Wildlife Cover Trees Arrive For Free Distribution This Week
Green County to distribute 35 000 trees and 100 000 multiflora rose shrubs bought by the Conservation League and Wisconsin Department. Trees arrive Thursday from the state nursery at Boscobel for distribution to league directors and area farmers, with 37 000 trees for 4 H and FFA members. County planters available for farms with over 1 000 plants at 1 50 per thousand.
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Green County Conservation League
Monroe
Boscobel
County Board Agriculture and Conservation Committees
League
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Beckman
Spring Square
Ray L. Beckman
FFA
Myron E. Jeglum
Clarence Pluss
Albany
Agriculture Committee
Cadiz Township
Spring Grove Township
Jeglum
Green County
Paul Moorhouse
Rock
Green
Janesville
Stanley Knight
Brodhead
Sheldon Yarwood
Brooklyn Township
Chief Ousted At Whitewater
Russell G. Asbury, 47, Whitewater police chief for 10 years, was discharged by the Fire and Police Commission after six charges from City Manager Charles Trinke. Asbury denied the charges and likely will appeal in court.
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Whitewater
Russell G. Asbury
Fire and Police Commission
Asbury
Charles Trinke
Cheese Market Steady in Madison Demand Fair to Good
Madison Wisconsin dairy report shows steady cheese market with fair to good demand. Large style offerings balance with demand. small styles ample to more than ample. Cheddars 32 to 33 percent. 40 pound blocks no moisture premium 34 to 36 percent. single daisies 35 5 to 36 percent. longhorns 35 5 to 36 percent. midgets 36 to 37 percent.
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Steady
Madison
Wisconsin
Council Approves Purchase of City Truck for Street Work
The Monroe City Council unanimously approved buying a six cylinder GMC truck from Green County Auto Co for 3095 plus trade in, to be used with the street flusher. The decision followed a board of public works recommendation and debates over bid vs quotation practices.
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Green County Auto Co
City
Board of Public Works
Robert L. Skattum
Fifth Ward
Rex N. Eyler
Eyler
Old Council
Orville R. Evans
Lester A. Krug
Monroe Sales Co
Victor N. Schiller
Monroe
Monroe Vfw Post
Fire Truck Engine Fire Near City Causes Damaged Wiring
Monroe fire department extinguished a truck engine fire just north of the viaduct on Highway 69. The truck, loaded with calves from Theetle Packing Co, sustained wiring damage and was towed to Badger Motors, Inc. for repairs. assistant fire chief Louis F. Blanc reported.
Bad River Floods Subside Allow 700 Return for Cleanup
Flood waters in the Bad River system receded enabling 700 evacuees from Odanah to return and begin cleanup. The White and Marengo Rivers caused the rise, with nearly six inches of rain over the weekend. Odanah residents had been sheltered in a warehouse and town hall while Red Cross and local authorities delivered food clothing and blankets by helicopter to the village and isolated homes to the north.
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Ashland
Odanah
Marengo
Montreal
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Hurley
Ironwood
Red Cross
National Guard
Iron County
Three Sergeants Receive Plaques at National Guard Event
Three National Guard Company B members earned commendation plaques for rifle marksmanship. Presentation by Dr. George Barry and Richard H. Bahr honored Sgt. 1/c Nicholas Leutenecker, Sgt. 1/c Franklin ee, and Sgt. Gary Kueb.
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National Guard Company B
Troop 113
The
Boy Scouts
George Barry
Richard H. Bahr
Nicholas Leutenegger
Franklinee
Gary Kueb
Uniform Federal Code Sought by Dairy Congressmen
Dairy state members of Congress urged enactment of a federal milk sanitation code allowing sale of milk meeting high standards nationwide. The measure, sponsored by 20 House members and four senators, would prevent interstate trade blocks from differing health rules. Rep. Lester Johnson of Wisconsin urged sanitary regs protect public health, not local monopolies.
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Washington
Congress
House
Lester Johnson
D-Wis
Allies Gather as Korea Crisis Rises in 16 Nations
U S convenes an extraordinary session of 16 Allied nations who aided Korea to discuss the crisis as South Korea seeks reform and President Rhee faces pressure to resign. South Korean Ambassador You Chan Yang signals his resignation amid allegations of Communist involvement.
