Williams and Black Earn Brodhead Area Awards
Keith Williams named Brodhead Outstanding Senior Citizen and David Black named Outstanding Young Farmer for area. Awards to be presented at Brodhead Jaycee banquet in Monroe on February 22. Williams active in American Legion Masonic order Methodist church and Boy Scout work with Troop 108. Black farms 908 acres with dairy beef and pork operations and serves as Adams school board treasurer.
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Brodhead
Keith Williams
David Black
Black
Bob
Atwood Farm
Avon Township
Monroe Center
Ill
David
DHIA
The
Farm Bureau
Adams School Board
Land Payment Boost Signed
Madison Gov Nelson signed into law a bill liberalizing eminent domain land condemnations. The 31 page measure takes effect immediately and raises highway land awards by up to 25 percent plus compensating for rentals financing alignment costs and grade-damage items, costing Wisconsin about four million dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Nelson
Wisconsin
Cheese Demand Fair Presses Madison Market
In Madison Wisconsin the American cheese market shows steady activity with demand fair to good and offerings generally adequate. Prices on various products range with cheddars moisture basis at 35 to 36 percent, 40 pound blocks without moisture premium at 36 to 38 percent, single daisies 38 to 39 percent, longhorns 38 to 39 percent, and midgets 38 to 39 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Monroe Inter Agency Council to Draft Moral Study Goals
Advisory committee for the Monroe Inter Agency Council met at First Methodist church to plan three meetings next month on moral problem surveys. A Feb 22 bylaws and objectives session is set, with Feb 24 council session and Feb 29 public meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Agency Council
Monroe
Roger L. Elmer
Green County Bar Association
Glen H. Ridnour
First Methodist Church
Dean D. Miller
Merlin J. Meythaler
Raymond R. Kubly Jr
County Welfare Department
Times
Monroe Inter - Agency Council
Glen Ridnour
Raymond Kubly Jr
Miller
Mrs. Becker 82 Dies in Racine Funeral Planned
Mrs. Mary Becker 82 of 1512 College Avenue Racine died yesterday in a Racine hospital after a heart ailment. Services set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Stuessy Funeral Home and 9:30 a.m. at St. Victor’s Catholic Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. She was born November 16 1877 in Wartenberg Germany came to America at age ten and lived in Kendall Sparta Monroe and Racine. Survived by five children Bernard Helen Mary Laura Paul and Laura plus 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren plus a son Francis J preceded in death by two brothers and a sister. She was a member of St. Victor’s Rosary Friday night at the funeral home.
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Mary Becker
College Avenue
Racine
Stuessy Funeral
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
E. C. McCollow
Calvery
Becker
Joseph
Mary Walters
Wartenberg
Germany
America
Kendall
Mary Martha Walters
Emil Becker
Sparta
Platteville
Monroe
Paul
Freeport
Bernard
Helen Stauffacher
Edgerton
Mary Giese
Laura Last
Random Lake
Francis J
Theodore
Bend
Oregon
Minneapolis
Anna Janushiske
St. Victor’s
Stuessy
Plane crash kills Marshall man Merlin Rankin at takeoff
Merlin Rankin of Milroy Minnesota, 28, died when his small plane crashed and burned in a field about one and a half miles south of Marshall after departing from the Marshall airport.
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Marshall, Minn
Merlin Rankin
Milroy
Minn
Marshall
Maniac Killer Still at Large
Authorities appeal to Rutgers University students for help in finding a maniac with a grudge who killed four persons at a doctor’s home in New Jersey. The victims include Edith Clarke and three others. a taxi driver and two maids were also slain in a bound and shot pattern.
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North Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers University
Middlesex County
Warren T. Wilentz
Rutgers
New Brunswick
Edith Clarke
Francis Clarke
St. Peter’s Hospital
Wilentz
Daniel Ploranski
Clarke
Dorothy Moore
Cora Thaddies
Morris Michael
Newark
Temple
Two Planes Burned at Eau Claire Airport Fire
A spark from welding equipment sparked a blaze Wednesday destroying two airplanes and a repair shop. Damage unofficially estimated at $13,000. County fire units fought the blaze through the day. Fire officials investigated the cause and origin of the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claired
Dane Official Sees No Special Problem in Green
An editorial note explains that the Wisconsin State Journal reprints a Dane County moral situation article to clarify relative facts. The piece argues there is no special problem specific to Green County and emphasizes general moral conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dane
Wisconsin State Journal
Illegitimate births remain low in Dane and Green counties
State statistics show 1958 illegitimate births at 2.0 percent in Dane County and 1.4 percent in Green County, with the state average at 2.26 percent. Officials say no mass immorality and credit better record keeping and support programs for unwed mothers.
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Dane County
Green County
State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Dane
Green
Green Counties
Allen T. Zoeller
Department of Public Assistance
State Bureau
Zoeller
Flu Pneumonia Toll Rises in Los Angeles
Los Angeles reports 127 deaths from pneumonia and influenza since the start of the year. The city health department records 109 pneumonia deaths and 18 influenza fatalities, more than double the same period last year.
