Budget Balance Prediction Stirs New Tax Cut Talk
Senators George and Millikin signaled support for tax cuts next year if the budget is balanced in the year ending July 1. Humphrey cautioned it is too early to promise tax reductions, while outlining revised budget projections showing a $1.7 billion deficit for 1956, the lowest in five years.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Millikin
R-Cole
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate Finance Committee
Vienna
Congress
Colorado
Treasury Department
Treasury
Rowland R. Hughes
Hummphrey
Benson weighs legal route on cheese sale scandal
Secretary Benson said the Agriculture Department may seek Department of Justice legal advice over multi million dollar cheese transactions called unauthorized and improper by the comptroller general. The issue centers on a 1954 price support maneuver that led to a government purchase of about 90 million pounds of cheese at 37 cents and sale back to makers at 34.5 cents without taking possession.
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Washington
Benson
U. S. Agriculture Department
Department of Justice
Comptroller General
Fountain
D-Nc
House
Department
Joseph Campbell
Agriculture Department
Campbell
Mrs. Martha Steinmann Dies at 72 in Monticello
Martha Steinmann 72 of Monticello died at 5 30 am in St. Clare hospital after an embolism. Born Martha Linehan August 19 1883 in River Falls she taught in Ashland Hayward Augusta and Milwaukee. Survived by two sons a brother a sister five grandchildren and preceded by an infant daughter. Services Monday at St Victor church with burial in Highland cemetery.
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Martha Steinmann
Monticello
St. Clare Hospital
Steinmann
Martha Theresa Linehan
River Falls
Teachers College
Chicago Art Institute
Ashland
Hayward
Augusta
Milwaukee
John C. Steinmann Jr
St. Victor's Church
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Royal Neighbors
Jane Ann
St. Victor’s Church
Rev
E. C. McCollow
Highland Cemetery
Sundaey
Voegeli
Cheddar Values Firm No Sales at Plymouth
There were no changes in cheese value with little activity on the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange. Unfilled: two cars junior grade cheddars 2934. Trading tone steady.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
New Speedwatch Device Goes Into Use Citywide
Police Chief J. H. Schwaiger announced the city’s new speed timing device is operational with no public warnings. Demonstrations for Kiwanis members and the public at 9th street and 15th avenue showed accuracy, with two patrol cars confirming results against standard speedometers. Signs at Monroe entrances warn of city ownership and officers will use discretion in enforcing speed limits.
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J. H. Schwaiger
Kiwanis Club
9Th Street
15Th Avenue
Schwaiger
Monroe
Kenneth Troxell To Be Arraigned On Negligent Homicide Charge
A warrant for negligent homicide was issued for Kenneth Duane Troxell 20 Monroe after a coroner's jury ruled James Kenneth Thompson died May 19 in an accident at excessive speed. Troxell is to be arraigned Monday at 2 p m before Judge Marshall L Peterson in Small Claims Court and may be bound over to the Circuit Court if he waives a preliminary hearing.
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Kenneth Duane Troxell
Monroe
Marshall L. Peterson
Small Claims Court
Dist
Franz W. Brand
James Kenneth Thompson
Troxell
Brand
Monroe Public Schools Set Two Day Teacher Institute
A full two day teachers institute topped opening plans for Monroe public schools. the final program includes orientation for seventh to ninth graders and a 530 pm faculty picnic with tours of local industries.
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Monroe Public
St. Victor's
Huge Loan Fund Ready for States
Six northeastern states hit by flood devastation receive up to 900 million dollars in loans to reconstruct defend industry and public facilities. Army Engineers estimate 1.6 billion dollars in damage across Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Army Engineers
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Office of Defense Mobilization
Army
Sturgis
National Association of Manufacturers
Fair Board to Secure Appraisers for Green County Site
Green County Fair directors vote to hire three outside appraisers from Ft Atkinson Stoughton and Janesville to value the fairgrounds property as a potential Monroe high school site. Appraisals compare going and discontinued fair values for consideration by the school board and Citizens Building Advisory Committee.
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Green County Fair
Monroe High School
Citizens School Building Advisory Committee
Board of Education
the Fair Board
William Brown
Ft. Atkinson
Stoughton
Janesville
Mobile X-ray Unit to Visit Green County in Fall
The state mobile X-ray unit will tour Green County from September 19 to October 6 with dates for each locality to be announced later. Miss June Grammes, city and school nurse, seeks volunteer workers and urges residents to get chest X-rays at no charge. Mrs. Sam Rubi chairs the Monroe committee with Jaycettes helping.
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Green County
June Grammes
Sam Rubi
Monroe
Jaycettes
Miss Grammes
Second Chicago Jail Mistake Nearly Frees Defendant in Murder
A Cook County jail inmate charged with murder nearly secured release due to a name mixup. A second man named Tom Brown appeared in court, was mistaken for the defendant, and returned to jail after the error was found. Earlier, another inmate was released in a separate case due to similar misidentification. Police still seek Andrew Fullilove.
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Chicago
Cook County
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Brown
Alabama
Brown
Tom Brown
Atty
Bernard Deeney
Andrew Fullilove
A. J. Fullilove
Mississippi
Salzwedel Rites Set For Jordan Township Native
Frank A Salzwedel 60 of Jordan Township died at his home at 7 a m after a five year illness. Born Feb 19 1895 he lived his entire life in Jordan Township attended Mills school and leaves three brothers Fred Monroe Ernest Juda and Edward and three sisters Eda Emma and Mrs Selmer Gordee. He was affiliated with Jordan Evangelical and Peace Evangelical churches. Service Monday at 1 30 p m at Peace Church with Rev Ronald R Miller. burial in Greenwood Cemetery. The body will be moved from Shriner Neushwander funeral home to the church Monday at 11 a m.
