House Group Seeks 13% Cut In Foreign Aid
The House Appropriations Committee backs a13 percent cut totaling 812 million from Eisenhower’s foreign aid request for the current year. It forwards a bill for 5.208 billion dollars total the program aiding allies against communism with 2.896 billion new cash and 2.312 billion unobligated balances. Committees trims reduce new cash by 542.6 million and unobligated balances by 269.6 million.
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House Group
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
Treasury
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Southeast Asia
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Korea
Divorce Perjury Brings Sentence
Donald J. Wellnitz 32 of near South Wayne was sentenced to one to three years in Waupun state prison by Judge Marshall L. Peterson for perjury in a divorce case. He lied about wife Gladys 18’s whereabouts, their marriage year, and residence, having wed again this week. the July 9 divorce becomes void due to the conviction. Franz W. Brand led the prosecution. Rodney O. Kittelsen defended Wellnitz.
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Donald J. Wellnitz
Near
South Wayne
Waupun State Prison
Marshall L. Peterson
Wellnitz
Gladys
Illinois
Peterson
Franz W. Brand
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Air Force to Probe Fatal Crash Near Phoenix
The Air Force ordered an investigation after a jet crash left one child dead and four injured. The F-84 Thunderjet struck the officers housing area about 40 miles south of Phoenix, igniting three houses and killing Mathew Carl Watry, month-old son of Capt. Charles A. Watry and his wife of Glendale. Pilot 1st Lt. Richard J. Huetten, 27, of Escanaba, Mich., said he parachuted after being warned by a wingman that the plane was out of control.
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Air Force
Phoenix
Mathew Carl Watry
Charles A. Watry
Glendale
Calif
Richard J. Huetten
Escanaba
Mich
Alfre
Dress Revue Winners Named in County Event
Shirley Montgomery Judith Babler and Sharon Zentner led the dress revue winners with blue ribbons and top honors. Montgomery was hospitalized for an emergency appendectomy but will still represent the county at the State Fair. Babler and Zentner earned top and alternate placement amid a playlet themed revue presented in Turner Hall.
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Green County
Judith Babler
Ight
Monticello
Shirley Montgomery
Browntown
Sharon Zentner
New Glarus
Turner Hall
Montgomery
Times
Miss Montgomery
St. Clare Hospital
Ray
Miss Babler
Willis Babler
Zentner
Ernest Zentner
Evelyn Scherwitz
Lafayette County
Thelma Baiers
Sauka County
Kay Blum
Judg
Janice Park
Phyllis Alexander
Tillie Tish
Jean Erb
Lizzie Bones
William C. Blum
Green County 4-H Clothing Project
Sharon Coplien
Judy Stauffacher
Linda Hilliard
Nyla Signer
Cheryl Trumpy
Ruth Ann Fahey
Nancy Schutt
Janet Truttman
Karen Zimmerli
Carol Ann Brunkow
Marilyn Keen
Karen Schuttle
Tane LaBorde
Isabel Kaderli
Shelby Mauerman
Barbara Kesler
Judye LaBorde
Judith _Babler
Elaine Signer
Nancy Dickson
Bonnie Vanderbilt
Loletta Roderick
Helen Bollig
Marjory Deppeler
Judith Ann Mauerman
Evelyn Johnson
Nadine Rood
Donna Delinger
Tamara Bruegger
Carol Ruehien
Nola Signer
Beverly Flaherty
Judy Kundert
Janice Nyhus
Linda Lou Schulz
Jane L
CIO Union Calls Off Chrysler Firm Strike
The CIO United Auto Workers union ordered the strike halted and will have workers return to more than a dozen Detroit plants on Monday. Local No. 3 workers had walked out last week over a claimed speedup, which Chrysler denied, saying the action violated contract terms.
