Strange Signal Hinted as Cause Of Atlas Blowup
An Atlas ICBM exploded less than four minutes after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. Investigators studied thousands of feet of taped data while Convair officials considered a radio signal or ham radio interference as a possible cause, with no final conclusion.
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Cape Canaveral
Fin
Air Force
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
San Diego
Convair
Cady
Missile Test Center
Atlas
South Atlantic
National Airlines
Carl Greenwood
New York
Miami
Greenwood
Chicago Youth Dies In Hotel Coal Hopper
Carmen Passero Jr., 20, died Friday night when buried beneath 75 tons of coal in a hopper under the Morrison hotel. He climbed into the partly filled bin to loosen frozen coal blocking the outlet. Firemen moved coal to a adjoining bin to recover his body.
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Chicago
Carmen Passero Jr
Morrison Hotel
Passero
Passeros
Green County 4-H Orchestra Debuts At Farm and Home Week
Green County sent a large delegation to Farm and Home Week on the University of Wisconsin campus. The 25 member Green County 4-H Achievement Orchestra directed by Greta Pitkin made its state wide debut during the morning assembly, with Ed Hugdahl guest directing the evening party in the Memorial Union Great Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith LA Borde
Green County
University of Wisconsin
Greta Pitkin
Monroe High School
Ed Hugdahl
University Extension Music Department
University Memorial Union
Lyn Mattison
Home Economics Student Council
Burton Kreitlow
Fessor
Luella Mortenson
Bruce L. Cartter
Rudolph K. Froker
University College of Agriculture
Barbara Hartwig
Marilyn Schultz
Karen Meier
Ruth Schultz
Clarno
Wilbur Leatherman
Brodhead Methodist Church
Cheryl Marty
Karen Klemm
Ruth Schuetz
Beverly Flaherty
Barbara Schuetze
Shirley Wild
Sally Dickson
Nyla Signer
JoAnn Montgomery
Karen Anderson
Sharon Coplien
Donna Deininger
Jane
Judith LaBorde
Ruth Mahlbuch
Lawrence
Bobby Wunschel
Joan
Janet Swiggum
Daphne Mauermann
Susan Warfel
Beverly Dunaway
Maureen
Chester Dillon
Marjory Deppeler
Barbara Kubly
Diana Figi
Ralph Stauffacher
George Cromwell
Allen Johnson
Raymond Montgomery
Clarence Schultz
Martin Dickson
Norman O. Everson
George Gramling
Carol Odeen
Helen Green
Norman Borkovec
Shirley Leopold
Kathleen Hartwig
Lois Patterson
Better Farm Outlook Seen
Madison Henry L. Ahlgren, associate director of the University of Wisconsin agricultural extension service, spoke at Farm and Home Week and offered an optimistic outlook for agriculture. He cited offsetting debits and improved factors like farm ownership, land values, education, productivity, and market expansion while noting ongoing problems such as population decline and higher operating costs. He attributed increased government involvement to public programs in research education conservation marketing social security farm credit and rural services.
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Madison
Henry L. Ahlgren
University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension Service
Ahlgren
Sputnik II Visible Across Wisconsin Morning Sky
Sputnik II passed overhead around 6 12 a m drawing viewers despite cold weather. The satellite moved south to north over southern Wisconsin for about two minutes and is scheduled to cross northern Illinois eastern Wisconsin and northern Michigan again at 5 41 a m Monday with possible non sighting in Monroe.
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Russia
Sputnik
Wisconsin
Monroe
Illinois
Michigan
Justice Rosenberry In Madison Hospital
89 year old former chief justice Marvin B. Rosenberry was reported in much improved condition at University Hospitals after Friday night admission for a mild illness. He served as chief justice of the State Supreme Court and recently stabilized following treatment.
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Madison
Marvin B. Rosenberry
State Supreme Court
Chimney Blaze and Steam Keep City Firemen Busy
Monroe firemen answered a chimney fire alarm at Mrs. Vivian Schwartz 1301 14th avenue just south of the county jail at 12 43 a m no fire or smoke damage found after cleaning the chimney. En route back to the station they were called to the fair grounds to investigate smoke reported by a citizen and learned it was steam from horse manure.
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Monroe
Vivian Schwartz
14Th Avenue
Josef J. Benkert
Benkert
Fairgrounds
New York Board suspends 644 violent pupils citywide
The New York Board of Education ordered suspensions of 644 students for violence and insubordination under a new policy. Brooklyn accounted for a large share, with 339 suspensions beyond the 219 already on file.
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New York
Board of Education
Brooklyn
William Jansen
Eisenhower Improves From Cold and Sore Throat
President Eisenhower's doctors report slight improvement in his cold and sore throat. White House press secretary James Hagerty says he has no fever and remains at work, with huskier voice but better condition since returning from Augusta, Georgia.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Augusta
Old Pop Factory Sells for Youth Center Conversion
Commercial and Savings Bank announced the purchase of the two story 909 18th avenue building, now Monroe Community Center, from John Sager. Plan to raze it and use the site as employee and customer parking after the city lease ends April 1. The building recalls Monroe’s former Monroe Bottling Works heritage.
