Monroe Concert Band Yuletide Event Opens Season
A three part concert by the 94 piece Monroe concert band opens the Christmas season at 8 p.m. Tuesday directed by Al len F Barnard with two Girls Glee Club selections under Bruce Patterson. Highlights include Hansel and Gretel music pieces and a Disney inspired number. Tickets are selling with intermission prizes for top sellers.
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Monroe
Allen F. Barnard
Girls Glee Club
Bruce Patterson
Glee Club
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
New Orleans
Charles Miller
Monroe High School
Deanne Bowman
Mary Baber
Nancy Baker
Judy Stauffacher
Lucy Ann Low
Nancy Sickinger
Mike Baltzer
Elaine Signer
Edmund R. Anderson
Lloyd Neilson
Turner Hall Group Plans Annual Session
The Turner Hall Club will hold its annual meeting Thursday night in the Turner hall basement. Officers and one director will be elected, including Reinhard Mueller as director. officers include Andrew Sulzer as president Fred Buch as vice president Fred Glauser as secretary and financial secretary and Miss Ida Casanova as treasurer.
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Turner Hall Club
Turner Hall
Reinhard Mueller
Andrew Sulzer
Fred Bucb
Fred Glauser
Ida Casanova
Michigan Tanker Stuck on Green Bay Mud Bank
The tanker Michigan remains grounded on a Green Bay mud bank as a cargo shifting operation resumed at daybreak to float her free. Local crews monitor the perilous situation and work toward freeing the vessel.
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Sturgeon Bay
Michigan
Green Bay
Winter Zeroes Hit Monroe Area Amid Cold Wave
A Monroe vicinity cold wave drives temperatures to one above zero at dawn with subzero levels in rural zones. Forecasters warn of seven below tonight as winds gust to 38 mph. By afternoon the thermometer reads 10 above while highs tomorrow stay between 10 and 18 above. Nearby Lewiston Montana records 17 below and Miami tops 83.
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Monroe
Mercury
Lewiston
Mont
Miami
Wisconsin cheese producers pass five resolutions at annual meeting
Members of the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association met in Turner hall and approved five resolutions. They called for a rules committee on whey cream, opposed auto license rate hikes, urged rigid dairy product import quotas, reminded instructors that butterfat tests aid herd improvement, and opposed Milk Marketing Orders. Dr. Z D Roundy of Armour Co spoke, with Susan Disch, Gerald Flynn, and William Eckles among guests. Awards for top cheesemakers were planned for 3:30 p.m.
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Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Turner Hall
Z. D. Roundy
Food Research Division of Armour Co
Chicago
Susan Disch
Green County Dairy Queen
Gerald P. Flynn
William Eckles
Pure Milks Products
Fair Loss Reported By Green County Agricultural Society
The Green County Agricultural Society reports a 930.96 loss for the 1958 county fair offset by nearly 4000 in permanent improvements at the fair grounds. Secretary Rolland W. Karlen notes a deficit smaller than 1957 and anticipates better finances in 1959 despite reduced state aid and depreciation reserves. The society will review the annual statement at its Tuesday meeting in the Courthouse.
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Green County Agricultural Society Today
Rolland W. Karlen
Monroe
Karlen
Floral Hall
Fred T. Burgy
O. L
Doug) Hare
Lyle Rodger
Lee Kirsch
C. M. Stauffer
Conrad Stauffacher
Walter Timm
David Cunningham
Four Captains Lead Monroe Chamber 1959 Drive
Elmer D. Grams, chairman, appoints W. Harris Gempler, Dr. C. G. Hennager, Mrs. Florine Koehler, and Alden J. Hawthorne to head Monroe Chamber of Commerce membership drive. The event begins Monday with a 7 a.m. breakfast rally at the Eugene hotel as organizers aim for over 40 participants in the weeklong effort.
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Elmer D. Grams
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Hotel
W. Harris Gempler
C. G. Hennager
Florine Koehler
Alden J. Hawthorne
Grams
Butler Forces Win Dixie Bloc Drives Civil Rights Clash
Washington notes a Democratic National Committee decision dismisses Southern efforts to oust Louisiana’s Camile Gravel Jr from the party. The credentials panel had voted 7-2 to retain Gravel amid tensions over his anti segregation stance and praise for a civil rights bill, with next moves planned to pressure his removal from the executive committee.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Louisiana
National Committee
Camile F. Gravel Jr
Gravel
Jett Talbot
South
Paul M. Butler
Democratic Advisory Council
Hugh N. Clayton
Mississippi
Congress
Reds Push Demand U.S. Flier Pawn In Berlin Gambit
An American airman Lt. Richard Mackin who parachuted into East Germany was held as a pawn in the Berlin crisis. East German officials said he would be returned to the U S Army only through direct talks with East Germany. Mackin bailed out after going behind the Iron Curtain and was kept for two days. The incident heightens tensions as West Berlin residents vote and Soviet pressure grows for West German concessions.
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Berlin
East Germany
Richard Mackin
U. S
Mackin
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Khrushchev
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
Washington D. C
Gunaca to Return for Dec 18 Preliminary Hearing
John Gunaca, arraigned in Wisconsin on charges tied to the 1954 Ohler Co strike, posted 7500 bond and returned to Michigan. He faces assault with intent to do great bodily harm for beating William Bersch Sr. and Jr. in Sheboygan Falls during a labor dispute, with a preliminary hearing set for December 18.
