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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1955
Page
2
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Monroe school district eyes fairgrounds land near four acre site with 20 acres from Herman J. Schmitz for a new high school. A 99 year lease to the district and use of race track infield for sports could preserve the fair and cut school costs. Negotiations hinge on a completed proposal by December 29.
The Eisenhower administration signals a large foreign aid reserve may be needed to counter Soviet pressure on border nations. Critics warn about bidding wars and taxpayer costs, while officials stress selective, worthwhile assistance remains essential for future stability.
Ten years ago General George S. Patton Jr. who led the Third Army from Normandy into Czechoslovakia died in Germany twelve days after a neck fracture from a traffic accident. Also mentioned are Delbert Potter injured in the crash, Nicholas Elmer’s death in Arpin, and President Truman proposing labor reform measures to Congress.
Citizens question high level decisions asking who knows the answers if the President and Secretary do not. The quotation emphasizes reliance on executive leadership for guidance.
A gang of five or six men armed with shotguns pistols and rifles invaded a United Parcel Service substation in Highland Park near Chicago early today. They bound five employees for almost two hours while opening a safe and removing currency and goods worth about 2900 dollars before fleeing in a car.
Insurance adjustors lowered the Monday fire loss in Appleton to between 150000 and 160000 dollars after a Tuesday investigation. The blaze destroyed three two story mid town buildings in midtown.
Wauwatosa man Wyman Ogan, 48, father of five, awaits a lie detector test at the State Laboratory after burns from a fatal car fire near Adell Sheboygan County. His wife, 40, died in the flaming car found on a rural highway. Ogan was hospitalized. exam postponed to next Tuesday due to his condition.
The Agriculture Department reports Wisconsin Type 55 tobacco down 2.59 million pounds and Type 54 down 733 thousand pounds. 1955 Type 55 output is 12.54 million vs 15.13 million in 1954. 1955 Type 54 is 6.82 million vs 7.55 million in 1954. Minnesota shows reductions as well amid a shift to synthetic binders.
Dr and Mrs Homer V Bradshaw Presbyterian missionaries in China since 1928 were flown from Hong Kong to Manila by a U S Air Force hospital plane after nearly five years in Communist captivity. Weighing about 80 pounds the wife was incoherent and both suffered acute malnutrition. She had a mental breakdown and could not comprehend freedom. they will receive medical care in the Philippines before possible recuperation with relatives near Pittsburgh.
A survey reports that at least seventy one percent of American households own at least one automobile. The figure reflects a broad rise in car ownership and signals growing mobility across the nation.
The Dumdiddy visits Santa Land and explains Beanie is held prisoner by the Gimme Dwarf, the Spirit of Getting and Santa’s arch foe. Santa disguises himself to mount a rescue mission and save Beanie.
A lonely boy named Beanie trapped in a windowless, doorless Gimme House endures endless sweets and toys while wishing to return home. Santa disguised as a chimney sweeper offers escape, and Beanie vows to help others escape too to end the Spirit of Getting at Christmas.
Firefighters from three communities battled a blaze Tuesday night that leveled a barn on the Gerald Tritt farm near Oshkosh, causing about 30 000 dollars in damage.
A citizens committee urged the City Council to approve a 50 million school building program over three to five years. Led by retired Circuit Judge Henry A. Detling, the 25 member panel proposed a new 26 classroom elementary school on the southwest side, a north side junior high, purchase of at least 20 acres on the south side for a future junior high, and rearrangement of existing facilities to improve use.
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