Soil Survey Begins in Green County Area
A complete Green County soil survey map started yesterday as four Madison area SCS soil scientists employ augers aerial photos and levels to map land to a depth of three and a half feet. They will walk all land from woods to pastures recording soil names slopes erosion and other data for future county reports and farming guidance.
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Green County
James Schwoegler
The
Soil Conservation Service
Madison Area
SCS
Schwoegler
Illinois
Lafayette
Stock List Holds To Slight Advance
New York stocks drifted higher in moderate afternoon trading with fractions to a point gains in pivotal issues outnumbering losses. Some profit taking in Monday's science issues was followed by a partial recovery as the overall market remained desultory and patchy without a clear leadership.
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New York
Style Show Models Ready for Big Event Here Thursday Night
Men women and children will model the latest fashions Thursday night during the annual Jaycette Style Show in Turner hall. Proceeds go to cerebral palsy victims. There are 104 showings of dresses suits hats and other fashions donated by Monroe clothing stores. Female models will have hair styled by local beauty shops. Three women will model special hair designs Mrs W L Wells Mrs W A Bender and Mrs H L John Fenton.
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Mike Wells
W. L
George) Wells
Turner Hall
Mary Jane Holmes
Lloyd L. Holmes
Times
Paris
Monroe Clothing
W. A. Bender
H. L
John) Fenton
Eisenhower Lauds Civil Rights Bill Progress
At a White House briefing, Sen Dirksen and Rep Halleck said President Eisenhower is satisfied with the civil rights bill passed by the House and nearing final Senate action. Dirksen hoped for a Senate vote tonight. Johnson said no final vote before later in the week. The bills create voting referees to safeguard Negro voting rights.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
White House
Sen. Dirksen
Illinois
Rep. Halleck
Indiana
Dirksen
Capitol
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Wisconsin presidential primary marks heavy early turnout
Milwaukee reports unusually large early voting in the Wisconsin primary with long lines and double previous hours in Chippewa Falls. Kennedy and Humphrey race for 30 Democratic delegates as Nixon hopes for a loyalist GOP turnout. Kennedy warns make or break for his campaign. Humphrey eyes other contests.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Chippewa Falls
Waukesha County
Humphrey
Kennedy
Nixon
Veteran Pension Plan Will Be Outlined Here
Theodore J. Burgy of the county veterans service office will explain the New Pension Law for Veterans and their dependents at a public meeting at 8 p m on Thursday April 28 in the Courthouse. The law takes effect July 1 and the event aims to answer questions from individuals and about the law. Members of American Legion Posts their auxiliaries and the VFW are invited along with the public. Burgy is also invited to discuss the law at Monticello Legion on Wednesday April 20.
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Theodore J. Burgy
Veterans Service Office
American Legion
VFW
Burgy
Monticello Legion
Eisenhower Praises Nixon as Critics Aim at Policy
President Eisenhower praised Vice President Nixon at the Republican Women’s National Conference and attacked Democratic critics of defense policy. He credited Nixon with eight years of high‑level service and integrity, while Sen. Mansfield labeled the speech partisan and urged detailing factual foreign and domestic realities.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Republican Women’s National Conference
Cate
Capitol Hill
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
Mansfield
Tearful De Gaulle welcomed by Queen in London
Charles de Gaulle, tearful, arrives in London to a 100000-strong crowd and Queen Elizabeth II at Victoria Station. The moment recalls his Free French leadership and marks his status as president of the Fifth Republic. The queen’s reception coincides with Prince Andrew's birth.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Elizabeth II
de Gaulle
Victoria Station
Prince Andrew
Brodhead Council Renames Officials in One-Year Terms
Brodhead City Council renamed E D Porterfield as city assessor and Lily M Focht as treasurer. Focht has held the post 14 years and Porterfield 10. terms run one year. Helen Beckwith's library board resignation was accepted. Mrs John Truttman and Mrs Merton Mattison named to fill vacancies. Five building permits approved including two new houses at 7th and 7th worth 12 000 and 15 000, and 5 000 residential for Herman Buehler.
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Brodhead
E. D. Porterfield
Lily M. Focht
Miss Focht
Porterfield
Helen J. Beckwith
Library Board
John Truttman
Merton Mattison
Minnie Collins
Collins
Wallace and Pinnow
7Th
Herman Buehler
Duane Youngblood
First Center Avenue
State Highway Department
Don Edwards
Miss Fecht
Agricultural Chest Directors to Meet in Bank Meeting Room
Directors of the Green County Agricultural Chest will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the First National Bank meeting room. They will plan the June Daily Month promotion and set a date for the annual Chest meeting. Lee Kirsch and Leo Roethe of Ft Atkinson will discuss the Agricultural Hall of Fame fund. The 1959 annual meeting was on April 21.
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Green County Agricultural Chest
First National Bank
Lee Kirsch
Leo Roethe
Ft. Atkinson
Agricultural Hall of Fame Fund
Milwaukee Wife Fatally Shot on Lakefront Parking Lot
A 30 year old nurse, Imogene Pickett, was found slain in a car on a Milwaukee lakefront parking lot. Her husband Charles Pickett, 39, admitted shooting. he was wounded and not expected to live. Police identified the suspect and the victim.
