Rural schools reshaped as homes and storage sites
Monroe district attachment has left twenty-one rural schools under its jurisdiction with several likely to close as enrollment shrinks. Two schools have become residences, one near Monroe and another near Zan ders Lake. others serve as storage or workshop space. The Franklin school in Cadiz Township houses Green County Historical Society items while efforts to create a pioneer village grow.
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Monroe
Franklin
Green County Historical Society
Simmons
Highway 69
Monticello
Ernest Schober
Clifford Leuzinger
Michael
Zanders Lake
Leuzinger
Walter Bahler
Schobers
Simmons School
Schober
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
California
Beloit
Rock Island Arsenal
Cadiz Township
Greenbush School
Highway 59
John B. Holtshopple
Green Valley School
Cadiz
Alvin Bidlingmaier
North
Winslow
Wisconsin
Bidlingmaiers
Watson School
Frank Guttmer
Gutzmers
Charles G. Hartwig
17Th Avenue
Grove School
Jordan Township
Melvin Updike
Adams Township
John Doe Witness Tries To Kill Self In Milwaukee
Milwaukee police say 27 year old Robert Marchewka a key witness in the John Doe investigation into the rubbish hauling business shot himself in the abdomen Friday night in an apparent attempt at death by his own action. He is in critical condition at a hospital with a .38 caliber wound and blamed marital troubles for his act.
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Milwaukee
Milwauke
Robert Marchewka
John Doe
Marchewka
U S Forces Not Planned for Laos Move
Washington officials ruled out sending U S troops to Laos now while other options are considered. Kennedy warned of the Laos crisis as pro Communist Pathet Lao advances near Plaine des Jarres risking Geneva accords. SEATO allies may join maneuvers in northern Thailand mid June.
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Washington
Kennedy
Laos
U.S
National Security Council
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Plaine
United States
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Donner tops GM pay as highest US auto exec
Frederic G. Donner, GM chairman, earned 791 475 dollars last year to set an all time automotive industry record. Federal tax 682 065 dollars left him 109 410 dollars net. John Gordon, GM president, ranked second with 725 100 dollars including 181 100 salary and 408 750 bonus.
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Detroit
Frederic G. Donner
General Motors Corp
U.S
Donner
Harlowe Curtice
John Gordon
Nine Family Members Drown in Tennessee River Incident
SCOTTSBORO Ala Nine members of a rural Alabama family mostly children drowned when a small outboard boat overturned on the Tennessee River near Scottsboro. Eleven were aboard the boat at about midnight with Charles Caves 18 operating it. He swam to shore as a 10 year old brother Jimmy clung to the craft.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Alabama
Tennessee
Here
Highway Patrol
Charles Caves
Jimmy
Cuban Exiles Seek Unity Amid Cuban Crisis Split
Former Cuban minister of state Manuel Antonio Varona and fellow anti-Castro associates push to revive the Cuban Revolutionary Council after a leadership dispute with the Kennedy administration. Varona denies any U S promise of a second invasion and cites U S support as essential to Cuba’s freedom. Fidel Castro, claiming Soviet missiles prove a planned invasion, broadcasts that the Caribbean crisis shows who bears responsibility.
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Associated Press
Manuel Antonio de Varona
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
United States
Free World
Council
Jose Miro Cardona
Kennedy
Varona
Washington
Miro
Dr. Cardona
Miami
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Caribbean
Plastic debris from Thresher scene tested in inquiry
In Portsmouth New Hampshire a large polyethylene plastic fragment found with new debris at the Thresher sinking scene showed charred spots suggesting a rush of flame. Chemist Frederick L Downs testified the 18 inch square piece is from reactor shielding on nuclear powered submarines and bears embedded metal bits. Further tests are planned.
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Portsmouth
N.H. i
Thresher
Naval Court of Inquiry
Naval Shipyard
Frederick L. Downs
Downs
Manpower Survey Under Way To Attract New Industry
Monroe plans a manpower data study to gauge availability of men and women for full time jobs as firms consider Monroe for expansion or relocation. The Monroe Chamber of Commerce urges any job seekers not currently employed in Monroe to submit an application by April 27, with data kept confidential.
