Five Hurt In Area Crashes Over Weekend
A 16 year old Monroe youth suffering a broken neck remained in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital after a Saturday afternoon crash on Highway 69 south of Monticello. Richard Stocker 18 and three other youths were also injured in the same mishap and later released. Other county accidents left several injured, including a Juda man with fractured ribs and face cuts and a two car collision near the Hilltop Inn. A Monticello man Glenn Schmid escaped injury when his car struck a new bridge on the 1181 bypass near Juda.
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Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Donald L. Martin
Ross S. Martin
12Th Street
Monticello
Jake Runn
Richard Stocker
22Nd Avenue
Martin
Stocker
Roger Ruch
13Th Street
Charles R. Blum
10Th Street
Burgy Flat
Edna Schmid
Fred R. Simpson
Sheriff’s Department
Sandy
Gerald Sandy
George H. Schwenk
9Th Street
Hilltop Inn
Schwenk
Sheriff's Department
Louis H. Bull
Brodhead
Bull
Schmid
Glenn H. Schmid
Juda
Sheriffs Department
Mrs Dwight Morrow Dies Widow of Senator at 81
Englewood New Jersey Mrs Dwight W Morrow educator and writer dies at her home at 81 with family present She was mother in law to Charles A Lindbergh widow of the former ambassador to Mexico and U S senator Died Sunday night after two months illness She declined offers from both major parties to run for the Senate after her husband’s 1931 death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
N. J
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico
U. S
St Victor's Gains Evening Mass Dispensation in Midwest
St Victor's Catholic church in Madison diocese receives permission from Bishop O'Connor for Sunday evening masses at 8 all year. Pastor Rev E C McCollow says the permit helps parishioners working in cheese industry and may ease morning mass crowding. Communion will follow apostolic rules for Sunday fast. Weekday mass times stay 6:30 and 7:55 a.m.
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St. Victor’s Catholic
William Patrick O'Connor
Madison
E. C. McCollow
McCollow
St. Victor's
Midwest
St. Victor’s
Paroye School
Particuar
Floods in France Start To Subside
Paris floods ease as the Seine falls slightly from its 31 year peak. The river dropped about an inch overnight reaching 23 feet at 8 a.m., easing fears in low lying suburbs while eastern France's Moselle continued rising and flooded about 100 towns and villages. Notre Dame remained dry though its basement flooded on the Île de la Cité.
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Paris
Seine
France
Moselle
Albon
U.S
Orly Field
Karl Winchester
Gloucester
Mass
Dennis Bechtel
Halifax
Major Roasters Cut Coffee Price
New York roasters reduced wholesale prices to meet private label competition. General Foods trimmed three cents a pound on Maxwell House Yuban Koffee Hag and Sanka and Bliss by two cents. Standard Brands and Chock Full O Nuts announced three cent cuts over the weekend. Instant coffee prices were not expected to change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Foods Corp
Maxwell House
Standard Brands Inc
Chase and Sanborn
Police Probe Break‑In at Fritz Cleaners Plant
Investigation continues into a break‑in at Fritz Cleaners plant on 1308 12th Avenue last Tuesday night. Proprietor Clifford M. Fritz says about $50 was stolen from a route driver's envelope between 6 and 8 p m. other cash in a drawer and the register was left untouched.
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Fritz Cleaners
12Th Avenue
Clifford M. Fritz
Families wrestle over trip to visit imprisoned Americans
Relatives of U S prisoners in Peiping weigh accepting China's invitation to visit. Some families plan leaving mid February for Peiping to see captives. Parcels valued up to 50 go to about 50 Americans under house arrest, with some parents promising to bring gifts.
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Associated Press
Red China
Sinclair Weeks
Peiping
Red Cross
Peiping Radio
U. S
Tokyo
Washington
U. S. State Department
Filing Deadline Near for Election
Two candidates for county judge have filed nominating petitions with the county clerk and a third is expected to file by tomorrow. Incumbent Marshall L. Peterson will file tomorrow. The filings trigger a March 8 primary to reduce the field to two. For city posts, all but one announced candidate have filed petitions with the city clerk for the April 5 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Koenig
John P. Derning
Marshall L. Peterson
Emmett J. Norton
John Deininger
Victor Schiller
Lucius Smith
Myron I. Stair
Alfred Henning Jr
Floyd Matzke
William F. Beckman
Joseph C. Dearth
Freda M. Bray
Arthur C. Benkett
Louis R. Wolleson
Third Ward
Aircraft Lift Markets as Eisenhower Seeks Formosa Stand
New York stock shares rose led by aircrafts with gains of two to five points in aircraft and allied industries. Industrials such as steels, radio televisions, coppers, air lines, oils, and railroads also advanced. Standard Oil Indiana declared a 35 cent dividend while signaling a 62% prior payout and a 100 percent stock dividend.
