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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
11
Washington reports American business has created about nine million new jobs since World War II, nearly matching demand. The Chamber notes most gains are in retail, manufacturing, construction, and service sectors, while farm jobs declined as productivity rose. Government and agriculture remain excluded from the tally.
Dr. Elizabeth Kane, wife of Brown County Judge Archie McComb, resigns as county psychiatrist amid salary dispute. The personnel committee recommended raising her pay from 8240 to 11000 a year with a three year contract, which the board rejected. She will work full time in Marquette, Michigan, where she has been employed one day weekly. Judge McComb plans retirement in January.
Illinois crops show progress as fifty percent of corn reaches the roasting ear stage with adequate development in most areas despite some moisture shortages. Soybeans bloom in ninety percent of fields and sixty five percent have begun pod formation. corn borer egg masses in northern Illinois prompt concern.
An unidentified American woman approached the U S Atoms for Peace exhibit in Geneva and asked to buy a piece of uranium. She claimed newspaper stories quoted prices and insisted a small shard could heat her house, but officials said the exhibit was not for sale and a tiny piece could heat thousands of tons of coal.
Mrs C L Crago reports visits and travels of local families including Mr and Mrs Warren Martin and Mrs Gladys Svensen and families in Browntown. Guests from Zion and Morgantown share weekends and trips. several couples plan Canada vacations and visits to relatives in Freeport Tacoma and Bensonville.
William C. Lengacher of 2023 7th Street will represent the University of Wisconsin at the eighth national Student Congress held August 21 to 23 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The theme is Education for Freedom, and more than 300 colleges will be represented.
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