Wisconsin Vehicle Chief seeks bigger patrol force
Madison Wisconsin Melvin O Larson the state motor vehicle commissioner proposed a two year expansion of traffic enforcement with a budget of 13371244 to hire 175 more officers increasing the patrol from 250 to 425. The plan includes a state traffic patrol academy central accident records and a stronger reporting system and forecasts 75300000 in license fee revenue over the current and next biennia. Beier highlighted reduced accidents where patrols were increased in Dane Racine and Kenosha counties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Melvin O. Larson
Larson
Elect Thomson
Motor Vehicle Department
L. E. Beier
Dane
Racine
Kenosha
Mrs. Strauss Dies at 71 in Brodhead
Mrs. Clara Mae Alexander Strauss 71 of Brodhead died at her home at 11 a.m. She was born May 8, 1885 in Spring Grove Township and married Edward Strauss on September 23, 1912 in Freeport. Surviving are her husband, a brother Paul Alexander and two sisters. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Newcomer Funeral Home Brodhead with Rev. Rol land Hillemann officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery Spring Grove Township. Friends may call Wednesday evening.
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Edward Strauss
Brodhead
Glen Maske
Jennie Niedermeier
Monroe
Clara Mae Alexander
C. R. and
Augusta Maske Alexander
Spring Grove Township
Freeport
Paul Alexander
Newcomer Funeral Home
Rolland Hillemann
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Union Cemetery
Stock Prices Make Gain in Quiet Trade
New York stock market opened with selective gains in quiet trading. Investors took profits after recent sharp advances as pivotal stocks rose fractions to more than a point while losses remained broadly modest.
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New York
MacArthur Kin Named Ambassador to Japan
President Eisenhower selected Douglas MacArthur II, State Department counselor, to serve as ambassador to Japan in Tokyo succeeding John M. Allison. MacArthur is the nephew of General Douglas MacArthur and will carry the post in August.
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MacArthur
Augusta
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur II
State Department
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
John M. Allison
Tokyo
Santa and the Secret Room: A Christmas Tale
The Monroe Evening Times features the first installment of Santa and the Secret Room by Lucrece Hudgins Beale on Page 2. Santa is turned to stone while aiding a king a princess and a young boy in this colorful holiday story.
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Santa
Monroe
Clinton High School Closed After Attack on Minister
Clinton, Tenn. The Anderson County school board ordered Clinton high school closed today following an attack on Rev. Paul Turner who accompanied six Negro students back to class. Turner was beaten, suffered injuries, and left home. police escorted the students home. State troopers and National Guardsmen were already in the town over integration tensions.
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Clinton, Tenn
Anderson County
Clinton
Paul Turner
Tennessee
Knoxville
D. J. Brittain
Schol Board
U. S
U. S. Atty
Herbert Brownell
Washington
Buford Lewallen
W. E. Lewallen
Tennessee House of Representatives
Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Francis Moore
Clyde Cook
Logan to Speak at joint Lions Kiwanis dinner Dec 12
Johnny Logan Milwaukee Braves shortstop will address a joint Lions and Kiwanis Club dinner December 12 at Monroe Country Club, concluding the Little Olympics won 38 36 by the Lions who will receive the trophy. The Lions also voted 25 for Hungarian relief and to provide glasses for two school children.
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Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
Johnny Logan
Milwaukee Braves
Monroe Country Club
Lions
Lester M. Johnson
Arthur Farwell
Reedsburg
Traffic Toll Rises to 875 in Wisconsin Crashes
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin highway crashes today killed three people, pushing the state 1956 traffic deaths to 875. Victims include 88 year old Alex Happli of Rangeline and 71 year old Mrs. Michael Dennee of Stratford in a two car crash near Marshfield, and 32 year old Richard B. Taylor of Kenosha when his car left Highway 32 near the Kenosha city line.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Alex Happli
Rangeline
Michael Dennee
Stratford
Marshfield
Richard B. Taylor
Kenosha
Highway 32
Kenosha City Limits
Cheese Queen Named for Monroe Cheesemakers Ball
An 18 year old Monroe senior Mary Scheidegger has been chosen Cheese Queen for the Cheesemakers Ball hosted by the Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association. She will be crowned tomorrow night at Turner hall following the Swiss wrestling tourney and dance with wrestling winners crowning the queen.
