Monroe Aldermen Table Rezoning Plan Amid Opposition
The Monroe City Council voted 6-1 to table a Planning Commission backed plan extending the business district from downtown toward 8th Street and 20th Avenue, amid protests by residents led by Walter J. Bober. Two opponents argued zoning would hurt property values and urged city focus on broader growth.
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Monroe
Planning Commission
Eighth Street
20Th Avenue
12Th Street
Margaret K. Burgi
United Telephone Co
Orville R. Evans
Evans
Burgi
Gibbons
City Forester
John Callanan
Louis Janke
Green County Pre-Pak Co
Callahan
Forester Post
Park Board
Department of Resource Development
Housing Home Finance Agency
Gerald Wickus
Green Engineering Co
Middleton
City Council approves two parcels to expand North Side parking
The council unanimously authorized spending 26450 to buy two parcels near the North Side lot. The Elmer property at 817 17th Avenue costs 15950 and the Jenny lot fronts 8th street for 10500. The plan adds 45 to 50 stalls and may require access reconfiguration.
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Monroe Sales Co
Green County
Roger L. Elmer
17Th Avenue
Gerald Wickus
16Th Avenue
J. Paul Jenny
8Th Street
Wickus
North Side
Chandler
Elmer
Planning Commission
Jenny
Illinois raises women’s drinking age to twenty one
Gov Otto Kerner signed legislation boosting the legal drinking age for women from 18 to 21 and it took effect immediately. The prior law set 21 for men, while an effort to extend 19 for both sexes failed in the Illinois House.
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Illinois
Otto Kerner
Nelson Sister Sit-in Recruit Joins Capitol Protest
Madison residents Mrs Janet Nelson Lee wife of Karl Lee a former Peiping mayor joined 16 demonstrators in the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda sit in for expanded civil rights legislation. The group including two ministers a professor a mechanic a teacher housewives and students filled all chairs by 6 am today as Lloyd Barbee NAACP leader stated they would keep them full.
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Madison
State Capitol
Janet Nelson Lee
Nelson
Lee
Karl Lee
Peiping
China
Lloyd Barbee
Wisconsin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Grounds Still Shine at the 107th Green County Fair
The 107th Green County Fair opened to ideal weather as Harry Romell of Crystal Lake marks his 55th fair with a novelty stand. Bozo the steer weighs 3110 pounds and Tom Beimborn of Green Bay owns him. Co B Green County National Guard runs traffic and fence patrol to fund a summer mess. First cheese winners announced with top scores in Swiss and rindless categories. Ochsner of Albany earns fourth in Swiss wheel.
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Green County
Harry Romell
Crystal Lake
Jrl
Harry
Mickey
Romells
Bozo
South Dakota
Tom Beimborn
Green Bay
Tom
Glen Erbe
Edwin Goecks
Sylvan Kneubuehl
Leo Willi
Darlington
Calamine Factory
Wheel Swiss
Dwight Larson
Monroe
Bidling
Maier
Isely Factory
Fred Ochsner
Albany
Maple Leaf Factory
Whee Swiss
Paul Erb
Blanchardville
Guard and Reserve Air Force Alert 71 Units Across States
The Air Force alerted 28 000 personnel in 71 Air National Guard and Air Reserve units for possible active duty as part of the defense buildup for Berlin. Kennedy authorized up to 250 000 reservists to be called and duty tours extended, with about 750 aircraft involved including around 100 transports. The Wisconsin 128th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron based at Gen. Billy Mitchell Field in Milwaukee, with 200 personnel, was among those alerted.
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Associated Press
Air Force
Air National Guard
Air Reserve
Berlin
Kennedy
Wisconsin
128Th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron
Milwaukee
128Th
Gen. Billy Mitchell Field
Camp Volk
Raymond E. Hren
District of Columbia
National Guard
District
Air Force Ready Reserve
County Fair Schedule Highlights Daily Rides and Judging
The county fair opens with gates at 5 p.m. and exhibits due, featuring a full day of open class judging for farm products foods and crafts, 4H booth judging, livestock contests, and a series of concerts and featured shows including the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra with Lee Castle and Letti Luce at the amphitheater.
