Hull Commends City Cub Scouts Blue and Gold Banquet
Don Hull of Freeport addresses Pack 314 at St John’s church for the annual Blue and Gold banquet praising the city Cub Scout program. Nearly 10 percent of Freeport’s population attended the two banquets this year. Ribbons of honor were given to Packs 314 and 315 for their Boy Scout Week achievements.
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Don Hull
Freeport
U. S. Grant Council
St. John’s Church
Hull
Ivan Boyer
Knights of Pythias
Jack Marty
Monday Deadline For Tax Payments Reminder From City Treasurer
Mrs. Helen L. Gempeler city treasurer reminds that next Monday is the last day to pay real and personal property taxes without penalty. She notes 92849.56 remains due. of 646072.16 total this year, 497898.52 has been paid in cash and 55324.08 will be due by July 31 as postponed taxes. The treasurer's office will close tomorrow afternoon and Monday at 5 p.m. Mail postmarked before Monday midnight will be accepted without penalty.
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Helen L. Gempeler
Hourly Chimes Call Monroe To World Day Of Prayer
Monroe residents joined a World Day of Prayer event with hourly church bells from 9 a m to 3 p m and a 3 p m union service at Bethel Evangelical United Brethren Church. Churches involved included Union Presbyterian Grace Lutheran St Andrew’s Episcopal Immanuel EUB Universalist St John’s Evangelical and Reformed and Methodist as part of the Monroe Council of Church Women observance.
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Monroe
Bethel Evangelical United Brethren Church
Union Presbyterian
Grace Lutheran
St. Andrew's Episcopal
Immanuel Eub
Universalist
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed
Methodist
Monroe Council of Church Women
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Fiji
Tonga
Oscar M. Shager
Monroe Union Service
Fred B. Marty
Towns Will Act On Tank Trucks
Town chairmen and Monroe fire department officers approved a rural fire protection plan to buy two tank trucks costing about 8000 dollars. The program spans Monroe and Clarno Townships, parts of Sylvester and Jefferson Townships, and part of Cadiz, with final decisions at five town meetings.
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Monroe
Clarno
Sylvester
Jefferson
Cadiz
Jordan
Monroe Fire Department
J. B. Scherer
Sam Ludwig
Henry Pick
T. R. Newman
80-ton Plane Crosses Country in Six Hours
The Convair B3Y-1 Tradewind, an 80-ton water based transport, flew nonstop from coast to coast in six hours from Patuxent Naval Air Station Md. The 2,400 mile run averaged 403 miles per hour and set a new unofficial record.
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Patuxent Naval Air Station
United States
Navy
Monroe Plays Finale Tonight
Monroe hosts Beloit Beloit tournament night with 400 adult tickets sold and 64 student tickets left. Monroe and Monroe rooting section details accompany WIAA rules. Edgerton game preview features Anderegg versus Diegnan as Badger Conference finishes. Other games include Jefferson at Evansville and Wisconsin High at Middleton with Stoughton facing Lake Geneva.
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Monroe
Holyoke
WIAA
Beloit
Beloit Gymnasium
Lee Mitchell
Cheesemakers
Badger
Janesville
Edgerton
Anderegg
Diegnan
Bob Anderegg
Marty Diegnan
Jefferson
Evansville
Wisconsin High
Middleton
Stoughton
Lake Geneva
House Adopts $23 750 Salary Turn to No 1
Washington The House approved without debate a compromise bill raising pay for members of Congress to 23750 a year and sent the measure to the Senate. The vote followed readings of adjustments by a House Senate committee, splitting the difference between 25000 and 22500. Current pay is 15000. The bill also raises federal judges pay by 7500 to 10000.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate
Board of Health Urges April Vote on Fluoridation
Madison scene as the Legislative Council backs a plan for a statewide fluoridation vote in April while lawmakers debate park funding and state division of general services. Gov office prompted bills redraw duties. Franke pushes constitutional overhaul on county officers. Mrs Wise prepares April 5 school borrowing referendum papers. State trunk arterial system bill becomes law.
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General Services
Sen
Free
Milwaukee
Alout
Franke
Circuit Court
Glenn Wise
Assemblyman Hutnik
R-Tony
Education Committee
Kohler
Lumberworker killed as log rolls from truck
Frank Malone, 53, Rhinelander, was fatally injured Thursday when a large log rolled from a lumber truck and struck him on the head. He was part of a crew working in woods in the town of Newhall.