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Frank A. Salzwedel
Jordan Township
Ferdinand and
Wilhelmina Mahlbuck Salzwedel
Mills School
Fred
Monroe
Ernest
Juda
Edward
Eda
Emma
Selmer Gordee
Woodford
Jordan Evangelical Church
Peace Evangelical Church
Browntown
Peace Church
Ronald R. Miller
Greenwood Cemetery
Shriner-Neushwander
Picket Clashes Mark Vienna Medic Strike
Violent clashes erupted today between strikers and workers at nonstriking clinics in Vienna. Two doctors were injured as the nationwide protest by Austria’s 15,400 medics opposed a government plan to extend health insurance to all residents, with emergency calls only guaranteed at hospitals and clinics.
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Vienna
Austria
Ten Teams Enter Cheese Day Event
Ten firefighting teams from the area showcased for Monroe residents as part of Cheese Day preparations. Teams from Brodhead Argyle Albany Orangeville Belleville Browntown Monticello New Glarus Woodford and Winslow signed up for Sept 9 pairings at the fire station with Monroe hosting.
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Monroe
Louis F. Blanc
Blane
Blanc
Frederick F. Lanz
Russel H. Schultz
W. E. Deininger
George E. Wenger Jr
Carl H. Maurer
William R. Rieder Jr
William Greub
Robert A. Stocker Jr
A. Lee Mitchell
Arthur T. Edwards
William E. Amstutz
Brodhead
Kenneth Shrier
Donald Edwards
Dean Peterson
Rodger Bernstein
Argyle
Lawrence Bidlingmaier
Lloyd Ostby
Albany
Robert Schultz
Charles Cleveland
Gene Doyle
Walter Althus
Orangeville
Dick Cramer
Jim Cook
Belleville
Jack Short
William Hoenisch
Browntown
Gayle Burrington
Buddy May
Raymond Montgomery
John Roethlishberger
Monticello
Robert Durtschi
Alfred Aeberhard
Howard Proin
Ray Gessler
New Glarus
Fred Maurer
Louis Ubert
Carlo Wenger
Joe Haegeli
Woodford
Donald Marty
Floyd Anderson
Robert Johnson
Jay Foley
Winslow
Eldon Rockow
Frank Krebs
Moroccan Crisis Standoff Surges as Sultan Refuses to Quit
At Aix les Bains Sultan Ben Moulay Arafa states he will not abdicate, complicating Edgar Faure's push for a Moroccan settlement with Nationalists led by Istiqlal. French plan envisioned sultan retirement, Grandval removal, and a Council of the Throne to rule with home rule talks ongoing while 6 000 Smaala Berber horsemen are hunted after the Oued Zem massacre.
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Aix Les Bains
France
Sultan Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Si Abderrahman el Hajoui
Rabat
el Hajoui
Edgar Faure
Ben Arafa
Faure
Pierre Koenig
Paris
Gilbert Grandval
Istiqlal (Independence) Party
Sultan Ben Arafa
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Grandval
Morocco
North Africa
Ben Youssef
Madagascar
East Africa
Istiqlal
Protectorate
Atlas
Death of Heiress Doris Ostreicher Probed in Philadelphia
An investigation continued into the death of 22 year old Doris Silver Ostreicher a red haired socialite and daughter of a Food Fair executive. An autopsy was performed but coroner Melville Ashton declined to disclose findings.
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Philadelphia
Doris Silver Ostreicher
Stock List Continues Strong Prices Climb
NEW YORK i - Steels remained strong as the stock market moved upward early this afternoon. Gains around three points, with Bethlehem up about three. Standard Oil NJ and Tex Steel up about two. Others higher included U S Steel Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube.
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New York i
Bethlehem
Standard Oil
Tex- Steel
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Anaconda
Magma
Phelps Dodge
Santa Fe
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
Delaware
Lackawanna and Western
Bulova Watch
Texas Co
General Motors
Chrysler
American Cyanamid
Air Reduction
Dow Chemical
Union Carbide
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USDA
Dwight C. Coplien
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Carlos Aracena
Magallanes
Chile
Times
Kenneth Troxell
Franklin B. Luebchow
Monroe Education Association
Monroe Industries
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Russell Mosley
State Department of Public Instruction
Frank Brown
Kenneth C. Allen
William Amstutz
Edmund R. Anderson
Grace Anderson
Allan F. Barnard
Margaret J. Bloodgood
Werner W. Blum
John C. Calder
Ruth R. Darling
Lenoir Ainsworth
Margaret Fisher
Louis C. Frey
Veterans Agriculture
Lillian Gempeler
Eunice E. Goeler
Darleen Gratz
Lillian Hanson
T. R. Holyoke
Cromer Hauser
Ruth E. Jenks
Daniel Gerber
Samuel D. Sturgis
Noah
Denver
Fair Board
School Board and Citizens Committee
Harold S. Haworth
Herman J. Schmitz
Fair Books
Merlin J. Meythaler
Frank Salzwedel
Jordan
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