Monroe council approves 40 acre Dobbs tract purchase
The Monroe City Council voted 5 1 to buy the 40 acre Dobbs tract on the west edge of Monroe for 29500, to improve the industrial climate. Plans to buy adjacent downtown parking property were tabled for study. The mayor cited potential industry growth and noted downtown prices hinder expansions.
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Dobbs
Monroe
W. L. Dobbs
John Iltis
Janesville
Robert Williams
Robert Petzold
Madison
William O’brien
la Crosse
Orville R. Evans
Evans
Chandler
Lester M. Johnson
First Ward
Monroe Industrial Development Corp
Johnson
Oscar N. Johnson
Second Ward
Herman L. Schindler
Robert Skattum
O. N. Johnson
Roger L. Elmer
17Th Avenue
Elmer
Rex N. Eyler
Monroe Sales Co
J. Paul Jenny
8Th Street
Eyler
Jenny
Planning Commission
City to hold Aug 1 hearings on zoning and annexation
A revived plan to extend the city business district and rezone adjacent residential areas will have a public hearing August 1. The council also set hearings on annexing 4.14 acres for a Green County Pre Pak Co heavy industrial site and on establishing a city forester post at 300 dollars yearly.
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Planning Commission
Eighth Street
20Th Avenue
12Th Street
Green County Pre-Pak Co
17Th Avenue
Louis F. Janke
The
Legion Post
Green County
Carol Sorenson Wins to Reach Wisconsin Golf Semifinals
Carol Sorenson of Janesville defeated Mrs. Robert Severson of Madison 6 and 5 at Pine Hills Country Club to advance to the semifinal round in the Wisconsin Women's Championship. Mrs. John Erickson, UW coach’s wife, beat Mrs. Jay Green 4 and 3 in the upper bracket.
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Sheboygan
Carol Sorenson
Wisconsin
Robert Severson
Madison
Pine Hills Country Club
Janesville
Severson
John Erickson
University of Wisconsin
Miss Sorenson
Jay Green
Cambridge
Tax Withholding Dies and Sales Levy Debate Rages
Wisconsin Senate debate on a GOP tax revision intensified as an income tax withholding feature failed. The fight centered on an exemption for cold storage items, with parties trading accusations of payoff and misquotations. The withholding provision was defeated 17 to 15 after a tied vote broken by Lt. Gov. Knowles, marking a partisan shift on the issue.
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Madison
Senate
Nelson
Philip G. Kuehn
Kuehn
Milwaukee
William Moser
Lynn Stalbaum
Racine
Jerris Leonard
Leonard
Stalbaum
Alfred Laun
Kiel
Laun
GOP
Allen Busby
Senate Democrats
Busby
Chester Dempsey
Hartland
Reuben LaFave
Oconto
Earl Leverich
Sparta
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Lorge
Warren Knowles
Deed Ceremony Planned for Home for the Aged Site
Benevolent Society of the South Wisconsin Synod and Industrial Development Corp of New Glarus plan a 2:30 p.m. Sunday ceremony Sept 17 to transfer a deed for 17 acres donated for a home for the aged. Rev. Paul H. Olm will announce arrangements, with Rev. Arnold Schultz to receive the deed from Roger Krassy as Dr. Paul Kehle conducts dedication at the site after a procession from the Swiss Church.
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Benevolent Society of the
South Wisconsin Synod
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Industrial Development Corporation of
New Glarus
Paul H. Olm
Monroe
Benevolent Society
Arnold Schultz
Milwaukee
Roger Krassy
Paul Kehle
St. John’s Church of
Kennedy Signals Final Berlin Action Amid Cold War Tensions
President Kennedy said he will make final decisions on U S military measures in Berlin after NSC talks. He plans a national address on Berlin next Tuesday and a Congress report next Wednesday, with consultations among NATO allies to follow. He urged the Soviet Union to reconsider and stressed readiness to fight to defend West Berlin if needed.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Berlin
Congress
Britain
France
NATO
National Security Council
West Berlin
Germany
Mikhail Menshikov
Menshikov
Russia
Clouds Delay Grissom Suborbital Flight to Friday
Thick cloud banks delayed Virgil Grissom's first space shot for a second time. Officials postponed the Mercury project launch from 6 am to Friday to allow weather to improve and purge the Redstone missile. If data is sufficient, suborbital flight may mark only a brief prelude to later orbital missions.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Space
Alan B. Shepard
Mercury Project
Air Force
Grissom
Kennedy urges House to vote on education aid bill
JFK presses Congress to act on his education aid program describing it as vital. The House rules committee voted 8-7 to table the general school aid bill and two related measures, prompting Kennedy to urge leveraging procedures to bring the bill to a vote.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Sewage Plant Project For Juda Under Way
A $140,000 municipal sewer and sewage treatment project in Juda has begun. Crews are installing about 10,000 feet of sewer line and a lagoon type disposal plant covering 9 1/2 acres, after two years in planning.
