paul
Campbell, Glasgow, told the COM
that this stretch of road has
been on the primary system for &c
years. Blikken pointed out it has
become vital link between the south
ern border of the United States and
the northern reaches of Canada; it
serves local communities; it's compile
ton will open rich, new tourist trade
for Montana, from the Black Hills
The people's voice., 1959-05-29
State Board To Go Ahead With
Land Sale at Glasgow, June 2

The special Land Board meeting
Wednesday decided that the June 2
school land sale at the Glasgow Air
Force Base will go ahead as scheduled.
Faced with water shut-off from
the new Missouri pipeline by the Air
Secretary and information from Cor
don Bennett, assistant Attorney Cen
eral, that the alternate source, Porcu-
pine Creek, gets "little dusty in
August, Acting Gov. Paul Cannon
telegraphed Montana's congressional
delegation for help.
Attorney General Forrest Ander-
son pointed out that there is no need
for alarm about the return from the
sale not being enough. If the price
does not meet the boards expecta-
tions it will be readvertised. Only
The people's voice., 1959-05-29
Free Wheat Would Cut Bread
Prices Only Slightly

WASHINGTON, D. C.-(CNS)
If farmers gave their wheat to
the miIlers free, pound loaf of
bread would still cost 1863 cents,
a recent Agriculture Department
study shows.
The farmer got "a cents for the
wheat used in the average loaf last
year, USDA says. Others got seven
eighths of the consumers bread
dollar. The retailer got more for
selling the loaf (3.1 cents) than the
farmer got for the wheat in it.
Bread prices have risen every
year since 1945. Wheat prices
have generally declined.
The people's voice., 1959-05-29

board "say'' is final.
Dave Hartley of the State Planning
Board pointed out that the Valley
county commissioners have designated
this area as an airport zone. This re-
stricts building heights.
The traffic hazard of commercial
buildings built without setbacks from
existing roadway right-of-ways was
explained by Hartley. Hartley fore
saw that some planning will have to
be entered into by the new 'topsy-
turvy town" in order to have access
roads to the trailer pads behind the
commercial buildings that will COM
mandeer the roadway.
Hartley was ordered by the Land
Board to be at the sale with written
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The people's voice., 1959-05-29
MissoUla's Higgins
Avenue Bridge Set
For More PIunninq

The Higgins Ave. bridge in Mis-
soula that would take over a million
dollars out of Impoverished highway
district eight was proposed to the
Highway Commission Tuesday by a
delegation from the Garden City"
composed of city and county officials,
Chamber of Commerce representa-
tives, and promoters of a parking lot
on an island in the river which divides
the city.
The Corps of Engineers had made
a survey of the island deal. Three
plans were created and then the
Corps dropped them like hot potatoes
because "the mainland was not en-
dangered".
All three plans were abandoned at
this meeting because the main theme
of getting something for nothing on
the parking lot project was not writ
ten in by the Corps of Engineers.
The bridge department is now busy
fourth scheme. Pre-stressed
concrete spans would replace the
earlier proposed earth fill on the
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The people's voice., 1959-05-29
Phone Rate
Hike Draws
Opposition

Montana State AFL-CIO this week
was asked to take whatever action
necessary to protect "the people of
Montana from any unwarranted rate
increases to Mountain States Tel. &
Tel. and/or any other private util-
lily -
The request was made via formal
resolution of Helena Trades & Labor
Council, adopted at Monday nights S
meeting of the council, and came
about as a result of the telephone
company having given notice it has
asked the Public Service Commission
to review it's books as a preliminary
to asking for higher rate schedules.
Prior to adopting the resolution,
delegates recalled how joint action
by Montana AFL-CIO, Montana Farm
ers Union, Montana Mine-Mill and
the Rail Brotherhoods, had resulted
in the hiring of utility rate expert,
DR.. Laurence Knappen of Washington,
D. c., who gave expert testimony be-
fore the Commission when MST&T
sought a substantial rate increase
in 1857. The increase, turned down,
saved each Helena residential user
$21 year.
Bearing in mind that the commits
sion refused to grant the 1857 rate
increase request following DR.. KNAPP
pens testimony, the council urged
the state AFL-CIO to Cooperate
with other peoples groups in protect
ing as far as possible the people Of
Montana from any unwarranted rate
increases :"
The councils resolution also took
note of the fact that MST&T's par
ent company, American Tel. & Tel.
(Which owns 81 per cent of the stock
of MST&T) in 1859 is reporting "all-
time record high earnings . -
Finally, the council pledged itself
to assist the state AFL-CIO Sin every
way possible" in whatever effort
may be decided upon to defend con-
SumerS -
The people's voice., 1959-05-29

