Snow and cold snap hit the region tonight
Snow and freezing temperatures loom for Green County and surrounding areas as up to four inches more snow falls along the Illinois Wisconsin line. A cold wave brings temperatures 5 to 15 degrees above zero with icy conditions possible as additional precipitation is forecast. Rain and fog earlier hampered travel while Monroe reported a modest tree burning event amid damp weather.
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Green County
Illinois-Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Columbus
Sheboygan
State Highway Department
Monroe
Mixed Stock Price Trends Narrow Market Decline Dampens Gains
New York stocks ended with mixed results as steel shares and other issues posted modest gains while blue chips fell. The market opened lower and failed to sustain advances with notable declines in Du Pont General Electric American Telephone Consolidated Edison and Southern California Edison. The Commerce Department forecast a ten percent rise in steel output this year.
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NEW York — Steels
U.S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Commerce Department
du Pont
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
Southern California Edison
General Electric
University of Wisconsin accepts grants and gifts
The University of Wisconsin board of regents announced the acceptance of 1,343,879 in gifts and grants. Of this total 738,332 comes from federal agencies. The announcement confirms support for university programs and research.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Rural Dimes Drive Formed By County Chapter Leaders
W A Bender chair of Green County National Foundation announced township chairmen for the March of Dimes campaign. Rural leaders planned countywide activity with couples named as chairs in Exeter Washington Pleasant Decatur Brown town Monroe York Clarno Adams Jefferson Jordan New Gla rus Albany Brooklyn Spring Grove and others.
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W. A. Bender
Green County
The
National Foundation
Wally Feldt
Frederick Viney
Exeter Township
Howard Voegels
Washington
Gordon Schultz
Pleasant
August Martini
Sylvan Erickson
York
Herbert Huffman
Clarno
Theodore Weiler
Adams
John Waefler
Jefferson
Frederick Brandt
Jordan
Morris Marty
New Glarus
Herman Pluss
Albany
Phillip Brown
Brooklyn
Edward Kaderly
Spring Grove
Tractor injures farmer in area near Argyle
Donald Marti, 44, Route 1 Argyle, is in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital after being pinned under his overturned tractor for over an hour. He suffered five fractures including three ribs and a left collar bone. Dean Pickett found the scene four miles east of Woodford shortly before 8 15 p m and notified authorities. The Green County deputies said Marti struck a culvert with the rear left wheel causing the tractor to overturn two miles from the Marti farm while returning from Argyle where repairs were made.
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Donald Marti
Argyle
St. Clare Hospital
Dean Pickett
Route 1
Woodford
Lafayette County
Green County
Marti
Jaycees Extend Nomination Deadline for Monroe Awards
The Jaycees extend the nomination deadline for Monroe Outstanding Senior and Junior Citizen to Jan 9. Nominations must be postmarked by then and mailed to Joyces in Monroe. Awards winners announced at Bosses Night January 17 at Monroe Country Club.
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Jaycees Today
Monroe
PO Box
Monroe Country Club
Kennedy Maps Medical Drive Amid Tax Tariff Proposals
President Kennedy returns to Washington for tactial and advisory talks on medical care for the aged under Social Security, tax incentives for industry, and tariff reductions. He aims to win congressional support with Chairman Wilbur Mills and plans a Columbus fundraiser on DiSalle’s birthday before Sunday briefings with Gen. Lucius D. Clay and CIA chief John A. McCone.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Washington
White House
Congress
Wilbur Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Arkansas Democrat
Robert S. Kerr
Dokla
Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
Lucius D. Clay
Berlin
John A. McCon
Central Intelligence Agency
Clay
U.S. Holds Half Year Edge In Missile Race
United States intelligence argues America will stay ahead of the Soviet Union by about six months in readying a new intercontinental ballistic missile. First Soviet ICBM expected early 1963, while the U.S. Minute Man mobilizes this summer. Nine Polaris submarines and 144 missiles are planned by year end, with Cape Canaveral confirming another successful Minuteman launch.
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Washington
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Cape Canaveral
Atlantic
Fire Victim Found in Jefferson Cottage Blaze
The body of 65 year old Stanley Mooris was found early today in his cottage after a fire left the structure largely destroyed. Firefighters arrived to find only the frame walls standing.
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Jefferson
Stanley Mooris
Mooris
Town hosts fallout detection classes for civil defense
About 36 residents attended the first in a four part series on detecting fallout at Monroe High School. The Monroe Civil Defense sponsors led by Walter E. Drews and Charles B. Marvin announced future sessions, with the next meeting set for January 11 at 7 30 p.m. in Room 29. The course, open to officers, firemen, and interested residents, lists attendees including John Ammon John Schindler Jr and many others.
