Rackow Named Star Farmer at Monroe FFA Banquet
Monroe High School senior Larry Rackow was named Star Farmer of the Monroe FFA chapter at the 16th annual Parent-Son banquet. Rackow, son of Ray and Nils Rackow, presides over the chapter and has prior Wisconsin Farmer Degree honors and national convention experience.
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Judith LA Borde
Larry Rackow
Monroe
Monroe Future Farmers of America
Rackow
Ray Rackow
Route 1
Browntown
Kansas City
Richard Boelk
John Burgy
Donald Witt
Ronald Rufener
Armin Rufener
Nathan Bloom
Harry Bloom
Wisconsin Ffa Association
Green Bay
Jerrold Zuhlike
Nathan Hartwig
Kenneth Fa
Gerald Miller
Phillip Miller
Rufener
Evan Siedschlag
James Sullivan
Dayne Walter
Richard Ammon
Harold Blumer
Nathan Botteron
Richard Christen
Fran Denny
Richard Doecley
Karl Drye
Ralph Figi
Thomas Figi
Robert Fritsch
Walter
Gerald Grossen
Wayne Holton
Sheldon Isely
Franklyn Koch
Virgil Leopold
Paul Priewe
Robert Ruff
Zuhike
John Anderegg
Lyle Baumgartner
Marvin Bear
Claire Bidlingmaier
Franz Camenzind
David Deininger
Donald Dunaway
Ronald Goepfert
Gary Gutzmer
Lester Johnson Jr
Robert Kiemm
Larry Kraus
Roger Kubly
Allan Larson
Wendell Matzke
Ralph Noggle
Robert Pick
Duane Rinehart
Ormond
Nils Nelson
Merle Erickson
Paul H. Olm
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Sandra Miller
Greta Pitkin
Thomas Marean
Larry Gardner
Joan Swiggum
Jerry Robinson
Ralph Stauffacher
Hartwig
First National Bank
Commercial and Savings Bank
FFA
Darling-ton Elects Gordon Roseleip Second Ward Supervisor
Gordon Roseleip former state commander of the American Legion won the sole contest in Darling ton's city election, defeating Joseph W. Donahoe 178 to 103. Ormond Benedict was reelected First Ward supervisor with 77 votes, and other local officers were re elected without opposition. In Wisconsin statewide races, Carl W. Thompson won the 16th Senate District seat, as Democrats gain seats while Republicans maintain control, with Gerald Blaska taking the Dane County Assembly seat.
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Darlington
Gordon Roseleip
American Legion
Joseph W. Donahoe
Donahoe
Ormond Benedict
Francis Reichling
George E. Alderson
F. A. McQuaid
Vera Rooney
Pearl Tagatt
Kenneth Brechler
Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Assembly
Gerald Blaska
Sun Prairie
Dane County
Thompson
Gaylord Nelson
Ivan Kindschi
Marshall
Nelson
Blaska
Ludwig Ladd
Swiss Market Holds Steady Amid Mixed Cheese Demand
The Swiss market shows a steady tone with fair demand and ample to excessive offerings. Cheddar blocks and daisies show prices around 34 to 36 cents per pound, while longhorn and other varieties hover near 34 to 37 cents. Wisconsin Swiss remains steady with mostly unchanged prices and adequate offerings, though few sales are reported.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Catlin Wins Seat on Appleton City Board
Mark Catlin Jr former Wisconsin Assembly speaker was elected to the Outagamie County Board Tuesday. He will represent Appleton 7th Ward on the board.
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Catlin
Appleton
Mark Catlin Jr
Wisconsin Assembly
Outagamie
Monticello Fire Station Proposal Wins Township Support
Mt. Pleasant Township approved the Monticello fire station plan 22 to 5 and Washington Township 27 to 1 in votes taken yesterday afternoon. The two townships would share costs for a new 65 by 56 foot cement block building on the north edge of Monticello to house two fire trucks a rural tank truck and a rescue unit.
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Mt. Pleasant
Washington Township
Monticello
North Side
Grand Central Hotel
Washington Town Hall
Weatherly Intoxication Credibility in Police Chief Hearing
Witnesses in Madison describe Chief Bruce Weatherly as intoxicated after an January 8 accident that injured him while a truck collided with his car. Two bartenders testified about observed intoxication while others found no drunkenness and one undecided. Weatherly denies all charges during the Fire and Police Commission proceeding.
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Madison
Bruce Weatherly
Fire and Police Commission
Weatherly
Hallows Named For Full Term On State Bench
E Harold Hallows won a 10 year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the Tuesday nonpartisan election. The Wauwatosa attorney defeated former Atty General Stewart Honeck by about 12 000 votes in a race that drew under 690 000 voters. Hallows carried 32 counties including Milwaukee County while Honeck won 38 counties. Hallows is a national authority on judicial reform and administration of justice.
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Milwaukee
Supreme Court
E. Harold Hallows
High Court
Stewart G Honeck
Wauwatosa
Administration of Justice
Hallows
Vernon Thomson
Roland J. Steinle
U.S. Senate
Long
Honeck
Thomson
Milwaukee County
Associated Press
Madison
Local May election yields several ward and village results
Duane V. Seider wins Brodhead Second Ward alderman in write in race 242 to 149 over Elliott Laz Montgomery. Herbert J. Ripp becomes Second Ward supervisor with 200 votes over Aurelia Bauman 166 and Ronald Kletzien 39. In Monticello Louis Wyss defeated by Emil Voegeli 156 to 121 for village president. William Spring loses County Board vote to Wilbert Stauffer 184 to 98. Three trustees renamed Harold Babler Karl Freitag John Stenberg. Adam Schuler named clerk 213 to 68 over Earl Aim. Otto Bently re elected treasurer 259. Justice M E Lynn defeats John C Elmer 151 to 128. Zentner unopposed 229 votes.
