County Board Recommends Jail Site Study Actions
The County Board ordered three committees to study jail construction and report at the March session. The jail site dispute with the city of Monroe was settled by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The board also moved to fund a hen house at the hospital and approved semi monthly payrolls for 25 county employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Highway Department
Monroe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead
Highway Department
17Th Avenue
Special County Hospital Building Committee
Police and Radio Committee
Rex Eyler
Eyler
Frederick Sarles
David Bennet
J. T. Etter Jr
Victor N. Schiller
Monroe Second Ward
County Extension Department
Schiller
Jeglum
Monroe to host sub regional basketball tourney
Monroe high school athletic director Lloyd Nielsen announced ticket sales for the Monroe sub regional tourney. Tickets will be sold at halftime and after games to students and season-ticket holders, with leftover allotments available to the public March 2. Monroe hosts Dodgeville and Mineral Point opens against Darlington, with state tournament play slated March 6 and 7.
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Lloyd Nielsen
Monroe
Nielsen
Dodgeville
Darlington
Mineral Point
Morse Pushes Senate Probe Into Federal Agencies
Senator Morse of Oregon called for a Senate inquiry into federal regulatory agencies while a House probe stalls. He will reclaim papers from Bernard Schwartz, the fired House subcommittee counsel, claiming White House officials influenced agency actions and alleging broad political immorality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Senate
House
Bernard Schwartz
Special House
Federal Communications Commission
White House
German Scientists Released By Soviets Reach West Germany
A group of 12 German scientists freed by the Soviet Union arrived at the West German border today, marking their return after captivity in Helmstedt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helmstedt
Germany
Soviet Union
West Germany
Circuit Court Test Challenged in Green County
C S Pierce announces he funds and directs attorneys to seek Supreme Court original jurisdiction to rule on the constitutionality of a new act creating a separate Green County Circuit Court to also serve as county judge. The action seeks an early ruling before the April 1 election fills the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead
County Board of Supervisors
Bruce M. Blum
Monroe
John P. Denning
Pierce
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Marshall L. Peterson
C. S. Pierce Music Co
Albany Approves Bond for School Expansion Project
Albany school district voters authorize a 148000 bond for a new school addition by 134 to 13. They also approve purchasing eight lots from Harvey Graves by 96 to 51, securing prime land for future growth. M J Ingwell chairs meeting with Dallas Briggs and J R Sches ser presenting plans.
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Albany
Harvey Graves
M. J. Ingwell
Dallas Briggs
J. R. Schesser
Special Building Committee
Strang
Wyler and
Lincoln Center gym use approved for April and May
The Park Board won approval from the Board of Education to use the Lincoln gym on Friday and Saturday nights during April and May for Youth Center purposes. Ronald D. Johnson cited lease expiration April 1 and outlined two months of activities while signaling future programs with less social emphasis.
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Park Board
Lincoln
Board of Education
Ronald D. Johnson
James E. Speerschneider
Doris M. Messmer
Monroe
Lloyd Nielsen
Nielsen
D. J. Huenink
Blaze damages warehouses in Menasha fire
Firefighters from Neenah Appleton and Menasha battled a Major blaze destroying one frame warehouse and burning the roof off another. The two buildings owned by David and Hannah Rosenthal and leased to Meyer Burstein and Sons Co. Neenah contained rags used in waste material production.
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Menasha
Neenah
Appleton
David
Hannah Rosenthal
Meyer Burstein and Sons Co
Tunisia demands withdrawal of French troops
Tunisia declares France must pull all troops from the country before relations can improve after a large vote of support for Premier Gaillard. Bourguiba says his main goal is removal of French forces and a U N Security Council move may follow.
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Tunisia
Paris
France
Bizerte
Mediterranean
Habib Bourguiba
Tunis
U. N. Security Council
Council
National Assembly
NATO Council
Norway
Algerian National Liberation Movement
FLN
Algeria
Bourguiba
Egypt
Suez Canal
Andrew Meyers 82 Passes Away in Ottawa Home
Andrew Meyers 82 a Clarno Township native died yesterday at his Ottawa home. Services set for Friday 1 30 p m at Chapin funeral home Durand with burial in Howard Union cemetery Pecat on ica He was born March 8 1875 son of John A and Mary Ellen Long Meyers and worked as a stone mason Surviving wife Zoe Hoyt six children Vernon Lawrence Clarence Harold Vera Rodman and Dorothy Schmook and a sister Mrs Joe Rebly of Clarno.
