Supreme Court upholds key Civil Rights Act provisions
The Supreme Court validates major sections of the 1957 Civil Rights Act amid federal efforts to enforce Negro voting rights in Georgia. Protesters press for desegregation of lunch counters across the South as Senate debates civil rights legislation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Georgia
South
Senate
Southern Regional Council
Atlanta
Richard Russell
D-Ga
Red Cross unit to campaign countywide in fund drive
The Green County Red Cross fund drive launches with door to door solicitation after a year of mail campaigns. County chairman John L. Kundert notes a $9,774 budget including county needs and emergency funds, with United Fund contributing $4,040 from Monroe.
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Green County Red Cross
John L. Kundert
Red Cross
Monroe
United Fund
Marie Alston
Walter Bober
Gerritt Mouw
Albany
Emil Steindorf
Domenic Bonsiorno
Brodhead
Richard Markham
Raymond Homb
Browntown
Dale Young
Juda
Ivan Arnsmeier
Duane Helland
C. O. Brunk
Decatur
la Verne Hintza
Exeter
Ray Grady
Jefferson
Lloyd Deininger
Walter Ludwig
Jordan
Earl Bechtolt
Monroe Township
Glenn Benkert
Mr. Pleasant
Hans Sulzer
New Glarus Township
Gilbert Duerst
Heart Fund Drive benifit cage game reported successful
Mrs Eileen Wagner heart fund chairman said preliminary results show the drive is a tremendous success though many workers have not reported final tabulation will come later this week Nearly 900 attended a heart fund benefit basketball game Saturday night at the Monroe junior high gym between the Monroe All Stars and university of Wisconsin players Bob Anderegg led Monroe with 23 points in a 74 52 win Other Monroe scorers included Hel b Aguilman 14 Dwyer 15 Bahn 5 Norder 2 Diegnan 11 and Pilz 4 Wisconsin scorers included Hobbs 12 Holmes 10 Altman 10 Schoonover 9 and Staulecup 7 The Monroe City Band performed during intermission and the Key Club prepared posters for the event
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Eileen Wagner
City Heart Fund
Walter J. Kubly
Heart Fund
Monroe All-Stars
Bob Anderegg
University of Wisconsin
Jean Finnigan
The
Anderegg
Monroe High School
Michigan State University
Monroe
Herb Ableman
Jerry Dwyer
Wayne Bahn
Ken Norder
Marty Diegnan
Bud Pilz
Badger Bruisers
Billy Hobbs
Jim Holmes
Bob Altman
al Schoonover
Jerry Staulecup
Monroe City Band
William Rollins
Key Club
Stock Prices Mixed During Routine Trade
New York equities showed uneven trading as electronics and speculative issues rose while broader market remained volatile. Fractions to near one point shifts defined the day with science stocks advancing two or three points on gains in select issues.
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New York
Drury High Hosts Bid Farewell After Week of Exchange
North Adams Massachusetts students depart Monroe High School after a seven day stay with host families. The farewell at the bus loading entrance drew 200 plus well wishers as advisers praised Monroe hospitality.
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Drury High School
North Adams
Mass
East
Monroe High School
Chicago
Monroe Exchange
Marion Sweeney
Nat Sondrini
Drury
Monroe
Grand Central Station
Washington
U.S
New York
Sondrini
Sweeney
Drury Group
Wisconsin Consolidates Income Tax Form 1 For 1959
The Wisconsin Form 1 consolidates the old short and separate returns for married women. It provides husband and wife columns for income and deductions. Taxpayers may itemize or take the standard deduction, with a $450 Wisconsin standard deduction and a 9 percent optional tax table. Federal deductible items differ from Wisconsin ones and require a separate computation.
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Wisconsin
Mrs. Louise Tornow 90 Succumbs in South Wayne
Louise Tornow 90 died yesterday at St. Clare hospital from old age complications. Born Louise Guttmer in Monroe on August 16 1869 she married Ferdinand Torn in 1896. She lived on a Wayne area farm with survivors including son Leo and several siblings. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 pm in Hanson funeral home with burial in Blaisdell cemetery.
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Louise Tornow
Winslow
St. Clare Hospital
Tornow
Louise Augusta Guttmer
Monroe
August
Albertina Blasing Gutzmer
Ferdinand Torn
Ae Wayne
Ives
St. Paul’s
Browntown
Blaisdell Cemetery
South Wayne
Chilean Crowd Greets Eisenhower in Santiago
President Eisenhower was greeted by 600000 to 700000 Chileans in Santiago during his South American tour. A minor incident occurred when Communist union workers shouted anti US slogans and pelted a Castro image as the motorcade passed. No serious injuries reported.
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Santiago
Chilea
Eisenhower
South America
Pacific
United States
Jorge Alessandri
Chile
Fidel Castro
Cuba
World Day of Prayer Service Friday in Green County
Green County hosts the World Day of Prayer observance with a 2 30 p m service at Union Presbyterian Church led by Rev Karl Koch. Church women from several denominations share duties and offerings support home and foreign missions. A hospital service follows at 7 30 p m with leaders from local churches. WEKZ will broadcast devotional Lenten services weekdays 9 25 to 9 30 from March 7 to April 15.
