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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1964
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates for carrier and mail in Wisconsin, Kenyon County, and Illinois, with annual prices. It states AP and Inland press associations hold exclusive rights to local news, and provides office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and a contact telephone number.
The Atlantic City convention is depicted as Lyndon B Johnson's show with Johnson guiding vice presidential picks and key decisions. He reportedly blocked Kennedys from the ticket, steered Mississippi and Alabama seat disputes, and announced Hubert Humphrey as his choice after a dramatic platform appearance.
Wallace South Dakota village of 130 on a gravel road once housed Hubert H. Humphrey born there in 1911 and his family later moved to Doland in 1916. A fire four years ago destroyed the old two story Humprey drugstore building on Main Street leaving a weed grown lot.
Ten years ago President Eisenhower told American Legionnaires that U S foreign policy must pursue peace and not be sidetracked into isolationism or the road to war. Aged 82 John Blum dies after 55 years with a Jordan Township threshing crew. Glen M Geigel 58 and Charles Wood 73 pass away.
Kansas City baseball club owner Charles Finley arrives by plane with 40 000 tickets for a September 17 Beatles concert at Municipal Stadium home of the Kansas City Athletics. He plans to pay the Beatles 150 000 dollars and already has about 10 000 mail orders.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr says he never said A OK after America's first suborbital flight on May 5 1961. He was in Wilmington Delaware with relatives when a public relations man picked up the term from mission chatter. He accepts the lore as part of American folk memory.
Mrs. Philip Graham publisher of The Washington Post and Newsweek is weekend guest of President and Mrs. Johnson at their Texas ranch after a spur of the moment invitation. She joins well wishers at Atlantic City airport as the presidential party prepares to depart by Air Force jet. The President invites her to come along.
Paul J. Moynihan of Milwaukee will serve as executive director of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Dr. Richard Bailey president of the organization and Northland College Ashland announced the appointment.
Several residents plan European trips with emphasis on Switzerland. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Feller Sr. tour Europe and visit Aaron Switzerland relatives. Leonard Maske wills travel Switzerland, Austria, Italy to see the Alps and visit Goetz Theatres colleagues in Germany. Others include the Hasslers and Meiers touring Europe with Swiss connections and a plan to bring back a St Bernard. Miss Mary E. Gekler travels for ten days in France and visits German, Italian and Swiss highlights. Mrs. Nina Schurman Rhyner returns to her homeland for six weeks in Switzerland and to Lausanne Swiss Expo.
Washington government figures show the consumer price index climbing three tenths of a percent in July marking the largest monthly increase in a year. Meat, fruit and vegetable prices led the gain, lifting the index to 108.3 while a Bureau of Labor Statistics official called the rise not startling given decade long price behavior.
About 200 4-H delegates leaders and agents attended a citizenship short course in Washington with peers from Wisconsin and nine other states. Wisconsin fruit expert Earl Wade warns of fire blight in apples and outlines control and disinfection steps. Dual fertilizer labeling shifts explained and Monroe Moose Lodge hosts a Turners Hall benefit dance to fund 4-H land judging next summer.
Highlights from the Associated Press listing events on August 29 across years including Oliver Wendell Holmes born in 1809, Hindenburg’s 1916 appointment, Queen Astrid’s 1935 death, 1941 talks between Hitler and Mussolini, 1943 Copenhagen uprising, 1945 Missouri in Tokyo Bay, and recent political notes. A classified ad line ends with a local contact number.
A brief note explains that a newborn turkey relies on guidance to feed, warning that without instruction it would starve. The fact highlights early behavior and care needs of hatchlings.
Community event features Mrs. William Lanz guest conductor and Monroe City Band guest conductor. Service available for senior citizens and disabled attendees. rides must be requested to Newcomer before 6 p.m. Monday. Program includes Star Spangled Banner, Men of Fame March, Trumpet in the Night with Fredric Moritz, Old Comrades March, Consider Yourself sung by Jerry Kubly, Clarinet Escapade, Pennies From Heaven, Miami March, 32nd Division March, Helly Dolly, Tammy sung by Kubly, Semper Fidelis, and Auld Lang Syne.
A Dutch-born priest, Father Gerard Van Asperdt, begins a City of Youth project near Elisabethville, Congo to shelter and educate thousands of impoverished youths. Lions Club funds and local support back a future complex for 600 boarders and 900 day boys, including workshops and a bakery.
The State Industrial Commission announced minimum wage hikes effective Tuesday. Women and minors 16 and older will rise from 95 cents to $1.10 in cities of 1000+ population and from 85 to $1 in smaller towns and rural areas. Minors under 16 gain 10 cents to 85 cents in larger communities and 75 cents elsewhere.
Palm Springs California reports the death of H O Davis aged 87 a prominent film executive automobile builder and former journalist He retired in 1939 after serving as editor of Ladies Home Journal in the 1920s Davis built autos for R W Sears co founder of Sears Roebuck and Co later becoming general manager of Universal Pictures and Triangle Studios the precursor to Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
Lee Olwell, 86, longtime publisher of the New York Evening Journal in the 1930s, died Friday at the Miami Heart Institute. A native of Raymond Wisconsin, he split time between Miami and New York City and began his career on the Chicago Inter-Ocean in 1905 before moving into advertising and public relations.
Port Washington based Simplicity Manufacturing forecasts 17 million in sales for the year ending August 31, up from 14.5 million the prior year, announced by Vice President Russell Larry Smith today.
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