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Monroe Civil Defense Organization
Walter E. Drews
Monroe
Charles B. Marvin
Drews
Marvin
John Ammon
John Schindler Jr
Robert Stair
George Hoover
Eugene Beer
William Eberhardt
Aaron Norder
Werner Marti
Albert Schmidt
Theodore Ott
Frederick Boeck
Arthur Krebs
Josef J. Benkert
Glenn Meitz
Dick Hale
Chester Pfund
C. W. Chase
Neil Zimmerman
Walter Marty
William Heibner
Enoch Huston
Henry Schmidt
William Rieder Jr
Ralph Kundert
Kenneth Mayer
Milford Thompson
Henry S. Hefty
David Burri
Clayton Norder
Donald Hoppe
Harold Lelle
Roger Hoesly
John Bauman
Walter Babula
Mrs. Elizabeth Bruni 83 Dies Gold Star Mother
Mrs. Elizabeth Bruni 83 of 1315 10th street a World War II Gold Star Mother died at St. Clare hospital after Sept. 8 illness. Born Dec 9 1878 in Schwanden Switzerland she and her family moved to New Glarus then Monroe. Survived by four sons Walter Edwin Robert and Edna Bruni a daughter and six grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at St John s Church with burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Bruni
10Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Bruni
Elizabeth Wild
Schwanden
Canton Glarus
Switzerland
Tobias
Suzanne Kindlemann Wild
New
Bataan
Corregidor
Janesville
Puerto Princesa
Palawan
Philippine Islands
Hazel Bruni
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
St. Louis
Edna H. Bruni
Madison
Dane County
Bing Crosby Planned Kidney Surgery in Santa Monica
Singer Bing Crosby was set for kidney surgery at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica today. The operation aims to address a kidney ailment and Crosby was reported in stable condition prior to the procedure.
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Bing
Santa Monica
Calif
Bing Crosby
St. John’s Hospital
Army Attains Buildup as Draft Calls Decline
The Defense Department reports a sharp two month cut in Army draft calls, with February at 8 000 and March at 6 000 as the Army meets its buildup goal. The release notes a 20 percent rise in enlistments since the start of the buildup and includes 119 000 National Guardsmen and reservists called to active service.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Berlin
Pentagon
Army National
Cannon Sees House Group Cutting Kennedy Budget
Rep. Clarence Cannon, head of the House appropriations committee, vowed to cut President Kennedy’s new budget while backing foreign aid. He warned the budget would be precariously balanced and depend on many ifs, saying the national debt and interest are rising and pledging cuts to curb deficits.
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Rep. Cannon
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Kennedy
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Cannon
Congress
Swiss Cheddar Markets Hold Steady In Wisconsin Week
Wisconsin cheese markets showed steadiness with Swiss and cheddar unchanged at assembly points and ample supplies. Production in the week ending Dec 28 rose two percent in Wisconsin and nine percent nationwide, while Wisconsin Futures Exchange reported no cheddar sales or bids and steady values.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Market News Service
Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Green Bay
Reynolds to Represent Wisconsin at USDA Milk Hearing
Wisconsin Attorney General John W. Reynolds said his office will represent the state at a USDA hearing in Peoria on a federal order covering milk imports and sales in central Illinois. He indicated some proposals could impose competitive disadvantages on Wisconsin dairy interests.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
USDA
Peoria
Illinois
Reynolds
Wisconsin 32nd Division wives and dependents exceed three thousand
The Wisconsin colony of wives and dependents of soldiers in the 32nd Division rose to over 3,000 as Red Arrow troops returned from a 15 day Christmas holiday. About 1,400 new dependents joined 1,600 already in the area, many newlywed brides. The division has 10,000 to 15,000 men and 75 percent took Christmas leaves. Housing worsened as families sought quarters, with temporary motel stays common. Transportation costs for holiday moves run above $800,000.
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FT. Lewis
Wash
Wisconsin
32Nd Division
Red Arrow
ADC Takes Over Missile Defense
The Air Defense Command assumes control of a rapid missile attack warning system. Installations at Thule Greenland and Clear Alaska are handed over by Air Force Systems Command, with Fylingdales Moor England under construction. Radar echoes reveal position and velocity, computing a flight path for timely warnings to NORAD, the Pentagon, and SAC.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Air Defense Command
Thule
Greenland
Clear
Alaska
Air Force Systems Command
ADC
Fylingdales Moor
Yorkshire
England
North American Air Defense Command
Pentagon
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Snowblanket Grips Wisconsin Skis Ahead of Weekend
A fresh storm piles snow across northern Wisconsin as of daybreak. Wausau 11 inches Park Falls 13 Green Bay and Eau Claire 9 Lone Rock 5 La Crosse 4 Beloit and Madison reported traces. Milwaukee area sees only a trace.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Wausau
Park Falls
Green Bay
Eau Claire
Lone Rock
la Crosse
Beloit
Madison
Wisconsin Legislature Eyes Bus Aid and Bank Tax Debates
Madison lawmakers return to a packed agenda including parochial school bus aid to public schools, a franchise tax on financial institutions, a study of school textbooks, a legislator pay raise, and Kerr Mills aged care bills. Recesses and a long session mark Wisconsin's 1961 leg.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Gov
Nelson
State Department
Supreme Court
State Medical Society
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Robert C. Brauchle
Roosevelt Road
Brauchle
Ella
Mark
Times
Jaycees
ICBM
Reds
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Son
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