Today in History Highlights 1966 Jan 4 events
January 4 marks notable moments from 1896 Utah statehood to 1965 diplomacy. Highlights include George Washingtons presidential message 1790, Tom Thumb birth 1838, yellow fever wiped out in Ecuador 1921, Nazi child training 1936, Mac Arthur educators in Japan 1946, Peking Moscow rail progress, Castro crisis, Johnsons State of the Union invitation to Soviet leaders.
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Associated Press
Utah
George Washington
Tom Thumb
Bridgeport
Conn
Rockefeller Foundation
Ecuador
Germany
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Peking
Moscow
U.S
Cuba
Organization of American States
Fidel Castro
Johnson
Soviet Union
United States
Vienna Communist govt vows wage and price reforms
The Vienna regime of Austria Hungary announces new economic measures to uplift low income workers by raising wages, reduce top earners salaries, and increase farm prices to ease economic strain.
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Vienna
Austria
Hungary
City council buys land for new dump
Ten years ago on January 4 1956 the Racine City Council purchased land for a new city dump. Two cousins awaiting sentencing on burglary charges escaped from Racine County jail. Dr David Ruehlman a Monroe physician for 25 years announced plans to move to Kenosha to practice medicine.
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Racine
David Ruehlman
Monroe
Kenosha
20 Years Ago Today Tension Mounts In Industrial Strife
The Cheesemakers seek a win to hold first place as strikes loom amid national industrial tension. Hank Greenberg is due back at first base for the Detroit Tigers.
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Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Roscoe Grimm Named First Candidate for Circuit Judge
Thirty years ago on January 4 1936 Roscoe Grimm announced his candidacy to succeed his father Judge George Grimm. Dr Silber C Pea cock a child specialist reportedly attempted to scalp him per corner's report.
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Roscoe Grimm
Post
George Grimm
Silber C. Peacock
Corner
Monroe Attorneys Try Jury Case in Juda Hotel Bill
50 Years Ago Today January 4 1926 Juda sees a jury trial in a hotel bill dispute with a Monroe attorney leading the defense. Mystic Workers editor Robert Toole and wife visit as lodge guest speaker while officers are installed. Jacob Karlen Jr Badger Cheese Co reads directors report at Wisconsin Cheesemakers convention in Milwaukee. Methodist Men plan to revive Brotherhood.
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Monroe
Robert Toole
Morris
Mystic Workers Magazine
Jacob Karlen Jr
Badger Cheese Co
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
Milwaukee
Thorp Foundation Offers $1,000 Scholarships
The Thorp Finance Foundation will award two final winners $1,000 each for use at a Wisconsin college or university. Zone winners will receive $25 Savings Bond prizes. Wisconsin high school seniors may enter by February 7 with essays on profits in the economy or teenage driving responsibilities.
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THORP
Thorp Finance Foundation
Wisconsin College
Wisconsin
Classified Ads Solve Daily Problems for Thousands
Read by thousands, the classified ad section helps solve daily needs from jobs and services to housing and goods. It highlights practical listings and community notices that connect readers with opportunities and bargains.
Herman Lehman Succumbs at 83
Herman Lehman 83 a former New Glarus area cheesemaker died Sunday in Dane County Hospital Verona. Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Joyce Verona Funeral Home Verona with Rev. William Schultz officiating. Burial in Verona Cemetery. Survived by wife Ida two sons Herman Jr Ernest seven daughters two brothers in Switzerland 25 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
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Herman Lehman
Madison
New Glarus
Dane County
Verona
Joyce- Verona
William Schultz
Memorial United Church of Christ of Madison
Lehman
Switzerland
United States
Ida
Herman Jr
Ernest
Janesville
Funeral rites held for Burlington’s oldest resident Miss Norton
Burlington Wis funeral services were held for Lizzie Norton 102 longtime Burlington Mills Inc employee who retired at 70 after 45 years of service.
