Kohler Heir Sues Kohler Co Over Stock Sale Loss
Walter Kohler former governor and Vollrath Corp. head files suit in U S District Court seeking redress over a claimed five million undervaluation of Kohler Co. stock sold Feb 29 1953. The action names Kohler Co. Herbert V. Kohler Ernst and Ernst and Paul F. Johnson as defendants, citing misrepresentations and omitted facts about company finances and recent tax refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Kohler
U.S. Senate
Kohler Co
Kohler
Herbert V. Kohler
Walter Kohler
Herbert Kohler
United Auto Workers
Ernst and Ernst and
Paul F. Johnson
Chicago
Johnson
Vollrath Corp
Sheboygan
Kaukauna High School Evacuated Over Bomb Hoax
About 350 students were marched from Kaukauna High School and classes dismissed after police received a call claiming a bomb was planted. It marked the third Wisconsin bomb hoax since Saturday, following incidents in Waukesha and Eau Claire.
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Kaukauna
Kaukauna High School
Wisconsin
Waukesha
Eau Claire
Band Sparkles In Yale Concert
Last night’s Holiday Harmony high school band concert honored Allan F. Barnard for 25 years as director of instrumental music. A near capacity crowd praised the program as entertaining and diverse despite sub zero temps. Barnard received a plaque from First Chair of America, chosen by fellow band directors. Mary Nielsen, daughter of Prin. and Mrs. Lloyd Nielsen, appeared as a surprise present for the audience. Performances included a marimba solo by Sandy Miller, a vocal feature by Greta Pitkin, and a Girls Glee Club debut under Bruce Patterson. Ticket winners were Karen Woolever, Gaineth Gonstead, Sally Fritz, Nancy Schuett, and Wendall Matzke.
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Allan F. Barnard
Monroe High School
Supt
D. J. Huenink
First Chair of America
Times
Larry R. Lindgren
Barnard
Huenink
Mary Nielsen
Prin
Lloyd Nielsen
Miss Nielsen
Toy Shop
Karen Anderson
Engelbert Humperdinck
Hansel and Gretel
Sally Fritz
Ruth Benkert
Karen Buholzer
Roger Bruny
Sandy Miller
Greta Pitkin
Girls Glee Club
Miss Miller
Enid Spring
Miss Pitkin
Glee Club
Bruce Patterson
Karen Woolever
Gaineth Gonstead
Nancy Schuett
Wendall Matzke
Stock prices climb in active trading session
New York stocks moved higher in a broad market advance led by blue chips and speculative issues. Trading remained active with pivotal issues rising fractions and wider moves seen among secondary stocks as industrials posted gains.
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New York
Agricultural Society Renames All Officers at November Meeting
Green County Agricultural Society renamed all officers and directors at a Courthouse meeting, moving annual meetings to the third Tuesday in November. Fred T. Burgy remains president with O. L. Hare as vice president and Rolland W. Karlen secretary. Officers include Lyle Rodger treasurer. holdover directors David Cunningham and Walter G. Timm. Hare led the session in Burgy’s absence due to illness. Merlin J. Meythaler audited a $930.96 loss, while the fair netted about $3,000 after nearly $4,000 in permanent improvements.
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Green County Agricultural Society
Fred T. Burgy
Monticello
O. L
Doug) Hare
Rolland W. Karlen
Lyle Rodger
Conrad Stauffacher
Lee Kirsch
C. M. Stauffer
David Cunningham
Walter G. Timm
Hare
Burgy
Merlin J. Meythaler
Snow Totals 77 Inches In Oswego Blizzard
Oswego New York endures record snow with 77 inches in the last week as drifts reach 20 feet. Roofs collapsed on garages storage buildings and a two family house while no injuries were reported. State and local plows rally to clear streets and restore one way traffic in the city of 23 000 under emergency conditions.
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Oswego
N. Y
Lakeside
Lake Ontario
Eisenhower Criticizes Officials Who Resist Civil Rights Law
President Eisenhower urged officials to uphold civil rights law and protect West Berlin. He dismissed new Khrushchev ideas as not changing U S estimates of Soviet power. Khrushchev boasted of vast arms and the West’s economic rivalry, while stressing constructive exchange.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
West Berlin
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Khrushchev
Humphrey
U. S
Soviet Union
Russia
Senator Green Leaves Hospital After Cataract Surgery
Senator Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island exited Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia feeling fine and chipper. The 91 year old senator had entered hospital on November 27 for cataract surgery on his left eye.
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Philadelphia
Theodore F. Green
D-Ri
Lankenau Hospital
Board Approves New School Equipment and 65 Retirement Policy
The Board of Education approved equipment for the new high school including metal shop tools, a milling machine, drafting tables, and 26 stools at 16 338.97, nearly eight thousand under prior estimates. Gym and cafeteria gear were also authorized. Retirement policy to 65 remains, with a review of two veteran staff and a piano expansion plan led by Allan F. Barnard.
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Board of Education
Medart
Allan F. Barnard
Alabama defies federal order in voter registration dispute
In a confrontation reminiscent of the Little Rock crisis, Alabama officials refuse to provide voter registration records to the Civil Rights Commission. The Justice Department moves to seek a court order to compel production, with U S District Attorney Hartwell Davis and Judge Frank M Johnson Jr to preside. Alabama Attorney General Patterson and Circuit Judge George Wallace denounce the probe, while counties and grand juries resist access to registration files.
