Red Cross Drive Gets Under Way
The County American Red Cross Drive began with a March kickoff dinner at the Swiss Wheel restaurant. Maj. Bruce Thomas spoke on volunteer labor and citizenship, with 36 workers present and leaders from Monroe and surrounding towns attending. The film Many Voices closed the meeting, and a list of officers and village and township chairmen followed.
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RED Cross
Monroe
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Maj
Bruce Thomas
L. A. Koenig
Walter J. Bober
Times
Fund Drive
United Fund
Wisconsin
Cross
Maj. Thomas
L. A
Koenig
George McKeown
Wendell Brunkow
Karl R. Kundert
Betty Garrison
Richard Kundert
First Aid
Tschudy
Burgy
Franz W. Brand
Glenn Benkett
Power Firm Plans $70 Million in New Construction
Wisconsin Power and Light Co reports it will spend 70 million dollars over four years on new construction. Carl J. Forsberg in Madison projected earnings of $2 a share for this year, up from $1.87 in 1955, and anticipated 4 percent million dollars in bank loans this June.
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New York
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Carl J. Forsberg
Madison
Forsberg
New York Society of Security Analysts
Monroe Stores to Begin Friday Night Hours Tomorrow
A shift from Saturday to Friday night shopping will be attempted by most Monroe retailers starting tomorrow. Some stores will keep Saturday hours or run both nights, while others plan Friday nights only. Mayor Dunwiddie noted meters cannot be enforced on Friday without council action, a matter referred to the police and safety committee for recommendation.
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Monroe
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Council
Police and Safety Committee
Area Workers Named For Easter Seal Drive
Miss Mildred Marti Route 4 general chairman announced today that several county residents and organizations will serve on the 1957 Easter Seal campaign committee. Monroe residents Mrs William Miller Mrs Martha Tschudy and Mrs Mabel Hamilton join Mrs Warren Uphoff Brodhead the Monroe Jaycettes the Brodhead Jaycettes and Monroe Girl Scout Troops 9 12 14 15 20 and 26.
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Mildred Marti
Route 4
William Miller
Martha Tschudy
Mabel Hamilton
Monroe
Warren Uphoff
Brodhead
Monroe Jaycettes
Brodhead Jaycettes
Milk Boycott Ends in West New York Area
Western New York dairy strike collapsed as deliveries returned to normal. New Jersey dairymen insisted the action continued though state police and court orders limited violence. Officials reported limited plant disruption across New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey while unions cited intimidation as a reason for withheld milk. A Newark Superior Court order barred strikers from hampering deliveries and the guild canceled a planned march on Trenton.
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West
New York
New Jersey
Tri - State
Master Dairy Farmers Guild
Pennsylvania
Allegany
N. Y
Albany
Dairy Farmers of America
New Hampshire
Vermont
Syracuse
Edmund F. Cooke
Cooke
Mutual Federation of Independent Co-operatives
Eastern Milk Producers Co-operative
Newark
N.J
Tri-state Guild
State House
Trenton
N. J
Brodhead Farmhand Dies From Egg Gathering Accident
Wesley Rossiter, a Brodhead area farmhand, died at St. Clare hospital from a brain concussion suffered while gathering eggs on the George Neelund farm. He was unconscious in freezing weather after a fall and hit to rocks and did not regain consciousness. Funeral arrangements are being made at a Brodhead funeral home.
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Wesley Rossiter
Brodhead
St. Clare ‘Hospital
Rossiter
George Neelund
Brodhead Funeral
Direct Sales Grow for Wisconsin Aged Cheese
The American Dairy Association of Wisconsin heard that many Wisconsin cheese factories are adding storage space and moving into direct sales of aged natural cheese due to rising demand. Elmer Berry noted inquiries from makers and urged expanding storage, curing space, and small scale shops to build a consumer network and a chalet style sales center plan. Five new directors were elected: William Offenbeck, Nelson LeCaptain, Art C. Schultz, C. V. Peterson, and Art Tetzlaff.
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Madison
American Dairy Association of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Elmer Berry
Shawano
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
ADA Group
Berry
Kewaunee
Art C. Schultz
Arcadia
C. V. Peterson
Poplar
Art Tetzlaff
Spooner
Monroe appoints LaVerne E Deal as Civil Defense director
Mayor Brooks J Dunwiddie announces LaVerne E Deal as director of Civil Defense in Monroe, subject to City Council approval next Tuesday. Deal would replace Robert L Hahn who resigned last October amid heavy financial duties. Hahn is a former Wisconsin Power and Light employee who retired after 35 years in March. no salary will be paid to the CD director.
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LaVerne E. Deal
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Monroe
Deal
Robert L. Hahn
Hahn
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Dunwiddie
Landing Gear Fix Lets Capital Air Constellation Land At Dusk
Twenty six passengers and a five man crew survived a six hour sky ordeal after engineers built hydraulic pressure from water and milk to lock the Constellation’s nose wheel. Captain William Richie reported an air lock moments after Milwaukee takeoff and the plane glided to a safe ground at Detroit with emergency crews queued on the runway.
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Detroit
Capital Airlines
Constellation
Milwaukee
William Richie
Minneapolis
Washington
Richie
Schindler Speaks on Emotional Causes at Petroleum Session
Dr. John Schindler of Monroe told a Milwaukee gathering of the Wisconsin Petroleum Association that annoyance toward another person can trigger neck muscle strain through hormonal action. He noted more women suffer emotionally induced illnesses and blamed marital strain for much of it.
