Gov Vernon Thomson To Speak At Monroe FFA Banquet
Gov Vernon Thomson will be the featured speaker at the 15th annual Monroe FFA banquet in the high school gym at 7:30 p m April 15. Kenneth C Allen says the invitation was accepted and awards include three Wisconsin Farmer Degree plaques and a Star Farmer selection.
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Vernon Thomson
S On Future Farmers of America
Kenneth C. Allen
Monroe High School
FFA
Gov. Thomson
Allen
Nathan Rinehart
Monroe Ffa
Larry Rackow
Kenneth Wyss
Nathan Hartwig
Gene Hilfiker
Nathan Bloom
C. C. Warfel
Grace Lutheran Church
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Board of Education
Supt
D.J. Huenink
Robert Fritsch
Anita Ainsworth
Mary Ellen Summeril
Donald Heeren
George
Jud) Kindschi
Sandra Miller
Alan Spurs
FFA Wisconsin
Donald Witt
Star Farmer
Monroe
State Auto Toll Increased to 168
Eight highway deaths during the Easter weekend push Wisconsin 1958 traffic toll to 168, compared with 204 a year ago. Mil waukee residents Walter Kleinhans and Roman J. Paldolski died from head on collision and injuries. Other victims include Gladys Porter of Almond, Patricia Sommer of Lake Geneva, and Racine residents Willam Beighton Gene Wickersham and Dean Whiteley, among others.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Walter Kleinhans
Milwaukee
Gladys Porter
Almond
Plover
Roman J. Paldolski
Kenosha Hospital
Roger Howard
Sussex
Waukesha County
Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital
Nashotah
Ronald Schley
Carl Racich
Alex Sieracki
Manitowoc
Patricia Sommer
Lake Geneva
Watertown
Willam R. Beighton
Gene Wickersham
Dean Whiteley
Racine
Franksville
One Vanguard Radio Transmitter Goes Silent
Washington report says one of Vanguard's two radio transmitters fell silent as the Minitrack network could not detect signals from the chemical battery powered unit. The other transmitter, solar powered, continues operation and could run 5 to 10 years.
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Washington
Navy
Vanguard
Naval Research Laboratory
Pan Ocean sinks near Port Said leaving 31 saved
Reports say the 5410 ton Panamanian freighter Pan Ocean sank in the Mediterranean about 200 miles from Port Said Egypt. The British freighter Persic rescued all 31 crew members.
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Port Said
Egypt
Pan Ocean
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Persic
Easter Across the World Reportedly Mark Resurrection Observances
Devout crowds in Jerusalem, Lourdes, Peiping, and Rome joined Easter rites as Pope Pius XII urged peace. In New York rain dampened parades while Eisenhowers attended services in Gettysburg amid storms.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
China
United States
New York City
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Square
Rome
Holy Land
France
Radio
Former Racine Resident Among 3 Killed in Wreck Near Franksville
Gene Wickersham 22 of Racine longtime Monroe native died in a highway crash Saturday along with William Beighton 23 and Dean Whitely 24. The trio, all in the front seat, were pinned in wreckage as their car struck a tree on a county trunk highway near Franksville. Wickersham born Feb 15 1936 in Monroe attended Monroe and Lodi schools. Services set for Draeger funeral home Racine at 8:30 am tomorrow followed by graveside rites at Greenwood Cemetery.
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Gene Wickersham
Racine
Monroe
Franksville
William Beighton
Dean Whitely
Wickersham
Cecil
Eileen Hanson Wickersham
Lodi
Edward Blacer
Judith
Diane
Gene
Monroe Evening Times
13Th Street
Draeger Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
State Emergency Board asked to hire tax staff in Madison
The State Emergency Board was asked today for 94 000 a year to add tax department staff to check state income tax returns.
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Madison
State Emergency Board
Tax Department
Star Blames Self For Knife Slaying
Lana Turner narrator of the tragedy is quoted saying it is all her fault after her 14 year old daughter Cheryl stabbed Johnny Stompanato to death in Beverly Hills. Police describe Stompanato as an underworld figure who pursued wealthy women and loaned funds he never repaid. Cheryl is in Juvenile Hall awaiting a Santa Monica Superior Court hearing as Carmine Stompanato arranges the victim’s burial in Woodstock Illinois.
