Barricades Ruled Out Sleigh Rides Banned on Streets
The Board of Public Works voted to prohibit sleigh riding on city streets this winter, citing danger and lack of sanding on protected hills. Police and safety officials supported the ban while urging use of Twining Park for winter sports. The meeting also discussed a sewer plant upgrade, a Dobbs property sale to French's Trucking, and rental plans for the existing Dobbs home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Rex. N. Eyler
Eyler
Henry S. Hefty
Gerald Wickus
Police and Safety Committee
Robert Skattum
Twining Park
Walter Bober
Waukesha Motor Co
Dobbs
French's Trucking Co
Monroe
Myers and Wilcox Named For State Bar Presidency
Attorneys Samuel P. Myers of Racine and Francis Wilcox of Eau Claire were nominated for president of the State Bar of Wisconsin. The bar said one will be named president elect via mail ballots next May and begin a term in June.
New Snowstorm Slows Motorists Across Wisconsin
A December snowstorm dropped more than five inches in spots across the state, with higher totals near Baraboo and Antigo and lighter amounts toward Superior and Duluth. Hazardous driving warnings remained, several rural schools closed, and one death was blamed on the storm as temperatures near zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baraboo
Antigo
Superior
Duluth
Esther Falk
Rivers
State Highway Department
Wisconsin
American Automobile Association
Dubuque
Green Bay
Madison
Lone Rock
Wausau
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Park Falls
Racine
Pewaukee
Superior Duluth
School Bus Aid Plan Compromise Prepared
Madison com prise committee urged the Legislature to pass a bill offering state aid for parochial school bus transport. A key change limits aid to buses traveling to the nearest public school, with an estimated annual cost around 15 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Department of Public Instruction
West Virginia helped JFK win his nomination
The article recalls John F. Kennedy’s 1960 West Virginia primary campaign, where he credits a crucial victory and lessons on prosperity and automation. It notes his 11 months as president and promises kept, as reporters trace a campaign trip from Charleston and Kanawha Airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Edson
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Prom
Charleton
Kanawha Air
Lions Plan 32nd Project Aid For Ft Lewis Troops
Monroe Lions vote approval for two fold Christmas effort. One phase uses a long distance phone hookup with Ft Lewis so guardsmen away from home can talk with families gathered at the Armory. The second part provides charter bus transport from Dixon to the Armory for 39 guardsmen returning home. The Lions finance the pickup and families will meet the soldiers there. The project grows from a Times appeal to aid Company B.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Swiss Colony Exchange
United Telephone Co
Dixon
Ill
Wisconsin
Power
Foster [Whitehead
Freeport
Armory
Charter Terminal
Lions Club
Times Commercial Department Today
WEKZ
Schmitz
Argus and Buckskin Districts to Join Monroe System
The Argus and Buckskin school districts will join the Monroe system effective June 15 1962. The Green County Pool Committee approved the attachment after petitions by electors and a brief public hearing. The merged district serves about 160 pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argus
Buckskin
Monroe
Green County Pool Committee
Assembly Ready for Vote On Revised Tax Proposal
The American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago debated a platform backing reduced price supports and farm controls. The resolutions call for land retirement to cut cropland, extend soil bank, and require permit reductions in plantings of feed grains, wheat, flaxseed, and soybeans for eligibility. Public worries over subsidies and milk controls were voiced as delegates weigh conservation and government aid policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Freeman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kennedy
Farm Bureau
Charles B. Shuman
Shuman
Emergy Funderburk
Lancaster
S.C
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Keith Propst
Merino
Cole
Wife Recovers To Save Family In Coal Gas Tragedy
A Darlington farm wife regained consciousness just long enough to call for help as her family lay overcome by coal gas. Mrs. Peter Diefenthaler Sr. guided authorities to the scene, saving all but one child. The family, including the husband and two adults, were hospitalized in fair condition after rescue on a snowbound rural road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darlington
