Sub-Zero Cold and Floods Reached Worst Snowfall Stage
Winter’s fiercest storms eased yet Arctic air spread south and east. Flooding swept Ohio Kentucky Pennsylvania and Indiana displacing thousands and causing millions in damage. Mount Vernon and Madison declared disaster areas as hundreds evacuated and National Guard helped in flood zones.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Atlantic Seaboard
Mount Vernon
New York State
Buffalo
Salamanca
Lackawanna
Cazenovia Creek
North Adams
Mass
Forksville
Big Loyalsock Creek
Madison
Ind
National Guard
Wheeling
W.va
Hartselle
Ala
Midwest
Monroe Building Corp Reelects Directors and Officers
At the annual stockholders meeting in the First National Bank room 179 of 338 shares were presented. Rodney O. Kittelsen was renamed president and Industrial Combustion, Inc. plans a late spring open house while employing 50 to 60 people.
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Monroe Building Corp
First National Bank
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Monroe
Industrial Combustion, Inc
F. Earl Lamboley
Dwight A. Crandall
Harold Blumer
Bruce M. Blum
Kittelsen
Arthur C. Benkett
Nathan Bear
Merton J. Gonstead
Rudolph P. Reger
Crandall
Lamboley
Benkert
Roy F. Burmeister
R. W. Blaha
Commercial and Savings Bank
Blizzard Drags On As Monroe Clears Eight Inches Snow
Severe snowstorm halts activity across Monroe with eight inches of wind blown snow. Temperatures dip to seven below. Roads remain mostly closed while county crews clear drifted highways. One injury reported from a skid on Highway 69 near Monticello. School buses resume on major routes. 85% attendance at Monroe High. Milwaukee logs 13 inches, largest since 1947. Lake Geneva and Racine report 12 inches.
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Monroe
Mercury
Paul Vetterli
Monticello
Monroe High School
United Telephone Co
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
North Central Public Corp
Sheriff's Department
Max Emil Freudenberg
McFarland
Jack Erb
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lake Geneva
Racine
Rockford
Murrow Refuses to Reveal Sources Behind City Probe
Edward R. Murrow declined to disclose the sources of his radio broadcast linking big business with call girls. Police officials questioned access to participants, who were promised anonymity, as detectives planned to question prostitutes. Murrow declined to name any informants, stating he would not reveal such details.
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Radio-Tv
Murrow
New York
Edward R. Murrow
James R. Kennedy
CBS
Kennedy
Regez Named Bar Counsel in Wisconsin Disbarment Case
Rudolph P. Regez of Monroe named to act as counsel for the Milwaukee Bar Association in a pending disbarment request. The Wisconsin Supreme Court orders three Milwaukee lawyers Louis Aderman George Bak and Benjamin Galin to answer or demur to the bar association complaints stemming from an ambulance chasing inquiry dating to 1954. Regez also to investigate former Assemblyman Mark Catlin Jr for state bar commissioners before charges filed in 1956.
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Monroe
Rudolph P. Regez
Milwaukee Bar Association
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Milwaukee
The
Bar Association
Louis B. Aderman
George Bak
Benjamin Galin
Must
Reger
Mark Catlin Jr
Rep
Appleton
State Bar Commissioners
Catlin
Jaycees Honor Blaha and Dr. Gerol With Civic Award
Roland W. Blaha and Dr. A Yale Gerol were named recipients of Monroe County Jaycees Outstanding Senior Citizen and Outstanding Young Man awards at Bosses Night in the Monroe Country Club. Stanley Bowman won Outstanding Young Farmer. Fred Marlatt presented the honors. snowstorm delayed attendance.
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Roland W. Blaha
A. Yale Gerol
William B. Gnagi
Harold E. Scherer
Dwight A. Crandall
J. B. Scherer
John A. Schindler
Wedena
East Side Business Men’s Club
Madison
Blaha
Gerol
Monroe
Pennsylvania
The
Jaycees
Lee E. Kirsch
Joseph C. Dearth
Frank C. Stiles
H. L
John) Fenton
William E. Kuntz
Bowman
Robert
Red) Wilson
Detroit Tigers
University
Paul Olm
St. John’s Church
Neil Jacobs
Church Youth Fellowship
James Bosanny
C. Gene Hennager
R. W. Blaha
Commercial and Savings Bank
Monroe Clinic
Jaycee
Monroe Country Club
Bernard McGuinness
Fred Marlatt
Times
Labor Chiefs Plan Wage Boost Drives Despite Ike Warning
AFL CIO leaders meet to chart a push for higher wages, with Machinists President Al G Hayes rejecting Eisenhower’s wage price policy and arguing that inflation stems from high costs and profits. Hayes sits on the policy group led by Walter Reuther as inflation concerns rise.
