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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1954
Page
1
Associated Press tally records 17 Independence Day fatalities in Wisconsin from July 3 to July 7 1953. Drownings numbered six with eleven traffic deaths. Notable cases include Roberta Wahmas five struck when the car rolled after a gear shift was disengaged and several drownings across Madison Lake Monona Big Muskego Lake and Lake Van Zile.
Sen. McCarthy returned from a 19 day vacation and will be back at his desk this afternoon. His aides would not disclose his exact travel location since leaving June 19 after the Army hearings. McCarthy described the trip as south of the Rio Grande with hunting fishing and gab bing. He did not specify when the Senate investigations subcommittee would reconvene to address staff matters from the Army controversy. Senator Mundt urged an early meeting to tackle staff issues related to the dispute.
Mrs Frances Bera of Inglewood California won the fourth and final day of the Powder Puff Derby finishing ahead of two other planes. Her co-pilot was Mrs Helen Albani also of Inglewood. Second place went to Mrs Maxine Smith of San Diego and her co-pilot Mrs Mickey Clark of Florrisant Missouri.
Final figures on accidental deaths show the July 4th period was safer than expected with 348 traffic fatalities versus a 430 forecast by the National Safety Council for the 78 hour period from 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday. Ned H Dearborn, council president, calls the toll a sign of improving traffic behavior as monthly deaths trend downward. Drownings and miscellaneous accidents, including fireworks, raise total violent deaths to 620. AP survey lists 189 drownings and 83 miscellaneous deaths. Four fireworks deaths are included in the miscellaneous total.
County authorities praised motorists for a sane holiday but mishaps marred the period. A Belleville woman suffered a fractured arm in an intersection crash on Highway CC near Belleville. Kenneth Zimmerman and Louis Hess were drivers in the collision. A truck fire west of Monroe injured other residents, and Robert Dye sustained jaw fractures after a porch fall. Cow-attack and fireworks injuries also reported, plus a drowning near Lake Delavan involving Robert E. Noble. He was an employee of Davidson Service in Cedarville.
Wisconsin dairy market shows steady demand for American cheese in a slow start. Prices listed include cheddar moisture at 31.44 to 33.4 percent, single daisies 34.34 to 34.36 percent, longhorns 34 to 34 percent, and midgets around 34.14 to 38 percent amid light trading and state assembly notes.
Several thousand residents crowded Recreation Park for an hour long fireworks show sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Earlier, a fathers versus sons baseball game ended 13 9 with the dads rallying in the last inning. The event featured unique aerial displays and a square dance with about 100 participants. The afternoon also saw the Huber Brewers lose 5 4 to the Rockford Blackhawks, their second loss of the season. Nathan Farmer topped the day’s contests with the highest total score. A planned Brewers Rockford double header was rained out when Rockford did not appear. President Eisenhower returned from a Cotacin Mountains holiday.
Czech border police say Prague offered to swap seven U S soldiers seized near the East West border for three Czech escapees. U S Army at Heidelberg says it negotiates directly with Czech authorities for the Americans release while calling the escapees a separate issue.
Senator Knowland Republican leader from California told reporters he asked the State Department for a legal opinion on steps for U S withdrawal from the United Nations if Communist China gains admission. He said he might resign his leadership to press withdrawal and will consult with Secretary Dulles on opposing Peiping entry.
Reef Construction Co started work today on the crushed stone surfacing of .68 mile of Highway 11 91 on the Juda road relocation project bypassing the village. The new stretch is expected to receive its dust sealer surface within ten days after grading by Victor Schiller. The relocation section runs from the sharp turn north of the village to beyond the Milwaukee Road tracks northeast.
Glenn C Langston district commissioner of semi pro baseball announced pairings for the district semi pro tourney set for July 11 14 16 and 18 at Recreation Park Monroe s Huber Brewers meet Gratiot at 830 pm July 11 Monticello vs Hollandale at 630 pm same night July 14 Shullsburg vs Viota and Platteville vs Kieler at 830 pm July 16 winners meet at 630 and 830 pm Consolation and finals set for 630 and 830 pm July 18 Lower admission charges 50 cents except finals 75 cents and 25 cents for children Monroe won last year s tourney here but lost state opener in Milwaukee County Stadium versus Emil Millers Milwaukee team.
Brown County Dist. Atty. B J Bertrand said on Tuesday he would meet state officials to discuss warrants after a Sunday raid on the St Mary's church picnic at Pulaski. State beverage tax investigators aided by sheriff's officers seized bingo cards dice and numbers jars from the event.
The Agriculture Department reported May 31 investment in surplus farm commodities at 6,109,295,000, down 79,443,000 from April. May included 2,648,243,000 in farm loans and 3,461,050,000 in commodities owned. The department also noted 264,688,000 losses in price support operations through May 31, 1954, with 61,146,000 losses in fiscal 1953.
New Zealand Foreign Minister T Clifton Webb urged admitting Communist China to the United Nations in a parliamentary debate. He argued Peiping should join to drive a diplomatic wedge between Russia and Red China and supported ANZUS and a Southeast Asian defense alliance. He noted China is a great nation with substantial world influence and urged policy in the anti communism fight. Webb called for steps toward UN entry as part of broader security alignment with Australia and Britain and the United States.
Former Senator Blair Moody, recovering in Hancock Michigan, accepts support offer from eight Democratic senators led by Lehman Mansfield Kennedy Douglas Jackson Humphrey Magnuson Monroney to challenge for the Senate seat this November.
In Trung Gia village the Indochina cease-fire talks between French and Vietminh officials proceed with troop regrouping and prisoner exchange agreed. In Saigon Ngo Dinh Diem forms a new cabinet while Washington reveals over 2.2 billion dollars in aid to Indochina in four years to halt Communist forces.
Evansville Wis a loss of 35 sheep from Ben Disch renowned breeder farm valued at 2500 to 3000 dollars from a 185 head flock pasture near the farm announced today theft.
Rock County Agent Frank Campbell says army worm infestation may be less severe after a heavy rainstorm on Friday. The rain drowned a large portion of the insects and reduced the outbreak across Janesville and surrounding areas.
Monroe gymnasts earned team second place in both men's and women's divisions at the Swiss American Gymnastic Association Turn Fest in San Francisco. Glen Thommen won the men's Class B apparatus title. Dorleen Showers and Helen Krattiger led a Monroe sweep in women's Class A. The 27 member group traveled from Monroe by bus and train, with judges Reinhard Mueller and John Ruef among attendees.
Sally Moesley ten died in an Arcata California hospital from injuries after falling from a horse. She was daughter of Oscar Moesley of Darlington and Mrs Della Moesley. The body will be sent to Darlington for Friday services at Sharer funeral home with Rev Paulson officiating. burial at Union Grove cemetery.
In New York a moderately advancing market saw blue chip stocks lead gains. General Motors Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Radio COED General Electric Dow Dy Pont RKO Theatres also climbed, with United States Steel Bethlehem Steel Boeing Zenith American Telephone American Smelting Dow Chemical Pacific Mills Bullard Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and U S Gypsum among advancers.
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