Ward Chairmen Named for Heart Sunday Drive
Mrs Walter J Kubly and Grace School announce 300 volunteers will canvass city and rural areas on Feb 28 for the Wisconsin Heart Association drive. First gifts and business solicitation lead by Miss Lois Fritsch begin next Tuesday. Ward chairmen will direct volunteers and Alpha Zeta Sorority returns to lead the campaign.
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Plan Heart
Monroe
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Walter J. Kubly
Monroe Heart
Richard Wagner
Miss Grace School
Rural Heart
Jean Finnegan
Times
Grace School
Heart
Lois Fritsch
Helen Altman
Jean Daehlin
Lois Miller
Erma Klassy
Arnold Marty
Elsa Rattin
Dolores Moenke
Bernice Holsapple
Gertrude Erb
Dorothy Johnson
Harry Williams
Eileen Pagel
Marian Boynton
Leo Share
Thelma Gamm
Dorothy Brunkow
Lena Rubi
Wisconsin Heart Association
Detroit Driver Killed by Loose Truck Wheel
Eugene Spears, 37, of Detroit, died near Madison Municipal Airport when a loose wheel from a northbound milk truck struck his auto carrier. The wheel, detaching from driver Richard Whaley’s vehicle, rolled into a southbound truck and shattered Spears’s windshield. Wisconsin highway deaths rose to 58, down three from last year.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Eugene Spears
Detroit
Madison
Dane County
Richard Whaley
Endeavor
Spear
Senate OKs three-part constitutional bill including poll tax ban
The Senate approved a three part measure by 70 to 18 that would ban poll taxes and address succession in disasters and DC voting rights. It advances to the House for separate action with ratification by three fourths of states within seven years. Southern opposition to the poll tax clause stalled by not altering the outcome.
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Washington
Senate
House
Act of Congress
District of Columbia
Spessard Holland
D-Fla
Congress
State Swiss Cheddar Market Holds Steady in Madison
Wisconsin cheese markets show steady State Swiss and Cheddar prices with adequate to ample supplies. Cheddar blocks fetch 36 to 38 percent moisture, daisies 38 to 39, long ag 38 to 39, and midgets 38 to 39 percent. State brand blocks in Swiss run 41 to 43, B 39 to 42, C 36 to 41. demand remains fair to good while supplies vary by grade.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Council Accepts Air Force Plane For Twining Park
Monroe city council accepted a decommissioned jet for Gen. Twining Park, funded by the Monroe Jaycees who will move it from Knoxville to Madison. An amended auction ordinance and first reading on a city sealer term of office were also covered along with police car bids and ambulance contract notes.
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Gen
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Monroe Jaycees
Monroe
Truax Field
Madison
Gen. Twining
W. L. (George) Wells
Jaycee
Wells
Air National Guard
Knoxville
Tenn
Park Board
Victor N. Schiller
T. K. Jordan
State Aeronautics Commission
Jordan
Attorney General’s Office
William J. Schmitz
Attorney General
Richard R. Wagner
Wagner
Board of Health
Finance Committee
Police and Safety Committee
Fourth Ward
Walter Speich
Speich
Monticello
Police Department
Hal March Hospitalized in Michigan Pneumonia Case
Grand Rapids Michigan tele vision actor Hal March has pneumonia and was admitted to a local hospital while touring with a stage production of Two for the Seesaw. He had been in Madison last weekend.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Hal March
Madison
Olson enters race for Wisconsin governor endorsement
Jack Olson of Wisconsin Dells becomes the second announced Republican candidate for endorsement in the state governor race. He joins Philip Kuehn, Milwaukee cold storage president, as rival contenders facing Gov. Nelson, with party delegates to decide at the Milwaukee convention in May. Olson said his decision came from personal deliberation and not from any group.
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Madison
Jack Olson
Wisconsin Dells
Philip Kuehn
Milwaukee
GOP
Nelson
Wisconsin
Olson
Field Conditions Force Cancelled 1960 Airlift
Monroe airfield ground conditions forced the 1960 March of Dimes Airlift cancellation announced by campaign chair Alfred E. Green. Andrew C. Erickson Jr. led the committee for safety, noting thawing ground risks and rutting.
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Monroe
Alfred E. Green
Green
Andrew C. Erickson Jr
Federal Aviation Agency
March of Dimes
Heart Fund
Blizzard Hits Halifax Sees Deep Snow Buries Streets
Snow plows struggle as blizzard may set a local record in Halifax Nova Scotia with 18 inches by 9 a.m. and at least six more inches forecast. The city braces for worsening conditions and travel disruptions.
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Halifax
N. S
Tragic Hartford City Principal Kills Two Teachers Then Himself
Leonard O Redden Hartford City Indiana school principal set upon by inner turmoil shot Harriett Robson 52 and Minnie McFerren 62 in two classrooms before turning the shotgun on himself in a nearby woods. His wife said he feared gossip and declined to seek help despite growing depression.
