Monroe High Students Begin Delaware Visit in Wilmington
The Monroe exchange group of 30 students and two advisers arrived in Wilmington Delaware for a week of classes tours and sightseeing at Alexis du Pont high school They traveled from Monroe with stops including Gettysburg and Tuscarora Mountain The group plans to return Sunday and will attend the National Symphony Orchestra concert before reuniting with new friends in Wilmington
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Monroe
Wilmington
Del
Alexis du Pont High School
Fred R. Simpson
Herbert M. Ainsworth
Monroe Evening Times
Washington
Laurel Hill
Allegheny Mountain
Gettysburg
Tuscarora Mountain
McConnellsburg
Eternal Light Peace Memorial
National Symphony Orchestra
Pan- American Union
P.S
Wisconsin Toll Increases to 215 After Weekend Fatalities
The Associated Press reports a deadly weekend on Wisconsin roads with 10 deaths and toll rising to 215 for the year. Victims include Pamela O Connor of Fond du Lac and Lee E Lehman of Milwaukee among others in crashes near Fond du Lac Milwaukee Rhinelander Delavan and Sheboygan Falls.
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Associated Press
Rhineland
Wisconsin
Fond du Lac
Milwaukee
Pamela O’connor
George
Fond du_Lac
Lee E. Lehman
George Lassig
Rhinelander
Gary B. Moes
Mike Allerton
Jack Hehling
Merrill
Stock Prices Climb as Trading Volume Rises
New York stocks advanced toward a new Dow high as electronics shares led gains. Trading volume reached about 5.5 million shares, up from 5.1 million Friday, with Union Carbide and Polaroid among notable movers.
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New York
Union Carbide
Polaroid
Kennedy's Virginia Host Town Settles Race Move Quietly
In Middleburg Virginia residents learned after Mass that three lunch counters would desegregate. Local whites blamed President Kennedy as a catalyst though no direct action by him was confirmed. Louis C Dimos, owner of the Coach Stop, denied pressuring to refuse service though his wife suggested serving Negro patrons for publicity.
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Middleburg
Kennedy
Virginia Hunt Country
Glen Ora
Louis C. Dimos
Dimos
Snowstorm Forces Jets to Milwaukee for Landings
A blowing snowstorm in Chicago redirected eight jet airliners from Air France Trans World United Airlines Northwest Orient and Continental to General Mitchell Field Milwaukee for landings Sunday. Pilots chose Milwaukee to avoid instrument landing on the slippery Chicago runway.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
General Mitchell Field
Air France
Trans World Airlines
United Airlines
Northwest Orient Airlines
Continental Air Lines
Curtain Raiser For Monroe Auto Spring Open House
Bright sun marks the opening of Monroe Auto Spring Open House in the New Car and Truck Dealers Association showrooms. The weeklong event runs through Sunday with a Friday Saturday CARnival of Bargains offering $50 certificates for purchases over 1000 and $25 certificates for smaller buys.
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Monroe Auto
Monroe
New Car and Truck Dealers Association
Aes Nares
Carnival of Bargains
Auto Dealers Association
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
W. A
Ted) Thayer
Wards Store
Chamber
Lester Johnson
Joseph Dearth
Auto Association
Dealer Association
Badger Motors
Behring Motors
Dearth Motors
Green County Auto Co
Johnson- Eraser Pontiac
Marty - Ripp Chevrolet
Monroe Sales Co
Rambler
Stocker Motor Sales and Trucks, Inc
Diem Wins Big in South Viet Nam Election
Viet Nam voters backed President Ngo Dinh Diem in South Viet Nam’s first democratic style elections with over 80 percent nationwide and over 90 percent in the Me Kong River delta. Officials reported about 70 percent turnout from 7.2 million eligible voters as incidents were minor.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mekong River
South
Tragic Highway Crash Claims Three Teens and Driver
A Rhinelander area crash on Highway 8 killed three high school boys and a truck driver after Lassig slowed to turn into his Squash Lake home. Four others survived as firefighters freed victims from the burning wreckage.
