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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates by carrier and mail for Monroe Wisconsin and Stephenson County Illinois with yearly costs and advance payment requirement. Office hours are 8 30 a m to 5 00 p m and contact number 325 5101.
Editorial lauds long standing cooperation between Shrines and Knights of Columbus. Describes joint efforts benefiting crippled and underprivileged children, notes Vatican II context promoting ecumenism, and highlights hospitals and fundraisers across Shrine networks. Calls for resumed joint Shrine KC programs with streamlined formats.
A four alarm blaze near downtown Milwaukee trapped residents and firemen, with two residents John Baum and Ellis Bloodworth and firefighter Robert Kube hospitalized for smoke inhalation. About 100 firefighters fought the two hour chill blaze, rescuing Baum through an open window.
Ten year snapshot cites Eisenhower seeking tax cut postponement for April 1, 1955. Monroe Business picks new chamber head Kenneth W. Stuart and Green County Bar picks Anna Blum. Other items recall Roosevelts’ era politics, car and accident notes, 1924 business interests, prison fire, and a 1914 lecture on “The Language of the Face.”
Rental listing seeks a room to rent in Monroe area. Contact details appear in the local Classifieds section of The Monroe Evening Times for prospective tenants.
A longtime resident near Senior High School appeals for care of two urns honoring her late husband after previous vandalism. She asks students to refrain from upsetting the urns and notes her affection for flowers and the neighborhood youth.
A farmer protests Orville Freeman's December 2 speech to President Johnson and Congress. The writer argues the farm strain stems from Congress actions rather than a presidential fault.
Green County Executive Committee approves four new 4-H projects including Guns and Hunting Explorer Project Silk Screening and Music. The hunting project targets youths 12 and older with indoor and outdoor rifle work and game laws study. Explorer Project limits nine and ten year olds, with four units to explore building plants animals home and the outdoors. Silk Screening offers low cost craft activity using rented materials. Music project for nine and older members combines reading music history, listening to diverse music, group singing, and instrument practice.
Nancy C Gall of 1315 15th Street and Miles Adam of 2146 20th Avenue are among 273 UW students to be initiated into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Ceremony scheduled in the Great Hall of Memorial Union on Sunday January 10. Selection based on faculty recommendations for character leadership scholarship and citizenship in the UW community.
On December 15 1944 Glenn Miller disappeared after taking a single engine Norseman aircraft toward Paris to arrange a broadcast for his 68 piece band. The search failed and no wreckage was found fueling theories he was shot down or lost over France. Jack Hylton recalls Miller's parting words and vague wartime hopes before he vanished.
The giant fruit eating bat of India ranks as the largest bat on earth with a five foot wingspan. Its long slender muzzle gives it the nickname flying fox.
Hollywood actor William Bendix, famous for Chester A. Riley, dies at Los Angeles Good Samaritan Hospital from lobar pneumonia with complicating stomach ailment. He leaves Therese, 58, daughters Stephanie 20 and Lorraine 30, and actress wife of Alan Ladd at his side.
Born in New York City January 14 1906 Bendix battled early failures as a bat boy waiter and grocer before rising from character roles to stardom. He endured surgery for stomach ulcers in 1955 and died after being brought to Good Samaritan Hospital on December 8 with funeral services planned in Van Nuys.
In Cincinnati Ohio a defense attorney in the 6th Circuit U S Court of Appeals argued that James R Hoffa union president did not receive a fair trial after a Chattanooga Tennessee jury found him guilty last March of jury tampering.
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