West Battling Severe Floods Amid Dam Breaks Across Idaho and California
The Associated Press reports Southeast Idaho faced its worst floods in 25 years as an earth-fill dam collapsed and rain-swollen rivers inundated towns like Sugar City and Pocatello. National Guard and volunteers fought rising waters while Southern California cooled after days of rain, though damage and 26 deaths were tallied in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Weather forecasters warned of potential new storms midweek as snowmelt fed continued flooding in Wyoming.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Teton River
Sugar City
National Guard
California
Los Angeles
San Diego
Hollywood Boulevard
Movie Studio
Sunland
Riverwood Ranch
Sunset Springs
Foothill Boulevard
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Big Horn River
Shep Canyon
Greybull
Montana
Farmer Ethan Hofmeister Killed in Mishap
Ethan Hofmeister 31 of Rock County was killed when a truck tire rim struck him on his farm yard while changing tires. Surviving wife Helen Hafen two daughters Debra and Sandra and brother Ivan. Services 2 p.m. Thursday Everson Funeral Home Brodhead with burial at West Luther Valley cemetery.
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Ethan Hofmeister
Monroe
Rock County
Hofmeister
Mr. Hofmeister
Arthur James
Stella Carter Hofmeister
Helen Hafen
Carl Hafen
Brodhead
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Brodhead Swiss Cheese Factory
West Luther Valley Church
Debra
Sandra
Ivan
Bertha Hofmeister
Sarah Hofmeister
Everson Funeral Home
Erling Fretheim
West Luther Valley
West Luther Valley Cemetery
Easements Purchased For Road Relocation In Green County
Green County Highway Committee members have purchased easements from farm owners for relocating County Trunk E north of Albany and improving the route from the intersection with County Trunk EE near Allen Creek to Russell's Corners. Names listed include Roscoe Jones Davis Estate Dr J F Don S Trow Walter D Flood Arthur Patchen Tressie A Burton Ray Trow Ross Patchen Frank G Clark Fay Brewer William D Patchen William Brewer Estate Arlie Ross Ralph Jones Clyde Brewer and Erick Liebert.
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Green County Highway Committee
Albany
Allen Creek
Russell's Corners
Roscoe Jones
Davis
J.F. Don S. Trow
Walter D. Flood
Arthur Patchen
Tressie A. Burton
Ray Trow
Ross Patchen
Frank G
Lord Dalton Dies in London at 74
Lord Dalton, formerly Hugh Dalton, a Labor government chancellor of the exchequer, died in London after a long illness at age 74. His death closes a notable political career marked by steady leadership in economic policy.
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Lord Dalton
London
Hugh Dalton
Household Survey To Start Tomorrow In Some Local Homes
Representatives of Green Engineering of Middleton will conduct a house to house survey in Monroe starting tomorrow. The sampling will cover blocks but not every residence. The firm seeks data on shopping areas last purchases and daily car trips as part of an intensive local economic study. Preliminary results may be shared with aldermen at the February 20 City Council meeting.
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Green Engineering
Middleton
Monroe
Gerald Wickus
Wickus
Plans View Next Week On Junior High Wing Replacement
Architectural sketches for two alternate junior high wing plans will be shown to the Board of Education and Citizens Advisory Committee on February 22 at 7 30 p m in the junior high library. The plans, by Weiler and Strang Associates, aim to normalize capacity at 500 or 750, affecting grade placement and the senior high addition timeline.
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Board of Education and Citizens Advisory Committee
Citizens Group
Weiler and Strang and Associates
Firemen Choose Belleville as Site for 47th Convention
Herman Pfund secretary of the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's Association announced Belleville will host the 47th annual convention on May 6 citing a water body suitable for demonstrations. The 26th annual Fall Fire School will be at Green County fairgrounds Monroe on Sept 9.
