Miracle baby Michael Ethridge thrives after heart surgery
A 10 month old Monroe area child labeled a miracle baby by Chicago surgeons after delicate heart surgery last June now leads a normal life. Michael Ethridge weighed three pounds eleven ounces at birth and seven pounds at operation. His recovery is attributed to advances in heart research and local physicians. The Alpha Zeta Sorority funds support research and education for physicians, nurses, and public awareness. Heart disease remains a leading cause of death with 810 200 deaths in 1955. Ward chairmen and rural solicitation plans are listed for the ongoing drive.
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Monroe Area
Chicago
Michael Ethridge
Doral Ethridge
St. Clare Hospital
Michael
Ethridge
Joanne Smith
Richard Smith
Mike
Roscoe Smith
Richard
Joanne
Alpha Zeta Sorority
Walter Kubly
Kubly
Ceived
Stocks Edge Higher At Mild Trade Rally
New York stocks moved higher as prices rose a few cents to about two dollars a share. Brokers said investors hoped for a renewed rally after Tuesday’s small rebound followed Monday’s steep decline, the sharpest since October 1955 when fears centered on President Eisenhower’s health.
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New York
Eisenhower
Farmers Discuss Reserve Acreage and Conservation Reserve
An all day ASC meeting in the library reviewed acreage reserve and conservation reserve programs. SCS representatives Woods and Smith outlined ACP payments while chairman Roth and officers led 37 members through sign up dates and eligibility.
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ASC
David M. Woods
Mike Smith
Soil Conservation Service
Donald Siedschlag
Edward C. Roth
William Tschudy
Paul Baumgartner
Siedschlag
State Swiss Market Held Barely Steady
Madison Wisconsin cheese market shows Swiss and state brands barely steady with steady to light demand. Cheeses including cheddars daisies longhorns and mid types move at quoted ranges. state blocks and Wisconsin Swiss offerings are plentiful with prices in the 32 to 40 cent range.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Rural Youth Day Planning On agenda Monday
Monroe County groups will meet in the Courthouse at 8 p.m. Monday to discuss plans for the fourth Rural Youth Conservation Day set for May 3. leaders seek a sponsor for financial backing and consider joint sponsorship with Kiwanis Club Green County Conservation League and others.
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Monroe
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Green County Conservation League
Green County Agricultural Foundation
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Irene C. Powers
Clarence R. Benkett
Paynette
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Conservation League
Fairgrounds
Powers
Agricultural Extension Department
Soil Conservation Service
County Superintendent of
U.S. Middle East Plan Tests Israeli Guarantees
Washington reports slow reaction in Jerusalem to a U S proposal offering United States assurances on Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza as Israel seeks guarantees before withdrawing troops. Israel delays cabinet talks with Ben Gurion while U N debate on the Middle East stalls. Egypt watches cautiously over how far U S assurances will go.
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Washington
Jerusalem
State Department
U.S
Israel
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aquaba
United Nations
United States
Dulles
Abba Eban
David Ben-Gurion
Egypt
Gulf
Gaza
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
U. N
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez Canal
Russia
Russians Excluded From U S Naval Review Invitations
The United States invites 27 nations to the first international naval review in the United States since 1907, excluding Russia. The June 12 event at Hampton Roads marks the 350th anniversary of Jamestown with about 80 ships expected, featuring modern aircraft carriers and missile cruisers.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Hampton Roads
U.S. Navy
America
Jamestown
Falk Among Cadets On Three Day Flight
Wesley C. Falk of Route 3 was named one of 27 University of Wisconsin Air Force ROTC cadets scheduled to fly about 3000 miles this week. He would depart Madison Truax Field at 10 a.m. for Bartow Air Base near Tampa Florida and return to Madison by 6 30 p.m. Friday. The trip is part of cadet training at the university.
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Wesley C. Falk
Clarence Falk
University of Wisconsin Air Force Rotc
Falk
Madison
Truax Field
Bartow Air Base
Tampa
Fla
Air Force
Move Ties Up Ports Dock Workers Strike
Forty five thousand East Coast longshoremen of the International Longshoremen's Association resumed a strike paralyzing major ports from Portland to Hampton Roads. Negotiations under the Federal Mediation Service collapsed after an 80 day cooling off period ended. The walkout halted ship movements in New York Philadelphia Baltimore and other harbors as liners diverted to Halifax.
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New York
Portland
Hampton Roads
International Longshoremen’s Association
Ind
Federal Mediation Service
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Halifax
Gulf Coast
School Lighting Contract Awarded
The Board of Education awarded Burn Electric Co. the contract to modernize lighting in six classrooms and a teachers room at North School for 3183.50, rejecting a lower alternate bid and naming Monroe Electric Shop and Kline Electric Service as higher bidders.
