Trustees Seek Board Approval for Hospital Cold Storage
The County Board will be asked at its Aug 2 session to approve using available county hospital funds for a proposed cold storage building. Trustees met with Dist Atty Brand and aide Barry after Supervisor Schiller questioned contract validity for the $48,787 bid with Monroe Ready Mix and Refrigeration Equipment Co. of Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist. Atty
Franz W. Brand
R. Finley Barry
Brand
Barry
Second Ward
Victor N. Schiller
Monroe Ready Mix and Refrigeration Equipment Co
Madison
Schiller
Robert G. Rote
State Department of Public Welfare
State Industrial Commission
R. S. King
Industrial Commission
Green County
Francis
Rote
Break in Heat Forecast for Tomorrow
A cooler break in the heat wave is forecast for tomorrow with temperatures not exceeding 85 and scattered showers. Tonight’s low near 68 precedes a 68 to 85 day with partly cloudy skies and possible storms. Rain has already fallen in several areas, aiding farmers after a sultry stretch above 90 degrees.
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Mercury
Monroe
Superior
Grantsburg
Park Falls
Stock List Climbs Fueled by Blue Chip Leaders
The stock market advanced today with early strength from leaders. General Motors reached a new high while Bethlehem Steel Standard Oil NJ Royal Dutch Petroleum and Lion Oil led gains. Republic Aviation stood out among aircraft peers.
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New York
General Motors
Bethlehem Steel
Standard Oil (Nj
Royal Dutch Petroleum
Lion Oil
Republic Aviation
4-H Dress Revue Winners Chosen
More than 500 parents and 4-H leaders watched 140 county 4-H girls model homemade garments at Turner hall. Mary Lou Fahey and Karen Schlittler were named county delegates to model at the State Fair with Dorothy Wald as alternate. Judging occurred in Monticello with "Queens in Dairyland" as the theme and a stage decorated with dairy motifs.
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Turner Hall
Dorothy Wald
Hiawatha
Mary Lou Fahey
Dayton
Karen Schlittler
Mt. Pleasant
Judith Babler
Miss Babler
Times
Hiawatha Club
Monticello
Queens
Dairyland
Myrtle Webb
Esther Larson
Willis Babler
Harvey Mauerman
Alfred Trumpy
Nancy Dickson
Janet Blumer
Richland
Judith Hanson
Barbara Deininger
Shirley Zee
Oak Corners
Regina Rote
Clarno
Carol Keen
Juda Jolly
Carol Templeton
Kathleen Atkinson
Daphne Bowman
Decatur
Gaineth Gonstead
Motel Project To Have 14 Units
A 14 unit motel will be built on Highway 69 just north of the city by Mrs. Christine Belle Elliott of Monticello. The site, bought from Walter Stauffacher, lies between the Love land store and the Swiss Cheese Shop. The winterized motel will include an air conditioned coffee shop and allows future expansion. Completion is planned for October 1.
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Highway 69
Christine Belle Elliott
Monticello
Walter Stauffacher
Loveland
Mrs Weirich Rites Scheduled Tomorrow
Services for Mrs John Weirich formerly Christie Blowers of Monroe who died yesterday at a son Leon's home in Chicago will be held at 2 p m tomorrow in Stuessy funeral home. Rev Glen H Ridnour of First Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery.
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John Weirich
Christie Blowers
Monroe
Leon
Chicago
Stuessy
Glen H. Ridnour
First Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Jail Group To Hear Plan for Remodeling At Meeting Thursday
The Lafayette County jail and courthouse committee voted to meet Thursday night in the Courthouse to hear Judge Marshall L. Peterson and Rudolph P. Reger outline a remodeling program. They will discuss repair of sidewalks, tree trimming, jail site issues, boiler, escape, attic, and cost concerns after a trip to Darlington. The Lafayette County building remodel cost about $25,700.
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County Board
Marshall L. Peterson
Darlington
Lafayette County
Leo M. Ties
Judge Peterson
Rudolph P. Reger
17Th Avenue
Ties
PMA District 19 Outing Seeks Queen at Lake Leota Park
A Pure Milk Association District 19 picnic and business meeting will be held Sunday at Lake Leota Park Evansville. Twenty six candidates from locals Mt Horeb Paoli Monroe Evansville Lancaster Brooklyn Oregon and Oxfordville vie for queen to ride on the Cheese Day float at Monroe Sept 10. Miss Carol Jean Sellnow Albany has been named queen by the Monroe local. The top queen wins a gold watch.
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Pure Milk Association
Lake Leota Park
Evansville
PMA
Monroe
Mt. Horeb
Paoli
Lancaster
Brooklyn
Oregon
Orfordville
Dick Cech
Carol Jean Sellnow
Roy Sellnow
Albany
Borden Reopens Browntown Plant as Chemical Unit
Borden will reopen the Browntown site, idle since August 1954, as a chemical manufacturing plant producing liquid urea phenol and resarcinal formaldehyde resins for adhesives and paper works. The operation targets over a million pounds monthly and will serve Midwest wood and paper industries with rail and truck deliveries. The site, Borden’s eighth chemical factory, will also handle catalysts label pastes cements and other specialties.