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Herman Pfund
Southern
Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen’s Association
Belleville
Green County Fairgrounds
Monroe
Paris Throngs March in Silent Protest over Terrorist Violence
An estimated 150 000 to 200 000 Parisians marched from Place de la Republique to Pere Lachaise Cemetery in a silent funeral procession for four of eight demonstrators killed in clashes with police. The protest followed a government easing of public demonstration bans, amid a gray rainy day and general labor strike impact.
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Paris
Secret Army
Place de la Republique
Pere Lachaise
New Glarus Collects Fifty Pints of Blood
New Glarus residents donated fifty pints of blood during a Bloodmobile visit, short of the 75 pint goal by 25. Officials cited flu illness as a possible factor, with ten of sixty potential donors rejected. Gilbert Duerst led recruitment and Mrs. Robert Strickler supervised volunteers. The Bloodmobile will next visit Brodhead on Thursday April 5.
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NEW Glarus
Times Special
Gilbert Duerst
Robert Strickler
Brodhead
Orfordville Banker's Hearing Delayed by Bank Audit
Roy J. Baumgartner former assistant cashier of the Orfordville Farmers and Merchants Bank faces a defrauding charge of 70000. His arraignment in U S District Court is postponed as U S Atty Nathan Heffernan notes an audit of bank books. Baumgartner was arrested in Phoenix on December 1 and waived extradition.
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Madison
Roy J. Baumgartner
Orfordvile Farmers and Merchants Bank
U.S. District Court
U.S
Nathan Heffernan
Heffernan
Baumgartner
Phoenix
Gene Harms Heads for Episcopalian Monastery
Friends of Gene Harms met him in Monroe as he travels to West Park New York to join the Order of the Holy Cross monastery and take religious orders. Harms recently returned from Liberia where he taught math and science in a mission high school. He hopes to return to Liberia as a priest and teacher after four and a half years of training.
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Arthur E
Gene) Harms
Liberia
Harms
Eugene Hotel
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Jerome H. Schwaiger
Order of the Holy Cross
West Park
N.Y
Times
Monroe
Mission
Arthur H. Harms
Eugene
Illinois
Rock Island
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Prince Charles Recovering After Appendix Operation
A medical bulletin reports Prince Charles had a good night and is continuing recovery from an appendix operation performed Monday at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London.
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Prince
London
Prince Charles
Greating Street Hospital
Senators Demand Full Powers Story From CIA Briefing
Senators press the State Department for the complete account of Francis Gary Powers from the 1960 U2 mission to his return. They warn they may question Powers themselves if briefing is delayed. Thurmond urges Powers testify publicly. Sparkman directs a full State Department report on his interrogation.
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Washington
State Department
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Freedom
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Powers
Rudolf Abel
Barbara
Milledgeville
Oliver W. Powers
Norton
Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Armed Services Committee
Thurmond
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkshan
Arkansas
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Mrs Mannetter 46 Belleville Dies at St Clare Hospital
Mrs Otto Mannetter, aged 46, of Belleville, died this morning at 2 45 in St Clare hospital where she arrived Sunday as a medical patient. Becker funeral home of Belleville is supervising arrangements.
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Otto Mannettter
Belleville
St. Clare Hospital
Becker Funeral Home
Nomination Goldwater Accepts Alfalfa Club Honors
The Monroe Evening Times prints Barry Goldwater's Alfalfa Club speech mock nominating him for president. He jokes about Nelson Rockefeller, Kennedy absence, and White House gas pumps, humorously noting campaign debt and his Arizona roots.
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Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Alfalfa Club
Washington
Monroe Evening Times
Sen. Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Arizona ‘‘Valley of Fear
Former Resident Stelter to Assist Glenn Flight Coverage
Monroe high school graduate La Verne Stelter of Silver Spring Maryland works at Goddard Space Flight Center as ground systems manager for meteorological satellites. He will direct telecommunication links to London and Hawaii if Glenn’s orbital flight proceeds, and was previously NASA communications engineer for Project Mercury.
