Action Speeded On Reserve Plan
Washington reports push for a general reserves program hailed as a new era in national defense. The plan offers six months of training to up to 250000 youths yearly with seven and a half years in active reserve, draft exemptions for under eighteen and a half, plus recall authority for 45 days to enforce training.
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Washington
Rep. Vinson
D-Ga
House
Congress
Sen. Clements
Kentucky
Senate
Knowland
California
White House
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Emma Martin dies at 59 in Monroe after long illness
Mrs Emma Martin 59 of 2121 12th street died soon before midnight Saturday from a heart attack at the Alvin F Kubly home 2003 18th street where she cared for the Kubly children She was born January 20 1896 in Argyle daughter of Christ and Anna Hammerli Marty She taught in Crandon Pardeeville and Blanchardville and moved to Monroe in 1920 She married J Martin in 1937 who died in 1943 Survived by her mother and three sisters Funeral at 2 pm today at Shriner Neuenschwander Funeral Home Rev Paul C Kehle officiating Burial Greenwood Cemetery Friends may call tonight
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Emma Martin
12Th Street
Alvin F. Kubly
18Th Street
Kubly
Argyle
Christ and
Anna Hammerli Marty
Argyle High School
Whitewater State College
Crandon
Pardeeville
Blanchardville
Martin
Monroe
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Derby Day in Plymouth Showcases Cheese Eating Contest
Plymouth held the second annual Cheese Derby Day drawing about 25 000 fans. Second Ward Alderman Warren Wightman won the cheese eating contest by finishing seven ounces in one and a half minutes. The event opened with a Plymouth City Band concert and featured a home talent finals, a Derby Day Queen, and parade music by the Johnson Wax Band. Free cheese and milk were distributed, and the program closed with harness racing and a square dance.
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Plymouth
Warren Wightman
Marlene
Julia Durocher
Elkhart Lake
Kaye Webb
Stout State College
Francis Webb
Johnson Wax Band
Racine
Sheboygan Vfw
Future Farmers of America
Badger Breeders Association
Hetts Named Cattle Judge for Green County Fair
Allan Hetts of Ft Atkinson will judge open and junior class cattle at the Green County Fair August 3 to 7. Fred T Burgy says Hetts has a national reputation and has judged major shows including the Royal Winter Show in Toronto. Myron E Jeglum notes other 4 H fair judges will be announced soon and the list remains incomplete.
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Allan Hetts
Ft. Atkinson
Fred T. Burgy
Hetts
Toronto
Canada
Myron E. Jeglum
Chargers Chiang Attack Hong Kong Inchwells Ship
The captain of the 1896 ton British cargo ship Inchwells claims Nationalist Chinese Thunderjets fired on his vessel in a Communist port opposite Formosa on July 9.
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Hong Kong
Inchwells
Formosa
Twelve Die In Wisconsin Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press reports twelve deaths in Wisconsin over the weekend from drownings and crashes. Victims include Bruce Douglas in Manitowoc, Earl Van Cleve in Kenosha, Janice Upitis in Racine, and James Walsh near Ridgeway, among others across multiple counties.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Bruce Douglas
Manitowoc
Shoto River
Charles Douglas Jr
Earl van Cleve
Zion
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Donald Fleischman
Waukesha
Pewaukee Lake
Saturay
Joyce Haberman Named PMA District Queen at Lake Leota Park
Joyce Haberman daughter of Walter Haberman of Orfordville was chosen PMA District 19 queen and will ride the PMA float on Cheese Day at Monroe on September 10. Judges included Myron E Jeglum and district officials announced by PMA leaders Walter Winn and Dick Cech during a 400 attendee meeting at Lake Leota Park Evansville.
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Joyce Haberman
Walter Haberman
Orfordville
PMA
Pure Milk Association
Lake Leota Park
Evansville
Haberman
Monroe Area
Monroe
Carol Sellnow
Roy Sellnow
Sylvester Township
Myron E. Jeglum
Green
Brakeless Truck Roars Through Winsted Streets at 80 mph
In Winsted Connecticut a five ton truck driven by John L. McFaum 48 from Ipswich Massachusetts roared down the main street at 80 miles an hour. His wife Kathryn McFaum 48 in an open convertible warned traffic as the vehicle whisked past a boy on a bicycle and through three red lights. The driver tried to downshift but the transmission broke. he applied the emergency brake and steered the truck to a curb stopping outside town. No charges were filed police praising the couple for nerve and skill.
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Winsted
Conn
John L. McFaum
Winsted Main Street
Kathryn McFaum
McFaum
Ipswich
Mass
Lakeville
Waldo Heath
McFaumn
Eisenhower
National Airport
Parley Opening To Be Wednesday At Kohler Talks
The U S Mediation and Conciliation Service announced resumption of bargaining at 1 pm Wednesday in Chicago between Kohler Co and CIO United Auto Workers Local 833. Talks were requested by President Eisenhower, after union claims of 11 unfair labor practices and prior violence at Kohler. NLRB hearings paused for two weeks. examiner Downing will rule on a motion to dismiss charges.
