15 Apr 1955
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1955
Page
1
County officials plan reorganizing at the April session with nine new members and 24 committee changes. The board will decide on jail bids totaling 252757 dollars and adjust appointive and elective panels amid turnover in Monroe and surrounding townships.
Illinois Supreme Court ruled in favor of Louis E. Wolfson, upholding that Ward’s staggered three of nine directors election is illegal. The ruling clears the way for a full nine director vote at Ward’s annual meeting in Chicago next Friday, intensifying the fight with Sewell Avery over the 700 million dollar enterprise.
In Brewton Alabama the Ritz Theater is submerged with about three feet of street water inside the screen end. The venue is showing On the Waterfront as floodwaters rise around the building.
Forty six Monroe high school athletes and five managers will be honored at the annual athletic banquet Thursday at 6 30 p m in the band room. Art Lentz of the University of Wisconsin sports news service will be the featured speaker. Dozens of named athletes, managers, cheerleaders and guests are listed as attendees.
Sen George of Georgia a Democratic critic of public disclosure on defending Quemoy and Matsu calls the issue a football of politics. As chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he limits public statements and backs no fixed declaration while acknowledging presidential authority to defend related Formosa areas if needed.
Wisconsin follows Dr. Jonas Salk by delaying the third polio shot in the county program. First and second grades will receive two injections two to four weeks apart with a booster seven months later, aiming to stretch vaccine for 442 million additional treatments. Local doctors charge about 12 dollars for the full series.
Rob ert Lee Feller 17 Monticello faces a preliminary hearing May 12 before L A Koenig as examining magistrate on charges of negligent homicide in the death of Mrs Eva Busjahn 55 of rural Browntown following an April 5 collision. Feller pled innocent bond set at 1000, potential transfer to Circuit Court for October term if cause found. A coroner verdict of negligent homicide preceded a warrant for his arrest.
Grace Russ a 12 year old from London Ontario says an elephant at the Columbus Zoo grabbed her wallet and swallowed it during a zoo visit. She lost 5.60 dollars and some photos and asked Columbus city council to reimburse her. The council will consider the claim next Monday.
Rep Gerald R Ford from Michigan will headline the Wisconsin Young Republican convention at La Crosse on April 30. The selection was announced by state chairman Charles Zepp of Alma.
A 40-year-old Freeport man, George Miller, sought for the slaying of Jimmie Lee Dickens 24, was arrested stepping from a taxi near his South Sherman avenue home. He admitted the crime after police questioning and signed a confession. An inquest is set for 10 am tomorrow. Dickens died from a gunshot wound to the left chest after an argument over a woman at a tavern Wednesday night.
Area attorneys and accountants note the tax filing deadline is midnight tonight for both federal and state returns. Envelopes must be postmarked by midnight to avoid penalties as the April 15 deadline arrives.
Plymouth Wisconsin report notes no sales today on the Wisconsin cheese exchange. Bid unfilled for one car junior grade cheddar 30 34, five cars 40 pound blocks 32 percent, three cars pasteurized cheddar 32 percent, one car single daisies 34, two cars cheddar 31 34. Trading tone steady.
The text reports a general strike threat in an Alabama city and details city committee actions. It notes a postponement request and mentions related legislative debates and public hearings in Wisconsin, including judiciary committee actions and proposed anti subversive measures.
TOKYO The U. S. 9th Corps has rescinded a recent order that would have put troops back on kitchen police duties. The reversal saves 225 Japanese from losing their culinary and dish washing roles as soldiers are kept in training instead of chores in the mess hall.
The South Korean Marine Corps division near Seoul marked its sixth anniversary at the northern Seoul headquarters. Units and officers observed the milestone with ceremonies and traditional honors.
Nine justices begin considering how to implement the historic ruling that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Four days of arguments offered varied views on when to end segregation and whether the court should set a nationwide cut off date, with a likely decision before the June recess.
Moscow and Vienna signaled a rapid end to occupation with Austria pledging not to join alliances or host foreign bases. The joint communique outlined reparations worth 150 million dollars in Austrian goods and return of German property, oil fields, and Danube Shipping Co. The deal awaits approval by the Big Four and includes a push to normalize trade and repatriate Austrian prisoners.
Slender Hawkins of Dawson Springs Kentucky will begin receiving 300 dollars a month as Minnesota’s pension for wrongfully spent years. The 59 year old man was pardoned in 1951 after Barker Karpis gang members confessed his innocence in the 1932 Minneapolis bank robbery. The legislature passed the bill granting the monthly pension. Hawkins expresses gratitude and resignation without bitterness. He says the amount is enough to live on but wishes for more restitution.
Chief Justice Earl Warren announced he will not be a candidate for president and will not alter this stance under any circumstances. The remarks followed a poll showing Warren as a potential Republican nominee if Eisenhower does not seek a second term. Warren, a former California governor, was nominated by Eisenhower in 1953 and began his Supreme Court tenure in 1953.
The Milwaukee Road asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise commuter fares by 20 to 40 percent. About 16 thousand daily riders travel on two routes serving suburbs between Chicago and Walworth Wisconsin and Elgin Illinois.
A general strike looms in Birmingham as rail and phone walkouts cost the South millions. Pickets at the Giant Fairfield steel mill threaten mass shutdowns while Southern governors plan a meeting in Nashville to seek a regional settlement. Police report bomb damage and cable sabotage across several states amid ongoing talks and mediations.
New York reports a firm mood in an advancing stock market with many key stocks holding steady and modest gains around two points at their best. Losses remained small with brief dips, as Montgomery Ward fell early then recovered after the Illinois Supreme Court ruling affecting its upcoming directors election.
Radioactive dust detected in northern Japan prompted speculation that Russia may have conducted another atomic blast. Officials stressed the need for verification while monitoring air samples and regional response plans.
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