Peter Blum 41 Killed by Truck in Wisconsin Rites Set
Peter Blum died Saturday night near his car after being struck by a pickup on County Trunk T near Brodhead Wisconsin. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the Newcomer Funeral Home in Davis. Burial is in Greenwood Cemetery Monroe. Blum a cheese maker born August 30 1921 in Bolligen Bern Switzerland moved to Brodhead in 1955 and later directed Spring Brook factory. He is survived by his wife Helen and three brothers.
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Peter Blum
Davis
Ill
Brodhead
Newcomer Funeral Home
Richard M. Gadow
Brodhead Congregational Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Monroe
Blum
Charles Gramke
Rock County
Helen
Melvin Schlittler
Gramke
Blums
Mr. Blum
Spring Brook
Bolligen-Bern
Switzerland
Frederick and
Marie Gergman Blum
America
Pennsylvania
Stella Cheese Co
Helen von Allmen
Bern
Congregational Church of
Fritz
Langnau-Bern
Christian
Schonbuhl
Paul
Janesville
Cheese Trade Fair Signals Steady Market In Madison
American cheese market holds steady in Madison with slow to fair buying, pre-Christmas stocks moving as expected. Supplies across all styles remain ample. cheddars around 37% to 37 1/2% and 40-pound blocks at 35% to 38% with various daisies and midgets priced in the high 30s.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Charles Laughton Dies After Cancer Battle
Hollywood giant Charles Laughton dies at his home from spine cancer after a four month hospital stay. Elsa Lanchester and brother Frank present. he leaves a celebrated career as Captain Bligh, Captain Henry Wili, and other roles.
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Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Elsa Lanchester
Frank
Ruggles
Red Gap
Laughton
London
Sen. Seah Cooley
Academy of Dramatic Art
Academy
Prof
Henry Higgins
George Bernard Shaw
Weather Outlook Hints At Warm December Week Ahead
A bright December sun brought the temperature to 47 by 1 pm today with 40s forecast again tomorrow. Yesterday peaked at 34 at noon. Amateur observers expect this unseasonably warm spell to continue through the week and potentially shape weather for January February and March. Winds Wednesday may indicate winter's first month pattern, with Friday predicting February and Saturday setting March. Sky partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow.
Morse Attacks Reports on Norstad Space Agency Lead
Senator Wayne Morse assailed reports that General Lauris Norstad would lead the new space satellite communications system. He said appointing a military figure is not in the public interest and noted Norstad’s coming retirement as supreme allied commander in Europe.
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Washington
Wwd
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Lauris Norstad
Morse
Norstad
Philip Graham
Washington Post
Graham
Europe
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Senate
U.S
Alcatraz Pair Fails in Escape
San Francisco prisoners John Paul Scott and Carl Dee Parker attempted an Alcatraz escape Sunday night. Scott swam about 100 yards to shore and was hospitalized, Parker covered around 100 yards to a rock before giving up as frigid water thwarted the attempt.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
John Paul Scott
Leitchfield
Carl Dee Parker
Canton
Ohio
Explorer XVI Launch Expands Space Surveillance
Explorer XVI blasted from Wallops Island VA into an orbit of 466 to 733 miles to study meteoroids and space dust while Mariner 2 continues Venus observations. Relay struggles with power, delaying its communications mission.
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U.S
Mariner 2
Earth
Relay
Telstar
Explorer XVI
Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Space
Venus
NASA
Look Magazine Says Barnett Planned Meredith Entry Deal
Look magazine reports Mississippi Governor Barnett secretly discussed with Robert F Kennedy a plan to enroll James Meredith at Ole Miss. The scheme involved gate standoffs, armed marshals, and a staged entry to avoid bloodshed during the 1962 crisis at the university.
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New York
Mississippi
Ross Barnett
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Look Magazine
Barnett
Kennedy
Meredith
Ole Miss
Paul Johnson
James McShane
McShane
Mississippi Highway Patrol
14 More Killed As State Traffic Toll Climbs in 1962
The Associated Press reports weekend highway crashes raised Wisconsin's annual toll to 910 with 12 deaths in the state and two more in Waukesha County. Victims include Richard Carlson 30 and Nancy A. Wren 25 of West Allis in a New Berlin ice crash, plus LeRoy Weiner 17 of Cashton, Leslie Batchelor 26 of Menomonee Falls, James York 18 of Sheboygan, Arden Rose 56 of Beaver Dam, Peter Blum 41 of Davis Illinois, George O Kuehn 83 of Holcombe, Sherie Barile 16 of Skokie Illinois, and others in separate incidents. Several injured and additional fatalities occur in Milwaukee, Madison, and surrounding counties.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Waukesha County
Richard Carlson
Nancy A. Wren
West Allis
New Berlin
Harold Wolfe
Miss Wien
Cashton
LeRoy Weiner
Jacob Weiner
Monroe County
Weiner
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sparta
Leslie Batchelor
Menomonee Falls
Milwaukee
James York
Sheboygan
Arden Rose
Beaver Dam
Brandon
Gary Wagner
Kenosha
Walter Katz
Peter Blum
Route 1
Davis
Ill
Brodhead
George O. Kuehn
Holcombe
Chippewa
Sherie Barile
Skokie
Highway 50
Lake Geneva
Beverly Gumm
Charles Warren
Grendale Heights
Madison
Orrin Robinson
Thorp
John J Kubly 86 Dies in Green County Hospital
John J. Kubly 86 of Monroe died shortly before noon in a Green County hospital where he had been hospitalized. He farmed in Clarno and Oregon before moving to Monroe in 1948. Survived by four sons Herbert Alfred Herbert Kubly Rudolph Kubly and a daughter Mrs Earl Swanton and two sisters Mrs Rose Shriner and Mrs Kate Blackney. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Stuessy funeral home with further arrangements pending.