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Andrew Meyers
Clarno Township
Ottawa
Chapin Funeral Home
Durand
Howard Union Cemetery
Pecatonica
Meyers
John A
Mary Ellen Long Meyers
Clarno
Zoe Hoyt
Vernon
Miami
Fla
Lawrence
Amarillo
Tex
Clarence
Peoria
Ill
Harold
Harry
Vera) Rodman
Walworth
Fred
Dorothy) Schmook
Edgerton
Joe Rebly
Pink Magic stage comedy delights crowd of Monroe seniors
A near capacity crowd applauded 20 Monroe high school seniors in Pink Magic their first senior class play at the high school auditorium. A second performance follows at 8. Cast includes Carol Koenig as Ursula Prowder and Thomas Fritz as Jose Eduardo Garcia Gomez with Robert Schwaiger Mariano and William Niederberger as guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith LA Borde
Monroe High School
Carol Koenig
Ursula Prowder
Lambie
Margaret Lee Rumbeck
Mexico City
Thomas Fritz
Jose Edwardo Garcia Gonzales Gomez
Hotel Maximilian
Robert Schwaiger
Mariano
William Niederberger
Patricia Miller
Gayleen Steensrud
Cornelia ‘‘Corney
Baker
Hortense ‘Harty
Evans
Dorman Plans To Expand Here In Wisconsin Cheese Move
Dorman and Co plans expansion after winning a 76 000 bid for the bankrupt Cheese Producers Marketing Association CPMA warehouse in Madison approved by referee Miles Riley. Jeffrey Cheese Co subsidiary to Dorman will use most space for production at Monroe facility and may offer storage space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Dorman and Co
Monroe
Cheese Producers Marketing Association
Louis H. Dorman
New York
Madison
Miles C. Riley
Dorman
Jeffrey Cheese Co
Wisconsin
J. Walter Donovan
CPMA
Donovan
Trumpy Cheese Co
Plymouth
St. Paul Bank
Rudolph P. Reger
R. W. Blaha
Riley
Marketing Association
Illinois Central Fee
Army Fires Redstone in New Missile Test
At Cape Canaveral the Army launched a Redstone missile at 7 52 p m. The bullet shaped weapon rose in a fiery ascent and vanished into a coal black overcast after 25 seconds, a test aimed at revealing space secrets.
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Army
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space
Farm Night School Termed Successful in Monroe Area
Ten years into adult agricultural education a farm night school program thrives with 22 enrolled at Ball school for soils and plant nutrition and a parallel class at Hiawatha for Smock Valley Watershed members. Kenneth C. Allen reports strong attendance and lists 22 graduates from Richland Creek courses including Milton Prien and others, as part of ongoing farm management instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland Creek Watershed Association
Kenneth C. Allen
Monroe Vocational Agriculture
Ball School
Leon Kubly
Ernest Wegmueller
Times
Monroe
Monroe High School
Richland Creek
Smock Valley
Hiawatha School
Allen
High School For Farm Management
Milton Prien
Dewey Dunaway
Floyd Asmus
Arthur Tschudy
William Zu
Janesville Hotel Robber Captured in Beloit
A masked robber who held up the Cronin hotel in Janesville at about 3 a.m. fled with 1445 dollars. Within 90 minutes Beloit police arrested William Grant Riegert 34 of Darien, who admitted the holdup and was found with the loot an unloaded pistol and a stocking mask.
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Janesville
Cronin
Beloit
William Grant Riegert
Darien
Robert Skinner
Riegert
Fred Grob
Cronin Hotel
Eisenhower seeks 2 billion postal modernization program
President Eisenhower to Congress with a two billion dollar plan to modernize post offices and services financed by higher postage rates. White House aides say the program will create jobs nationwide, with private investment funding most construction under lease-purchase terms and government capital of about 175 million annually for equipment and upgrades.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Labor and Commerce Department
Burright Race Horse Trainer Dies at 79 in Oregon
Arthur L. Burright aged 79 and his wife Neva known as Grandma Burright both died within days at an Oregon nursing home. Burright a noted harness racing trainer with a career spanning decades and about 2000 wins, was born in Oregon. Funeral services planned for Thursday.
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Orfgon
Ill
Arthur L. Burright
Burright
Neva
Oregon Nursing Home
Oregon
Mount Carroll
Eisenhower Sees Early Economic Turnaround In March
President Eisenhower voiced deep concern over unemployment which rose to nearly 4.42 million last month and said he expects March to begin a pickup in job opportunities. He outlined government steps to fight the recession including post office modernization, Fed credit easing, and accelerated highway and urban renewal spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Federal Reserve System
Fennimore Nets 155 Points in Win Over Blue River
Fennimore triumphs 155 to 115 in a non conference game against Blue River. Jack Patrick scored 65 points on 31 field goals and three free throws to pace the winners as they led 76 to 48 at halftime in southwestern Wisconsin.
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Fennimore
Blue River
Jack Petrick
Wisconsin
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Cedar Rapids
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