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Los Angeles
City Health Department
March of Dimes Porch Lights Burn in Monroe Tonight
Monroe residents are asked to illuminate porches at 6 30 PM to welcome 250 mothers going door to door for the March of Dimes Mothers March. Volunteers will collect contributions and ask families to fill a Door Count form noting births defects arthritis and polio vaccination status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
National Foundation
Police Roundup Totals Climb to Seventeen in Chicago Scandal
Chicago suspends two more officers over brutality and extortion allegations raising the total to 17. The grand jury probes old crime data as lie detector tests proceed for officers, including Captain Maurice Begner, with twelve others set for questioning.
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Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury
Crime Commission
Kyran Phelan
Travis Pumphrey
Stanley Walden
Fillmore District
West Side
Maurice Begner
Summerdale
North Side
Richard Morrison
Irwin N. Cohen
Richard J. Dale
Frank Ferlie
Cohen
Death Robbed Scherer Of High State Honors
Death last November 4 deprived J. B. Scherer veteran County Board member of recognition as one of Wisconsin’s five outstanding agricultural leaders in Farm and Home Week. Nominated last August, his name was withdrawn after his death since posthumous awards are not given by the Honorary Recognition Committee.
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J. B. Scherer
Veteran County Board
Wisconsin
Scherer
Evert Wallenfeldt
UW College of Agriculture
Hoodlums Paint Church in Queens
A large number of swastikas were painted on Glendale Baptist Church in Queens on Wednesday night. Buckets of red paint were splashed on the front. Pastor Rev. Stewart Bain blamed juvenile hoodlums for the vandalism.
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New York
Glendale’ Baptist Church
Queens
Stewart Bain
Power Warns Soviet Missiles Deterred by Constant Air Alert
Gen. Thomas S. Power told the American Legion commission that the Soviet Union may have enough long range missiles in about two years for a massive attack unless the United States keeps an alert force of strategic bombers aloft at all times. Sen. Henry M. Jackson urged spending over a billion dollars yearly to sustain air aloft and defense upgrades.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Power
American Legion
National Security Commission
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
SAC
Algiers Rebels Relaxing Strike
Rebellious Frenchmen eased a general strike in Algiers halting city life five days after their uprising against De Gaulle's Algeria policy. Paratroopers ringed encampments as insurgent leaders called for calm while De Gaulle and Paul Delouvrier urged restraint and urged Moslems to avoid violence.
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Algiers
de Gaulle
Algeria
Paul Delouvrier
Maurice Challe
Challe
France
4-H Music and Drama Festival March 19
A 4 H music and drama festival will be held at 8 p m Saturday March 19 in the Junior high school auditorium. Three judges will be selected from various parts of the county. Entries must have no less than three in any number. An accompanist is not considered a participant. All musical groups must perform two numbers.
Iron County appoints George Sullivan as district judge
George Sulli van, 44, Iron County district attorney, was named Iron County judge by Governor Nelson. Sullivan succeeds R. C. Trem bath who resigns Feb. 1. His term runs until the end of 1961.
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Madison
George Sullivan
Iron County
Nelson
Sullivan
R. C. Trembath
Installment Plan Allows Midwinter Tax Deferral
County Treasurer Ralph J. Kundert announced a two installment plan for rural and city taxpayers. By Saturday, pay all personal property tax and half of real estate tax, then complete the remaining half by end of July without interest. If unpaid by July, 9.6 percent interest accrues from January 1. Eligible January or February payments are made through precinct treasurers. postponed taxes are payable at the county treasurer’s office.
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Ralph J. Kundert
Kundert
Cheese Factory List Will Shrink In Wisconsin
A Wisconsin dairy expert predicts over 200 cheese plants will close in ten years, dropping from 832 to about 600. He cites competition and equipment costs driving small firms out, while total cheese production could rise up to 25 percent with gains in cheddar brick and soft Italian varieties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Horrace P. Mulloy
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
Mulloy
Stocks Slide Again As Trade Pace Slows
New York traders faced a slow session with the market extending losses. Leading issues fell fractions to more than two points as activity remained the slowest of 1960, slightly worse than the prior day decline.
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New York
Eisenhower declares US strongest power militarily and economically
President Eisenhower proclaims the United States as the strongest power on earth in both military and economic terms. He credits his administration, rebuts Democratic claims that the Soviet Union leads in military might, and outlines GOP vows for free enterprise and restrained federal spending during rallies across 80 cities. Nixon supports the past record while urging future progress.
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Los Angeles
Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Union
America
Pan Pacific
Ike
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Republican Party
Chicago
Forrest L. Kubly Joins National Dairy Council Board
Forrest L. Kubly general manager of the Swiss Colony is elected to the National Dairy Council board at its 45th anniversary meeting in Chicago. He was nominated by Robert F. Marty of Capital Cheese Co with Marty having served on the board and executive committee.
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Forrest L. Kubly
National Dairy Council
Chicago
Kubly
NDC
Robert F. Marty
The
Capital Cheese Co
Marty
New Fourth Class Rates Take Effect Monday
Monroe postmaster John J. Burkhard reminds patrons that new fourth class postage rates apply to mail weighing one pound and over with a 70 pound limit. He urges customers to check rates at the post office before mailing as short paid packages will be returned and delayed.
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John J. Burkhard
Monroe
Burkhard
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March of Dimes
U.S
NFL
Pete Rozelle
Angeles Rams
Miami Beach
National Football League
de Gaulle Ride
Bulletin
Paris
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