Drouth Devastates Corn Crops Across Four Southern Townships
Severe drouth grips Cadiz Clarno Jefferson and Spring Croye townships south of Monroe Green County as rains fail. Farmers warn of potential 75 percent crop loss with hay scarce and grasshoppers voracious. Silos fill early as stock feed tightens and many may go out of business.
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Green County
Cadiz
Clarno
Jefferson
Spring _Croye
Illinois
Monroe
Freeport
Ryu
Wisconsin
Pearl City
Kent
Ill
Congressmen Call for Wheat Legislation Action
Twenty nine Republican congressmen led by Rep. Vernon Thomson of Wisconsin urge action on wheat legislation before the 1964 crop is planted. Most attendees at a private two hour meeting Thursday pressed for early congressionally backed measures.
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Washington
Vernon Thomson
Wisconsin
Cheese Focused Hostesses Lead Green County Dairy Exhibit
A two day Wisconsin corn picking contest near Monroe will showcase Green County dairy products with a large cheese oriented display. Tents form a V shape to hold cheese processing demos and samples including Swiss tunuue and pizza. Hostesses Miss Marilyn Draeger and Miss Sandra Weiss join Susan Disch in leading the dairy exhibit as key organizers.
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Green County
Susan Disch
Goldenrod Creamery
Brodhead
Karl Hofman
New Glarus
Marilyn Draeger
Fr. Atkinson
Alice In Dairyland
Sandra Weiss
Browntown
Green County Dairy Queen
Disch
American Dairy Association
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Miss Disch
Arthur Carter
Monroe
Carter
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
C. S. Grundahl
Agricultural Chest
Russell Carter
Helen Green
M. E. Jeglum
A F Sorenson Dies at 49 Former Center Market Partner
Armand Ferdinand Sorenson 49 of 2203 13th avenue died at 10:55 a.m. in St. Clare hospital after entering July 25 as a medical patient. He was a Monroe meat cutter and former partner in Center Market with John Sager. the business closed Feb. 21, 1961. Survived by wife Betty two sons William and David and daughter Linda. Burial at Milton Lawns near Janesville. Services Monday at Grace Lutheran with Rev. Plymire. Call Stuessey funeral home Sunday afternoon and until 10 a.m. Monday.
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Armand Ferdinand Sorenson
13Th Avenue
Monroe
Old Center Market
St. Clare Hospital
Sorenson
Janesville
Betty
Times Annex
Brennan’s Market
John Sager
Center Market
Sager
As Warbkad
Digoy Wig Sree
Gly
William
David
Linda
Grace Lutheran Church
James C. Plymire
Milton Lawns Memorial Park
Stuessy Funeral Home
Turner Picnic At Baumgartner's Grove Sunday
The Turn and Schwing Club holds its annual picnic at Baumgartner's Grove west of Monroe this Sunday. Events start at 2 p.m. with turning Swiss wrestling and music. Numerous Turners attend and refreshments and dancing follow with no admission.
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Baumgartner’s Grove
Monroe
Turners
Ernest Ammon
Carla Tobler
Willie Ruef
Bob Ruehlew
Dick Wilde
Leon Baertschi
Dave Wald
Larry Lisser
Keith Christen
John Marean
Dale Bertalot
Nancy Krattiger
Barbara Kohl
Francis Koenig
Barbara
Fifth Buddhist Self-immolation Stirs Hue Fire
In Saigon, martial law was declared in Hue after a 71 year old Buddhist monk Thich Tieu Dieu burned himself to death at 4 am in Hue’s largest pagoda. This marks the fifth self immolation in two months against President Ngo Dinh Diem's government.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hue
Thich Tieu Dieu
Diem
Husband Admits Slaying at YMCA
Milwaukee police say 52-year-old Mrs Cleary was shot dead Thursday in the Central YMCA cafeteria as 15 people looked on. Her 47-year-old husband Charles Cleary confessed, claiming jealousy and a quarrel led to the shooting and then asked staff to call police.
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Milwaukee
Old Central Ymca
Charles Cleary
Milwaukee Assemblyman to seek repeal of $2 filing fee
Democratic Assemblyman Mark Ryan of Milwaukee a member of the Joint Finance Committee said Thursday he will introduce a bill to repeal the $2 income tax filing fee when the Legislature convenes in November.
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Milwaukee
Mark Ryan
U S and Soviet Agree to Joint Weather Satellite Program
The United States and Russia will share a coordinated weather satellite program and joint Echo type experiments. NASA approved the plan to contribute data to a 1965 world magnetic survey and establish a Washington Moscow telecommunications link for cloud images and other data.
