Stratton Proposes Two-Year Budget Near 2.25 Billion
Governor Stratton unveils a cautious two year budget totaling 2 244 901 350 with 1 700 575 418 from state funds and 543 515 932 from federal sources. Key increases fund highways welfare classroom construction police and university programs while a 63 million surplus avoids tax hikes and a 536 million sales tax forecast backs revenue.
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Springfield
Ill
Stratton
Welfare Department
University of Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Treasury
Slide Project Kills Two Men in Colorado Avalanche
A controlled snowslide along U S Highway 40 west of Denver killed cameraman John Hermann and highway worker Wayne Whitlock while a helper Roland Wyatt escaped after being trapped. The avalanche was deliberately triggered as part of avalanche control work for the Colorado highway department. Hermann was on assignment for a firm supplying film to Walt Disney Productions.
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Empire
Colo
Roland Wyatt
Salt Lake City
John Hermann
Wayne S. Whitlock
Colorado Highway Department
U. S. Highway 40
Denver
Hermann
Walt Disney Productions
Wyatt
Teacher Vacancies Reported in Green County
Irene C Powers superintendent announced vacancies in 13 rural and state graded Green County schools. Listings show current openings and enrollments for Biggs Adams Township 19 Dry Goods Box Adams 26 Kelly Brooklyn 26 Sanders Cadiz 18 Rush Cadiz 9 Spring Creek Clarno 18 Richland Jefferson 25 Mills Jordan 13 Davis Spring Grove 14 Purcell Washington 11 Loyalty York 22 Browntown State Graded lower grades 14 24 Juda State Graded first and second grades 41.
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Green County
Irene C. Powers
Biggs
Adams Township
Dry Goods Box
Adams
Kelly
Brooklyn
Sanders
Cadiz
Rush
Spring Creek
Clarno
Richland
Jefferson
Mills
Jordan
Davis
Spring Grove
Purcell
Washington
Loyalty
York
Browntown
Juda State
Swiss Bank Robbery at Geneva Corner Yields $10,000
Two bandits robbed a Geneva bank near a busy corner on Monday night taking nearly 10000 in foreign currency. They escaped by car toward the French border.
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Geneva
Tornadoes Kill Six in Carolina
Six people died in North Carolina as tornadoes ripped through the Southeast. More than 150 injured as storms tracked from Mississippi and Georgia into Virginia. The hardest hit area stretched a 150 mile belt through northeast South Carolina into eastern North Carolina. A Raleigh couple died in a head-on crash near Raeford amid fierce winds. Snow and sleet fell in parts of the Northeast, with deep snow across Ohio Michigan and New York.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Carolinas
Virginia
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Highsmith Farms
Roseboro
N. C
Raleigh
Raeford
Ohio Valley
Central Appalachians
Atlantic
Great Lakes
New York State
New England
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Ohio
Michigan
North Atlantic Coast
Hungary Expels U S Officer Over Espionage Charge
Hungary accused Capt. Thomas R. Gleason and Col. James C. Todd of open espionage after stopping and questioning them for more than five hours on a countryside road. The U S legation said the charges are inaccurate and Gleason and Todd deny taking photographs of a Russian occupied barracks.
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Budapest
Hungary
Thomas R. Gleason
U. S
Legation
Gleason
Urbana
James C. Todd
Tulsa
Todd
Trains Collide in Capetown Suburb Killing 24
In Capetown, two crowded electric trains collided head on in a suburb on Monday, killing at least 24 passengers and injuring many more. Emergency crews work at the scene as authorities investigate the crash and halt rail service.
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Capetown
South Africa
Tuberculosis Cure Hinges on Attitude Warns Doctor
Dr John Schindler of Monroe told the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association that successful TB treatment hinges on patient attitude. He said emotional stress can cause disease and that preventing lousy dispositions could cut many physical illnesses. WATA elected Dr Henry A Anderson of Stevens Point as president with Henry G Marsh and Dr Carl N Neupert as vice presidents.
