Surtax Move Surprises Wisconsin Budget Vote
In Madison, Assembly Democrats pass an 822.5 million dollar budget with a 13 to 17 percent surtax on individual incomes to add 85.4 million in revenue. Curtis McKay and five Republicans join 51 Democrats for the surtax amid a six hour budget debate.
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Madison
Assembly Democrats
McKay
George Kelting
Beloit
Carolyn Blanchard
Edgerton
Willis Hutnik
Ladysmith
Kenneth Merkel
Brookfield
Wilmer Struebing
Brillion
Albert Tadych
Milwaukee
Kyle Kenyon
R-Tomah
Assembly
Robert Huber
D-West Allis
Robert Haase
Marinette
Haase
Warren P. Knowles
Senate
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Child Receives Father Kidney in Tulane Transplant
New Orleans doctors and nurses watched Jonnie Gail Honeycutt after a four hour operation in which she received her father’s healthy kidney. The surgery went well and both patients are doing well, said a Tulane University surgeon.
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New Orleans
Jonnie Gail Honeycutt
Tulane University
Puppets Feature Recreation Event at Monroe Park
Children at Monroe Park Craft Time created paper bag puppets for a nursery rhyme program directed by Penny Fitzgerald. The show featured performers include Nancy Schiller Bo-Peep Diane Wells Donna Wells Mark Pink Julie Kundert Kevin Karl Harold Miller Denise Schutz Stacy Koenig and others with songs and narration by the entire company.
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Recreation Park
Penny Fitzgerald
Bo-Peep
Nancy Schiller
Diane Wells
Donna Wells
Mark Pink
Mary
Julie Kundert
Kevin
Karl
Harold Miller
Karl Miller
Denise Schutz
Old King Cole
King
Mark
Randy Pink
Jeff Patrick McGuire
Fiddlers Three
Cock Robin
Stacy Koenig
Narrator
Holstein Breeders Plan County Twilight Session
Judging entertainment and a lunch will be featured at a twilight meeting of the Green County Holstein breeders at 8 p.m. Thursday July 8. The program will be conducted at the Permin Graber farm five miles west of Monticello on County Trunk C.
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Green County
Permin Graber
Monticello
Madison Doctor Dr Rogers Cooksey Dies at 74
Dr. Rogers T. Cooksey a prominent Madison physician died Thursday night in a hospital where he had been admitted two days earlier for a heart ailment. He was 74.
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Madison
Rogers T. Cooksey
Negro named moderator of United Church of Christ
Hollis F. Price was elected moderator of the United Church of Christ, the first Black to hold the post. The Memphis Le Moyne College president led 723 delegates at the Chicago convention of 2,067,224 members. Price, 61, will preside over the next general synod in 1967 and tour congregations nationwide. He helped advance integration in Memphis and holds the Newspaper Guild citizenship award from 1963.
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Chicago
Hollis F. Price
United Church of Christ
Convention of Representatives
William R. Tolbert Jr
Liberia
World Baptist Alliance
Miami Beach
Fla
Price
Dr. Price
LeMoyne College
Memphis
Tenn
Virginia
Capahosic
Amherst College
Newspaper Guild
Rufi Bull Tops Holstein Show At Mandt Park
John Rufi of Monroe led a strong showing at the Tri County Black and White Show at Mandt Park Stoughton securing the grand champion bull with Rufi Homestead P. P. King aided by his daughter Frances. Monroe FFA claimed the champion club title for the third year running with exhibitors Bill Deininger Mike Deininger Jene Eberle Jim Salesman and David Allen. Over 400 Holsteins from Green Rock and Dane counties entered the event with multiple winners across age classes and female divisions.
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John Rufi
Route 2
Monroe
FFA
Mandt Park
Stoughton
Rufi
Frances
Bill Deininger
Mike Deininger
Jene Eberle
Jim Salesman
David Allen
Ardis Briggs
Ablany
Lyle Nelson
Oregon
Oregon State Farm
Loyd Johnson Jr
Brodhead
Forrest Ludwig
Belleville
Carl
Ken Wyss
John W. Ruff
Herb Huffman
Donald Timm
Herbert Huffman
Rhinelander Agrees To Fluoridate Water
Rhinelander city council voted 7 to 4 to fluoridate the water supply after opponents failed to push for a referendum. Dr. Michael C. Arra of the State Board of Health said about 90 percent of Wisconsin communities fluoridated via council action rather than a referendum.
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Rhinelander
Michael C. Arra
State Board of Health
Wisconsin
NFO to Hold Tornado Benefit Tractor Pull July 11
The National Farmers Organization planned a Sunday July 11 benefit tractor pull beside Twining Park with a $315 purse. Five places paid in three classes, entry fee $5 per tractor, spectators asked to donate $1, weigh station fees by Dodges Monroe Lumber and Fuel, MC Donald Siedschlag. Proceeds aid Palm Sunday tornado victims.
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NFO
National Farmers Organization
Twining Park
Palm Sunday
Ambrose Wenger
NFC
Dodges Monroe Lumber and Fuel Company
Donald Siedschlag
ASCS
Digman Farm Swine Seminar Planned July 7
A twilight barn meeting at the Digman farm Route 3 Monroe will feature a swine seminar with judging contest management talks and modern marketing methods. The event July 7 at 8 p m is sponsored by Tri State Breeders and Cooperative Extension Green County with a bratwurst barbecue.
