United Prepares Dial Phone Cutover For Monroe Sunday
United Telephone Co shifts Monroe to dial system early Sunday with staff training and public demonstrations. About 2,400 subscribers reached and 463 participants in lobby demos. 2,250 students in schools last week. Direct dialing starts soon with 325 prefix and special 16 plus area rules. long distance dialing after July 1.
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United Telephone Co
New
Monroe Dial Exchange
Monroe Exchange
Kay Sloane
Fred Roth
Twin Grove
Times
Monroe
Margaret Burgi
United
Churches Lose State Immunity in Wisconsin Ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ended immunity for religious organizations in negligence cases, applying the new rule to a $25,000 suit by Gustave Widell against Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Casco. The decision preserves prior immunity for actions before July 1 but abolishes it for cases arising after.
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Madison
State Supreme Court
Gustave Widell
Casco
Holy Trinity Catholic Church
Widell
Supreme Court
Kewaunee County
E. Harold Hallows
Hallows
Oklahoma! Performs at Monroe Junior High May 14 15
The Monroe high school chorus presents Oklahoma on Tuesday and Wednesday May 14 and 15 in the Monroe Junior high auditorium. The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical features a cast of freshmen to seniors led by director Thomas Norager with Susan Goetz as assistant and student director.
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Monroe High School
Monroe Junior High School
St. James Theater
New York
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Mary Ellen Lovelace
Gerald Kubly
Ruth Chambers
Kendall Reinmann
Leon Wittner
Larry Holcomb
Terry Kubly
Barbara Gordon
Dean North
Carol Brown
Kristy Miller
Linda McGuire
Sharon Updike
Marsha Manos
Jim Schmerse
Ardell Kopp
Charles Gable
Thomas Norager
Susan Goetz
Stock Prices Rise on Improved Trading Activity
In New York the stock market advanced as trading picked up with about 4.5 million shares changing hands. Major stocks rose modestly, gains ranging from fractions to around one point, while losers trailed.
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New York
Derr to Speak at Scout Chalet Dedication Event
Charles J. Derr of Fond du Lac is named featured speaker for the Scout Chalet dedication in Madison. Kiwanis officials, local and visiting guests, and division leaders will attend a noon ceremony at Twining Park with a 12 15 p.m. dinner by Swiss Wheel staff and a series of tributes and speakers.
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Charles J. Derr
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Kiwanis
John E. Ferron
Twining Park
Paul H. Olm
America
Karl F. Koch
Ferron
Beloit
Janesville
Clinton, Jefferson
Madison
Milton-Milton Junction
East
Ralph E. Balliette
Platteville
Martha Bennet
Wesley L. Dodge
Dodge
Victor Carson
Robert G. Rote
Nathan E. Bear
Laroy Dodge
Carson
Howard P. Olsen
James Bosanny
Explorer Post
Eugene Eckstam
Russel Myers
Lowell Stuessy
Richard Rhyner
Valley District
Roy Hefty
Valley District Scout Committee
Orville R. Evans
Division 2
Arthur Peterson
Derr
Bear
Rosanny
Rev. Olm
Cheese Prices Steady in Madison Market
Madison cheese market shows steady demand and ample supplies. Cheddars 34 to 36 percent, 40 pound blocks 35 to 37, single daisies 37 to 38, long horns 37 to 39, midgets 37 to 34 percent.
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Cheese Mart Steady
Madison
Wisconsin
Dominican Republic Charges Haiti Backed Castro With Bases
The Dominican Republic accused Haiti of offering military bases to Cuba's Castro and said Haitian troops invaded and surrounded its embassy in Port au Prince. A peace mission from the OAS arrived, after Freites briefed officials and Port au Prince sent assurances on diplomatic security.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Duvalier
Haiti
Cuba
Castro
Freites
Organization of American States Oas
Port Au Prince
Bosch
Hispaniola
Tornadoes Vary Across South Killing Ten and Injuring Dozens
A series of tornadoes struck Mississippi Tennessee Alabama Indiana Kentucky and Missouri causing at least ten deaths and over fifty injuries. In Mississippi four people died near Tunica Moon Lake and Rich while a house row was flattened injuring a dozen. In Maury City Tennessee two were killed and seven homes destroyed. An elderly woman perished in Randles Missouri and a baby remained critical in Jackson Tennessee.