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Jimmy Dorsey
Lee Castle
Letti Luce
Professor
Sutton
Fair Schedule Highlights Open Class and Horse Events
At 9 a.m. Open Class and Junior Fair swine judging opens followed by 1 p.m. Harness racing. The Fair Show takes place in the amphitheater. Aut Swen son Thrillcade runs at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the amphitheater.
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Swenson
All Astronauts Begin Routine Physicals at Lackland Base
Seven NASA astronauts started a two day series of routine physicals at Lackland Air Force Base hospital in San Antonio. Dr. William O. Douglas of Langley AFB Virginia pronounced them in excellent condition as the tests began. Douglas will undergo the same checkup to evaluate results.
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San Antonio
Tex
America
Federal Space Agency
Lackland Air Force Base Hospital
William O. Douglas
Langley Afb
Douglas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Tightened Communist checks around Berlin face East West frictions
West Berlin reports intensified Communist police checks at rail points near Berlin and a campaign to push East Berlin workers to quit. About 800 East Berliners have left in a month, while 52 000 to 80 000 East Germans work in West Berlin. Political debate swirls over Fulbright’s escape hatch idea and Western ministers prepare for talks toward a potential summit as Khrushchev shows openness to negotiations.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Red East Germany
East Germany
Neues Deutschland
Paris
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Khrushchev
U.S
Panama Cuban Envoy Attempts To Kill Self
Panama's ambassador to Cuba Alberto de Obarrio, 58, shot himself in the right temple after a quarrel with his wife. Detectives report he was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami in serious condition.
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Miami
Fla
Alberto de Obarrio
Panama
Cuba
Robert Gow
W. P. McClure
Jackson Memorial Hospital
William Penn 54 Dies in Pittsburgh Alcoa executive
William Penn 54 an Alcoa executive died at 1 15 a m today in his Pittsburgh home after a several month illness. Born April 20 1907 in Monroe he joined Alcoa in 1936 and held roles including salary administrator and head of personnel He is survived by his wife Joyce a daughter Patra Snead two sons William Scot and Norman C Johnson and four sisters Funeral arrangements are pending at Shriner Neushwander.
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Aluminum Company of America
William Penn
Pittsburgh
Monroe
Penn
Lexington Avenue
J. Carl and
Josephine Penn
Mr. Penn
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Solomon Auto Parts Co
Columbus Clinic
Columbus
Irving
Madison
Alcoa
New Kensington
Joyce Wiberg
Rose Hofer Johnson
Ludlow Memorial Library
Aspinwall United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh University Club
Longue Vue Country Club
Duquesne Club of
Richard W
Patra) Snead
Cheswick
William Scot Penn
San Francisco
Norman C. Johnson
Appleton
H. P
Margaret) Huddlestone
Cromer
Bede) Houser
Ray
Annabel) Kundert
Helen Josephine
Will Penn
Shriner- Neushwander
Germany readies NATO forces for full combat strength
West Germany defense minister Franz Josef Strauss says Germany is prepared to bring its NATO forces up to full combat strength as he completes a two nation visit.
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Germany
New York
West Germany
NATO
Franz Josef Strauss
Republicans' withholding contest splits Wisconsin Assembly vote
In Madison the Assembly split on withholding in the GOP tax revision bill with 53 voting to accept the amendment and 46 against rejecting it. The clash followed a two hour caucus and a shouting match between Frank Nikolay and Speaker David Blanchard. Democrats vow to oppose the new withholding measure while GOP leaders rally behind a plan to forgive 1961 state income taxes for earnings of 10 000 or less.
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Madison
State Assembly
Assembly
David Blanchard
Edgerton
George Belting
Beloit
Niles Soik
Whitefish Bay
Belting
Soik
Norbert Nuttleman
West Salem
Franklin Jahnke
Markesan
Nuttleman
Jahnke
Fred Risser
Blanchard
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
Nelson
Glen E. Pommerening
R-Wauwatosa
Green County
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
Robert Huber
West Allis
Senate
GOP
Echo Satellite Timetable Over Wisconsin Skies
Milwaukee reports the Echo satellite timetable for southern Wisconsin tonight with observation windows at 8:34 p.m. 10:41 p.m. 12:45 a.m. 2:50 a.m. and 4:58 a.m. The satellite routes include horizons and directions such as northeast and southeast with varying elevations.
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Milwaukee
Echo
Wisconsin
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Rule Bros
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Explorer Post
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Exhibition Hall
Air Force Alert
Reds
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