Driver Exams Move to Courthouse Circuit Courtroom
The State Motor Vehicle Department announces driver license examinations will be held in the Circuit Courtroom on the courthouse's second floor starting Monday due to police station space limits. Examiners visit Monroe each Monday for written and road tests, with a new chauffeur license exam after Feb. 2 increasing workload.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
Circuit
Monroe
Wisconsin
Melvin Larson
Motor Vehicle Department
Canning Company
Polio Campaign Climaxes with Door to Door Drive
The 1958 March of Dimes climaxes Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. with mothers canvassing Monroe homes for contributions. Success hinges on Monday’s response despite earlier donations from Tag Day toll bridges Kantro Night and the high school program. Mrs James Gerondale urges porch lights on for workers. Campaign targets patient care and free vaccine distribution costs for the county polio chapter.
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Monroe
James Gerondale
Khrushchev Calls Drunks Enemies of the State in Minsk
At an agricultural conference in Minsk Nikita Khrushchev denounced farmers who brew sugar beet spirits and drinkers alike as enemies of the state. He singled out both makers of home brew and those who consume it in his wide ranging address.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Russia
Minsk
Tommy Prien Named County Polio Boy for 1958
Tommy Prien a 13 year old Monroe youth who survived polio and a later diabetes attack is named official county Polio Boy for 1958 by the local March of Dimes chapter. He underwent muscle transplant surgery in 1956 and now walks and runs normally. The story recounts his illness, treatment, and family as the chapter notes ongoing aid for polio survivors from before the Salk vaccine era.
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Tommy
Peggy
Tommy Prien
Clifford Prien
Times
Larry R. Lindgren
Monroe
Janesville
Polio
Prien School
Highway 59
March of Dimes
Anita
Luann
Peggy Sue
LaVern Prien
Auto Union Warns Of Special Walkout At Dodge Main Plant
The United Auto Workers threaten a five day strike at Chrysler Corp s Detroit Dodge main plant over layoffs and work standards. UAW executive board authorized the move during a three day convention where Norman Matthews warned of a showdown that could shut down all Chrysler plants.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Chrysler Corp
Norman Matthews
Chrysler
Matthews
Dodge
Out-of-Town Guests Set for First Universalist Installation
Dozens of visitors travel to attend the installation of Rev. Jesse R. Dom as pastor at the First Universalist Church. Services begin at 7 30 p m with officiating ministers Rev John S MacPhee of Mukwanago and Rev David Cole of Chicago. A reception follows in the church parlors.
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Jesse R. Dom
First Universalist Church
John E. MacMartin
Stockton
Gerhard P. Steensrud
John S. MacPhee
Midwest Universalist Conference
Mukwanago
David Cole
First
Secret Parley Upsets Mideast
Ankara reports Premier Adnan Menderes returned from Baghdad after a secret four day meeting with Iraqi leaders and King Faisal II. The Baghdad Pact ministers meet Monday amid fears Iraq may quit the alliance. Dulles and Lloyd arrived in Tehran and London respectively as observers noted the turmoil.
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Ankara
Turkey
Adnan Menderes
Baghdad
Iraq
Faisal II
Abdul Illah
Abdul Wahab Murjan
Menderes
Middle East
Britain
Iran
Pakistan
United States
Dulles
Tehran
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Filing Deadline Tuesday for Green County Circuit Judge Post
Green County voters will elect the first circuit judge on April 1 under a new 23rd Judicial Circuit law. Nomination papers must be filed by 5 p.m. Tuesday. County Judge Marshall L. Peterson circulates for the post, with a $1500 salary until 1962 when combined with county judge duties at $10,000.
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Green County
23Rd Judicial Circuit
Marshall L. Peterson
Peterson
Atoms for Peace Appeal Renewed by Eisenhower
A Racine service honors Rep. Lawrence H. Smith who died in the Capitol from a heart attack. Thousands attended his funeral at First Baptist Church with state and federal officials, including Wisconsin’s delegation, Gov. Vernon Thomson, and military honors at West Lawn cemetery.
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Lawrence H. Smith
First Baptist Church
Racine
Congress
Vernon Thomson
Capitol
Wisconsin
House
Wiley and Proxmire
Marguerite Church
R-Ill
Z. W. Johnson
Milwaukee
Air Force
Eleanor Smith
John
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign
Rep. Smith
Phillip Whitaker
H. O. Gronseth
Walworth
West Lawn Cemetery
Mili
Dittmore Takes First Step Toward Senate Bid
Milwaukee businessman Ray H. Dittmore 36 announced Friday night as the first Republican candidate for the U S Senate. Speaking to about 100 attendees he blamed international communism for national woes and said he would not imitate former Sen. Joseph McCarthy. He urged tax cuts for individuals and corporations while preserving military defense and acknowledged backing from McCarthy backers.