This loss of teachers, Markell states
in the opening paragraph of his re-
port comprised about one-eighth of
the public school force" 1t "is of
considerable significance in view of
the current shortage of qualified
teachers in Montana schools :"
because Gin recent years nearly every
Montana community has had diff
Guilty in obtaining a full teaching
staff"
To obtain as accurate information
as possible. Researcher Markell and
his staff sent out questionnaires to
all teachers who had withdrawn their
retirement deposits from the Teach
ers Retirement System during the
school year 1957-58. Withdrawal of
such deposits is an almost a sure-fire
sign that the teacher does not plan to
again teach in Montana schools in
the immediate future.)
An unusually heavy response of
52.7 per cent of all those contacted
returned their questionnaires, along
with giving their reasons for leaving
the Montana public school teaching
force.
Most important reason listed by
men teachers for leaving the state
to teach elsewhere was financial.
The people's voice., 1959-05-29
Helena Laborers Negotiate
40-Cent Wage Increase

Helena Hodcarriers and Building
Laborers local union has negotiated
a new three year agreement with local
building contractors, calling for wage
increases over the next three years
totaling 40 cents per hour.
Effective May /, the Laborers' base
scale went up Is cents to $2.35 an
hour. On May 1, 1860, the base will
advance another 121a cents, and a
similar increase, May 1, 1861.
The people's voice., 1959-05-29
Multi Corporation Opposition To Paradise Dam :.
Inter|oeking Direetorutes
Are the Kew

In 1857 when the fight for public development of the Para
disc site with it
to the behind Northern Pacics opposition to the
proposal Information then available (and published in PV
Oct A. 1850 showed the close financial ties of the MP with
Montana Power Company the principal opponent the project
Now easy to determine why American Crystal Sugar
Company possible by inundaton
per sugar acreage
depends to operate its factory in Mssoula Amer
Crystals opposition simply didn't because
with completed operation way would
be open for planting several times the 160 flooded
Paradise planned provide gravity cheap power
pumped irrigation water for than 10000 would
than double the irrigated loss by nundation
Facts in hands, compiled by Library of Con-
and other public sources show that American Crystal
has much deeper for opposing the Paradise project
than the quarter section of beet the dams reservoir
would cover
The close financial and managerial p of Anaconda Company and
well Likewise
Washington ownership
of major blocks of each stock financial interests
we'll
entity Metals Bank Trust Bu also dephdden
secret Northern Paci hokup the four above mentioned firms has
been established similar by either ownership
First Bank Corporation (Which
Ia Montana banks) with the corporations named above
revealed a have ascertain
the controlling the of
The facts show that by ntrog
provide listed
Crystals destiny like Power Anaconda,
TO the GUARANTY Trust and First National Ci Rank Of New York C
companies
director of Anaconda Company chairman of the board of First National
City a director of Guaranty Trus)
Another this spiderweb Crystal
Stock corporations
including Mountain States Tel
centered around the Claude Boetche
nterng
banks
controlled o. he above
Still another
Investors Diversified Services of Minneapolis (Which
Observation-Disclosures oil interests Dallas Texas Services
through subsidiary of
utility stocks including
Northern Pacific
Utah Light Gas name
of may give some
hint of the of financial
itself all public of
'front.' for American Crystal joining buddis
Northern in aI-ouop the Paradise
At later date
financial of America
include of the important
management has with other
ocks with such firms ST. Paul Fire
udiary Western Life Helena;
Sute Pipe Line Co., American Tel
Bank Stock
o.,
The people's voice., 1959-05-29
MEA Study Reveals hS
Inadequate Salaries, t 5 Reason
For eachers Leavinq Montana

