Monticello School Opens Aug 27 with Lunch Program
Monticello Schools announce a full opening Friday August 27 with classes starting that day and kindergarten also beginning. Staff report August 25 and registration occurs August 26 with noon dismissal that day. meal prices 25 to 30 cents, insurance 50 cents, towel rent 1 dollar.
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Monticello
Ego
WIAA
Milwaukee
Madison
F. C. Rehmstedt
Hazel Becker
Thomas Daly
Elmira Root
Helen Haldiman
Colleta Elmer
Hazel Kundert
Ruth Zentner
Joanne Brewer
Leona Arn
Virginia Zweifel
Kathleen Block
Lora Dick
Doris Hoesly
Senate Passes Military Pay Bill
The Senate approved its $1 billion pay measure raising monthly compensation for active and reserve personnel across the Army Air Force Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Geodetic Survey and Public Health Service. The two houses differ on how raises apply to officers warrant officers and enlisted personnel with more than two years service.
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Washington
House
Senate
Johnson
Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Geodetic Survey
Public Health Service
Richland Center Man Dies In Basement Fire
A Milwaukee basement fire claimed the life of Allen Berry 32 from Richland Center. He slept in the basement of a two story business building and died of smoke inhalation after attempting to escape. Injuries and damage were confined to the basement with damage estimated at 500.
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Milwaukee
Richland Center
Allen Berry
Babler Named Head of Educational Service Agency No 15
Alvin H. Babler of Monroe was named chairman of the board of control for CESA No. 15. The agency serves Dane and Green Counties with 20 K-12 grades and three union high school districts totaling about 62,000 students. Meetings are the fourth Tuesday each month in Madison.
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Alvin H. Babler
Monroe
Board of Control
Co-operative Educational Service Agency No. 15
Dane
Green
Cesa No. 15
Madison
Verona High School
Cesa Agencces
Swiss Picnic Set for Sunday
A Swiss Picnic sponsored by the Turn and Schwing Club and Monroe Swiss Singers will occur Sunday at Baumgartner’s Grove, 1 mile northwest of Monroe off Highway 81. If rain occurs, the event moves to the following Sunday. The 2 p.m. program features New Glarus Yodelers, Monroe Swiss Club Mixed Chorus, Martha Bennet and Ernest Ammon, gymnastic events, Swiss wrestling, and a dance with Alpine Troubadours.
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Turn and Schwing Club
Monroe
Baumegartner’s
Alpine Troubadors
Angela Wenger
Diane Kohl
Vickie Stokes
Christina Wenger
Chris Sulzer
Jean Schillinger
Rosie Koenig
Ann Niffenegger
Marcia Wenger
Barbara Marty
Cecelia Koenig
Barbette Sulzer
Rosemay Neuenschwander
Rita Koenig
Mary Ellen McKnight
Debbie Phillips
Sherry Kohl
Frances Koenig
Francis Koenig
Kathy Koenig
Nancy Krattiger
Turn and Schwing
Copper Stocks Slide on Chile Nationalization Talk
In a quiet New York market two major copper producers Anaconda and Kennecott fell after news of a Chile plan to nationalize the copper industry. A Chilean Senate motion proposed a state partnership with big copper firms as the market sees blocks crossing the ticker. Hunt Foods dropped on a large block, while the 60-stock average rose and the Dow declined at noon.
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New York
Anaconda
Kennecott
Chile
Senate
Hunt Foods
Associated Press
Dogs Race at Wisconsin State Fair No Gambling Allowed
Milwaukee reports dog races at the Wisconsin State Fair opening Friday will be exhibitions only. Selwyn Blackstone of Franksville, operating the track, says dogs will run against each other chasing the lure with no betting. Multiple greyhounds and whippets will compete at West Allis park.
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Milwaukee
Selwyn Blackstone
Franksville
Wis
Selwyn
West Allis Park
Erdahl Hearing Resumes Tuesday
The preliminary murder hearing for four men charged with first degree murder in the July 1 killing of LeRoy Erdahl resumes Tuesday after a Wednesday recess. Attorneys challenged the lineup’s legality, arguing lack of legal counsel and awareness of constitutional rights during questioning. Charged defendants include John Burt, 20, Thomas Burt, 19, Meyer Plaster, 19, and Wirthel Popplewell, 19.
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Madison
LeRoy Erdahl
Stoughton
William Buenzli
Sheriff’s
Buenzli
John Burt
Thomas
Loretta
Wis
Meyer Plaster
Martinsville
Wirthel Popplewell
Cincinnati
Service Boards To Tighten Rules On College Youths
The Associated Press finds 13 of 20 states plan to review college student deferments as draft calls rise in the Viet Nam crisis. Some boards will require transcripts and grades to gauge student activity. Virginia and others resist. Officials note high October and September draft numbers and continued scrutiny of student status by boards across multiple states.