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Monroe
D.L. Mossman
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
John F. Kundert
Chamber of Commerce
Orville R. Evans
Milton K. Johnson
Monroe Industrial Development Corp
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Evening Times
Chamber
Wisconsin Power and Light
Chamber of Commerce and Co
Playboy Club Boss Tells About Payoffs
New York time Hefner says his Playboy Club paid off big to obtain a liquor license. He claims the State Liquor Authority faced broader bribery and corruption. Hefner states New York was uniquely thwarted by high level administrative corruption.
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Playboy Club
New York
Hugh M. Hefner
U.S
New York City
Hefner
State Liquor Authority
X15 Pilot Robert White Receives Distinguished Service Medal
Maj. Robert M. White, a pilot of the X15 rocket plane, was honored with the Distinguished Service Medal. He received the award Friday from Air Force Secretary Zuckert at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
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Edwards A.F.B
Calif
Maj
Robert M. White
Air Force
Zuckert
Prospective Brides To Get Helpful Hints From Extension Office
Prospective brides who obtain a marriage license at the Green County Courthouse will receive a bridal information packet from the Green County Cooperative Extension Service. The packet, sent from county agents Helen Green and Nancy Fenner, lists homemaking bulletins and offers free access to more guidance at the extension office.
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Green County Cooperative Extension Service
Helen Green
Nancy Fenner
Yale President Griswold Dies at 56 After Cancer
A. Whitney Griswold, Yale University president for 13 years, died at his New Haven home at 56 from cancer. Yale graduate, professor, and critic of McCarthyism, Griswold championed academic freedom, liberal arts, modern architecture, and higher pay for teachers.
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New Haven
Conn
A. Whitney Griswold
Yale University
Griswold
Yale
Sen. McCarthy
Forest fire destroys Beasley volunteers’ fire truck
A forest blaze Friday burned the Beasley Volunteer Fire Department's truck as they rushed to fight the fire in Chester Virginia. The loss leaves the department short on equipment while residents seek assistance to continue fighting wildfires nearby.
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Chester
Beasley Volunteer Fire Department
Area Youth Dies In Fall From Car
William Byrne a 16 year old Benton Lafayette County youth died on arrival at a Hazel Green hospital after falling from the fender of a car that braked abruptly in downtown Benton. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Byrne and the second Lafayette County traffic fatality of 1963.
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William Byrne
Benton
Lafayette County
Hazel Green
Emmett Byrne
Ernest L. Hess
Darlington
Bryne
Eldon Wayne Copeland
Scales Mound
Copeland
Phillip Fields
Benton High School
Byrne
Emmett
Coretta Murray Byrne
Mary Virginia
Will Murray
Fire destroys Pruden Products Co offices at Evansville Wis
Fire in Evansville Wisconsin destroyed the general offices of Pruden Products Co and threatened the manufacturing area. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Evansville and Brooklyn responded after the blaze was spotted about 4 30 a m. The plant, a major local industrial site, manufactures steel building frames. Fire walls slowed spread toward paint and varnish storage and police shut off a gas storage valve to the line.
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Evansville
Wis
Pruden Products Co
Brooklyn
Kennedy to Visit Ireland on June Europe Trip
President Kennedy will travel to Ireland during his June European tour, the White House announced today. He plans to meet Irish leaders and participate in official ceremonies as part of the diplomatic mission.
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Ireland
Washington
Kennedy
Europe
White House
Wisconsin Deadlock Triggers Welfare Aid Standstill
Wisconsin faces a tax and budget stalemate as Republican leaders push to pass a $43 million welfare bill from existing revenues to cover aid programs like general assistance and dependent children. Gov Reynolds opposes a sales tax and vetoes would block measures reaching his desk, while hearings on the Republican sales tax bill proceed and a proposal to extend governor terms surfaces.
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Reynolds
Welfare and Board of Health
Assembly
Senate
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SEATO
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Australia
New Zealand
Britain
France
Thresher Court
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Joseph Hall
William Murray
Milner O’flahiity Funeral Home
Madison
GOP
Robert P. Knowles
New Richmond
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