Weather Summary from The Daily Record July 1 1955
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered thunder showers mainly south and east. Chance of locally severe storms southeast this afternoon or evening. Low tonight 58 to 66 north and 66 to 70 south. High Saturday 85 to 90. Temperatures compare with yesterday and year ago. barometer readings given. Sunrise 4 34 and sunset 7 33 with notable regional extremes yesterday in Presidio Texas and Seattle Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Presidio
Tex
Seattle
Wash
Speeding and DUI Fines Reported by Monroe Police
Justice cases list multiple offenders including L A Koenig and William A Cole of Chicago for speeding with fines $8 and costs, Lee Cleveland of Cedarville $12, Richard Harris Route 2 $10, Sherman Nelson under influence $90 with license revocation, Jackson Walters Warren NL unregistered vehicle $5, T Chester Becker Monroe $10, Richard Brunner Monroe reckless driving $35, Harold De Long Beloit three weeks jail for disorderly conduct, Arthur Monum Mt Horeb liquor $100 with automatic license revocation.
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Justice L. A. Koenig
William A. Cole
Chicago
Monroe
Lee Cleveland
Cedarville
Richard Harris
Route 2
Sherman Nelson
Fairchild
Jackson Walters
Warren
T. Chester Becker
Richard Brunner
Harold de Long
Beloit
Sheriff's Department
Arthur Monum
Mt. Horeb
Monticello
Flannery Walmer Families Welcome Newborn Sons
Mr and Mrs Gene Flannery of Woodford announce a son born June 30. Mr and Mrs Alvin Walmer of Albany announce a son born July 1.
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Gene Flannery
Woodford
Son
Alvin Walmer
Albany
St Clare Hospital Accident Details and Dismissals
The St Clarie hospital accident list includes Robert H Maurer 2138 17th avenue and Carl Bieckel City hotel among others in medical surgical and dismissal categories. The medical group lists C E Gough Argyle Lem T Wells Evansville Theodore Weiler Argyle and Clark Bechtolt Route 4. Dismissals include Bonnie Lynn Up man William Gene Anderson John Blumer Curtis Wyss and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Maurer
17Th Avenue
Carl Bieckel
City Hotel
C. E. Gough
Argyle
Lem T. Wells
Evansville
Theodore Weiler
Clark Bechtolt
Route 4
Casper Wiegel
Darlington
Melvin Blaser
Brodhead
Norris Olstead
Beloit
Emmett Baker
Delavan
Bonnie Lynn Upman
William Gene Anderson
John Blumer
Curtis Wyss
Vincent Holden
William F. Schumacher
Harold E. Suffin
Edward B. Nash
John Bell
Mrs. Allen Savery
Gas Tax Increase Takes Effect Across Wisconsin
Wisconsins two cent gasoline tax hike went into effect today causing higher prices at nearly all filling stations. Local dealers report increased gasoline purchases yesterday as motorists filled tanks ahead of the change. A firm spokesman says sales gains are modest and farmers are not rushing to fill due to tax refunds.
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Wisconsin
Stock Mart Climbs After Steel Trace
NEW YORK The quick settlement of the steel strike sent the stock market higher in heavy trading. Steel shares gained one to two points minutes after the settlement. The rest of the market joined the up swing with General Motors Goodrich Boeing Radio Corp Reynolds Metals Aluminum Southern Pacific Texas Co General Electric and Olin Mathieson among advancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors
Goodrich
Boeing, Radio Corp
Reynolds Metals
Aluminum
Southern Pacific
Texas Co
General Electric
Olin Mathieson
Democrats Hit County Party Membership Target in 1955 Drive
Green County Democrats exceed goal with 80 members joining the party. The quota matched 3 percent of the 1954 vote for governor candidate William Proxmire, who polled 2 600 votes in the county. Chairman Raymond E Barth announced the update today.
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Green County
Raymond E. Barth
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Monticello Native Joins San Jose State College Staff
Herbert Burgy, Bradley University faculty member from Peoria Illinois and former Monticello resident, serves on the teaching staff for the summer session at San Jose State College in California.