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Cheryl
Stephen Crane
Cheryl Crane
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
Calif
Johnny Stompanato
Lana Turner
James Bacon
Lana
Johnny Excitement
Stompanato
Lex Barker
Tarzan
Clinton Anderson
John
Los Angeles
Carmine Stompanato
Woodstock
Ill
Santa Monica Superior Court
Mrs Schuh Moves To Cedar Lake Home
Mrs. P. A. Schuh, 91, longtime Monroe resident, now resides at Cedar Lake Home Route 4 West Bend operated by the Evangelical and Reformed Synod. Widow of Rev. P. A. Schuh who served St. John's here 42 years. Her eyesight worsened. she was taken to the church home Friday. Son-in-law and daughter James and Mrs Nesby have stayed three weeks and plan to return to Dell Rapids South Dakota.
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P. A. Schuh
Monroe
Cedar Lake
Route 4
West Bend
The
Evangelical and Reformed Synod
James Nesby
Dell Rapids
S. D
Former City Man Reported in Africa
George W. Field of Houston a native of Monroe and son of Mrs H Field 1759 15th Street is in French Equatorial Africa with Cities Services Oil Co as head geologist on an oil expedition He flew to France March 23 to arrange the expedition and also surveyed new fields in Italy He is expected to be in Africa for a month before returning to Texas
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George W. Field
Houston
Tex
Monroe
H. Field
15Th Street
French Equatorial Africa
Cities Services Oil Co
Field
France
Italy
Africa
Texas
Winter Weather Strikes Wisconsin Easter Weekend
A late blast of winter chilled the Easter weekend across Monroe and northern Wisconsin with heavy snow in Rhinelander and Park Falls. Temperatures fell to 24 degrees and winds gusted toward 43 mph while Milwaukee reported power outages and TV service interruptions from the storm.
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Monroe
Mercury
Wisconsin
Rhinelander
Park Falls
Wausau
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Beaumont
Northland
Brown County
Monro e farmer Sebastian Goepfert dies at 81
Sebastian Goepfert 81 a Monroe area resident since 1942 died at his home from old age illness He was born April 20 1876 in Alsace Lorraine Germany married in 1903 to Caroline Buehler and lived in Argyle Monroe areas He survived by six children two brothers and four sisters 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Services Wednesday at 930 am Stuessy funeral home and 10 am at St Victor church with burial in Calvary cemetery Rosary at 8 pm tomorrow at the funeral home.
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Sebastian Goepfert
Monroe
Mr. Goepfert
Alsace Lorraine
Germany
Karl
Theresa Eshher Goepfert
Caroline Buehler
Argyle
Goepfert
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Holy Name Society
Golden Age Club
Joseph
Ernest
Monroe Township
Louis
Clarad Township
Leon
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ben Pfund
Jefferson Township
Walter Etter
Stuessy Funeral Home
St. Victor’s Church
E. C. Mccollow
Calvary Cemetery
Easter Joyous Despite Weather Across Area Services Held
Christian worshipers in Monroe and surrounding area attended Easter events despite rain snow and wind. Sunrise at Grace Lutheran drew 175 while 100 joined Monroe Commandery Knights Templar at 3 pm in the Masonic Temple. Activities included an egg hunt with nearly 700 eggs prepared and distributed to children.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Monroe Commandery
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
David Cox
Monroe
Hamline University
St. Paul
American Legion Post
Pope Pius VII calls for global peace efforts in Easter address
In a 15 minute Easter message at St Peter's Square Pope Pius VII urged Christians and all peace lovers to end war. He spoke of sincerity in peace, sacrifices and dialogue and called for Western prudence and broad cooperation without direct reference to nuclear weapons.