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Juda
Cheese Prop Price Hiked to 36.5 Cents To Bolster Milk Net
The Agriculture Department raised support prices for surplus cheese and non-fat dry milk to aid manufacturing milk buyers. Dry milk up four tenths of a cent per pound and cheese up half a cent, effective for products produced after July 18. Cheddar cheese will average 36.5 cents per pound. dry milk will range 14.4 to 16.4 cents.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
AMC Reports Profit Gain of 5.4 Million
AMC, Detroit based, reports second quarter 1961 profit up 5.4 million from Q1. Quarter profit totals 7,689,174 or 43 cents a share with 244,562,832 in sales, up 36 percent from the prior quarter.
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Detroit
American Motors
AMC
George Romney
Chicago Quieted Down After Night of Tense Racial Clashes
Chicago police patrolled a mixed southwest side neighborhood Tuesday night after violence flared through the week. For the first time since Friday the day passed without racial clashes and an uneasy peace was kept.
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Chicago
Southwest Side
Mrs Duke Victim in Queens Plane Crash With Socialites and Pilot
Mrs Angier Biddle Duke wife of the State Department protocol chief died in a flaming plane crash in a Queens residential area along with Mrs Arthur Altschul and Mrs Stanley Metcalf and pilot Paul Dubuke. The Beechcraft Bonanza crashed near LaGuardia after a door reportedly opened en route.
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New York
Angier Biddle Duke
State Department
Queens
LaGuardia Field
Arthur Altschul
Wall Street
Stanley Warren Metcalf
Auburn, N.Y
Paul Dubuke
Marine Corps
Shrine-KC Program Set With Music For Benefit
Music will highlight a Shrine-KC benefit for crippled and underprivileged children at Recreation Park next Sunday. The Monroe City Band will perform most of the program and back featured vocalists in the evening. Green County Barber Shop Chorus, debuting at Swiss Dairy Festival, will sing numbers and quartet tunes alongside the Shrine-KC band.
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Shrine-Kc
Recreation Park
Monroe
Times
Monroe City Band
Green County Barber Shop Chorus
Barber Shop
Shrine - KC
William L. Rollins
Broadway
Jolly Caballaro
John Beutel
The
Klaxon
Rollins
Hollis R. Schilt
Beutel
Bill Bailey
Rollins Soloist, ‘‘Circus Bee Rip
Wisconsin
Carol Jeanne
Badger Booster Day Golf Event Draws Wisconsin Support
Despite morning rain nearly 50 golfers teed off by 11 a.m. at Monroe Country Club for the Badger Booster Day at Wisconsin. More than 100 out of town guests attended the annual stag fundraiser to support UW scholarships with coaches of all major teams headlining the guest list.
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Badger
Monroe Country Club
University of Wisconsin
Lloyd Larson
Milwaukee Sentinel
Raymond R. Kubly Sr
James Forbes
Russell J. Myers
Wisconsin Governor urges tough action on highway deaths
Madison Governor Nelson called for drastic measures after a study showed Wisconsin logged over 440 road deaths this year. He urged a 24 point program to strengthen patrols, tighten enforcement, improve driver education, and redesign highways to prevent crashes.
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Madison
Nelson
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Motor Vehicle Department
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Council
Justice L. A. Koenig
Police Department
14Th Avenue
Wendell Simmons
Grossen
Edward Grossen
Mrs. Erickson
Coalition Beats
JFK
Hits Committee
Mrs. Duke
Duke
Badgers Throng Club
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