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Monticello
Herbert Burgy
Bradley University
Peoria
San Jose State College
San Jose
Calif
90 Degrees Forecast Again as July Opens
July began with heat as the mercury neared 90 in the afternoon and forecasts call for partly cloudy skies then scattered thundershowers. A low near 70 tonight and a high around 90 tomorrow accompany a June with unusual rain and cooler average temperatures than 1954 and 1955.
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Mercury
Beloit businessman Alfred Preissel dies in Wisconsin
Alfred Preissel a Beloit businessman who opened a Goetz building beauty shop about 20 years ago died yesterday at Madison General hospital. Services are pending at Rosman Uehling Kinzer funeral home Beloit. Born in Germany he and wife Betty ran Arlette parlors in Beloit and later lived in Wisconsin Dells. Surviving are his wife a son Richard in Germany his mother and a sister in Germany.
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Alfred Preissel
Beloit
Goetz
Madison General Hospital
Rosman-Uehling-Kinzer
Mr. Preissel
Germany
Betty
Arlette
Wisconsin Dells
Richard
Steigner Rites Tomorrow For Wendell Steigner
Services will be held at St Mathes Catholic church in Shullsburg at 10 a m for Wendell Steigner 84 who died Wednesday at his home after a long illness He is survived by his wife Minnie and three sisters Mrs John Hecklesmiller Cedar Falls Ia Mrs George Evert and Mrs Ray Hirst both of Galena Ill
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Shullsburg
St. Mathes Catholic Church
Wendellat
Steigner
Minnie
John Hecklesmiller
Cedar Falls
George Evert
Ray Hirst
Galena
Ill
Pickups Along the News Beats
J Wesley Engles promoting Green County Swiss cheese in Sioux Falls South Dakota while visiting relatives and distributing samples. He formerly helped operate The Argus Leader and worked for Fred the Fixer for fourteen years repairing machinery. He now resides in Monroe Wisconsin visiting sister Beal Cain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Wesley Engles
Sioux Falls
S. D
Engles
George Engles
George Jr
Wes Engles
Argus Leader
Fred the Fixer
Wes
Monroe
Wis
Curren
Beal Cain
van Eps Ave
Wisconsin
George Norton
Albert Stoldt
Memphis terminates Dixon-Yates power plan with TVA in 1958
TVA Chairman Herbert D. Vogel notified the Budget Bureau that Memphis intends to provide its own generating facilities to meet local power needs and will not seek renewal of the Dixon Yates arrangement when the current contract ends in June 1958. He said the Memphis move removes the Dixon Yates output from the Memphis area and makes TVA use impractical due to transmission costs and other factors.
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Dixon-Yates Power
Memphis
TVA
Herbert D. Vogel
Budget Bureau
Vogel
Hughes
Dixon- Yates
Turncoats Arrested in Tokyo Detention
Peiping Radio reported three American and two Belgian ex soldiers detained in Red China for drunkenness and disturbing the peace while awaiting departure. Otho G. Bell of Olympia Washington and Belgian Louis Verdyck were named among those arrested.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio Tonight
Red China
Otho G. Bell
Olympia, Wash
Louis Verdyck
Local residents and visitors schedule and people notes
Personal mentions include Ralph Bethke New Glarus and Mrs. Foley Browntown visiting yesterday. Rockford's Mr. and Mrs. Spenger were here yesterday. Paul Mellenger Bremen Ind. was Monroe caller yesterday. Sonderegger Elmhurst Ill. visited yesterday. Shirts and Skirts Square Dancers set July 12 and 26 at Turner hall. Brodhead hosts Dwain Mings Ridnour guests. Holyoke family plans summer at Oconto. Francis and daughter Ann Marie Chicago to visit Waelti household this weekend. Carrs San Antonio and Texas trip, visiting Lloyd Carrs and Arnold Lovelands after Ceylon trip. Cheryl Loveland heads to Texas with the Carrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Bethke
New Glarus
Thomas Foley
Browntown
George E. Spengler
Rockford
Paul L. Mellenger
Bremen
Ind
Monroe
Peter A. Sonderegger
Elmhurst
Turner Hall
Adv
Dwain E. Mings
Glen H. Ridnour
Brodhead
T. R. Holyoke
Oconto
Byron John Francis
Ann
John Schwartz Dies in Kenosha at 73
John Schwartz 73 native of Sylvester Township died at his Kenosha home 3016 60th street after illness. Born March 24 1882 he was son of Fred W and Johanna Schwartz. survived by two sons four daughters eleven grandchildren two brothers and six sisters. Services set for tomorrow afternoon in Kenosha.
