Pilots Offer Fund Plane Rides for March of Dimes
Monroe area residents may ride planes Sunday for charity in a penny per pound scheme. Nine planes will provide 10 minute rides, with proceeds to the March of Dimes. A female pilot, Mrs Wendall Brunkow, will participate. A snow date is set for Feb 1 if weather stops the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Charles Goepfert
Green County Pilots Association
Pure Oil Co
Belle Elliott
Oaktron Industries Inc
CAA
Wendall Brunkow
Association
Goepfert
Country Club
University of Wisconsin
Missile flames out after booster fizzle in Cape Canaveral test
The Air Force launched a 99 foot Thor Able rocket carrying an ICBM guidance system prototype from Cape Canaveral. The second stage failed shortly after launch, ending the test of the long range ocean flight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Nine Die After Amman Airliner Crash
A Jordanian airliner carrying 15 people crashed Thursday night near Amman. The airline reported nine fatalities including two Americans, while six others were injured.
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Amman
Jordan
Ringling Elephants Trek Block Miami Streets
Nineteen elephants from the Ringling Bros. circus arrived in Miami and caused heavy traffic as they walked ten miles from Miami to Miami Beach. With no rail link, the procession chose the free McArthur Causeway over the pricey Venetian route, while a drawbridge opened to admit boats and police directed the steady parade.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus
Miami
Biscayne Bay
Venetian Causeway
McArthur Causeway
Karns Named Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Gov. Nelson appointed Capt. James L. Karns to replace Melvin O. Larson as commissioner of the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department. Karns, 33, leads technical services and the State Patrol Academy. The post pays 13000 annually and requires Senate confirmation. Larson will stay on as director of registrations and licenses.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
James L. Karns
State Traffic Patrol
Melvin O. Larson
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department
Karns
State Patrol
State Senate
Delbert E. Karn
Mrs Schuh Reported In Serious Condition At Cedar Lake Home
Mrs P A Schuh age 91 is reported in serious condition at Cedar Lake Home Route 4 West Bend where she has lived since last April The widow of Rev P A Schuh longtime pastor of St John s church suffered a heart attack after Christmas and was in St Joseph hospital West Bend for 12 days Now cared for in the new hospital wing opened Jan 15 Her daughter Mrs James Nesby Deil Rapids SD spent three weeks with her before returning home.
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P. A. Schuh
Cedar Lake
Route 4
West Bend
Schuh
St. John’s Church
St. Joseph Hospital
James Nesby
Deil Rapids
S.D
Irregular Market Sees Mixed Early Gains
New York stocks show uneven activity as air lines and oils rise while many issues slip. Trading is active with small fractional changes. Goodyear and Du Pont fall about two points, while Tung Sol gains about three points following Thursday's 5 percent rise.
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New York
Goodyear
du Pont
Tung-Sol
Beckman to Oppose Schiller for County Board Seat
Ray L. Beckman, proprietor of Beckman’s garage, filed for the Second Ward supervisor post, opposing incumbent Victor N. Schiller in the April 7 election. Schiller plans to run for re election and is circulating papers. The race is the first announced for the County Board with eight city supervisors up for re election.
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Ray L. Beckman
Victor N. Schiller
Beckman
Post
Schiller
Monroe Evening Times
Clarno Township
Green County Conservation League
10Th Street
Monroe
William F. Beckman
John W. Deininger
Emmett J. Norton
Joseph D. Viney
Walter Speich
Lucius F. Smith
Fred Glauser
Myron I. Stair
T. Roy Evenson
George W. Norton
Eighth Ward
Joseph C. Dearth
Norton
Assembly
Nelson confined by flu at executive residence
Governor Gaylord Nelson remained at the executive residence today due to a flu attack. The illness sidelines the Wisconsin leader from normal duties as public health officials monitor his condition.
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Nelson Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Bowman Named Outstanding County Farmer in Green County
Stanley Bowman of Adams Township has been named Green County Outstanding Young Farmer by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He operates a 140 crop acre farm with 35 milk cows and 15 heifers, doubles crop and livestock, keeps detailed farm records, and pursues innovative practices such as field curing hay and new silage types. Bowman, 30, plans state-level entry and is active in community service through ASC, DHIA, and local cooperatives.
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Green County
Stanley Bowman
Adams Township
Bowman
Junior Chamber of Commerce
James Schwoegler
Green County Soil Conservationist
Monroe
Dvorak to Lead UW Band in Monday Concert
Prof. Raymond F. Dvorak, longtime director of UW bands since 1934, will conduct the University of Wisconsin band in a Monday night concert. The event is sponsored by the Green County March of Dimes Committee and Monroe High School band. Dvorak, a native of Algonquin Illinois, studied at Illinois and Chicago Musical College and has served in education and the Navy Reserve.
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University of Wisconsin
Green County March of Dimes
Monroe High School
Raymond F. Dvorak
Algonquin, IL
Dvorak
University of Illinois
Chicago Musical College
Urbana, Ill
Wisconsin
Officers Reserve Corps
Naval Training Unit
Thieves Crack Pierce Co Safe in Double Heist
A safe broke open at Pierce Music Co in Brodhead with about 1400 dollars stolen and a company truck containing 621 dollars in coins was robbed at Turner hall. Police link the Monroe and Brodhead burglaries as a professional job and plan state lab analysis.
