County Will Seek Dairy Plant Bids Again at Hospital
The Green County Board voted to rebid a dairy plant for the county hospital, creating a new General Superintendent of the Highway Department post with a 410 to 490 dollar monthly salary. The dairy project aims to meet Grade A milk standards and sell surplus milk, with original bids exceeding 47,000 dollars. Kenneth Meyer will be highway commissioner starting Jan 1, and bid plans reduce building size to save costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Board
Highway Department
State Board of Health
Amos Johnson
Johnson
Board of Health
Stanley Knight
Brodhead
Highway Committee
Kenneth R. Meyer
Meyer
Madison
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Idle Hour
Hoyt Barney
Henry Disch
Carl Schumacher
Stock Prices Rise After Mixed Start
New York stock market showed a sharp gain in moderate trading with about 3.7 million shares changing hands. After an irregular start, selective gains lifted many prices and the trend spread as the session wore on.
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New York
Fred Roth Dies. Retired Hotelman and Community Figure
Fred Roth Sr. 77 of 1508 9th Street died at 4 40 p m in St Clare hospital after a two week illness. He operated Monroe House hotel from 1920 to 1946 and later managed Show Boat at the Northernaire Three Lakes for the Marty family. He was a former Chicago policeman, Green County coroner appointee in 1943, and father of two sons. He was born October 20 1885 in Monroe and was later connected with local church and civic life.
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Fred Roth Sr
9Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Roth
Three Lakes
Carl Marty Jr
Robert F. Marty
Monroe House
Charles Swartzlow
Fred Roth
Roths
Settlement Ends Damage Hearing in Portman Suit
An undisclosed settlement was reached yesterday in the $100,000 damage suit of Antone Portman against James S. Timmons and GT Co Inc before testimony began. Jurors were sworn, recessed for lunch, then called back as a settlement was negotiated. The Portman claim stemmed from a corn picker accident on Timmons farm in Clarno Township on Nov 12 1959. Judge Luebke noted the settlement as unusual and unanticipated and spoke on jury system basics for the panel of 36 summoned citizens.
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Antone Portman
James S. Timmons
GT Co., Inc
Portman
Timmons
Clarno Township
Luebke
John Figi
Monroe
Jacob Bruni
New Glarus
Arthur Riemer
Brodhead
Khrushchev warns on Cuba pledges in Kremlin address
Premier Khrushchev told the Supreme Soviet in Moscow that if U.S. pledges on Cuba are not kept the Soviet Union will take actions as needed to preserve peace. He praised President Kennedy for seeking peace and said both sides would honor their commitments while denying a Cuban提 attack. The speech framed the Caribbean crisis as a victory for peaceful negotiation over war.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Cuba
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin Hall
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Caribbean
United States
Republic of Cuba
Brodhead Schools Threat Hoax Prompted Evacuation
A bomb threat against a Brodhead school led to evacuation after a caller warned of a 3 45 p m explosion. A Truax Field demolition team and local police searched the buildings with no bomb found. the caller’s voice is believed to be an adult male and the incident deemed a hoax.
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Brodhead (Special
Truax Field
Sheriff's Deputies
Brodhead
Calvin Wickline
Wickline
Lehnherr Heads Green County Veterans Barracks
Lehnherr of Brodhead was elected commander of the Green County Barracks 2315 of the Veterans of World War I at a Zilmer Riley Post meeting. Officers named include Arthur Bienema senior vice commander and Arthur Blanchard junior vice commander. a three year trustee term went to Paul J. Lechner.
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August Lehnherr
Brodhead
Green County
Zilmer-Riley
Lehnherr
W. S. Newman
Juda
Fred Good
Sam Pickett
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
Irvin Lutz
Stevens Point
James Knopp
Madison
Swiss cheese markets hold steady amid steady demand in Wisconsin
Wisconsin rounds up steady Swiss cheese and steady to slow demand for American cheese as supplies vary. Prices show cheddars at 37 percent, 40 pound blocks at 35 to 38 percent, single daisies at 37 percent, and longs at 38 percent. Wisconsin Swiss market reports steady with limited supplies and prices for state brand blocks at 43 to 44 and other grades at 39 to 42.
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Madison W
Wisconsin
Skybolt Crisis Strains UK US Alliance Over Missile Junking
The United States weighs scrapping the Skybolt air to ground missile triggering strains with Britain. British defense leaders warn of rethinking commitments including Holy Loch used as a Polaris base. Kennedy and Macmillan set to decide at Bahamas talks December 19-20.
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London
U.S. Defense Department
Britain
Holy Loch
Scotland
U.S
McNamara
Thorneycroft
Kennedy
Macmillan
Bahamas
United States
Stocking Needs Children Coat Donations for Christmas
The Christmas Stocking project requests girls coats in sizes 7 and 8 and general warm clothing. Donations may be left with Mrs. Edmund C. Hamilton at 723 18th Avenue or as cookies jams and jellies with co chairmen Mmes. Kenneth Stuart Ally Holtshopple or Doran R. Zwygart. Industrial arts teachers Wilfred Klippel and Rolland Roberts help Mowbray and his club in toy repair. Packing starts Friday Dec 21 at Dearth Motors from 3 am with citywide deliveries at 1 pm.
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Edmund C. Hamilton
18Th Avenue
Mmes
Kenneth Stuart
Allie Holtshopple
Doran R. Zwygart
Wilfred Klippel
Rolland Roberts
Charles Mowbray
Industrial Arts Club
Dearth Motors
Bitter Cold Grips Nation With Snow in East
Bitter subzero temperatures grip the nation as new snow piles up in the Northeast. Weather records tumble while winter nears its official start. The Hell Michigan creek freezes as Mt Pisgah records the coldest reading at 23 below.