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Washington
Aflcio
Eisenhower
al G. Hayes
Machinists Union
Hayes
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Congress
Havana Rally Backs Castro and Batista's Downfall
Fidel Castro addresses more than half a million Cubans in Havana praising punishment for Batista loyalists. A news conference features Fulencio Batista’s fall. Havana opens a trial for three Batistans charged with murder as U S relations loom over extradition.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Batistans
Castro
Alsoc
United States
Hitler of
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Satisfactory condition reported for Marshall
General George C. Marshall remains in satisfactory condition after a mild stroke a week ago. The 78 year old retired Army chief of staff has been sitting up twice daily and increasing time upright, with one hour sessions on Wednesday as he improves under care at Fort Bragg North Carolina.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
George C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
Col
G. M. Powell
Secretary of Defense
Mrs Gempeler In Critical Condition At St Clare Hospital
City treasurer Helen L Gempeler remains in critical condition at St Clare hospital after admission Tuesday for double pneumonia and coma. Encouraging signs of improvement noted today as her condition is monitored.
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Helen L. Gempeler
St. Clare Hospital
Outstanding Citizen Larkin cited by Brodhead Jaycees
James H. Larkin retired after 37 years at Brodhead High School and was named Outstanding Citizen by the Brodhead Jaycees. He and his wife retired Tuesday night, and he recently recovered from a heart condition. The Outstanding Young Man award will be announced February 16 in Monroe.
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James H. Larkin
Brodhead High School
Brodhead Jaycees
Brodhead Group
Monroe
Larkin
Brodhead
Wisconsin
Danish Premier and Mikoyan Hold Sealed Talk in Copenhagen
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan met Danish Premier Hans C Hansen in a secret hour long talks in Copenhagen. Mikoyan planned to fly to Moscow on a special Soviet plane Friday after a delay caused by engine trouble on the New York to Atlantic flight.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Hans C. Hansen
Mikoyan
United States
Moscow
U.S. Navy
Argentia
Mld
New York
Atlantic
Changes in state commissions and court elections proposed
Madison Wisconsin lawmakers pushed reforms to create a paid State Conservation Commission dividing three seats by region with governor appointments. A parallel bill would redraw Supreme Court elections into seven district seats by constitutional amendment. Another measure seeks annual reallocation of unused veterans housing funds to address regional shortages.
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Madison
State Conservation Commission
Wisconsin Senate
Reuben la Fave
Roconto
Paul Alfonsi
R-Minogua
Assembly
Public Service
la Fave
Senate
State Supreme Court
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Krueger
Lynn Stalbaum
Racine
Wisconsin
Stock Prices Edge Higher As Trade Rises
Oil and air lines resumed their uptrend as the market advanced moderately in active trading. Stocks drifted higher with gains in Tung-Sol Electric, Kennecott, American Smelting, and Reynolds Metals, while some issues fell back.
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New York
Tung-Sol Electric
Kennecott
American Smelting
Reynolds Metals
Satellite launch delayed at Vandenberg Air Force Base
Launch of the first satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been postponed due to technical reasons.
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Fipfing
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Nelson urges debt raise and port projects in Wisconsin
Gov. Gaylord Nelson proposes raising the constitutional debt limit to finance state buildings and port harbor work. He backs creating an economic resources commission to consolidate expansion efforts, and expands outdoor recreation, lake access, and reorganization plans. He requests referendums on constitutional changes for court system reform and city loan power.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
St. Lawrence Seaway
Economic Resources Commission
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Nelson
State Conservation Commission
Conservation Commission
Commission
Natural Resources Advisory Committee
Coordinating Committee On Higher Education
Lakeshore
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Regez
Stanley Bowman
Ike
Gempeler
Mikoyan Cenfer
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