Idlewild Turmoil as Pan Am Jet Lands Amid Crowds
At Idlewild Airport a Pan American World Airways jet carrying 113 people circled for four hours after losing part of its landing gear. Fire Commissioner Cavanagh blamed Port Authority staff for poor cooperation and for an arrogant attitude while thousands swarmed the field hampering rescue efforts. Captain Sommers faced a dangerous landing and cited the crowd as the biggest menace of the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idlewild
New York
London
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Port of New York Authority
Pan American World Airways
Austin J. Tobin
Port Authority
Cavanagh
Jamaica Bay
Edward Sommers
Large Summer Crowd Attends Band Concert
More than 1,000 residents crowded in and near Lincoln Park yesterday for an afternoon City Band concert. Officials said it was the largest crowd of the summer and future concerts may be held afternoons to suit picnicgoers. The next concert is scheduled July 25 for Green County hospital patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Incoln Park
Green County Hospital
Comedy Act Captures Miss Wisconsin Title For Sheboygan Brunet
Kenosha reports Mary Alice Fox a 19 year old brunet with brown eyes wins Miss Wisconsin 1959 from 12 finalists. She will contend in Miss America at Atlantic City Labor Day weekend, after a comedy bum skit in her great grandfather's trousers. Runnerup is Darlene Lucht Miss Milwaukee and third is Diane Kohlmetz Miss Wauwatosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Mary Alice Fox
Wisconsin
Harry Fox
Valparaiso University
University of Wisconsin
Darlene Lucht
Milwaukee
Diane Kohlmetz
Wauwatosa
Reverend Meereboer To Lead St Andrew’s Mission
Rev. Albert Meereboer and wife arrive from New York to take charge as priest in charge of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church and its Darlington mission. Rev. Larry Trayser, at St. Andrew's since July 1957, will lead St. James Episcopal Church in West Bend this week. The Trayser family plans to leave Monroe tomorrow after a farewell at J. H. Schwaiger home. A multi light floor lamp was given as a farewell gift to Rev. and Mrs. Trayser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Meereboer
New York City
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Darlington
Larry Trayser
St. Andrew’s
St. James Episcopal Church
West Bend
Traysers
James
Monroe
J. H. Schwaiger
Trayser
Troysers
China misses 525 million ton grain target in 1959
The Chinese Communist Party indicates the 525 million ton grain production goal set by Premier Chou En-lai was likely too high and that China did not reach it in 1959. The remark implies an overestimation by the leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tokyo
Communist Party
Chou En-lai
Chou
Allies Seek Berlin Standstill Pact With Soviet Union
Western ministers in Geneva plan to push for a Berlin standstill with Moscow with a 30 month moratorium and guarantees of Western access. They may trade concessions such as troop cuts in West Berlin while aiming for a summit within months if a compromise is reached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Soviet Union
Berlin
Herter
Gromyko
West Berlin
U.S.S.R
Germany
U.S
Auto Club okays tour for Aug 9 to Blue Mounds
Yester Year Car Club members approved a tour set for August 9 departing Yellowstone Lake at 9 30 a m. Stewards for the trip were Roger Schmidt and Chester Hasse with Donald Daley and Howard Kohn serving as trip stewards yesterday. Other participants included Herman Stuessy president Dwain Mings Joe Benkett Ulrich Steiger and several families from Brodhead Juda and Apple River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Mounds
Yellowstone Lake
Roger Schmidt
Chester Hasse
Donald Daley
Howard Kohn
Herman Stuessy
Dwain Mings
Fred Mahlikuch
Josef Benkett
Ulrich Steiger
Brodhead
Juda
Harold Dittmar
Apple River. IL
Talent Sparks 105th Green County Fair Opens July 29
The 105th Green County Fair runs July 29 to August 2 with acts from the Gene Holter Wild Animal Circus to the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. Highlights include Swenson's Thrillcade, harness racing with 8400 in purses, and appearances by Warren Covington and Peg Leg Bates. Entries in all departments released Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Wisconsin
Gene Holter
Holter
Animal Farm
California
Widow Found Slain Behind Store in Stevens Point