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Ey Aler Corp
Detroit
International
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Dodge
12 minute Meters Put into Operation At Square
Meters with a one cent deposit began operating last night at the four corners of the public square to improve loading and unloading for downtown shoppers. They will run during night hours until 10 o clock and were urged by 54 merchants who signed petitions for one hour curb parking around the square to ease evening crowding. A merchants meeting is set for Monday at 7 30 p m at the Monroe hotel to discuss enforcement and possible extension to adjacent streets, overseen by the Chamber of Commerce traffic and safety committee. A City Hall meeting with sir council police and safety committee is planned for Tuesday at 8 30 a m to review the proposal.
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Public Square
Monroe Hotel
Chamber of Commerce Traffic and Safety Committee
Wesley L. Dodge
Chamber
City Council Police and Safety
Floyd W. Matzke
Mrs. Augusta Buehl 85 Succumbs in Monroe Township
Augusta Buehl died at 9 10 am in St. Clare hospital after a stroke on July 2. Born July 13 1869 in Germany she immigrated to the U S at age 11 and lived in Monroe Township most of her life. Survived by five daughters four sons eighteen grandchildren twenty five great grandchildren one great great grandchild two sisters five brothers and numerous extended relatives. Funeral services Monday at 2 pm at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev. Paul C Kehle officiating burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Herman and
Louise Grossman Schmerse
United States
Monroe Township
Monticello
George Buehl
Washington Township
Monroe
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Buehl
Edward ZumBrunnen
Huron
S. D
Hulda Haberman
Gustav
William
Herman
Geroge
Ethil
Juda
Anna Schwartzlow
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul C.kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
Western Printing Executive Dies at 44 in Racine
Robert M. Wade witz vice president of Western Printing and Lithographing Co. died at his home Friday night after a heart attack. Wade witz, 44, son of the firm’s board chairman E H Wade witz, had 26 years with the company.
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Western Printing
Racine
Robert M. Wadewitz
The
Western Printing and Lithographing Co
Wadewitz
Western
E. H. Wadewitz
Knowland Seeks Formula to End Atomic Filibuster
U S Senate faces a 10 day battle over atomic legislation as Sen Knowland urges a workable formula to end the filibuster while President Eisenhower pressed for progress. House moves toward final votes as Senate endures marathon sessions and contemplates cloture.
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Knowland
Washington
Sen
Calif
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate of the
United States
German Bus, Train Collision Kills 21 Near Worms
Twenty one people died when a passenger train struck a bus at a grade crossing near Worms Germany. Federal railroad officials said seven were injured. All victims were bus passengers returning from a furniture factory shift with about 30 workers aboard.
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Worms
Germany
Officer Injured Chasing Suspect in Rock City Bank Robbery
Police in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin renewed their search for a lone gunman who robbed the Rock City State Bank of about $2,000 on a sunny Wednesday. Capron Chief Harry E. Simmons, 56, was injured pursuing a vehicle matching the bandit’s description, firing at least three shots before a crash hurt him and a Roscoe resident. The getaway car, owned by a Freeport dealer, was found near Shirland. The bank teller, Marion Hoover, 50, was hostage but unharmed. A radio deficiency hampered coordinating roadblocks as authorities pursue the suspect, a 30-year-old man in overalls.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Rock
City State Bank
Harry E.J. Simmons
Capron
Tfl
Simmons
Rockford
Myra Thorndyke
Roscoe
St. Anthony's Hospital
Rock City
Marion Hoover
Shirland
Freeport
Winnebago and
Boon County
Twilight farm talk on oat and barley varieties set
A twilight agricultural demonstration on oat and barley varieties will be held Wednesday at 7 30 p m at the Wesley Jordan farm south of Juda. The event, second in a series by the extension office, follows a fertilizer session that was rained out at Kendall C Digman farm. Jordan family history and local farming notes are included as Myron Jeglum lauds Jordan as a top Dairy Herd Improvement fieldman.
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Larry Linvaren
Wesley Jordan
Kendall C.digman
Hiawatha
Jordan
Frank Jordan
Juda
Ajax
Clinton
Branch
Britain protests after C-54 airliner shot down near Hainan
Britain lodged a formal protest with Peiping after two fighter planes with red circle markings shot down a Cathay Pacific C-54 airliner near Hainan island, 18 aboard, eight rescued by a U.S. Air Force plane. Survivors reported incendiaries and bullets fired during the plunge.
