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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1964
Page
5
Farmers and consumers question divergence in wheat and flour prices as the U S agriculture department implements the July 1 1964 wheat stabilization program. Wheat supports drop to 130 per bushel while marketing certificates add cost pushing total near 2 per bushel. Secretary Freeman says flour prices should ease and that government sales can cap wheat at modest levels to prevent sharp rises.
A reader asks about privacy when filing for Social Security. Officials confirm all records are confidential and no one learns details unless the claimant reveals them. Questions about a separated wife show addresses are only requested to determine potential entitlement and do not disclose residence or other private facts.
nanSAS CITY, Mo. A 40 year old Kansas City man admitted to collecting about 10000 dollars from insurance by causing more than 35 auto accidents in four years. Joseph Lewis Appleby pleaded guilty to a grand jury indictment of false injury claims. Prosecutors said 42 witnesses would testify he devised the scheme by sudden braking to be rear ended and then claimed neck and back injuries for cash settlements.
Rural Argyle resident Mrs Sonja mkeinmann Rackow read her book Elmer The Little Red Schoolhouse to professors and teachers at Platteville State University on Thursday. She demonstrated in a developmental reading class a children's and adolescent literature class and in the second and third grades laboratory school, using a flannel board to illustrate Elmer. Accompanying her was Linda Kay Busch, member of The Brook Sisters trio.
The Greenville 4-H club will meet at 8 p.m. Monday at the Paul Kaiser home. Lucinda Lincoln, Andy Hilton, Tom Folgate, Greg Stamm and Lucinda Hessenius will give talks. Special numbers are planned by Kathy Barrett, Jim Snyder, Chuck Snyder, Alan Stabenow and Janie Korth. Members who have not yet spoken or performed must do so. The pop committee includes the Raymond Kaiser and Orville Lincoln families.
Cuban premier Fidel Castro spoke at a 3 1 2 hour news conference in Santiago attended by 33 American newsmen and 40 foreign reporters. He warned Cuba would answer shot for shot if another Cuban was murdered by U S Marines at Guantanamo, repeating claims of a border killing two weeks earlier and rejecting U S denials.
The 1964 Homestead committee member and Green County leader, Stauffacher, has held roles as secretary of the Green County Agricultural Chest since 1963 and chaired the National Corn Picking Contest and dairy promotions committees. He and wife Mary Ann Frautschy Stauffacher are Monroe campus graduates and active in Farm Bureau groups, with multiple 4H and Holstein honors and church ties. Their daughter is Andrea Ann.
The New Glarus Maennerchor hosts its 34th Swiss Volkfest at Wilhelm Tell Park starting 1 p.m. The event celebrates Swiss independence year with performances by New Glarus high school band, New Glarus and Madison Maennerchors, Yodelers and Edelweiss Stars. Featured solos and duets include Anna Gempeler and Linda, and other local musicians. Alpine Troubadours and Alphorn trio provide Swiss music.
Monroe Turners hosts a Swiss gymnastics exhibition by the Nameless Four quartet and a flag throwing demonstration by Robert Schneider highlighting local talents and upcoming events.
ORANGEVILLE Times Special reports Arthur Jacobs to be dismissed soon from Freeport hospital after a tractor fall. Eldred Hulbert, another accident patient, released Monday with several broken and cracked ribs. AmRamp gave way while unloading 500 pounds of feeding McConnell. Jacobs fell from a tractor at his father's Pearl City farm while helping with haying.
Smith Corp. reports earnings up 9 percent for the first half of 1964 totalling 5 million dollars, compared with 4.59 million in the same period last year. The rise reflects stronger sales and improved margins for the Georgia Milwaukee firm amid a robust regional market.
The Senate passed a freedom of information bill by voice vote to ease suits against federal agencies that withhold information. It would shift the burden of proof to agencies and require public access to information policies. The measure, sponsored by Senators Edward V. Long and Everett M. Dirksen, now goes to the House.
Lewis Dalvit, noted musician and former guest conductor with the Honolulu Symphony, is named artist in residence in Beloit College's music department. A 1950 Beloit graduate, he led the Beloit Civic Symphony since 1953 and taught at Milton College. He earned a master’s in 1957 from Vandercook College of Music and won the American Symphony Orchestra League Conductors Project twice.
Nellie Johnson 75 lifelong Darlington resident dies after brief illness in a Madison hospital. Former Nellie Bruce. Husband Charles Johnson died in 1928. Brother Fred Bruce survives. Services 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Darlington Methodist church. Burial Union Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Sharer funeral home.
Superior Wisconsin judge David Rabinovitz rules a federal court lacks authority to stop the collection of state income taxes under Wisconsin withholding statutes. The Zenith Dredge Co. of Du- may be involved in related proceedings.
A perplexing civic incident leaves a missing act unresolved. officials and observers await clarification as details remain elusive. No specific names or dates are confirmed in the accessible text.
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