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East
Associated Press
United States
Hell
Mich
Mt. Pisgah
Freezing temperatures blanket multiple states with heavy snow
Subzero records spread from Florida to New York as a tight cold wave grips the region. Ohio towns report 8 foot drifts amid National Guard aid. Fulton New York sees 24 to 30 inches of snow with schools closed. Harding cold and snow deepen in Michigan and Pennsylvania with 2 feet plus in many areas.
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North Carolina Smoky Mountains
Mt. Mitchell
N.C
International Falls
Minn
Huron
S.D
Jacksonville
Fla
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Florida
Ohio National Guardsmen
Pennsylvania
Michigan
West Virginia
Upper
New York State
Fulton
N.Y
Boonville
Watertown
Elmira
Poughkeepsie
New York City
Ludington
New Buffalo
Grand Haven
Oscar Mayer reports sales and profits dip for year
Oscar Mayer and Co. declares earnings of 4.3 million on sales of 270 million for the fiscal year ending Oct. 27. Both figures show a slight decline from the previous year.
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Madison
Oscar Mayer and Co
Governors Face Pentagon Push to Reshape State Guards
Adjutants general from most states met to respond to a Pentagon plan to restructure four low rated National Guard divisions into brigades and disband 338 units. They urged governors to form a special committee led by Georgia’s Ernest Vandiver to iron out issues, while threatening possible withdrawal of federal recognition and funds if states resist.
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Washington
Army National Guard
Pentagon
Adjutants
Alaska
Georgia
Ernest Vandiver
McNamara
Defense Secretary
Army
NFO Chief Faces Ballot Challenges
Des Moines Oren Lee Staley, 39, aims to retain the National Farmers Organization presidency as rivals Harold Woodward and Bob Casper challenge his leadership at a multi-state convention. More than 5,000 delegates from 15 states are expected to attend as the group debates strategy and long term contracts.
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Des Moines
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Midwest Farm Group
Rea
NFO
Staley
Harold Woodward
Bethany
NFC
Woodward
Bob Casper
Winterset
Iowa
Staley’s
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Wyoming
Idaho
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Gary Mayor Resigns After Guilty Tax Conspiracy Plea
Gary mayor George Chacharis pleaded guilty to conspiracy to evade federal income tax and resigned as mayor. The plea came as a four week trial of Chacharis and five associates concluded in Hammond Indiana Nearby federal prosecutors described the case as part of a broader tax scheme.
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Hammond
Ind
George Chacharis
Gary
Chacharis
Survival class ends with 24 certificates awarded
Twenty four completion certificates were awarded last night during the final class of the Individual and Family Survival class at the Adult Vocational school. A second series of classes will begin Tuesday January 15.
Fashions Designed At Workshop Series Modeled at Program
More than 50 4 H Club leaders and Homemakers attended a tea and style show at the county agricultural building celebrating seven weeks of tailoring workshops. Nancy Fenner narrated. Mrs. Gordon Schultz poured tea. Several Monroe Juda and New Glarus group members modeled, with children also wearing outfits their mothers made.
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County Agricultural Building
Gordon Prien
Browntown
Elvan Wendler
Route 2
Brodhead
Jackie Pinnow
Chester Pinnow
Route 1
Juda
New Glarus
Monroe
Nancy Fenner
Gordon Schultz
Albany
Mmes
Gladys Benkert
Ray Rienmann
John B. Brugger
Monroe Group
Alvin Wendler
Earl Aiken
Clifford Prien
Ralph Siedschlag
Donald Albright
Harvey Mauerman
Glarus Group
Edward Riese
Robert Feller
Arthur Steindl
Belleville
Elmer Ross
Robert Durtschi
Monticello
Kenneth Parsons
Evansville
Fred Thacker
Franklin Grenzow
Morris Grenzow
Nancy Siegenthaler
Herman Siegenthaler
Patricia Elmer
Julius Elmer
Shelters Stocked With Food and Equipment in County
Charles Marvin the acting county Civil Defense director announced six county buildings approved for stocking food and radiological equipment. Locations include Monroe Clinic Texaco Station 902 17th Avenue First National Bank Masonic Temple Kraft Foods west wing and Anderegg Warehouse New Glarus. Radiation devices obtained and food stocking targeted in early 1963 with 15 total units in the county.
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Charles Marvin
Civil Defense
Monroe Clinic
Texaco
17Th Avenue
First National Bank
Masonic Temple
Kraft Foods
Monroe
Anderegg
New Glarus
Marvin
Madison
Brodhead
Browntown
Monticello
United Telephone and Monroe Clash Over Dial System Rates
The United Telephone Co. and the City of Monroe filed reply briefs with the Public Service Commission regarding proposed rate increases. The city opposes immediate interim rate hikes and seeks a profit comparison, while United Telephone argues for rapid interim rates and later adjustments as the Monroe exchange switches to dial service in 1963. The company reports a 1962 nine month operating loss and a projected loss after dial conversion.
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United Telephone Co
Monroe
William J. Schmitz
Public Service Commission
Aberg, Bell, Blake and
PSC
United Telephone
Lie Tests Clear Two In Oneida Murder Case
Two Tomahawk men questioned in the slaying of Edna Mae Mount were cleared by lie detector tests, substantiating their statements that they did not see Mount after 11:20 p.m. on June 2. Mount's skeleton was found scattered in a wooded area near here last week.
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Rhinelander
Oneida
Edna Mae Mount
Wausau
Miss Mount
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