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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1964
Page
2
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The 1964 Republican platform is lengthy and general, aiming to soothe dissent within the party rather than guide the presidential race. Melvin Laird’s chairmanship kept debate orderly while the civil rights plank pledges full implementation of the 1964 law, a point of contention with the Scranton faction.
Georgia reacts with outrage after the shotgun killing of Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, a Washington DC educator, amid debates over civil rights. Gov. Sanders condemns the act, pledges cooperation with the Justice Department and FBI to find the perpetrator before more violence, as church burnings and tensions rise in the South.
Ten years ago Lt Col Edward Ensch left the Army after 18 years and a Nazarene church set up was due by Aug 1. Walter Bedell Smith heads to Geneva for the US at the conference. All Star game notes two records and two ties as Al Rosen stars for the American League.
Raymond L. McGinnis, 72, died yesterday in East Moline State Hospital. Survived by sister Agnes Leonard of Lanark and half brother Clyde McGinnis of Rockford. Services set for 9:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Ann's Catholic Church with burial in St. Ann's Cemetery. viewing at Bartell Funeral Home tonight and tomorrow.
Basutoland, a British protectorate, lies between the Republic of South Africa and the region, emerging as the favored asylum for political refugees fleeing the republic.
Two Monroe students were among about 600 visitors to the University of Wisconsin Madison campus last week to register for studies at the start of the new school year. They are James R. Beer and Raymond G. Peterson, sons of local residents.
Peter Bunn, 16, of South Milwaukee, died after a tractor overturned on the David Mueller farm north of a Jefferson County community. The incident occurred Monday with Bunn operating the machine at the time of the death.
Milwaukee Gov John W Reynolds charged that political leaders promise efficiency during campaigns but fail to act once in office. He cited a Republican led Legislature resisting a government study and other reform proposals while noting broad campaign endorsements faded after the race.
David G. Kelly 73 a former Democratic national committeeman from North Dakota died Monday in Nisswa Minnesota. He retired in 1960 after twenty years on the job. He had served as a political figure and party official.
Stephen Galatti 76 longtime director general of the American Field Service is reported dead. He guided the aid organization through midcentury civilian service programs and helped expand international student exchange and ambulance corps initiatives.
Mrs Hazel Howson, 65, Cuba City, formerly of Shullsburg and New Diggings, died yesterday in Cuba City hospital. Survived by daughter Mrs William Fishler of Platteville and brother William Baedle of Beloit. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Primitive Methodist church in New Diggings. Friends may call after 7 tonight at Thompson funeral home, Shullsburg.
Mrs Mabel C True 81 former Monroe resident and Galena teacher died yesterday in Lahey nursing home Warren Ill Survived by two daughters four sons three sisters and several grandchildren Funeral services 2 p m Thursday Gratiot Methodist Church burial in church cemetery Nash Schmadeke Galena in charge
A playful remark notes that mislaid work invites rational thinking as one searches for a missing stage act and the irony of logic guiding in the absence of the item.
A blaze yesterday destroyed about half the chopped hay in a barn on the Allen Kraus farm four miles west of Apple River Illinois. The hay barn itself remained standing and the Shullsburg and Apple River fire departments cooperated to control the spontaneous combustion fire with little difficulty.
Milwaukee report shows Wisconsin federal take in fiscal 1964 reaching 1 955 689 426 up about 50 million from 1963. IRS credits stronger business income and stricter collection for the rise despite a tax cut.
Three Monroe students form part of 618 pupils from nine states in the first senior high school session of the University of Wisconsin summer music clinic on the Madison campus through July 18. Sandra Fritz of 1015 22nd Street Marcia Kundert of Route 4 and Susan Regez of 2021 16th Street are listed among participants.
City Court Judge E H Foster dropped the simple assault charge against Melvin Phillip Floyd 23 after the defendant pleaded innocent claiming no intent to strike former President Eisenhower. Eisenhower, who was traveling to the Republican convention, telegraphed that the act was a spontaneous reaction and asked for the matter to be dropped.
Madison-Milan Ziva novic of Kenosha and Theodore L. Nielsen of Chicago, doctoral candidates at the University of Wisconsin, are named recipients of H. V. Kaltenborn radio television scholarships for 1964 65.
An advertisement extols gas heating offering reliable winter warmth with central control and uninterrupted supply. It sells healthful, economical automatic comfort and invites readers to “live modern for less with gas.”
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