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Kendall Digman Farm
Route 3
Monroe
M. E. Jeglum
Tri-State Breeders and Cooperative Extension
Green County
Jeglum
Digman
Hiawatha
Tri-State Breeders Co-op
Dr Robert G Zach Appointed To State Medical Examiners Board
Gov Warren Knowles announced radiologist Dr Robert G Zach of the Monroe Clinic will join the State Board of Medical Examiners for a four year term. Zach practiced in Monroe for 11 years after study at Marquette and service in the Army Air Force. He and wife Margaret live east of Monroe with four sons.
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Warren P. Knowles
Robert G. Zach
Monroe Clinic
State Board of Medical Examiners
Zach
Argonne Cancer Research Hospital
Chicago
Monroe
Marquette University Medical School
Oshkosh
Marquette
Marquette Medical School
Crandon
Army Air Force
Margaret
James
Richard
John
David
State Board
Sovernor
Monroe City Band to Perform July Fourth Concert at Twining Park
The Monroe City Band presents a Sunday July Fourth concert at Twining Park starting 7 30 p m. with a long program including The Star Spangled Banner Semper Fidelis The Unsinkable Molly Brown Overture 32nd Division March Left My Heart In San Francisco Al's Place Heat Lightning La Cumparsita The Sojourners Pink Panther March Cheese Days in Monroe When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bobbin Along and On Wisconsin The fireworks show follows the concert sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the city of Monroe.
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Twining Park
Monroe City
John Philip Sousa
San Francisco
Jerry Kubly
The
Sojourners
Fred Schuetze
Steve Gruendahl
Monroe
Rudy Burkhalter
Bob Bob Bobbin
Wisconsin
Chamber of Commerce
Band Leader Claude Thornhill Dies at 56
Caldwell New Jersey band leader Claude Martin Thornhill died at home Thursday from a heart attack.
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Caldwell
N.J
Claude Martin Thornhill
Marval Klecker Named as Agent for Green County
Miss Marval Klecker of Ellsworth Wisconsin was named home economics agent for Green County The extension office announced the appointment filling the post left by Helen Green on May 31 Klecker comes from Viroqua School where she taught home economics for seven years She has a major in home economics education and is a Stout State University graduate She will begin work July 12 and will assume duties previously carried out by Green who plans travel and study in Europe this summer and August.
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Marval Klecker
Ellsworth
Wis
Green County
Klecker
Helen Green
Viroqua School
Stout State University
Miss Klecker
National Education Association
Europe
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students
Ascona
Lago Magiore
Switzerland
University of Wisconsin
Stout State College
Clinton High School
Lions Club Swiss Fun Weekend Kicks Off in New Glarus
The third annual Lions Club Swiss Fun Weekend begins Saturday with a band concert by the high school group, folk dancing, bell ringing, flag throwing, and a street dance. Alpine Troubadours provide music, rain or shine. Sunday features a village park barbecue at 11 a.m. with concert, yodeling, alphorn, and accordion performances by Glarmont Accordion Band.
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NEW Glarus
Lions Club
Glarmont Accordion
Boy dies after surgery in Minneapolis hospital
Michael Alberg a 12 year old kidney transplant patient from Wittenberg Wisconsin died early today in a Minneapolis hospital.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Michael Alberg
Wittenberg
Wis
Minneapolis
Dane and FBI Probe Slaying At Madison Suburban Station
Dane County and FBI units hunt gunmen after LeRoy Keith Erdahl, 21, a Stout State University freshman and station attendant, was killed during a 95 cent suburban Madison service station holdup. Police seek two AWOL soldiers and two male companions nationwide for questioning.
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Madison
Dane County
FBI
LeRoy Keith Erdahl
Erdahl
Jack Leslie
Stout State University
Leslie
Richard Theiss
Harvard
Ill
Joseph Kolsazak
Mary Uowicki
Hobart
Ind
Ft. Hood
Tex
Stoughton
Camp McCoy
A. Charles Howe
Douglas Trail
Green County
Sheriff's
Howe
Preston J. Erdahl
Urban Renewal Session Set for July 12 in Monroe
Mayor Walter R. Ekum announced a visit by a Federal Housing and Home Administration representative from Chicago for a special informal City Council meeting July 12 at 7 30 p m. in Monroe to discuss urban renewal of the west side business district hit by the Palm Sunday tornado with David Sheldon on hand for planning and federal aid details. Property owners, especially hardest hit businessmen rebuilding, were urged to attend. Previous plans to stage Sheldon at July 6 were canceled to allow the trip.
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Walter R. Ekum
Federal Housing and Home Administration
Chicago
Monroe
David Sheldon
West Side
Sheldon
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Myron Rogers
Monroe Park
Holstein Breeders Plan
Monroe Ffa
Green County Agriculture Building
Fred Giesler
Robert Young
Tri-State
Belmont
Dodgeville
Vernon Bell
Robert Zach
Gov
Knowles
Boy
Dane
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