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Miss Norton
Burlington
Wis
Lizzie Norton
Norton
Burlington Mills, Inc
Walter Bliss 84 longtime Durand electrician dies
Walter W. Bliss 84 of Brodhead formerly of Durand died at Medina Manor Nursing Center Durand after a long illness. He established the first public electrical service in Durand in 1914, later ran an electric business in Brodhead and operated radio station W8DDC. He was a musician and a 32nd Degree Mason with multiple fraternal memberships. He is survived by his wife Pearl a son Raymond W a granddaughter and two great grandchildren. Funeral services Thursday at First Methodist Church Durand with Masonic rites that night. Burial in Durand Cemetery. Friends may call at Chapin McCorkle Funeral Home in Durand Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Walter W. Bliss
Brodhead
Public
Durand
Ill
Medina Manor
Mr. Bliss
Spring Valley Township
Rock County
Silas
Mary Bliss
Pearl Best
W8ddc
Darrell English
Durand Cemtery
Chapin-McCorkle
Avalanche Blocks Switzerland Rail Line Near Zermatt
An avalanche blocked the rail line and road into Zermatt ski resort guiding emergency helicopter service for stranded tourists. The slide came from a steep slope near the town just after midnight but caused no injuries. Food stocks ensured hotels could run for a week.
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Zermatt
Switzerland
Matterhorn
Colney Takes Over Streiff Insurance Agency
NEW GLARUS Times Special reports Merton Colney has assumed fire auto and casualty insurance duties of the Fred P. Streiff Agency effective January 1. Colney previously spent four years with Fred Lienhardt Agency and started the Colney Agency in February 1964. He will continue his life insurance business.
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NEW Glarus
Times
Merton Colney
Fred P. Streiff
Fred Lienhardt
Colney
Edwin Duerst Dies at 64 in Primrose Township
Edwin Duerst 64 died yesterday morning at his farm home in Primrose Township Dane County. He was born July 12 1901 in Primrose and lived there his whole life. Survived by his mother Rosa and brothers Thomas Clarence of the home farm Herman in Madison and three sisters Mrs. Roethlisberger Monticello Mrs. Butts rural Belleville and Mrs. Olson Madison. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow at Zentner Funeral Home with Rev Linus Wierwill of Swiss United Church of Christ officiating burial in Swiss UCC Cemetery. Pallbearers listed from New Glarus and Madison.
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New Glarus
Edwin Duerst
Primrose Township
Dane County
Samuel
Rose Altman Duerst
Primrose
Rosa Duerst
Thomas
Clarence
Herman
Madison
Fred Roethlisberger
Monticello
Lloyd Butts
Belleville
Russell Olson
Ivan
Zentner
Linus Wierwill
Swiss United Church of Christ
UCC
Melvin Elmer
Monroe
Maynard Duerst
Delmar Kubly
Kenneth Disch
Jacob Duerst
Song rendered in memory of Blanchardville resident
John Amacher of Blanchardville is remembered as Clayton Streiff will sing Be yond the Sunset with organ accompaniment by Miss Alice Frei tag. Friends may call at the fu
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John Amacher
Blanchardville
Clayton Streiff
Alice Freitag
Clarence C. Guetschow Dies at 74 in Dodgeville
Clarence C. Guetschow 74 of rural Dodgeville died yesterday in a local hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by sister Mrs. Ernest Beattie Oshkosh and brother Bruce Appleton. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Lulloff Funeral Home with viewing after 3 p.m. tomorrow.
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Fisheries Division
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Greens
Ray Beckman
Green County Conservation League
Ray
Bowers
Ben Beckman
Fred Krueger
Beckman
George
Conservation Department
Dodgeville
Clarence C. Guetschow
Ernest Beattie
Oshkosh
Bruce
Appleton
Lulloff
Crackdown on Speed Surges in New York Police Stop Count
Albany state police report more than 101,279 alleged speeders arrested in the first ten months of 1965 using portable radar. A spokesman notes a 36.1 percent rise from 1964 when 74,401 motorists were stopped by radar during the same period.
