No Early Break In Steel Strike Seen by Leaders
United Steelworkers leaders set off on a tour of mill towns to inform rank and file as a 500,000 worker walkout enters its third day. unions and industry show no signs of settling. 20,000 related jobs idle in rail coal trucking and mining. Finnegan met with both sides and will reconvene with industry negotiators in New York. President Eisenhower urged restraint and said no federal emergency warrants Taft-Hartley intervention. Major steel users report ample stock to sustain production for weeks.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
David J. McDonald
USW
Bethlehem
Trenton
N.J
Philadelphia
Howard R. Hague
Chicago
Calumet
Ill
Gary
Ind
I. W. Abel
R. Conrad Cooper
New York
Joseph Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Industry
Finnegan
Eisenhower
Mrs. Simonson Succumbs at 72 in Wisconsin
Lena Lund Simonson, 72, of Route 1 South Wayne, died at 12:55 a.m. in St. Clare hospital after a long heart illness. Born July 17, 1886, in Avon Township, she married Simon H. Simonson in 1911 and lived on a Lafayette County farm before settling near Wiota. Survived by husband, 7 children, siblings and 12 grandchildren. services Saturday at 2 p.m. at East Wiota church. Burial in church cemetery. Erickson funeral home of Argyle in charge.
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Simon Simonson
Route 1
South Wayne
St. Clare Hospital
Simonson
Lena Lund
Avon Township
Rock County
Peter and
Olive Berke Lund
Simon H. Simonson
East Luther Valley Church
Wiota
Lafayette County
East Wiota
Orfordville
Olaf
Beloit
Elmer Hanson
Palma McKinely
Freeport
East Viota
Waldo Wald
Erickson Funeral Home
Argyle
Offices Moved to Fairgrounds for 105th Green County Fair
The administration building at the fairgrounds opened for the 105th Green County Fair, July 29 to August 2, with a moved fair secretary office led by Rolland E. Karlen. Staff include Gertrude Erb as office manager, Nell Cunningham and Carolyn Eicholtz in junior departments, Barbara Haworth Aeschli mann as receptionist, and a four-person grounds crew headed by Frank Hauser. Improvements include new doors, windows, a north gate, tree removals, new mower tractor, added ceiling in the winter barn, and updated seating and fumigation plans. Tellphones will be installed, with the administration number 38.
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Gertrude Erb
Nell Cunningham
Robert
Carolyn) Eicholtz
Karl
Barbara Haworth) Aeschlimann
Rolland E. Karlen
Frank Hauser
William Schuetz
Rolland Treloar
Andrew Bleiler
Tell
Cheese Exhibits Due In Monroe By July 27
Cheese exhibits for the Green County Fair must be delivered to Reger Cheese Co. at 1315 18th Street by 5 p.m. Monday July 27. Entries close at 5 p.m. Saturday July 25 and are now being accepted at the fair administration office. Only Wisconsin made cheese and one entry per class per licensed dairy plant are allowed. Classes include wheel and rindless Swiss brick limburger and American, with cheese on display opening day of the fair.
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Reger Cheese Co
18Th Street
Rolland E. Karlen
Pauly Cheese Co
17Th Avenue
Fairgrounds
Townsendites Elect 11 Year Old President For Senior Club
Reading Pennsylvania report says Towns send Club No 1 elected 11 year old Robert J Pastor of Central Catholic high school as president and 14 year old Marvin C Kline as vice president to lead an old peoples group advocating pensions for all over 60. Alice Spangler was elected secretary.
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Reading
Old People’s Club
Townsend Club No
Robert J. Pastor
Central Catholic High School
Pastor
Paul W. Beechert
Marvin C. Kline
Alice Spangler
Bank of Gray Summit Cashier Suicide Linked to Cash Shortage
Gray Summit Missouri. A missing sum between 20 000 and 25 000 dollars is connected to the suicide of R Eugene Brooks the bank cashier who killed himself eight days ago The shortage was found by state examiners during a July 8 inspection The bank vice president John F Disharoon expects insurance to cover the loss.
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Gray Summit
Bank of Gray Summit
State Finance
G. H. Bates
R. Eugene Brooks
John F. Disharoon
Carl Miller, 72, Dies in California Convalescent Home
Carl Miller, 72, of Inglewood California, died yesterday in a convalescent home. He was the son of Mrs. Magdalena Mueller a World War I Gold Star mother. Born in Monroe, he is survived by wife Lillian and five Miller and Mueller brothers. Funeral arrangements by Arnold H Mueller of Monroe.