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John Schwartz
Sylvester Township
60Th Street
Kenosha
Fred W
Johanna Draheim Schwartz
Edith Zuelsorf
Frank Janesville
Fred
Ed Feldt
Evansville
Frank Stuntz
Henry Leuzinger
Juda
Ida Noble
Janesville
Frannie Zuelsdorf
Bristol
Frank Raether
Portland
Ore
Albert
Herman
Charles
Mmes
August Braun
Anna Stauffer
Robert Wichelt
Hearing on cheese regulations at Beaver Dam postponed
A hearing on brick and Munster cheese rules at Beaver Dam was moved to today after a brief postponement and local cheese interests were informed of the updated schedule for Wednesday July 6.
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Beaver Dam
Five-year-old Sharon Saunders Improves in Hospital
Sharon Saunders, daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Saunders of Brodhead, shows improvement while in serious condition at Wisconsin General Hospital Madison. No diagnosis has been made for her six week illness.
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Sharon Saunders
Francis Saunders
Brodhead
Wisconsin General Hospital
Madison
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce to Meet Tuesday
A board of directors meeting of the Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce is scheduled Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Monroe Clinic library.
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Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Clinic
Two Cars Collide In Monroe Intersection
City police report minor damage to vehicles driven by Samuel Balsiger of Route 2 Monroe and Mrs Werner J Haessig of 919 11th Street after a collision at 4 28 p m yesterday in the 900 block of 17th Avenue.
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Samuel Balsiger
Monroe
Werner J. Haessig
11Th Street
17Th Avenue
Miss Sarah K. Ruhl Leaves Public Nursing for Private Duty
Miss Sarah K. Ruhl, longtime superintendent of Deaconess Hospital in Monroe, resigns from Northwestern Military and Naval Academy duties in Williams Bay to return to Logansport Indiana. She previously served at Crane Farms and Williams Bay as a resident nurse and led Monroe hospital for 20 years.
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Sarah K. Ruhl
Monroe
Northwestern Military and Naval Academy
Williams Bay
Logansport
Ind
Miss Ruhl
Crane Farms
Sievert Son Named Will Walter
Mil waukee couple Mr and Mrs Richard Walter Sievert welcome a son born Wednesday at St Clare hospital. The baby is named Will after Dr Will B Gnagi, an uncle of Mrs Sievert. The Sieverts also have a daughter Cindy. Grandparents are Walter and Mrs Sievert of Wauwatosa.
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Sievert
Will Walter
Richard Walter Sievert
Milwaukee
St. Clare Hospital
Sieverts
Cindy
Will
Will B. Gnagi
Walter R. Sievert
Wauwatosa
Timekeeper Gap On Brooklyn Bridge Before 1883 Change
Before standard time adoption in 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge showed a five second time difference between its two ends. This note highlights how municipal time synchronization varied prior to nationwide standardization and the bridge’s role in local timekeeping history.
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United States
Brooklyn Bridge
Reserve Setup Fight Renewed
Washington House faces a renewed battle over an administration backed military reserve bill. The measure would recruit up to 250000 volunteers under 18 and a half years for seven and a half years of reserve service replacing two years of draft duty, with a 45 day recall for training noncompliance.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Slasdars
House Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Marshfield Priest Dies in Road Crash
Rev. Hugh J. Deeny 49 pastor of St. John’s Marshfield was killed when a car and a truck collided and hit a tavern at the Highway 100 and 41 intersection. Edward M. Lee 69 Marshfield president of Northern Auto Supply Co. was in critical condition. Truck driver Bradley Powell of Columbus Ohio suffered only bruises. Frank Halleman tavern proprietor saved two patrons by pulling them over the bar.
