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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1964
Page
2
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Editorial urges consideration of a joint Monroe city school district swimming pool at the high school to relieve overcrowding at Recreation Park, enable year round access, improve water safety, and coordinate recreational and physical education services, with cost data to come before electors.
Democratic strategists press a Baker scandal inquiry as Republicans call it a coverup. The Senate rules committee highlights Baker while avoiding criminal implications and high level Democratic involvement. Baker invoked the Fifth Amendment as questions loomed over Johnson era ties.
The Green County Fair Centennial kicks off with a community barbecue as locals anticipate a year of events including contests to name the oldest couple, the family with the most children, and the most frequent fair attender.
The piece notes potential political sidelines for President Johnson as the Bobby Baker inquiry could shape the 1964 campaign. It suggests strong party figures may have aided opportunities and warns that Senate action could close further investigations, leaving the full story obscured.
Mrs Catherine Mary Williams 86 died yesterday at her son Alfreds Beloit home. Services set for 11 am Saturday at Holy Rosary Darlington with a 7 30 pm rosary tonight. Burial in Holy Rosary cemetery. Surviving are son Alfred a daughter Mrs Paul Rowe Elgin two half brothers eight grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. She had moved from Elgin Illinois to Beloit a week ago.
Mrs Alyce Schoonover 49 Route 1 Milton Junction died yesterday in Edgerton hospital after a short illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. tomorrow at Reining Funeral Home Janesville with calling this evening. She is survived by her husband three sons William Dohmeyer Sauk City John and Steven Dohmeyer both at home four daughters including Mrs Zanoni now of Oregon and Mrs Peter Nuccio Rockford two grandchildren a brother.
Midshipman Third-Class Lawrence Asmus, son of Mr and Mrs Floyd Asmus of Route 3 Monroe, reports aboard the destroyer U S S Mullany for a six week Midshipman training cruise. The voyage will visit ports in the United States and Canada to gain experience in navigation gunnery operations seamanship and other officer development areas.
The Air National Guard aims to deploy about 30 jets to Europe next month to show rapid reinforcement capability to the regular Air Force. If approved the guard will fly abroad non stop using its tankers for aerial refueling. In Europe the missions will last about four days for the U S 7th Army.
Mrs. Eugene Meier chaired the Green County 4 H Foods Revue at Monroe high school drawing 133 participants. Youths presented favorite foods with menus, place settings, and nutritional explanations while judges from extension and home economics positions evaluated product quality, nutrition, and presentation.
The Fischers, parents of America's only quintuplets, reportedly await a sixth child around the quints' first birthday September 14. They plan a new 20 room home southwest of Aberdeen while continuing to run a wholesale grocery job and prepare to enter cattle farming on their 800 acre tract.
Emil E. Kostner announces the Windom Minnesota branch as Thorp Finance Corp s 109th office and 18th Minnesota branch. The company operates 82 Wisconsin offices, eight in Iowa and one in Missouri.
The Associated Press survey shows the 1960 Supreme Court district redraw may cost the GOP a few seats in the Wisconsin Senate while helping in the Assembly. Key incumbents affected include Robert Knowles, Earl Morton, and others as Democrats eye potential gains in new districts like the 28th.
A U S hunter killer task force trailed a Soviet submarine group as it passed through the Mediterranean. The force included a carrier and six destroyers and used radar, photography, and radio signals to engage the subs. Most vessels entered via Gibraltar or the Black Sea and returned to their origin.
Former Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge urged Republicans to keep campaigns united and not disclose top secret material. He defended prudent foreign policy, pressed concrete aims, and urged conservatives to balance conservation with innovation to empower every citizen.
A KC135 tanker from the 43rd Air Refueling Squadron at Larson AFB Washington and an F105 Thunderchief fighter from George AFB California collided during a refueling exercise over Death Valley. Five men were killed. four were aboard the KC135 and one was the F105 pilot. The crash occurred about 65 miles north of George AFB at the southern Death Valley tip.
Mrs Rose McCormick 86 a former Dodgeville resident died Monday in Santa Cruz California. Services set for 1 30 p m tomorrow at Lulleff funeral home Dodgeville with friends invited She moved to Santa Cruz four years ago and is survived by two daughters Mrs A H Abalighter Middleton and Mrs Lorraine McGuire Santa Cruz one grandson and two nieces.
Spread over 423 square miles the port of New York features 200 deep water piers with berths for more than 400 ocean going ships highlighting its scale and capacity.
President Johnson signs a bill creating a U S Canadian commission to accept Campobello Island summer home of Franklin D Roosevelt and an adjacent 10 5 acre tract for shared funding and management. Washington notes Library of Congress receives 700 rare books from Lessing J Rosenwald enriching its collection.
Washington Treasury officials said borrowing will drop to about 1 to 2 billion dollars through September from earlier plans of 4 billion in mid July. The change follows a 2 billion dollar improvement in the government's cash position due to lower expenditures. Roosa said the immediate borrowing will be limited to weekly 100 million dollar Treasury bill increases.
Undersheriff Penny Drivas said two 14 year old boys vacationing with relatives near Clearwater Lake confessed to the $7000 burglary of a summer home. They admitted entering the Emil Jorgenson residence and stealing jewelry and a coin collection while Mrs. Jorgenson was away. The loot was recovered and the youths were turned over to juvenile authorities.
San Francisco reports brisk, noisy work transforming the Cow Palace into the GOP venue for the 1964 convention opening Monday. A new electronic score board, phones installed, and half-completed platform work mark preparations. A gala ticket option offers an engraved invitation, a Capitol dome pin, buffet, dancing, and access to dignitaries for $500, with proceeds aiding Senate and House campaigns.
Edward J. Collins, manager of the Pocas National Wildlife Refuge in west central Wisconsin, by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, announced the heads for the Ne cedah refuge, Minneapolis.
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