City approves Speedwatch to measure speeding
The City Council approved buying Speedwatch for 425 dollars, a wheel at 27.50, and six warning signs at 5.05 each to place at city limits. Alderman Sebastian Laeser Jr opposed, fearing officer dedication and cost. others supported strict enforcement and educational use to save lives. Delivery is expected in about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Matzke
Police and Safety Committee
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Matzke
Laeser
Galli
Roger Elmer
Polio cases rise with new tally in Wisconsin county
The State Board of Health reports seven of 14 new polio cases this week are in Outagamie County. The weekly total brings 1955 polio cases to 72, up from 49 a year ago at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Outagamie County
State Board of Health
Limburger Shines in Publicity Photo at Cheese Day
Limburger to star in a 4 pm Thursday publicity session at Chalet limburger cheese factory on County Highway N north of Monroe. Aiming to spell CHEESE DAY with foil blocks, with Swiss props and a Monroe beauty. Albert Deppeler Jr and crew coordinate the shot to create a reusable publicity kit for the industry. Amateur photographers unable to attend the prior press conference may join this sitting expected to last about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limburger
County Highway N
Monroe
Albert Deppeler Jr
Green County
National Guard to Police Green County Fair
Members of Co. K Monroe's National Guard will police the Green County Fair in a 101st annual event running August 3 to 7. Capt Glenn L Kubly will direct about 90 guardsmen with the fairgrounds office open and grounds crews at work. Fred T Burgy serves as cattle superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. K. Monroe
National Guard
Green County Fair
Glenn L. Kubly
Kubly
Fred T. Burgy
LeFave Recovering After Madison Surgery
Assemblyman Reuben LeFave of Oconto is recovering from surgery at Wisconsin General hospital where doctors report he is in a very comfortable condition. The injury or procedure was performed Monday and updates indicate steady improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Reuben LeFave
Leaders Refer Germany NATO To Lower Level Talks
At Geneva the Big Four sent back the German question to foreign ministers as leaders press for progress on East-West security and German unification. Eisenhower and Zhukov held a private lunch while advisers arrived to discuss disarmament amid uncertainty over a German peace path.
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Germany
NATO
Geneva
Eisenhower
Soviet
Russia
Georgi K. Zhukov
Cmnes
Europe
Bulganin
West Germany
Yester
Garbage Study Requested by Monroe Chamber of Commerce
The Monroe City Council was urged by the Chamber of Commerce health and sanitation committee to conduct a thorough study of garbage and refuse disposal costs and problems. The letter, referred to the Board of Health, includes a resolution backing compulsory garbage collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Council
Eugene E. Eckstam
Fred Galli
John Irvin
Board of Health
J. H. Schwaiger
9Th Avenue
12Th Street
Milwaukee Cheese Co
16Th
17Th Avenues
VFW
Indictment Links UAW to 1954 Political Campaign Financing
A federal grand jury indicted the CIO United Auto Workers Union on four counts for using general union funds to back political activities in the 1954 McNamara Ferguson campaign. The probe focused on a weekly Meet the UAW CIO program on WJBK-TV Detroit. no officers were named. The case carries a possible $5,000 penalty per count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Patrick V. McNamara
UAW
Homer Ferguson
Michigan State Republican Central Committee
John Feikens
Justice Department
Union
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Uaw-Cio
McNamara
Ferguson
UAW- Cio
Wjbk - TV
Guy Nunn
Emil Mazey
Feikens
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Michigan
Mellett's Killer Nabbed by Police
A 56 year old Ohio killer, Patrick Eugene McDermott, was recaptured in New York after posing as an ambulance attendant under the name Steve Garish. Police linked him to a November prison escape from Columbus where he killed crusading Ohio publisher Don R. Mullett and later used a fictitious Columbus address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
Columbus
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Jewish Memorial Hospital
Steve Garish
McDermott
Harold Pagewell
FBI
Don R. Mullett
James G. Murphy
Nancy Mack
Canton
Mellett
J C Penney and McLellan Plan Downtown Storefronts
Monroe clears the way for a major 60 year downtown retail development. The Ludlow hotel will close August 9 for demolition to make space for J C Penney Co and McLellan store buildings on 16th avenue. Leases for 20 and 15 years, demolition by Cheeseman Construction, and occupancy planned soon after year start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Co
