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The Montana Standard from Butte, Montana • 2

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LO 2-Montana Standard, Friday, April 15, 1960 $20 Per Month Raise Is Awarded Correctional Officers at Prison HELENA (AP) The minimum floor of correctional officers pay, Montana Prison in Deer Lodge has been raised $20 a month by the Board of Prison Commissioners. The board, comprised of the governor, attorney general and secreof state, Wednesday boosted the monthly minimum to $275 from $255. The maximum pay remains at $335 a month. Warden Floyd E. Powell said the prison needs eight more custodial or correctional officers, including employes formerly referred to as guards.

In his quarterly report to the board, a Powell continued turnover of correctional officers and said he expects hiring more "may become a rather serious problem. "It is well understood that it takes a of two years train correctional officer to where he makes a useful, safe employe around a "We lack enough trained employes for adequate supervision with continued operation with partially untrained staff, we find ourselves still in a hazardous condition." necessity to compete for help from a salary standpoint was one of the reasons behind this week's minimum salary increase. Montana Standard (By Carrier) DAILY, EXCEPT SATURDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. Per Week .35 With Montana Saturday and Holidays .40 Yr. (payable in advance) 17.80 With Montana Saturday and Holidays 20.80 Mall Subscription Rates Montana Mo.

(payable in advance) 1.40 With Montana Standard-Post, Saturday and Holidays 1.60 1 Yr. (payable in advance) 13.00 With Montana Post, Saturday and Holidays 16.00 Post Offices Outside of Montana Mo. (payable advance) 1.50 so With Montana Standard-Post, Saturday and Holidays 1.75 With Montana Standard-Post, 1 Yr. (payable in advance) 15.00 Saturday and Holidays 18.00 "We still are in a very crowded condition and lack most of the facilities for efficient prison Powell's report went "The combination of the overcrowdedness, lack of adequate facilities and untrained and unseasoned staff leaves us in a dangerous position and unable to operate the good, sound correctional program that we have planned." He said the strength of the present set-up lies with key staff members, department heads and others in administrative positions, and added this note of optimism: program, in spite of the many obstacles, continues to improve. We are beginning to show promising results." Bonneville Power Exceeds Average PORTLAND.

Ore. (AP) Electric generating power installed in the past 10 years in Bonneville Power Administration marketing areas exceeded the national average by 34 per cent, Bonneville Administrator William A. Pearl said Thursday. Moreover, he told the Electric Club of Oregon, on hydro-electric installations alone, this region's installations have been double the national average. He said that in the past 10 years there have been 11 new federal projects started in the Columbia River system including a num- ber of tributaries--as well 7 by public utility districts and 17 by private utilities.

Installed capacity in the area embracing Oregon, northern Idaho and western Montana stands at 10,435,580 kilowatts, he said, three times what it was 10 years ago. Projects now under construction will boost it to more than 14 million, he said. In the future, Pearl said, the region may get power from atomic fission and also may be able to draw on the benefits of Canadian water storage if present negotiations are successful. CHEF'S DINNER SPECIAL Friday, April 15, 1960 FILET OF LEMON SOLE, CAPRICE vegetable, Shoestring Beverage Potatoes, Green 1.45 WH 2. FINLEN HOTEL AND MOTOR INN Mrs.

McKay Dies MISSOULA (AP) Mrs. R. H. McKay, widow of a Missoula photographer who died Feb. 21, died.

Thursday. She is survived by' a daughter, Mrs. Harry E. Butler, Missoula, three grandsons and two granddaughters. Murder Victim Said Dangerous BILLINGS (AP) A Billings psychiatrist testified at the murder trial of Mrs.

Frieda Estes that a her late husband, Earl, suffered from a mental disorder the doctor described as a "psychosis." Dr. Edmund Jones Thursday said he had examined Estes, who was shot Feb. 12. The defense claims Mrs. Estes shot her husband in self defense.

Jones said results of his examination convinced him that Estes was dangerous to himself and to others and that he was a man of emotional instability. Earlier, Mrs. Estes sobbed as she related incidents leading up to the shooting of her husband. She described a phone conversation with her husband the night of the slaying, when she had taken the two Estes children to the home of 'sher parents. quoted her husband as say: ing, "If I can't have those kids, you won't either." When Estes arrived at her parents' home later that night, Mrs.