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Chicago
U. S
Kohler Co
Wisconsin
CIO
United Auto Workers
Eisenhower
Kohler
UAW
Sheboygan
Milwanee
National Labor Relations Board
NURB
George Downing
Joseph Finnegan
Washington, D. C
Mediation Service
Frank Zeidler
Milwaukee
H and K Group Elects Digman President at Milwaukee Meeting
Kendall C. Digman Route 3 was elected president of the H and K Veterans Association at the annual Milwaukee meeting held Saturday and Sunday. Rodney Block of Monroe voted in as vice president with Herbert Orton of Monroe as secretary-treasurer. A women’s auxiliary formed and wives were named to similar posts. Nearly 200 attendees came from Pennsylvania California Iowa Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Oklahoma. The program included call to the colors by Joseph Clauder solo by Gunnar Granquist invocation by Rev Ensworth Reisner who gave the main address and benediction taps by Clauder and a Clauder Granquist duet. Next year’s event will be in Monroe. Attendees from Monroe included Block Schild Burkhard Orton Keel Stauffacher Zweifel Digman Elmer and Voelkli.
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Kendall C. Digman
Route 3
H and K Veterans Association
Milwaukee
Rodney Block
Monroe
Herbert Orton
Pennsylvania
California
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Joseph Clauder
Madison
Gunnar Granquist
Ensworth Reisner
Clauder
Granquist
Messrs
Mmes. Block
John Schild
John J. Burkhard
Orton
Arthur Keel
Thomas Stauffacher
Roy Zweifel
No Secret Deals Reported at Geneva Parley
President Eisenhower told congressional leaders there were no secret agreements at the Big Four talks in Geneva and no private papers initiated. Hagerty echoed the assurance as Congress received a briefing from the White House on the summit with Soviet, British, and French leaders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
State Dulles
Geneva
James C. Hagerty
Dulles
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Knowland
Calif
Four Powers Begin Second Stage to Ease Global Tensions
The Big Four leaders wrap Geneva talks and shift to plans back home to implement summit directives on disarmament German unification and European security. Experts and foreign ministers will meet in five to nine weeks to study and flesh out proposals, including arms reductions and a possible freeze on European forces.
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Geneva
U. S
Eisenhower
United
States
Russia
Eden
Germany
Europe
Bulganin
Faure
Paris
Creutz Accepts AEC Aide Post At Berkeley
Dr Edward C Creutz head of Carnegie Tech physics takes a one year leave to work as a scientist at large for the Atomic Energy Commission He will begin August 1 in Berkeley Calif Creutz led the Pittsburgh area peace time atomic project and prior to that helped build the cyclotron and nuclear program at Carnegie He has ties to Monroe and his father Lester was a local school superintendent.
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Edward C. Creutz
Carnegie Tech
Pittsburgh
Atomic Energy Commission
Creutz
Carnegie
Greutz
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Duquesne Power and Light Co
Los Alamos
Monroe
Lester
Taft Tower OKayed for Capitol Grounds Memory
Congress sent to President Eisenhower legislation authorizing construction of a 110 foot bell tower on the Capitol grounds in memory of the late Senator Robert A. Taft.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Capitol Grounds
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Overseas Army Commissaries Sell Foreign Butter
The Army explains overseas commissaries stock foreign butter due to patron preference. Rep Norblad had urged American butter only sales to reduce government warehouse surpluses. Lt Col Woodward notes patrons buy with personal funds and local merchants’ quality is not controlled by the military. Between February and July this year U S origin butter accounted for over 55 percent of Okinawa post exchange sales.
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Washington
Army
Woodward
U. S
Okinawa
U S and Red China to map talks on civilians repatriation
Washington announced that the United States and Red China will send ambassadors to Geneva next Monday to discuss repatriation of civilians who wish to return home and other practical matters. A Alexis Johnson will represent the U S with prior consultations with Dulles.
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Hagerty
Geneva
Free World
China
State Department
White House
Red China
Lees House Committee
Washington
United States
A. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Johnson
Dulles
Henry Suydam
India
Burma
Suddam
Department
Suydam
Formosa
Republic of China
Miss Helen Schuler Injured in Automobile Accident
Miss Helen Schuler, 38, of Monti cello, is listed in satisfactory condition at St. Clare hospital after an automobile crash five miles west of Argyle on Highway 81. She was thrown from a car driven by Paul F. Risser, 1009 17th Street. Risser was uninjured.
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James O. Walsh
Mineral Point
Ridgeway
Dodgeville
Barneveld
Watson Wheeler
Beaver Dam
Burnette
Dodge County
John Payne
Oshkosh
Omro
Helen Schuler
Monticello
St. Clare Hospital
Argyle
Schuler
Paul F. Risser
17Th Street
Risser
Mrs Augusta Pierce Dies at 94 in Monticello
Mrs. Augusta Pierce aged 94 died at 12 15 p m today in her Monticello home. A son Sam lived with her. Services are pending at Voe geli funeral home.
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Monticello
Augusta Pierce
Sam
Voegeli Funeral Home
Jail fugitive found in Milwaukee after escape
A 15 year old Manitowoc boy who broke out of the Calumet County jail at Chilton Sunday was found by Milwaukee police a few hours later. He was found sitting on a curb in the downtown district.
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Milwaukee
Manitowoc
Calumet County
Chilton
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Carl Knutson
Clintonville
Jewel
Shawano
Joseph Long
Darlington
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Gratiot
Daniel Ahern
Highway
Walworth
Marie Pazin
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Henry Tessman
Otto
Hillevi Rombin
Long Beach
Digman
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AEC
Taft Tower
U.S
Switzerland
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