Snowfall Snarls Area Traffic Causing Multiple Accidents
Snow Saturday three inches snarled area traffic with 11 weekend accidents leaving five injured. Victims include Mrs. Christiansen, 44, Mrs. Glasson, 13, Miss Erickson, 22, and Mrs. Olson, 38, hospitalized with facial injuries, fractures, and a broken jaw. Highway wrecks occurred near Monroe, Juta, and Brodhead as icy conditions persisted.
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Wisconsin
Alan Christiansen
South Beloit
Charles Glasson
Richard
Toledo
Ill
Shirley Erickson
Hollandale
Mamie Olson
Brodhead
Christiansen
St. Clare Hospital
Olson
Marvin Fairman
7Th
Koenig
Miss Erickson
Christiansen-Glasson
Schwarzenberger Hill
Monroe
Juta
Leslie M. Schwitz
Keith R. Field
Monticello
Erling E. Erickson
New Glarus
Conrad Stauffacher
David L. Penniston
Argyle
Green County Hospital
David L. Moritz
Arthur Stauffacher
Arthur Gessler
Chicago
Jutla
Harold Hafen
Jerome A. Hapka
Madison
Christmas Eve Events Tonight in Monroe Weather and Lights
Warmer Christmas Day forecast with light snow possible and frigid start at 18 below the sewer plant. Ice and compacted snow hazard prompts caution on major and secondary roads. People view Jaycee Christmas Lighting contest displays around Monroe as St John’s hosts a live Nativity and St Victor’s prepares Midnight Mass and other services.
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Monroe
Yale
Jaycee
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Youth Fellowship
St. John's Church
St. Victor’s Church
Immanuel Bethel
Pope Advances Midnight Mass For Aged And Infirm
Vatican City Pope John XXIII plans Christmas Eve Mass two hours early so the aged and infirm can follow over the Vatican radio. The 81 year old pontiff, recently treated for a stomach disorder and anemia, will celebrate in his private chapel.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
Santa Receives Kind Letter From Randy Wyss
Santa at North Pole headquarters prepares for his world wide Christmas tour after receiving a refreshing letter from Randy Wyss of Route 1 Monroe. Randy asks for nothing and hopes less fortunate children receive gifts. Santa reassures him and includes Randy on the list alongside all children everywhere.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Randy Wyss
Route 1
Monroe
Santa
Randy
Lawmakers Set For Brief Parley
Wisconsin's divided Legislature will hold a brief Christmas week meeting to wind up the 1961 session. They return to Madison at 1 p.m. Thursday and are expected to disband the next day with no new legislation. The lame duck session aims only to close the books on a lengthy session begun January 11, 1961.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Plane Skids Off Runway in Clinton Snow
An Ozark Airlines plane from Milwaukee skidded off a snow covered runway into a ditch in Clinton Iowa. All 21 passengers escaped unharmed after the flight was diverted from Rockford due to bad weather.
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Clinton
Iowa
Ozark Airlines
Milwaukee
Rockford
Holiday Traffic Toll Rises in Wisconsin With 11 More Deaths
The Associated Press reports eleven more lives lost in Wisconsin over the holiday period, bringing the year’s highway fatalities to 939. The text lists multiple victims across counties including Racine, Portage, Crawford, Fond du Lac, Oconto, Walworth, Waukesha, Sheboygan, Ozaukee, and Pepin, with incidents from Friday to Sunday and a fatality near Stevens Point, along with injuries and public safety notes.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Henry Carlson
Racine
Carol Ann Porasik
Stanley Cieslewicz
Rosholt
Portage County
Stevens Point
William Jones
Readstown
Soldiers Grove
Crawford County
Edward Schmidt
Gerald Krueger
Abrams
Oconto County
Green Bay
Raymond Koom
Burlington
Walworth
Donald R. Kreckel
Brookfield
Waukesha County
Richard Bradshaw
Arkansaw
Pepin County
Pepin
David Blanchard Dies at Edgerton
Edgerton Wisconsin David J Blanchard 41 speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly and former Republican floorleader died after a lengthy illness He entered Edgerton Memorial Community hospital Friday and died at 1105 p m Sunday Uremia caused death He had represented Rock County 2nd District since 1954 and was named to a fifth term in November A native of Edgerton born January 5 1921 he graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1943 and became an attorney Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at the Edgerton Congregational church with Rev Edwin Beers officiating burial in Fassett cemetery
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David J. Blanchard
Wisconsin Assembly
Blanchard
Edgerton Memorial Community Hospital
Rock County
University of Wisconsin Law School
Edgerton Congregational Church
Edwin Beers
Fassett Cemetery
Hoffa Aides Face Jury Probe After Hung Conspiracy Trial
The Hoffa case ends in a 7 to 5 vote for acquittal as jurors say the panel favored acquittal. Judge Miller orders a grand jury probe into alleged tampering by two Hoffa associates and unseals transcripts from secret sessions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Justice Department
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Hoffa
Michigan
James F. Neal
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington, D.C
McClellan Committee
New York
Kennedy
Detroit
Neal
James Paschal
Woodbury
Gratia Fields
Wheelchair Gift Delights Brodhead Student at Christmas
Brodhead high School student John Madru who has cerebral palsy received a new wheelchair and a desk top attachment from the Student Council. The group raised over 100 dollars this fall to fund the chair. Madru, 19, is a sophomore from the Orfordville district who rides the Vernal Jones farm bus with help from Ron Jones. His parents are Earl and Mrs. Madru of Beloit Route 2. He studies four subjects and hopes to write for a magazine after school.
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John
Don Clark
John Madru
Brodhead High School
Brodhead
Orfordville
Vernal Jones Farm
Ron Jones
Earl Madru
Beloit
Jones Farm
Madrue
Dock Workers Tie Up Vessels in Atlantic Strike
A longshoremen strike paralyses shipping from Searsport Maine to Brownsville Texas. The 81 000 ILA members walked out as a 80 day federal injunction expired. Key issue is reducing crew size from 20 to 17 men amid union objections.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Kennedy
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Searsport
Maine
Brownsville
Tex
Castro Signals Peace Gesture Amid Bay of Pigs Release
Fidel Castro announced a one day state of peace with the United States and said mothers of freed Bay of Pigs prisoners could travel to the U S without visas. He witnessed the unloading of medicine and food worth about 10 million dollars as prisoners began leaving custody.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
United States
Castro
Red Cross
Revolucion
Kennedy
Stocks Drift in Slow Christmas Eve Trading
In slow Christmas Eve trading in New York the market showed little trend with most key stocks moving in minor fractions. It was the last day for selling stocks to establish profits on the 1962 tax returns. IBM rose about four points while International Nickel gained over a point and Merck fell more than a point.
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New York
IBM
International Nickel
Merck
Lockheed
No Holiday Edition For Times Tuesday
The Monroe Evening Times will not publish a Christmas Day edition tomorrow as staff take a holiday break. Regular publication resumes Wednesday and will be interrupted again by the New Year holiday.
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Monroe Evening Times
Shuttle Planes End Task Tonight
Miami reports Operation Ransom airlift of 1,113 Cuban prisoners nears completion as six planes race to finish by sundown. By noon 643 survivors have reached Florida with 426 total released since Sunday, including 109 and 108 arriving in two latest flights.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
U.S
Fidel Castro
Pan American World Airways
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
Havana
Dcgs
Freedom
Castro
San Antonio de Los Banos Military Air Base
Dinner Key Auditorium
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