Southern State Ends Statewide Ban on Liquor
Mississippi, the first state to ratify national prohibition in 1918, ends its statewide ban as liquor becomes legal at 12:01 a.m. The change hinges on counties voting wet, with a 16 day interim dry spell enforced by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. Bootlegger Red Hydrick laments the long era of illicit trade while awaiting the new regime.
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Jackson
Miss. U
Mississippi
United States
Red Hydrick
Hydrick
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
Pearl River
Rankin County
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Syst
Northwest Hospital
Seattle
Medicare
Alfred E. Riley
St.Elizabeth's Hospital
Chicago
Riley
Brodhead Youths Injured When Tractor Tip Over
Two Brodhead youths were hospitalized at St. Clare after a tractor tipped over. Steven A Schee, 9, suffered a pelvic contusion and multiple abrasions. Shirl Laube Jr., 18, sustained contusions to the shoulder chest and left leg. They were admitted yesterday at 1:30 p.m.
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Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Steven Arthur Schee
David Schee
Shirl Laube Jr
Schutte Youth Faces Months in Hospital
Pierre Schutte son of George A. Schutte of 2116 16th Street was injured in a Nebraska truck collision during a June trip to California with friend Mike Brennan. At St. Clare Hospital he is described as doing pretty well with a broken leg in five places. Complications from a cast require skin grafts, and he faces two to three more months in confinement.
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Rerrescnuue
George A. Schuttes
16Th St
California
Mike Brennan
Pierre
Nebraska
St. Clare Hospital
Sodium Wins Fifth Irish Sweeps Derby at Curragh
Sodium won the fifth running of the Irish Sweeps Derby at Curragh. Charlottown finished second and saved third.
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Sodium
Curragh
Ireland
Charlottown
Saved
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns wheels of progress
Clair R. Munns offers verse critiquing mood and motivation. The poem urges lifting spirits to keep momentum, noting progress isn’t driven by a crank and emphasizing perseverance over frustration.
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Clair R. Munns
Aviation Medicine Shamburek Ends European Tour
Lt. Col. Roland Shamburek chief of Aviation Branch in the Army Surgeon General’s Office completed a three year Europe tour as aviation medicine consultant stationed in Heidelberg Germany with his wife Gladys and three sons. He returned June 7 to resume duties in Washington and had previously served at Fort Sill and Darmstadt along with time in the Canary Islands and across Europe. The family visited hometown friends before rejoining duties in aviation medicine.
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Roland Shamburek
Monroe High School
Gladys
Steven
Robert
Daniel
Heidelberg
Germany
Europe
Washington, D. C
Army
Harold Snively
Ollie Fink
Roland Smburek
Monroe
U.S
Shambureks
Shamburek
John Gibbons
Bernard Lee
University of Wisconsin
Marshfield
Ft. Sill
Darmstadt
Canary Island
Farmers Get More for Milk
In Chicago, Pure Milk Association raises Class 1 milk price to 4.22 dollars per hundredweight, 30 cents above the previous superpool level. The move, announced by PMA general manager A. J. McWilliams, boosts farmer pay to about 10.58 cents per quart from 9.3. Negotiations between a PMA panel and Associated Milk Dealers Inc. of Chicago preceded the agreement.
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Shicago
Pure Milk Association
Chicago
A. J. McWilliams
PMA
Pala
Associated Milk Dealers Inc
Bill of Rights Stamp Issued in 50-Panel Run
The nine cent stamp commemorating the 175th anniversary of the Bill of Rights is now available at the Monroe Post Office after debuting in Miami Beach. The shield design features two hands. a gauntleted fist for tyranny and a bare hand for freedom. Initial print run is 115 million in panels of 50.
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Monroe Postoffice
Miami Beach
Fla
National Education Association
Jelle Buys Church As Storage Building For Machinery
Montrose Township’s nearly century old Montrose Method 1st Church was sold to Merlin Jelle of New Glarus, who runs Merlin Jelle Construction Co. He will use the building to store his machinery and tools and for cabinet work. Services had ceased two years earlier, and locals’ bids to save the church as a museum failed as sale preparations progressed.