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Milwaukee
Hugh J. Deeny
St. John’s Catholic Church
Marshfield
Here
Father Deeny
Edward M. Lee
Northern Auto Supply Co
Milwaukee County
Bradley Powell
Columbus
Ohio
Highway
Frank Halleman
New York Firefighter Returns 80-Cent Wisconsin Check
Ray Hoffman of Lockport New York sent back an 80 cent check from Wisconsin eight years after aiding in a forest fire. Wisconsin State Treasurer Warren Smith opened the letter and found the uncashed state payment included with it.
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New York
Madison
Wisconsin
Ray Hoffman
Lockport
N. Y
Hoffman
Warren Smith
President and Mrs Eisenhower mark 39th anniversary picnic
President and Mrs Eisenhower celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary with a private picnic at the Gettysburg farm for about 150 White House staff and families. The event follows a cabinet meeting and other morning engagements in Washington. Mrs Eisenhower has been at the farm for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Gettyspurg
Ite House
Segni Still Seeking New Italian Cabinet
Rome Italian Premier hopeful Antonio Segni earned two days of grace from President Giovanni Gronchi as he pressed to form a cabinet. Segni was to report last night after four days of soundings but said he could not yet commit, and the President extended the deadline to Saturday.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
Giovanni Gronchi
Italy
Segni
Gronchi
Maurer Sr. Injured At South Side Pure Oil Station
Robert H Maurer 49 of 2138 17th avenue remained in good condition at St. Clare hospital after a work accident yesterday at a South Side Pure Oil station. A car on a hoist slipped a jack and fell striking his right hand causing a partial amputation of the index finger and other finger lacerations.
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Robert H Maurer
17Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Maurer
South Side
Pure Oil
Eight Portuguese pilots killed in Coimbra air show crash
Eight jet planes of a twelve plane squadron crashed near Coimbra en route to a military air show. Captain Rangel de Lima known as Lucky Lima reported thick fog, saying the eight jets struck a mountain near Sierra dos Carvalhos while flying in three formations from Ota Air Base.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Coimbra
Air Force
Ota Air Base
Rangel de Lima
Lucky Lima
Lima
Sierra Dos Carvalhos
Mary Benjamin Rites Tomorrow in Brodhead
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Benjamin 74 of Brodhead will be held tomorrow at 2 p m in Everson funeral home Brodhead Rev Carl T Thompson of Bethlehem Lutheran Church will officiate burial in Brodhead Greenwood Cemetery She was born in Norway October 10 1880 came to the United States in 1912 lived in Chicago Orfordville and Brodhead Survivors include her husband and two sisters in Norway Friends may call tonight at the funeral home.
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Mary Benjamin
Brodhead
Everson Funeral Home
Carl T. Thompson
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Brodhead Greenwood Cemetery
Benjamin
Norway
United States
Chicago
Orfordville
Lever Stayn
Edward Benjamin
Heeslys Return from Six-Week Europe Trip
Clarence J. Heeslys and Mrs. Heeslys have returned from a six week European tour. They departed May 11 aboard the Queen Mary and flew back via Paris with stops at Shannon Ireland New York Detroit and Chicago to Madison. They visited London and Holland and stayed with relatives in Canton Glarus Lucerne Bern Zurich and other places. They also traveled to Liechtenstein and Germany and spent four days in Paris.
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New Glarus
Clarence J. Heesly
Europe
Heeslys
Paris
Shannon
Ireland
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Madison
London
Holland
Lichtenstein
Germany
Maitland Named Episcopal Vicar In Iron River
Brig. Gen. Lester J. Maitland, Michigan aeronautics director, will become lay vicar at St. John's Episcopal church around July 15. A former Wisconsin aeronautics director, he is a candidate for holy orders in the northern Michigan Diocese and plans ordination in the fall.
