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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1963
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription rates for city carrier, Wisconsin and Illinois recipients, and out-of-state options. It notes all subscriptions must be prepaid to meet postal regulations and provides office hours and a contact phone number.
An Associated Press review warns of growing racial tension this summer and its potential for dangerous volatility nationwide. It argues for vigilance and proactive national measures to prevent upheaval.
Vice President Johnson warns of a looming time bomb in American streets as clashes over full racial equality flare in Danville Virginia Cambridge Maryland and New York. Officials and leaders warn of grave danger of major violence with a planned Washington march set for August 28 amid push for civil rights action.
A retrospective page recalls events from 1953 to 1913. Highlights include Dulles opposing Korean unity with Red China in the UN, prisoner exchanges nearing 87 000, East German arrests over Western gifts, medical society officers elected, and various regional notices from Wisconsin and beyond.
Negro leaders anticipate a filibuster and mobilize a march to demonstrate broad Negro unity before lawmakers. Organizers urge participation to press civil rights demands and draw attention to stalled reforms.
Evansville special report states Peter N. Anderson 84 died Friday in Stoughton hospital. Retired farmer, Denmark native who came to the U.S. as a youth, married Louise Wilhelmina Tilley in 1901, she died 1950. Surviving daughter Mrs Stephen Swann, rural Oregon, one grandchild, three great grandchildren. Burial in Mt Hope cemetery, Brookyln.
Services for Mrs Winifred Salisbury 83 social worker retired 1940 will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Roderick Ward funeral home. Born in Oregon she belonged to Evansville Congregational church and auxiliaries the Women's Literary club and the American Association of Social Workers. She died Friday in a Stoughton nursing home after a long illness. She worked in La Crosse Chicago Minneapolis Pittsburgh Cleveland New York City and Calumet Michigan her last role was personnel director for the British Information Service in New York City. She was a 1902 graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Survived by a brother Phillip in New York City.
Edward Haegele, 65, was found dead in the New Glarus hotel lobby and died of natural causes per Green County coroner Richard Wagner. The native of New Glarus, born October 19, 1897, was survived by a brother and sister and operated a rural farm with them. Funeral services set at Zentner funeral home with Rev. Linus Wierwill officiating. burial in Swiss Evangelical and Reform cemetery.
The Monroe land judging team finished 11th of 43 in the state contest at Farm Progress Days. Team members were John Wegmueller Eugene Hartwig William Deininger Robert Ammon and Richard Sippel. Kenneth C Allen Monroe vo ng teacher is FFA adviser.
Detroit and Dearborn participants include Gov. Romney and schoolchildren who funded a $1,500 plaque at Henry Ford's birthplace farm. Henry Ford II Benson and William Daly, Ford Motor Co. executives and his grandsons, will join the dedication of the site plaque marking the farmhouse where Ford was born.
The passage notes Henry II becoming a vice president and then president in 1945 with help from Clara Ford and Mrs Edsel Ford, pushing Ford senior aside after a one-man rule. It states Henry II died April 7 1947 at Fair Lane Dearborn, with a flood cutting power and his room lit only by candles.
Gov. Reynolds announced Saturday he granted executive clemency to six men. Harold Gerarden of Fan Claire, Robert Bennett of Rhinelander, Theodore Gagliano of Green Bay, William Kowalik of Kenosha, George Damascus Zbichorski of Milwaukee and Merwin Huffman of South Beloit were named. Gerarden’s 1957 burglary sentence was reduced after a 1961 Supreme Court ruling. Bennett had 24 years in prison and 26 years on parole for first degree murder. Gagliano and Kowalik's clemency restored privileges. Zbichorski served one year of a two-year term for abandonment.
Huffman was convicted of theft and burglary with sentences totaling 13 years. The sentences were commuted to five years so he can become immediately eligible for parole. The parole board has yet to act on Huffman’s application.
Lightning struck two people in Pennsylvania on Sunday. Rita Weirs, 15, of Jeannette, was hit while walking through a field at Shawnee State Park. Oliver Decker, 38, of Macungie, was struck at the Lebanon Valley course near Myerstown.
Pittsburgh executive Mark W. Renn, longtime chief executive officer of Westinghouse Electric, died Sunday. Also noted was the death of Dr. Walter A. Riddell, 81, Canadian diplomat who pressed for sanctions against Italy over Ethiopia, who died Saturday in Toronto.
Sister Mary Vincent Delaney, 87, longtime administrator for the Sisters of Charity hospitals, died Sunday in St. Louis after a career serving religious healthcare institutes.
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