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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1963
Page
2
The notice lists subscription prices for Monroe, Wisconsin, and Stephenson County Illinois, with yearly rates by carrier and mail. It also states subscriptions must be prepaid to meet postal regulations and provides office hours and a phone number.
Editorial notes community leaders survey Monroe assets and drawbacks to attract visitors. Discussion expands to include Swiss plaques and Old World renovations, with a Swiss cheese factory model proposed to ease regulatory issues. Momentum could build before season end, aided by New Glarus cooperation and broader appeal beyond nostalgia.
The piece argues Governor Rockefeller’s bold bid to reestablish a GOP candidate status will fuel debate between liberal and right wing factions. It notes cracks in Kennedy’s administration and growing public unease with current leadership, while doubting broad Birch Society support.
The Senate backed a proposal to amend US constitutional provisions on presidential elections. It seeks to divide a state's electoral votes by the share of the popular vote rather than winner take all. The Assembly passed a bill enabling sale of the College Coon House in La Crosse for 10900 dollars to fund dormitories. Nile Soik offered a substitute to give Milwaukee County 25 Assembly seats, up from 24.
A Soviet tank division in East Berlin signals renewed anti-Communist strikes on the first monthly anniversary of East Germany's June 17 workers uprising. The item also notes local obituaries in Monroe and Beloit, plus historical notes ranging from 1938 to 1913 on public figures, fires, and labor conditions.
Mt Horeb electors re elected two incumbents and approved a 312 004 budget at the district annual meeting. The plan calls for a 244 505 tax levy with a 8 7 mill rate matching last year plus a 55 annual pay raise for school board members first since 1948. The grade school district meeting will be held Monday night and electors will vote on selling a teacher residence house.
In Ocean City New Jersey Magistrate Franklin A King warned that defendants arriving in undershirts shorts or bathing attire could be held in contempt unless properly dressed. The ruling was softened by the court clerk in a later modification, allowing some individuals arrested by police to appear in casual attire.
Monroe store received its initial merchandise shipment by semi from York Pennsylvania's new multi million dollar distribution center. The delivery serves 10 stores with Beloit and Platteville as early stops. Items arrive in six high metal containers, are priced and shelf ready, and the center uses IBM computers for efficiency.
The new distribution center covers 17 acres and operates as one building with dock space for 40 trucks and multiple railroad cars. It is described as a distribution center rather than a warehouse.
Services for Elmer W Coomber 77 will be at 1 30 p m tomorrow at Leamon funeral home Lena. He died yesterday in Freeport Memorial hospital after four weeks as patient. A retired Kent area farmer since 1943 he is survived by his wife. Burial is in Kent cemetery and friends may call at the funeral home.
A concise guide urges using classified ads to quickly find solutions and connect with local resources. It highlights practical steps to identify vendors, services, or opportunities efficiently, emphasizing time saved through targeted searches.
The Commerce Department reports corporations saved about 2.3 billion dollars in taxes due to new depreciation rules. The savings, accelerated by faster writeoffs for machinery and equipment, topped 1 billion from equipment deductions in 1962 and added 2.4 billion in writeoffs last year, lowering taxable income and encouraging investment.
In Buffalo New York Neil R Speirs president of the Switchmen's Union of North America says two rail unions may merge to offset membership losses from job eliminations. Merger committees have been set up by the Switchmen and the Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen both with about 18000 members. Speirs told the Switchmen's 26th convention the unions want to bargain with management without government or court interference.
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace told the Senate commerce committee he would not assist in enforcing a federal public accommodations law or urge Alabama to comply. He argued it would require federal troops to enforce integration of restaurants, motels, and theaters, and questioned heaven's segregation in a separate exchange. Senator Sam Ervin criticized the omnibus bill as unconstitutional and unnecessary, focusing on the public accommodations provision.
Dr Nathan E Bear owns Brown Swiss cows tested under University of Wisconsin supervision. Ohio Defenders Bonnie produced 12 550 pounds milk 4.0 fat 502 fat. Sugar Valley Harriet 12 419 pounds milk 4.6 fat 568 fat. Wanda E 12 130 pounds milk 4.6 fat 562 fat. Auction at Ray Veegery farm drew about 800. removing six low selling head raised average to near 1900.
The Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. reports record sales and higher earnings in the first half of 1963. Directors declare a 20 cent extra dividend in addition to the regular quarterly payout and raise the annual dividend rate from 1.20 to 1.49 for 1964. President Robert A. Uihlein Jr. notes earnings up 33 percent to 6.6 million on 107.4 million in sales. All three Schlitz brands contributed to the increases.
London reports a government plan to unite the Admiralty War Office and Air Ministry under one roof and a single defense secretary. Queen Elizabeth II will oversee the reorganization, moving three ministries into a single building near Whitehall. The historic lord high admiral title will pass to the monarch.
State Department spokesman said today that Spain failed to obtain an exemption from the U S ban on shipping to Cuba. The denial mirrors ongoing U S policy restricting shipments to the island.
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