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Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Imogene Pickett
Charles
Cheese Trade Fair Reports Steady Demand in Madison Market
In Madison Wisconsin the American cheese market shows steady demand of a fair regular nature with ample offerings. Prices for cheddar on a moisture basis range 35 to 38 percent with 40 pound blocks priced near the pre moisture premium. daisies longhorns and midgets listed with 37 to 42 percent moisture.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Citywide election nears historic vote total at 1 p.m.
By 1 p.m. 1,643 voters had cast ballots in a spring election featuring a mayoral race three ward contests and a presidential primary. The turnout surpassed 25 percent of 4,400 registered voters and exceeded the March 8 primary by 341 votes as polling opened with more than 60 people at the polls.
Monroe Evening Times Offers 6 45 to 8 PM Election Dial
The Monroe Evening Times provides telephone election service tonight from 6 45 to 8 with Call No 3 for returns in municipal contests and the garbage referendum. A staff of Times election workers will operate the line throughout the period.
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Monroe Evening Times
Evening Times
Voters surge in Turner Hall for spring primary
Turnout climbs past past records with 519 ballots by 9 am and 1 211 by noon at Turner Hall. Ward results show First Ward leading with 250 votes by 1 pm, followed by Third Ward 228 and Sixth Ward 217. Write in and council races include Orville Evans opposing Schiller for mayor and multiple alderman contests. An advisory referendum gauges support for universal garbage collection.
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Turner Hall
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Victor N. Schiller
Third Ward
Sixth Ward
Henry Heuer
Florence Stassin
Lena Matzke
Jesse Keegan
Emma Kurth
Carl Schiess
Margaret Hartwig
Caroline Klassy
Schiller
Orville R. Evans
James B. Goetz
Donald D. Liedschlag
Chester E. Tobin
Herman L. Schindler
Robert L. Skattum
Oscar P. Leck
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Fifth Ward
Eugene Landis
12Th Avenue
Justice of the Peace
Goetz and
Siedschlag
G. Fred Galli
Walter J. Bober
Eighth Ward
Fred R. Simpson
Fourth Ward
Philip H. Darling
Eleanor B. Frederick
Bober
Roger L. Elmer
Simpson
August Burgy
Arizona
Board of Public Works
President and aides reach plan for voluntary health insurance
President Eisenhower and Senate Republican leaders agreed on a voluntary health benefit plan for the aged. The program would operate mainly at the state level with possible federal help through the general tax program. It must be voluntary not compulsory and limited in size and benefits with no Social Security tax increase.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Dirksen
Ben-Hur Dominates Oscars With Eleven Wins
Hollywood reports Ben-Hur claims 11 Oscars led by best picture and best director for William Wyler. Charlton Heston wins best actor, Hugh Griffith best supporting actor, Shelley Winters best supporting actress for The Diary of Anne Frank. Room at the Top takes screenplay and top actress. Gigi falls short with nine wins.
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Simone Signoret
Charlton Heston
Ben-Hur
Hugh Griffith
Man Escapes After Robbery at Cuba City Hotel
A Cuba City man escaped with $150 after looting the Northwestern Hotel bar cash drawer early today. Harry Borcharding, operator of the hotel, said the intruder leaped over the bar and fled. Police linked the suspect to a prior attack on Mrs. Edith Eustice, who was bound and gagged in her home a month earlier, when $7,000 in furs and jewelry were taken.
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Cuba City
Harry Borcharding
Edith Eustice
Dismissal Cuts One Tax Charge Against Powell Jr
Federal Judge Frederick Van Pelt Bryan dismissed one count of the indictment charging Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. with income tax evasion. The action leaves two counts pending in the case in New York.
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New York
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
D-Ny
New Rise Stirs Alarm on River Floods Across Midwest
The Mississippi rose above a levee south of Clarksville Missouri flooding 5000 acres of farmland and closing Route 79. Au gusta levee break spilled Missouri River water over 2000 acres of bottomland. National Guardsmen aided patrols at Canton Missouri as floods trigger evacuations across Nebraska Iowa Wisconsin Kansas South Dakota Michigan with 40000 feared evacuees.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Clarksville
St. Louis
Augusta
Quincey
Ill
Gregory
Missouri
Iowa
Canton
Midwest
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Kansas
South Dakota
Michigan
Red Cross
Murder Probe Funds Sought for Riverside Slayings
Ottawa Ill investigators seek 20000 from LaSalle County Board of Supervisors to extend the murder probe into the Riverside matrons case. Sheriff Butsey reports 650 spent so far with few leads after the Starved Rock State Park killings on March 14. State police also involved. Victims are Lillian Oetting 50 Frances Murphy 47 and Mildred Lindquist 50.
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Ottawa
Ill
LaSalle County Board of Supervisors
Riverside, Ill
Ray Butsey
Starved Rock State Park
Emil Toffant
Lillian Oetting
Frances Murphy
Mildred Lindquist
St. Louis Canyon
Fifty Holsteins Perish in Stitzer Barn Fire
A Monday night blaze destroyed a large barn on a Stitzer farm in Grant County killing fifty head of pure bred Holstein cattle and burning several tons of hay. Damage was estimated at $50,000. The farm is owned by Harry Knapp and operated by Eldon Bindorf.
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Stitzer
Grant County
Harry Knapp
Eldon Bindorf
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