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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1964
Page
4
A dense ad chunk lists selling livestock including 25 Holsteins and various mounts, plus farm sales in Lena and Albany, Wisconsin. It also advertises employment bid rules, from Green County authorities, and a Green County Hospital posting with dates July 28, 31 and Aug 4.
The Green County Board of Supervisors invites sealed bids for a three story hospital addition of about 29000 square feet. Bids due August 6, 1964 at 2 00 p m CST in Monroe in the County Clerk's Office. Separate bids requested for Heating and Ventilating and Electrical and Fixtures.
USDA market report from Chicago shows hogs strong to 50 higher with mixed 190-230 lb at 16.75 to 17.50. Cattle to 25 higher with slaughter steers 24.50 to 25.00 per cwt and cows 12.50 to 14.25. Sheep and lambs mixed with spring lambs 24.50 for 80-100 lb. grain futures list No. 2 Wheat at 1.51-1.52, Corn 1.24, Soybeans 2.55 to 2.64. soy oil at 8.60.
Robert Willoughby, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Willoughby, has been released from the Navy after four years of service. He completed his tour in Morocco before discharge.
Father Herbert Schaak a 42 year old Catholic seminary teacher from Wisconsin disappeared while scuba diving with two companions off Split Rock Lighthouse near Duluth. Lake County authorities say the missing priest is presumed drowned after the others reported him missing to Silver Bay police around 4 p.m.
The Southern Regional Council reports 551,828 more Negroes registered to vote in the past two years, bringing the total to 1,937,982 registered in 11 Southern states.
August K. Matchey, 55, a Whitehall farmer, was appointed Trempealeau County Sheriff by Gov. Reynolds, succeeding the late Orris Klundby. Matchey's selection announced by the governor's office.
A bill to create an Ice Age national scientific reserve in Wisconsin was defeated in the House on a suspended rules vote. Rep. Lester Johnson pushed the proposal, but it failed 164 to 154, missing the needed two thirds. Wisconsin representatives Van Pelt and Schadeberg opposed the measure citing property tax concerns.
FRANKFURT Germany Pfc William E Mann 32 of Little Rock was stabbed to death in Hanau outside a bar after an argument in the bar. Pfc Robert L Martin was bruised as a group of six to seven men attacked them as they left. Mann died in an Army hospital early Monday. A soldier has been arrested but no charges filed.
Retired Brig. Gen. William K. MacNulty a Marine Corps combat veteran of world wars who commanded the Guam garrison overrun by Japan in World War II died Monday of a heart attack. He spent nearly four years in Japanese prison camps and won the Silver Star for his part in five major World War I battles. He was 73.
The short story writer and novelist Flannery O’Connor died Monday in Milledgeville at age 39 after a chronic illness. In 1959 she was among 11 American writers awarded Ford Foundation grants.
New York U S District Judge Archie O Dawson of New York City died Monday in California. An Eisenhower appointee, he led Thomas E Dewey campaign efforts in 1942 and served as assistant campaign chair of the Republican National Committee in 1944. He was 65. Comedian Jack Kirkwood also died Sunday at 69 in Las Vegas after an apparent heart attack.
Sinbad, a 6 foot 500 pound gorilla at Lincoln Park Zoo, wandered for 20 minutes after a keeper left his cage door open. Assistant director Gene Hartz tranquilized him with 200 milligrams, ending the unplanned outing. Sinbad will recover from a rough hangover.
TV highlights list evening lineups with multiple channels detailing shows from 6 p m to 10 30 p m including Petticoat Junction Combat The Great Show on Earth Jack Benny and The Fugitive Also tomorrow features The Virginian Ben Casey Espionage On Broadway with guest Eartha Kitt across channels 3 9 13 15 27 39
Rep John V. Lindsay announced his bid for a fourth term in New York's 17th District as a Republican candidate without backing the national ticket. He denies a split with GOP leaders and says he will run on his own record despite Goldwater supporters backing Conservative nominee Kieran O'Doherty in Manhattan's Silk Stocking district.
The Northern Rhodesian government outlawed the Lumpa sect after 12 days of sect violence that left at least 270 dead. Prime Minister Kenneth Kaunda, in a nationwide broadcast, warned that attending Lumpa meetings could bring seven years in prison following the Lun dazi massacre of 150 people.
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