Swiss Army Officer Visits Relatives in Monroe
Lt. Fred Buhlmann of the Swiss Army returns from Korea after serving over ten months with the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission at Panmunjom. He visited relatives in Monroe before continuing to Omaha and Washington. He plans to work in insurance, watchmaking, or international fields and speaks German, French, and English.
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Korea
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Panmunjom
Fred Buhlmann
Monroe
Ruhlmann
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
California
Los Angeles
Cousins
Burbank
Chicago
Milwaukee
Madison
Christ Buhlmann
Omaha
Washington, D. C
Bulova Watch Co
New York
The
Easter crowds fill Monroe churches and events
Easter Sunday drew crowds as Monroe residents enjoyed sunny 70 degree weather. St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed was nearly full for sunrise services led by Lyndon C. Viel, with music by Robert Koller and others. A community breakfast served 125 attendees, and two worship services at many churches reported full congregations. An Easter egg hunt for 200 children on the American Legion lawn entertained youngsters while Shrine clowns provided amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Sugar River
St. John’s Evangelical
Carl Holsinger
Charles W. Stuessy
Carson G. Lowl
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
Edwin Schuetze
Bolender
Masonic Chorus
Bruce M. Blum
American Legion Club
Robert J. Alder
Walworth Village Fire Defeated by Multicounty Crews
Firemen from seven communities battled a wind driven blaze that destroyed the Walworth Village tavern and restaurant, a barn, two sheds, and the old Springfield Hotel annex. Damage was around 50000 dollars. Water had to be brought in by milk trucks and tarpaulin tanks. Fire departments included Troy Burlington Elkhorn Lake Geneva East Center and Linn.
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Springfield
Walworth County
Lake Geneva
Walter Meseck
Gordon Uebele
Lyons
Troy
Burlington
Elkhorn
East Center
Linn
Barbershop Quartets to Sing in Monroe Tomorrow Night
Madison chapter quartet groups will perform at the Woman's Club Spring Festival of Song in Monroe high school auditorium at 8 p m tickets go on sale at 7 p m doors open then no reserved seating first come first served Quartets include Nobleaires Madison Whipcords Delavan For Mor Madison Cardinals Madison Blackhawks Janesville Cardinals group noted as international finalists 1949 1954 and Blackhawks as current district champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Woman's Club
Madison
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Barber Shop Quartet
America
Joe Ripp
Phil Davies
Nobleaires
Whipcords
Delavan
Cardinals
Blackhawks
Janesville
Land O’ Lakes
Rev Barton C Holloway Dies at 74 in Orangeville
Rev Barton C Holloway 74 longtime Rockford district Methodist minister died in a drug convalescent home after a long illness. Born December 4, 1875 in Winslow Township, he married Maude Schoch in 1903 and served 37 years. Services set for Wednesday at 1 30 pm at Orangeville Methodist Church with burial in Orangeville cemetery.
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Orangeville
Barton C. Holloway
Winslow Township
William and
Chestie Musser Holloway
Maude Schoch
Holloway
Rockford
Beloit College
Northwestern University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Chicago
Garrett
Burington-Cramer
Stock Market Edges Higher Amid Mixed Slips
The stock market advanced today with prices up about three points at best while some areas declined. Aircraft stocks fell, and a House committee planned hearings in Washington on profits from government contracts.
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New York
Washington
House
Corsi Rejects Dulles Offer For New Post
Edward J. Corsi, ousted as State Department immigration specialist, rejects Secretary Dulles’s offer of a new job. His wife said he is exhausted and will stay in Arlington a few weeks. The move follows criticism of Dulles for ending his temporary post after 90 days.
