Visiting Students Emblems Highlight Madison Visit
Thirty students from Tallulah Louisiana toured the Wisconsin Capitol and UW Madison campus during a week of activities. Fred R Simpson and Thomas Kerr accompanied them. They may visit the Chalet of the Golden Fleece museum en route home. A Monroe dance followed a dinner at the Country Club. Leonard Neumann spoke for the visitors.
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Monroe
Tallulah
Country Club
Green County
Pat Brooks
Kay Bauman
Diane Todd
Emily Woodyear
Ruth Schuetz
Bauman
Schuetz
Bucky Badger
D. L
Bill) Mossman
Chamber of Commerce
Chapman Lee
Mossman
Wisconsin
Lee
Leonard
Pops) Neumann
Louisiana
Louisian State University
LSU
State Capitol
Madison
Fred R. Simpson
Thomas Kerr
Capitol
University of Wisconsin
Universalist
Frank Lloyd Wright
Oscar Mayer Co
Monroe Kiwanis
New Glarus
United States
D.L
Chamber
W.E. Laird
Herbert Aiinsworth
Ainsworth
Simpson
D.J. Huenink
Three Ambushed in Elmwood Park Area Fatal Drive-By
In Elmwood Park a car was ambushed on a residential street before dawn leaving two men and a woman dead. Police identified Phillip Scavo 36 of Elmwood Park Ronald Scavo of Chicago and a woman initially thought to be Marianne Martarono though wallet ownership contradicted the name. Cash carried by victims was 1118 for Phillip and 207 for Donald. The vehicle crashed into Rudolf Kornfeind's home.
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Elmwood Park
Chicago
Phillip Scavo
Ronald Scavo
Marianne Martarono
Donald Scavo
Rudolf Kornfeind
Ranger 4 Becomes U S First Moon Landing Hit
Goldstone Calif. officials report Ranger 4 crash landed on the far side of the moon, marking the United States first successful contact in seven attempts. NASA chief James Webb calls the feat more complex than Soviet efforts, with a follow-up Ranger planned to image the moon soon.
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Goldstone
Calif
United States
Russia
James E. Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
William Pickering
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Monroe
Mojave Desert
Barstow
Frito Lay Charts Growth With Round Fritos Launch and UK Acquisition
At a stockholder meeting Frito Lay announced higher earnings and profits, a majority stake purchase in Crimp Crisps Potato Chip Co with plants in England and Scotland, and the introduction of Round Fritos corn chips. The research department developed the flavor after several years of work.
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Frito-Lay, Inc
Crimp Crisps Potato Chip Co
England
Scotland
Fladger F. Tannery
Soviet Puts Fourth Sputnik into Orbit In Wake of Ranger
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched Cosmos 4, its fourth Sputnik in six weeks, into an planned Earth orbit taking 90.6 minutes for its first circuit. Tass says Cosmos 4 carries instruments to study space radiation and conditions. Cosmos 3 followed as Ranger 4 reached the Moon.
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Ranger
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Cosmos 4
Wisconsin Power and Light approves two to one stock split
Stockholders of Wisconsin Power and Light Co. vote in person and by proxy to approve a two to one split effective May 15. The amendment increases authorized common shares from four million to eight million and reduces par value from $10 to $5 per share, announced by president Carl J. Forsberg.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Carl J. Forsberg
Freeman Sees Hope for Better Dairy Aid Plan
Secretary Freeman urged continued pressure for higher dairy price supports and a new price stabilization program during a Milwaukee press dinner. He blamed partisan actions in Congress for undermining dairy welfare and said a nine month extension was sought while a new plan is developed. He claimed costs at the 75 percent parity level will total 525 million dollars in 1962.
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Milwaukee
Freeman
Milwaukee Press Club
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Cogress
Freeport
Jury Indicts Steel Firms On Bid Rigging Conspiracy
A federal grand jury indicted U S Steel Corp Bethlehem Steel Co Erie Forge and Steel Corp of Erie Pa and Midvale Heppenstall Co of Philadelphia for conspiring to fix prices and rig bids on steel forgings sold to the Army Navy electrical firms and other buyers.
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New York
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Co
Army
Navy
Erie Forge and Steel Corp
Erie, Pa
Midvale- Heppenstall Co
Philadelphia
City To Host Civil Defense Convention In May
The Wisconsin Civil Defense Council plans its annual convention in Madison on Saturday May 19. The program opens at 9 30 a m with a welcome by Mayor Orville Evans. Featured speakers include William Chipman state CD director and Richard Wilson Madison city CD director. Paul Vischer from Washington DC will address at a noon luncheon. The event runs from the Eugene hotel to the high school with sessions on attack warning communications command and control and shelter management.
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Wisconsin Civil Defense Council
Cuba Club
Madison
Walter E. Drews
Monroe CD
Orville R. Evans
William Chipman
State CD
Richard Wilson
Paul Vischer
Washington, D.C
Aing
Eugene
Drews
Homemakers Fete Marks Green County Anniversary
Green County home agents received recognition at the 25th Anniversary Homemaker Achievement Program in Turner Hall. About 650 attendees enjoyed music drama and a dress revue while former agents Marlys Richert Marty Myrtle Webb and Carol Odeen were honored alongside current agent Helen Green and assistant Nancy Fenner.
