Monroe Janesville tourney tickets go on sale here
Tickets for the Monroe Janesville basketball regional go on sale at the high school office with 250 adult and 250 student general admission seats available. Prices are 1.50 for adults and 1 for students, with bleacher seating and reserved seats via Beloit High School. Beloit gym will host finals and Beloit size capacity aims for about 2,500 with extra bleachers.
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T. R. Holyoke
Monroe
Beloit High School
Holyoke
R. B. Everill
Beloit
Elkhorn
Lake Geneva
SEATO Delegations Face Red Buildup On Thailand Border
Bangkok reports an urgent SEATO conference agenda focusing on a Southeast Asia joint military force and economic aid as Laos activity and a Chinese Yunnan buildup threaten stability. Thailand claims a 20000 strong Red Army in Yunnan could invade, prompting calls for timely action. Secretary Dulles presses for clear warning to avoid miscalculation.
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Bangkok
Southeast Asia
Laos
Red China
Yunnan
Thailand
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Pakistan
Red
China
Dulles
Manila
Ramshackle Inn Opens to Strong School Crowd
A near capacity high school audience praised the senior class play Ramshackle Inn directed by Dale Voss. Miss Sandra Scherer starred in the lead as Belinda with a 16 member cast delivering polished performances. The mystery comedy set at Ye Old Colonial Inn near Gloucester, Massachusetts follows FBI agents tracking a black market operation and a gang capture aided by the heroine.
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Dale Voss
Sandra Scherer
Gloucester
Mass
FBI
Belinda
Miss Scherer
Dane Probes Death Of Chicago Woman In Madison
A Dane County DA statement says investigators consider foul play in the death of Mildred Robinson 31 found on a Madison road. She was in town seeking a summer cottage for her mother and had $96 cash and a diamond ring, neither recovered.
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Madison
Dane County District Attorney’s Office
Chicago
Mildred Robinson
Miss Robinson
January Milk Output Reveals Leveling in Green County
Green County farm milk output leveled off in January for the first time in years, with county agent Myron E. Jeglum noting January 1954 had been higher. National milk consumption rose, while output stabilization may reduce storage of manufactured dairy products.
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Green County
Myron E. Jeglum
Jeglum
Wisconsin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stacey Services To Be Held For Raymond E Stacey
Raymond E Stacey age 35 of Janesville died Sunday at St Clare hospital after a 12 day illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Overton funeral home with burial in Milton Lawns Memorial Park. He worked with Stacey Brothers Trucking Co and ran a service station at Highways 15 and 51. He was a Carsgill Methodist member born February 9 1920 in Rewey married February 15 1941 to Harriett Rackow of Milwaukee. Survived by his wife son Ronald mother Mrs Philo Stacey two brothers and six sisters. friends may call at the funeral home tonight.
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Raymond E. Stacey
Janesville
St. Clare Hospital
Overton Funeral Home
Milton Lawns Memorial Park
Stacey
Stacey Brothers Trucking Co
Carsgill Methodist Church
Rewey
Harriett Rackow
Milwaukee
Ronald
Philo Stacey
Matusow Tells Of Data Offers
Harvey Matusow testifies before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee saying he offered to furnish material that could expose what he called the lies of McCarthyism. He details a March 1954 call to reporter Jack Anderson and mentions Elizabeth Bentley's claim of lying as a government witness.
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Washington
Harvey Matusow
P.oide
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Matusow
Jack Anderson
Drew Pearson
Anderson
Sen. McCarthy
Subcommittee
Elizabeth Bentley
Sen. Eastland
D-Miss
J. G. Sourwine
McCarthy
Greenwich Village
Garret
New York
Llewellyn Watts
Young Republican Club of
Jerry Francis
Mardi Gras Fever High in New Orleans Despite Rain
Thousands revel as police triple Mardi Gras detail in New Orleans. Rioting feared in the French Quarter as Rex Comus and Zulu reigns ride, with crews urging restraint and parades at risk from ongoing disturbances.
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New Orleans
Rex
Comus
Joseph Scheuering
Pack 314 To Hold Dinner Thursday
Nearly 300 persons are expected to attend the Blue and Gold banquet of Cub Scout Pack 314 Thursday at 6 30 p m in St John s Evangelical and Reformed church parlors. The program opens with an invocation and pledge, with speakers Mayor Brooks J Dunwiddie Ivan Boyer of the Knights of Pythias sponsor and Donald Hull Freeport Scout executive. Entertainment includes the Magic Wurtzels of Freeport and Mrs Joe E Miller and Mrs James Hendrickson Monroe The cubmaster is Jack Marty and Robert Kramer is assistant Alfred Nelson chairs the pack committee.