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Pierce Music Co
Brodhead
Turner Hall
Duane Youngblood Brodhead
Howard M. Schucht
Raymond Lavallee
Monroe
Dwight C. Coplien
Youngblood
Wisconsin State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Monroe Firemen Contain Blaze From Oil Heater
Firemen answered an alarm at 3016 10th Street to stop an overheated oil space heater from spreading fire in the home of Mrs. Darlene E. Grinnell. Minor smoke damage occurred as crews, hampered by sub zero temperatures, cleared the house of smoke.
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Darlene E. Grinnell
10Th Street
Father Appeals On Radio For Return Of Baby
New York police pursue a blondish pregnant suspect in a second baby kidnapping this year. A handwritten note found at the mother’s request is key evidence as authorities canvass hospital and medical records. The Tavarez family from the Dominican Republic seeks the return of 23 day old John Tavarez after he vanished from a West Side apartment.
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New York
West Side
Bronx
FBI
Manhattan
John Tavarez
Tavarez
Josephine
Dorie
Doraliza Tavarez
Metropolitan Hospital
Gladys Garcia
Pilots Aim For 60th Straight Day Aloft
LAS VEGAS two Air Force veterans enter their 59th day aloft in a light plane endurance record attempt. Robert Timm 32 Las Vegas businessman and Jon Cook 23 Los Angeles airlines pilot began the flight from McCarran Field on December 4 fueling from a speeding truck during half‑day sorties to Blythe California.
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Las Vegas
Air Force
Robert Timm
Jon Cook
Los Angeles
Airlines
McCarran Field
Blythe
Calif
Daisies Rise on Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Single daisies advanced one fourth cent while other styles held steady on the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange. Sales included one car state brand cheddars 31 4 and Minnesota U.S. Grade A cheddars paper boxes 3154, with bids unfilled on five cars cheddars 31% and five cars 40 lb blocks 32%. Offers uncovered included one car pasteurized longhorns 34%.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Minnesota
U.S
Mercury Plunges to 13 Below Zero Across Region
The Monroe area faces another cold wave with a 13 below zero reading this morning and sub-zero temperatures expected tonight. Milwaukee hit 14 below, the coldest since 1951, while Gordon Nebraska logged 33 below. Hibbing Minnesota posted 34 below and West Palm Beach reached 85.
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Monroe
Milwaukee
Gordon
Douglas County
Hibbing
Minn
Miners Drowned In Flood Waters Near Knox Coal Co Mine
In Pittston and Port Griffith Pennsylvania, a flood from the Susquehanna River breached a tunnel at Knox Coal Co, trapping or drowning 12 miners while 33 escaped. Seven reached safety via an air shaft, and 26 others weathered seven hours in waist deep water before rescue.
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Pittston
Susquehanna
Knox Coal Co
Port Griffith
Flood ruptures sandbag barrier in Chillicothe Ohio
In Chillicothe Ohio a sandbag barrier failed as Scioto River floodwaters reach 32.6 feet then surge toward a crest around 35 feet. The city endures the worst flood since 1913 with at least 13 deaths and several missing as rain drenches parts of Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Chillicothe
Scioto
Chillicothe Gazette
Scioto River
Weather Bureau
Fire destroys dorm at Mississippi State University
A blaze heavily damaged the main men’s dormitory at Mississippi State University in Starkville early today. Fire investigators cited defective wiring as the likely cause. the 78 year old brick and wood building was reduced to rubble.
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College State College
Miss
Mississippi State University
Wisconsin snowstorm claims thirteen lives as cold tightens grip
An elderly woman perished from exposure while seeking her dog amid a spate of winter disasters in Wisconsin. The death toll includes seven heart attack victims after shoveling, four found in fire wrecks, and a fatal truck collision. Names and places span Oshkosh to Milwaukee with several counties affected.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Harriet L. Eaton
Three Lakes
Penny Drivas
Shawano
Mathilda Leckner
Oshkosh
Arthur Gieterich
Moose Lake
Sawyer County
Tony Dziura
Rib Lake
Taylor County
Edith Lander
Hertel
Burnett County
Bellamy H. Seals
Madison
Mirs
Amelda Wingender
Sheboygan
Morris Phillips
Kenosha
Boleslaus Milanowski
Milwaukee
Hierbert Gumz
Mamie Luhm
Joseph Wisniewski
Police Find Prowler in Predawn Stare
Lansing police respond to a report of a man loitering outside a residence. Officers say the suspect stood motionless, appearing frozen as they approached, as one officer commented on a snowman like stance.
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Lansing
Mich
City Treasurer In Critical Condition At St Clare Hospital
The city treasurer remains in a coma at St. Clare hospital with double pneumonia. Authorities report her condition is worsening after admission on Tuesday.
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Helen L. Gempeler
St. Clare Hospital
Gempeler
Eisenhower creates committee to study federal price actions
President Eisenhower announces a government panel to review all federal activities that affect prices and costs as part of an anti inflation initiative. The committee will assess programs and regulations to identify measures influencing the cost of living nationwide.
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Washington
Eisenhower
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