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New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Formosa
Standard Oil Indiana
Admiral Sees Risk as 7th Fleet Eyes Tachens Evacuation
Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride said President Eisenhower would ask Congress to approve evacuating the Tachen Islands by the U.S. 7th Fleet, which would be a grave policy shift. He confirmed the fleet is prepared with carriers Essex Yorktown Kearsarge and Wasp to carry out an evacuation or defend offshore islands if ordered.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Alfred M. Pride
U.S
Eisenhower
Congress
Tachen Islands
Yikiangshan
Tachens
Toumen Island
Pride
Keelung
Barn Fire Destroys 80x136 Barn Near Juda
A modern 80 by 136 foot barn on the Alvin Fried farm five miles south of Juda burned to the ground today, destroying hay, straw, oats, a side rake, and a tractor. Eighteen Holsteins and 21 Brown Swiss cattle were saved, with neighbors helping hold the fire to the barn area. Fire likely started in the hayloft. loss estimated at $50,000, insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Friedrich
Juda
William Marean
Juda Fire Department
Friedrich
Lee Becker
Andrew Sharer
Lowell Arnsmeier
Menominee Shrine Destroyed by Fire in Wisconsin
Fire destroyed KESHENAF St Michael's Catholic church and a monastery and bakery in Menominee, Wisconsin, at about 4 pm with a $300,000 loss. Sheriff Ted Eul said replacement cost is $300,000 and the fire began in the attic, likely from wiring, with full insurance. Firemen battled near zero temperatures as flames broke through the roof around 6:15 pm.
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Keshenaf
St. Michael's Catholic Church
Wisconsin
Shawano County
Ted Eul
Dagage
Two Die in Wisconsin Mishaps Over Weekend
Two people died in Wisconsin over the weekend. Lloyd Murphy, 54, a Fond du Lac brakeman for North Western Railroad, fell from a 12 foot trestle near Mapleton while guiding a stalled train. Mrs. Auguste Zimmerman, 80, of Shorewood, died at a Milwaukee hospital from injuries after being struck by a car Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lloyd Murphy
Fond du Lac
North Western Railroad
Waukesha County
Mapleton
Auguste Zimmerman
Milwaukee
Shorewood
Monroe Mothers Prepare for March on Polio
More than 200 Monroe mothers will canvass house to house at 6 p m tomorrow as the annual Mothers March on polio opens a week of fund raising. Mrs J Walter Donovan chairs the event with rural efforts ending tomorrow night. Other charity events this week include a teenage auction bake sale Thursday at Turner hall and tag day Saturday on the square led by Mrs Sherman Hodgson. Donations from a shirts and skirts square dance raised 98 10 yesterday, with 64 couples joining.
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Monroe
J. Walter Donovan
Mothers March
Drive
Turner Hall
Youth Council
Sherman Hodgson
John Hurlbut
Ronald D. Johnson
E. C. Hamilton
Wisconsin Hydro-electric Co
Formosa Threat Is Cited as U S Security Danger
President Eisenhower urged Congress to declare readiness to fight to keep Formosa and the Pescadores from falling to Communist forces. He outlined possible actions including reinforcing Nationalists, defending key islands like Quemoy, and using military force if needed to protect the free world and peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Formosa
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Free Nations
Pescadores Islands
Pescadores
Quemoy Island
Quemoy
Amoy
Meteorite or Bomb Fireball Hits Darby Township Home
In Darby Township a fireball the size of a grapefruit struck an oil heater blowing through a window and exploding. William Cunningham, 52, was burned while trying to throw the hot object outside. Fire officials and scientists debate whether it was a meteorite or a homemade bomb, noting the window entry angle and heat behavior.
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Philadelphia
William C. Cunningham
Darby Township
Cunningham
Francis X. Joseph
Delaware County
C. P. Oliver
University of Pennsylvania
I. M. Levitt
Fels Planetarium
Dr. Oliver
U N Moves Seen On Formosa Issue
New Zealand Prime Minister Sid ney Holland and U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold planned talks on Formosa. Security Council may meet to consider a cease fire. Peiping radio quoted Peiping People Daily rejecting any U N intervention. London reports floated Formosa under U N trusteeship with Chiang Kai-shek custodian. Moscow dispatches note Russian fears of a U S China clash escalating.
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United Nations
N. Y
New Zealand
Sidney Holland
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Formosa Strait
U. N. Security Council
Chinese Communist Party
Peiping People’s Daily
Formosa
Peiping
Taiwan
Yenghu
Pescadores
China
London
Sunday Pictorial
Anthony Eden
Chiang Kai-shek
Associated Press
Richard Kasischke
Moscow
United States
Red
Rep Lawrence H Smith Returns Home From Hospital
Rep Lawrence H Smith leaves Walter Reed in Washington and returns to his apartment after treatment for a heart condition. Mrs Smith says he will resume duties in Congress around February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence H. Smith
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Peiping Rejects Cease-fire Idea in Taiwan Conflict
Premier Chou En-lai of the People’s Republic of China rejects any cease-fire in Formosa Strait and accuses the United States of escalating military actions to provoke war. He says Taiwan’s liberation is China’s sovereign internal affair with no outside interference.
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Hhe
United Nations
U. N
Chinese
Red Radio
Eisenhower
U. S
United States
Republic of China
Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Red China Today
Formosa Strait
People’s Republic of China
Chiang Kaishek
Peiping
Chou
Yikiangshan Island
Formosa
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Yikiangshan
Tachen Islands
Taiwan
China
Costa Rica Rebels Threaten Buffer Zone in Nicaragua Crisis
Inter American observers rushed to arrange a flight to Nicaragua to remove about 200 rebels from the neutral zone along the Costa Rica Nicaragua border. A 34 hour OAS conference in Managua with President Somoza could lift the buffer’s neutrality allowing Costa Rican troops and U S supplied fighter planes to operate, affecting the crisis and risking Nicaragua’s ire.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Inter- American
Nicaragua
Peace Commission
Organization of American States
Managua
Anastasio Somoza
United States
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Harold Fischer Sr
Harold Fischer Jr
Swea City
Iowa
Dwight Morrow
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Korea
Fischer
Fischers
Andrew MacKenzie
Montreal
Canada
Rolland G. Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Cameron
7Th Fleet
Helena
Blaze
Amoy Harbor
U.N
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