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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1964
Page
2
The piece argues for a uniform national presidential primary to replace state varied setups and avoid cross party balloting. It critiques favorite son strategies and party intrigue at conventions. It suggests independents be accommodated via independent or blank ballots while seeking a fair, decisive primary process.
Former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer condemned Western leaders for rushing aid to the Soviet bloc without proof of peaceful intent. He warned Moscow must show genuine disarmament aims before receiving economic or food assistance and said the West should not let millions starve in Communist nations. Senator Goldwater said he would not close the door to arms talks but would block initiatives until Moscow abandons domination goals. Khrushchev’s role in food shortages was noted, with Adenauer urging tougher action to compel concrete signs of peace.
A Jan 7 1951 city council informal poll shows unanimous agreement to accept the jail committee’s recommendation against county participation in a new building. Obituaries note Alfred F. Gadow and Amelia Focht among area deaths. Eisenhower pledges tax revisions and budget trims in the state of the union. Other items cover Mooney pardon, Monroe sports loss, Japan blacklist, and Cold War views.
About sixty persons attended an informational meeting at Albany High School gym where plans for a proposed addition were explained. A special school district meeting will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday January 14 for official presentation and a vote on the $412000 building program to be borrowed at 3 percent interest from the Land Grant Agency. The Albany Civic Club sponsored the event following its monthly business meeting. Dallas Briggs supervised the session, with school board members and a building committee presenting and answering questions.
Los Angeles Abe Ribicoff Connecticut senator and former secretary of welfare says he is not a candidate for the Democratic vice presidency and believes other men are better qualified. He spoke during a Los Angeles speech as Henry Ford II heads for a week vacation in Madrid. MacArthur recalls facing dismissal at West Point over hazing aides and refusing to name upperclassmen. He cites immutable principles against lying or tattling and recalls the moment with lingering sweat decades later.
The death reports list Anna Kelton Wiley 65 widow of Dr Harvey W Wiley a suffrage activist and Pure Food Act figure from Washington state. Also T George Wood 76 former general manager of Canadian Sugar Fabrics Ltd and LDS Church member in Raymond Alabama. Joan Dewan Danes 36 Yale dean’s wife died of pneumonia in New Haven. Wisconsin Youth for Christ plans a 300 mile horseback ride from Milwaukee to Fort Wilderness Rhinelander starting June 13 with 30 to 50 teens, ten days. contact Dial 325 5101 for details.
Thieves broke into Representative Henry B. Gonzalezs car in downtown San Antonio on a Sunday, stealing 450 dollars in cameras and undeveloped Kennedy trip photographs. Also taken were recent film shots of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Gonzalez reported the window pried and entry gained into the locked vehicle.
In Brodhead the City Council heard William Taylor of Calvert Co. Green Bay present a plan to purchase a sand spreader and were to see a demonstration today. Water and light chief Dale Johnson asked to survey a power line to 11th street. police Chief Wickline secured funds for police office decor and a ceiling insulation purchase. a blinking light near the high school was approved pending State Highway Commission consent.
On January 7 in 1929 the Question Mark completed a 150 hour 40 minute endurance flight with Maj. Carl Spaatz and Capt. Ira Eaker. Other milestones include Washington becoming the first president in 1789, the first Confederate flag unfurled in 1861, and various diplomatic milestones through the mid 20th century.
A long awaited federal panel report on smoking and health will be released Saturday at noon. The Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health, chosen for impartiality, has studied thousands of studies over a year and will not offer actions but may urge further research. The panel includes 10 scientists, five non smokers, three cigarette smokers and two cigar smokers. The report may remain inconclusive in some health areas, as critics and the tobacco industry dispute links to disease.
Sai gon report says Mrs Ngo Dinh Kha, mother of former South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem, died in a hospital after being taken there from Hue following the November 1 coup that killed Diem.
Albany Wisconsin ACPARD holds its annual meeting at 7 30 p m in the school music room with three directors to be elected Expiring terms include Robert A Bean Dr John E Lynn and Loren Bagley Present officers Stears Bright King Hold over directors are Hein Dehmer and Reasa Forester Richard Camp will discuss woodland plans at the northwest village corner The ACPARD was chartered in 1959 for civic betterment and first bought Nichols Woods now leased for district baseball and track Projects for next year will be discussed following the meeting.
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