A 58 year old widow Agnes Mozuch was found dead Sunday behind her small neighborhood grocery. Bullet fragments were recovered from her head and a State Crime Laboratory test will compare them with evidence from another death. Police noted lights on and unlocked doors overnight. A separate case involves John Reeve found shot in a cemetery near his wife and daughter. a .22 pistol lay beside him and a bullet was recovered from his head. Authorities said no link between the deaths is yet established. A child witness saw Mozuch Saturday afternoon but spoke only Sunday morning. Reeve had been despondent since family losses and had been reported missing by his son-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens Point
Agnes Mozuch
John Reeve
Reeve
Dist
John Hake
Mozuch
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Fred Marquard
Soo Line Railroad
133 Horses Enter Show and Trail Ride at Green County Fair
The Green County Boots and Saddle Club held its annual trail ride and horse show at the county fairgrounds with 133 horses entered. Four halter classes and 12 horse show classes awarded ribbons and trophies. Winners include Junior Showmanship with top honors to Hugh Roberts Jr. of Monroe and others from Freeport Beloit and Madison in multiple age and class divisions. Trophy by Hilliard and Dunwiddie Trucking Juda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Boots and Saddle Club
Fairgrounds
Hugh Roberts Jr
Monroe
Joan Davenport
Freeport
Sherry Dooley
Beloit
Colleen Kubly
Billy Hughes
Madison
Roy Weaver
Harold Walters
Roy Mormon
Larry Hawes
Claudette Crompton
Patty Walters
Hilliard and
Dunwiddie Trucking
Juda
Mar! Sweet
Esther Schwartz
Browntown
Leatha Marshall
Marvin Malkow
Brodhead
Art Campbell
Gratiot
Walters Construction
Mary Hughes
Gary Sheperdson
Bill Finster
Rosie Alf
Roger Grinke
Argyle Youth Hurt in Crash Near County Trunk C
A 16 year old Argyle youth was seriously injured when his truck left the road and hit a stump about six miles east of Argyle on County Trunk C. Gerald F. Bredeson Route 2 Argyle is in St. Clare hospital with a fractured leg and multiple facial injuries. Deputies say he apparently dozed off and the truck veered off the road. a farmer heard his cries and called for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyle
Gerald F. Bredeson
St. Clare
Bredeson
Tractor kills toddler in Elkhorn accident
A 19 month old girl, Shirley Koopman, was fatally struck by a tractor driven by her father, Jack Koopman, on a rural Elkhorn farm. Authorities said she stood in front of the left rear wheel as the father began moving the tractor after opening a gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Koopman
Jack Koopman
Elkhorn
Koopman
Top 4-H poster winners named at Monticello picnic
Jane LaBorde and Russell Keen led the health and safety poster contest as senior and junior winners from the Juda Jolly Juniors. Second place honors went to Monroe Ag Jean and Carol Wyss, Kathryn Deppeler, Ruth Ann Bloom, and Vicki Svendsen. Winning posters will be shown at the Green County Fair July 29 to Aug 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane LaBorde
Russell Keen
Juda Jolly
Monticello
John Winzenried
Nils Nelson
Monroe Ag
Jean
Carol Wyss
Kathryn Deppeler
Spring Grove
Ruth Ann Bloom
Vicki Svendsen
Doherty Creek
Green County Fair
Mmes
Chris Tschanz
William Schuetz
Cochairmen
Edwin W. Schuetze
Emily L Pilz 78 Dies in Freeport
Emily L. Pilz 78 formerly of Monroe Freeport resident died at 315 p.m. Saturday at her daughter Mrs William Leopold Sr Route 3 home after a three month illness. Born October 6 1880 in Louisville Nebraska she married Conrad Pilz February 18 1905 at Tobias Nebraska. The couple farmed in Nebraska ten years before moving to Browntown area and later to Monroe. Survived by four sons Harold Conrad Samuel Gilbert three daughters Mrs Leopold Mrs Paul Haag Mrs Henry O Wick and Mrs Cyrus Crothers and Mrs James Small 23 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren. Funeral at 130 p.m. Wednesday Stuessy Funeral Home with Rev Paul H Olm of St Johns United Church of Christ officiating. Burial Cadiz Cemetery. Friends may call after noon tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily L. Pilz
Freeport
William Leopold Sr
James Smulls
Pilz
Conrad Pilz
Louisville
Neb
Samuel
Johanna L. Blordon Hellwig
Nebraska
Tobias
Browntown
Monroe
St. John’s Church
Harold
Conrad
Beloit
Gilbert
United States
Korea
Leopold
Paul Haag
Henry O. Wick
Belit
Cyrus Crothers
James Small
Frank
William Hellwig
Augusta Seidlitz
Tillie Hellwig
Stuessy Funeral Home
Paul H. Olm
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Cadiz Cemetery
Khrushchev Delivers 100 Million Loan to Ethiopia
Premier Khru shchev sent Emperor Haile Selassie a 100 million dollar loan to aid Ethiopia in industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Khrushchev
