Holiday Season Brightens Days At County Home
Christmas comes early at the Green County hospital with nearly 300 patients enjoying festive events through New Year. Relatives visit, carolers brighten the halls, and patients craft gifts. Santa visits Monroe, while staff of 60 full time and two part time workers ensure daily cheer and special meals.
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Green County Hospital
Santa Claus
Monroe Square
Monroe
Jaycettes
Monroe City
Amos Johnson
Adamowski Chosen To Oppose Daley In Chicago Mayoral Race
Chicago mayoral contest pits two term incumbent Richard J. Daley against Republican Benjamin Adamowski. Adamowski, endorsed Friday by the 50 member Republican central city committee, vows the roughest campaign ever. Daley seeks a third term with Republican opposition confirmed.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Benjamin Adamowski
Adamowski
GOP
Republican Central City Committee
Tito Returns Home to Belgrade Rejects Policy Shift
President Tito arrived in Belgrade after a trip to the Soviet Union and reiterated that Yugoslavia remains on a policy of friendship with all countries.
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Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Christmas Eve and Day Services Across Local Churches
Churches across Monroe plan a busy Christmas season with live nativitys, candlelight services, choirs, and programs for children and families. Predominant themes include carols, cantatas, and sermons, with multiple Masses and observances led by pastors and church groups through Christmas Day.
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Hore
Monroe
St. John’s
St. John’s Sunday School
Paul H. Olm
Rev. Olm
Federal appeals court asked to hold Barnett in contempt
A federal appeals court may jail Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul Johnson Jr for criminal contempt over blocking James Meredith's enrollment at Ole Miss in 1962. The Justice Department sought the action after civil contempt convictions, with possible large fines and jail terms. Meredith’s enrollment followed rioting that left two dead.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
University of Mississippi
Justice Department
5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Ross R. Barnett
Paul B. Johnson Jr
Ole Miss
Johnson
Meredith
Barnett
Times Carrier Boys To Start Distributing Calendars
Carrier boys on 20 routes for The Monroe Evening Times will begin holiday calendar greetings on Monday Christmas Eve. The 11x6 calendar features Quiet Haven, a rustic brookside scene in autumn colors. The calendars are supplied free to carriers who serve readers in Monroe Monticello Juda and Brodhead.
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Carrier Boys
Monroe Evening Times
Monticello
Juda
Brodhead
Wisconsin
Nassau pact hinges De Gaulle over nuclear pool plan
The Nassau conference produced a US UK plan offering France a Polaris missile option for NATO use without warheads, aiming to form a NATO nuclear umbrella. Kennedy invited De Gaulle to join the arrangement, risking a shift in how Britain and the United States share nuclear defense and costs despite protests in London.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
de Gaulle
France
Britain
NATO
United States
DeGaulle
Macmillan
London
Labor Party
Skybolt Flies on First Successful Test from B52
At Cape Canaveral a B52 Stratofortress released the Sky bolt missile on its first successful flight in six launches. The 39 foot rocket rose 300 miles before plunging into the Atlantic about 900 miles downrange. No guidance to a target was attempted.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Cadets Help Save 43 in Plane Crash
Two cadets Ron Henderson and Frank Flicker and stewardess Pat Reed helped evacuate 43 people from a Frontier Airlines plane that skidded and flipped at Grand Island Airport. Five were hospitalized but in good condition after the fire.
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Grand Island
Neb
Frontier Airlines
Ron Henderson
Gering
Frank Flicker
Scottsbluff
Pat Reed
Aurora
Colo
Cme
Grandma Marty to mark 101st birthday this Christmas
Monroe’s 101 year old Madonna of a well known family Mrs Carl Marty Sr will celebrate her 101st birthday on Christmas Day. She has recovered from a fall that interrupted voting and plans a quiet family gathering with son Robert F Marty and daughter-in-law. Her two daughters and other relatives will help with baking and celebration but she hopes to stay active and independent.
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Marty Sr
Matt Geigel
Marty
Times
Helen Zimmerli
Carl Marty Sr
Madonna
Mary
Robert F. Marty
Edna Leiser
Grace Frazer
Mother Marty
Kathryn FitzGibbon
Cleveland
de Germann
Decorah
Motes
Robert H. Marty
East Orange
N.J
Bob Martys
Joy
Andy
Monroe
Walter Marty
Robert F. Martys
Madison
Christine
Maggie Ritschard
Monticello
Ritschard
Rosina Rufer
White Haven Nursing Home
Iowa
Brodhead
Chicago
Washington Township
Verena Isely
Frank Wright
Dr. Wright
Nikolay Named Judge Advocate for 32nd National Guard
Maj. Frank L. Nikolay of Abbotsford has been appointed staff judge advocate of the 32nd National Guard Division. He succeeds Maj. Richard E. Peterson of Waupaca who has resigned. Peterson is a Republican Assemblyman.
White Christmas Possible in State
A deep storm center in central Minnesota moves southeast toward Wisconsin. Snow reaches Wisconsin borders and is likely across the state by mid afternoon with 1 to 3 inches likely and colder temperatures near zero. Motorists are urged to exercise caution as winter weather and airport delays affect travel.
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Green County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
New York
Idlewild
Ad Agency Founder and Wife Die in New York Crash
Harrison McCann, 82, founder and honorary chairman of McCann-Erickson, and his wife Dorothy were killed in a Friday automobile accident in Old Westbury New York.
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Old Westbury
N.Y
Harrison McCann
McCann-Erickson
New York
Dorothy
Quake jolts Manila residents early today
A moderate earthquake woke Manila residents early today with no damage reported.
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Manila
Cuban Prisoners Freed to Reach Miami in Shuttle Plan
The first liberated Cuban prisoners of war are scheduled to arrive in Miami Monday as part of a relief and release pact. The Pan American flights will land at Homestead Air Force Base after shipments of medicines and food from U S manufacturers arrive from Port Everglades. The Red Cross and Cuban Families Committee coordinate the operation, described as the largest relief effort yet by the organization.
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Miami
Fla
Red Cross
Ernesto Fryere
James B. Donovan
Havana
Freyre
Alvaro Sanchez
Virginia Betancourt
Pan American World Airways
Homestead Air Force Base
Port Everglades
Fidel Castro
U. S
Castro
Washington
Lusius Clay
E. Roland Harriman
American Red Cross
U.S
Plane Trouble Delays UW Team
Wisconsin Rose Bowl bound football squad faces a departure delay due to engine trouble and winter weather. United Airlines reports the 86 passenger four engine craft from O Hare Airport out of service. a charter plane will substitute for the Badgers planned 9 30 a m departure as well wishers gather for the sendoff.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Glenn W. Evers
United Airlines
Badgers
Chicago
O’hare
Evers
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