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Hong Kong
Hainan
Great Britain
Peiping
London
U. S. Air Force
Tokyo
Repilot
Iris E. Stobart
Cathay Pacific Airlines
Guard Recalls Dr John Exit Defection Near Berlin Border
West Berlin guard recalls Dr Otto John telling him he would go behind the Iron Curtain. He and two West Berlin friends were stopped near the British sector border after warnings about crossing into the Soviet zone. Police say Adenauer ordered loyalty probes of officials friendly with John amid reports he defected.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Otto John
East Zone
John
Wolfgang Wehrgemuth
Charite Hospital
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Zone
Eisenhoweres take weekend at Camp David retreat
President and Mrs. Eisenhower departed for Camp David in western Maryland to spend the weekend. They traveled with their son Maj. John Eisenhower, his wife, and their three children on the drive.
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Camp David
Washington
Eisenhower
Catoctin Mountains
Maryland
Maj
John Eisenhower
Monroeville Aquacade to Highlight Fun Day Events
The annual Monroe Aquacade at the pool features comedy acts, races, diving and lifesaving exhibitions with five instructors and local youths competing from 7 30 p m next Friday. Open entries, ribbons for top three, and a parade mark Fun Day with the junior band leading the Lincoln school kickoff.
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Monroe
John Hammer
Ronald D. Johnson
Joyce Haskins
Jean Babler
Karen Bender
Judith Kubly
Sondra Simpson
SvesspeSeMl
Tour Girl
Hernando
Johnson
Lincoln School
Jane Stevens
Bank Moves Entrance and Remodel at 10th Street Shop
Moved operations begin this afternoon as UMe for Coltrat and Savings Bank shifts entry to the former Baker book shop quarters off 10th street. The change lasts eight weeks while the lobby undergoes major remodeling. The bookkeeping department relocates to the basement harness shop area, now reconfigured. A new two level 24 by 8 vault installation is due next week.
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Coltrat and Savings Bank
Baker Book Shop
10Th Street
Chinese Craft Downed British Airliner Near Hainan
Washington reports two Chinese Communist fighter aircraft deliberately shot down a Cathay Pacific C 54 Skymaster near Hainan Island. Three Americans died, eight survived. 17 passengers and four crew on board per Hong Kong consul, with varying earlier tallies. Secretary Dulles vowed grave response as two US aircraft carriers head to the scene to aid rescue and search operations.
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Washington
State Department
Hainan
United States
Hainan Island
Cathay Pacific
Julian F.harrington
Hong Kong
Air Force
Tokyo
Charles Wilson
State Dulles
Rescue attempt under fire near Hainan Island
U S fighter planes from carriers provided cover as an Air Force amphibian rescue plane retrieved survivors from a raft near Hainan Island after a British airliner was shot down. Nine survivors were saved, one died en route to hospital. The casualty count and details varied in reports.
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Tokyo
U. S
China
Hainan
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Hong Kong
No Wheat Vote Counted In Green County Referendum
Green county registered no votes on the wheat referendum yesterday though statewide results showed 61 yes and 43 no backing marketing quota controls for the 1955 crop. The poll site at the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation office expected about four votes but none appeared.
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Green County
Rubirosa Denied US Work Visa on Visit
Porfirio Rubirosa a Dominican Republic diplomat in the United States on a visitor's visa was refused a permit to work in the country Friday.
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Rubirosa
Los Angeles
United States
Porfirio Rubirosa
Dominican Republic
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Chrysler
Augusta Suent
1Th Street
U.S
Victor Lively
St. Louis
Dorothy Poore
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Jordan Farm
Twilight Meeting
Britain
Red
Ee Don Foreign Office
Trans
Foreign Office
Humphrey Trevelyan
Here
Dr. John
Thomas W. Levenia
Defense Department
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Lavenia
Subcommittee
Bath House
East
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