County Creates Custodian Post For Court House
County supervisors created an assistant court house custodian position, part time at 100 dollars monthly for six months, rising to 150 dollars. The new post aims to relieve duties of the regular custodian as fire regulations increase. Officials urged more office space for agricultural and conservation services to improve efficiency and farmer services.
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Bhe
Ed Hill
Soil Conservation Service
Madison
Green County
James E. Schwoegler
Green County Soil Conservation Service
Schwoegler
Oscar Woelfel
Soil Conservation Office
Agricultural Extension Office
Farm and Home Development Service
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
John J. Nussbaum
27Th Avenue
Ray L. Beckman
Joseph D. Viney
Third Ward
Insect Warning for Wisconsin Crops From Armyworm Outbreaks
The State Department of Agriculture plant industry division warned Madison area farmers that conditions are ideal for localized armyworm outbreaks, signaling potential crop damage ahead. The advisory stresses vigilance to protect blooms and yields.
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Madison — Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Plant Industry Division
Mayor Promises Mailbox Move Campaign Regardless of Hat Bet
Victor N Schiller says he will press the curbside mailbox issue with the Post Office Department even if it costs him a hat The city council urged moving boxes to the north side of 11th Street to aid motorists on a one way street Schiller plans further letters to Senators Wiley and Proxmire while postal officials cite safety risks for workers.
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Victor N. Schiller
Post Office
Schiller
John J. Burkhard
Burkhard
11Th Street
Sens
Wiley and Proxmire
Postal Department
Madison Victim Dragged to Death
Norman E. Douglass a 50 year old Madison merchant was found dead on Highway 113 after getting out of a car following an argument with his wife who was driving. Police say evidence shows Douglass was dragged to death by another vehicle not the car he left.
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Madison
Dane County
William Lorrenz Jr
Norman E. Douglass
Here
Douglass
Educational Exhibits Deadline Wednesday
The Green County Fair requires all educational exhibits to be in the county superintendent of schools office by next Wednesday. Rudolph T. Haskee announced entries will be judged at the Courthouse on July 24 and July 27, then moved to Floral Hall at the fairgrounds with judges Miss Hannah Bindschaedler and Mrs. Victor Ellingson.
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Green County Fair
Rudolph T. Haskee
Floral Hall
Hannah Bindschaedler
Victor Ellingson
State road bond bill may be unconstitutional
A Madison report says an Assembly bill allowing the State Highway Commission to issue revenue bonds for new roads likely violates the state constitution. Atty. Gen. John W. Reynolds declared the measure would authorize a state debt.
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Madison
Assembly
State Highway Commission
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
City school levy rises in 1959-60 budget proposal
The Board of Education approved a proposed 1959-60 school budget totaling 710 200 with a district tax levy request of 495 000 and outside revenues estimated at 215 200. The levy is 55 000 higher than last year and 75 000 above 1957-58.
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Board of Education
D. J. Huenink
Supt
Huenink
Opportunity Room
Green County Teachers College
Lincoln School
Ludlow
McClellan Doubts Hoffa Cleanup Effort
Senator John L. McClellan declares Hoffa cannot clean up corruption in the Teamsters Union as a rackets probe ends. Hoffa disputes claims of payoffs while monitors aim to supervise reforms. Brennan and Spindel invoke the Fifth Amendment amid a lingering inquiry into union power and racketeering links.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
James’ R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Senate
McClellan
Teamster
Hoffa
Kennedy
Teamsters
Brennan
Owen Bert Brennan
Michigan
Detroit
Bernard Spindel
Spindel
Walter Schuler
Commerce panel clears equal time exemption for news
The Senate commerce committee approved a bill to exempt newscasts and other news programs from the equal time requirement for political candidates on radio and television broadcasts.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
City School Census Totals 2 666 Shows Net Increase of 83
The city’s school age population rose to 2 666 this month with a net gain of 83. Supt D J Huenink reported to the Board of Education noting gains mainly among younger children and 264 new names added while 181 were removed. Parochial infant to 14 census stood at 464. The board postponed talks on blacktopping the school parking area and driveways and heard Principal Lloyd Nielsen describe residency work toward a Ph D at the University of Wisconsin.
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D. J. Huenink
Board of Education
Huenink
Lloyd Nielsen
University of Wisconsin
Eisenhower Won't Invoke Taft Hartley Over Steel Strike
President Eisenhower said present conditions do not justify using the Taft Hartley act to end the steel strike. He declined to estimate when stockpiles might threaten defense production and urged free bargaining plus mediation by the Federal Mediation Service as officials from both sides meet.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Federal Mediation Service
Little Rock Board Demands Faubus Plan for Schools
The Little Rock School Board challenged Gov. Faubus to reveal any legal plan to keep public high schools segregated. If no valid plan exists, the board says it may open schools this fall under a pupil assignment law to minimize integration. Pre-registration for high school pupils begins next week.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Arkansas
Geneva Talks Snarled Revival of Secret Gatherings
Western sources report progress toward reviving secret talks at the Big Four foreign ministers conference. British and Soviet officials reportedly favor social meetings to move negotiations out of public sessions as stalemates persist over Berlin and German representation.
