Farm Frost Preserves Moisture For Growing Season
A five to eight inch snow cover with sleet preserves soil moisture for the coming season while only light frost will be needed to penetrate during thaw. Farmers entered fields for manure spreading, though alternate freezing and thawing may lift plants and loosen roots. Hay remains ample but costly, prices for straw and hay up from last fall. cattle prices steady with milk steady, winter sales better. Turn to No. 1, Back Page.
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Helen Zimmerli
Sun Emerges After Dense Midwest Fog and Thaw
Dense fog lifted as a bright sun broke through around 10 a.m. signaling a major thaw after weeks of cold. Temperatures in the mid-30s rose from freezing, improving roads, while merchants cleared ice from sidewalks. January had unusually cold days, with sub-zero records and lower average temps than 1961. A weekend forecast remains mild despite astrology fears of an impending doomsday scenario.
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Midwest
Rockefeller's Wife Confirms Suit Plans
In Reno Nevada Mrs Nel son A Rockefeller announces through her attorney plans to seek a divorce from New York Governor after a six week residency rule. Sources say she is nervous and upset about ending their 31 year marriage under Nevada law.
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Reno
Nev
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Nevada
Kiwanis to Receive 2500 Silver Dollars
Robert Ross and Ray Pat Kubly Jr. will turn over 2500 silver dollars to the Monroe Kiwanis Club next Thursday. The funds come from a candy distribution profit and will finance construction of a proposed Scout Chalet near Twining Park just north of the city limits.
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Robert Ross
Ray
Pat) Kubly Jr
Kiwanis
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Twining Park
Holy Name Packer Night Set for Monroe February 25
The Holy Name Society of St. Victor's church announces a Green Bay Packers Night Stag Smoker at St. Victor's school February 25 at 730 PM. Packers stars Henry Jordan and T. B. Skorowski will attend as guests. Event open to the public with J. Walter Donovan as master of ceremonies. Committees include publicity Rolland Karlen Ray Hughes tickets Robert Bussen L. E. Kirschlund Bernard Purcell Marcus Pink Phillip Teehan and hall arrangements Donald Ripp.
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Holy Name Society of
St. Victor’s
Green Bay Packers
St. Victor’s School
Henry Jordan
T. B. Skorowski
Packer Squad
R. Finley Barry
Kenneth Schneider
J. Walter Donovan
Rolland Karlen
Ray Hughes
Robert Bussen
L. E. Kirschlund
Bernard Purcell
Marcus Pink
Phillip Teehan
Hall
Donald Ripp
McNamara Stand May Spur Clash Over Censors
Secretary of Defense McNamara and senators probing Pentagon censorship remain at odds over his refusal to name aides who censored anti Communist speeches by military officers. The row could widen as the subcommittee seeks names of State Department officials who did most of the censoring and may lead to contempt citations to force disclosure. A Friday peace talk lasted ninety minutes without agreement.
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Washington
Defense
McNamara
Pentagon
Subcommittee
State Department
Special Senate
Congress
Steven Fogo Dies at 83 Richland Center Publisher
Steven W. Fogo, 83, editor and publisher of the Richland Center Republican Observer, died Friday night in a Richland Center hospital after several weeks illness. He had been in semi retirement for five years and, born in Richland Center, succeeded his father as editor publisher of the weekly newspaper established in 1855.
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Richland Center
Steven W. Fogo
Republican Observer
Fogo
Milwaukee Declares Flu Epidemic Under Watch
Milwaukee health commissioner Dr. E R Krumbiegel said an absenteeism check shows an influenza epidemic in the city. He cited the Type B flu as widespread, noting it is a mild strain affecting both children and adults and appearing every four to six years.
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Milwaukee
E. R. Krumbiegel
Krumbiegel
Four Get $8,200 In Kidnap Stunt
Chicago police seek four men who held a family overnight over a ransom. A dealer later paid 8 200 to release the mother Gloria Chanenson 42 and children Eileen 18 and Larry 14 unharmed. Irving Chanenson 43 reported the events and the ransom negotiation.
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Chicago
South Side
Irving Chanenson
Chanenson
Gloria
Eileen
Larry
Army's April Draft To Remain at 6 000
The Army requests a draft of 6 000 men for April matching March, signaling a leveling of calls after a peak of 25 000 last September as partial mobilization proceeds.
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Army
Washington
Trains collide in fog injure four near Kerton Ind
In heavy fog a New York Central freight train rammed a stopped freight train one mile northeast of Kerton Indiana injuring four crewmen and derailing 15 cars. Police reported the collision occurred today as visibility was poor.
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Kerton
Ind
New York Central
Swiss Colony Divisions Expand Tax Processing in Monroe
Monroe firm Swiss Colony expands to process state sales tax punch cards creating 50 temporary jobs. The Electronic Data Processing Division will run Jan 18 to March 1 under Kenneth Sundseth and Anthony Ku ban with 75 percent of card tabulation handled locally. Team travels to Chicago for Office Managers Association exhibit with 300 to 400 exhibits open.
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Joyce Thomm
Monroe
Swiss Colony
Wisconsin
Electronic Data Processing
Times
Kenneth Sundseth
Sundseth
Anthony M. Kuban
Robert Jones
Chicago
Office Managers Association of Chicago
Conrad Hilton
Deininger Plans Race for Sheriff
Wilbur E. Doc Deininger county coroner and ex sheriff announces he will seek the Republican nomination for sheriff. He previously led the county force from 1952 to 1954 and has served as coroner since 1958. Deininger is plant manager at Swiss Colony and a former Co. K commander from 1947.