Why did upwards of 800 elementary and high school teach
leave the teaching force of Montana last yea To find the
Montana Education Associations Lloyd Markell under
took exhaustive research operation This month"; MEA
leased Markets findings in report titled Teacher LOSS
Montana Public Schools 1863"
The people's voice., 1959-05-29

Thirty Eight of the So men who left
for more lucative teaching jobs
elsewhere, moved to other western
states, receiving an average salary
gain of 1886 year. The other FL
moved to other-than-western states,
receiving an annual average salary
increase of $476.
Another 38 of the 121 men teach
ers replying quit the profession for
employment in other fields. The av-
erage salary of these 38 while teach
ing in Montana was $4,654 year.
In their new non-teaching employ
ment they are averaging $5,745 a
year = or a wage gain of almost
$1,100 each.
Fourteen men returned to college
for additional training. Seven are
either not working or are employed
as tutors or teachers in private
schools. Three entered military serv-
ice.
WELL TRAINED GROUP
The loss of these 21 male teachers
is felt in yet another way. Their aver
age college preparation for their pro-
fession was four and three-fourth
years-an unusually high level of
education. Of the SO who are now
teaching in other states, only two
did not have college degrees. Thirty
nine held bachelors degrees; 15
and three, doctorates. Their
average number of years teaching
was six, indicating that most of these
men were under thirty-five years of
age, and, had salary and other condi-
lions been more satisfactory, they
would have been in the profession
for many years to come, here in Mon
ANA.
DREW MOST
WOMEN
Of 263 women teachers replying to
MEAS QUESTIONABLE, lat stated they |
lad entered or returned to home
Continued On Page Four) !
The people's voice., 1959-05-29
HOMEMAKING DREW MOST
WOMEN

Of 263 women teachers replying to
MEAS QUESTIONABLE, lat stated they
had entered or returned to home
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Toll Collections
In Maryland
Top SO Period

BALTIMORE, April II (AP)
Collections from Maryland's
toll facilities last month were
up $3.50, 900 over the figure for
March. 1858, the State Roads
Commission said today.
They attributed the lower
1858 figure to heavy snow
which sharply reduced traffic
over State bridges and high
ways.
The biggest traffic and rev.
enue increase was in the Bal
timore Harbor Tunnel, where
March revenue totaled $415.673
or about 40 per cent more than
the March 1858 total.
The number of cars using the
tunnel went up to a daily AVER
age of almost 10000 cars last
month. topping the volume for
the same month last year by
81 per cent.
However, tunnel traf1ic ap-
parently had an adverse affect
on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge
where the daily volume has
dropped by about 1000 cars
since March 1858.
Despite the drop in the daily
average, the bridge gained al
most % per cent more than
last year in March toll receipts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Wirth Urges Action
To Save BottIefieIds

RICHMOND, April II (Spe-
ciaD.-The director of the
National Park Service said
today that land to preserve
some of the major Civil War
battleflelds must be purchased
soon before it is lost forever
in the mushrooming growth of
Americas cities.
Conrad L. Wirth told the
National Civil War Centennial
Commission at the closing
session of its two-day national
assembly that the battlefleldS of
Antietam. near Sharpsburg,
Md, Bull Run, near Manassas,
Va, and Gettysburg are among
the most critically in need of
more land.
Speaking particularly Of
Antietam, Mr.. Wirth pointed
out that housing subdivisions
have already been started in
the middle of the farmlands
where one Of the wars most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Military Building
Of $40.5 Million.
Voted by House

