Badger Loop Teams Ready For Tourneys
Badger Conference prep basketball teams head to WIAA sub-regional action Thursday night. Middleton faces Madison West after beating Mt. Horeb 77 to 68. Stoughton and Edgerton win their games. Monroe meets Dodgeville. Monona Grove hosts Wisconsin High. Madison East and Sun Prairie clash. Jefferson plays Watertown. Prairie du Chien advances at Boscobel. Fennimore eliminates Richland Center. winners advance to regional and sectional rounds in coming days.
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Badger Conference
WIAA
Monroe
Middleton
Madison West
Mt. Horeb
Madison Central
Prairie du Lac
Stoughton
Edgerton
Vikings
Evansville
Crimson Tide
Milton
Ft. Atkinson
Whitewater
Badger League
Dodgeville
Darlington
Monona Grove
Madison East
Sun Prairie
Jefferson
Watertown
Hartford
Lake Mills
Wisconsin High
Oconomowoc
Brookfield
Harland
Pewaukee
Janesville
Wisconsin
Boscobel
Prairie du Chien
Lancaster
Fennimore
Platteville
Wisconsin Dells
Weger Denies Killing Confession Was Diction
In Ottawa Illinois the prosecution rested after cross examination of Chester Weger who insists his triple slaying confession was dictated by deputy sheriff William Dummett. Weger, a 21 year old former Marine, says a key quote from one victim was given to him word by word.
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Ottawa
Ill
Chester Weger
Weger
William Dummett
la Salle County
Starved Rock State Park
Weger Confession Under Threats Claimed in Matrons Killings
Weger testified he was cowed into admitting he killed three Chicago area matrons in a park on March 14. He said authorities threatened the electric chair if he did not talk.
Cheese Demand Steady as Madison Market Notes Ample Supply
American cheese market in Madison Wisconsin reports steady demand from fair to good, with ample to short offerings. Cheddar moisture 36-37 percent. essen daisies 373s-38 percent. longhorns 384s-3834. midgets 38-39 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Essen
Senator Wiley Pushes Color Additive for Swiss Cheese
Sen Wiley asks FDA to revise standards to permit harmless coloring in Swiss cheese to create uniform pale and yellow hues across winter and summer milks. He notes pastures yield yellow cheese while hay fed cows produce whiter cheese and urges expeditious action if objections are absent.
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Sen. Wiley
Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Federal Register
Food and Drug Administration
Former Olympic Star Will Speak in Area
Dr. Glenn Cunningham former Olympic miler will address Monroe High School students on Clean Living and the Race of Life at 11 a.m. Friday March 10. He will share insights on health discipline and personal conduct.
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Glenn Cunningham
Monroe High School
He_ale
Temperance speaker visits Blanchardville Juda and Brodhead
The speaker's schedule includes Blanchardville at 8 45 a m Juda at 1 p m and Brodhead at 9 p m all on the same day. The events are sponsored by the United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin.
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Blanchardville
Juda
Brodhead
The
United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin
Purim Festival In New York Draws Global Observance
The Jewish festival Purim begins at sundown Wednesday worldwide. The one day event marks the defeat of Haman as Queen Esther and Mordecai led the rescue.
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New York
Haman
Esther
Mordecai
Tickets Going Quickly For Cage Tournament In Monticello
Monticello high school urges fans to submit district tourney ticket orders by noon tomorrow. Monticello (15 5) faces Waunakee (20 0) ranked No 3 in Little 16 ratings while Blanchardville (419 32 -4 s4) Line League champ meets Oregon (15 3). Winners play Saturday for the title. losers vie for consolation.
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Monticello
Monticello High School
Waunakee
Blanchardville
Oregon
Farm Bureau to Launch PMR Hog Project in Wisconsin
Thomas E. Hamilton will lead the new Farm Bureau PMR program with headquarters in Madison. The project aims to raise 75000 in stock to establish a PMR farm in southwest Wisconsin, with initial leasing of buildings and search for permanent sites in Green Lafayette Grant Crawford Iowa Richland Dane Vernon Sauk counties. Hamilton has long ties to Wisconsin livestock groups and agriculture education.
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Thomas E. Hamilton
Nellie Zweifel
Monticello
Soil Bank
Eisenhower
New
Farm Bureau
PMR
Madison
Hamilton
Bureau
Westfield
Wisconsin Livestock Breeders Association
Swine Breeders Association
ASC
Belmont
Edgerton
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Lafayette County
Green County
Sauk County
Co-Operative
Farm Bureau Pmr
Green
Lafayette
Grant
Crawford
Iowa
Richland
Dane
Vernon
Sauk
Stocks Hold Gains Amid Heaviest Trading in Five Years
In New York the market stayed broadly higher late in the day as steel shares rose. Trading volume reached about 5.9 million shares, above Mondays 5.47 million. Most key stocks gained or held gains while losses crept up late as the tape lag extended to 18 minutes during a 3 hour 16 minute span.
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New York
Farrar 79 Reclusive Birthday Marked in Ridgefield
Geraldine Farrar former opera star celebrates her 79th birthday in seclusion at Ridgefield Connecticut with a few friends. Farrar retired from the Metropolitan Opera in 1922 at age 40 and has since lived quietly away from the stage.