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Montgomery
Ala
Little Rock
Alabama
U.S. Civil Rights Commission
Justice Department
U. S
Hartwell Davis
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Johnson
John Patterson
George Wallace
Clayton
Civil Rights Agency
Hospital Wage Study Rejected by County Board
Vic tor N Schiller urged a wage and hours study at Green County Hospital but the County Board rejected the motion 25 to 6. Supervisors approved bonds for elected and appointed officials and a blanket honesty bond for all county employees. Bonds range from 110000 for the county treasurer to 1000. bids will be sought on bond service. Schiller said wage schedules should be set by the board, noting hospital staff work longer hours with personal risk and that hospital employees lack a spokesman besides the hospital warden Francis. He asked only for a complete report on wages and tours to enable a legal schedule. The motion failed on a voice vote. a standing vote also failed 25 to 6. The board retained teletype service in the sheriff’s department for 4390 a month to ease radio congestion. They approved a study on a possible county ambulance service and received copies of the Wisconsin Blue Book from Assemblyman C M Stauffer.
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Green County
Victor N. Schiller
Schiller
Monroe
Courthouse
Highway Department
Te County Hospital
Francis
Sheriff's Department
C.M. Stauffer
Monticello
Swiss Market Fair Lower Grades Steady
Madison Wisconsin market report shows American cheese prices steady for cheddars with 40 pound blocks and single daisies holding near prior levels. Swiss cheese mostly steady on State brands with minor concessions on some blocks and other grades remaining firm.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Cold Tonight Yet Breaks Tomorrow In Wisconsin Area
The region chills with six above at 1 pm but will drop below zero again tonight as the first winter cold wave grips the country. Monroe last 24 hours saw nine below zero. Lone Rock and Grantsburg logged deep subzero lows. International Falls set a national low at 31 below, while southern Florida reported a mild 82 degrees.
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Monroe
Lone Rock
Wisconsin
Grantsburg
Rockford
Wisconsin Line
International Falls
Minn
Miami
West Palm Beach
Ft. Myers
Fla
Blanche Green of Brodhead Dies at 89
Blanche Evans Green 89 of Brodhead died yesterday in Chicago after an extended illness. A Spring Grove Township native born March 26 1869 she was active in civic affairs and choir for 25 years. Survived by three daughters and a son Paul, she was the first woman to vote in Spring Grove Township after women’s suffrage. Services Friday at 10:39 a.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home Brodhead with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Blanche Evans Green
Brodhead
Congregational Church
Swedish Convenant Hospital
Chicago
Spring Grove Township
Green
Edwin
Mary Peppers Evans
Frank Green
Evert Green
Feed mill burns in Fond du Lac County town
The H. P. Schmidt feed mill in Fond du Lac County was destroyed Tuesday night by a fire. Firemen from three cities fought the blaze in sub-zero weather.
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Brandon
H. P. Schmidt
Fond du Lac County
Louisa Ruegger Dies at Spooner Monroes Active Resident
Louisa W. Ruegger 934 longtime Monroe civic figure died yesterday at Memorial Hospital Spooner Wisconsin after a fall left a broken hip. She lived with son Carl H Ruegger the past year and had an active role in Eastern Star Rebekah Lodge Woman's Relief Corps Amaranth Club and St Johns Church. Burial Greenwood Cemetery follows services at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Eastern Star services.
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Louisa W. Ruegger
Monroe
Memorial Hospital
Spooner
Wis
Carl H. Ruegger
United States
Pennsylvania
M. E. Baltzer
Ruegger
Order of Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
OES
Nobel Grand
Esther Rebekah Lodge
Woman's Relief Corps
Amaranth Club
St. John’s Church
Church Aid Society
Lily
Otto Edward
Theodore
Louis
Shriner-Neushwander
Rev
Paul
Olm
Greenwood Cemetery
Funeral
Eastern Star
Jury Deadlock Ends Atlanta Bomb Trial
Judge Durwood T. Pye declared a mistrial in the case against George Bright over the Jewish Temple bombing after jurors deadlocked nine to three, about 84 hours into deliberations.
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Atlanta
Durwood T. Pye
George Bright
Eisenhower Defends Law as Alabama Voter Data Case Rises
President Eisenhower condemned officials who refuse to provide Negro voter registration data to the Civil Rights Commission. He warned of rising refusals to obey laws nationwide and urged respect for the right to vote while noting Soviet claims on missiles and other matters. The Berlin situation and Democratic tax concerns also drew comment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Alabama
Soviet Union
Federal Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Berlin
United States
Germany
Russia
West Berlin
Britain
France
Democratic Advisory Council
Autos Blocking Plow To Be Moved by City
Police Chief Henry S. Hefty reminded Monroe residents that cars parked on streets after a heavy snowfall may be towed by the city and owners charged. Fourteen motorists will receive summons for overtime parking today as snow removal requires clear streets after a snowfall of at least one and a half inches.
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Henry S. Hefty
Monroe
Hefty
Air route OKayed for North Central Airlines
The Civil Aeronautics Board on Tuesday granted North Central Airlines a permanent Minne apolis St. Paul to Milwaukee route with stops planned at Eau Claire Marshfield and Appleton.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Central Airlines
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
Marshfield
Appleton
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U.S. District Court
Yale
Agricultural Society
Tke
U.S
Blanche Green
Louisa Ruegger
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