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18Th Avenue
Monroe
John Sager
Commercial and Savings Bank
R. W. Blaha
Monroe Bottling Works
Edward Einbeck
Butterfield’s
Louis Stoll
Scout Safety Rama Marks Scout Birthday Observances
On the 48th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America Monroe marks Scout Week with a Safety Rama in the Armory tonight from 7 30 to 9 30. Ralph Kroehler notes nationwide emphasis on safety as 15 Scout units plan displays including speed testing and altimeter devices from local police and sheriff departments.
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Boy Scouts of America
Monroe
Ralph Kroehler
U. S. Grant Council
Alan Goodmiller
Suspect Admits Slaying of Five in Richmond Case
Jeremiah McCray, 25, confessed to five murders tied to a sprawling spree starting in 1956. He named victims across Ohio Georgia and Alabama and implicated others in two states as investigators hunted for more details.
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Richmond, Va
Jeremiah McCray
Adee
McCray
Ohio
Georgia
Alabama
Richmond
Orland Hays
Fayette County
Sara DeWitt
Washington
Anniston
Griffin
R.H. Kaufeld
Colonial Heights
Virginia MacLin Stevens
Snead
Gilbert
Columbus
Atlanta
Robert Hanbury
Rs Carrie B. Hanbury
Betty MacDonald, Egg and I Author, Dies at 49
Seattle author Betty MacDonald 49 died after months of illness from cancer. Her debut The Egg and I about Olympic Peninsula chicken ranch life became a bestseller and spawned a film and Ma and Pa Kettle series. She later wrote The Plague and I and several others, and faced a 1951 libel suit later rejected by a Superior Court jury.
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Seattle
Betty MacDonald
Olympic Peninsula
Donald C. MacDonald
Robert E. Heskett
Joan
Ann
East Germany Purges Liberals Within Communist Party
Berlin reports the East German leadership under Walter Ulbricht dismissed three senior officials. Karl Schirdewan was expelled from the Central Committee, Fred Oessner was removed from the Politburo, and Ernst Wollweber was ousted from the Central Committee. The Kremlin backs Ulbricht amid opposition to police methods.
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Berlin
East Germany
Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Karl Schirdewan
Ulbricht
Central Committee
Fred Oessner
Ernst Wollweber
Kremlin
Ine
Monroe Senior Girl Scout Named National Festival Delegate
Miss Carol Ann Lux of Monroe has been chosen as a delegate to the National Girl Scout Summer Arts Festival at Brevard College in July. A 10 year Scout, she is a former International Roundup delegate and current president of her Troop and local Girl Scout planning boards. She will attend in the Music and Dance workshop after earning the Curved Bar rank and recovering from surgery earlier in January.
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Monroe
Brevard College
Brevard
N. C
Carol Ann Lux
E. B. Lux
8Th Street
Dar
Badger Council
Milford
Mich
Miss Lux
City
Rainbow Girls Assembly No
Madison
Rockford
Chicago
Missax
New York
St. Clare Hospital
Florida Faces New Cold Blas Amid Severe Winter
Florida endures a harsh winter as cold snaps threaten resorts and farms. Temperatures drop across the state with Miami at 40 and Tallahassee near 32 while heavy rains harm citrus, cattle, and vegetable crops. Citrus losses are pegged at 26 million dollars with higher prices cited to offset. The Citrus Commission asks Governor Collins for tax relief and to seek help from neighboring states for harvests.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Miami Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Jacksonville
Key West
Tallahassee
Florida Cattlemen’s Association
The
Citrus Commission
LeRoy Collins
Collins
Shoveling Earns Milwaukee Teen a Snow Estate Reward
A 23 year old man in Milwaukee will receive about $20 000 from the estate of retired teacher Lilla Braband for shoveling snow and cutting grass years ago. Braband who died at 82 taught at South Division High School for 40 years leaving the bequest to Norman Billy.
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Milwaukee
Norman Billy
Lilla Braband
Bitter cold grips Monroe as warm spell fades across region
The region endures a frigid wave with Monroe recording nine below zero at 7 am and forecast to dip five to 12 below tonight The fast moving cold snap from Canada drives subzero readings across Wisconsin with Milwaukee minus four and Park Falls minus twelve The Atlantic coast storm eases warm air into New England while parts of Florida face 10 to 20 degree drops in temperature across the week
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Canada
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Monroe
International Falls
Minn
Milwaukee
Park Falls
Superior-Duluth
Superior
Chicago
Eau Claire
Grantsburg
Superior- Duluth
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Seaboard
Texas
Louisiana
Jersey
New England
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Indianapolis
Meridian
Miss
Mobile
Birmingham
Montgomery
Ala
Atlanta
Cross City
Fla
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Lebanon
N. Y
Goecks Named Police Sergeant. Thompson Patrolling Added
Ervin L. Goecks was approved for the rank of police sergeant by the Fire and Police Commission. He will command the midnight shift and has a background in the Navy, Pearl Harbor service, and local police joining in 1947. The commission also confirmed Milfred J. Thompson as patrolman and interviewed an applicant for remaining open position.
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Ervin L. Goecks
Fire and Police Commission
Henry S. Hefty
Goecks
Hefty
U.S. Navy
North Hampton
Pearl Harbor
Milfred J. Thompson
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Robert Schwaiger
Patricia Miller
Carel Koenig
Gayleen Steensrud
Times
Justice Rosenberry
Madison Hospital
Courthouse
St. John’s and
Immanuel
Kroehler
St. John’s
Mark Miller
Winslow
England
Valley District
Grace Lutheran Church
Carol Lux
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