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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1956
Page
1
The City Council approved a final budget of 418 864.50 with a tax rate of 25 per thousand. The total includes 128 394.62 for municipal operations and 360 338.56 for the school levy, plus 238 041.62 county state share, totaling 727 774.80.
New York investigators and army bomb experts reexamined the burned Brooklyn pier site to determine the fire and blast cause that killed ten. Maj. William Vallassa called the blast as strong as two 4 000 pound WWII bombs while Fire Chief Cavanagh doubted that cargo on the pier could have caused it.
Highways north of U S 8 reported generally slick as freezing rain and sleet affected Madison area.
Monroe City Council approved a plan to cut aldermen per ward from two to one and set a January 7 referendum to obtain public approval. The move accompanies a plan to expand from three to eight wards, with first reading on eight election boards scheduled for January 8 and approval due January 15. The council also discussed parking meter arrangements near the First National Bank and approved a $467 tax claim against Beloit, plus gun and belt purchases for officers.
A transcribed radio program prepared by state marketing specialists and economists at the Swiss Colony plant will be broadcast by WHA Monday at 10 a.m. The group is led by Merrill Richardson and Aline W Hazard, directing homemakers efforts.
The day started near 50 degrees before rain transitions to snow and colder temperatures. Weathermen warn of windy conditions and a low around 15 tonight with a high near 20 tomorrow. Northern Wisconsin faces similar winter weather with freezing drizzle and hazardous roads.
A dozen Swiss wrestlers vie for the championship at Tur ner hall during the Cheese makers Swiss Wrestling and Ball. Delbert Behring holds the crown as four former champions act as judges. The winner will be crowned at 10 tonight by Cheese Queen Miss Mary Scheidegger. Wrestling started at 2 p m with a 9 p m dance by Roger Bright and His Polka Jacks.
In Pasadena California 19 year old Ann Mossberg of Alhambra starts her duties as the Tournament of Roses queen for 1957. The young woman steps into a role with public duties and ceremonial events reflecting the pageant tradition.
Federal Judge Robert L. Taylor in Knoxville prepared to decide whether to issue warrants for contempt related to violence that closed Clinton High School. A Baptist minister, a white man, was beaten after escorting six Black students to the school amid jeers.
London traders and workers fear rising inflation unemployment wage strikes and higher taxes as Britain debates Eden’s exit rumors and the Suez invasion costs. The prime minister returns from Jamaica in two weeks amid talk he may resign and voters face mounting fuel and transport price pressures.
United States athletes hold a 20 point edge over Russia after Wednesday events in Melbourne with scores showing the U S at 5384 to 51842 amid a nine nation tally. Strong performances from Australia Germany Hungary Britain Italy Sweden Romania and France are also noted as the Games proceed.
The high school 99 piece band opens the Christmas season with a program titled Christmas Kaleidoscope at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium directed by Allan F. Barnard. City Christmas lights around the square will be turned on tonight as Dewey Dwyer oversees decorations including Smoky Row. Chamber of Commerce and city officials provided the decorations. Multiple holiday concerts are planned this week including a Sunday afternoon Christmas in Song at Immanuel EUB church and a Juda EUB church concert. Stores announce extended Thursday hours and later evening openings through December 17 with an early close on December 24.
Rep. Melvin Laird declares the current price support system a failure and outlines a two price stabilization plan aimed at dairy farmers. He proposes a dairy stabilization board publishing quarterly market surplus ratios and guaranteeing 90 to 100 percent parity for milk sold domestically with surplus milk purchased at market disposal prices.
The 1956 Wisconsin highway fatality count rose to 876 as Arlin LeDoux, 19, of Green Bay, died after a car he rode in left County Highway N and struck a tree near Pine Grove. He died three hours after the crash at a local hospital.
London debate centers on Eden government and Labor opposition as Selwyn Lloyd and Aneurin Bevan spar over Britain’s Middle East role and the Suez crisis. Lloyd defends actions, Bevan accuses government of collusion, and a five point plan for U K U S cooperation is outlined.
Hungarian police acting on Russian orders dispersed a mass demonstration in front of the U.S. embassy. Officials estimate two truckloads of demonstrators were carted away, with several people knocked to the ground. Women near the British legation were driven off by Russian tanks as police kept the embassy doors shut.
U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold faces denial from Hungary and the Soviet backed government as he planned a December 16 three day trip. The U.N. Assembly adopted a U.S. backed resolution urging Hungary and the USSR to admit observers by December 7 to investigate conditions in the revolt torn country.
New York Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index fell for the first time since early November. The index stood at 6.14 for December 4, down from 6.16 the prior week and 5.99 a year earlier. It was 2 percent higher than the same week in 1955.
Port Said crowds show ships moving out as British and French withdrawal accelerates. UN forces under Maj. Gen. Burns discuss exit plans while Keightley arrives to coordinate. About 2,000 troops depart aboard vessels and Colombian units join UN contingents amid Sinai pullback.
Hundreds of Hungarian women gathered in Budapest for a second day of protest over insurgents killed in the anti-Communist rebellion. About 2,500 women marched near Danube’s Petr efi Square as Russian tanks blocked access to the monument ground.
Eight polio cases were reported to the State Board of Health in the week ending Nov 24, five more than the prior week. The Wisconsin total for the year reaches 535, compared with 2,479 at the same point in 1955.
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