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Sheboygan
John Gunaca
Wisconsin
Ohler Co
Michigan
Clarence Whiffen
Guinca
Kohler
United Auto Workers
Gunaca
Detroit
UAW
William Bersch Sr
William Bersch Jr
Sheboygan Falls
Dist. Atty
David Weber
Whiffen
Weber
Pontiac
G. Mennen Williams
Ice Skaters Ready As Rinks Reopen Next Week
Flooding of three city skating rinks began today but skaters are asked to stay off until a notice next week. Ronald D. Johnson, park and recreation director, said the rinks at South and East schools and near Lincoln school must freeze properly before use and an announcement will be made when they can be used.
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Ronald D. Johnson
Park and Recreation
Lincoln
Dr. Barry Elected To Physicians Group
Dr George R Barry of the department of internal medicine Monroe Clinic has been elected to fellowship in the American College of Physicians The group consists of specialists in internal medicine
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George R. Barry
Monroe Clinic
American College of Physicians
Two Attorneys Buy $1.6 Million Art For $2,200
Chicago lawyers Rudolf Vasalle and Paul Delaney bought three paintings for 2200. Vatican expert Amadore Porcella certified the Giorgione Saint Catherine and Bellini masterpiece as authentic, valuing the trio at about 1.6 million dollars.
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Chicago
Vatican
Amadore Porcella
Vatican Gallery of Art
Christ Carrying
the Cross
Giorgione
Giovanni Bellini
Raphael Sanzio
Rudolph Vasalle
Paul Delaney
Delaney
Porcella
Bellini
Vasalle
Raphael
Death Notice of Fred W. Grossmann in Juda Wisconsin
Fred W. Grossmann 58 of Route 1 Juda died at 6 45 am today at his home after years with cancer He was born August 3 1900 in Sylvester Township son of William G and Augusta Kuhl He married Florence Engebretson October 12 1921 in Monroe who died 1944 He married Ruth Albright February 26 1955 in Port Washington Surviving wife a son Virgil two stepchildren Annette and Bernard Albright five sisters and three step grandchildren He was predeceased by sister Martha Funeral services will be held 2 pm Monday at Stuessy funeral home Rev William L King of Juda EUB Church will officiate with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Friends may call after noon tomorrow
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Fred W. Grossman
Route 1
Juda
Sylvester Township
William G
Augusta Kuhl
South Wayne
Port Washington
Ruth Albright
Grossmann
Jefferson Township
Virgil
Annette Albright
Bernard Albright
Marie Sheen
Brodhead
Emma
Dora
Monroe
Clarence
Lena) Akins
William
Elsie) Schwartz
Martha
Stuessy Funeral Home
William L. King
Juda Eub
Greenwood Cemetery
Lack of Speed Blamed as Pioneer III Falters
Space officials say Army Pioneer III failed to reach the planned speed to clear Earth, ending with a partial return. Von Braun estimates a 38 hour flight with reentry near Madagascar, while observers await data from the probe’s instruments and radiation readings.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Wernher von Braun
Monroe
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Madagascar
Africa
von Braun
Earth
Pioneer
William Pickering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pickering
Moon
T. Keith Glennan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John B. Medaris
Missile Ordnance Command
Medaris
Charge of Secrecy In Building Project Denied by Governor
Governor Vernon Thomson, chairman of the State Building Commission, denied charges of secrecy in negotiations over buying a La Crosse site for a new state office building at $50,000. Allan Roberts of Sparta Industrial Development filed the petition seeking a temporary injunction. a hearing is set for next Thursday.
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Madison
Vernon Thomson
State Building Commission
Thomson
Commission
la Crosse
Allan Roberts
Sparta Industrial Development Organization
Sparta
Roberts
Second Thor Fired by USAF
The Air Force fired its second Thor missile in eight days on Friday night to establish it as the United States Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile. It was the 21st test of the 55-ton weapon designed for a 1500 mile range and capable of 2400 miles. The launch occurred after 242 minutes as the missile vanished toward the southeast. Operational status is anticipated next year.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Defense McElroy
Army
Thor
Local Police Log Car Larcenies in Monroe
City police reported five auto larceny cases in Monroe yesterday with missing hub caps fender skirts and rubber mats. Two incidents were in the 16th Avenue area two on 21st Street and one on 7th Street.
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Monroe
16Th Avenue
21St Street
7Th Street
Firemen Quell Chimney Blaze at Farm on Route 3
Volunteer firefighters responded to a general alarm this morning to extinguish a chimney fire at the Andrew Scheiddegger farm on Route 3, Monroe, two miles NW of the city. The fire threatened the roof but was kept from spreading with no reported damage.
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Andrew Scheiddegger
Monroe
Kenosha Killing Hunt Continues
Arthur Molinaro a 58 year old night club operator was slain during a robbery in Kenosha. Police recovered a .22 rifle in a suspect’s car but he was cleared. Molinaro known in local circles and Wisconsin Tavern League had multiple relatives in law enforcement and politics.
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Kenosha
Arthur Molinaro
Molinaro
Burlington
Racine County
Stanley Haukedahl
Wisconsin Tavern League
Frank
Moon) Molinaro
University of Wisconsin
George Molinaro
Charles Molinaro
Kenosha County
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Karen Anderson
Yale
Mary
Prin
Lloyd M. Nielsen
Nielsen
Times
Turner Hall Group
Okay
Society
Butler
Dixie Bloc
Reds
U.S
Freedon Bond
Barry
Physicians
Fred Grossmann
Mr. Grossmann
Florence Engebretson
Cheesemakers
Dave Grams
Robert Anderegg
Edgerton
Dick Muenich
Monona Grove
Cheesemen
Waukesha
USAF
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