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Milwaukee
John Schindler
Monroe
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Schindler
WATA
Henry A. Anderson
Stevens Point
Association
Henry G. Marsh
Madison
Carl N. Neupert
Edward W. Mason
S. L. Rewey
Britain Trims Taxes on Entertainment and Gasoline
Britain cuts taxes on entertainment gasoline and several household goods by 100 million pounds. TV ownership tax rises. Chancellor Peter Thorneycroft announced the budget in the House of Commons amid Conservative cheers. He urged exports to drive growth while home belt tightening continues.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Peter Thorneycroft
Free World
Thorneycroft
Reds Mine Border to Stem Refugee Flow
Reported action by Red authorities at the Vienna border details mining efforts to block and deter refugees attempting to enter Austria from Hungary.
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Vienna
Hungary
Austria
Flames Destroy Woodford House Leaves Family Homeless
A five room frame house near Woodford burned to ash leaving Mrs. Lea Meuret and her four grandchildren homeless and without food or clothing. Fire chief Homer Lovelace said the family is destitute and needs immediate shelter and supplies. Donations are being sought at the Woodford and Monroe locations.
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Woodford House
Woodford
Lea Meuret
Monroe
Homer Lovelace
Times
Cheese Market Fair Demand Steady Madison Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin market reports fair demand for American cheese with steady prices. Trading is light and supplies are small for standard styles while larger styles move through government purchases. cheddar 34 12 to 35, daisies 36 1 2 to 36 4, longhorns 36 to 37, midgets 37 4 2 to 38.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Park Planning Teams With Scouts For Monroe Project
The Monroe Park planning move uses a cost based approach with National Recreation Association help. City recreation director Ronald D. Johnson announced the plan at a Park Board meeting as Boy Scouts helped map the site north of town supervised by city engineer Walter Ekum. The board also approved summer park and pool staff, Goetz concession terms, and a grade school softball league on an experimental basis.
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National Recreation Association
Monroe
Ronald D. Johnson
Park Board
Johnson
American Legion
Walter Ekum
Senate Debates New Corn Bill Amid Sharp Exchanges
The Senate opened debate on a contentious corn bill aimed at expanding base acreage from 37 million to 51 million and allowing farmers to join soil bank and price supports. Supporters push quick action before planting season. critics doubt House fate and warn the plan relies on administration support and southern votes. Secretary Benson has endorsed a 37 million acre cap, arguing current law limits keep carryover and consumption in mind.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Tex
House
Agriculture Committee
Eisenhower
Benson
Soil Bank
Stock List Widens Gains in Active Trade
NEW YORK The stock market widened its gains in fairly active trading this afternoon. Pivotal stocks in most major divisions rose fractions to a point or more. Western railroads steadied after a Monday setback on news the U S Supreme Court barred Union Pacific from drilling along its right of way. Du Pont gained about five points.
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New York
Western Railroads
U. S. Supreme Court
Union Pacific
du Pont
Grass Fire at Green County Highway Shops Quelled
Firemen were summoned to the Green County highway shops to extinguish a grass fire about 3 p.m. yesterday but it was out when they arrived. Fire Chief Josef Benkert said sparks from an incinerator apparently ignited the grass, but county shops workers had the blaze under control.
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Monroe
Green County Highway
Josef Benkert
Quiz Champ Nadler Pays First Tax Payment on Winnings
Theodore Nadler from St. Louis, a television quiz winner with $152,000 in earnings, wrote a $29,700 federal income tax check as his first payment. He notes an $81,000 tax bill for 1957 and may return to CBS The $64,000 Challenge if a challenger qualifies. He has taken leave from his Army depot job.
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New York
Theodore Nadler
St. Louis
Uncle Sam
Nadler
Cbs-Tv
Mrs. Alvin Kubly Dies at 41 in Monroe Township
Mrs. Alvin A. Kubly 41 a Monroe Township farm woman and part time store employee died at 6 15 last night in St. Clare hospital after a stroke suffered while arranging stock at McLellan s Saturday She had prior strokes active in Immanuel church Pythian Sisters and WSWS branches and led Argus 4 H Club attendance at Freeport High School class of 1933 born Oct 22 1915 in Clarno Township survived by husband two daughters Barbara and Sally and son Larry her parents Elmer and Mae Behring of Fort Lauderdale Fla a brother Kenneth and grandmother Mrs Jennie Priewe Funeral at Immanuel church with Rev Bernard Bartel. Burial Greenwood cemetery conditioned by funeral home arrangements.
