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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1964
Page
2
The snippet shows newspaper copyright notice and subscription info with office hours from 8:20 am to 5:00 pm and a telephone number 325-5101. It references Associated Press Inland Press Association and Audit Bureau and mentions year and subscription terms.
The piece argues Congress may curb Supreme Court authority over state reapportionment and other powers, noting hurried House and Senate actions on restricting court reach. It frames a broader fear of eroded checks and balances and hints at a potential showdown between Congress and the Court, with echoes of historic feuds.
In Evanston the World Council of Churches hears President Eisenhower urge a worldwide mass praying movement for a just and lasting peace. Gen Nathan F Twining says the US has reason for war if war is pursued. Also notes polio cases rising and local events and obituaries.
Washington reports a planned surge in U S nuclear force posture with seven Polaris submarine ships to patrol the Western Pacific. The first armed vessel will head to station while a forward base at Guam is readied. A second sub to join later this fall, with Bargor Washington facility ready. Command and control described, linking President through Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs via redundant radio networks.
The history column notes key events on August 20: Anthony Wayne’s 1783 victory near Toledo, Jay’s treaty leading to British withdrawal, Benjamin Harrison’s 1833 birth, radio broadcasting in 1920, B29 raids on Yawata in 1944, Greece’s Cyprus plebiscite request in 1954, West Yellowstone earthquakes in 1954, Khrushchev’s 1955 Yugoslavia visit.
Wisconsin corn crop delayed by cool temperatures and lack of rain per the Weekly Crop and Weather Report. Dryness harms fields especially in the northwest where corn is stored or chopped for feed. Pasture deteriorated, Lake Winnebago area shows best conditions. Second cut hay nearly finished. southern two thirds report fair to excellent yields. Cherry harvest in Door County heavy and past peak. Cannery crops sweet corn and beans still come in though Southwestern Wisconsin slows. Temperatures last week ran below normal. this week expected to stay cool with normal to below-normal precipitation.
Quinrey W. Barr, driver education instructor at Monroe high school, is among 28 Wisconsin teachers taking an advanced two week three credit course at Platteville State University. The program ends Saturday as Barr receives scholarship support from Aetna Life Affiliated Companies. The course updates instructors on new driver education methods and includes simulator training.
The University of Wisconsin Center at Sheboygan will be dedicated on September 12. The three level facility on the city’s west edge replaces the Vocational and Adult school, with capacity for 500 freshmen and sophomores, financed by Sheboygan County.
Senator Barry Goldwater urged President Johnson to debate foreign policy on television and offered to pay for the broadcast. He criticized Johnson’s policy, praised by 12 000 at the Illinois State Fair, and blamed Congress for killing an equal time bill to enable a debate.
David B Foesch USN promoted to postal clerk third class while in Pearl Harbor Hawaii aboard the USS Hooper destroyer escort. He sails his third Western Pacific cruise with port calls in Hawaii Japan the Philippine Islands and Hong Kong. Assigned to the Vietnam crisis the USS Hooper left Yokosuka Japan with USS Kearsarge of the Seventh Fleet as part of a naval force buildup for patriot.
2nd Lt. Robin G Tornow in pilot training at Reese AFB Texas will fly jet trainers during a one-year course. His mother is the former Antonia Nuwash and father Eugene Tornow taught in Albany schools. The family home is in Watertown. Dial 325-5101.
G Aubrey Young, chairman of Wisconsin Governor's Commission on Human Rights, reports fewer summer complaints of discrimination in public accommodations but more cases going to court this year. He notes increased awareness of federal civil rights law and mentions about 50 complaints in 1963. The State Bureau of Personnel plans to hire an administrative assistant by November 1 to aid the commission as a troubleshooter.
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