Estes testified in district court, he threatened to kill her, the children and her parents. Missoulian's Kidnap Trial Is Postponed COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -Trial of Robert Leroy Saunders, 42, Missoula, on a kidnaping charge was postponed Thursday until the fall term of U. S. District Court. Saunders is accused of picking up Joan Kessinger, 20, at Cataldo, Idaho, and driving her into Montana Oct.

9. Trial was originally scheduled to begin Friday. Saunders is free on bond. Choteau Firm Gets Phone Building Bid ST. REGIS (AP) Wilkerson Construction Choteau, been awarded a $5,100 contract for construction of a dial telephone building in St.

Regis. D. H. Thomas, Missoula manager of the Mountain States Telesaid on construction is scheduled to phone Telegraph Thursday begin Monday with completion set for July. Butte, Please! 8 Nothing But Nothing Goes Better With Hard Boiled butte Eggs Ham Than BUTTE BEER Butte In In Cans Bottles On Draught Quality Controlled Pints, Quarts, Nips Brewed and Bottled Right Here in Butte by the BUTTE BREWING CO.

220 N. Wyoming Western College Enrollment 428 DILLON The total number of students registered for spring quarter classes at WMCE reached 428 as of last Friday, according to Registrar Paul Picton. Of this total, 417 are fulltime students while 11 are parttime students carrying less than 16 credits. The spring enrollment figure is somewhat smaller than the 450 attending Western winter quarter. Seven members of the Industrial a Arts College do Club of at Education, Western accompanied Montana their sponsor, 'Clay Anders, made an extensive tour of several cities considered key spots in industrial development in Oregon and Washington.

The tour was made during the spring vacation period. Included in the tour were visits to Boeing Aircraft, Bethlehem Steel, and the Kenworth Motor and Truck Co. in Seattle; Weyerhaueser Timber Everett, Leupold and Stevens Instruments. Portland. The group also visited museums, zoos, and a boat show.

Students accompanying Anders were Don McDaniel, Dillon; Kevin Murphy, Roundup; Kalafatich, Butte: Bud Parrett, Butte; John Lyons, Butte: Dan Scott, Armstead; and Jerry Pugh, Fort Benton. The WMCE Children's Theater class and Mrs. Frances Jackson's fifth grade presented "Prince Fairy Foot" at assembly Wednesday morning. Ryburn charge of the Children's Theater. biological science at WMCE, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Education from Columbia University.

The degree was conferred upon Dr. Daniels following his year study and research in the field of science education at Columbia while on leave of absence from Western. The topic of his dissertation was "Stability of Interest in Science Fair Winners." Dr. Daniels found over 70 per cent of the science fair winners continue science as a major field, although many of them change their interest within this field. Dr.

Daniels earned his B.A. and M.A. at the University of Texas. Gert L. Daniels, professor of Easter Seal Drive Opens Saturday The 1960 Easter Seal Campaign, sponsored in 'Dillon by the Kiwanis Club, will get underway Saturday morning with local Cub Scouts selling Easter lillies and tags.

Carl M. Davis, state director of the Montana Society for Crippled Children and Adults, is chairman of the Beaverhead County drive. Kochel Files DILLON County Clerk Evelyn Sage announces that James Kochel has filed a nominating petition for reelection as justice of the peace for Dillon Township on the Republican ticket. National Weather By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS High Low Pr. Albany, cloudy 82 39 Anchorage, clear 50 31 Atlanta, clear 80 55 Bismarck, clear 82 35 Buffalo, rain 65 50 .01 Boston, cloudy 70 42 Chicago, rain 65 55 ..39 Cincinnati, cloudy 81 60 Cleveland, cloudy 74 54 Denver, cloudy 72 39 Des Moines, cloudy 67 52 Detroit, rain 71 61 .01 Fort Worth, cloudy 86 67 .04 Honolulu, cloudy 80 71 Indianapolis, cloudy 55 Jacksonville, clear 80 56 Kansas City, clear 71 58 .68 Los Angeles, clear 74 55 Memphis, cloudy 80 61 Miami, cloudy 75 71 Milwaukee, cloudy 67 57 .07 Paul, cloudy 66 42 New Orleans, clear 79 60 New York, cloudy 78 50 Omaha, clear 74 44 Philadelphia, cloudy 84 Phoenix, cloudy 86 54 Pittsburgh, cloudy 80 56 Portland, cloudy 48 38 Richmond, cloudy 90 54 St.