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Rhinelander
Squash Lake
Rhinelander High School
Lassig
Clifford Brown
Woodboro
Robert Kniskern
Gary B. Moes
Brown and
Kniskern
Mike Allerton
WOBT
Bravery Citations at Governor’s Conference Honors Six Youths
At the Governor's Conference on Children and Youth in Madison six youths received special bravery citations. Stephen Austen Kurtis Bafia David Wake and Miss Mauermann Gerald Purchatske Richard Helmstetter and Gary Delorit were recognized for public service and community work. Austen Bafia and Wake saved lives during drownings in local incidents.
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Shelby Mauermann
Broda
Governor’s Conference On Children and Youth
Madison
Stephen D. Austen
Green Bay
Kurtis Bafia
New Lisbon
David Wake
Stoughton
Miss Mauermann
Gerald Purchatske
Oshkosh
Richard C. Helmstetter
East Troy
Gary J. Delorit
Forestville
Shelby
Harvey Mauermann
Brodhead
Austin
Bafia
Wake
Yahara
Five Survived Missile Mishap Over New Mexico B52 Crash
Five crew members escaped the B52 crash near Grants New Mexico after a Sidewinder missile severed a jet engine and caused the bomber to explode. Three crew members were killed. two remained missing until Sunday. Capt Ray Obel co pilot and S Sgt Manuel Mieras survived after bailing from 35000 feet in a blizzard. Bodies of the dead were recovered and taken to Albuquerque.
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Grants
N.M
Air Force
Ray C. Obel
Logan
Ohio
Manuel C. Mieras
Flagstaff
Ariz
Obel
Wausau
Mieras
Mt. Taylor
Here
Albuquerque
Oilivan
Airtland Air Force Base
Stephen Carter
East Hartford
Conn
Glenn V. Bair Jr
Kemmerer
Wyo
Senate poised to act on good faith bill for city contracts
State Senate expected to vote within a week on a good faith bill from Assemblyman C. M. Stauffer of Monticello, already passed by the Assembly. If enacted and signed, it would allow the city to pay V. U. Stauffacher Construction Co. 2115 dollars for street repairs, halted by an injunction following a case by former mayor Victor N. Schiller.
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State Senate
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
Assembly
Senate
Judiciary Committee
V. U. Stauffacher Construction Co
Stauffa
Nelson Pushes Tax Cut Plan for Inventory and Livestock
Gov. Nelson proposed a constitutional tax cut allowing reduced rates on merchants inventories, manufacturers inventories, and farm livestock with a phased rollout starting April 4. The plan follows a ballot approval of the levy change and would require income tax adjustments to offset property tax losses.
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Madison
Nelson
State Tax Department
Joint Finance Committee
Tax Department
John Gronouski
Mrs Eva Seffrood Dies at 55 in Apple River
Mrs Eva Seffrood, 55, of Apple River Illinois, died at 9 35 a m today in St Clare hospital She was admitted as a medical patient on February 27 Arrangements are pending at Bartell funeral home Warren
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Eva Seffrood
Apple River
Ill
St. Clare Hospital
Bartell Funeral Home
Warren
Cheese prices dip at Madison market activity wanes
American cheese prices eased by a quarter to a half cent following similar declines on last Friday's cheese exchanges. Demand ranges from slow to good but mostly fair with ample supplies. Cheddar car lots 36 to 37 cents, 40 pound blocks 654 to 638 cents, singles 38 to 38, longhorns 38 to 39, midgets 3814 to 40 cents.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Dara Sinks After Collision in Persian Gulf Disaster
The 5,300 ton liner Dara sank after a collision and explosion in a storm. Salvage ships attempted beaching while owners report 772 aboard with 560 survivors and 212 missing, many Asians, including Caltex employee L V Dorsch and his wife. The tragedy unfolded near the Oman coast as Brit ish and U S navies fought the blaze.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Gray MacKenzie
The
Line
Caltex Oil Co
L. V. Dorsch
Brooklyn
N.Y
Vala
California
Caltex
Basra
Bombay
U.S
British India Steamship Co
Oman
Arabian Peninsula
Warning Issued On Repair Crews In Monroe
Monroe residents were warned by city police to beware of heating plant crews who misrepresent the need for repairs. The alert urges skepticism toward door to door contractors and advises contacting official city channels for verification.