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Milwaukee
John Schindler
Monroe
Wisconsin Petroleum Association
Schindler
Cheese Demand Steady in Madison Market
In Madison Wisconsin the American cheese market shows steady demand and fair interest. Offerings remain small for standard styles while large sizes stay abundant. prices range for cheddars around 34 to 35 percent and other varieties at 36 to 38 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
GOP Senators Push Wisconsin Lobby Reform Defeat
Republican Senators won a straight party line vote to approve a resolution claiming Wisconsin leads in clean government and regulates lobbying without curbing citizen access. A five member committee was authorized to handle complaints while Democrats failed to stop further lobby proposals.
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Madison
Senate
Wisconsin
GOP
Thomson
Sen
Panzer
Rockfield
Nelson
New Jersey Girl Four Feared Kidnap Victim
Bellmawr New Jersey police said they were pursuing several leads but had no hard developments in the search for Mary Jane Barker a 4 year old girl who vanished last Monday while playing in a yard near her home. Her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Barker appealed for her safe return. Police found no motive and no ransom note.
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Bellmawr
N. J
Mary Jane Barker
New Jersey
Frank Barker
Kidnap Link Collapse in Philadelphia Slaying Case
Police pursue new lead in the Philadelphia boy found dead in a cardboard box. A motorist reported a woman and a teenage male unloaded items from a car near the vacant lot where the body was found, shifting focus away from the earlier Steven Craig Damman kidnapping theory from Long Island.
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Philadelphia
William Lovejoy
Steven Craig Damman
Long Island, N. Y
Racket Probers Hear Union Link
Washington petition details conflict between Portland officials and the Teamsters Union over pinball licensing and alleged rackets. Testimony cites Clyde Crosby and James Elkins as opposing forces in Portland politics and vice operations as the Senate committee probes labor racketeering.
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Washington
Stanley W. Earl
Portland
Clyde Crosby
Teamsters
Oregon
Earl
Teamsters Union
Senate
James B. Elkins
Senators
Elkins
Clyde C. Crosby
Crosby
Teamster
Fred L. Peterson
Peterson
Stock Upturn Fueled by Oil and Air Firms
In New York trading the stock market edged higher as oil and aircraft stocks led the session. Republic Aviation rose on air force mass production plans for the F-105 fighter bomber, advancing as Gulf Oil climbed roughly two points.
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New York
Republic Aviation
Air Force
Republic
Gulf Oil
Rev A R Achtemeier Named Valley Scout District Chairman
The Valley District of Boy Scouts elected Rev A R Achtemeier of Monticello as chairman at the Monroe Country Club district dinner. Alan Goodmiller of Monroe was named district vice chairman and Russell Carter of Juda earned the district commissioner and executive board representative posts.
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Valley District
Boy Scouts
Monroe Country Club
Russell Carter
Juda
Rev
A. R. Achtemeier
Monticello
Alan Goodmiller
Times
Valley District of
Monroe
Achtemeier
Irving Eichorst
Wayne Vanderbilt
Herb Stauffacher
Robert Ho
Ronald Miller
Michael Wheeler
Platteville
Japan
Milford Schwitz
Philmont
N. M
Donald Lins
Junior Forensic Winners Named
The junior high declamation and elimination contest named six entrants to the senior high forensic contest set for March 5 and 7 in the high school auditorium. Humorous winners included Greta Pitkin Janice Park and Lucy Ann Lowl with selections At The Declam Con test Double Trouble and The Cat Came Back. Dramatic winners were Ruth Benkett Enid Saring and Sandra Miller with Beautiful Circumstances Benefits Forgot and Penny.
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Greta Pitkin
Janice Park
Lucy Ann Lowl
Ruth Benkett
Enid Saring
Sandra Miller
Penny
E. B. Lux
Glen W. Schreier
Margaret Bloodgood
Lillian Hanson
Philip N. Darling
Werner Blum
Jane Hendrickson
Mary Ellen Bumpke
Robette Trumpy
Karen R. Kubly
Barbara Schindler
Ruth Sullivan
State Senate Nears Action on Tax Charge
MADISON The State Senate advanced toward final passage a bill to shift the first semi annual property tax payment deadline from January 31 to February 28.
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State Senate
Madison
U N Debates Israel Sanctions Amid Ongoing Talks
Asian Arab and Soviet bloc countries notified the United Nations they would press ahead with sanctions against Israel despite continued private talks in New York and Washington.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N
Israel
Washington
Israeli Arab capitals wary of Gaza withdrawal plan
Washington reported accord on Israel’s Gaza and Aqaba troop withdrawal with UNEF to replace forces and U N. Ambiguities remain as Arab capitals press for unconditional withdrawal. Egypt and Arab leaders insist any concessions reward aggression, risking broader unity backing Cairo.
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Washington
Israel
Gaza
Aqaba
Cairo
Egypt
Lebanon
Iraq
Gaza Strip
Palestine
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
U. N
U. N. Emergency Force
UNEF
United States
France
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S
Golda Meir
Abba Eban
Gulf
Britain
Canada
United Nations
Omar Loutii
Saud
Arabia
Hussein
Jordan
Nasser
Shukri Kuwaity
Syria
Eisenhower
Middle East
Thomson Signs Bill for Fast Time Vote in Wisconsin
Madison APR 2 decree sets April 2 referendum on daylight saving time after Gov. Thomson signed the bill authorizing balloting. He called it an old Wisconsin tradition for people to decide issues for themselves.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Thomson
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Ada
U.N
Dr. Schindler
Bill Thomson
Curb Plan
Union
Terry Schrunk
Mr. Elkins
Senate Committee
Dave Beck
Frank W. Brewster
A.R. Achtemeier
Valley Scout District
U.S
The
Associated Press
Bill
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