National Stars Win in Classic By 5-4 Triumph
The National League stars won the 26th annual classic 5 to 4 today at Forbes Field in warm, clear weather before about 35,000 spectators including Vice President Nixon. Ed Mathews and Al Kaline homered, Don Drysdale retired all nine batters faced in three innings, and the game featured multiple single hits and fielding outs as the NL held off the Americans in a brisk exhibition.
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Pittsburgh
Ed Mathews
al Kaline
Mathews
Stan Musial
Don Drysdale
Forbes Field
Nixon
National League
American League Stars
Walkout Settled at Fond du Lac Kiekhaefer Plant
State and federal mediators announced a complete agreement ending the IAM strike against Kiekhaefer Corp. Workers at Fond du Lac and Oshkosh plants will be recalled to work as soon as possible.
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Fond DU Lac
International Association of Machinists
Kiekhaefer Corp
Oshkosh
Failures in New York Decline for Second Straight Week
Business failures in New York continued to fall last week with 244 filings for the seven days ending Thursday the lowest weekly total of the year for the second week in a row. Slump persists since early June.
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New York
City Assessed Valuation Rises in 1959 Accounts
The 1959 Monroe assessment rolls show a net valuation increase of 1 135 494 over 1958 pushing total to 31 619 409. Real estate and merchant stock drive growth while new homes and industrial plants boost manufacturing values. Only agricultural land drops and some property categories fall slightly. The tax rate impact remains uncertain as budget processes unfold.
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Philip N. Darling
Darling
Jos
Huber
Monroe
Eisenhower vetoes omnibus housing bill over cost
President Eisenhower vetoed the 1.375 billion housing measure calling it extravagant and inflationary. He urged Congress to produce a cheaper bill while criticizing urban renewal and public housing provisions. House and Senate leaders signaled opposition to the veto but warned it could not be overridden.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
House
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
White House
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Tybring to Speak on Mental Illness at Kiwanis Meeting
Gilbert B. Tybring, clinical director of Mendota State Hospital in Madison, will discuss current concepts of mental illness at the Monroe Kiwanis Club lunch meeting Thursday at the Swiss Wheel restaurant. Rev Karl Koch and Jack L. Marty have been inducted into the club by past president Gerhard P. Steensrud.
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Gilbert B. Tybring
Mendota State Hospital
Madison
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Karl Koch
Immanuel Church
Jack L. Marty
Marty Dairy
Gerhard P. Steensrud
Surge of Boating Fatalities Over Independence Period
The Associated Press reports at least 60 deaths in boating accidents during the Independence Day holiday weekend. A cabin cruiser auto ferry collision on Lake Michigan near Muskegon killed six. four of eight aboard a homemade motorboat died after capsizing near Corinth New York. Coast Guardsmen lifeguards and boaters prevented further tragedy as nine day Safe Boating Week ended.
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Associated Press
Lake Michigan
Muskegon
Mich
Emer Lake
Corinth
N.Y
Holiday Death Toll From Independence Day Weekend
Chicago reports 520 holiday deaths over the Fourth of July weekend, including 276 traffic, 179 drownings, and 65 other accident fatalities from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Traffic deaths ran 74 below National Safety Council estimates. comparisons are made to Memorial Day and past holiday weekends.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Stock Market Rise Led by Rail Shares
Rail stocks led a midday advance as industrials pushed to record highs while the market overall rose irregularly after five straight days of gains. General Motors stood out in a motor group that was otherwise flat to lower as trading remained active.
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New York
General Motors
Soviet Claims Rocket Record
The Soviet Union claims a single stage rocket carried a dog and rabbit into space last week and returned them safely. Officials say the mission demonstrates progress toward manned spaceflight and marks a high altitude for one stage gear.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Earth
Laika
United States
Able
Baker
Atlantic
1960 Hog Price Break Possible
Washington forecasts a fall 1960 drop in hog prices if hog production keeps expanding into next spring, as the Agricultural Marketing Service notes. The agency warns that continued expansion could trigger a market price break despite prior price rebounds in the 1950s.
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Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
So viet rocket named Noah's Arknik by Daily Mail
The Daily Mail coins a name for the Soviet rocket that carried two dogs and a rabbit into space naming it Noahs Arknik.
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London
The
Daily Mail Today
Milwaukee Fleet Escorts Royal Yacht Up Lake Michigan
A 60-boat Milwaukee fleet escorted Queen Elizabeth II’s royal yacht as it entered Milwaukee Harbor and sailed past Oak Creek. Two Coast Guard auxiliary cruisers flanked the Britannia, with seven destroyers in the escort, while thousands watched from the lakefront. The Seaway celebration continues midweek with a mock invasion at McKinley Park by Marines.
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Milwaukee
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Oak Creek
Lake Michigan
McKinley Park
Parents Advised On Camping Misses For YMCA Camp
Parents should not write home to their children at Phantom Lake YMCA camp to express how much they miss them. Leigh Mac Iver, camp director, notes 38 Monroe youths will attend the Y camp in July and August. Parents are told not to send candy or cookies, to visit only on set days, and to ensure proper camping clothing.