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John J. Kubly
Monroe
Green County
Kubly
Clarno
Oregon
St. John’s Church
Rose Kundert
Herbert
Alfred
Herbert Kubly
Rudolph Kubly
Waukesha
Earl Swanton
Rose Shriner
Idaho
Kate Blackney
Anna Ayen
Horeb
Fannie Benkett
Stuessy Funeral Home
Young hunter killed in accidental shotgun discharge
Merrill Terry Chil son, 16, was fatally wounded Saturday when his shotgun accidentally discharged after he apparently slipped on a town road near here.
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Hunter
Merrill
Terry Chilson
Here
Kennedy TV interview reviews first two years in White House
President Kennedy tapes an hour long interview titled After Two Years A Conversation with the President. He discusses NATO Skybolt missile issues and meets top aides as he returns from New York for an active week ahead.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Columbia Broadcasting System
American Broadcasting Co
Monroe
National Broadcasting Co
New York
Sander Vanocur
NBC
William H. Lawrence
ABC
George Herman
CBS
National Security Council
Rusk Urges Patience as NATO Demands Persist
Secretary of State Rusk told President Kennedy that NATO allies need more time and persuasion to meet U S requests for greater defense commitments. The Paris meeting yielded a cautious communique endorsing increased conventional forces while allowing member states to pace their own contributions. Secretary McNamara and Treasury Secretary Dillon returned to Washington with the delegation's stance unchanged that the manpower target remains 30 divisions.
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Rusk
Kennedy
America
Atlantic
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Defense McNamara
McNamara
Secretary of Treasury
Dillon
NATO
Permanent Council
Peter Thorneycroft
Britain
U. S
Stock Trend Mixed In Moderate Trading
The market opened higher but failed to gain momentum as trading slowed. Investors reacted to President Kennedy's tax reduction speech with uncertainty on details and effective date, leaving Wall Street with a modestly positive but uneven session.
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New York
Kennedy
Wall Street
Ces
Grape Chokes Infant in Detroit Tragedy
A 14 month old girl, Theresa Lenart daughter of Mrs Elaine Lenart of Detroit, died after choking on a grape Sunday night. She was dead on arrival at a local hospital.
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Detroit
Theresa Lenart
Elaine Lenart
Dan Ryan Expressway links Northwest Expressway to Indiana Toll Road
The Dan Ryan Expressway opens a direct link from Chicago to the Indiana Toll Road, shortening travel by miles and cutting about 1.80 in tolls. Starting at Halsted Street, it extends the Northwest Expressway to the Skyway, enabling easy access to the Indiana Turnpike and Calumet Expressway. Interstate 90 and Indiana 94 signs mark the new route.
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Chicago
Indiana Toll Road
Gary
Halsted Street
Will County
City Council Set for Six Public Hearings Tomorrow
Six public hearings are planned for tomorrow night’s City Council meeting at 7 30 p m in City Hall. Two ordinances address snow removal parking rules giving motorists one hour to move cars after notice. New parking restrictions on state highways 2 to 6 a m. include further limits. Salary increases are proposed for the city attorney treasurer and clerk with the mayor’s expense account doubled. Firemen wages would rise from 1 50 to 2 per hour and mobile home parking fees drop from 10 to 9 a month.
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City Hall
Cheese Firm Official Sentenced for Mail Fraud
L John Brignone of Fond du Lac treasurer of the Ventura Cheese Co of Farmersville was sentenced by U S District Judge Robert E Tehan to one year and a day in jail for using the mails to defraud two banks of over 73000 The judge ordered 120 days in jail with the remainder suspended and placed Brignone on probation for three years
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Milwaukee
L. John Brignone
Fond du Lac
Ventura Cheese Co
Farmersville
U.S
Robert E. Tehan
Tehan
Brignone
Macmillan Leaves London For Bahamas Talks On Skybolt Crisis
Prime Minister Macmillan departs London for discussions with President Kennedy in the Bahamas on Skybolt missile policy. The talks address nuclear deterrence, NATO plans, and wider East West tensions including Cuba and Asia when they resume after a Paris meeting with De Gaulle. Senator Symington notes opposition to dropping Skybolt amid Senate and joint chiefs scrutiny.
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Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Kennedy
McNamara
NATO
London
Roswell Gilpatric
McGeorge Bundy
Macmillan
Nassau
United States
Skybolt
Bahamas
Cuba
Asia
U.S
Britain
Washington
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Fire Damages Bacon Plant in Monroe Two Blazes Hit
Monroe firemen battled a morning blaze at Green County Frozen Foods smoke house on Highway 69 north. The roof of a breezeway between the smoke house and the locker plant was damaged and about 50 slabs of bacon were lost. A 3 p.m. grass fire on Leonard French farm near the Monroe airport was started by a bonfire.
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Monroe
Green County
Highway 69
Josef J. Benkert
Leonard French
Benkert
Tallest tower OKayed near La Crosse
The State Aeronautics Commission approved a 1,629 foot television tower project near Galesville, northeast of La Crosse. When finished, it would be the tallest in Wisconsin.
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LA Crosse
State Aeronautics Commission
Galesville
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