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Board of Education
St. Clare Hospital
Perle Guess
St. Clare
Burn Electric Co
North School
Monroe Electric Shop
Kline Electric Service
Frank Monte
Fred Ryser
Niles
Don Cecil
Russel Shultz
Ryser
Niles House
Russell Grinnell
Monte House
Alvin J. Elmer
Monte
Carl A. Miller
Monroe Education Association
Lee Mitchell
MEA
Lillian Hanson
Kenneth C. Allen
Louis Sasman
State Vocational Board
Agriculre
Alen
Senate
Milwaukee Commerce Group Backs State Sales Tax Proposal
The Milwaukee Association of Commerce backs a state sales tax with substantial reductions in property and or income taxes. Ray H. Weisbrod, executive vice president, says the resolution stems from a 12 month study by the group.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Ray H. Weisbrod
Governor Thomson proposes partial tax cut for upper incomes
Wisconsin Governor Thomson, speaking at a Wood County Lincoln Day event in Pittsville, urged a tax program that reduces the top income tax from 10.2 percent to 10 percent, aiming to attract industry. He indicated basic tax rates could rise to two to 10 percent, with decisions tied to needed revenue.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Thomson
Wood County
Pittsville
Wisconsin
Retail Canvass Results Studied by Monroe Committee
A volunteer special committee in Monroe planned to meet this afternoon to review near finished canvass results on Friday night shopping versus Saturday. About 70 percent of merchants polled favor a Friday night opening, with next steps to be decided. Committee members include Paul Kubly Glen P Ude Don Lovelace T Chester Becker Joseph Carson and Paul Miner. The poll was proposed at a February 4 meeting following a Chamber of Commerce session. the chamber is not participating in the canvass.
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Monroe
Paul Kubly
Glen P. Ude
Don Lovelace
Germans Sentenced in Dresden for Spying for United States
East German press reports three men from Dresden were sentenced on espionage charges for the United States. The cases underscore Cold War tensions and Berlin’s wider security concerns amid increasing accusations of Western spying activities.
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U.S
Berlin
Dresden
United States
Daylight Time Ballot Favored by Assembly Panel
Madison The state affairs committee recommended a 4 to 3 vote for a referendum in the April 2 election on adopting daylight saving time in Wisconsin this year. The bill by Pommerening Fricker and Abraham would come up next Tuesday. The committee also postponed two other daylight time measures and discussed milk butterfat standards and primary elections for state offices. Veterans groups support a $1,500,000 infirmary at the Grand Army Home in King.
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Madison
Assembly State Affairs Committee
Wisconsin
Pommerening
Fricker
Milwaukee
Abraham
Oshkosh
Blanchard
Edgerton
Pure Milk Products Cooperative of
Fond du Lac
Senate Agriculture Committee
Assembly Elections Committee
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supreme Court
Dane
Grand Army
King
Three Policy Changes Defeated by Senate Votes
Eisenhower supporters blocked three amendments in a joint Senate foreign relations and armed services committee session. Morse proposed substitution failed 16 to 12, Green and Stennis language tweak failed 17 to 11, and Fulbright advisory vs binding language was defeated by voice vote.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Middle East
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Sen
Morse
D-Ore
Sens. Green
D-Ri
Stennis
D-Miss
Fulbright
D-Ark
United Nations
Congress
Sen. Sparkman
Dala
New York
Russia
General Assembly
United States
Europe
Turkey
Iran
Japan
Okinawa
U. S
France
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Brazil
Pakistan
Formosa
Moscow
Dmitri Shepilov
Former Monroe Man Loses Freeport Mayoral Race
A. F. Miller, former Monroe businessman, was defeated in the Freeport mayoralty nomination. Mayor Glen F. Kunkle won the People's Party nomination for a third term, beating Kenneth J. Moss. Alderman Robert P. Ely captured the Citizens Party nomination over Miller by about two to one.
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A. F. Miller
Monroe
Freeport
Glen F. Kunkle
People’s Party
Kenneth J. Moss
Robert P. Ely
Citizens Party
Miller
February Inductees Report to National Guard Armory
Three youths named to fill the February Selective Service quota will report to the National Guard Armory at 7 30 a m Tuesday. Inductees are Donald Kubly Route 1 Argyle Willie G Flood Jr Route 1 Albany and Ronald Flack Monroe.
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National Guard
Donald Kubly
Argyle
Willie G. Flood Jr
Albany
Ronald Flack
Monroe
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Charles Booth
Walter Kuebli
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Geza
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Sina! Peninsula
Jordan
Saudi
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Gov. Thomson
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