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Cub Scout
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Cubs
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Ivan Boyer
Knights of Pythias
Donald Hull
Freeport
Magic Wurtzels
Joe E. Miller
James Hendrickson
Monroe
Pretenders
Jack Marty
Robert Kramer
Alfred Nelson
George Shot Rattles Las Vegas During 1955 Atom Test
A 1955 Nevada test series explosion dubbed the George shot rattled Las Vegas before dawn on Washington's Birthday. Seventeen congressmen and 200 military observers watched from near Yucca Flat as a 300 foot tower device detonated at 7 45 am. The orange flash lit Los Angeles, with the mushroom cloud rising over 20 000 feet. Winds moved the cloud toward Utah and Arizona and several airspace restrictions were ordered for safety. The AEC noted 33 experiments including civil effects tests related to the detonation.
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Las Vegas
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca
Los Angeles
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Nevada Test Site
St. George
Utah
Arizona
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Grand Canyon
CAA
AEC
Nanchishan Threat Seen as Chiang Forces Hit Reds
In Formosa rumors swirl as Chiang Kai-shek's air force claims strikes on Red flotilla 124 miles north of Nanchishan. Nationalists report gunboat and junks destroyed and many installations damaged on Taishan Islands. Red vessels divert toward mainland harbors. no attack on Nanchishan confirmed.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Nanchishan Island
Taishans
Nanchishan
Taishan
Defense Ministry
United States
Pescadores
Lenten Season Opens Tomorrow Across Monroes Churches
Lenten observance begins tomorrow with Ash Wednesday services in Monroes churches and runs through Easter. Various parishes plan Ash Wednesday masses, Way of the Cross, and ashes distribution. Many churches announce midweek Lenten services and specific pastors for St. Victor's, St. Andrew's, St. Michael's, and others.
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Monroe
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Rev. E. Co. McCollow
St. Andrew's
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
St. Michael’s Church
Shulllsburg
St. Andrew’s
Richard F. Hulburt
Bethel Evangelical United Brethren Church
Glarus
Monticello
EUB
Paul J. Gibson
Grace Lutheran Church
Clarence C. Warfel
Immanuel
Galli Sets Debate Rules for Fluoridation Hearing
Alderman G Fred Galli chairing the Board of Health outlined Thursday night rules for a City Hall hearing on whether Monroe should fluoridate its water. The session starts 7 30 p m in the Courthouse courtroom with 45 minutes per side and a single out of town expert for the opposition. Committee members Galli Beckman Laeser Jr and Matzke will question speakers. public Q A at end only to committee members.
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G. Fred Galli
Board of Health
Monroe
Galli
William F. Beckman
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Floyd Matzke
Halleck Opposes Tax Cut Defeat Urges Veto
Rep Halleck indiana urged veto of any tax cut plan including a 20 dollar per person income tax cut next Jan 1 He predicted Republicans would defeat the measure in the House while Democratic sponsors saw little chance of killing the cut The House Ways and Means panel voted 15 10 to wrap the cut into an administration bill delaying about three billion dollars in tax reductions scheduled for April 1 in corporate income and excise taxes
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Washington
Halleck
Ind
Eisenhower
House
Rep
Arends
R-Ill
Senate
Knowland
California
GOP
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Sen
George
D-Ga
Ways and Means
Britain joins European Coal and Steel Community pact
London reports the House of Commons approved a treaty making Britain an associate member of the European Coal and Steel Community. The accord signals closer integration with the ECSC framework and sets the stage for future cooperation in coal and steel sectors.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
European Coal and Steel Community
Eisenhower Pushes Vast Highway Plan for Atomic Defense
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve a 101 billion highway program to ensure rapid movement from target areas in case of atomic attack. He cited deadly congestion as a key risk and urged action, noting predicted savings in lives and costs, while detailing the Clay committee plan and funding splits among federal and state roles.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Lucius D. Clay
Senate
Federal Highway Corporation
Bureau of Public Roads
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Verona
Albany
Judo
Blanchardville
J. P. Adams
Lee Mitchell
George McKeown
SEATO
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Chiang
Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church
Howard L. Orians
First Methodist Church
Glen H. Ridnour
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Paul C. Kehle
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
Robert F. Bittorf
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New Apostolic Church
R. H. Scharnweber
Shullsburg
Rev. Hulburt
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