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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1964
Page
2
A columnist offers mixed praise for Wilbur Renk’s Senate bid and press conference style. The piece argues Renk does not fit the “skilled politician” label, portraying him as a distinct, self directed candidate whose approach fuels Wisconsin supporters’ pride.
Wisconsin lawmakers denounce President Johnson and the AEC after he blocks the Stoughton atom accelerator and hints at a Long Island site for a new 50 million electronics research center. They accuse Democrats in Boston and New York politics of sidelining the Midwest to curry East Coast votes.
Approximately 35 persons from Monroe, Janesville, Beloit and nearby towns are slated to testify at the PSC hearing in the Courthouse about the proposed Monroe Janesville Beloit bus line. Other items include dial phones in Orfordville and a Seattle death of Perry Campbell aged 87.
Filing guidance explains exemptions for 1963 tax returns. It covers $600 personal exemptions for each filer and spouse, $800 per dependent, age and student rules for dependents, and how income like Social Security affects dependency status. It also outlines who can be claimed as a dependent including relatives and nonresident helpers, with examples of support tests and income thresholds.
Werner Bodenmann, a Boy Scout leader, announced $130 was raised at the Toll Bridge during the March of Dimes event. About 660 motorists contributed. The note also recalls Chicago's 1937 establishment of the world first blood bank by Dr. Bernard Fantus.
Social notes list visits and greetings among Juda area residents and neighboring towns including Olm stead Fricke Pinnow Reitzell Vanderbilt Ludwig Goecks and Arnsmeters plus a rental ad line and contact at Monroe Evening Times.
The notice lists birthday greetings for various children by date from Sunday January 26 through Saturday February 1, naming names and hometowns such as Daniel Fredrick Benning Monroe Marsha Strothman Orangeville Julie Zimmerman and many others. A long feature afterward extols otters describing their appearance behavior habitat and role in the ecosystem with vivid details and reflections on their survival and relationship to humans.
Eight new members join from Belleville and nearby areas with birthdates or enlistment dates ranging from 1959 to 1963. Names include Brenda Bollig Jay Christen Michael Seffrood John Woethrich Terry Whitehead Penny Whitehead and Joyce McGinnis with street addresses in Belleville Brodhead and on 16th and 17th avenues.
Marquette University in Milwaukee announced a $100,000 gift from the Oscar Rennebohm Foundation of Madison. The donation will be used to expand the school's student loan program.
A playful fragment from Our Dumb Animals via Massachusetts SPCA invites children up to 12 to join a Stow Towne Evening Times Boys and Girls Club. The coupon asks for standard contact info and age, then digresses with a humorous note about a sociable otter seal head.
Madison Supreme Court Justice Horace W. Wilkie has filed nomination papers for a 10 year term on the court. Wilkie was appointed in 1962 by former Gov. Nelson to fill a vacancy caused by Chief Justice Grover Broadfoot’s death and completed the unexpired term. Harry E. Larsen, a Superior attorney, is the only other candidate so far. Wilkie, 47, served two terms in the State Senate as a Democrat representing a Dane County district.
Arnold Anderegg received word of his mother Mrs Sebastian Anderegg age 92 who died in Interlaken Canton Bern Switzerland. Surviving are a daughter and two sons in Switzerland and three sons in the United States.
Wisconsin dairy markets show Swiss and Cheddar markets steady with fair to good demand. Large style supplies balanced under government processing contracts, small styles ample with fair demand. U.S. cheese production down one percent from last week but up one percent in Wisconsin. Grade A blocks adequate to ample, lower grades short in spots as winter production increases.
The Phoenix Furniture Corp., a long established Sheboygan firm dating to 1869, will close after the death of president Martin S. Weiss in an April auto accident. Secretary-treasurer Mrs. Lawrence L. Garner said directors could not devote full time to management and no buyer could be found to keep the business running or the plant operating.
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