Haile Selassie
Steel Firms and Union Reopen Talks Under Ike Appeal
White House negotiations resume as unions and steel firms seek a strike-saving accord before the midnight deadline. President Eisenhower urged renewed talks while union president David J. McDonald and industry chief negotiator R. Conrad Cooper met, with Cooper signaling only a contract extension could prevent a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
White House
R. Conrad Cooper
David J. McDonald
Cooper
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Eisener
Richard M. Nixon
Labor
James P. Mitchell
McDonald
Wisconsin Parties Spend Nearly $200000 Since Last Election
Wisconsin's Republican and Democratic parties report spending close to 200000 on political activities since last fall's general election. GOP expenditures reach 117403 while Democrats total 77868, with receipts showing GOP leading in contributions. Democratic receipts show a 7000 deficit since the 1958 campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Secretary of State
GOP
Boy Writes General Sparks Air Safari to Schweitzer Aid
In Naples Italy 13 year old Bobby Hill wrote directly to Lt General Lind urging delivery of medicines to Dr Albert Schweitzer in Africa. NATO officials confirm an airborne safari will carry about 400000 dollars worth of medicines to Schweitzer with Lt Gen Lind personally seeing off the mission. Leo Italian firm adds 350000 dollars in supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
Bobby Hill
Albert Schweitzer
French Equatorial Africa
Richard C. Lindsay
NATO
Europe
Bobby
Henry Hill
Waycross
Lindsay
Schweitzer
Africa
Gen
Dr. Schweitzer
Kozlov Leaves After Plea for Peace
Soviet Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov bade Americans farewell at New York Airport as he boarded a jet to Moscow. He wished peace and prosperity for both nations and echoed Khrushchev’s forecast that future American grandchildren might live in a socialist society, though he stressed that a country’s system should be its own business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frol R. Koslov
Peple
Moscow
United States
Stock Market Tumbles Near Steel Tieup Deadline
New York stocks eased as the steel strike deadline approached. Prices slipped from fractions to about a point with a few gainers sparking moments of brightness. Trading was active and the day opened mixed before turning to the downside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Legion Installs County Officers in Brodhead Ceremony
Marvin Roth, Janesville department vice commander, installed officers for all county Legion posts during a ceremony at the Evangelical and United Brethren church in Brodhead. Monroe post leaders and auxiliary officers from Monroe and neighboring towns were officially installed, with pins awarded to past commanders and a $300 Scout cabin donation approved by the Green County Council American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Roth
Janesville
American Legion
Legion
The
Evangelical and United Brethren Church
Brodhead
Hazel Williams
Zilmer-Riley
Monroe
Warren Gerhart
Robert Cashman
William Wartenweiler
Robert Hendricksen
T. J. Burgy Jr
Gerritt Mouw
Paul Kammerode
Paul Ritschard
Sam Pickett
Allen Goecke
Olin Flisram
George Robinson
Paul Miller
Roy Heeren
W. E. Deininger
William Eberhardt
T. W. Reilly
Howard Lueck
Green County Council
Burgy
Apple River
Brooklyn
Walter Schild
Gott‘fried Kammer
Rodger Bernstein
Rodger Berntein
Eremony
Albany
Monticello
Admits She Set Blaze Fatal to Seven in Elmira
Fifteen year old Jane Shusko admits setting the fire that killed seven members of her family in Elmira New York. Police say she did not appear angry at anyone or have a grudge. Her brother and six of her eight sisters died from asphyxiation in second floor bedrooms Saturday night. Jane escaped with her mother Lillian others were rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
N. Y
Jane Shusko
J. William Maloney
Jane
Lillian
Michael Shusko
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheboygan
Brunet
Meereboer
Russia
Big Four
Auto Club Okays
Swenson
Thrill
Evansville
Curly Coryell
Bill Crossey
Charles Hensel
Inez Schild
Keen
Ike
Monroe Brownies
Kiwanis
Karleen Krebs
Martha Etter
Nancy Leopold
Archie Myers Jr
Barton Pickett
Gerhard P. Steensrud
Herman A. Stuessy
Kenneth Hall
L. M. Johnson
Robert G. Buehler
Fred Dearth
Philip Counselman
Lester Cummer
Fred Kuckuck
Janice Parks
Penny Fitzgerald
Times
Boy
Kozlov
Sir
Blaze
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!