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Washington
United States
Russia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moscow
NASA
Zemenki Observatory
Gorky State University
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
University of Manchester
Soviet Union
England
Project Detours Set for Weekend
The Wisconsin State Highway Department reports major roads with closures for construction this weekend including State 162 between Stoddard and Chaseburg State 43 near Kenosha County and State 75 near Kansasville Paddock Lake plus several others in Fond du Lac Milwaukee Chippewa Polk Waukesha and Dane counties.
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Polk County
Oconomowoc
Waukesha County
Maple Bluff
Cuban fugitives recount Aguilla Cay kidnapping raid
Julio Fernandez, among 10 Cuban fugitives who escaped Castro forces on Aguilla Cay, said 15 armed militiamen boarded two gunboats and threatened to shoot. He described civilians surrendering with 19 eventually returned to Cuba, including four women and children. U S. jets and a Coast Guard seaplane observed the scene during patrols.
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Miami
Fla
Bibles
Julio Fernandez
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Aguilla Cay
Fernandez
Havana
Nandez
U.S
Coast Guard
Mitts
Tax Reduction Plan Advances Amid Dividend Tax Debate
A sweeping tax reduction bill tightens dividend taxation aiming for about 11 billion in relief, with average 15 percent cuts for most taxpayers. Kennedy’s proposal grows to 11 billion after pace of passage fears, while House action on dividend benefits faces Republican opposition. The plan also accelerates corporate tax collection and phases out the dividend tax credit, doubling the exempt amount for joint stock ownership.
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Washington
Congress
President Nomedy
Kennedy
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee Completed Work On Seeeeeeeer
Eisenhower
Treasury
March on Washington Leader Denies Communist Ties
Bayard Austin, deputy director of the planned August 28 civil rights march on Washington, calls Thurmond’s charge that he belonged to the Communist party demonstrably false. The dispute centers on the march leadership and potential implications for the event.
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New York
Bayard Austin
Washington
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Communist Party
Russian Ship Rescues U S Flier From Ocean
An American air guard pilot Capt Hugh Lavallee parachuted 20 000 feet into the Atlantic and was rescued by Russian fishermen aboard a large fishing vessel 100 miles southeast of Otis Air Base. A U S Coast Guard helicopter then airlifted him to the base. Lavallee, 29, is a Springfield resident and insurance account executive.
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Otis Air Base
Mass
U.S. Coast Guard
Massachusetts Air National Guard
Hugh Lavallee
Springfield
Coast Guard
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Lavallee
University of New Hampshire
Wisconsin cheddar market steady with ample supplies
No trading occurred at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange as markets were steady. Demand remained fair to good for cheddar and other styles with ample overall supplies and tighter holdings on aged and lower grade varieties. Swiss production slowed due to dry conditions, but world markets stayed steady with mostly unchanged prices.
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Wisconsin
Agricultural Marketing Service
Peter Lorre’s Wife Sues for Divorce Over Finances
Anne Marie Lorre 37 sues Peter Lorre 58 in Superior Court alleging extreme cruelty and financial irresponsibility. She claims the actor earns about 70000 dollars yearly and that during ten years of marriage he squandered or secreted funds.
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Los Angeles
Peter Lorre
Anne Marie Lorre
Lorre
Five Arraigned Over Great Train Robbery Loot
Five hooded suspects appeared in a magistrate court near London charged in Britain's great train robbery. William Boal denied robbery. police say the recovered loot totals 141000 pounds. Investigators search for the gang as rewards circulate.
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London
Britain
William Boal
Boal
Linslade
Cheddington
Glasgow
Surrey
Scotland Yard
France
Bournemouth
Roger John Cordery
Rene
Alfred
Mary Pilgrim
Emily Clark
Cordery
Timm and Brewer Win Honors at Wisconsin State Fair
The Donald Timm family and Walter Timm estate farms near Monroe won first in the Holstein open class judging at the Wisconsin State Fair. Timm’s blue ribbon came with Hales Chief Maryann in the three year old dry cow class. James Schulbert of Stockton and Francis Fahey of Belleville entered the grand and senior champion Chester Whites in Swine. Ronnie Fahey of Belleville took reserve grand champion Sow and junior champion Sow in Chester Whites. Glenn Brewer of Albany showed the reserve junior champion Sow for Chester Home Farms in Waterloo.
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Donald Timm
Walter Timm
Monroe
Timm
Wisconsin
Hales
Maryann
Chester
Ronnie Fahey
Belleville
Wife joins Bidault in Rio de Janeiro
Mrs Georges Bidault arrived on Thursday to join her husband in Rio de Janeiro where he is sought by France on charges of plotting to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
New York
Mamie
Milton Eisenhower
Normandy
France
Eisenhower
U.S
Britain
Russia
America
Bidault
Rio DE Janeiro
Georges Bidault
Charles de Gaulle
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Margaret Donny
Melchior Donny
Arthur F. Carter
A.F. Sorenson
YMCA
Reds
U.S. Air Guard
Cheddar Board
Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
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