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Washington
Korea
Syngman Rhee
United States
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Colombia
Ethiopia
France
Great Britain
Greece
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Turkey
Union of South Africa
You Chan Yang
Yang
Rhee
National Assembly
Emil F Kaeser Dies at 72 In West Los Angeles Hospital
Emil F Kaeser 72 of Middleton former Pet Milk Co superintendent died in a Los Angeles hospital after illness on a trip from Hawaii. He came to New Glarus in 1910, led Wisconsin plants, served as district superintendent from 1947, was Bank of New Glarus president, active in Scouting, Mason, Shrine, and church. He leaves Anna, three children, seven grandchildren. funeral pending.
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New Glarus
Emil F. Kaeser
Middleton
Pet Milk Co
Los Angeles
Kaeser
Hawaii
Highland
Ill
Wisconsin
Fritz Kaeser
Helvetia Milk Condensery Co
Pet Milk
Helvetia
Bank of New Glarus
Rved
U. S. Grant Council
Accardo To Face Trial On Income Tax Charge
Tony Accardo once a Ca pone bodyguard and Chicago syndicate boss was arrested on tax fraud charges. Federal marshals seized him at his River Forest mansion after a grand jury indicted him for filing false returns for 1956 1957 and 1958 claiming incomes of 42862 67450 and 68871.
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Chicago
Tony Accardo
al Capone
U.S. Senate
Accardo
United States
River Forest
Peach Queen wreck kills conductor near Seneca
Eight cars of Southern Railway passenger train No 30 the Peach Queen jumped the tracks and tumbled down a bank near Seneca South Carolina killing the conductor and injuring 11 others. Engineer J S Dean of Atlanta said expansion bucked the track and he could not stop while traveling 55 to 60 miles an hour.
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Seneca, S. C
Southern Railway
J. S. Dean
Atlanta
Southern
Washington
Karen Meier Wins County Speech Event and State Bid
Karen Meier of Clarno Classy Clubbers won first place in the county 4-H speaking contest at Monticello and advances to State 4-H Club Week in Madison June 13 to 16 with her topic 4-H Helps Build Good Citizens Joann Montgomery of Brown town club is state alternate with topic The 4-H Motto To Make the Best Better Four junior winners include Gerald Kubly Robette Preston Cheryl Zentner and Mary Williams Judges were Mrs Haskee Edwin Klassy and Mrs Probst Senior contestants included Marlen Schuetz Jim Brown and Sandra Bonkoski FinalResults remain pending further judging
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Karen Meier
Clarno
Monticello
Madison
Joann Montgomery
Browntown Club
Gerald Kubly
Richland
Robette Preston
Juda
Cheryl Zentner
New Glarus
Mary Williams
Oakley
Rudolph T. Haskee
Browntown
Edwin Klassy
Fred Probst
Marlen Schuetz
Jim Brown
Brooklyn Badgers
Sandra Bonkoski
Tons of Silage Kill Farm Youth
Howard Lee Mowrer, 19, a farmhand, died after being buried by silage at the Kenneth Williams farm four miles east of Freeport. He was found by rescuers after about ninety minutes of digging, last seen at 9:30 am near the barn. Survived by parents, a brother, a sister in Rockford, and grandparents in Topeka. Funeral set for 1:30 pm Thursday at Burke-Tubbs with Rev. Parke O. Bailey officiating. burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery.
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Freeport
Howard Lee Mowrer
Kenneth Williams
Here
Mowrer
Rockford
Topeka
Kaw
Burke-Tubbs
Parke O. Bailey
Dixon
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Rhee Resigns Pressures End 12 Year South Korea Rule
In Seoul massive demonstrations force President Syngman Rhee toward resignation after 12 years in power. He offers to quit and calls for new elections while the National Assembly demands his immediate departure. Deaths and injuries reported as clashes erupt, and opposition leaders gain control concerns.