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Green County
Turner Hall
Carol Odeen
Jackson County
Myrtle Webb
Appleton
Arnold Marty
Monroe
Marlys Richert
Madison
Eleanor R. Johnson
Gwen Daluge
Howard
Bernadine Gunderman) Schulz
Margaret
Marlys R. Richert
Arnold
Mamie Tillema
Marty
Myrtle H. Webb
University of Wisconsin Extension Service
Monroe High School
Webb
Lawrence College
Odeen
Helen Green
Nancy Fenner
Green County Home Demonstration Council
Allen Ross
Brodhead
John A. Chambers
E. V. Laubie
South Central
Ronald Duerst
New Glarus
Wisconsin Cooperative
Arnold Ayres
Arthur Brobaum
Bro
Chamber Plans Inter-Club Council for Civic Coordination
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce launches an Inter-Club Council to coordinate local civic groups. George L. Wells leads the project to create a center to finance city wide activities and avoid scheduling conflicts. Letters go to Mayor Evans and local organizations seek cooperation.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
George L. Wells
Chamber
Inter-Club Council
Orville R. Evans
Wells
Outdoor Theater Nears Completion at Twining Park
Final construction on the Outdoor Community Theater in Twining Park progresses with plastering waterproofing painting and roofing to finish. Architect Stanley Howe notes minor details including 148 red 148 white and 148 blue bulbs for outlets while Elsmere Howe prepares Swiss Canton shields for display. A near complete fund drive seeks remaining donations with committee members calling business venues and scheduling pickup of gifts. Stewart Kingston leads the telephone campaign from Monroe Clinic Library meeting.
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Stanley Howe
Monroe
Twining Park
Elsmere Howe
Monroe Clinic
Stewart Kingston
Entire Family Slain in Nashville Fire Cover-up
City officials report five members of the Dewey B. York family were shot to death and their home burned to conceal the killings. The victims, including Mr and Mrs York, their two children, and Dewey York's mother, were found in the house after firefighters responded to a blaze.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dewey B. York
York
Seven Die In Wisconsin Road Toll Rises in 1962 Crashes
A wave of Wisconsin crashes claimed seven lives, raising the 1962 highway toll to 207. Victims included Ole Klandrud 69 La Crosse. Caroline Walworth 45 and Luella Storbeck 57 Beaver Dam. Frederick Wollin 34 Madison. Mrs Thomas Victor 50 Pickeral Lake Langlade County. and two Milwaukee students Michael Lynch 17 and Gordon Lisota 18, among others.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Ole Klandrud
la Crosse
Dodge County
Beaver Dam
Watertown
Caroline Walworth
Luella Storbeck
Larry Callies
Madison General Hospital
Lloyd Schrab
Frederick J. Wollin
Madison
Cottage Grove
Wollin
George L. Ihlefeld
Davenport
Dane County District Attorney’s Office
Thomas Victor
Pickeral Lake
Highway
Hollister
Langlade
Michael J. Lynch
Gordon Lisota
Milwaukee Messmer High School
Highway 45
West Bend
Washington County
Thomas Holton
Milwaukee
Holton
John R. Olson
Britain Cuts Bank Interest Rate for Third Time in Weeks
London reports the Bank of England cuts the key rate by half a point from 5 to 4 percent. It marks the third such reduction in seven weeks as the British treasury relaxes credit restrictions, with the rate guiding banking lending.
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London
Bank of England
Bomber Drops Special Research Device in Pacific Test
Washington reports the first blast in the new U S nuclear test series aimed at improving weapon efficiency. The device, dropped from a bomber over Christmas Island, is described as intermediate yield and weaker than hydrogen bombs, with subsequent shots planned at Johnston Island and higher altitudes.
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Washington
U.S
Christmas Island
Pacific
United States
Congress
Soviet Union
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Johnston Island
Foulker Suffers Critical Injuries In Highway Crash
Raymond H. Foulker 23 of Juda is in critical condition at St. Clare hospital after a motorcycle car crash on Highways 11 81 near Hilltop at 12 31 this morning en route to work. He suffered a skull fracture concussion and injuries. He was thrown from his cycle when his bike collided with Gerald M. Hauser 34 of 2309 12th Street who reportedly turned across the highway at Hilltop as Foulker traveled toward Monroe. A sheriff deputy report notes Wagner's ambulance and a doctor treated him with oxygen. His brother Robert had left Monroe with a Kubly Transfer truck an hour earlier and was later contacted at Beaver Dam. He and his wife may have a daughter born last fall. They lived in the former Newman cheese factory.
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Raymond H. Foulker
Juda
St. Clare Hospital
Hilltop
Foulker
Ernest Foulker
Warren
Gerald M. Hauser
12Th Steet
Hauser
Monroe
Rice Lake
Frank J. Kubly
Wagner
Robert
Kubly
Beaver Dam
Newman Cheese Factory
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WPL
Bulletin
CD Council
Britain
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