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Palace of Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
Wisconsin soil conservation pioneer Dr Wilbert W Weir visits Monroe area
Dr Wilbert W Weir of Tucson Arizona author and soil conservation authority visits Monroe and Wisconsin relatives this week. He pioneered soil extension work in Wisconsin and was first to demonstrate lime needed for alfalfa. now selected to write a 50 year history of soil conservation in Wisconsin. He taught at University of Wisconsin and led early farm demonstration efforts in Madison and southern Wisconsin.
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Wilbert W. Weir
Tucson
Ariz
Monroe
Wisconsin
Weir
James Weir
17Th Street
Waukesha County
Madison
Whitewater
James R. Weir
Monroe Clinic
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Wilbert Weir
Monroe Area
Dr. Nathan E. Bear Elected Director At Local Bank
Dr. Nathan E. Bear of the Monroe Clinic was named a new director of Commercial and Savings Bank at the annual stockholders meeting. He succeeds Roland W. Blaha, who becomes supervisor of state banks for Illinois, based in Springfield. Directors re elected were Arthur P. Benkett Bruce M. Blum Emil Escher Robert G. Rote and Ralph H. Wenger. Officers named include Wenger president Blum vice president Fenton cashier Lawrence trust officer Kundert Bender Grundahl assistants. Dr. Bear, born 1903 in Monroe, trained at Ripon College Northwestern University Medical School and Monroe Clinic, served in the Naval Reserve during World War II.
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Nathan E. Bear
Monroe Clinic
Commercial and Savings Bank
Roland W. Blaha
Bank
Illinois
Springfield
William Stratton
Arthur P. Benkett
Bruce M. Blum
Emil Escher
Robert G. Rote
Ralph H
Monroe High School
Ripon College
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago
Augustana Hospital
Monroe
American College of Surgeons
Bear
Naval Reserve Medical Corps
Pacific Theater
Dress Revue Winners To Be Named Tuesday
More than 200 4H girls from Green County competed in the dress revue judging at Monticello High School. Placings and state fair delegates will be announced at the annual public review Tuesday night at 8 in Turner Hall. The theme is Sailing to Hawaii with the setting aboard a ship.
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Green County
Monticello High School
Turner Hall
Hawaii
Price index down in New York food index as week ends
Wholesale food prices fell to their lowest level since early November 1956. The Dun and Bradstreet food index dropped six cents this week to $6.00, indicating cooler wholesale pricing across the sector.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Major Issues In Dispute Between Industry and Union
New York reports show the steel strike stalemate with the union seeking a 15 cent hourly wage rise annually plus benefits. The union opposes broader management demands on work practices and favors umpire resolution if no agreement is reached. Industry rejects further labor costs, warns of price hikes and inflation, and criticizes loafing featherbedding and overtime rules as costly.
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New York
Firemen Rehearse For Shrine Benefit at Recreation Park
Capt Art Emerson of Madison fire department rehearses flag raising for Monroe volunteer fire department benefit event at Recreation Park to be held Sunday July 27. The show features a 75 foot aerial ladder, a pyramid of ladders, waterfall with colored lights, and a VFW color guard. Sam Rubi and Louis Blane led the presentation preparations. Some Monroe firefighters attend Mutual Aid Fire Protection district meeting in New Glarus with Jake Bruni and New Glarus hosts plus about a dozen area departments.
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Art Emerson
Madison Fire Department
Monroe Volunteer Fire Department
Recreation Park
VFW
Shrine
Sam Rubi
Louis Blane
Monroe
New Glarus
Mutual Aid Fire Protection District
Jake Bruni
Shawano River Tragedy Claims Vernon Cornelius
Vernon Cornelius, 47, of rural Shawano, drowned Tuesday after falling from a bridge into the Wolf River south of Shawano. Sheriff and rescue crews searched the area and recovered the body.
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Shawano
Vernon Cornelius
Wolf River
Industry Tieup Starts A Strike of 500000 Steelworkers
The United Steelworkers proposed a fact finding board headed by a neutral chosen by Chief Justice Warren to resolve strike issues. Half a million steelworkers struck at midnight, halting about 90 percent of U S steelmaking capacity and threatening the economy. Union president David J. McDonald noted the board could guide negotiations with nonbinding recommendations, while Eisenhower refused to name one prior to the strike. McDonald expressed regret over a camera incident in Trenton and affirmed his focus on workers and families. Negotiators were to meet with Joseph F. Finnegan later today.
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New York
Steelworkers Union Today
Warren
McDonald
U. S
USW
Eisenhower
Trenton
N. J
NBC
United Steelworkers of America
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Stock prices make moderate advances in early trading
New York stocks rose moderately in early trading despite the steel strike. Steels, non ferrous metals, chemicals and electronics posted gains, with pivotal stocks up fractions to more than a point. The space age issues led gains before declining as buying shifted to higher quality equities.
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New York
William Busjahn Dies in Cadiz Township at 70
William Busjahn about 70 Cadiz Township died at Wagner Convalescent Home at 12 30 p m today. He was a Cadiz Township farmer for many years. Arrangements are pending at Stuessy Funeral Home in Monroe.
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William Busjahn
Cadiz Township
Wagner
Stuessy
Monroe
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