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Monroe
la Verne
Glenn
Stelter
London
Hawaii
Ruth Johnson
Arleigh Johnson
Woodford
Sherman
Sam Rubi
9Th Street
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin
NASA
Governor cites Bong Air Base as major hurdle
Governor Nelson said the abandoned Bong Air Force Base in Wisconsin is a key problem for the General Services Administration. The State Recreation Committee approved using 208000 from Conservation funds to buy about 1700 acres near Kansasville in Racine and Kenosha counties, with a request for 2400 acres donated as a wildlife and recreation area. To qualify for donation, the state must purchase the 1700 acre tract at full appraised value.
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Madison
Nelson
Bong Air Force Base
Wisconsin
General Services Administration
United States
State Recreation Committee
Conservation Department
Racine
Kenosha
Kansasville
City Incinerator To Close Friday For Repairs
The Board of Public Works announced the city incinerator will be closed Friday Saturday and Sunday for repairs. Plybrico Co of Madison to perform work on the feeder unit. City engineer Gerald Wickus said the unit will cool off one day before repairs start Saturday and aims to resume by Monday morning. Ray Barth, Monroe freelance reporter, appeared to clarify facts about the sewage disposal plant.
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Board of Public Works
Plybrico Co
Madison
Gerald Wickus
Ray Barth
Monroe
Harry Truman Visits Kennedy at White House
Former President Harry S. Truman meets with President John F. Kennedy at the White House and declines to disclose the topics of their discussions.
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Harry
Jfk
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
White House
Skits and Panel Highlight Soils Association Meeting
The Area 6 meeting of the Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors will be in the Green County Agricultural building with a 9 30 a m start led by Byron Berg. Winners of area speech contests include Alice Hanthe Richard Ryan and David Grunow. Four rural schools present conservation skits and a panel of officials discuss soil and water topics.
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Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors
Green County Agricultural Building
Green
Rock
Lafayette
Grant
Iowa
Columbia
Marquette
Green Lake
Dane
Byron Berg
Lafayette County
Alice Hanthe
Rock County
Richard Ryan
David Grunow
Iowa County
Dutch Hollow
Herman Durtschi
Route 1
Monticello
Lester Witt
Route 4
Dean Streiff
New Glarus
Pleasant
Germaine Haberman
Meadow Brook
Sonja Rackow
Edna Babler
Ruth Rebly
M. F. Schneers
SCS
Willis Riemer
Green County Soil Supervisors
Everett Olson
Tom Rausch
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Wilbur Zwettler
ASCS
A.B. Nielson
Dane County
Franklin Jahnke
Green Lake County
C.S. Pierce
Green County Board
Europe
Russia
42 Valuable Horses Killed in Stable Fire
Fire swept a Knoxville stable housing show horses. Forty two horses died in the blaze, including a $20,000 valued animal. The operator reported total losses at least $75,000. the stable was leased by city councilman Cas Walker.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Cas Walker
50 50 Weather Still Threatens Glenn Mission
Weather prospects for John Glenn's orbital flight are about 50 50 as recovery conditions in the Atlantic are evaluated. Navy ships and a reconnaissance plane will help determine if launch can proceed at 6 30 a.m. Wednesday Monroe time, with a 14 hour countdown split over two days and possible postponement if seas exceed limits.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Agency
John H. Glenn Jr
John S. Powers
Powers
Walter Williams
Project Mercury
Glenn
Atlantic
Monroe
Navy
Bermuda
British Welcome New Soviet Spirit
Prime Minister Macmillan welcomed the broad spirit of Khrushchev's letter proposing a summit on disarmament with Geneva opening March 14. He said linking US and UK proposals with Soviet ideas is needed. Khrushchev urged a summit level start for the 18 nation talks after earlier curtain raiser ideas. Kennedy expected to respond soon.
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London
Macmillan
Khrushchev
House of Commons
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Geneva
Kennedy
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Associated Press
Orfordville Banker
Gene Harms
CIA
Walter) Reuther
LA Verne Stelter
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