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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1964
Page
8
Wisconsin remains cloudy with scattered showers and possible thunder tonight and Thursday. Temperatures range from the 50s to the 80s with warmer southern areas and precipitation of .03 inch since yesterday. Blythe California records 107 degrees as the warmest U.S. location while an unnamed cold reading is noted.
Real estate transfers in Monroe include transfers to Ganne W Nayium E Gorden It 9 Gorham's Add and Ina Thompson to Jr School District No 1 It 8 blk 26 Rattan's Add and Marjorie Ekum to Glen Boeck parcel sec 34. Deaths listed for Vern E Dary Jr 34 Beloit Erwin C Greiser 52 Milwaukee Irving M Jewell 84 Mineral Point. Local births note Aug 18 19 at Browntown Monticello and Route 2 addresses.
A hospital notice lists patients and staff at St Clare Hospital including Ida Amacher Blanchardville Brian Skat tum James Hartwig South Wayne Kenneth Chambers Freeport Ole Lien Argyle Sam Smith Brooklyn William Schonfelder Rockford Jake Schultz Monticello Mrs Edward Schwoerer Mount Horeb Leo Sladek Beloit Mrs Ida Topp Brodhead Lorenzo Buttice Rockford Axel Swanson Beloit Surgical staff names Roger Coplien Larry Beer Steven Baker Mrs Orville Jerenby New Glarus Hugh Loomer Fannie LaBudde Jamie Dalton Mrs Lee Chambers Dismissals include James Marty Wayne Danks Arthur Busch Joseph Hefty and multiple others.
Two 16 year old Monroe youths escaped serious injury when a pickup overturned at the intersection of Highway 11 and 81 and County Trunk K on the east side. Driver Lawrence A. Kranig 2385 18th Avenue had minor cuts and bruises while passenger Ronald F. Mauerman 1106 19th Street sprained ankle. Officers said a cracked rusted left rear wheel caused the overturn during a turn off the highway onto the county road.
Green County hospital announces groundbreaking for a 140 bed addition with 463872 dollars construction cost plus fees and furnishings. Ceremony set for 2 p m Sunday with county officials participating.
Funeral services for Erwin C. Greiser 52 Milwaukee who was killed in a Green County traffic mishap will be held Friday in Milwaukee. Rosary will be recited tomorrow at 7 30 p m with visitation after 4 p m. He is survived by his wife Helen a son Ronald his mother Hattie four brothers Hilbert Oregon Marvin Milton and Elmer all of Stratford and two sisters Dorothy Landwehr and Gladys Lloyd of Stratford.
Alli, a German exchange student, adjusts to life in the United States while attending Mayfield High School. She notes cultural differences from fashion to leisure, describes staying with an American family, and plans a car wash with Girl Scout Troop 242.
Bernard Baruch celebrated his 94th birthday in New York with a news conference in which he refused to dwell on the past. He said that today and tomorrow concern him more than yesterday and warned that U.S. problems, both domestic and foreign, are more complex than ever. He noted his fortune was earned by age 30 and promised to continue thoughtful public advice.
Personal mentions include Mrs Gordon Laszewski and others from Madison and Flint visiting Monroe. Memorial and funeral coverage notes pallbearers from New Glarus and East Coast travels, plus officers in Moose Women group. A Torch Is Passed available at The Times office for $2 per copy.
Mississippi Governor Paul B Johnson declines to meet President Johnson at the White House or attend the Democratic National Convention. Louisiana Governor John McKeithen and Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus also opt out, after a secret strategy meeting held in New Orleans last Friday with Florida Governor Farris Bryant and Alabama Governor George C Wallace.
The accounting firm Haskins and Sells reported the Johnson family fortune at 3 484 098 dollars as of July 31 1964. President Johnson and Mrs Johnson hold most assets while daughters Lynda Bird and Luci Baines Johnson also appear with sizable holdings.
The City Council authorized three meters on the south side of 9th Street and two unmetered stalls for contractor trucks during construction. Barricades may be used on 9th Street as work proceeds. Contractors named include Brandenburg Plumbing and Heating, Lanz Sheet Metal, and Eichorst Electrical and Refrigeration of Monticello. IBM equipment will be housed in the completed building.
In Saigon about 2000 students challenged Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh as he sought the presidency and accused the United States of meddling in South Vietnam. Khanh warned they could be drafted if they protested, while urging school work but inviting those who choose to join the struggle to enlist.
Kathryn O Hay Granahan United States treasurer suffered a broken knee and elbow after a fall at a radio station on Tuesday. The accident occurred during an engagement at the station a spokesman said.
Cynthia Lou Amacher six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Sindsor Amacher Route 4 Monroe underwent surgery yesterday after her pony threw her into a piece of machinery on the family farm. Her foot was cut in the mishap. The item also notes Mrs Ida Amacher aged 72 of Blanchardville scheduled for surgery after a broken hip at home last night. Other notes include naming Scott Allan born Aug 11 to Mr and Mrs William Faust, Rockford, and appointments of county coordinators for a congressional committee, plus hospital admission for Larry Beer for an emergency appendectomy.
Funeral services for Charles W. DeVoe 62 will be held Thursday at 1 30 p m at Newcomer Funeral Home Monroe with Rev Frank Hinebaugh of the Clarno EUB church officiating. Burial is in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
Dale A. Demrow 28 of rural Evansville died in a head-on collision Tuesday night on Tuttle Road near Footville Rock County. Two teenagers in the other car were hospitalized. An 87-year-old Chicago woman, Mrs Joseph Golembiewski, died in a Racine hospital from injuries suffered last Thursday in a car truck crash that killed her husband at the Highways 45 and 20 intersection about 15 miles west of Racine.
Casper geologist John Wold, 47, won the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Gale McGee in November. Wold defeated Kenny Sailors in a tight GOP primary after resigning as state party chairman last January. McGee beat I. W. Kinney in the Democratic race.
The House passed 232 to 149 a compromise bill to limit meat imports 15 percent below last year’s record level. Democrats and Republicans argued it would raise hamburger prices, while cattle interests backed the measure to curb price slumps in the U.S. market.
Dr. R L Sproull of ARPA told the National Space Club that four U S sentry satellites now in orbit will detect any nuclear detonation in space. The satellites, launched last October and a month ago, claim capability to detect events more than 200 million miles away.
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