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Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 13, 1963

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Wisconsin Adds 100000 Items to State Sales Tax List

The State Tax Department aims to mail 100000 copies of the revised goods and services list to retailers ahead of the August 15 effective date. Taxable items include toiletries furs luggage automotive repairs and labor on those services and a wide range of supplies and equipment across industries. Non taxable categories include fresh fruit juices some laundry machinery and certain industrial equipment.

Madison State Tax Department

Bike Rodeo Ends Summer Fun At Recreation Park

Poet and playground director Marty J. Deignan says the Bike Rodeo closes all summer event activities at Recreation Park. The 11 a.m. event runs about an hour with children of any age entering bikes or tricks. A parade starts near the parking lot. Prizes in three age groups include Most Original, Most Decorated, Funniest, Most Colorful Bike, and Most Work Done. Photos follow the awards.

Marty J. Deignan Recreation Park Deignan

Income Tax Cut Revision Offered

Treasury and House Ways and Means committee push a major tax cut plan with a net rate reduction aimed for 1965. The revised proposal lowers rates to 14 to 70 percent and removes the 5 percent floor on itemized deductions, targeting sizeable saves for middle and high earners.

Washington House Ways and Means Treasury Saiaa--vone Secretary of Treasury Dillon Kennedy

Berlin marks second anniversary of the wall

Security forces beefed up on both sides as Berlin observes two years since the border barrier began. Explosions and gunfire reported at the border. authorities urge calm and warn against riots. West Berlin notes thousands fled since 1961, while hundreds attempted escapes despite lethal guard lines.

Berlin West Berlin East Berlin Heinrich Albertz Tripartite City U.S Wall East Germany West Europe Guenther Lifkin

Third Buddhist Monk Dies as Human Torch in Saigon Protest

In Saigon a 17 year old novice monk Thich Thanh Tuc burned himself to death near a pagoda in protest against South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. It marks the third self immolation by a Buddhist in two months as leaders say they did not authorize the act.

Saigon Viet Nam Ngo Dien Diem Thich Thanh Tuc

NFO Tours Milwaukee Dairies Seeking Higher Milk Prices

About 400 members of the National Farmers Organization visited three large Milwaukee area dairy firms to press for a price rise from 3.93 to 6.05 per hundredweight for Class I bottling milk. A spokesman noted some dairies had offered agreements, prompting hesitancy to act as an industry rather than as individuals. At one stop a milk handout occurred when lunch was missed. The group also visited the Milwaukee stock yards. Gavin McKerrow, president of the Golden Guernsey Dairy Co operative, arranged distribution during the tour.

Milwaukee National Farmers Organization NFO Borden Co West Allis Sealtest Foods Golden Guernsey Dairy Co-operative Gavin McKerrow Tyson Th Nfo Milwaukee Area

Bender to lead new New London bank in 1964

W A Bender of Monroe will become bank executive officer of the proposed New London National Bank. The move follows his current post as trust officer at the Commercial and Savings Bank, with operations to begin after stock sale chartering and building. The bank aims to open about March 1 1964 in New London, population 5300, now served by First State Bank with deposits of 7 552 000. Bender, UW Madison banking graduate and former Army officer, is active in civic organizations and has a large family.

New London National Bank Today W.A. Bender Monroe Bender The Commercial and Savings Bank New London Appleton First State Bank of Monroe High School St. Norbert’s College West DePere University of Wisconsin Army Transportation Corps Japan Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Madison FDIC Stoughton State Bank University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking W.C. Bender Commercial Bank Joyce Pease L.R. Pease Pease Lora Michael Mary Prairie du Lac Menomonee Falls Jaycettes

McNamara Says Warheads Exceed Soviet Arsenal

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara tells the Senate the United States holds tens of thousands of nuclear warheads and seeks to preserve a lead over the Soviet Union. He asserts U.S. superiority, outlines missile counts, and supports the limited test ban as a means to delay Soviet progress.