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Wilbur E
Doc) Deininger
A. Charles Howe
Kean
Deininger
Swiss Colony
Co. K
JFK Proclaims Total Trade Embargo on Cuba
President Kennedy orders a comprehensive embargo on all U S trade with Cuba effective February 7 with humanitarian exceptions for food and medicines. The move aims to curb Havana's Soviet aligned regime and its alleged subversion in the Americas. Officials note Cuban tobacco exports support Tampa cigar industry and promise labor support for workers affected.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Cuba
White House
Havana
Western Hemisphere
Rusk
Inter- American
Uruguay
Organization of American States
United States
Tampa
Fla
Salinger
Secretary of Labor
Castro
Boy 15 Confesses Torture Death of 6-Year-Old
In Santa Ana California a 15 year old boy admitted torturing and killing Eileen Ryan 6 police say. The child's body was found in a shallow grave near a vacant apartment Friday. Dale Norbert Wilson a neighbor described by police and his mother as mentally retarded was arrested shortly after. The youth who had attended special classes at a junior high school told detectives that he sometimes went hay wire and took the girl from her bedroom in her home.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Eileen Ryan
Dale Norbert Wilson
India Braces for Doomsday as Planet Alignment Alarms Nation
Fearful crowds in New Delhi and across India and Nepal prayed by rivers and lit fires amid reports of near panic. Prime Minister Nehru dismissed warnings as police guard trains and schools closed. Mass prayer meetings were held led by Ramakrishna Dalmia at a New Delhi fort as fears of earthquakes floods and catastrophe spread.
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New Delhi
India
Nepal
Nehru
Ramakris. Dalmia
Frondizi Defies Cuba Vote Critics at Punta del Este
Argentina's President Arturo Frondizi defends abstention on Cuba’s expulsion from the OAS at Punta del Este. He accepts responsibility for Argentina's stance, warns against abandoning self determination, and cautions the move could trigger a regional crisis amid military pressure.
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Frondizi
Cuba
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
OAS
Punta del Este
Parana
Castro
Brazil
Chile
Bolivia
Ecuador
Mexico
United States
City Girl Injured In Area Accident
Judith K. Mahle a 15 year old passenger in a car driven by Ronald Lee Krebs 19 of Argyle suffered a broken leg in a one car crash on Highway 1 near the Junction House She was taken to St Clare hospital Krebs said he lost control while rounding a curve Arthur Stauffacher 21 of Route 3 was uninjured Edwin C Meichtry 20 of Route 2 Brodhead also had a separate ice skid on Highway 1125 miles south of Brodhead no injuries were reported
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Judith K. Mahle
Thomas Mahle
13Th Avenue
Junction House
Ronald Lee Krebs
Argyle
Arthur Stauffacher
Miss Mahle
St. Clare Hospital
Krebs
Kennedy couple and companion rescued after boat capsizes
Honolulu Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy his wife Ethel and another woman were dunked in the Pacific when their sailboat capsized a quarter mile offshore. Navy pilots water skied in to rescue them minutes later. the other woman was identified as Mrs Wilson.
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Honolulus
Robert F. Kennedy
Ethel
Pacific
Stan Baldwin
Baldwin
Pensacola
Fla
Sand Island
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Monticello to Host Farmers Institute February 13
Monticello Community Club sponsors the Farmers Institute in Karlen Hall with a morning joint program for men and women and an afternoon women's session at the high school. John Stenbroten will MC all day as prizes are awarded in day and silage shows. UW specialists discuss corn production, varieties, insect control, soil building, and profitable fertilization. A free noon lunch serves about 300 attendees.
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Monticello
Henry Spring
Community Club
Farmers Institute
Karlen Hall
Henry V. Baebler
John Stenbroten
University of Wisconsin
Don Peterson
E. H. Fisher
Leo Walsh
Institute
Lack of Belts Saved Youths Deputies Say
Two Racine youths, 16 year olds Stephen Petersen and William Beck, were thrown from a car that overturned Friday night. Deputies Flynn and Ultsch said no seat belts were used and the occupants would likely have faced double fatalities or serious injuries if restrained. Both boys were treated and released from a hospital.
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Racine
Stephen Petersen
William Beck
Lawrence Flynn
Gilbert Ultsch
Budd the Great Northern Builder Dies at 82
Ralph Budd railroad executive and former president of the Great Northern and Burlington systems died at 82 in Santa Barbara after surgery. He directed major expansion including the Cascade Tunnel and $161 million in property and rolling stock investments during his tenure. Funeral set for Tuesday in Santa Barbara with graveside rites in Glendale.
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Great Northern
Burlington Railroads
Budd
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Russia
Burlington
Cascade
Washington State
Buddy
Waterloo
Iowa
Highland Park College
Des Vioines
Chicago Great Western
Chicago Rock Isard
Pacfic
Santa Barbara
Orese
Awn Memorial Park
Glendale
Molotov Flu Victim Placed in Quarantine
Moscow su burban Central Hospital reports former Stalinist foreign minister Molotov is recovering from the flu after a heart attack or pneumonia. He is quarantined in the infectious diseases section and cannot receive visitors while officials say the illness arose from lung congestion.
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Moscow
Im —V M
Central Hospital
Veletov
Burglars Steal Relics From Grosseto Museum
Burglars broke into the Grosseto Etruscan Museum Friday night and carried off ancient relics valued between $120,000 and $320,000. The museum housed many treasures from the Etruscan and early Roman eras.
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Grosseto
Italy
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JFK
Red
Tomic Electric
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Frank Flannery
Linda Gille
Peter Urban
Planet Lineup
Bobby Kennedy
Farmer Institute
Streamline
Pioneer
Ralph Budd
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