Wisconsin county reapportionment hearing on board changes
Public hearing before the Senate Governmental and Veterans Affairs Committee examined a plan to reapportion county boards under the one man one vote rule. The bill sets supervisor limits by county size, ends automatic town chair membership, and faces concern over timing and potential court orders. Local officials urged careful action before the 1966 elections.
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Madison
Senate Governmental and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Milwaukee
Menominee
State Supreme Court
William Braheim
R-Neenah
Ben Hanneman
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Towns Association
Supreme Court
Walter Hollander
Roosendale
Hollander
Fond du Lac
William Beyer
Racine
Green Bay
Roman Denisson
Brown County
Arthur Hitt
Alma
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Val Chilsen
Merrill City Planning Board
March of Dimes Drive Sought Via Kantro Envelopes
Mrs. Marvin Stauffacher urges late contributions for March of Dimes through return envelopes mailed with Kantro Night invitations. Browntown address used for gifts from county residents who did not attend the event. Funds support birth defect research and assistance.
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Marvin Stauffacher
Kantro Night
Shrine marks 20th anniversary dinner event
The Green County Shrine Club will hold its 20th anniversary and Ladies Night on Tuesday February 23 at Monroe Country Club. Guest speaker Prof Arthur A Vierthaler UW art education will discuss diving for rare minerals and sunken ships. Other club leaders and sponsors will attend.
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Green County
Monroe Country Club
O. N. Johnson
Arthur A. Vierthaler
University of Wisconsin
Madison Public Schools
Madison Park Commission
United States
Canada
Isle Royale National Park
Mich
Prof. Vierthaler
Lincoln High School
Milwaukee
Chicago and
Milwaukee Art Institutes
Milwaukee State Teachers College
Senators Vote With Minority On Egypt Food Aid Amendment
Washington Wisconsin Democratic Sens. William Proxmire and Gaylord Nelson joined the minority as the Senate approved an administration backed amendment to an emergency agricultural appropriations bill. The measure softens a House ban on shipment of surplus food commodities to Egypt.
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Washington
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Senate
House
Egypt
Monroe cartoonist Robert Howe to feature Green County history
The Monroe Evening Times spotlights artist Robert Elsmere Howe of 1810 14th Ave as he launches a series titled Comic History of Green County. The 1927 centennial project draws on Green County History, with zinc cut reproductions and notes by Howe and his wife Julia Voelkli. Howe, WWI veteran, previously published The Ad-a grams with wife, and has a long Monroe publishing background.
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Elsmere
Elsmere Howe
Monroe Evening Times
Helen Zimmerli
Howe
Robert Elsmere Howe
14Th Ave
Green County
Mr. Howe
Helen Bingham
Julia Voelkli
Sam Hoesly
Howes
Monroe
Madison
John J. Burkhard
California
Julia Howe
Julia
President Cites Plan For Farming Support
Earthquake shocks Aleutian Islands as alarms spread across the Pacific. No deaths or major damage reported. Amchitka and Shemya facilities show minor cracking while other bases remained intact. Tidal waves feared in California Hawaii and Japan did not materialize.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Aleutian
Pacific
California
Hawaii
Japan
Alaska Defense Command
Amchitka
Shemya Island Air Station
Shemya
Aleutians
Crescent City
Calif
Mrs Klarer Taken by Death in Madison
Mrs. Katherine Klarer 980 died this morning at Lakeview Sanitarium Madison after a recent hospitalization. Widow of Christ J. Klarer who died in March 1959, she was born Katherine Fegble and married June 24, 1918 in Southey Canada. The couple later lived near Palmyra and Monroe where Mr. Klarer ran a white washing business. Survived by a son Emil of Monroe.
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Katherine Klarer
Lakeview Sanitarium
Madison
St. Clare
Christ J. Klarer
Klarer
Katherine Fegble
Mr. Klarer
Southey
Saskatchewan
Canada
Switzerland
Palmyra
Monroe
Emil
Lean pork program eyed to lift Green County income
M E Jeglum, local extension agent, estimates PMR program could add about a million dollars to Green County pork income if area producers supply leaner hogs with four inch loin eyes. In Brodhead South Side Grocery sold 1000 pounds of Mor Lean loin cuts during test sales, with strong demand noted. Three Green County farmers Paul Schulz John Kaderly and Walter Streiff oversee breeding stock for lean meat, producing hogs yielding top carcass prices.
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Ollie Fink
Green County
M. E. Jeglum
Wisconsin
South Side Grocery
Brodhead
Dean Peterson
Peterson
Jeglum
Paul Schulz
Cadiz Township
John Kaderly
Spring Grove
Walter Streiff
New Glarus
PMR
Feeding Wildlife During Winter In Green County
Clarence Benkert district game manager reports worsening conditions for wildlife due to cold. Pheasants rabbits and squirrels struggle for food. deer move to Yellowstone Wildlife Area to forage. Five stations opened yesterday offer corn to fed wildlife, operated by Green County Conservation League directors, with Lafayette County also listing corn at Yellowstone.
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Clarence Benkert
Yellowstone Wildlife Area
Benkert
Beckman’s
Monroe
Knight Implement Co
Brodhead
Diemer’s
Albany
Kreig and Zurbucken
Monticello
Abner Anderson
New Glarus
Green County Conservation League
Lafayette County
Butts Wins Area 6 Soil and Water Speaking Contest
Roger Butts of Green County Teachers College won first in the Area 6 contest at the county agriculture building, competing with nine county winners and advancing to the state round. He will deliver his winning speech to Area 6 supervisors in Madison on Feb 26 and receive a 25 dollar savings bond. This is Green County’s first college division entry. Kathy Zimmerli previously won Area 6 junior division honors.
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Roger Butts
Green County Teachers’ College
Area 6 Soil and Water Conservation District
Area 6 Conservation Supervisors
Madison
Green County Soil and Water Conservation Supervisors
Green County
Kathy Zimmerli
Decatur Township
Cheese demand fair in Madison market prices steady
In Madison Wisconsin today the cheddar market shows demand mostly fair with ample supplies across all current styles. Prices are listed as blocks at 40 pounds and various dairy products with values around 39 to 41 cents per pound, reflecting steady overall pricing.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Meador Death Ruled Accidental
Green County records the first 1965 traffic fatality Mrs. William Meador 30 of Lanark Illinois who died at St. Clare hospital. Coroner ruled accidental pulmonary thrombosis following an Jan 16 crash near Juda. Surviving husband four children and relatives. Services set at Frank Funeral Home Lanark with burial in Lanark Cemetery.
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William Meador
Lanark
Ill
Juda
St. Clare Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Green County
Richard Wagner
Meador
Betty Hertensen
Marquand
Paul
Roberta Hertensen
Ronald
Barabara
Pamela
Donna
Ralph White
Thomson
Paul Hortensen
Gene
Wallace Deets
Arizona
U.S. Army
Panama
Clifford
Chicago
Frank
Program Level Hinges On Tax Says Knowles
Gov Warren P Knowles said Wisconsin state programs depend on residents paying taxes. He spoke at an economic development conference on the University of Wisconsin campus, stressing that desirable services require financing.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
University of Wisconsin
Johnson Seeks Continued Farm Price Supports and Parity
President Johnson urged Congress to extend and improve farm price support programs started under FDR. He cited roughly a decade of benefits with net farm income about a billion dollars above 1960 levels, stressing parity of opportunity for rural Americans and broader economic goals.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Congres
Secretary of Agriculture
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Shrine
Times’ New Look
Elsmer
Chicago Academy of Fine Arts
Aleutian Island
Mrs. Klarer
Butts
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