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Washington
Edward J. Corsi
State Department
Secretary of State
Dulles
Corsi
Arlington
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
United States
Congress
GOP
New York State
Walter
D-Pa
Latin America
Europe
Red Association
Rep
Celler
D-Ny
McCarthy
Republican Party
Frelinghuysen
R-Nj
Tense secrecy surrounds Salk polio vaccine test results
Ann Arbor reports a high suspense around the impending release of test results on the Salk polio vaccine. Dr Thomas Francis Jr at the University of Michigan compiles the last year’s data while questions loom about potential public reaction whether results are highly successful or disappointing.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Thomas Francis Jr
Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
Basil O’connor
National Foundation For
Norbert M Daly Dies in Wisconsin City
Norbert M Daly aged 55 prominent business and civic leader dies today. He is father to Mike Daly former University of Wisconsin basketball player now in the Air Force.
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Norbert M. Daly
Wisconsin Rapidl
Mike Daly
University of Wisconsin
Air Force
Hearings Begin on School Segregation Ruling
The Supreme Court opens a week of hearings on how to implement its May decision that racial segregation in public schools violates the Constitution. Justices will weigh immediate admission versus gradual integration and whether to issue country wide or state level directives, with reactions split among states and communities.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Virginia
South Carolina
Kansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
South
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
639 Children Set For Salk Vaccine
Green County signs total 639 first and second graders for the Salk polio vaccine with 267 in Monroe and 372 outside. Monroe city signers account for 88 percent of eligible students. 302 are in Monroe schools while 337 are in areas outside. Final counts may rise as responses arrive by phone.
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Green County
Monroe
June Grammes
Ruth Chase
Grammes
Coroner's Jury Named For Inquest Tomorrow
Six members of a coroner's jury were named by Sheriff Samuel Humbel for tomorrow's inquest into the death of Mrs. William Busjahn of rural Browntown. The panel includes Dr. Wayne J. Fencil Rev. C. C. Warfel Mrs. Perle Guess Arthur J. Theiler Domenic Bongiorno and D E Helland. Mrs Busjahn died in a two car collision with Richard L Feller 17 Monticello.
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William Busjahn
Browntown
Samuel F. Humbel
Wayne J. Fencil
C. C. Warfel
Perle Guess
Monroe
Arthur J. Theiler
New Glarus
Domenic Bongiorno
Albany
D. E. Helland
Austrian Chief Flies to Moscow To Review Offer
Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab flies to Moscow by Soviet plane for talks that could signal a Soviet shift on Austria. Officials say a Russian troop withdrawal or neutrality deal might influence West German reunification and Big Four negotiations, with Vienna awaiting a promised Austrian freedom amid 25,000 Western and 44,000 Russian troops still occupying.
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Vienna
Austria
Julius Raab
Moscow
Kremlin
Europe
Raab
V. M. Molotov
Paris
West
Donald D. Hull Leaves Scout Post for Army Service
Donald D. Hull longtime Freeport Scout executive resigns from the U S Grant Council to enter military service. E G McCulloch names Forrest W White acting Scout executive and David Mueller assistant as a search committee interviews candidates. Hull served since 1952 after WW II service and is a major in the Air Force reserves.
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Donald D. Hull
Freeport
U.S. Grant Council
E. G. McCulloch
Forrest W. White
David Mueller
McCulloch
Thomas R. Pfisterer
Curtis B. Taylor
David L. McNary Jr
E. W. Riddeout
Hull
Portsmouth
Ohio
Jackson
Mich
U. S. Air Force
Three Auto Mishaps Delay Arkansas Funeral
Albert A. Philpot 75, Arkansas farmer, died Friday prompting relatives from California and Texas to travel to Mena. An accident near Seymour, Texas critically injured his son Otis and left others unhurt. His other son A J Philpot and Alton Ray Philpot suffered head injuries in separate crashes. A fourth accident halted a Texas travel companion's trip as their car hit a bridge with minor injuries.
