Green County servicemen honor Mrs. Howe with cash gift
Alice Howe editor of the Home Front newsletter is honored at her bedside as Green County servicemen donate a cash gift toward a television set. Admiral Walter G. Schindler and Gen. Nathan F. Twining signed a scroll praising her morale boosting work. The gesture was led by SFC Dale E. Roenneburg of Ft. Sheridan and supported by Allied Fort Sheridan staff. The Home Front serves about 400 readers, once peaking at 600 in 1953, with editions biannually publishing current addresses of servicemen and women.
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Jerome J
Alice Howe
16Th Street
Sfe
Dale E. Roenneburg
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Green County
Times
Jerome
Alice) Howe
Green County Armed Forces
Home Front
Walter G. Schindler
New Glarus
Nathan F. Twining
Monroe
SFC
Twin Grove
Post
Joseph D. Viney
Warren M. Gerhart
Alfred Henning Jr
Theodore J. Burgy
Wayne Vanderbilt
Juda
Dan Markham
Brodhead
Stanton P. Stears
Albany
E. H. Ross
Brooklyn
Marshall Ingwell
Melvin E. Lynn
Monticello
Ralph Lueck
Browntown
Cuba Launches Major Drive Against Rebels
Havana reports an all out operation by government forces to crush Fidel Castro led insurgents. Army planes bomb outskirts of Placetas and rebels surround Las Villas capital, with rebels gaining confidence by occupying populated districts.
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Havana
Cuba
Placetas
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
United States
Batista
Union To Vote Sunday for End Of Paper Strike
A tentative settlement ends the costliest New York newspaper strike as the Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union prepares a Sunday membership vote on a two year pact including wage hikes, a ninth paid holiday, and three sick days. Back to work possible Monday if approved.
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New York
New York City
Joseph F. Finnegan
Independent Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union
Asher Schwartz
The
Times
Herald Tribune
Daily News
Mirror
Journal-American
Post
World-Telegram and Sun
Long Island Star Journal
Long Island Daily Press
Newark
N. J
Westchester County
N. Y
Newsday
Garden City
Long Island
Nassau
Suffolk
Clint Walker Reinstated After Fan Protests
Warner Bros ends eight month suspension of Clint Walker creator of Cheyenne amid protest fan mail. Ty Hardin will continue as Bronco Layne alternating with Walker on the ABC program.
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Hollywood
Warner Bros
Clint Walker
Cheyenne
Walker
Ty Hardin
Hardin
Bronco Layne
Five Youths Arrested On Vandalism Confession
Five youths aged 14 to 17 admitted extensive vandalism across Green and Rock Counties over six months. They were turned over to juvenile authorities and await court appearance as investigators estimate damage potentially totals thousands. The group, employed on farms, is linked to damage to highway signs, farm properties, and a church near Albany.
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Green
Rock Counties
Albany
Rock County
Ray Lavallee
Frank Hall
Donald Ferris
Brooklyn
Attica
John Doyle
Dayton
Monticello
Roger Clark
Liberty Pole Hill
Clark
Doyle Farm
Lavalee
Coplien Named by Park Board to Lead Wells Center
The Monroe Park Board hired Jerry I. Coplien as park maintenance foreman and recreation activities supervisor, establishing a Wells building recreation center schedule opening January. The fulltime post pays 3600 dollars yearly. Coplien, a 1955 Monroe High School graduate, previously worked at Montgomery Ward. The board outlined four new 1959 programs gardening camera club nature and young adult clubs with varied weekly hours for Youth Center students and posthigh groups and special family time on Sundays.
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Monroe Park Board
Jerry I. Coplien
Wells Building
Coplien
Montgomery Ward
Monroe High School
Platteville State College
Judith Dee Huber
Nathan Coplien
Monroe
Ronald D. Johnson
Park and Recreation
Golden Age Club
Boy Scout Troops 101
Goldfine Loses New Trial Plea
New England industrialist Bernard Goldfine loses bid for a new trial and will begin a three month jail sentence for contempt. His secretary Mildred Paperman also receives a ten day sentence and both were granted bail pending appeal. Goldfine faces a separate contempt of Congress trial in Washington on March 16.
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Boston
New England
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
U. S. District Court
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Jim
U.S. Court of Appeals
Mildred Paperman
U.S. Internal Revenue
Wyzanski
Goldine
Washington
European nations ease currency limits amid holiday toll concerns
Traffic deaths in the Christmas period rose but NSC data suggested a possible break from the pace that would have set a record. Through midnight Friday, tolls stood at 345, with 706 cited as the all-time high two years ago, and an AP survey counted 552 total non-traffic holiday incidents.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
NSC
Mother Injured While Intervening In Date Mishap
In Joliet a mother 40 was injured while breaking up a rendezvous between her 13 year old daughter and a 29 year old bus driver Friday. Emma Garcia dragged by a car door handle. James Day 29 fled then struck a passing auto. Berlean Latham 35 suffered head injuries. Garcia plans to press charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Day held on reckless driving.