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Geraldine Farrar
Ridgefield
Conn
Miss Farrar
Met
Congo Leaders Sign Unity Pact Amid Rebel Threat
In Leopoldville the central Congo government and independent Katanga plus Kasai mining state signed a military pact for a united front against leftist rebels. Rebels withdrew from Luluabourg and a key frontier column disappeared as Dag Hammarskjold urged cooperation to avert civil war. Kasavubu held talks with US aide Williams, seeking Kennedy support while pledging UN cooperation.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Capabie
Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Kasavubu
G. Mennen Williams
U.S
Williams
Kennedy
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Inventor Gels Six Year Prison Term in Fraud Case
Madison clerk Fry 69 of Necedah jailed six years and fined 5000 for defrauding investors in his inventions. Judge Stone denied bail reduction and postponed penalty 30 days for appeal. Fry convicted on six of ten counts for using the mails to defraud investors in energy machine and paint like Mi Fry Ca.
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Madison
Clark L. Fry
Necedah
Ee ‘U.S
Patrick T. Stone
Fry
Willard Stafford
Stone
U.S
George E. Rapp
eRn
Lne Af Rye
Mi - Fry -Ca
Chicago
City Canvass Volunteers Continue House Calls
City canvass workers resumed calling yesterday and today to reach neighbors missing on Sunday. Chairwoman Eileen Wagner notes total funds will be known later this week. Volunteers should return packets and donations to ward chairmen or Mrs Wegner or the First National Bank after canvassing their areas.
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Heart Sunday
Eileen Wagner
Wegner
Liz Taylor Lemmon Lead Oscar Favorites In Nominee Field
Hollywood previews crown Liz Taylor and Jack Lemmon as early favorites for the 33rd Academy Awards. Taylor earns a fourth best actress nomination for Butterfield 8 while Lemmon riding The Apartment leads the best actor race with potential historic win. Other top nominees include Greer Garson Deborah Kerr Shirley MacLaine and Melina Mercouri. male contenders Burt Lancaster Trevor Howard Laurence Olivier Spencer Tracy.
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Hollywood
Liz Taylor
Jack Lemmon
Liz
Lemmon
Greer Garson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Campobello
Deborah Kerr
Shirley MacLaine
Melina Mercouri
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Trevor Howard
Sir Laurence Olivier
Spencer Tracy
Clarence Darrow
Kennedy proposes heavier taxes on trucks for highway plan
President Kennedy urges a pay as you go highway program funded by higher truck taxes and user fees rather than general funds. He seeks to prevent a gas tax cut, raise truck license and diesel taxes, and edge toward a $40 billion expressway network by 1972 with truckers bearing the main burden.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Red Cross Opens County Membership Drive In March
The 1961 county Red Cross campaign aims for a $9,911 quota with Monroe excluded from the current canvass. Drive chair Paul Hartwig notes funds already totaled $4,096.62 for the United Fund, with $2,046 projected for the blood program and $3,620 for the National Red Cross among budget line items. John Kundert chairs the county chapter.
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Red Cross
Green County
Monroe
United Fund
Paul A. Hartwig
Drive
Brodhead
Albany
Browntown
Juda
Wiontitelid
New Glarus
Adams
Brooklyn
Cadiz
Clarno
Decatur
Exeter
Jefferson
Jordan
Spring Grove
Sylvester
Washington
York
Vernon Schillinger
County
National Red Cross
John F. Kundert
County Red Cross
Kennedy presses federal plan or billboard tax to curb signs
President Kennedy urged Congress to boost state efforts to regulate highway billboards and warned a federal control plan or a billboard tax may be required if states fail. He proposed doubling the incentive deadline to June 30, 1965, noting Maryland is the only state to qualify for the current program.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Maryland
Jersey Catches Slayer of Girl
New Jersey State Police say they captured a man using the name Fred Thompson at a Lakehurst chicken farm after he applied for a job. The spokesman said the suspect admitted killing 4 year old Edith Kiccor ius in a tenement room in New York last Wednesday.
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Toms River
N.J
New Jersey
Edith Kiccorius
Fred Thompson
Lakehurst
New York
Rural March of Dimes Reaches 2135 Figure
W A Bender, chairman of the county chapter of the National Foundation, announced the rural branch has reached a total of two thousand one hundred thirty five dollars. The effort supports birthplace and infant health programs across the area.
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W. A. Bender
The
National Foundation
Rural Green County Sees 1961 March of Dimes Rise
WESCU reports rural Green County contributions for the 1961 March of Dimes campaign show a $60 increase over 1960 rural donations. Bender expects a total for the 1961 drive to be announced soon, likely before the March March of Dimes meeting.
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Green County
Bender
Representative Walter to retire from Congress in 1962
Representative Francis E. Walter of Pennsylvania announces retirement after 30 years in Congress due to poor health. He chairs the House Un American Activities Committee and will end his service this year.
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Walter
Washington
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
Group Proposes Sweeping Taxes
The Metropolitan Study Commission backs a broad state tax reform including a $2 per $100 auto surcharge, a 3 percent sales tax, a $15 dependent credit, higher income brackets, and a corporate tax on banks and insurers. The plan would shift financing of public assistance to the state and cut personal property taxes while boosting local revenue sharing.
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Milwaukee
Metropolitan Study Commission
Robert E. Jensen
Commission
Living Cost Index Dip in January
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the consumer price index fell by 0.1 percent in January due to lower prices for clothing, used cars, eggs, milk, and fresh produce. The index declined to 127.4 from 127.5 in December, while remaining 1.6 percent above January 1960.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Angola
Lobito
Miles
Elisabethville
Northern Rhodesia
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Wiley
W. W. Wood
Tacoma
Wash
Meters
Wood
Jersey
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