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Carl Miller
Inglewood
Calif
Miller
Magdalena Mueller
Mr. Miller
Monroe
Arnold H. Mueller
California
Lillian
Frederick E. (Frick) Miller
John E. Mueller
William Mueller
Robert Miller
Milwaukee
Otto
Jim) Mueller
Edward Miller
Portland
N. C
Ernest Mueller
France
Soviets Agree To Limit German Involvement In Talks
Geneva reports indicate the Soviet Union signaled willingness to bar Germans from secret negotiations at the Big Four foreign ministers conference while East and West Germany would attend social events. The dispute centers on Berlin and a proposed 18 month moratorium ending the occupation of West Berlin. The western position favors continuous Big Four talks with Germans as advisers only.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
West Germany
Rane
Andrei Gromyko
Jakob Malik
London
Patrick Reilly
Moscow
Berlin
Foreign Ministers
West Berlin
Truck Driver Hauls Wrong Load 120 Miles
A Clairmont Transfer Co. driver pulled over near Green Bay after a Brown County officer identified the driver as Iron Mountain bound and noted the trailer was incorrect. The driver faced a 120 mile detour to swap loads.
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Green Bay
Clairmont Transfer Co
Iron Mountain
Brown County
Mac
Fun Day Parade Opens With Cadet Band Marching
The combined Cadet and Junior Bands directed by Allen F. Barnard lead the Fun Day parade from Lincoln school at 11 a.m. Around the square to 22nd avenue and Recreation Park, hundreds of children join races, relays, games, and a free swim in the afternoon with a Teen dance climaxing the day.
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Allen F. Barnard
Lincoln School
Llth Street
22Nd Avenue
Recreation Park
Barnard
Karen Buholzer
Beverly Flaherty
Judy Flanagan
Linda Drake
John Beutel
Khrushchev Pledges Soviet Peace. Warns Against War
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev told miners in Sosnowiec that the Soviet Union would never start a war anywhere at any time. He asserted Communist odds favor victory without war and taunted U S missiles while noting strength and coexistence.
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Sosnowiec
Poland
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Silesian
Oswiecim
Senators Ready For UAW Studies
Washington The Senate rackets committee will open a preliminary inquiry into the United Auto Workers in hearings behind closed doors. The three day session starting July 27 aims to assess if evidence warrants public hearings and includes probes into flower funds and union finances amid potential political fallout.
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Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
United Auto Workers
UAW
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Walter Reuther
Mundt
Carl Curtis
R-Neb
Reuther
Capital Home Rule Wins Senate Okay
The Senate passed a bill to grant Washington DC real home rule for the first time since 1874. It would allow residents to elect a mayor and city council and one House delegate, ending governance by Congress and a presidentially appointed commission.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Senate
House
Congress
UAW Loses Bid for Injunction in Allis-Chalmers Case
U S District Judge Robert E Tehan denied the United Auto Workers motion for a temporary injunction to block unfair labor practice charges against Allis Chalmers Mfg Co He ruled the union could seek adequate relief in state courts and left the matter to state remedies.
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Milwaukee
U.S
Robert E. Tehan
United Auto Workers Union
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co
Silver Beaver Awards Planned At Canyon Camp
The U S Grant Council will honor three Silver Beaver award recipients for long time service. Recognition Night at Canyon Camp 70 miles northwest of Stockton Illinois features a smorgasbord, Scoutcraft contests, and the presentation by Paul Watt of Freeport. Frank J Doescher will present training awards and Scouters Keys with the ceremony ending in an Indian pageant on Coon Lake.
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U.S. Grant Council
Canyon Camp
Council
Friends of Scouting
Stockton
Frank J. Doescher
Platteville
Paul Watt
Freeport
Coon Lake
Man Charged With Auto Theft
Frank John Gaber Jr., 28, of St. Paul Minnesota, is jailed in Green County awaiting court on auto theft charges for taking a car from Krieg Zurbachen garage in Monticello. He admitted stealing the car Monday night or Tuesday morning, drove to Sauk County, ran out of gas, then rode with Columbia County officials to Portage. His actions triggered police attention and a burglary incident at Woelffer drug store.
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Frank John Gaber Jr
St. Paul
Minn
Green County
Monticello
Gaber
Krieg
Portage
Columbia County
Donald Ferris
Howard Schucht
Bara
Charles Howe
Woelffer Drug Store
Eau Claire Man Killed On Interstate 90 Work Site
Russell B. Kriese, 39, of Eau Claire, died after being run over by a loaded dump truck on the Interstate 90 project near Janesville. Authorities said he slipped beneath the truck wheels after alighting from the vehicle he was driving on the highway work site. The road is under construction and not yet open to traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janesville
Russell B. Kriese
Eau Claire
Kriese
Governor Sees Senate Action Killing Withholding Tax Plan
Gov. Gaylord Nelson condemned the Republican Senate vote to kill the withholding tax plan intended to finance the first year’s program and cut personal and corporate taxes. The defeat, by 21 to 12 after hours of debate, prompted talk of alternative funding as the governor’s forgiveness feature and related amendments failed to pass.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Senate
Nelson
Davis Donnelly
Eau Claire
Department of Budget and Accounts
Henry Maier
Maier
Sen
Robert Travis
Platteville
GOP
Stock Trend Mixed Steels Rails Down
New York rails slumped as steels and aircrafts dragged the market lower in active trading. Steel strike fears mounted into a second day, with losses across pivotal stocks generally fractions to about a point. Douglas Aircraft fell over 3 points after omitting its dividend amid shipment concerns.
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New York
Douglas
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