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Polk County
California
Texas
Seymour
Tex
Otis Philpot
Fresno
Calif
A. J. Philpot
Idabel
Okla
Alton Ray
Texarkana
Ark
Sam Miller
Tahoka
Mrs John Regan Madison Woman Dies at 67
Mrs John A Regan 67 of Madison died at home after long illness. Born in La Crosse she lived in Madison over 40 years and was a niece of Mrs Henry Brown and the late Mrs Bertha Burke of Monroe. Survived by husband Dr John A Regan a daughter Mrs Arthur Petersen a sister Mrs Bertha Ray and two grandchildren. Services were held at Blessed Sacrament Church Madison with burial in Resurrection Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
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John A. Regan
Madison
Henry Brown
Bertha Burke
Monroe
Thomas M. Cain
Resurrection Cemetery
Robert Wickham
Harry Kessenich
Richard Kennedy
Richard Watt
George Benisch
Donald Kinney
Fire Devastates Bowling Green Virginia Business District
A four hour Easter blaze gutting 20 businesses left Bowling Green with only six structures standing. The $750000 fire started in a barn hayloft near the commercial row, echoing a 1900 disaster in the same town. Eight families became homeless. two people injured.
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Bowling Green
Virginia
Richmond
Red Cross
GM and UAW Open Peaceful Contract Talks
GM pledged to negotiate a new contract with the UAW without strike threats. Talks resume as Ford debates starting next day. GM advert stressed past prosperity under the current agreement and urged a steady effort through 1955.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Gm-Uaw
Ford
Walter Reuther
County Suspect Given Sentences
Malcolm Giles, 33, of Kalamazoo Michigan, admitted at least 40 burglaries in Wisconsin and Michigan and was sentenced in Manitowoc County to six concurrent terms for five breaking and entering counts and one auto theft. He received one to 10 years on each breaking and entering count and one to five years for auto theft. Giles faces additional charges in Argonne and was arrested in a Rhinelander hotel room. Sheriff Humbel noted ongoing investigations and a February arrest warrant.
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Manitowoc i
Malcolm Giles
Kalamazoo
Mich
Wisconsin
Michigan
Manitowoc
Giles
Outagamie County
Harold W. Mueller
Crandon
Argonne
Rhinelander
Samuel F. Humbel
Albany
Argyle
Appleton
Humbel
Acid Hurling and Cable Cuttings Mark Weekend
Tension rose across three states as mobs attacked a Southern Bell exchange and forced closures. The CIO strike entered its 29th day with 17 arrests and 19 more firings, while police reported acid in an officer’s eye and multiple cable cuttings in the Atlanta area.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Southwest
CIO Communications Workers of America
Clinton
Tenn
Joe Owen
Tom Stokes
Southern Bell
Birmingham
Ala
Robert Lindbergh
G. L. Pattie
E. S. Elam
Middlesboro
LaFollette
Jellico
Maryville
W. A. Smallwood
CWA
Sloan G. Springfield
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Chattanooga
W. A. Carmichael
CIO Center
Winslow Defeats Consolidation Plan in School Board Race
In Lena Winslow district voters produced a record turnout for anti consolidation candidates Harold Trumpy Clyde Schultz and Adolph Stalder Jr all winning three year terms on the seven member board with 781 787 and 753 votes. Opponents of the plan won over pro consolidation candidates Russell Cox Waldo Huneke and Ernest Stabenow with 726 672 and 642 votes. The outcome blocks consolidation for another year as five of seven board members oppose the plan and next year two seats will be filled. The affected Lena Winslow area would include Elroy McConnell Waddams Grove Lena and Winslow.
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Winslow
Lenad-Winslow
Harold Trumpy
Clyde Schultz
Adolph Stalder Jr
Lena-Winslow
Lena
Russell Cox
Waldo Huneke
Ernest Stabenow
Trumpy
Elroy
McConnell
Waddams Grove
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Dixie
Phil Johnston
Palo Alto
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Hollywood
Arkansas
Mena
Albert A. Philpot
John Regan
Kentucky
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