Fun Day Parade Prizes Awarded
Nearly 150 excited city children marched from Lincoln school to Recreation Park this morning in costumes on decorated bikes and floats. Dozens of ribbons were awarded at the park with judging near 17th avenue and 11th street. A teen dance tonight and afternoon games, a free swim, and an All-Star game featured the day.
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Lincoln School
Recreation Park
Recreation Department
17Th Avenue
11Th Street
Monroe
Ronald D. Johnson
Patricia Klindt
Nancy Kundert
Johnson
Peterson
Allstar
Jerry Dwyer
Tom Lovelace
Doug Bennis
Bill Pederson
Jerry Boyer
Bob Buholzer
Jay Schlichting
Bill Stokes
Ronald Brown
Dave Trickel
Dr Edwin Gute Dies After Stroke At 58
Dr Edwin B Gute health commissioner for Fox Point and Bayside died at 58 after a stroke. He led regional health efforts and served suburban communities in Milwaukee area. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Gute
Milwaukee
Edwin B. Gute
Fox Point
Bayside
UW Welcomes W Day Guests for Third Monroe Event
The University of Wisconsin held the third annual W Day golf and dinner at Monroe Country Club raising funds for the Student Welfare Foundation. Dr. Everett Johnson won low net 63 in a day of golf. Jamieson fired 71 for best round. local winners included J. T. Etter and others. Ivy Williamson Ed Schmitz Guy Sundt spoke at the dinner as Russell J. Myers led the local committee with Raymond Kubly and James Forbes assisting.
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Monroe Country Club
Everett Johnson Madison
Monroe
Art Lentz
University of Wisconsin Sports News Service
Guy M. Sundt
James Forbes
John Hickman
Badger
William Aspinwall
Fritz Wagner
Ivy Williamson
Times
University of Wisconsin Athletic Department
University
Student Welfare Foundation
Everett Johnson
Madison
Monroe High School
Russell Murray
Chicago
Marshall Markham
Brodhead
John Jamieson
Jamieson
Fred Gage
J. T. Etter
Ed Goecks
Vic Marean
Don Lovelace
Gage
Ed Schmitz
Guy Sundt
Glarus Yodelers Club
Russell J. Myers
Raymond R. Kubly
Jail Committee To Inspect Lafayette Jail July 21
The Lafayette County jail inspection tour is set for next week with committee chair Leo M. Ties announcing a meeting next Thursday at 10 a.m. from the Courthouse to Darlington to review remodeling. The visit follows prior joint inspection by Sheriff Humbel and sheriff’s wife and covers sidewalk repairs and tree trimming at the 500 block of 17th Avenue.
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County Board
Lafayette County
Leo M. Ties
Darlington
Samuel F. Humbel
Lafayette
Lawrence James
17Th Avenue
Stock Mart Shows Vigor in Advances
New York stocks rose with vigor in the early afternoon as prices climbed one to six points. Reynolds Tobacco B gained one and a half points on a 70 cent dividend. higher earnings drove Granite City Steel Alleghany Ludlum and Republic Steel higher and supported steel shares.
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New York
Reynolds Tobacco
Granite City Steel
Alleghany Ludlum Steel
Republic Steel
Truck Parking Crackdown Enforces Overnight Street Vanity
City police issued tickets to 38 trucks parked on streets during the 1 to 5 am ban. Officers cited hazards from blind spots at intersections and enforcement of the new ordinance covering panel, pickup, and heavier trucks.
Roosevelt Kin Saves Plane in Fogged Pacific Landing
Capt Theodore Roosevelt of Elyria Ohio, a seventh cousin of the Roosevelts, steered a Globe master crewed by 87 men and 8 aboard through four hours of engine failures in fog on a Hawaii to California flight. He kept the plane level as two starboard engines died. Paratroopers jettisoned 7000 pounds of gear before a safe runway touchdown at Hamilton Air Force Base California.
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Calif
Theodore Roosevelt
Globemaster
Pacific
Roosevelt
Elyria
Ohio
Teddy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
187Th Regimental Combat Team
Hickam Field
Hawaii
California
187Th
Japan
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Midway Point
Richard E. Davidson
Alliance
Harry Simpson
Akron
Oo Mane
Herman Dupuis
Helena
Mont
Dupuis
Martin Mariner
Four Kohler Workers Deny Charge In Street Clash
Four Kohler Co workers pleaded not guilty to charges arising from an arrest after a street fight involving a non striker. Municipal Judge Randall Miller adjourned the case until later this month.
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Sheboygan
Kohler Co
Randall Miller
Milwaukee Veto Blocks Unloading of Kohler Clay Ship
Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler vetoed a council resolution ordering the unloading of the Norse freighter Divina carrying 1537 tons of clay for the Kohler Co. strike. The Divina and the Fossum faced unloading opposition from Local 833 of the CIO, with ships sent to Montreal after coastwise delays. Damage suits potentially totaling 100000 were hinted by cargo owners as Wisconsin business groups criticized port inaction.
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Frank Zeidler
Kohler Co
Kohler
Harbor Commission
Divina
Port Claborne
Canada
Montreal
Sheboygan
Milwaukee Council
CIO
Zeidler
Dlay
State Chamber of Commerce
Madison
Rudolph Ploetz
Wisconsin
Chamber of Commerce
Great Lakes
Walter Kohler
Doris Olsen Crowned Queen at Evansville Black and White Show
The Evansville event drew over 1,500 spectators as 262 cattle were judged. Doris Olsen, a 19 year old Brooklyn girl, won queen from six contestants representing Green Dane and Rock counties with a court including Joan Schuetz and Carol Norby among others. Patricia Paulson won the junior showmanship crown, defeating senior division winner Don Roberts for grand champion showmanship. Green County dominated with grand champion bull John Ruff and grand champion female Walter Timm. Open class winners listed include James Huffman and Earick Norland, with Primrose 4-H Dane County leading among clubs.
