Attorney acts as fact-finder in Madison highway dispute
A Madison attorney designated as fact-finder heard both sides in the county highway employes dispute and gathered all exhibits for advisory recommendations. The process, funded equally by union and county, covers issues including probation terms, vacation, union dues, wage classifications, and insurance plans. Union officials noted lack of contract and questioned the county’s handling of insurance changes while some employees pivoted to alternate plans. In other news, two Coast Guard cutters freed the tanker Polaris from a Lake Michigan sandbar off Two Rivers.
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Madison
Robert Mueller
Mueller
George Lewis
Monroe
Ray E. Kundert
Rolland E. Karlen
Dist. Atty
Joseph F. Viney
Robert Eberbeck
Lewis
Karlen
Blue Cross
New York Life Insurance Co
Coast Guard
Polaris
Lake Michigan
Council Votes Tonight On Special Parking Resolution
The Monroe council will vote tonight on a resolution to authorize a contract with the Monroe Clinic to insure additional parking if the clinic expands. City Atty Schmitz said a Saturday morning meeting was closed to the press, but legal advice justified it. The measure seeks broader downtown parking guarantees and improved control of existing facilities for all Monroe merchants. The session starts at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall.
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Monroeity Council
Monroe Clinic
William J. Schmitz
Schmitz
Monroe
Board Calls Off Blue Cross Case
MAVIDUN w Associated Hospital Services Inc Milwaukee discussed discounts from hospitals at a special meeting with the State Group Insurance Board. The board closed its inquiry into three per cent discounts after hearing from the firm, which administers Blue Cross for state employees.
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Mavidun W — Associated Hospital Services, Inc
Milwaukee
State Group Insurance Board
Blue Cross Hospital
F. N. MacMillin
Charles Manson
Blue Cross
Sam Rizzo
Racine
United Auto Workers
Clifford L Day UPI Executive Dies at 73
Clifford L Day European coordinator for United Press International since 1952 died Monday at 73. He began in newspapers at 14, worked at Beloit Daily Free Press and Madison Democrat, joined AP in New York in 1916, sent to London in 1921, then joined United Press in 1924.
Renk Attacks Foe Tax Stand At Lincoln Day
Wisconsin race focuses on tax cut impact with Wilbur N. Renk criticizing Senator William Proxmire at a Lincoln Day event. Renk claims a $250 million windfall to Wisconsin taxpayers while urging support for higher gasoline taxes to fund road building. Governors Reynolds and Larsen campaign on highway expansion and judicial restraint against court power usurpation, arguing for legislative control.
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Associated Press
William Proxmire
Wilbur N. Renk
Wisconsin
Washington
Renk
Sun Prairie
Gov. Reynolds
Harry L. Larsen
Richmond
Reynolds
Wisconsin Farmers Union
Madison
Larsen
State Supreme Court
United States
Base Cuts Off Water Pipeline at Guantanamo Bay
Rear Adm. John D. Bulkeley ordered the 14 inch water line severed after Cuban charges that the base stole water. Four Cuban workers on the base cut the pipeline as Cuban guards watched, ending two million gallons per day from the Yateras Reservoir and leaving the base independent of Cuban water supplies.
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Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
John D. Bulkeley
Yateras
Havana
Nitze
Court Ruling Prompts Party Reactions On Equal Representation
Washington reaction split along party lines as Congress debated the Supreme Court ruling that House districts must have equal population. GOP officials predict seat gains while Democrats defend the ruling as extending equal voice. Some lawmakers question the court’s reach but agree on the ruling’s purpose.
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Washington
Supreme Court
House
Rep
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
High Court
Democratic Party
John M. Harlan
House of Representatives
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Tom Clark
Hugo M. Black
Milwaukee Soldier Peter Feierabend Killed in Saigon Theater Bombing
Peter Feierabend 23, of Milwaukee, a military policeman on guard at the Saigon theater, was identified by the Defense Department as one of three American servicemen killed in the bombing. He died of a neck wound. Feierabend, son of Mr and Mrs August Feierabend, came from Germany with his family in 1952 and starred in Milwaukee Lutheran high school's basketball team, setting scoring records in 1959 and 1960 and earning Midwest Conference All-Star honors.
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Washington
Army
Pfe
Peter Feierabend
Milwaukee
Defense Department
Saigon
August F. Feierabend
United States
Germany
Peter
Milwaukee Lutheran High School
Heart Fund Powers Breakthroughs In Open Heart Surgery
A Wisconsin heart specialist praised the Wisconsin Heart Association fund drive as pivotal to rapid progress in heart surgery. Dr. Vincent Gott of the University of Wisconsin Medical School noted breakthroughs in valve technology and pediatric defect repairs, with funds supporting research and a new pacemaker unit. He cited a Minnesota collaboration and outlined ongoing projects while stressing the need to meet fundraising goals.