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Albany
N.Y
Bovre Promoted to Specialist Fourth Class
The Service Record reports SP4 Michael Bovre promoted to Specialist Fourth Class. His address is SP4 Michael Bovre US 55 805 480 174th Aviation Co Ft Benning Ga.
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Bovre
Belleville
Michael Bovre
174Th Aviation Co
Ft. Benning
Airmen Hartwig and Kesler Graduate From Air Force Courses
Airman Third Class William E. Hartwig son of Edward F Hartwig Monroe is graduated at Amarillo AFB Texas from a supply inventory specialists course and reassigned to McConnell AFB for Tactical Air Command duty. Technical Sergeant Gerald D Kesler son of W H Kesler Aberdeen is graduated from the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Westover AFB Massachusetts and serves as an air policeman at Loring AFB Maine. His wife Marion is the daughter of Walter Rufenacht of Monroe.
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Robert W. Brown
Irma Doty
Menocino St
Seaside
Calif
Langley Afb
Brown
Langley
Tactical Air Command
TAC
Monterey
Cailif
Peninsula High School
Ruth
Cora A. Farrey
Estey St
Shullsburg
Wis
Alvis L. Hilpert
U.S. Air Force
Hartwig
William E. Hartwig
Edward F. Hartwig
16Th St
Monroe
Amarillo Afb
Tex
Monroe Senior High
McConnell Afb
Kesler
Gerald D. Kesler
W. H. Kesler
S. Congress St
Aberdeen
S.D
Westover Afb
Mass
Loring Afb
Maine
Strategic Air Command
America
East High School
Des Moines
Marion
Walter Rufenacht
Eighth Ave
Help Wanted Classified Ads Promote Hiring Help
Notify readers that local help wanted ads connect employers with job seekers. The brief notes that businesses seek workers across trades and services, urging applicants to browse listings and apply today.
Frank Koenig Taken by Death
Frank Koenig 85 a retired Mr Horeb area farmer and father of Edwin Koenig Monroe died yesterday in a Madison nursing home after a long illness. He worked at St Marys Hospital Madison 1945 55 after retiring from the farm. He belonged to St James Catholic Church and its Holy Name Society. Funeral at 930 am tomorrow in St James Church Madison with Rev Louis Scheuring officiating. Burial in Resurrection Cemetery. Friends may call at Memorial Funeral Home Madison. Parish Rosary at 815 tonight. Surviving are widow Julia Haag two other sons Joseph Mr Horeb and Henry Portland Ind four daughters Mrs Joseph Huber Madison Mrs Jake Brokish Dodgeville Sister Mary Terence St Marys Academy Milwaukee Mrs Orville Endres Roxbury a sister Mrs Christina Goerthoeffner Manitowoc 42 grandchildren and 19
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Frank Koenig
Horeb
Edwin Koenig
Monroe
Madison
Resurrection Cemetery
Memorial Funeral Home
Julia Haag
Joseph
Henry
Portland
Ind
Joseph Huber
Jake Brokish
Dodgeville
Mary Terence
St. Mary’s Academy
Milwaukee
Orville Endres
Roxbury
Christina Goerthoeffner
Manitowoc
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Emery A. Odell
Inland Press Association
Audit Bureau of Curation
City of Monroe
el Wy and
Ste County
de Wisconsin
Stephenson County
Editorial
Swissair
Zurich
Basle
Berne
Geneva
Worle Travel Center
State Bank Lobby
Freeport
Walter Bliss
City of
New City Hall
Board of Public Works
Illinois
Mutual
Herbert M.ainsworth
Business Mart
Ronald R. Anderson
Whitehead
R. Harvey Dastrup
Livestock Conservation, Inc
S. E. Whitehead
LCI
Dubuque Packing Company
Prgram
C.C. Guetschow
American Natural Gas System
Milwaukee Gas Light Company
Wisconsin Gas Company
Fritz Cleaners
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