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Monroe
Green County
Evansville
Brooklyn
Brodhead
Doris Olsen
Rock
Green
Dane
Joan Schuetz
Carol Norby
Madison
Elizabeth Frye
Verona
Ardis Templeton
Nancy Rowley
Patricia Paulson
Blanchardville
Don Roberts
Orfordville
Gary Brugger
Janice Huffman
John Ruff
Walter Timm
James Huffman
Rufi
Earick Norland
Belleville
Miss Paulson
Primrose
Dane County
Center
Rock County
Nash-Hudson Facing Strike Over AMC Talks
DETROIT CIO United Auto Workers prepare for a strike vote at American Motors Corp after talks collapse. The vote set for Aug 1 at AMC plants in Milwaukee and Kenosha, El Segundo, Detroit, and Grand Rapids as a five-year pact nears expiry for 24,000 hourly workers.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
American Motors Corp
AMC
Milwaukee
Kenosha
el Segundo
Calif
Grand Rapids
American
Ford
General Motors
Edward L. Cushman
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Cushman
Chrysler
Finals Tonight In Water Fight at Orangeville
The Monroe Fire Department water team beat Cedar vile in Orangeville to earn a semi final berth for tonight. The Firemen's Midsummer Festival runs three days ending tomorrow with Lena and Winslow also set for semi finals and a parade at 12 30 p m from the grade school. Water fight winners receive prizes tomorrow night.
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Monroe
Cedarvile
Orangeville
Roger Voelkli
Dan W. Gerber
Lena
Winslow
Dakota
Rock City
Oxygen Aids Actress As Diagnostic Studies Continue
Hollywood reports oxygen eased actress Suzan Ball as diagnostic tests proceed at City of Hope in Duarte. Officials say she remains in a diagnostic stage with studies due early next week, and she is in serious but stable condition with her husband Richard Long by her side.
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Hollywood
Suzan Ball
City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte
Richard Long
Victor Mature
Kuehn Named GOP Chairman in Wisconsin
Phillip G. Kuehn of Milwaukee was elected chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party by the state executive committee, succeeding Robert L. Pierce of Menomonie. At Ripon, Ringling resigned as national committeeman. Pierce became second vice chairman and Mrs. Fox was re elected first vice chairman.
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Madison
Phillip G. Kuehn
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Republican Party
Kuehn
Milwaukee County
GOP
Robert L. Pierce
Menomonie
Ripon
Pierce
Henry Ringling
Baraboo
Wisconsin
Ringling
Leonard Hall
W. W. Fox
Henry Jones
Marshfield
Claude Pasper
Paul Peterson
Delavan
Missing two year old found after long neighborhood hunt
A two year old girl, Vicki Seffrood, was the object of an hour long search by Boy Scouts neighbors police and sheriff's officers and local residents after her sister Sharon reported her missing at 8 20 pm. The child was found when her father Vernus A Seffrood returned with her from a ride.
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Vicki Seffrood
Vernus A. Seffrood
Roosevelt Road
Sharon
Local Youths Named for July Selective Service Quota
The Selective Service office announces three county youths to fill the July quota. Nathan P. Beach of Monroe and John F. Kline, formerly of Monroe now in Janesville, are volunteers. John M. Dommersnaes of Route 3 Blanchardville transfers from Rock County. They join five pre inductees at the Armory next Tuesday at 8 45 a m.
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Selective Service Office
Nathan P. Beach
Monroe
John F. Kline
Janesville
John M. Dommersnaes
Blanchardville
Rock County
Armory
Ridgway Letter Attacks Eisenhower Air Nuclear Policy
General Ridgway releases a 10 page memo challenging the Eisenhower administration’s emphasis on air and atomic weapons. He warns a 1958 to 1962 shift could erode U S nuclear air superiority and foresees a possible nuclear stalemate. The document was declassified and made public by Defense Secretary Wilson.
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Washington
Pentagon Today
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eisenhower
Army
Ridgway
Defense Wilson
United States
Soviet Bloc
Free World
Red Atomic
Pentagon
Wilson
Eisenhower Urges Geneva Talks to Seek World Peace
President Eisenhower told Congress he hopes the Big Four summit in Geneva will identify the outstanding divisive issues and develop methods to solve them. He noted the United Nations could gain wider opportunities for peace if the talks yield agreements and outlined plans for his Geneva trip and televised address.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Geneva
U. S
United Nations
Plymouth Cheese Exchange Holds Steady Amid Light Trade
Values on the Plymouth Cheese Exchange were unchanged today. One car of longhorns sold at 34% cents. No unfilled bids or offers were uncovered. The trading tone was steady.
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Plymouth
Plymouth Cheese Exchange
Eighth Victim Of Crash Dies
Janesville toll in Sunday collision rises to eight with the death of Edward W. Litts 67 vice president of the First National Bank. Funeral services for his wife another victim were held Thursday.
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Janesville
Here
Edward W. Litts
Litts
First National Bank
James B. Tait
Virgil Lounsbury
Tiffany Rock County
Barbara
Cordia
Joanne
Lounsbury
Suzanne
Melvin
James
Stephen
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