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Iron River
Mich
Lester J. Maitland
Michigan
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Maitland
Wisconsin
Maitland Field
Milwaukee
Episcopal Church
Bridge Tug Incident Highlights County Village Tugging Standoff
A Fox River drawbridge standoff in Little Chute delayed a tug and a yacht when Outagamie County laid off two bridge tenders and argued the village must man the span. After officials intervened, county worker Henry Giebel operated the bridge and three vessels passed as the commission planned action.
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Oshkosh
Green Bay
Fox River
Walter Smith
Outagamie County
Little Chute
Paul Kostka
Chicago
Corps of Army Engineers
County Trunk I
Clarence Bronson
Outagamie
Arnold Johnson
Johnson
Bronson
Henry Giebel
Highway Department
Giebel
County Highway Commission
Mine Union Strikes Non-ferrous Plants
A regional strike spreads in copper and other non-ferrous metal plants as workers seek a 20 cent an hour raise plus fringe benefits. Union members from International Mine Mill and Smelter Workers target three of the industry’s big four firms Amercian Smelting and Refining Co. Phelps Dodge Kennecott Copper. Anaconda workers in Montana remained at work with no picketing reported. The four firms employ an estimated 50 000 to 60 000 union members.
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Denver
International Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
IND
American Smelting and Refining Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
Kennecott Copper Corp
Butte
Mont
Anaconda Co
Montana
Coplien Leads Jaycee Golf Tourney At Monroe Country Club
Jaycee golf event opened with Gary Coplien shooting 36 38 for 74 to lead a youth field at Monroe Country Club. Morning scores included Bill Lovelace 42 44 86 and Owen Hefty 41 43 84, Dennis Hunt 45 45 90, Pat Wuethrich unfinished. Finalists earn expenses paid to state Jaycee tourney at Merrill Hills July 12 in Waukesha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Coplien
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Country Club
Coplien
Merrill Hills
Waukesha
Bill Lovelace
Owen Hefty
Dennis Hunt
Pat Wuethrich
Firing Squad Executes Neal in Utah Crime Case
Don Jesse Neal, 25, San Francisco, was executed at Point of the Mountain Utah. He died at 6 00 am after five rifles fired. four bullets hit Neal while a blank was fired from the fifth gun. Neal had killed Salt Lake City police sergeant Owen T Farley on May 23 1951 following a motel robbery arrest of Neal and wife Wilma Tully in Ogden Utah. Sheriff George Beckstead signaled the firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point OF
Utah
Don Jesse Neal
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Owen T. Farley
Farley
Neal
Wilma Tully
Ogden
George Beckstead
Salt Lake County
Kohler Co Witness Missing Delays NLRB Probe
The National Labor Relations Board hearing into unfair labor practices at Kohler Co is recessed to July 20 after works superintendent E. J. Biever fails to appear. Subpoenas have been issued for Biever as Local 833 CIO United Auto Workers continues its strike since April 5, 1954.
Kimberly Names John R. Kimberly as Park er Successor
Kimberly-Clark announces John R. Kimberly will become president succeeding Cola G. Parker who retires as chairman of the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly Advanced
Neenah
Kimberly- Clark Corp
John R. Kimberly
Cola G. Parker
House Adopts Foreign Aid Bill
The House approved a 3.285 billion dollar foreign military and economic aid ceiling for the year and sent the bill to a Senate committee to reconcile differences. President Eisenhower sought about 31 percent more. actual funding may be trimmed. Backers fought 21 attempts to curb the program, including limits on Yugoslavia and India aid. The House voted 181 to 51 to require at least half of surplus food aid be carried on American ships. Rep Bonner led the move to remove a waiver that would speed surplus food movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
India
Rep
Bonner
D-Nc
Foreign Affairs Committee
Minor Takes Oath as U S Attorney for Wisconsin
Edward G. Minor of Sturgeon Bay was sworn in today as the new U S attorney for the eastern district of Wisconsin. U S District Judge Robert E Tehan administered the oath in a brief ceremony at the federal building in Milwaukee.
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Minor
Milwaukee
Edward G. Minor
Sturgeon Bay
U. S
Wisconsin
Robert E. Tehan
Federal
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