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Green County
Union Presbyterian Church
Karl Koch
Immanuel Church
H. F. Cunningham
United Church Women
National Council of Churches
Inter-Church Council of Canada
Paul H. Olm
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Green County Council of Church Women
Amanda Rabehl
Bethel Eub Church
Monroe Council of Church Women
Walter Kuebli
Immanuel Eub Church
R. W. Kramer
C. W. Chase
Presbyterian Church
Harold Haworth
William McCutchin
John Steinman
Ula Tyler
Green County Hospital
Norman Poff
Gerald Swiggum
Robert Buehler
Gloria Jonas
Delores Moehnke
Green County Council
WEKZ
New Delhi Talks Aim to Set April Border Talks
Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Chinese Premier Chou En Lai agreed to an April meeting in New Delhi to seek a solution to their border dispute.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Chou Enlai
Monroe Theft Suspect Caught
A Chicago man, Anthony J. Harris, 39, was captured after a high speed pursuit seven and a half miles west of Freeport for stealing $80 to $90 from a Monroe service station. Harris fled through Freeport, was fired upon, and finally surrendered after deputies forced him into a patrol car. He waived extradition to Monroe.
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Chicago
Monroe
Illinois
Freeport
Anthony J. Harris
Herbert Buehler
11Th Avenue
19Th Street
Harris
Dwight C. Coplien
Donald L. Hoppe
New Ag Building Bids Sought Here
The county agricultural committee seeks sealed bids by March 29 for a new 41 by 94 foot two story agricultural building near the county jail on Highway 59. Separate bids requested for general construction plumbing electrical and heating ventilation. Bids due 4 p.m. March 29 at the county clerk's office and opened at 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom. Plans and specs available at Stanley W Howe architect Monroe.
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County Agricultural Committee
Highway 59
Stanley W. Howe
Monroe
Milwaukee Looters Nabbed After Food Store Burglary
Four Milwaukee boys admitted burglarizing a foodstore for 900 dollars on Sunday. They were later picked up in Chicago when authorities noticed the boys flashing more money than youths typically carry.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Leap Year Babies To Observe First Birthday In 1964
Two area children are Leap Year babies with first birthdays delayed until February 29, 1964. James Arthur Bartlett born 11:45 a.m. to the Bartlett family of Route 1 weighed eight pounds six ounces. Marlys Fernstaedt born 12:38 a.m. to the Fernstaedt family of Orangeville weighed eight pounds one ounce and has four siblings.
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Burleigh Bartlett
Route 1
Merlin Fernstaedt
Orangeville
Bartletts
James Arthur
Arthur Bartlett
Oscar Wigdahl
Brodhead
Dora Drake
Monroe
Nellie Bartlett
Winslow
Ella Harper
Fernstaedts
Marlys
Marsha
Mark
Monica
Morris
Herman Fernstaedt
Lena
Elmer Klaas
C. Klaas
Nellie Diestalmeier
Freeport
Terry Fernstaedt
Arden Fernstaedt
Eight in Family Dead of Monoxide
Thomson Illinois finds eight dead in a secluded Mississippi River area home after an oil burner exhausts and empty tanks. Leroy C. Hensel 59, wife Dora 53, and six children aged 7 to 17 die of apparent asphyxiation. Eddie Shuler, Hensel’s employer, discovered the bodies a week later while visiting the snowbound family.
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Thomson, Ill
Mississippi River
Leroy C. Hensel
Dora
Eddie Shuler
Hensel
L. B. Hussey
Carroll County
Shuler
Morrison
Woman to plead guilty as murder charge reduced in Dec shooting
Dist. Atty. Carlyle Skoles said he would reduce a first degree murder charge against Mrs. Rachel Kidrick to man slaughter in the December 26 shooting of her husband Walter. Counsel for Mrs. Kidrick said she would plead guilty to the amended charge.
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Black River Falls
Carlyle Skoles
Rachel Kidrick
Walter
Robber flees Nichols bank hold up after pistol drawn
A bandit attempted to rob Nichols State Bank in Outagamie County around 10:15 am but fled when assistant cashier Darrel Hahn drew a Luger and warned of shooting. The white man, 30s to 40s, in an Army overcoat used a shotgun on witnesses before escaping in a 1951 sedan west on Highway 56. Police set road blocks. no one was hit.
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Nichols, Wis
Nichols
Darrel Hahn
Outagamie County
Cicero
Hazel Rudie
Hahn
Rudie
Lesser
Marty brothers consolidate three cheese firms into one unit
Carl O. Marty Jr. and Robert F. Marty announce a consolidation of Swiss Cheese Corp. of America Capital Cheese Co. and Monroe Cold Storage Co. into a single operation with headquarters in the Marty building 1218 14th Avenue. Robert Marty takes active management and minority stockholders exits completed.
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Carl O. Marty Jr
Robert F. Marty
Swiss Cheese Corp. of America
Capital Cheese Co
Monroe Cold Storage Co
Marty
14Th Avenue
Robert Marty
Martys
Swiss Cheese Corp
Clarabelle Grode
John Grode
Kingan
Hygrade Food Products Corp
Detroit
Carl F. Brennecke
Monroe Cold Storage
Sparta Boy Dies In Tractor Joyride Crash
Dennis Jones age 12 of Sparta died when a tractor carrying four boys overturned on a private road. Dickie Yanke 15 was driving the machine near a slaughter house when it toppled over a culvert, pinning Yanke’s leg.
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Sparta
Dennis Jones
Dickie Yanke
Janes
Yanke
Senator Dodd Hospitalized From Fatigue in Miami
Senator Thomas J. Dodd of Connecticut is hospitalized in Miami Beach for extreme fatigue after collapsing at a Saturday Democratic dinner. Doctors ask not to be disturbed for three or four days as the 53 year old senator recovers.
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Shuler
Hensel
Sen
Dodd
Miami Beach
Fla
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
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Fisk University
Nashville
Fisk
Ben West
Tennessee
A and I
Chamber of Commerce
Mary Lou Estes
Dianne Grossen
Mary Lou
Middleton
Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants
A. E. Baughman
U. S. Secret Service
Monroe Advisers
Chase
Martys Combine
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