McLellan
Ludlow Hotel
Ludlow
16Th Avenue
Vernon Schillinger
Times
Monroe
Wisconsin
New York
Paul E
Paul Baltzer Jr
Milton K
Lester M. Johnson
Johnson Pontiac and Implement Sales Co
Baltzers and Johnsons
McLellan and Penney
Cheeseman Construction Co
Freeport
Baltzers
Tavern
Johnsons
Dearth Motor Sales
Highway 11
Penney
Penney’s
Johnson Salesroom
Monroe Wins Pedestrian Safety Award For 1954
The city of Monroe received an American Automobile Association citation for no pedestrian deaths in 1954. Mayor Brooks J. Dunwiddie accepted a framed certificate from Harold G. Smith of the Beloit advisory committee. The AAA award recognizes ongoing excellence in the city’s pedestrian safety program, a repeated honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Harold G. Smith
Beloit
American Automobile Association
AAA
School Building Plan Meeting On July 28
A joint meeting of the Board of Education and the citizens advisory school building committee is set for Thursday July 28 at 8 p m at the Commercial and Savings Bank. Weiler and Strang of Madison will represent the architectural firm as the study proposal for the school program is released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Citizens Advisory School Building Committee
Commercial and Savings Bank
Weiler and Strang, Madison
Mrs Mesta Escapes Rioters In Saigon Hotel
Thousands of anti Communist students sacked Saigon's Hotel Majestic as Mrs Perle Mesta and two American secretaries hid in a second floor suite for 90 minutes. Embassy officials and a Marine guard rescued them as police fired and tear gas filled the air. She then left for Singapore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Perle Mesta
Majestic
U. S
Luxembourg
Mrs. Mesta
Armistice Commission
Geneva
Red Cross Election To Be Held Tonight
Officers of the county Red Cross chapter will be elected at the annual meeting tonight at 8 in the Circuit Courtroom. Present officers include Dr. John F. Caradine as chairman Louis A. Koenig as vice chairman Mrs May L. Luchsinger as treasurer and Mrs Irene L. Brunkow as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Red Cross
John F. Caradine
Louis A. Koenig
May L. Luchsinger
Irene L. Brunkow
Gulbenkian Dies in Lisbon at 86 Mystery Oil Magnate
Lisbon Portugal Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian legendary oil magnate and one of the world s richest men died today of a kidney ailment He was 86 and lived quietly at the Aviz hotel He was known as Mr G and Mr Five Per Cent a broker and bargainer who built a vast art collection while keeping a secretive profile in the global oil industry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian
Gulbenkian
Aviz
Mr. G
Iraq Petroleum Oo
Gulberkian
Goetz Eliminated In Wisconsin Golf Quarterfinals
Ruth Goetz of Monroe loses in the quarterfinals at Milwaukee Country Club in the 43rd Wisconsin Women’s Golf Tournament. Marilyn Klumb of West Bend advances four up with birdies on 12 and 13, winning on the 15th green to reach the semifinals against Paula Clauder of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan
Ruth) Goetz
Monroe
Milwaukee Country Club
Marilyn Klumb
West Bend
Goetz
Miss Klumb
Wisconsin
Paula Clauder
Milwaukee
Clauder
Gloria Wright
Marinette
Joyce Ziske
Shrine KC Caravan Plans Local Trips to Sell Tickets
Booster bands and clowns from the Shrine and Knights of Columbus will tour area cities selling advance tickets for the Shrine KC game on August 14 at Recreation Park. Stops include Woodford Browntown South Wayne Gratio Argyle Blanchardville Juda Brodhead Albany Monticello New Glarus and Monroe square on August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine
Knights of Columbus
Shrine-Kc
Recreation Park
Woodford
Browntown
South Wayne
Gratio
Argyle
Blanchardville
Juda
Brodhead
Albany
Monticello
New Glarus
the Square
Monroe
Drownings Claim 8 Year Old at Lake Ripley
Gilbert Ross eight year old son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Rossi of East Moline drowned Tuesday in Lake Ripley Cambridge Wisconsin after falling from a boat authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Wis
Gilbert Ross
Bernard Rossi
East Moline
Lake Ripley
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Arthur Radford
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Alfred M. Gruenther
Paris
Robert Anderson
Harold Stassen
Nelson Rockefeller
Dr. Eckstam
11Th Avenue
24Th Street
E. J. Trickel
Hoffman's Cleaners
Brooks Stock Co
L. A. Koenig
Fire Department
Ralph E. Lindsay
Wilbert Bennet
James H. Furniss
17Th Avenue
Auto Union
Melellan
J.C. Ferney Co
J.C. Penney Co
Louis Goethals
Goethals
Badger Bus Lines
Eugene
Lester Johnson
B. H. Lynch
Milton
John
Red Cross
Ruth Goetz
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