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Monroe
Mary Scheidegger
Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
Mary
St. Clare Hospital
St. John’s Church
Delbert Behring
Albany
Dorleen Showers
Elwood Showers
Orangeville
Samuel T. Hill Dies at Warren
Samuel T. Hill 81 of Warren died Sunday night in a Warren convalescent home after a lingering illness. Born September 17 1875 in Gratiot Township Wis he was a painter. Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs Ray Krohmer Marengo a stepson Clare Kane New Jersey and two stepdaughters Mrs Lela Nelson Tennessee and Mrs John Uren Warren. Services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Graham's funeral home Warren with Rev Charles Peterson officiating. Burial will be Elmhurst Cemetery Warren.
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Warren
Samuel T. Hill
Gratiot Township
Wis
Emma Kane
Ray Krohmer
Marengo
Clare Kane
New Jersey
Lela Nelson
Tennessee
John Uren
Graham
Charles Peterson
Warren Methodist Church
Elmhurst Cemetery
United Fund Drive Data To Be Audited
Mey thaler and Caton will audit the Monroe United Fund drive donations and pledges. Campaign treasurer Mary Jane Fencil has turned over all records to Commercial and Savings Bank. The financial report will be published before the January meeting. earlier figures indicated a total above 22 000 toward a 14 789 goal.
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Meythaler and Caton
Monroe United Fund Drive
Mary Jane Fencil
Commercial and Savings Bank
United Fund
Canal Clearing Speedup Urged as Suez Blockade Persists
The United States pressed Egypt to allow swift clearance of the Suez Canal blocked by sunken ships after the British French attack. The State Department warned each day of delay breaches the 1888 treaty guaranteeing transit. Britain reported 51 obstructions and possible mines. Western Europe faces oil shortages as clearance may take months. Troopships and naval units head to Port Said to begin evacuations as Maj. Gen. Burns arrives to set dates for departure.
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Washington
U.S
Egypt
Suez Canal
State Department
Eisenhower
London
Admiralty
Europe
U. S
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Port Said
Canal Zone
E. L. M. Burns
U. N
Three Airmen Die in Jet Collision near Minneapolis
Two Air Force F-89 H jets collided in the sky over Minnesota on Monday killing three airmen. The deceased are 1st Lt. Ralph M. Stuve of Humbird Wisconsin radar observer 1st Lt. Henry Gerling III of Overland Park Kansas radar observer in the other plane and 2nd Lt. Wayne Thompson of Milwaukee Wisconsin pilot. Both aircraft were based at Wold-Chamberlain Field in Minneapolis.
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Buffalo
Minn
Air Force
Wisconsin
Ralph M. Stuve
Humbird
Wis
Wayne Thompson
Milwaukee
Henry Gerling III
Overland Park
Kas
Wold-Chamberlain
Brooklyn Pier Fire Explosion Kills Nine In New York
A Brooklyn pier blaze and ensuing explosion killed nine and injured 247 as flames and flying debris rattled Manhattan. Fire officials probe the $10 million fire with possible sabotage under investigation.
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New York
Brooklyn
New York Harbor
Lower Manhattan
Financial District
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
FBI
Cavanagh
Mrs Pintar Survives Pier Explosion Near New York
Ruth Foulker Pintar, 40 blocks from the New York pier blast, was unharmed with her two daughters. Her parents learned of the incident by telephone. She described bystanders thrown to the street and feeling the blast as a mushrooming formation appeared over the waterfront fueling early atomic attack rumors.