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Milwaukee
Ray H. Dittmore
U. S. Senate
Milwaukee County
Dittmore
William Proxmire
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Sen. McCarthy
Ray Dittmore
Cheese Pioneer Aebersold Dies at 70 in Wisconsin
Herman Aebersold 70 of 1010 10th street died 2:45 p.m. yesterday at St. Clare hospital after illness. Aehersold, born Konolfingen Switzerland Nov 11 1887, came to Adams Township in 1910 to make cheese. He worked at Burns Kansas before WWI service overseas then at Apple Grove near Argyle and Oscar Mayer Co Madison retiring two years ago. Survived by brother Ernest and sister Frieda both in Switzerland. burial in Woodlawn Argyle. Funeral Monday 2:30 p.m. at Stuessy with Rev Paul H Olm officiating. military graveside rites.
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Aebersold
Adolph Risser
Konolfingen
Canton Bern
Fritz
Elizabeth Aebersold
Adams Township
Burns
Kas
Apple Grove
Argyle
Oscar Mayer Co
Madison
Ernest
Frieda
Switzerland
Risser
Kansas
St. John’s Church
Monroe
Stuessy Funeral
Paul H. Olm
Woodlawn
Senator Hoblitzell Named to U S Senate from West Virginia
Gov Cecil H Underwood named John D Hoblitzell Jr chairman of the West Virginia State Republican Committee to fill the U S Senate seat left by the late Matthew M Neely Democrat who died last Saturday in Charleston West Virginia
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Charleston
W. Va
John D. Hoblitzell Jr
West Virginia
State Republican Committee
Cecil H. Underwood
U. S. Senate
Matthew M. Neely
Monroe Republicans Attend Rep. Smith Rites in Racine
Among attendees from Monroe were Joseph D. Viney co chairman of the Green County Republican Club Robert E. Tschudy and Alvin H. Babler. The group flew to Racine in Roy True’s plane for Rep. Smith’s rites Viney planned a GOP leaders meeting before returning.
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Monroe
Rep. Smith
Joseph D. Viney
Cochairman
Green County Republican Club
Robert E. Tschudy
Alvin H. Babler
Racine
Roy True
Viney
GOP
Traffic School Growth Spreads Across Wisconsin
Wisconsin expands its traffic school program for violators under a 1957 law. Seven cities operate such schools with more organizing in Antigo Oshkosh and Madison and plans in Rhinelander Barron Merrill Shawano Durand Wisconsin Rapids La Crosse Beaver Dam Oconomowoc Racine and Kenosha. Beloit reports under 1 percent rearrests and Manitowoc under 5 percent after attendance. sessions run about two hours weekly for up to five weeks.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
MVD
Beloit
Manitowoc
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Monroe
Sheboygan
Waukesha
Antigo
Oshkosh
Rhinelander
Barron, Merrill
Shawano
Durand
Wisconsin Rapids
la Crosse
Beaver Dam
Oconomowoc
Racine
Kenosha
Melvin Larson
Tornado Hits CHCHRAN Georgia Leaving 16 Hurt
A tornado carved a mile and a quarter path through CHCHRAN Georgia injuring 16 people and leaving more than 150 homeless. Forty residences and a church were damaged while three remained hospitalized. Sheriff Gus Giddens called it a miracle no one was killed as the twister struck around 2:30 p.m. yesterday, hitting a southern outskirts residential area hard.
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Chchran
Georgia
Gus Giddens
Jasper Named For GOP Helm
Jasper, a Madison attorney and former state party treasurer, was named chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party to complete the term ending mid 1959. He succeeds Philip Kuehn who resigned amid business pressures and plans to push GOP wins from county offices to governor and national seats.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Madison
Claude Jasper
Wisconsin Republican Party
Philip Kuehn
Jasper
GOP
Kuehn
Milwaukee
William Proxmire
Walter Kohler
U. S
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Joseph McCarthy
Poe
Robert A. Murray
Oshkosh
Peter Pappas
la Crosse
Colburn Cherney
Green Bay
Ray Jondahl
Racine
Harvey Higley
Maple Bluff
New York State Hit by Western New York Snow Storm
The latest East Coast storm dumped up to 20 inches of heavy wet snow in western New York overnight. The heavy snowfall centered in the western region disrupted travel and blanketed Jamestown and surrounding areas.
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New York State
Jamestown
N. Y
New York
Eisenhower Sees Peaceful H-Bomb Research Advancing
President Eisenhower urged a worldwide atoms for peace program while noting progress toward controlled hydrogen fusion. He called for international scientific collaboration to better mankind and avoid destruction, as U S and Britain report fruitful lab results yet say practical power remains years away.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congressional
United States
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
U. S
Britain
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Cheese Freight Cut To West Coast Okayed
The ICC will not oppose a railroad plan to ship Wisconsin cheese to the West Coast at a reduced rate beginning Jan. 27. Kraft Foods requested the lower rate, citing competition from private trucks and a shift to shipments of 60,000 pounds or more.
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Washington
ICC
Wisconsin
West Coast
Kraft Foods
Kraft
Midwest
Four More Bodies Found in South Side Fire Debris
Workmen in Chicago sifted the ruins of a burned four story tenement to recover four charred child remains from the explosion fire Thursday morning. The death toll among the building’s residents rose to seven, all from a population of about 150 African American tenants. Identification of the latest victims was not yet confirmed.
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Chicago
South Side
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GOP Helm
Madison Lawyer New Chairman
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