Traffic Deaths Drop in July Across Nation
The National Safety Council reports July traffic deaths fell 3 percent to 3,150, the seventh straight monthly decline. For the first seven months of 1954, deaths total 19,450, down 5 percent from a year earlier, despite traffic miles rising 3 percent. The six month rate is 6.1 deaths per 100 million miles, a record low for a half year. President Ned H. Dearborn credits careful driving and local efforts, hoping to extend the trend through Labor Day. Milwaukee ranks third safest among cities of 500,000 to 750,000, with 2.6 deaths per 10,000 vehicles. Buffalo leads with 2.4 and Pittsburgh next at 2.5.
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Shicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Milwaukee
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Orangeville Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Travel
Mrs Glen E Bolender reports weekend visits among Orangeville residents. Families vacationed with Busjahn relatives in Naperville and Freeport, with travel plans to South Haven for Marian Busjahn’s third grade start. Several gatherings included Wisconsin State Fair attendance and a surprise party for Harry Zweifel.
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William Hills
Naperville
Frank Busjahn
Marian Busjahn
South Haven
Mich
Hills
Naperville High School
Harry Zweifel
Messrs
Mmes
Irvin Hartman
Shannon
Merrill Maynard
Bissi Belknap
Freeport
Adam Zweifel
Miles Barr
Kermit
LaVerne Baylor
Sim Wuethrich
Glen
Ivan Lang
Gale Brechtel
Donald Davis
Delbert Folgate
Orland Priewe
Emil Schwitz
George Hull
Kitty van Matre
Jaime Ballesteros
Kenneth Wallace
Maurice Cantre
Rockford
Fred Meinert
Davis
David Brown
Harold Adams
Detroit
Gerald Abraham
Gilbert Abraham
Orangeville
Walter Janssen
Rock Falls
Bissil Belknap
Milwaukee
Elmer Sweetwood
Masonic Ballroom
Walter Pinnow
Clarence van Matre
Pikes Peak
Colo
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Harry Lausch
Clare Milliken
George French
Rock Island
Wesley Jordan
Loral Jordan
Kenneth Grabow
Harold Knotts
John Donker
Carl Maxwell
Diane
Marjorie Ann Wheat
Harry Wheat
Bruce Brenner Jr
Miss Wheat
Knotts
Donker
Swiss Themed Glarus Yodel Club Parade Cast
The German cast directed by Albert Wirz and Dennis Streiff with Paul Grossenbacher in casting lead a pageant featuring Trumpeteers and horsemen led by Robert Arn, altar boys, peasants, Asherettes, and dancers wearing cantonal costumes from Aargau to Zurich, with Purebred Brown Swiss cattle donated by Jacob Voegeli Monticello and musicians Jeanette Urben and Rose Marie Feller guiding a Swiss themed ensemble.
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Glarus Yodel Club
Robert Arn
Robert Webber
Jerry Duerst
Eugene Wilde
Donald Hoesly
Jeffrey Webber
Larry Lancaster
Roger Alderman
Gregory Schuett
Rudy Wieland
Richard Hillestad
Bob Willoughby
Kent Anderson
Jim Willoughby
Armin Gaffner
Steve Ziltner
Gordon Gardner
Albert Legler
Adolph Strahm
Gilbert Ott
Paul Grossenbacher
Monette Rindy
Geneva
Ruth Legler
Graubunder
Margaret Meythaler
Lucerne
Rhoda Babler
Neuenberg
Mildred Zurkirshen
Schwyz
Lynne Luchsinger
Schaffhausen
Anita Ehinger
Solothurn
Christine Bell
St. Gallen
Linda Funseth
Thurgau
Judy Walden
Tessin
Linda Zenberg
Unterwalden
Marjory Schneller
Uri
Carol Hoesly
Vaud
Betty Burgdorff
Valais
Julia Lee
Zug
Gale Jerenby
Zurich
Janice Funseth
Hazel Urben
Patsy Klassy
Doris Schneider
Janette Schneider
Linda Wild
Lynette Streiff
Jean Ames
Sandra Reuter
Judith Disch
Jerelyn Gerry
Alice Mueller
Barbara Syvrud
Diane Stuessy
Ray Meythaler
Herman Burkhardt
Arthur Arnes
Phyllis Foster
Jeanette Urben
Rose Marie Feller
Jacob Voegeli
Montizello
Albert Wirz
Dennis Streiff
Castin
Unity council urges stronger faith amid global church appeal
The council's 163 nominations across 48 nations call for deeper unity and action in Christ. The message seeks a second stage of cohesion, condemning division, urging churches to fight injustice and discrimination, defend religious liberty, and back nuclear disarmament with international controls. Meanwhile, a Manitowoc County fair pickpocket stole $45 from Deputy Sheriff Frank Strauss of Clarks Mill.
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Christ
Council
Southern Baptist
Manitowoc
Frank Strauss
Clarks Mill
Heroic Invalid Succumbs at 34
Theodore Ted Hoyer, 34, who became an inspiration for many handicapped persons, died in Rochester Minnesota from a kidney ailment. A quadriplegic since 1936 after an auto crash, he studied for the Lutheran ministry, wrote for magazines, and co ran a business making devices to aid mobility. He married Marie Schuppe in 1952 and will be buried in Winneconne after services at Grace Lutheran Church.
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Oshkosh
Theodore
Ted) Hoyer
Rochester
Minn
Hoyer
Northwestern College
Watertown
Victor Hildemann
Governor's Committee
Wisconsin
MW Marie Schuppe
Fond du Lac
Otto Hoyer
Winneconne
Grace Lutheran Church
Army in Europe grants funds to Bavaria for flood recovery
The U.S. Army in Europe announced a 200000 mark grant to Bavaria to restock game and fish after flood damage. The aid responds to a request from Bavaria’s Ministry for Food Agriculture and Forestry and amounts to about $47600.
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Bavaria
Heidelberg
Germany
U.S. Army
Europe
Bavarian
Ministry For Food, Agriculture and Forestry
James resigns as State School Aids Chief to join University of Chicago faculty
H. T. James, director of aids in the state department of public instruction, announced his resignation effective Oct. 1 to accept a position on the faculty of the School of Education at the University of Chicago. He previously served as superintendent of schools at Whitewater.
Four Members Added to Board
Four new members were elected to the Monticello area school board at a special joint meeting of Monticello Exeter Mt Pleasant New Glarus and Washington. The board will have seven members, with George Gren von Fred Haldi man Mrs Werner Hefty and Robert Feller holding three two and one year terms respectively. Existing members Paul E Voegels Mrs Willis Babler and Dr J M Harden remain on the board. Balloting clerks were Mrs Wald o Zimmerman and Mrs William G Meier.
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Monticello
Exeter
Mt. Pleasant
New Glarus
Washington
George Grenvon
Fred Haldiman
Werner Hefty
Robert Feller
Mockrud Denies Rumor He Will Quit Campaign
Westby Assemblyman Arthur C. Mockrud says he is in the congressional race to the end amid rumors of his withdrawal. He describes a whispering campaign circulating unfounded withdrawal rumors about his 3rd District campaign.
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Mockrud
Westby
Arthur C. Mockrud
Congress
Chinese farmers defeat to passing army officers in rice sale
Kung Sheung Daily News reports Chinese farmers repelled 24 Communist army officers who came to buy rice at state-fixed prices, causing fatal harm during the confrontation.
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Hong Kong
Kung Sheung Daily News
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