Military construction totaling
S40.5 million in the District,
Maryland and Virginia is au-
thorized in a bill passed by the
House yesterday and sent to
the Senate.
The bill authorizes expendi-
ture of $1,252,60 S,001 through
out the United States and
abroad.
It consists mainly of public
works and housing at Army,
Navy, Air Force and Reserve
bases.
Among area installations af-
fected are:
$l,591.0 900 for the Naval Re-
search Laboratory here; So
$4,000 for Fort George G.
Meade. Md; $785, 900 for Aber-
deem Proving Ground, Md: ST.
10000 for the Patixent (Md.)
Naval Air Station; $21,357, 600
for Andrews Air Force Base,
Md, and $1,376.000 for Fort
Belvoir. Va.
The total authorized in the
military construction bill was
$108. 620.990 less than the ad-
ministration had requested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

additional areas of Northern
Virginia as well as the airport
itself.
Such approval, Mr.. Broyhill
said. would be with the I'M
derstanding that the jurisdic-
ton or Jurisdictions benef1tting
would agree to reimburse all,
or a reasonable portion Of the
additional cost on some &C.
ceptable basis"
Mr.. Broyhill said in a letter
to Mr.. STAINS that he UNDER
stands "this matter is now be-
fore you for consideration and
that approval from your office
must be obtained in order for
the Federal Aviation Agency
to provide more than the mini
mum sewage disposal facility"
The representative said the
FAA believes it is limited by
policy to two choices, either
construction of an 'on-Site
plant with a high degree of
treatment, the eff1uent of which
would be discharged into the
Potomac River" or "conStruc-
ton Of a transmission line from
the airport through Fairfax
County to Chain Bridge and
across the D. C. system and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

been opposing so vigorously
since 1884"
II offers tools on q silver
platter" for any locality to
integrate its clAssroonns, she
said.
Answered BY Moody
Delegate willard j. Moody.
also Of Portsmouth, answered
Mrs. Baker. In supporting the
bill he said he thought the
time for oratory had passed
the day before.
IF this bill does not pass
and If the present pupil place.
ment is struck down by the
courts--you win have massive
migration in Virginia" Mr.,
Moody said.
Delegate A. H. Richardson OF
Dinwiddie in Southside Vir-
GINA. said passage would be
"a slap in the face" to United
States Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat of Virginia. Mr.. Richard
son said he had not received
any word from Senator Byrd on
the subject and simply was ex.
pressing his own view on the
matter.
Senator Byrd, head of the
Democratic organization in Vir-
ginia, publicly has kept silent
over the Legislatures schoo
fight.
House Passes First Bill
The House completed action
on the first bill in the Perrow
Commissions legislative pack
age Of is measures to be sent
to Gov. Almond for signature
Referred to as the Little
Rock BILL" it would allow any
locality to close its schools il
Federal troops or law enforce
ment officers are present to
police their operation.
Delegate Omer L. Hirst Of
Fairfax saw a danger in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

thence to the Blue Plains plant
for disposal"
Mr. Broyhill said most local
and regional planning agencies
and governmental units OPP
pose the first plan and said he
agrees with them. He said it
is his impression" the FAA
feels it is limited on the second
plan to a line that would &C
commodate airport sewage
only.
He said Fairfax County has
proposed that a trunk line be
run across the county to a dis
|poSal plant on the Potomac
below Mount Vernon and has
expressed willingness to enter
into an agreement with the
FAA to reimburse it for the
additional costs.
He also requested that "be-
fore any final decision is made
particularly if an adverse
decision is pending, that I can
receive the courtesy OF dis
cussing the matter with you
personally. -"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Virginia Senate Recesses
To Let Factions Porley

bill as tainting the entire Per-
row Commission legislative pro-
gram. the main features Of
which he supports. He and
Delegate Kathryn Stone Of
Arlington were among those
in the 92-to-4 vote who OPP
posed this bill.
Il voted against it," Mr.. Hirst
said, because any possibility
of closed schools weakens our
position in defending the local
assignment bill in the Federal
courts. I am surprised that
more members didn't realize
that"
What Mr.. Hirst apparently
had in mind was a ruling by
Federal Judge Walter E. Hoff-
man Of Norfolk. The Judge last
year said the present pupil
placement law is unconstitu-
tional on its face when con-
sidered in the light of massive
resistance laws, which among
other things provided for the
closing Of schools.
Program faint Feared
Since then, the massive resist
ance laws have been thrown
out by the courts and the
General Assembly now has
legislation to wipe them OF the
books, including the former
school closing statute.
Mr.. Hirst said he feared a
new school-closing enacted in
the Perrow Commission pack
age may be construed by the
courts as tainting the whole
program.
The House this afternoon
passed seven other Perrow CON-
mission bills including one to
allow localities to enact COM
pulsory school attendance or
dinances. No parent. how
ever. would be compelled to
send a child to any school If in
a sworn statement he stated
conscientious objections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