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Louis Pintar
Elmer Foulker
10Th Avenue
New York
Singer Ezio Pinza Suffers Second Heart Attack
Greenwich Conn singer Ezio Pinza 64 was felled by his second heart attack in three months. He was placed on the danger list at Greenwich Hospital shortly after admission, with a hospital spokesman calling the procedure routine. He previously had a heart attack last August at his Cervia, Italy summer home.
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Greenwich
Conn
Ezio Pinza
Basso
Greenwich Hospital
Cervia
Italy
Budapest Rally Resists Russians
Thousands of Hungarian women lay wreaths at Heroes' Square to honor the dead of World War I and the October November rebellion while Russian soldiers fire shots injuring a bystander. Eyewitnesses say a pistol drawn by a Russian officer sparked the panic as news crews were ordered away. Fighting and guerrilla activity reportedly continue in rural Hungary amid stiff Moscow pressure.
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Budapest
Hungary
Vienna
Moscow
Stalin
Large Crowd Expected For Band's Yale Event In Monroe Tomorrow
A capacity crowd is expected tomorrow night at the high school auditorium as the 99 piece high school Senior Band under the direction of Allan F Barnard presents its annual Christmas concert. The decorations committee headed by Pat Miller and Jane Good prepared the stage for a Christmas atmosphere. The program titled Christmas Kaleidoscope features three parts general music serious Christmas music and Christmas novelty songs and will run about 70 minutes starting at 8 p.m.
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Jane Good
Penny Haberman
Times
Allan F. Barnard
Pat Miller
Josephine Klassy
Barbara Kesler
Mrs. Sarah Bricklen Dies After Illness in Orangeville
Mrs. Sarah Bricklen, 78, an Orangeville resident for 36 years, died early today in a Freeport hospital after a long illness. Born March 3, 1878 in Green County, she married Christ Bricklen in Monroe in 1896. Survived by son Chester Woodbine IL, daughters Mrs Herman Blaser and Mrs George Kruse of Orangeville, 10 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Friday at Burrington-Cramer, burial Greenwood Monroe. Friends may call after noon tomorrow.
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Orangeville
Sarah Bricklen
Freeport
Bricklen
Green County
Andrew
Minnie Stalcup Schindler
Christ Bricklen
Monroe
Woodford
Darlington
McConnell
Chester
Woodbine
Ill
Herman Blaser
George Kruse
Burington-Cramer
Milfred W. Best
U.S. I informs Syria of policy against aggression
US envoy James Moose told Premier Sabri Assali in Damascus that Washington will tolerate no more aggression in the Middle East. Assali said the premier noted the pledge while stressing vigilance amid sandbagged buildings and ongoing drills by resistance volunteers. Turkey denied Tass reports of Turkish troops to Iraq, saying no such move occurred and Iraq could handle any situation. Saudi official said Arab states oppose Russian intervention.
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Damascus
Syria
United States
Middle East
James Moose
Sabri Assali
U. S
Assali
Moose
America
Popular Resistance Organization
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Soviet Union
Turkey
Ankara
Shemi Ergin
Tass
Iraq
Nuri
Ergin
Iran
Pakistan
Britain
Britain seeks U S Canada interest waiver on postwar loans
London reports Chancellor Harold MacMillan told Parliament Britain asks the United States and Canada to waive this month’s interest payments on postwar dollar loans. He said the U S will seek congressional approval for the waiver as part of emergency steps to protect the pound, pegged at $2.30, amid fall in sterling area gold and dollar reserves. The reserves dropped by 279 million billion dollars in November, a period marked by the British French attack on Egypt.
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London
Britain
United States
Canada
Harold MacMillan
House of Commons
U. S
MacMillan
Sterling
Egypt
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Argyle
William Blackford
Glen Nybroton
Route 2
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Donald Ahrens
Route 1
Logan
Cheese Queen
Brooklyn Pier
Pinza
Lakeland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Bruce Dennis Kehm
Ralph Kehm
Ray Frank Wong
Richard Wong
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