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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1964
Page
2
The notice lists subscription rates for Monroe and Wisconsin areas at 15.50 per year and 10 per year for Wisconsin and Stephenson County Illinois. It notes advance payment and postal requirements and provides office hours and a contact telephone number.
Editorial urges the Post Office to add the canceling town’s ZIP code number to postmarks to speed mail handling. It notes the shift from precise times to AM PM, questions costs, and urges explanation if the idea is rejected. The piece presses postal reform and criticizes delay.
The article argues Lyndon Johnson appears to embrace New Deal Fair Deal and New Frontier ideas, contrasting his anti poverty rhetoric with Lincoln, and notes a shift toward federal action to assist those who refuse to help themselves, signaling a change from tradition.
Glancing backward highlights three items from the Evening Times files ten years ago with India’s transfer of anti Red prisoners to the UN command and North Korean broadcasts calling the action destroying the armistice, plus other regional notes.
The piece argues against federal interference that handicaps individuals while praising efforts to reduce poverty through removing government obstructions. It suggests President Johnson adopt a new approach rather than refitting the old New Frontier strategy, citing Goldwater as presenting a strong point.
Mr and Mrs William Schneeberger named co chairmen of the Maron Dimes campaign in Albany. Schneeberger heads the bowling tournament for the drive and his wife directs the Mothers March.
Theodore R Ayen 71 a lifelong Mt Horeb resident and retired Oscar Mayer Co employee died unexpectedly Saturday in a Madison hospital Services set for 2 pm tomorrow at Mt Horeb Evangelical Lutheran church Friends may call at Gesme funeral home He was WWI veteran retired volunteer fireman and a member of the church American Legion Surviving are his daughter Mrs LaVerne Hefty three sisters Mrs George Fosshage Mrs Lena Sale and Mrs Lena Christenson all of Mt Horeb a brother Gilford in Madison and four grandchildren
The FTC proposed compulsory danger labels on all cigarette packs and a ban on health claims in ads. A March 16 public hearing will also address prohibiting ads that suggest smoking is not hazardous or that one brand is safer, and barring claims about smoke ingredient quantities without government standard verification. The rules echo a federal report on smoking and health urging remedial action.
Mrs Elmer Barbara Yeoman 73 of Dakota Illinois died Saturday afternoon in Freeport Memorial hospital where she had been hospitalized since December 19. She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs La Verne Wise two sons Lee and Glenn all of Dakota 14 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Services are at 1 30 p m tomorrow at the Dakota Community Church burial in Dakota cemetery. Friends may call at Myers funeral home Dakota.
Services for Arlow Meili aged 64 of Barneveld were held at Ayers funeral home Ridgeway with burial in Mineral Point. He died Friday in a Dodgeville hospital after a long illness. Surviving brothers are Clarence of Barneveld and Dwight of Dodgeville.
William Ryan Sr. aged 60 of Black Earth will be buried rites at St Barnabas Catholic church Mazomanie after a Friday service at Gnewikow funeral home. He farmed in Vermont Township before retiring to Black Earth in 1956 and is survived by his wife Mabel Shackleton a daughter Harland Martens two sons William and Gerald three sisters and nine grandchildren.
Services for Irwin J. Jackson 81 a Mineral Point native and longtime Dodgeville resident were held at 1 30 this afternoon at Luloff funeral home. A retired farm hand he died Saturday in Dodgeville hospital after a long illness with no immediate survivors.
R A Gus Baxter 76 native of Brodhead died yesterday on route to a Madison hospital after a heart attack at his Mt Horeb home. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mt Horeb Evangelical Lutheran church with burial at Gesme funeral home. Survived by former Clara Olson, a son Fred Catonah N Y, and three grandchildren. Father Arthur R Baxter died March 1944 and mother died November 1931. Brother Rodney died Sept 21 1960.
Curtis Snow aged 63 native of Monticello and Beloit hotel desk clerk died Saturday in Beloit hospital after admission January 5. Born May 28 1900 he lived in Beloit area 32 years and worked at Caroline hotel 15 years. Survived by sister Edna Boyles Edgerton and brothers Rodney St Paul and Harold Beloit. Funeral at Schoenfeld funeral home Beloit tomorrow.
The service will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Brodhead, shortly before 3 p.m. Friends may call at the funeral home this evening.
Services were held in Mineral Point for Frank Batchelor 79 who died Friday after a long illness in his home. He is survived by his wife a son Lavern Mineral Point a daughter Mrs Jasper Reed Ridgeway six grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
The Labor Department reports that sixty percent of all manufacturing jobs are in New England, the Middle Atlantic, and East North Central states.
Mrs. George Johnson 75 of Orfordville died Saturday at home after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Orfordville Lutheran church, with burial in the Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at Silverthorn-Newcomer funeral home this evening. Born Helga Christianson on August 27, 1888 in Norway, she was a member of the Lutheran church and Elizabeth Circle. Surviving are her husband, a daughter Mrs. Paul Mennenga Beloit, and three brothers and three sisters in Norway.
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