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Rhinelander
Frank Malone
Newhall
House approves 20 dollar income tax cut measure
The House passed a Democratic bill to cut income taxes by 20 dollars per person starting next Jan 1 while maintaining current corporate rates for a year. The 242 to 175 vote sends the measure to the Senate amid uncertain prospects.
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Washington
House
6000 Sign Petition Asking State Budget Cutback No New Tax
Beloit Janesville Kenosha Racine LaCrosse residents joined almost 6000 signers in petitions against the proposed 1955 57 state budget. The Public Expenditure Survey of Wisconsin a Madison based taxpayers group said the petitions seek spending cuts to avoid higher taxes. Gov Kohler proposed a two year budget needing 58 million more to run 1955 57. Petitions were sent to Senators Trinke Stalbaum Carr Rice and Assemblymen Renald Leschinsky.
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Madison
Beloit
Janesville
Kenosha
Racine
LaCrosse
Public Expenditure Survey of
Wisconsin
Kohler
Trinke
Lake Geneva
Stalbaum
D-Racine
Carr
Rlanesville
Rice
R-La- Crosse
Renald
R-Racine
Leschinsky
R-Beloit
Paul Hodges Dies in Denver
Monroe native Paul V Hodges about 70 died in Denver at 1 p.m. after a 10 day hospitalization from a heart ailment He was city engineer and county surveyor in Monroe and later worked 35 years in government service with the geological survey and Indian Service In Denver he spent his last years with the federal office He left Monroe for Portland then Denver and was married to Grace Haren Surviving are six sons one of whom Gilbert in New York City two brothers and a sister with services expected in Denver.
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Monroe
Denver
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Gilbert T. Hodges
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin
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Indian Service
Portland
Ore
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Daniel H. Haren
Paul Jr
Robert
Daniel
William
Richard
Gilbert
New York City
James
Tampa
Fla
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Chiang's Troops Abandon Island
Nationalist China announced the abandonment of Nanchishan Island to the Chinese Reds, with about 5000 troops evacuated without U S aid or Red interference. Fortifications were blown, supplies moved to Formosa, and the civilian population of about 2000 left for safety. The move shifts the civil war front toward the Matsus and Quemoy as Washington weighs strategic implications.
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Formosa
China
Nanchishan
Defense Ministry
U. S
Keelung Harbor
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Formosa Defense Zone
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Washington
Far East
Referendum Step Will Be Proposed In Council Tuesday
Monroe moved one step closer today to a referendum in the April election on fluoridation of the city water supply. A jammed public hearing in the Circuit Court led the Board of Health to recommend to City Council next Tuesday that fluoridation be placed before citizens in an April 5 vote. The meeting drew 131 attendees with 20 speaking. Dr. John Usher urged controlled addition to cut decay up to 60 percent, while opposing biochemist Kenneth Cronk questioned benefits and risks amid widespread disagreement.
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Palmer School of Chiropractic
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Cronk
Badger Ordnance Workers Approve Strike Plan
Baraboo unions report 1,244 to 349 vote in favor of a strike by 1,608 production workers at Badger Ordnance Works. The vote sets a strike date of April 1 as unions press for a 5 cent hourly wage increase effective February 7.
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Badger Ordnance
Baraboo
Badger Ordnance Works
Eisenhower School Aid Plan Faces Setback and Secrets
President Eisenhower’s school aid plan, unveiled February 8, encounters strong opposition in Congress. A leaked 200-page report from a 1953 commission privately concludes that government funding for school construction “is not necessary,” contradicting the administration line. The document, prepared by a committee including Samuel M. Brownell, suggests the plan may have been drafted in Hobby’s HEW office and kept from public view.
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Eisenhower
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Bers
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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Panama Philippines Buy Surplus Butter Sale
The Agriculture Department announced the sale of 101,618 pounds of surplus butter, with about two thirds for the Panama Canal Zone and a third for the Philippine Islands. Prices ranged from 35.18 to 37 cents per pound for U S grade B butter, far below the domestic price of about 57 cents. Only 207,074 pounds of the 10 million pounds offered had been sold for export.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Panama Canal Zone
Philippine Islands
U. S
Department
Kohler May Ask Gas Tax Increase
Unofficial reports in Madison say Governor Kohler will ask the Legislature to raise the gasoline tax from 4 to 6 cents while not increasing auto or truck registration fees. He may seek to double the diesel tax from 4 cents to boost revenue for roads used by heavy trucks and buses. Highway financing proposals are to be delivered March 3 with officials declining comment.
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Madison
Kohler
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