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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1961
Page
4
Classified ad for a new ranch home with three bedrooms and a large lot in an excellent location three blocks from the high school. Immediate possession. Monroe Land Co. 726 28th Ave. Phone 2170.
Dr Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Peace Prize winner, will be honorary head of a proposed summit peace conference of religious leaders. Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath announced the appointment at the 12th International Conference of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Eisendrath told delegates that Khrushchev and Kennedy appear farther apart, and religion must pressure leaders to subdue self interest before a dangerous miscalculation ends the world.
Chicago markets show hogs 7,000 head steady to strong with widespread 16.50 to 18.65 bids across weight ranges. Cattle runs 18,000 with steers mostly steady to sharply higher and primes reaching 23.50 per hundredweight. cows and canners quoted lower to mid teens. Produce prices hold steady with butter and eggs firm. no major grain sales reported. oats at 74 to 75 percent white.
The Holstein-Friesian Association of America announces completed production records for registered cows. Owners include H O Elmer of Monticello and others in Albany Monroe Janesville Madison and Monroe. Cows show milk yields from about 13 470 to 20 250 pounds with butterfat up to 706 pounds across 305 to 374 days.
Rev. Stephen H. Zohlen, 82, a retired Catholic priest, died Sunday after years of illness. He retired in 1954 following 29 years as pastor of St. Claudius church in St. Cloud Fond du Lac County.
Jeremiah O'Sullivan 67 announces plans to retire in August 1962 from his post as dean of Marquette University's school of journalism in Milwaukee.
Craig R. Sheaffer, 63, assistant secretary of commerce in the Eisenhower era and chairman of W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co., shot himself at his Fort Madison home Sunday. Family attorney E. H. Pollard said he suffered a liver ailment and had been despondent. He led the firm founded by his father in 1913 and became president in 1938 before resigning in 1953 to join the commerce department.
William T. Smith a New York farmer used a $6100 Cadillac purchased with farm subsidy funds to critique subsidy programs at a Keating news conference. He said the car dramatizes the programs foolishness and plans to pay off the balance with expected fall payments. Smith operates a 1200 acre farm and roadside dairy bar.
In Southern Section play New Glarus defeated Ridgeway 4 to 1 while Wiota edged Blanchardville 3 to 2. Belleville routed Hollndale 24 to 2 and Dodge Point beat Verona 6 to 4. Bob Feller held Ridgeway to six hits as New Glarus built a late lead.
Oshkosh star Bleckinger defeats top seed Seiy who defaults in the third set due to a leg cramp to clinch Wisconsin Open men's crown. Mueller wins women's title. Pritula and Collopy capture women's doubles. Other event winners include Thiel, Adriano Gens in veterans. Szilagyi and Billings take boys titles.
Mrs. Lillian Bast of Minneapolis visits her brother and sister in law the Bentleys and other relatives in Monticello. Madison callers include Mrs. Hazel Kundert and Miss Margaret Blum. Multiple calls and weekend visits recur among residents and friends, with trips to camps and visits to New Glarus, St. Charles and Monroe noted.
A dense prime time list features Gen MacArthur's Philippines visit at 6:30 on NBC News Special and a slate of repeats across Channels 3 13 27 33 39 including To Tell the Truth Cheyenne Wells Fargo Surfside Six Bringing Up Buddy Danny Thomas Whispering Smith Concentration Adventures in Paradise Ann Sothern Glenn Miller Time Barbara Stanwyk The Pioneers Victory at Sea Jack Paar Alfred Hitchcock Playhouse 90 One Step Beyond and Project 20 with an All-Star Baseball from Candlestick Park noted for later times and venues.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Riemer and son Brent visit Mas Kingdon and Prof Vernon Riemer in Virginia and West Virginia. E L Adams of Madison visited Grace Hartman. Claudia and Suzanne Adams stayed with grandmother while parents travel in Milwaukee. J R Scheyser and Ben Cleveland of Albany dined with George Salladay. Roland Rockwell and spouse return from a northern Wisconsin vacation.
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