Farm Bureau Executive To Speak At 4H Leaders Banquet
William Kasakaltus executive secretary of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau will address the annual 4H adult leader banquet Monday at noon at Monroe Country Club. Earl Feldt to install officers and retiring president Mrs R J Douglas will preside. Leaders receive awards. Browntown Busy Beavers 4 H Club decorates tables.
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William Kasakaltus
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Monroe Country Club
Earl Feldt
R. J. Douglas
Browntown Busy Beavers
Indicted in plot to kill daughter in Ventura
Elizabeth Duncan 54 and two alleged hired killers Luis Moya 22 and Augustine Baldonado 25 were indicted by a Ventura County grand jury for the murder of Olga Duncan 390 the wife of Duncan's son. Prosecutors cited a midnight confession by Moya corroborated by Baldonado detailing the November 17 killing. The motive was jealousy over the marriage and Duncan's opposition to it. The son testified he was questioned about his mother and her marriages.
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Ventura
Calif
Roy Gustafson
Elizabeth Duncan
Gustafson
Baldonado
Jehovah's Witnesses Office Raided by East German Police
West Berlin police report that secret police from Communist Germany raided the Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters in West Berlin. Stolen files reportedly contain names and addresses of about 1,200 East Germans who visited the center.
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Berlin
Communist Germany
West Berlin
The
Jehovah's Witnesses
East Germany
Final Approval Sought For Meter Maid Posts
Monroe Police and Fire Commission certified two applicants for meter maid jobs after interviewing six. The two names were sent to Police Chief Henry S Hefty for review with the Police and Safety Committee. City Council authorized hiring two meter maids at 200 dollars monthly plus 10 dollars clothing allowance.
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Police and Fire Commission
Monroe
City Council Police and Safety Committee
Henry S. Hefty
Police and Safety Committee
City Council
Airline Strikes In Deadlock With Two Major Carriers
Negotiations continue between Eastern Air Lines and striking flight engineers and American Airlines and striking pilots. Federal mediator Warren Lane says the Eastern dispute remains a stalemate. American awaits word on a seven point settlement formula from the Air Lines Pilots Association amid questions on a few points. Eastern has a tentative deal with the 5300 machinists but the machinists will not cross the flight engineers’ picket lines.
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Associated Press
Eastern Air Lines
American Airlines
Miami
Warren Lane
Chicago
American
Air Lines Pilots Association
Pilots’ Union
Eastern
International Association of Machinists
Three Traffic Mishaps Reported by City Police
City police investigated three traffic accidents yesterday and this morning causing considerable damage. Ketchel S. Rinehart of Juda crashed into a parking meter at the Grill while departing his stall. Lester O. Ellingson of Described address collided with Herman Knipshield’s parked car in Freeport, injuring both fronts. A collision at 17th Street and 15th Avenue damaged two cars driven by David O. Blum of Monroe and Samuel A. Roelli of Winslow.
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Ketchel S. Rinehart
Route 1
Juda
Lester O. Ellingson
13Th Avenue
Herman J. Knipshield
Freeport
David O. Blum
Monroe
Samuel A. Roelli
Winslow
17Th Street
15Th Avenue
European Nations Ease Currency Controls and Devalue Franc
Britain, France, West Germany and Denmark announce wide easing of currency convertibility with France devaluing the franc to 493.7 per dollar and Britain moving toward sterling convertibility. The action, the largest currency shakeup since 1949, aims to boost world trade and follow OECD coop measures.
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Associated Press
Britain
West Germany
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Europe
London
Charles de Gaulle
Amsterdam
Organization For European Economic Cooperation
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
Spring Like Weather Applies Across Wisconsin Region
Wisconsin will see mild spring like weather as a warm front moves across the eastern third of the nation. No precipitation is forecast and temperatures will run above normal tomorrow. Highs in the south 35 to 45 with a 15 to 30 breeze. northern lows 18 to 25. Patrol notes good driving except for frost slick spots near Janesville and Kenosha.
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Wisconsin
State Highway Patrol
Janesville
Kenosha
Hopes Fade for 18 Trapped in Tunnel
Five victims were buried today as rescue workers continued digging for 18 people trapped by the collapse of tunnels at an underground mushroom farm in Belgium. An emergency shaft was being sunk to a storage chamber.
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Godspeed
Park Board
Marion Kundert
Lincoln School
Glen A. Ridnour
Kundert
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Marlene Frey
Joann Nussbaum
Thomas Sickinger
Farm Bureau
Paris
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