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Seoul
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. S
John M. Chang
Democratic Party
Lee Ki-Poong
Huh Chung
Rhee
Health Ministry
Army Corps to Restore Bong Air Base Land in Wisconsin
Gov Nelson said the Army Corps of Engineers contracted for 400000 dollars to restore abandoned Bong Air Base near Kansasville. Work includes replacing topsoil on 650 acres and seeding pasture on 1000 acres to prevent soil erosion and make the area temporarily usable for agriculture.
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Madison
Nelson
Army Corps of Engineers
Bong Air Base
Kansasville
Defense Department
British want men Cuba arrests pair in piracy killing
Cuban officials hold two American fugitives Alvin Table Jr and William Lees on murder and piracy charges after they killed ship captain Angus Boatwright during a rescue attempt and fled in the yacht Muriel III near Isabela de Sagua Cuba. Barbara Fisher is identified as Table's wife.
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Havana
Bahaman Island
Alvin Table Jr
William Lees
Isabela de Sagua
Bahamas
Table
Lees
Barbara Fisher
San Antonio
Tex
Key West
Elbow Cay
Angus Boatwright
Kent Hokanson
Muriel
Boatwright
Hokanson
Barbara Table
New York Hosts De Gaulle With Ticker Tape Parade
French President Charles De Gaulle arrived in New York greeted by Mayor Wagner and a 40 man honor guard. He said he was enchanted to be back in New York as crowds lined lower Broadway for the ticker tape tribute after talks with President Eisenhower on summit strategy.
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New York
Charles de Gaulle
Robert F. Wagner
de Gaulle
U. S
LaGuardia Field
Washington
Manhattan
Lower Broadway
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Lions Club Candy Campaign Planned for Blind Camp
The Monroe Lions Club votes to join a candy sales drive on May 6 to fund Wisconsin Blind Children's Camp at Rosholt. Proceeds support the blind with 265 state clubs and over 10 000 members participating. Robert Buehler nominated for president. election May 9 with candidates Irvin Ault Fritz Tschanz Snively Janke Kubly and Elmer explains new state marriage code and divorce laws.
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Monroe
John M. Irvin
Dan Ault
Raymond Fritz
J. W. Tschanz
Harold Snively
Louis Janke
Frank Kubly
Roger L. Elmer
Stock Edge Lower In Irregular Trend
New York stocks closed mixed with motors firm and steels easing in an irregular session. Trading was moderately active as pivotal issues stayed narrow and a few speculative stocks moved 2 or 3 points. Analysts warned of potential test of March lows.
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New York
Dittmore Hints At Governor Bid
South Milwaukee businessman Ray H. Dittmore hinted Monday night he would seek the Republican nomination for governor. He said he might announce in Fort Atkinson Wednesday night to align with a 2nd District caucus. If he runs he joins Philip G. Kuehn and Jack Olson in the GOP race with the Milwaukee convention looming May 2021.
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Associated Press
Jack Olson
Wisconsin Dells
Kuehn
Olson
Milwaukee
Dittmore
U. S
West Allis Republican Club
Nelson
United Fund appoints committees in two meetings
In Monroe Clinic library and Commercial Bank, United Fund officials announced new members to the budget and admissions committee led by Dr. James R. Weir. Alvin H. Babler presided as Earl Hager and G. J. Donovan were named chairs of regional solicitation and advance gifts campaigns.
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United Fund
Monroe Clinic
Commercial Bank
James R. Weir
Bank
Stewart Kingston
Anthony Kuban
L. A. Koenig
Herbert Johnson
Walter Kerr
Ted Albert
Doran Zwygart
Alvin H. Babler
Fund Organization
J. T
Duke) Etter Jr
Earl Hager
G. J. Donovan
William Guyer
Wisconsin Community Chest Leaders
Ft. Atkinson
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St. Mary’s
Co. B
Allen Goecke
Robert Hardell
Ft. Riley
Harold Lehnherr
J/e
Clifford Gald
Stanton P. Steuri
CWO
W. J. Kohlhagen
Leo Hauri
Charles Babler
Lee Lockwood
Louis Calvit
U.S
West
Assembly
Liberal Party
Bong Land
Cuba
Lions Club
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