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Jelle
Montrose Method
Montrose Township
Merlin Jelle
New Glarus
Americans Continue To Keep on Smoking
The Department of Agriculture reports a record 534 billion cigarettes consumed in the fiscal year ending today, including military overseas. This is about 2 billion more than last year, while consumption of cigars small cigars and pipe tobacco declined slightly in the same 12 months.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
Monroe Man Killed When Hit by Train
Ronald G. Friske 25 Monroe man died instantly at about 5 30 p m yesterday when he apparently jumped from a motorcycle and was run over by an Illinois Central freight train at a grade crossing on Tenth Street in Monroe The rider John A Wyttenbach 19 Monroe escaped injury The coroner ruled the death accidental and there will be no inquest The death toll in the county and state figures appear in the report Friske was born December 28 1940 in Norwalk Ohio and married October 4 1961 to Rena Richardson of Madison He was a partsman and shop foreman with Green County Auto and left Monroe for one year to Dodgeville He was a National Guard member and served in the Berlin Crisis Survivors include his wife two daughters Kim Jeanette and Kelli Jean two sons Kevin and Keith his parents Gilbert and Ruth Friske Monroe a brother Donald Monroe two sisters Charlene and Mrs George Stamm Monroe and grandmother Mrs Hilda
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Ronald G. Friske
Illinois Central
Tenth St
Friske
John A. Wyttenbach
Monroe
Wyttenbach
Tenth Street
Wagner
Norwalk
Gilbert Friske
Ruth Burrows
Monroe High School
Rena Elaine Richardson
Grace Lutheran Church
Green County Auto
Dodgeville
National Guard
Missouri
Berlin
Ft. Lewi Wash
Grace Luthieran Church
Ross Richardson
Madison
Monroe Evening Times
Kim Jeanette
Kelli Jean
Kevin
Keith
Donald
Charlene
George
Shirley) Stamm
Hilda
Obituary for Burrows Fairchild at Grace Lutheran Church
Preceding him in death were his paternal grandparents Herman Friske of Wilton Wisconsin and maternal grandfather William Burrows. Fairchild services set for Tuesday at 11 am at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev James C Pimre officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Monday at Stuessy Funeral Home. Body to church at 9:30 Tuesday morning.
Medicare Opens For Hospitals With Mixed Reactions
On the first day of the Social Security hospital program for those 65 and older, major hospitals across the United States reported smoother operations than expected. While some facilities faced paperwork and patient confusion, initial admittances proceeded without mass overload, with incidents of frustration noted at a few sites.
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New York
Miami
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Jackson Memorial
James Connaughton
Miami Hospital
University of Indiana
United
Monroe Park Prepares for 4th of July Concert and Fireworks
Twining Park in Monroe resumes full summer use with a rebuilt shelter house painted and fenced Kiddielands area after the 1965 Palm Sunday tornado. Park water levels rise but ample space remains for picnics and a 7:30 p.m. concert followed by fireworks at dusk. The City Band directs patriotic tunes as Civil Defense officers guide traffic. Temperatures in the 90s push people to lakes and pools. Zanders Lake draws hundreds daily. Bells toll at a Monroe church to honor the holiday as flags are urged to fly high.
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Twining Park
Monroe
Lee Mitchell
Monroe Park Board
Kiddielands
Mitchell
Allan F. Barnard
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Civil Defense Auxiliary
New Glarus
Midwest
New Zanders
Sheriff Attends Wisconsin Sheriff Conference in Land O Lakes
Sheriff W. E. Dein inger participated in the Wisconsin Sheriff's and Deputy Sheriffs Association Mid Summer Conference at the Gateway Hotel Land O Lakes Tuesday and Wednesday. Topics included police training aids and county level law enforcement problems. James Karns head of the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Division spoke on coordination in a common cause.
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Deininger
W. E. (Doe) Deininger
Wisconsin Sheriff's and Deputy Sheriffs Association
Land O'Lakes
Gateway Hotel
James Karns
Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Division
No Monroe Evening Times Monday Edition
In keeping with the Fourth of July holiday custom there will be no edition on Monday. Regular publication resumes with Tuesday's edition of the Monroe Evening Times.
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Monroe Evening Times
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Washington
William Steiger
Oshkosh Wis
Congress
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Grace Church
Illinois Central Railroad
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Anna Winston
New York City
Mammoth
Mt. Sinai Hospital
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