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Brodhead
Duane V. Seider
Elliott (Laz) Montgomery
Schneider
Schlittler Construction Co
Herbert J. Ripp
Dwight I. Pierce
Ripp
Aurelia Bauman
Ronald W. Kletzien
Miss Bauman
Jennings Christensen
Sidney Stair
Eric Engstrom
Mmes. Stair
Engstrom
Jack B. Pierce
Clinton S. Pierce
Martin C. Hutzel
Monticello
Louis Wyss
Emil G. Voegeli
Wyss
R. A. Woodruff
Voegeli
William Spring
Wilbert Stauffer
Harold Babler
Karl Freitag
John Stenbroten
Fred C. Durtschi
Marvin R. Zimmerman
Adam Schuler
Earl Aim
Otto E. Bently
M. E. Lynn
Justice
John C. Elmer
Dick L. Zentner
Adenauer decision hailed as strategic Western shift
Washington officials welcomed Konrad Adenauer’s plan to step down as German chancellor this year. They view the move as preserving Western unity, enabling younger leaders, and signaling flexibility with the Soviet Union over Berlin. Adenauer directs a May 11 foreign ministers conference.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
U.S
Adenauer
West Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Dry Era Ends For Oklahoma
Oklahoma voters approve repeal of prohibition via a constitutional amendment with a margin over 80,000 in a record special election called by Gov. Edmondson. Legal liquor will arrive in at least two months as privately owned package stores replace prohibition.
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Oklahma City
Spring Defeated Board Will Greet Five New Members
The Green County Board will convene at 8 p.m. Tuesday with five new supervisors. Ray L. Beckman of Monroe defeated Victor N. Schiller 184 to 122 for Second Ward. Bruce Miller won uncontested in Monroe. Wilbert Stauffer beat William Spring 184 to 98 in Monticello. Herbert J. Ripp edged Aurelia Bauman 2 to 166 in Brodhead Second Ward. Carl Jensen won 121 to 119 over Arthur Tschudy in Clarno Township. Incumbents won other races. several candidates withdrew from ballots. write-in votes occurred in some races.
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Green County Board
Monroe
Monticello Village
Brodhead
Clarno Township
Ray L. Beckman
Victor N. Schiller
Beckman
Schiller
John
Monticello
Spring
Herbert J. Ripp
Aurelia Bauman
Ronald W. Kletzien
Ripp
Miss Bauman
Kletzien
Dwight Pierce
Carl Jensen
Arthur Tschudy
Clarno
Henry Pick Sr
Joshua J. Hoesly
New Glarus
Gilbert Hoesly
Fred Lienhardt
Sam Ludwig
Sylvester Township
Leland Heitz
Warren Martin
Ray Montgomery
Browntown Village
Guy Davis
Roger Douglas
Spring Grove
Leland Jordar
George Newman
Jefferson Township
Ben Cleveland
J. Henry Rhyner
Albany Village
Ed Bidlingmaier
Adams
Fred Baertschi
Albany
Sheldon Yarwood
Brooklyn
Dean Rinehart
Cadiz
Willis F. Riemer
Decatur
Ray Grady
Exeter
Marion Lewis
Jordan
J. B. Scherer
Joe Blumer
Emmett J. Norton
First
Joseph D. Viney
Third
Walter Speich
Forth
Fred Glauser
Sixth
Myron Stair
Seventh
T. Roy Evenson
Hunt for Kidnap Killer Continues in Milwaukee
Six year old Ben Wagner was buried after a Mass of the Angels at St Leo Catholic church as police pursue clues. A John Doe warrant charges the unidentified kidnapper with abduction and prosecutors consider seeking a federal warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, potentially bringing FBI involvement. Parents Louis and Dorthy Wagner struggle with grief as officers press on.
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Milwaukee
Ben Wagner
St. Leo’s Catholic
John Doe
William J. McCausey
FBI
Louis Wagner
Evans and Gerber Win Alderman Ballot Contests
Miss Eleanor Frederick elected treasurer and William J. Schmitz named city attorney in Monroe elections. In 3 ward races Ray Beckman Daniel Gerber and Orville Evans Sr. win while Schmitz leads six wards and Callahan takes seventh and eighth. Election results include several unopposed wins and a high turnout with detailed ward tallies.
Ted Williams Discharged From Boston Hospital
Ted Williams, 40 year old Boston Red Sox slugger, was discharged from New England Baptist hospital and remained unsure when he would rejoin teammates.
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Ted
Boston
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
New England Baptist Hospital
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Confederation
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William T. Wedesky
Pfund
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Arthur C. Benkett
Herman J. Schmitz
Viney-Schmitz
Callahan
Miss Frederick
Trumpy Cheese Co
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Burgy
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Orville R. Evans
Willis E. Hartwig
Evans
la Verne Deal
Rex N. Eyler
Joseph C. Dearth
August H. Burgi
Freda Bray
Stewart Honeck
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