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Monroe
Local Residents Warned About Deceptive Repair Scams
Police reported a complaint about an agent pushing unnecessary repairs and quoting nearly double the price for a part replacement. A local firm confirmed misrepresentation. Residents are urged to have local firms verify all such estimates and beware of traveling crews for chimney and roof work and tree trimming.
Skin diver drowns in quarry near Racine
Edwin Wasz, 35, of Chicago, drowned at Aqua Land Quarry Sunday after he could not remove two extra weight belts found in the water while skin diving.
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Edwin Wasz
Chicago
Aqualand Quarry
Here
Postoffices to Add 10 000 Workers and Limit Substitutes
Washington The Post Office Department plans to add 10 000 regular employees by capping substitute hours to 40 to 44 per week starting July 1. Regulars face an 80 hour bi weekly limit. Day says it ends overlong extra tours and unfair pay, reallocating work from substitutes to create steadier jobs. Wisconsin may gain 256 regular positions.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
J. Edward Day
Day
Civil Service
Wisconsin
Board Approves Grit Removal Unit Plan at Plant
The Board of Public Works approved immediate grit and scum removal work at the sewage plant before full operation. Rex N Eyler said the pit would be installed at about 1600 dollars, and the grit removal unit may cost 10000 to 15000 dollars. Eyler noted engineer Bruno Hartman will meet officials to discuss details.
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Board of Public Works
Rex N. Eyler
Eyler
Bruno Hartman
City to hire engineer by April and spray bid for Dutch elm disease
The board plans to hire a new city engineer by April 15 to start by May 1 and has received a single sealed bid for spraying trees to combat Dutch elm disease. Eyler noted a re advertisement may occur if the state grants a permit extension. otherwise spraying could be delayed until fall as permits are required after April 15.
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Eyler
Soviet space launch reported by CBS radio
CBS radio reports indications that the Soviet Union is about to launch a man into space or has already done so, a development announced in New York.
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SPACE
New York
Soviet Union
Columbia Broadcasting System Radio Network
Gymnastic Show This Saturday At Junior High
Nearly 150 junior and senior gymnasts perform in the Turn and Schwing Club exhibition at the junior high gym. Marvin Wuthrich says the program features a new women’s drill with men on the horizontal and parallel bars side horse vaulting and tumbling.
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Turner Hall
Nancy Krattiger
Barbara Kohl
Sandy Kohn
Barbara Koller
Robert
Barbara) Ruff
Times
Marvin Wuthrich
Ernest Ammon
Roger Wuthrich
Aind Dale Bertalot
Clarence Gissing
Orson Robertson
Dennis Pickett
Esther Schwartz
Dale Bertalot
Carl Tobler
Duane Schwartz
Willie Ruef
Hugo Ruef
DeWayne
Tarz) Flannery
Bill Kummer
Rodger Isely
Orson Robertson Jr
Larry Uffelman
Michael K
Monroe Gra-Y Wins Tri-County Cage Title
Monroe Gra-Y captures Western District basketball crown in Janesville by beating Delavan 30 to 14. Monroe Jr Hi Y suffers a 48 to 46 loss to Delavan, leaving Monroe with a clean sweep. Coach Dave Stauffacher leads both teams. Bill Norder scores 16. Bob Buchholtz and Gary Phillips each add 16 for the Gra Y.
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Janesville
Delavan
Monroe Jr
American businessman given three weeks to live after release
Doctors tell the family of Robert E. McCann that the American businessman, freed by China after ten years in Communist prisons, has three weeks to live.
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Manila
Robert E. McCann
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Bureau of Printing and Engraving
White House
Mt. Vernon
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Oconto
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Lawrence Smith
Paul Lewis Diesner
Waukesha
Wesley Samsal
Plymouth
Sheboygan Falls
James Dobbin
Joseph Jedwabny
Menasha
Eugene Gramm
Virgina
Viet Nam
Lee Allerton
Ho al Lert Patel Fawnile
Mike
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ray Christian
Don Mikkelson
Merrill Hibbard
Oneida County
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Linar Riaza
Tit
Gra-Y
Tri-County
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