Louis, cloudy 76 11 San Diego, clear 75 54 San Francisco, clear 60 50 .02 Seattle, cloudy 46 36 .57 Tampa, cloudy 86 62 Washington, cloudy 91 56 Winnepeg, cloudy 58 33 .02 The oldest General Hospital in United States is the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, founded in 1-1752. (Future Farmers Install Officers ter of Future America DILLON-The The. Beaverhend, Chapheld installation of officers in the Vo-Ag biulding this week. Those installed were Ron Benson, preisdent; Melvin Heggelund, vice president; Joe Holt, second vice president; Don Bacon, secretary; Bob treasurer; Jack Laden, reporter; Francis Schindler, sentinel; and Ed Wolf, parliamentarian. Allen Walton is chapter adviser.

Three Births Are Listed in Dillon DILLON- Three births were recorded at Barrett Hospital during the past week-Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Phillip, Dillon, a girl, April Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Decker, Dillon, a boy, April 11; and Mr. and Mrs.

Richard Dale, Twin Bridges, a boy, April 12, Admissions were Jack Simmons, Carl Hollensteiner, James Barden, Dillon; Mrs. Cora Marchesseault, Polaris; LaVon McCurdy, Lima; Fred Mailey and Margaret Ehlmann, Twin Bridges. Dismissals included Mrs. Tommy Tompkins and daughter, Mrs. Raymond Bailey and daughter, Mrs.

Clara Ferris, George Smith, Mrs. Minnie Dingle Mrs. Violet Walker, Otto Christensen, Dillon; Mrs. Joseph Rawson and son, Grant; Frank Yager and Karen Washburn, Lima. Jack Simmons Rites Are Set Saturday -Funeral services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m.

from Brundage Chapel for Jack Simmons, 69, who passed away Wednesday at Barrett hospital following a short illness. The Rev. W. J. Holland will officiate and burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery.

Mr. Simmons was born July 9, 1890, in Missouri. He had lived the past several years in this county and had worked on ranches in this area. FOOD SALE SATURDAY DILLON The St. copal Sunday School will hold a food sale beginning at 9:30 a.m., Store.

Proceeds will vacation school activities. 41 Graduated At Law Academy BOZEMAN (AP) The Montana Law Enforcement Academy, Thursday graduated 41 lawmen at a luncheon ceremony, with Gov. J. Hugo Aronson as speaker. The governor said the 2-year-old academy "exists for just one cause the improvement of law enforcein Aronson stressed that the twoweek school on the Montana State College uses existing taxpayerowned facilities.

All expenses are paid at the local level and no federal aid is involved, he said. The cities, towns and counties which sent 41 officers to the school paid $45 per man to cover board and room. The students represented 24 police departments, 16 iffs' offices and one state agency, Aronson said attendance at the school, the first time in 1959, is "purely voluntary." Asst. Atty. Thomas J.

Hanrahan is the chairman of the academy board. Veteran Patrolman E. D. Allen Retires MISSOULA (AP) Highway Patrolman E. D.

(Pokey) Allen has made his last run and retired. Allen was among the first men to join the Highway Patrol after it was the 1930s. He was Polson Sept. formedned 8, 1937, and to Superior Feb. 15, 1941.

His Missoula assignment began Sept. 1, 1944, but was interrupted when Allen, a World War I veteran, went back into Marine uniform for World War II. After the war, he returned to Missoula. Allen plans to go to work in the security department at the Waldorf-Hoerner Corp. pulp and paper plant at Missoula.

DIRECTORS NAMED HELENA (AP) Robert L. Dickey of Helena and Charles Nelson of Missoula were elected directors of the Western Acceptance Corporation at a meeting of directors. The firm announced plans to open two more loan offices in eastern Montana. DRUMMOND GETS GRANT WASHINGTON (AP) Drummond, Thursday received $10,500 federal grant to help finance a $35,000 sewage disposal project. Look Your Easter Best AS SEEN IN LOOK THE TRIM LOOK James Episorganization Saturday, in Eliel's a be used for a new fashion profile CHAMP CONTINENTAL Trim With its tapered center narrower bound edge brim, to any dress-up 8.95 In NEW COLORS.

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