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Leigh MacIver
Phantom Lake
Monroe
Byron Bennett
Louis Janke
Marshal Zwygart
Richard Swiggum
Donald Grossen
David Deininger
Danny Franklin
James Preston
Dennis Schmiedlin
Robert Buchholtz
Uno Miller
Ronald Eckstam
John Goetz
David Lysser
James Myers
Robert Tschudy
Frank Boeck
James Clark
William Hartwig
Gayle Johnson
Scott Erickson
Christina Peterson
Laura Springer
Donna Springer
Donna Swiggum
Janet Richardson
Marcia Janke
Susan Babler
Rosemary Forcade
Roberta Benkert
Susanne Olsen
Kristine Fritz
Susan Rufener
Patsy Stauffacher
Susie Reger
Mary Lovelace
Barbara Frantz
Elizabeth Frantz
Kenosha Becomes New Port of Entry on Great Lakes
Kenosha is named the first new U S port of entry on the Great Lakes since the St Lawrence Seaway opening. Customs collector Bernhard Gettelman presents Mayor Eugene Hammond with the port recognition order signed by Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson.
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Kenosha
United States
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Bernhard Gettelman
Wisconsin
Eugene Hammond
Secretary of Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Cheese market steady in Madison with light trade
The Madison Wisconsin market shows steady cheese prices and moderate distributive demand. Open market trade is light with ample small style offerings and excess large styles. Cheddar moisture 31 to 33 percent, 40 pound blocks 33 to 35, singles 34 to 37, longhorns 34 to 35, midgets 35 to 38.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Queen Elizabeth Delights Chicago During Royal Visit
Queen Elizabeth spent 13 hours in Chicago meeting 2,000,000 spectators, speaking at Mayor Daley’s banquet and touring Grant Park. She received dental care for a chipped filling and escaped a bomb scare at the Museum of Science and Industry, while heading to Canada with Prince Philip aboard the Britannia.
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Relman Morin
Chicago
Elizabeth
Canada
Prince Philip
Saulte Ste. Marie
Ontario
Philip
Richard Daley
Timothy J. O’connor
Buckingham Fountain Land
Grant Park
Medinah Shriner
Norman R. Olson
Museum of Sci
Schuetze Family Purchases Bay Store Building
W R and Edwin W Schuetze owners of Schuetzes clothing firm on the northwest corner of the square have bought the store building from the John Discher and John Schneider estates. W R Schuetze has managed since February 1941 and Edwin joined in August 1946. A store has stood on this corner since 1850. current building built in 1883. remodeling completed March 1953.
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W. R
Edwin W. Schuetze
Schuetze
John Discher
John Schneider
W. R. Schuetze
Two Johns
Edwin Schuetze
the Schuetzes
Green County Dairy Month Slogan Winners Announced
Mrs Raymer of Monroe won first prize in Green County June Dairy Month slogan contest receiving five dollars for Dairy foods are good for you not just in June but the whole year through. Second place went to Mrs Walter Stauffacher and third to Luann Guttmer. Fifth place was won by Mrs Peter H Streiff. Vic Marean chaired the event with Lee Kirsch as promotion committee head.
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Lawrence Raymer
Monroe
Green County
Raymer
Wisconsin
Maureen Dillon
Browntown
Walter Stauffacher
14Th Avenue
Luann Guttmer
Darlene Wesenberg
19Th Avenue
Peter H. Streiff
Applarus
Melrose Park Boy Drowns at Lake Delavan
Frank Coppilopo, 3, of Melrose Park Illinois, drowned in Lake Delavan while vacationing with parents. Searchers found his body beneath a pontoon house on the lake. Dennis Myren, 11, of Sauk City, was recovered from the Wisconsin River near Arena. His death raised the July Fourth weekend drownings to six in Wisconsin waters.
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Associated Press
Frank Coppilopo
Melrose Park
Ill
Lake Delavan
Delavan
Dennis Myren
Sauk City
Wisconsin
Arena
Tear Gas Rescue Ends 13 Hour Prison Revolt
Four convicts at the Monroe Washington reformatory seized visitors and guards prompting a 13 hour siege. A tear gas assault at 4:03 a.m. flushed them out as officers entered and freed 58 people unharmed. Names listed: Richard Murray Donald DeCourcy Robert Jasmin and David Owens.
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Monroe
Wash
State Reformatory
Reformatory
Hugh de Walt
Lawrence Delmore
William McKelvie
McKelvie
John Martin
Mary Turner
Richard A. Murray
Donald DeCourcy
Robert E. Jasmin
David K. Owens
Rayburn Defends Leadership Amid Criticism
Texas Democrat Sam Rayburn defended Democratic leadership against complaints from Party Chairman Butler at a news conference. Rayburn said Butler can speak while lawmakers act and press for a more aggressive progressive line, amid rumors of officer naming for the 1969 Democratic National Convention and South er delegates being threatened.
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Washington
Pau
Ft. Butler
Sam Rayburn
Butler
Rayburn
Texas
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Mays
Fox
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Temple
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Aparicio
Moon
Crandall
Drysdale
Lew Burdette
Nationals
Ryne Duren
Killebrew
Duren
Burdette
Matthews
Musial
Tybring
Kiwanis Meeting
Marine Corps
City
Royal Yacht
Elizabeth II
Britain
William G. Stratton
Ence and Industry
Queen
O'Connor
Schuetzes Bay Store
Vic Marean
Lee Kirsch
Washington State Institution
Kane
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