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Vatican City
Pius VII
St. Peter’s Square
Christ
Five Wisconsinites Among 47 Victims in Wiscount Crash
Milwaukee residents Joseph H. Carah and Alexander F. Kleinert died in the Midland Michigan crash. Mrs Helen Q Russell of Racine and Mrs Lavina Jenks of Dodgeville perished with their son Herbert Jenks. Curtis Warren from Orange Connecticut, a former UW Madison associate professor, also died. Bernard L Jenks of Madison initially listed among victims clarified later. Kleinert had been transferred to Milwaukee just last Tuesday. Mrs Jenks and her son were visiting Flint, Michigan.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Orange
Alexander F. Kleinert
Russell
Thomas Hassett
Flint
Mich
Kleinert
Train Kills Five on Texas Trestle
Horrified picnickers watched a speeding Sunset Limited strike a trestle near San Antonio killing five children ages 12 and under who were trapped on the railroad span. One youngster escaped moments before the carriages and crew attempted emergency braking. The dead include three Garza children and two Ramirez children from Laredo and San Antonio as relatives mourn.
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San Antonio
Tex
Southern Pacific
Sunset Limited
J. W. Elforth
Medina River
Paula Garza
Manuel Ramirez
Laredo
Ramirez
Stock market slide trims gains on busy trading day
NEW YORK stocks edged lower with steels and other industrials retreating and leading rail shares slipping on broad weakness. Some tobacco and limited issues rose, but the Easter weekend did not change the outlook as steel industry reports point to lower output.
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New York
Batista Says Rebels Defeated in Eastern Cuba Campaign
Havana reports Batista army claims it destroyed a large rebel group led by Raul Castro along Oriente coast and shot down a C46 plane delivering arms. The military says seven rebels killed and over 30 wounded or captured, with Castro still at large in the Sierra Maestra. Rebel leaders threaten a general strike while workers are urged to stay on the job.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Raul Castro
Oriente
Sierra Maestra
Batista
Pinar del Rio
Area Teen-agers Injured in Crash
Four rural Argyle teenagers were injured yesterday when their car lost control and hit a utility pole on County trunks. The driver Marie Elizabeth Daly, 17, and passengers Margaret Daly, 17 Cecil Daly, 13 and Kenneth Daly, 11, all from Route 1 Argyle, sustained minor cuts and bruises. The eastbound car damaged a Dickson Bros fence and an REA power pole was knocked down.
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Argyle
Sheriff's
Marie Elizabeth Daly
Margaret Daly
Cecil Daly
Kenneth Daly
Route 1
Dickson Bros
Soviet Union Prepares Big Siberia Science City for 1959 Opening
The Soviet Union expects its large new science city in Siberia to open by the end of 1959. The operation has been billed as one of the world’s leading science centers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Siberia
Plane Misses Field in Michigan Crash Kills 47
Capital Airlines Viscount airliner crashed in a snowstorm near Midland Michigan killing all 47 aboard. CAB investigators expect weeks to determine cause as four turboprop engines failed to prevent a nose-first plunge into a farm field near Tricity Airport.
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Midland
Mich
Capital Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Tricity
Saginaw
Bay City
Fred G. Powell
Michigan
Powell
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Warner Law
Nelson Girardin
Girardin
Capital Flight
Newark
N.J
Chicago
Detroit
Flint
W. J. Hull
Washington Township
Earle M. Binckley
Levittown
N.Y
Ruth Denecke
St. Petersburg
Fla
U.S
Capital
Trans-Canada Airlines
British Overseas Airways Corp
Vickers- Armstrong, Ltd
Surrey
England
Royce
Fair
Washington
Firefighters respond to two minor alarms in city
City firemen rushed to the Anna M. Metcalf residence at 1518 22nd Avenue during snow flurries to extinguish a chimney fire with no damage found. Earlier, a faulty oil burner at Solomon Auto Parts caused smoke and soot, prompting a second response and minor smoke damage.
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Anna M. Metcalf
22Rd Avenue
Josef J. Benkert
Solomon Auto Parts
Benkert
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Godoy-Sagan Bank
Island Republic
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