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New York
Associated Press
Wayne Rhodes
Indiana Selective Service System
Johnson
Pentagon
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Col
Harry O. Smith
Selective Service
Georgia
Virginia
Don Schomburg
Amarillo
Tex
Howard W. Davis
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Indiana
Kansas
Maryland
Michigan
North Carolina
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
West Virginia
Illinois
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Wyoming
California
Texas
Floods Kill 32 in Central India Report
Floods in central India have killed 32 people, with reports reaching here today. The disaster underscores the regional danger from heavy monsoon rains and rising floodwaters.
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Bhopal
India
Freitag Named Bank President in New Glarus
Waldo Freitag, village president of New Glarus, is elected president of the Bank of New Glarus effective Oct. 1. He succeeds Alvin Ott as chairman of the board. Freitag, 52, has been a bank director since 1961 and chairs multiple agricultural and soil conservation groups. Ott has led the Farmers Stock Co. since 1961 and joined the bank board in 1930.
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Waldo Freitag
New Glarus
Bank of New Glarus
Alvin Ott
Freitag
New Glarus High School
University of Wisconsin
Freitag Farm Service
Farm Auction Service
Southern Wisconsin Cattle Credit Association
State Board of Agriculture
Swiss Badger Watershed Association
Ott
Farmers Stock Co
Cuban exile in piracy murder case placed in solitary
Roberto Ramirez, 35, a Cuban exile accused of piracy aboard the Seven Seas and murdering five crew members, is held in a 8 by 10 foot cell for his protection. A federal hearing was set for today as jurisdiction debates continue. Ramirez was captured after a skiff rescue south of Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Roberto Ramirez
Harold Adams
Ramirez
Seven Seas
U.S
Fidel Castro
Atlantic Ocean
Florida Keys
Burgwise Elwin
Coast Guard
Gulf Stream
Cook
Cuba
Immigration Department
Washington
Oats and corn harvests rise with rains across Green County
Rural Monroe farmer Myron West reports over 1 000 bushels from 12 acres of oats with yields near 100 bushels per acre across much of Green County. Extension agent Myron Jeglum cites minimal disease in oats and notes corn prospects improve with rainfall despite earlier drought and frost risks.
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Donald West
Monroe
Noe
Green County Extension Office
Green County
West
Myron Jeglum
Jeglum
Byrnes Seeks Limiting Unemployment Benefits
Rep. John W. Byrnes questions extending unemployment insurance benefits to normal economic periods and backs a bill tying expanded aid to economic downturns. He pressed Administration witness Joseph W. Barr during Wednesday's Ways and Means hearing, arguing benefits should reserve for recessions. Byrnes, joint sponsor with Wilbur Mills, seeks automatic extensions only in bad times.
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Washington
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Green Bay
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Barr
Barr
Byrnes
GOP
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Wisconsin Guard Holds Line Against Army Reserve Merger
Wisconsin military leaders welcomed a delay in Defense Department plans to split the 32nd National Guard Division from the Army Reserve. Gov Knowles and Major General Dunlap urged extra study amid Viet Nam uncertainties while Brig. Gen. Schulz opposed any reduction, stressing the guard and reserves should remain intact.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
House
Congress
32Nd National Guard
John A. Dunlap
32Nd
Robert P. Schulz
84Th Army Reserve
Warren P. Knowles
Madison
Viet Nam
Wisconsin 32Nd National Guard
Defense Department
Armed Services
Red Arrow
Minnesota
47Th National Guard
Ralph J. Olson
Wisconsin Adjutant General
84Th Wisconsin National Guard
Dunlap
Olson
McNamara
One Sweet Traffic Jam On Molasses Spill
A tank truck carrying 5 800 gallons of molasses failed a curve on Highway 36 in Burlington and tipped into a ditch. The driver Edwin H Molle 35 of Menasha Wisconsin was en route from Burlington to Germantown. State Patrol Racine deputies and fire crews managed traffic and washed the roadway.
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Burlington
State Patrol
Racine
Edwin H. Molle
Menasha
Wis
Germantown
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Walter Sartorious
Verona
Marian Thompson
Howard Rosenberry
Joe Rast
Swiss Singers
Margaret Affolter
Ernest Halbherr
William Roeschli
Milwaukee Fair
Erdahl
LBJ
Bank
Aaron Foosner
Ollie Fine
Evening Times
Don West
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