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Hartford City
Ind
Leonard O. Redden
Redden
Harriet Robson
Minnie McFerren
Hazel
Robson
First Christian Church
Indiana
Leonard Redden
Miss Robson
Muncie
Evinrude Collapses on Film Set in Santa Monica
Millionaire industrialist Ralph Evinrude collapsed on a film set in Santa Monica and was taken to St. John's hospital. Hospital attendants said he was suffering from exhaustion. He is the husband of actress Frances Langford.
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Evinrude
Santa Monica
Calif
Ralph Evinrude
St. John’s Hospital
Frances Langford
Chicago probes speeded cleanup chief for police reform
A Chicago panel weighs top law officers for the police commission post amid a scandal rocked department. Philadelphia’s Thomas Gibbs is to be interviewed, Kansas City’s Bernard Brannon has met with the panel, and others include Guy Bannister Donald Hostetter W Cleon Skousen and Daniel Gallery. The Summerdale district commander Capt. Herman Dorf faces a grand jury after resigning over a lie detector test in the burglary probe.
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Chicago
Daley
Philadelphia
Thomas J. Gibbons
Bernard C. Brannon
Kansas City
Guy Bannister
FBI
New Orleans
Donald S. Hostetter
Detroit
W. Cleon Skousen
Salt Lake City
Daniel V. Gallery
Caribbean Sea Frontier Station
Puerto Rico
Summerdale
Tickets go on sale for WIAA sub regional regional tourney
Fans may request tickets now with drawings Feb 11 after Monroe Stoughton game. Prices vary by night with reserved three night package at 2.50 students 3.25 adults. Action starts 7 pm March 3 4 5 with Beloit Evansville Janesville Monona Grove and Madison area schools competing.
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WIAA
Lloyd Nielsen
Monroe - Stoughton
Wiaa Board of Control
Nielsen
Monroe
Monroe High School Athletic Association
Beloit
Evansville
Janesville
Monona Grove
Edgerton
Madison East
Milton
Stoughton
Wisconsin High
Book publisher Warren T. Davis dies at 60
Warren T. Davis, 60, book publisher, died today after a four week illness in Lake Forest Illinois. He was chairman of United Educators Inc president of the Book House of Chicago and a Beloit College trustee.
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Lake Forest
Ill
Warren T. Davis
Davis
United Educators, Inc
Book House of Chicago
Beloit College
Youth Week Devotional Services Held at Immanuel Church
Monroe high school students conduct pre class worship at Immanuel church as part of Youth Week. Over 40 teens attended the first session led by David Grams with Kenneth Ginner Susan Warfel and Sandra Miller among participants. A second service is set for 7 30 a m tomorrow with James Lovelace and Thomas Marean speaking.
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Monroe
Immanuel Church
Dave Grams
Jim Lovelace
Susan Warfel
Thomas Marean
Times
Monroe High School
Monroe Christian Youth Council
David Grams
Kenneth Ginner
David Babler
Sandra Miller
James Lovelace
Grace Lutheran Church
Jack Remaly
Madison
Remaly
Wisconsin Congregational Conference
Lighting Session On Whiteway Street Light Plan
City Council members will meet with Wisconsin Power and Light Co. at 8 p.m. in City Hall to discuss a potential new fluorescent street lighting program for the business district. A written report on the Whiteway Street Lighting plan was presented to aldermen after last night’s council meeting.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co
First National Bank
Income Tax Course To Start Tomorrow
Charles Mowbray reminds Monroe residents of a five session course on income taxes starting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Room 20 of the new high school. John K. Callahan and William J. Schmitz will conduct it, covering federal and state tax forms.
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Charles Mowbray
Monroe
John K. Callahan
William J. Schmitz
Eisenhower Calls Missile Efforts Gratifing at News Conference
President Eisenhower praised America’s missile development as gratifying and rejected Gen Power’s call for a continuous bomber alert. He voiced strong support for Gates and Twining, defended their views against Power, and touched on Nixon and constitutional amendments. He dismissed Camp David critiques and joked about future plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Power
United States
Gates
Joint Chiefs
Twining
Nixon
House
Senate
District of Columbia
Camp David
White House
Desert
Russell Elmer Poster Wins State Safety Contest
Russell Elmer of Fairview, Albany, won first in the Green County Safety Council contest judged last night. Five winners display soon. Billy Raught second, Vicki Ann Svendsen third, Carol Ann Babler fourth, and Edward Nelson fifth. Entries were limited to one per rural school to allow eliminations. topic focused on school safety.
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Russell Elmer
Fairview School
Albany
Green County Safety Council
Robert VanWagenen
Billy Raught
West Dayton
Belleville
Vicki Ann Svendsen
Prairie View
Argyle
Carol Ann Babler
Oak Shade
Monticello
Edward Nelson
Michael
Browntown
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Council
Twining Park
Jaycees
Michigan
Dimes Fund
Self
Herman Dorf
Tke
SAC
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