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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1964
Page
2
The Associated Press declares exclusive rights to republish all local news printed in this newspaper along with AP dispatches as part of its institutional policy.
Editorial traces the 1964 backlash as white reaction to civil rights laws and shifts in union ranks. It links broader discontent to federalism, foreign aid, Washington scandals and unkept promises, warning of risky political consequences for Johnson and the Democratic Party.
Jimmy Hoffa's legal troubles deepened as a Chicago court handed four concurrent five year terms plus a $10,000 fine for misusing Teamster pension funds. He must serve these after an eight year Chattanooga sentence, with appeals likely prolonging the battle as Hoffa's lawyers challenge various errors.
John Marty of Browntown wins the Governors Sweepstakes prize for Swiss cheese at the State Fair. V P Rajan arrives from Madras for a three day study visit to the dairy farming community and local newspaper plant. Clarence W. Loveland names Dr Nathan E Bear to fill the unexpired Green County hospital trustees term. Over 2000 children receive gamma globulin polio injections countywide. 25 years ago farmers plan sheep fattening with Ray Pavlak reporting. Submarine Squalus hoisted from ocean floor near Portsmouth for the second time as 26 bodies expected to be released. W E Trukenbrod named grand vice chancellor of Wisconsin Knights of Pythias.
Leon Schmidt returns from a European tour arranged for former servicemen and visits his mother’s birthplace in Canton Bern. Chet Austin, known for the County Fair parachute act, hobbling on a crutch after landing on the highway’s only concrete strip. Girl Scouts Troop 2 with Miss Lillian Gempeler head to Lake Koshkonong for camping. Judge George Grimm to open the fall term of Circuit Court on October 27.
The labor figure, known for his grit, hurls a bold challenge but a paralyzing counterpunch from opponents makes another round unlikely. The scene hints at diminishing momentum and looming defeat.
Omer Briggs 66 longtime Albany area educator and farmer died yesterday at his Richland Center home after a long illness. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow at Pratt funeral home Richland Center. Surviving wife Myrtle Ekleberry two children Marion Porter Denver Dr Gordon Briggs and 11 grandchildren.
Mrs. Alex Hoerburger of 1218 22nd Avenue and her son Rev Henry Hoerburger returned Saturday from a month abroad. They visited Austria Germany and Switzerland and spent time with relatives. This was her third trip since 1909 with returns in 1912 and 1949. They left July 14. The son resumed parish duties in La Crosse Saturday night.
Clare J. Speth age 60 formerly of Belmont died Friday in a Sycamore hospital services were held yesterday in Genoa burial followed in Genoa Born in Belmont he worked in Kenosha and spent 35 years in Sycamore with Anaconda Wire Co Survived by wife Helen a stepson Richard Shott Genoa a brother Arnold Belmont a sister Mrs Harold Maynard Mineral Point and five grandchildren
SP5 Kenneth R Zee, son of Mr and Mrs Forest C Zee of Monroe, received the Good Conduct Medal while serving with the U S Army Air Defense school Support Command at Ft Bliss Texas. Zee was cited for exemplary conduct efficiency and fidelity as a soldier in active service assigned to Battery C He entered the Army in August 1961. The 24 year old graduate of Orangeville unit High School in 1958.
Seventy five percent of all U S foreign commerce is financed by New York banks.
Adlai E Stevenson charged that a Republican proposal to change United Nations voting would boost Communist influence. He argued the plan would increase Communist power in the General Assembly, while Dean Rusk urged sober debate as Democrats draft their campaign platform. The exchange opened a broader foreign policy debate with Republicans accusing the Johnson administration of weakness and Democrats fearing a rash Goldwater policy.
Rep. William E. Miller will launch his Republican vice presidential bid September 5 in Lockport New York. Sen. Barry Goldwater will join Miller on the program and Goldwater is scheduled to appear as Miller’s running mate. The event marks a local milestone dubbed Bill Miller Day in Miller’s birthplace where he practiced law.
Dr. C. H. Bartle marks four decades as a New Glarus dentist since 1924 after graduating from Marquette University. He practiced in several local sites before opening his current office in the New Glarus Post building in 1935. Bartle, a noted sportsman, is married to Erna Theiler with a daughter Madison and grandchildren Lauren and Randy.
A Sears, Roebuck and Co. warehouse and service center in Swatara Township burned Monday night causing damage estimated at least a million dollars, according to a Sears official.
Elmer L Yeeman 79 of Dakota rural died Saturday Services were held today at Dakota Community church Burial was in Dakota cemetery He was a retired farmer charter member of Stephenson County Farm Bureau formerly taught in Ogle County and Rock Grove area Surviving are daughter Mrs Merle Wise and two sons Lee and Glenn all of Dakota a sister Mrs Laura Bunker Rockford 14 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren
A 17 year old Illinois youth who held up the bank of Franksville Feb 28 and fled with 618 dollars has been adjudged delinquent by U S District Judge Kenneth P Grubb. The court ordered Robert L Doremus of West Peoria into federal custody for behavior studies before sentencing. He was caught 45 minutes after the holdup and was armed.
Mrs Rhoda Platt former Monroe resident is con valescing at her Fond du Lac home after treatment for a severe brain concussion from a car crash three weeks ago. She returned home last Saturday and may need six months to fully recover as physicians warned.
The article notes an electrical worker from Monroe who had three years with the power company and had visitation ties to the Platt couple. The Platts had visited Edwin C. Goecks’s home two days before the accident, and two Goecks children later joined the Platts in Fond du Lac for a period.
Jacob J. Tschudy is named custodian of New Glarus Woods Park succeeding the late Albert Gerber 52 who died Friday. He and his wife, former curators of the Wisconsin Historymobile, join the Wisconsin Conservation Department as the new park staff.
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