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Borden
Browntown
Chicago
Wisconsin
Chemical Division of
Augustine R. Marusi
Midwest
Borden Chemical Division
United States
Marusi
Fire destroys UW genetics barn killing hundreds of animals
Madison reports a blaze at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture genetics department barn killed hundreds of experimental animals including birds and chickens. Dean Fraker estimated the damage at 26000 dollars for building and equipment, with no value placed on the animals.
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Madison
Univeristy of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Fraker
Seven Firms Named in 1954 Cheese Profit Probes
House investigators list seven firms profiting from government cheese transactions in 1954. Green Bay firms Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. and Superior Cheese Co. are cited for windfall gains of 93,692 and 14,264 dollars respectively. Other firms include National Biscuit Co., H J Heinz Co., Milk House Cheese Co., Von's Grocery Co., and Stouffer Corp with checks totaling from 1,020 to 108,000 dollars.
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Washington
Green Bay
House
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Superior Cheese Co
Safeway Stores Inc
James Naughton
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corp
Naughton
National Biscuit Co
New York
H. J. Heinz Co
Pittsburgh
Milk House Cheese Co
San Antonio
Tex
Von's Grocery Co
Culver City
Calif
Stouffer Corp
Cleveland
C. J. Berst Co
Portage
Kraft Foods Co
Borden Co
Big Four Chiefs To Hold Night Session On Issues
European reaction to President Eisenhower’s offer to swap military blueprints and aerial reconnaissance with Russia sent newspapers across the continent into a frenzy. The plan sparked rage and hope from London to Moscow with varied judgments about chances of acceptance and impact on Geneva peace efforts.
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Big Four Chiefs
James F. King
London
Eisenhower
Europe
West
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Britain
Geneva
Liberal News Chronicle
Russia
Pallbearers Named For Mrs Wittwer
Services for Mrs. Herman L. Wittwer 64 die yesterday at home 23 Cambridge court Madison. Funeral 1 30 p m tomorrow Frautschi Madison with Rev James Kramer officiating burial Rose Lawn memorial park. Pallbearers W C Bentley William F Buech Roy H Proctor Harry Stout A J Taff Charles A Carman. Husband former Monroe Monticello resident secretary of Farmers Mutual Insurance Co in Madison and president Wittwer Webster agency.
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Herman L. Wittwer
Cambridge Court
Madison
Frautschi
James Kramer
Doylestown
Rose Lawn Memorial Park
W. C. Bently
William F. Buech
Roy H. Proctor
Harry Stout
A. J. Taff
Charles A. Carman
10 000th refugee arrives in United States from Bulgaria
The 10,000th refugee to reach the United States from iron curtain countries arrived today in New York by plane from Germany. The traveler is Georgi Vasileff a 32 year old Bulgarian automobile mechanic who escaped his homeland.
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New York
United States
Germany
Georgi Vasileff
Bulgaria
Eisenhower Addresses Arms Data Exchange Offer at Geneva
President Eisenhower speaks at the Big Four on disarmament. He notes weapons’ growing destructiveness and argues for a mutually dependable system to reduce armaments. He recalls prewar disarmament, then rearmament for security, and urges a path toward less armament and shared peace. Continued on Page Two.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Soviet Press Highlights Eisenhower Proposal and Geneva Security Plan
Moscow dispatches report Pravda Izvestia praise exchange of military information and air inspection between USSR and US. They also feature Bulganin’s Geneva plan to ban atom weapons and denounce American warlike rhetoric while predicting peace loving Americans will prevail.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
United States
Geneva
Bulganin
Pravda
Izvestia
Eden
Premier Faure
No Sales Reported On Plymouth Mart
Wisconsin cheese market steady as the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange reports no sales. A bid of 34 percent on a car of pasteurized longhorns and an offer of one car of single daisies at 35 were registered.
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Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Train Robbery Loot Recovered as Search Continues
Seven of eight mail sacks stolen in a Bronx train robbery were recovered as police hunt two bandits. A boy found the pouches in a wooded area. the bags held canceled checks and Railway Express money orders, with one eighth bag missing likely containing a payroll of 10 000 to 15 000.
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New York
Bronx
Railway Express
Young Couple Killed In Car Truck Crash Near Wisconsin Line
A truck struck a car broadside near the Illinois Wisconsin line at Big Foot early today killing two people. Victims are Wilbert W. Schuldt 22 Big Foot and his passenger Mary Jane Jenkins 18 Harvard Ill. The truck driver Halver M. Nelson 44 Mauston Wis. was unhurt.
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Ilinois
Wisconsin State Line
Big Foot
Wilbert W. Schuldt
Mary Jane Jenkins
Harvard
Ill
McHenry County
Sheriff’s Deputies
Halver M. Nelson
Mauston
Wis
Eisenhower Urges Soviet to Tear Down Iron Curtain
Geneva reports say Big Four may hold a summit to discuss easing tensions and Eisenhower's proposal to exchange military blueprints and allow aerial photography of each other's installations. ministers resume talks on disarmament unification and European security ahead of a possible October conference.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Soviet
Russia
United Nations
Washington
V. M. Molotov
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House Probers
Plan For Arms
Sweden
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Rome
Il Messaggero
Il Popolo
Italy
Christian Democrat Party
Frankfurter Randschau
Paris
L’humanite
Moscow Radio
Nikolai Bulganin
Palace of Nations
Wittwer
Russian Press
Plymouth Mart
Bulletin
Foreign Ministers
U. N. Subcommittee On
Faure
Tass
Moscow Radio Today
White House
James C. Hagerty
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