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Heart Association
Vincent Gott
University Medical School
Ludlow Memorial Library
Gott
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota Medical School
Wisconsin
Heart Fund
The
Heart Association
Ted Ott
Monroe
Dr. Gott
Jack Kurtinitis
Withholding Conferees Approve Early Tax Rate Cut
Senate House conferees agreed to set the new lower withholding rates to take effect with paychecks delivered eight days after the law is signed. The move favors the administration's aim to boost immediate economic impact. Conference proceedings resumed to finish action on about half of the 208 Senate changes, with tentative agreement to keep state gasoline tax deductions.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
Ark
House
Monroe regional basketball tourney tickets go on sale
Monroe high school officials announce season tickets for the Monroe regional basketball tournament set for Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7. Regular holders can buy after the Edgerton game Saturday night, with open sales Monday 7 to 9 p.m. in the high school office. Single admission will be sold the game nights only. Participants include Monroe, Middleton, Madison West and Madison Central. two games Friday night, then a final Saturday night.
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Monroe High School
Monroe
Edgerton
Middleton
Madison West
Madison Central
Madison Cheese Market Sees Steady Demand and Ample Supplies
Wisconsin cheddar market today shows steady demand fair to good, supplies of single daisies fully ample, other styles generally adequate, aged styles in good demand and tight supply. Prices include cheddars 36 to 38 percent, 40 pound blocks 36 to 39, single daisies 38 percent, longhorns 38 to 39, midgets 37 to 40 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Girls in Europe Theme for Play at Monroe High School
The Senior Class presents Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a 1920s comedy about two American girls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Gilbert traveling unchaperoned in Europe. Miss Patt Van Dyke directs with performances Feb 24 and Feb 28 at 8 p.m. Cast includes Ruth Chambers Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Gilbert with a large ensemble in a lively campus theater event.
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Daddy
Ruth Chambers
Lorelei Lee
Stephen Grundahl
Mary Condon
Europe
Monroe High School
Grundahl
Mr. Lee
Lorelei
Miss Condon
Dorothy Gilbert
Times
Anita Loos
Dorothy — Gilbert
Bernard Milz
Bert
Hugh Roberts
Sam
Kendall Reinmann
Captain
Sue Mathias
van Osbourne
Barbara Kundert
Sylvia Cheryl Whitehead
Teresa Goetz
van Austin
Che
Reichert
Margaret
Martha Etter
Spoffard
Daniel Landis
Henry Spoffard
Rebecca Trumpy
Miss Chapman
Kay Krebs
Dolly
William Schuetze
Broussard Sr
Terrance Coplien
Broussard Jr
Kathy Fodor
James Marty
Jack Janssen
Rebecca Houser
Judith Gerhardt
Audrey Beach
Linda Fritz
Mary Walker
William Kohn
Richard Barry
Larry Holcomb
James Zuhike
Porter
Stephen Pandow
Gabon Rebels Oust Leader in Swift Midnight Coup
Rebels in Gabon ousted President Leon M'Ba in a midnight coup and formed a revolutionary council to govern the West African nation, with broadcasts from Libreville reporting the takeover.
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Gabon
Skazzaville
Congo Republic
Leon M’ba
West African Republic
Libreville
Juror Voir Dire Opens in Ruby Oswald Murder Trial
In Dallas District Attorney Henry M Wade questions the first prospective juror Hilliard M Stone about the death penalty as Jack Ruby and Oswald murder trial proceeds. Ruby sits between attorneys Belli and Tonnhill. Belli fights to dismiss Stone for cause citing coverage and impartiality concerns.
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Dallas
Henry M. Wade
Jack Ruby
Hilliard M. Stone
Ruby
Melvin Belli
Joe Tonnhill
Stone
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Belli
Wade
Texas
Oswald
Joe B. Brown Kennedy
Kennedy
Bill Decker
David Conrad Glass
Beatty, Ore
Blast Wrecks Brink's Office in Milwaukee
An explosion and flash fire damaged Brink's Inc headquarters in Milwaukee Monday night. The one story masonry building was six blocks from downtown and unoccupied. Damage was estimated at a quarter million dollars with 19 armored trucks destroyed or heavily damaged and gasoline tanks exploded. the vault remained intact.
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Milwaukee
Brink's, Inc
Wisconsin
Edward Canavan
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L. J. Schroeder
United Fund of Monroe, Inc
First National Bank
J. T. Etter Jr
R. Finley Barry
Richard H. Bahr
David K. Bennett
Walter Kerr
Union
Council
Clifford L. Day
UPI
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Dea
U.S
U.N. Command
Foe
Says
General House
Heart
Brink's
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