GI education overpayments found in GAO survey
GAO study of the GI bill program shows over payments at about two thirds of 1,500 schools with total overpayments amounting to 19.5 million dollars and about 3 million dollars recovered. The report notes sloppy administration and irregular practices by institutions, private industry, farmers and veterans as the program ends.
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Washington
Treasury
General Accounting Office
Rep
Teague
Dtexas
House
Charles Ebert
GAO
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Administration
Right Volunteers Awaited at Center
Monroe youth center remains closed after a weekend disturbance caused by some youths. Recreation director Joe E. Miller said volunteers are needed to clean up and if guilty parties do not come forward the center will stay shut the rest of this week and next week and perhaps longer.
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Monroe
Joe E. Miller
Miller
School Districting Master Plan Adopted
The county school committee approved its master plan for district reorganization and sent the draft to the state department of education. An extended deadline had allowed extra time due to late district actions surrounding consolidation in the New Glarus area.
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Court House
State Department of Education
Glarus
Two City Parking Lots Reopened After Surfacing
Two of Monroe's three free city parking lots were reopened this morning after hot asphalt was laid in two-inch thickness. The Chandler lot now accommodates 80 cars and the 16th Avenue lot 57. The council approved the resurfacing at the last meeting after a special session failed to reach a quorum.
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Monroe
Spring Square
Chandler
16Th Avenue
Midwest Flood Heads for Gulf
The midwestern flood moved toward the Gulf of Mexico after causing about 1.0 billion dollars in damage in Kansas and Missouri. The Mississippi at 41.8 feet persisted, with Army engineers and weather officials predicting no further damage as the crest heads south. Strong levees held, and clerks and customers in stores used pumps and sandbags while clerks waded in boats to serve customers.
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Cape Girardeau
South
Kansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Army
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio
Lions Chairmen To Hold Meeting
Lions chairmen of charter night committees will meet at F. Earl Lamboley's office at 7 30 tonight to plan the September event. General chairman A H Schneider will lead the discussion with committee chairs including Lester M Johnson D C Weakley H W Biffle Nathan L Goetz Franz W Brand Dr John H Usher Robert H Rieder Lamboley Virgil Brunkow Stewart F Kingston president and Johnson secretary plus all committee chairs forming the executive committee.
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The
Lions Club
F. Earl Lamboley
A. H. Schneider
Lester M. Johnson
D. C. Weakley
H. W. Biffle
Nathan L. Goetz
Franz W. Brand
John H. Usher
Robert H. Rieder
Lamboley
Virgil Brunkow
Stewart F. Kingston
Johnson
Argyle Coach Named Principal at Albany
Fred Rehmstad of Argyle has been named principal of Albany schools replacing M. Gardner who resigned to move to Higginsville Missouri. Rehmstad with 12 years teaching experience is a Platteville State College graduate from 1938 and is attending summer session at the University of Wisconsin. He and Mrs. Rehmstad will relocate to Albany early next month taking the Ray Chrisbaum apartment.
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Albany
Fred Rehmstad
Argyle
M. &. Gardner
Higginsville
Rehmstad
Platteville State College
University of Wisconsin
Ray Chrisbaum
Building leader L S Wagner dies at 87
Lewis Sheldon Wagner 87 of 803 17th avenue died at 10 30 last night in St. Clare hospital after years of illness. He led L S Wagner and Son, built Lincoln and Green County schools, Turner hall and churches, and oversaw additions to area schools. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs Peter H Meng, son Francis A Wagner, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Services Friday at 2 pm at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Masonic graveside rites at Greenwood cemetery.
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Lewis Sheldon Wagner
17Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Wagner
Wisconsin
Francis A. Wagner
Hollandale
Licking County
Mr. Wagner
Francis M
Maranda Barrick Wagner
Kittie Adams
Jacob Adams
Wagners
Rockford
Monroe Center
Ill
Monroe
Company H
Guard
Smith Masonic Lodge
Monroe Knights of Pythias
KP Lodge
Peter H. Meng
Prairie du Lac
Francis A
Osse Miller
Shriner - Neushwander
Ralph Kofoed
Greenwood Cemetery
Juke Box Freeze OPS Ruling Sought
C S Pierce of Brodhead as president of the Wisconsin Phonograph Operators association seeks a Washington ruling on the status of a price freeze for juke boxes. The freeze covers Dec 19 1950 to Jan 25 1951 and imposes civil and criminal penalties on operators and venue owners.