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Alvin A. Kubly
Monroe Township
McLellan’s
St. Clare Hospital
Kubly
Immanuel Church
Pythian Sisters Lodge
City
Monroe
Barbara
Sally
Larry
Elmer Behring
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Kenneth
Jennie Priewe
Bernard Bartel
Greenwood Cemetery
Stuessy Funeral Home
Fall kills airman at Wiesbaden base
Nor man E. Murray 21 of Waupaca Wisconsin died in the Lindsay Air Base airmen’s quarters after a fall in Wiesbaden Germany. USAFE officials announced the death today noting the incident occurred Saturday.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S. Air Force
Europe
Norman E. Murray
Waupaca
Wis
Murray
Lindsay Air Base
New York Racket Probers Cite Payoffs in Housing Fraud
Senate committee members said public hearings will reveal thousands of workmen and home buyers in New York areas were gypped by a chain of corrupt deals. Nunzio Squillante invoked the Fifth Amendment after being ordered to produce financial records. Mundt and McClellan described alleged payoffs from dishonest employers to labor leaders to secure contracts and weaken fringe benefits.
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Washington
Senate
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
New York City
Mundt
Long Island
Nunzio J. Squillante
Squillante
McClellan
D-Ark
New York
Wrabetz Dies Former State Industrial Commissioner
Voyta C Wrabetz 77 longtime chairman of the State Industrial Commission from 1933 to 1955 died in a Madison hospital. He was nationally known for industrial health and safety work and workers compensation legislation. He joined the commission staff in 1919 and served six years before becoming chairman. He was appointed by Gov Fred R Zimmerman.
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Madison
Voyta C. Wrabetz
State Industrial Commission
Wrabetz
Industrial Commission
Fred R. Zimmerman
Passenger Ships Resume Voyages Through Suez Canal
The two largest tankers Elizabeth and Fina Canada entered Port Said as the canal reopened for ships up to 20 000 tons. A passenger liner Oceania with 809 passengers prepared to move toward Australia as UN salvage crews cleared Abukir wreck and restored channel depth.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Port Said
Elizabeth
Fina Canada
Middle East
Suez
Oceaia
Australia
U. N
Abukir
Suez Canal Authority
Raymond A. Wheeler
E. L. M. Burns
Ashkelon
Israel
U. N. Mixed Armistice Commission
Gaza Strip
AAA Plans Full-Time Monroe Office in Eugene Hotel
Wisconsin AAA officials Harold Haysen and Arthur Wichern visited Monroe to study a full service district office proposed for the Eugene hotel annex. Sherman Hodgson accompanied them as Green County manager as lease negotiations near completion. The Monroe site would be the 18th AAA office in Wisconsin.
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AAA
Eugene
Wisconsin
American Automobile Association
Harold Hayssen
Arthur Wichern
Sherman Hodgson
Green County
Monroe
Wisconsin Aaa
No Twins This Time as Couple Loses $25,000 Bet
Freeport New York Jean and David Blechman failed in a Lloyds of London bet over a multiple birth. An X ray showed the mother would have a single child, ending a $1,875 to $25,000 wager on twins in June.
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Freeport
N.Y
Long Island
Stork
Lloyds
London
Jean
David Blechman
Blechman
Thompson to Speak to Wisconsin Republican Women Board
Gov. Thompson will address the executive board of the Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women in Madison on state issues, as announced by the state Republican Party office.
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Thomson
Madison
Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women
Republican Party
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Cardwell
Carolina
REDS
Lovelace
Don Lovelace
Link
Billy
Rickey Meuret
Donald
Carol
Donald Marti
Herman Notter
Meade
Route 3
Argyle
Meuret
Rural Electric Cooperative
Boy Scouts
Champ’ Nadler
Alvin Kubly
V.C. Wrabetz
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