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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1964
Page
6
Light snow covered most of the state with an inch or less in many areas. Snow expected tonight in the south and east with little temperature change. Sunday sees fair northwest and partly cloudy southeast with slightly cooler temperatures. Overnight low 10 below to 14 above, daytime high 15. Sunrise 7 37, sunset 4 38.
Deaths list includes Judge Roger L. Elmer plus Ernest Mellenberger aged 65, Alfred Mueller 35, and William Michael Stricke infant son of Mr. and Mrs Ralph Stricker all in Monroe area. Births record Joseph Keller Brodhead son Jan 10 Philip Porterfield Brodhead son Jan 10 and James Cretney Ridgeway son Jan 10. License restrictions and brief penalties noted for Larry Salis Johnson route 2 Argyle.
St Clare Hospital records show admissions for Terry Wichser of Monticello and patients including Sara Zimmerman McConnell Arthur Seffrood Browntown Sheldon L Myers Nora Iil Mrs Walter Peters Debrah Kay Conway Brodhead Mrs William Bail Red Granite Mrs Kenneth Wells Janesville Mrs Thoebe Pann Orfordville Wendy Jo Elmer Route 2 Francis A Ryan Beloit Mrs Ira Moffit Beloit and Mrs Clayton Stone and daughter Mr Hloreb. Dismissals include Benjamin Watrud Christ Balsiger Frederick J Schiessl Timothy Ray Smith Herbert OConnor Rev Albert V Ihne Sylvan Disch Harvey Otto Mrs Jo Fritz Mrs Claude Hendricks Debra Disch Mrs Gerald Hawkins and daughter.
A coroner jury in Richmond Minnesota ruled the death of 17 year old Thomas Michael Cashman accidental after a December 29 1963 two car collision south of Richmond He was a passenger in Andre Herman 17 of Monroe Herman dismissed from St Clare hospital with multiple lacerations and pelvic injuries Cashman a senior at St Bede's Academy Peru Illinois was home on holiday recess and the two youths were returning sh.
Mrs. Howard Marie Lueck of Browntown will resume duties as assistant Monday for a half day after a two month home confinement due to a serious viral infection. The Lions Club will meet Monday at 6 30 p m at the Swiss Wheel to view Life's Higher Goals with Bob Richards and hear reports on Ladies Night and bowling. Terry Wichser, 22, of Monticello, was admitted to St Clare hospital after a steam burn at the Silver Lewis cheese factory and is listed in good condition with several days of hospitalization anticipated.
William F. Kuehn 78 died of a heart attack at home on Route 2. Services set for 1 30 p m Monday at Shriner Neu shwander funeral home with Rev Paul H Olm officiating. Burial Greenwood cemetery Monroe. He was born July 31 1885 in Berlin Germany and lived in Chicago before moving to Monroe. He married Edith Adams July 1 1911 in St Joseph Michigan and worked as a tool maker at Eversharp Pen Co Chicago for 28 years. He retired five years ago and moved to Monroe. He is survived by a daughter Beatrice Nelson Chicago two brothers Charles Chicago and Paul Miami Fla and a granddaughter Pa Chicago. He was preceded in death by his wife in 1926 and a brother and sister.
A Circuit Court jury found 36 year old Donald Burrington guilty of murdering two year old Duane Gerloff the son of Burringtons common law wife. The jury deliberated nearly six hours with no sentence recommendation and a motion for a new trial was filed by Public Defender David Schirmer. A hearing on the motion was scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday January 24 Judge Marvin F Burt. The child died after Burrington attached a plastic hose to a water faucet and forced water into the boys stomach during Thanksgiving week in a Freeport hospital.
Harold Lindstrom, a purchasing agent for Merrill Manufacturing, pleads guilty to filing a fraudulent return. He owed $1,991 for 1959 but paid only $655, with tax deficiency arising from undeclared gifts received while in office. Scheduled before U.S. District Judge David Rabinovitz, newly appointed by President Johnson.
Dwight Elmer co publisher of the New Glarus Post visited the Monroe Evening Times yesterday. Browntown residents Mr and Mrs Rollie Wells plan two months in California this weekend. E C Hamilton and Stewart Haberman attended a Madison advertising conference. Irene Gettings returned from Ft Lauderdale Florida where she visited her brother Ed Gettings after leaving December 17. St Omar Chapter 90 C E S met in the Masonic Temple with annual report and refreshments. Max Rinehart and wife plan to visit their son Lt Nathan Rinehart in Augusta Georgia with O Harefield Chicago travel arrangements. Levi Torkelson of Brodhead was hospitalized at St Clare with visitors including Mrs Torkelson David Jones Rev James Plymire Mr and Mrs Otto Steinman John Hoesly Mr and Mrs Selmer Torkelson Mrs Adelle Brown Mr and Mrs Howard Torkelson Mr and Mrs Clarion Torkelson Fred Schindler Marion Condon and Ray Hawkins.