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C. S. Pierce
Brodhead
Wisconsin Phonograph Operators Association
Washington
Ralph E. Curtiss
National Licensed Beverage Association
Tavern League of
Wisconsin
House Seeks Major Housing and Staffing Cuts
The House refused to back down on big cuts to public housing and federal employment, sending the six point one billion dollar independent offices appropriation back to the Senate-House conference. It instructs conferees to uphold House decisions on housing and jobs, resisting the compromise to boost public housing units to fifty thousand this year.
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Washington
House
Chamber
Atomic Energy Commission
Public Housing Administration
Reserved Seat Sale Opens for 97th Green County Fair
Reserved amphitheater seats for the 97th Green County Fair go on sale today at Schuetze's store. The seat board will be moved to the fairgrounds amphitheater office on opening day Thursday Aug 2. Ernest Hayes oversees grandstand and other tickets.
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Schuetze’s
Ernest Hayes
White House aide sought field post for millionaire Field
Senator Eastland said a White House aide tried during WWII to obtain an army intelligence post for Frederick Van derbilt Field. The testimony followed Carter’s claims Field funded the Institute of Pacific Relations and was recommended for the post by Currie and Lattimore. The inquiry examined subversive influences on U S Far East policy. Field is jailed for contempt of court.
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Washington
Eastland
D-Miss
White House
Army Intelligence Commission
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Edward C. Carter
New York
Institute of Pacific Relations
Senate
Carter
Field
Institute
Army
Feild
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Wrier
State Department
McCarthy
Senate Internal Security Committee
McCarran
D-New
United States
Monticello Road Celebration Urged
Blacktopping starts today on highway 69 as Monroe imagines a formal opening for the relocated and widened road. Officials expect completion around Oct. 1 while detours shift heavy traffic via highway 59 and Albany toward Madison, with operator William Best chosen to lead the opening drive.
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Monroe
Ted D. Schmiedlin
Here
Monticello
William Best
Badger Lines
Madison
Freeport
Best
John Brugger Jr
Albany
Smiley
Police Round Up Group of Tigers In Aroused Village
In Lannon Wisconsin a group of Milwaukee and Menomonee Falls motorcyclists dubbed the Roaring Tigers provoked residents after entering a quarry for a picnic and swim. Marshal Percy Schultz corralled the riders into the fire house after a three hour ruckus that disturbed the village.
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Lannon
Wis
Waukesha County
Milwaukee
Menomonee Falls
Percy Schultz
Costello Indicted in Contempt Case For Senate Refusal
Frank Costello named by the senate crime committee as top underworld figure was indicted by a federal grand jury on contempt of the senate. Joe Adonis and Frank Erickson also indicted for refusing to answer questions at the crime committee hearings in New York. Costello faces nine counts, Adonis sixteen, Erickson seventy four, with up to a year and $1000 per count.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Committee
Senate
Joe Adonis
Joseph Doto
Frank Erickson
Crime Committee
Costello
Adonis
Erickson
Broughton Sells Interest in Sheboygan Press Over Guild Disputes
Charles E. Broughton 78 longtime editor and Press president sells his stake in the Press Publishing Co after differences with the CIO Guild. A. Matt Werner and family purchase Broughton interest. Guild expresses regret but aims for peaceful settlements. The Press circulates about 26 000 to 27 000.
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Sheboygan
Charles E. Broughton
Sheboygan Press
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Matt Werner
The
Press
Broughton
Press Publishing Co
Press Today
International Typographical Union
Sheboygan Guild
Democratic National
U.N. negotiators report hopeful progress in Korea talks
U N command and communist delegates advanced a new troop withdrawal proposal described as reasonable by a U N spokesman and temperate by Brig Gen William Nuckols. The talks, held in advance headquarters Korea, plan an overnight recess to study the plan as both sides seek a lasting armistice framework with four basic conditions for any settlement including prisoners of war.