bloody and significant battles
was fought.
He said NPS plans to acquire
a total of $4,000 acres of battle
field land at a cost Of IS million
in the near future. A budget
request of $1.2 million for &C
QUESTIONS during the year be-
ginning July / was denied by
the House of Representatives
earlier this month.
The Civil War Centennial
Commission is leading efforts
to prevail on the Senate to re-
store most, if not all, Of this
find.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
Maryland Press
Meeting Slated
BY the Associated Press

Maryland newspaper pub
fishers. editors and business ex.
ecutives meet at the University
of Maryland today to ex-
anime newspaper problems and
discuss with journalism stu
dents possible careers in the
field.
The occasion is the second
annual Maryland Press Insti-
tute sponsored by the Mary.
land Press Association and the
University of Maryland's de-
partment of journalism and
public relations.
The association and the
journalism department also will
announce the winner Of their
first Better Newspaper Contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17
BroyhiII Asks U. S. Aid
On Airport Sewer Plan

Budget Bureau approval of enlarged sewage disposal
plan for the Chanty Airport urged today by Representa-
tive Broyhil. Republican Of Virginia.
The 10th district legislator asked Budget Director Maurice
STAINS have the bureau approve plan that also would serve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-17

includes Buffet or Chino, 4
Choirs, and Extension TobIe.
TobIe has NEVAMAR plostic top
thot is virtuoIIy impossible to
domooe! Fully dustproof center
guided, etc. Genuine moho9ony
Veneers.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-29
|VOA Visits
Glen Gallery

The Glen Gallery of Art, in
the home of Mrs. Renee Beard
Gunkel, South Glen rd., Poto-
mac, was the scene last Thurs
day of an art discussion tapped
by the Voice of America for
international broadcast.
Subject of critique were paint
ings by seven area artists:
Sibyl Bayne, Johanna Bray,
Rose Cooling, Ann Heilman,
Helen Joseph, Edith Namias
and Ragnheidur ]. Ream.
Recorded were remarks by
Mrs. Gunkel, 10 Summerfield,
who is chairman of the Mary.
land University art department,
and Hunton L. Downs, VOA di.
rector of Cultural Activities.
The several hours of discus
sion will be refined to one hour
which will be translated into
81 languages and dialects for
world broadcast.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-29

Power Here
Is Noted

Montgomery County's third.
of-a-million residents have the
highest purchasing power in
Maryland. according to figures
released last week by the Comp
troller Of the Treasury.
Louis L. Goldstein announced
that Montgomery County resi-.
dents, in the fiscal year ended
last June 30, contributed to the
highest average sales tax re.
turn, per businessman, in all
Maryland, including populous
Baltimore.
The average business sales
and use tax return from Mont.
gomery County merchants was
S195.57. Baltimore City, with
almost million residents,
showed an average sales tax
return of only S130.1S.
Prince Georges County, with
about 1900 more residents
than Montgomery County, en-
abled its average merchant TO
show a sales tax return of
$153.67.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-29
FulI-Time Cuardsmen
Are Being Recruited

the full-time employment may
be resigned at any time.
Battery c, 10th Artillery, of
the Maryland National Guard,
is occupying the Nike missile
site near Gaithersburg. 1t.
Frank D. Brown, battery com.
mander, says the battery now
has 10 men on full-time duty.
and that he wants to hire 30
more between now and January.
The missile site Is three miles
east of Gaithersburg, near the
junction of State Highways 124
and 115. Battery members are
being trained in maintenance
and operation of Nike missiles
by the U. s. Army, and viii
gradually take over operation
Of the site as they become
trained.
In January the full-time en-
ployees will go to Fort Bliss,
Tex, for three months of inten.
sive advanced training, which
will conclude with actual firing
Of Nike missiles.