Washington McNamara United States Russia Senate Soviet Union Senate Foreign Relations Committee State Rusk Capitol Hill Atomic Energy Commission Nevada Britain Moscow MacNamara U.S Minuteman Strategic Air Command SAC North America

Landslide kills about 200 west of Katmandu

An unconfirmed report says a landslide about 60 miles west of Katmandu killed an estimated 200 Nepalese. Details forthcoming as authorities verify casualties and location.

Katmandu Nepal

Yard Sleuths Find Farm Hideout Of Mail Train Gang

Scotland Yard says police uncovered Leatherslade Farm at Oakley 53 miles west of London as the hideout used by the gang behind the world's greatest mail train robbery. A truck and two army type vehicles were found. 242 million pounds loot remains undiscovered.

London Scotland Yard Leatherslade Farm Oakley Glasgow Buckinghamshire

Cooler Weather Follows Rainfall

Rainfall totaled 0.08 inches in most areas with heavier amounts in other county sections. John Brugger Jr. farm reported 0.30 inches on Highway 59 east of Monroe. Albany saw 0.40 inches by 5:45 p.m. Tess Corners in Waukesha County recorded 1.60 inches and Park Falls 1.03 inches. Cold air followed, with a low around 60 and highs near 85 at 2 p.m. Night minima ranged from 48 in Park Falls to 63 in Beloit.

John Brugger Jr Highway 59 Monroe Albany Tess Corners Waukesha Park Falls Beloit

Three Counties Lose Disaster Area Status

Madison reports Racine Kenosha and Marquette Counties recommended for removal from disaster area list by state committee. Withdrawal could take effect Wednesday pending National Disaster Committee approval. no crop harvesting will be permitted on diverted acres thereafter.

Madison Racine Kenosha Marquette

Cheese Demand Fair Amid Steady Madison Market

In Madison Wisconsin today the cheddar cheese market shows steady prices with demand fair to good and abundant supplies. Prices are listed for ched dars 35 to 44 cents per pound, single daisies 38 to 44, longhorns 38 to 12, and midgets 37 to 14 cents.

Madison Wisconsin

Monroe Board Opens Bids for Four Rural School Buildings

The Monroe Board of Education received four rural school bid totals of 4185 last night for four buildings slated for closure. Hillside View attracted high bids by Alfred Guttmer 1650 and Henry Elmer 1525. Other bids included Spring Creek Hoffman 600 Green County Historical Society 161, Segner 1560 Sarbacher 782 Pleasant Valley 375 305 262, and additional Hillside View bids from Rogula 652 Green County Historical Society 210 90 Leona Post 325 Vernon Elmer 1000 Ver nus Gilbertson 1500 and Roger Elmer 528 60. The two high bids per property go to the district attorney for terms before board action. The meeting also approved facility use by Eagles Club Monroe swimming team and Chamber of Commerce. Also awarded was history teacher John A Peters of Elgin Illinois with degrees from Wisconsin 1961 and Illinois this year.

Monroe Board of Education Hillside View Monroe Township Alfred Guttmer Henry Elmer Spring Creek N.J. Hoffman Green County Historical Society parentGiew Charles Segner Earl Sarbacher Pleasant Valley Keith Edna Jackson Emil Grossen Hillside View School Sam Rogula Leona Post Vernon Elmer Vernus Gilbertson Roger Elmer Herbert T. Volmasung Eagles Monroe Monroe Chamber of Commerce

Horlick Heir Dies From Drug Overdose

Sidley, 50, heir to the Horlick malted milk fortune, died in Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital from an apparent sleeping tablet overdose. He lived at Cedar Valley Farms near Sandwich Illinois and had a Wisconsin home. In April he settled a divorce suit with Mrs. June Anderson Sidley, 45, terms not disclosed.

To Lick Sidley Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital Cedar Valley Farms Sandwich Ill Wisconsin June Anderson Sidley

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