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U. N
Korea
United Nations
William Nuckols
Nuckols
United Nations Command
George C. Marshall
Washington
Marshall
38Th Parallel
Boden Infant Dies In Madison Hospital
Karen Maryin Boden infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Boden died at 6 55 am today in Madison General hospital after six days of treatment. Born July 11 at St Clare hospital she is survived by her parents three sisters Charlene Sandra Lee and Sharon. Private services will be tomorrow at 10 am Shri ner Neushwander funeral home with Rev R F Bittdorf of Mt Olive Lutheran church officiating. Burial will be Greenwood cemetery.
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Karen Maryin Boden
Charles Boden
Madison General Hospital
St. Clare Hospital
Charlene
Sandra Lee
Sharon
R. F. Bittdorf
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Madison man killed in collision west of city
Wendell F. Mendt, 23, Madison, was killed early today when two automobiles collided four miles west of Madison.
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Madison
Wendell F. Mendt
Rep Smith Says Eisenhower Stand Ends 1952 Prospects
Rep Lawrence H. Smith of Wisconsin said Eisenhower’s push for a single Western European army under one flag removes him from the presidential field. Smith noted senators from Europe reported Eisenhower favored a unified army and uniform. Secretary Acheson said the United States supports friendly cooperation to promote the idea.
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Rep. Smith
Eisenhower
Washington
Lawrence H. Smith
Wis
The
House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Smith
Europe
Acheson
Detroit
Conservation Bill Money Cut Fails
In Washington, a bid by Senator Dirksen to cut nearly 13 million from a billion dollar agriculture department bill failed in the Senate. Dirksen sought smaller operating funds for the Soil Conservation Service and argued wasteful overlap among agencies. Senator Russell opposed the slash and the motion died without a record vote. Dirksen then proposed lowering authorisation for farmer payments to 150 million from 280 million, citing American Farm Bureau Federation head Allan Kline.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Senate
Dirksen
R-Ill
Soil Conservation Service
Russell
D-Ga
Allan Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Truman Pardons Dillinger Associate Louis Piquett
Louis Piquett, a former Chicago city prosecutor convicted in 1936 for harboring Homer Van Meter, is pardoned by President Truman. The 67 year old, released from Leavenworth in 1938 after serving 21 months and fined $10,000, regains full citizenship rights.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Truman
Louis Piquett
Piquett
Homer van Meter
Leavenworth
Illinois Supreme Court
Kohler Rejects Ease of Drunken Driving Penalty
Gov. Kohler vetoed a bill easing occupational driver licenses for drunken driving. He said the measure would weaken penalties and endanger life and property. State law already requires one year license revocation. occupational license after 90 days. The bill had labor union support but faced strong opposition in the Senate.
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Madison
Kohler
Senate
Milwaukee
State Swiss Market Trade Demand Fair in Madison
The Wisconsin domestic Swiss cheese market was barely steady with trade and demand fair. Selling prices at state assembly points show state brand 42-44, grade B 39-41, grade C 36-38, while the American cheese market remained steady to firm with demand fair to good. prices listed for single daisies 40-4, long horns 40-41, square prints 40-41, midgets 42-43.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Stock market holds gains as shares trade near 12 dollar ceiling
The stock market kept gains with dogged determination. Leaders faced a ceiling around the $12 level while some climbed higher. Losses stayed mostly under a dollar a share as volume reached about 2,000,000 shares, the best in a month, versus 1,740,000 yesterday.
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New York
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Stephen
Iran
Colorado
Philadelphia
Landrum
Union Presbyterian Church
Monroe Times
Accounting Office
Midwest
Gulf
Lions
L.S. Wagner
Juke Box
Pacific Institute
Monticello Road
Highway 69
C.E. Broughton
U.N
Boden
Madison Hospital
Dillinger
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