Peter Diefenthaler Sr
Diefenthaler
John Mueller
David
Peter
Moscow charges born NATO aide for war crimes
The Soviet Union demanded the United States hand over West German Gen Adolf Heusinger, NATO military committee chairman in Washington, for trial in Moscow. Bonn rejected the charges as false, while Washington warned of Soviet maneuvering before a December NATO ministerial meeting in Paris. Heusinger, arrested after WWII, led Germany's general staff operations until 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
United States
Adolf Heusinger
Permanent
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Washington
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Heusinger
Hitler
Soviet Union
Gard
Bonn
Heusingers
Atlantic Community Ministerial Council
NATO
Paris
West Germany
Juda Okays New Elementary School
Juda residents approved bonds by a 41 vote margin for a new 14 700 square foot elementary school costing about 11 65 per square foot. The project will have eight classrooms, offices, library and an all purpose room and attach to the north side of the existing high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JUDA
Richard Thorn
Oshkosh
Milk Handlers Examine Bulk Milk Handling Methods
Myron Dean a UW dairy specialist outlined 10 steps in bulk milk handling at a meeting held in the agricultural building with university and state experts. Don Raffel of the State Department of Agriculture discussed preventing discrepancies in butterfat accounting during pickup and delivery. George F. Hartman and Cletus S. Ganshert led the session as county and state dairy inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocal Dairy Pram
Myron Dean
Don Raffel
State Department of Agriculture
George F. Hartman
County Farm and Home Development
Cletus S
Schadeberg Expected Here at 10 Tomorrow
Rep. Henry A. Schaneer of Burlington plans a regional visit with stops in Monroe New Glarus and Monticello. He will speak to Monroe Clinic staff at noon after a Monroe post office stop at 10 a.m. and visit New Glarus post office at 2 30 p.m. followed by Monticello post office at 3 45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A.scnaneer
Burlington
Monroe
New Glarus
Monticello
Monroe Clinic
Entries Sought Here By Jaycee Chairman For Holiday Lighting
Thomas Goetz, chairman of Monroe Jaycees Christmas Lighting contest, announced a Dec 21 deadline for entries. Judging will be Dec 22, with awards for religious and general Christmas themes. Entries may be sent by post card or letter to Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce Box 104, Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee Chairman
Thomas Ge
Goetz
Monroe
Four Die in Harvard Blaze From Exploding Heater
Four children Edward Miller Jr aged 5 Marlene 3 Norman 2 and Larry Joe 3 weeks died in a fast spreading Harvard fire caused by an exploding oil heater in their frame home. Their mother Betty Miller 24 suffered third degree burns while trying to refill the heater and flee the flames. Penny 5 twin of Edward Jr attended kindergarten as neighbors and authorities fought to reach the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Edward Miller Jr
Marlene
Norman
Larry Joe
Betty Miller
Penny
Edward Jr
FAA Chief Charged With Carelessness After Taxiway Incident
An FAA inspector urged citation of administrator Najeeb E. Halaby for careless operations after the agency plane, during taxi toward a takeoff slot at National Airport, brushed the wingtip of a parked United Airlines jet. An FAA spokesman said Halaby ordered the accident investigated as others would be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Najeeb E. Halaby
Halaby
National
United Air Lines
FAA
Nelson Appeal Likely To Bring Democrat Shift
In Madison the tax revision debate was paused after a Republican caucus as Democrats also met. Governor Nelson warned against expanding sales tax and urged rapid, nonpartisan action to avoid fiscal chaos. Support for the compromise grew, with several Democrats now backing it while Republicans largely remained aligned against further revisions. Cheese market news follows in Madison with steady cheddar prices and ample supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Assembly
Robert Haase
Marinette
GOP
Assembly
Nelson
Senate
Robert Huber
West Allis
Huber
Paul Alfonsi
Minogua
Alfonsi
Wisconsin
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Eugene Flanagan
Flanagan
Herman E. Dieckhoff
Times
Chaika Als
JFK
Adolf Eichmann
Jerusalem
Argus, Buckskin
Bureau
Juda Okays New Elementary School
Schadeberg
Prober
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