The government issued licenses Friday for the sale of an additional 104 million dollars worth of wheat to the Soviet Union. This raises total proposed shipments to about 300 million dollars to date, with five sales authorized. Most wheat earmarked for Russia. behind the Iron Curtain total about 150 million bushels.
A petition by 10 municipalities including Boscobel Columbus Cuba City Juneau Laco ate Princeton Sheboygan Falls Sun Prairie and Waupun was rejected by the Public Service Commission. The commission ruled the Wisconsin Power and Light Co rates were properly classed and differed by customer class, dismissing claims of discriminatory pricing.
Funeral services for David H. Timm, who died yesterday, will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Newcomer Funeral Home in Brodhead. Rev. Lowell H. Mays of Bethlehem Lutheran Church will officiate with burial in Avon Cemetery, Rock County. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight.
A playful editorial notes the paradox of calling a missing act logical as patrons debate the fate of a vanished performance. The piece suggests the act’s absence creates more questions than answers, reflecting on theater expectations and audience memory.
Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a unanimous opinion Friday clarifying Senate confirmation is required to replace incumbents in state jobs. The ruling upholds the governor's power only during a properly defined vacancy when the legislature is in recess. J. Jay Kelcher and conservation commissioners Guido Bahr and Charles F. Smith retained, while cases for the Department of Administration and Resource Development directors remain before the court.
Washington officials say stockpiles of nuclear weapons have risen about 50 percent in three years allowing President Johnson to reduce output. Atomic Energy Commission chief Glenn Seaborg announced four reactors to be shut, three at Hanford Washington and one at Savannah River near Aiken South Carolina, with shutdowns slated between 1964 and mid 1965.
Robert Ruef a senior in agricultural education at the University of Wisconsin was elected president of Delta Theta Sigma. He has four years in the fraternity and previously served as secretary alumni coordinator rushing chairman and athletic chairman. Ruef also leads the AEE Club and holds posts with the Agricultural Student Council Saddle and Sirloin Club and Little International Livestock show.
Chicago City Council unanimously renames Congress Street Expressway in honor of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Mayor Daley led the motion. 45 aldermen vote yes. 1964 marks the 20th anniversary of the European invasion led by Eisenhower. The council previously renamed the Northwest Expressway the John F. Kennedy Expressway.
Union workers voted 59 to 14 to approve a one year contract ending the w day strike at Kraft Foods plants in Stockton and Milledgeville. Kraft Foods said operations would resume at the Stockton whey facility and Milledgeville cheese plant as recall notices went out and reopening progressed.
Awards for winners in the Outdoor Christmas Lighting Contest will be presented during the program. Winners include Dr and Mrs Keith Witte in the general division and Mr and Mrs Robert Holtshopple in religious division. Last year's winners were Mr and Mrs Gay Steensrud religious and Werner and Marie Blum general category.
State of the Union address on Wednesday drew Rockefeller accusing Johnson of neglecting foreign policy while criticizing the Democratic Congress as stuck in a dreary three year record. Goldwater urged a full Senate inquiry into missile reliability, insisting honesty matters more than statistics. In Wilkes-Barre Scranton signaled withdrawal from Oregon primary if illegal, as Oregon secretary of state may require an affidavit to keep GOP contenders on the ballot.
Madison Assemblyman Curtis McKay changes stance on Central Colony infirmaries near Madison. He now supports six new structures costing about $900,000 each to house roughly 110 mentally retarded children per building, aligning with the Welfare Department and Governor, who had favored four.
Former ambassador to Panama Joseph S. Farland, in New York, says the U S Panamanian relationship has deteriorated since last August and calls the crisis in the canal zone “lamentable.” He left his post after a policy dispute and later criticized the Alliance for Progress approach.
Louisv ille night court clerk Charles Hayes, 48, was robbed of 112 dollars by a masked bandit just blocks from police headquarters. Hayes said the man grabbed 35 dollars from his pocket and 77 more from a desk after forcing him into an adjoining office. The incident occurred near city and county police offices.
Calcutta faced severe clashes between Muslim and Hindu groups prompting authorities to deploy troops to restore order. The violence disrupted streets as security forces moved in to separate factions and prevent further bloodshed.
Washington reports unemployment fell to 5.5 percent in December from 5.9 percent in November, with total employment down 700,000 to 68.6 million. Unemployment dropped 100,000 to 3.8 million as farm jobs slid to 4 million. the bureau notes many seeking part time work during holidays had found jobs or stopped searching.
Igor Cassini, the former New York society columnist known as Cholly Knickerbocker, was fined $10,000 and placed on six months probation after entering a no contest plea to failing to register as an agent for the Dominican Republic. His public relations firm had handled work for the Trujillo government.
Andre Cardinal Jullien, 81, French member of the Vatican Curia and dean of the Sacred Roman Rota, died today at a Rome hospital where he was taken last month suffering from leukemia. The United States imported 33,000,000 pounds of lobster in 1962.
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