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Tunica
Miss
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Moon Lake
Shannon
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Maury City
Memphis
Hamilton
Ala
Randles
Indiana
Kentucky
Louisiana
Rich
Highway Patrol
Sherry Clement
Jackson, Tenn
Ernest Clement
Alamo
Tenn
Weather Bureau
Fort Payne
Alabama
Oxford
University of Mississippi
Three Die in Blaze at Chicago Hotel
A four story north side hotel fire in Chicago killed at least three. Flames began on the third floor and spread to the fourth floor and roof, forcing about 200 people to flee. Fire Marshal Harry Mohr named the dead as Edward Smith 65 Samuel Sherman 63 and George A D Sloan 74.
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Chicago
Harry Mohr
Edward Smith
Samuel Sherman
George A. D. Sloan
Oil Burner Service Forms Mailed To Local Customers
Oil Burner Service Inc. started a preventive maintenance program for customers of Dodges Crandall Oil and Rufenacht Oil. Archie Gibbons named service manager with headquarters at Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co. office. Directors include Harold Rufenacht Howard Olsen Robert Rufenacht D. A. Crandall and Laroy Dodge.
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Oil Burner Service, Inc
Dodges
Crandall Oil Co
Rufenacht Oil Co
Wesley L. Dodge
Archie Gibbons
22Nd Avenue
Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co
14Th Avenue
Harold Rufenacht
Howard P. Olsen
Robert Rufenacht
D. A. Crandall
Laroy Dodge
First State Okays Sweepstakes Law
Democratic Gov. John W. King signed a sweepstakes bill after months of legislative turmoil. He urged a state run sweepstakes conducted honestly under U.S. laws, with counsel saying federal legality was assured. Tickets could be sold to residents and nonresidents alike.
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Concord
N.H
John W. King
New Hampshire
King
United States
U.S. Department of Justice
Bride of Few Hours Dies in Highway Crash
Alma Ray Scott, 18, of Glendale, died when a truck crashed into her stalled car near Desert Center, California. Airman Donald A. Scott, 22, of Luke Air Force Base, said a short circuit darkened the vehicle and he narrowly escaped the impact seconds before the collision. Benjamin C. Ford, 69, of Covina, Calif., the truck driver, was unhurt.
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Desert Center
Calif
Donald A. Scott
Luke Air Force Base
Glendale
Ariz
Alma Ray Scott
Benjamin C. Ford
Covina
Wind Sundered Trees Disrupt Power To 140 In Monroe
High winds uprooted a tree on 1lth Street causing a five hour outage affecting 140 customers. Crews from Wisconsin Power and Light Co. replaced a broken pole and re strung wires restoring power by 4:43 a.m. A branch hit a line near Pre Pak Co. and another tree fell on 5th Street near Rosa Garden Center.
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1Lth Street
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
15Th
8Th Avenues
9Th
12Th Streets
Pre-Pak Company
5Th Street
Rosa Garden Center
Sheriff's Department
Old
College Hill
United Telephone Co
Monroe
Beloit
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Driver Convicted In Deaths Of Four
Madison Dane County Circuit Court jurors found 61 year old Minneapolis jewelry salesman Joseph A Pickett guilty of negligent homicide while driving intoxicated. The collision near Madison last November killed James I Magli his wife and their two children. Pickett pleaded innocent and was freed on $5 000 bond pending post verdict motions Thursday.
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Madison
Dane County
Minneapolis
Joseph A. Pickett
James I. Magli
Magic
Pickett
Norris Maloney
Madison man named chief personnel officer of Highway Commission
John Roslak age 33 of Madison is appointed chief personnel officer of the State Highway Commission. He succeeds R E Milhaup who becomes director of administration for the department.
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Madison
John Roslak
State Highway Commission
R. E. Milhaup
Department
Ill and Freeport man held after Eagle River shooting
Orville Knodle, 36, of Freeport, is jailed on an open charge after a fatal shooting of Henry Schmidt, 65, and wounding Schmidt’s wife Mabel, 57, near Eagle River. Mrs Schmidt escaped in night clothes. Knodle captured after a dog trail.
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Eagle River
Illinois
Vilas County
Orville Knodle
Freeport
Veterans Administration Hospital
Madison
Henry Schmidt
Eagle River Memorial Hospital
Mabel
James Skalecki
Knodle
Schmidt
Wisconsin
Italian Reds Gain in Ballot
Rome reports unprecedented gains for the Communist left and liberal right in Italy's parliamentary election with the Christian Democrats suffering their worst result. Communists exceed 25 percent in the Senate and Chamber, while the Christian Democrats fall below 40 percent.
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Rome
Italy
Fanfani
Christian Democratic Party
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Chamber
Christian Democrats
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Monticello
Oklahoma
Frank A. Buehler
11Th Street
Central States
Mohr
VA Hospital
Highway 45
Sheriff's Office
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