State wide farming plights from spring rains and delays
Spring rains have delayed planting across Wisconsin with substantial losses in heavy loams and Lake Michigan shore counties. Wells refill after droughts while oats falter and corn hybrids rise in popularity. hay and canning peas face uncertain yields as farmers switch crops and race to plant before sunlight.
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Associated Press
Lake Michig
Brown County
Marvin Burley
Racine
Wood County
Marathon County
Outagamie
Waupaca
Calumet
Winnebago
Rock
Walworth
Pecatonica
Sugar River
Green County
LaCrosse
Vernon
Jackson
Trempealeau
Monroe
Bootleg Stand Ban Urged After Scaffold Collapse
Indiana fire marshal J. L. Foster urges a ban on bootleg scaffolds at future 500 mile races. He plans talks with Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials after a Monday collapse killed two fans and injured 82. Atty. Gen. Edwin K. Steers calls the setup a bootleg operation for erected without approval. Speedway officials doubt enforcement feasibility while VP J. R. Cloutier pledges strict inspection and notes liability insurance coverage.
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Indianapolis
Jay L. Foster
Foster
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Atty
Edwin K. Steers
Indiana Administrative Building Council
Speedway
Joseph R. Cloutier
Cloutier
Menderes and Ministers to Stand Trial in Ankara
Turkey’s acting president Lt. Gen. Cemal Gursel says ousted premier Adnan Menderes and his ministers will face trial and be barred from political activity.
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Ankara
Turkey
Cemal Gursel
Adnan Menderes
Democrats Hold Session Preview
In Beverly Hills a $100-a-plate testimonial for Gov. Edmund G. Brown drew three presidential hopefuls Senators John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson and Stuart Symington. Brown heads an 81 vote favorite son California delegation, and he said the delegation may not unite behind one candidate. He told reporters any of the three can lead to victory and peace.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
California
Edmund G. Brown
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Brown
Beverly Hilton
Miss Wisconsin Arrives For Luncheon With Madison Tour
Mary Alice Fox Miss Wisconsin from Sheboygan leads a group of Madison businessmen on a wholesale trade tour arriving at 10:55 a.m. for a noon luncheon in Turner Hall. Oscar Mayer and Co promoter Oscar Mayer’s Little Oscar chef and Wienermobile join the event with Dizzy Trout of the Chicago White Sox as speaker.
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Mary Alice Fox
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Madison
Little Oscar
Oscar
Oscar Mayer and Co
Turner Hall
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
Chicago White Sox
Dane
Green County
Rock
Dane County
Allies Holding Secret Session
Washington reports a Western Big Three private meeting after a SEATO secret session. Secretary Herter invited Britain's Lord Home and France's Couve de Murville to discuss the summit failure and consider Communist moves ahead. The SEATO Council of Ministers includes Australia New Zealand and regional foreign ministers. Khrushchev blamed for the summit breakdown.
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Washington
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Herter
Britain
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
Seato Council of Ministers
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Pakistan
Khrushchev
Monroe High Commencement Set with Speaker George Walter
High school graduation exercises are planned for tomorrow night at 8 p m in the gym. Prof George Walter of Lawrence College will be the main speaker. Report cards and awards will be distributed Friday afternoon at 1 p m to junior high and grade students. Gradual seniors held a swim yesterday and banquet last night with 104 students and 16 guests attending. A final 1:30 p m Friday assembly will conclude the high school events.
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Monroe
George Walter
Lawrence College
Recreation Park
Monroe High School
U2 Planes Made 200 NASA Flights
NASA testified that high flying U2 planes conducted over 200 weather flights covering about 264000 miles since 1956. Flights occurred in the United States Western Europe Turkey and Japan as part of research instrument deployments with airlines and military cooperation.
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NASA
Washington
Space Agency
United States
Europe
Turkey
Japan
Hugh L. Dryden
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dryden
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Draheim Attacks Nelson Over Colony Dysentery Debate
Wisconsin state Senator William Draheim accused Governor Nelson of using the Southern Colony and Training School dysentery epidemic as a political cudgel. Nelson defended his building program amid calls for action, while officials cited the two year death toll and shifting patient totals.
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Madison
William A. Draheim
Neenah
Southern Colony
Trainhoo
Draheim
Nelson
Senate
Wilbur Schmidt
State Welfare Department
John Garstecki
Wisconsin
Joint Finance Committee
Democrats in County Set Meeting for June 8
The Green County Democratic gathering will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 8, in the Swiss Wheel. Delegates to the state convention will be chosen and a county candidate slate is on the agenda. Mrs. Eileen W. Williams, secretary, reports.
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Green County
Eileen W. Williams
Stock Trend Mixed Gains Drops Narrow
New York stock prices moved irregularly in a busy session with some gains among selected issues and a narrow overall change. Electronic shares slumped mid day while utilities surged and several sectors held steady or edged higher.
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New York
Legion Names Three Delegates to Badger Boys State
Three Monroe and South Wayne high school students were named delegates to Badger Boys State at Ripon June 11 to 18. Roger Bruny, Thomas Marean, and David Schultz will be sponsored by the Zilmer-Riley American Legion post. Bruny participates in Key Club and bands, Marean holds multiple leadership roles in Key Club and youth groups, and has earned religious youth fellowships and Scouting honors.
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Monroe High School
South Wayne High School
Badger
Ripon
Roger Bruny
Sam Bruny
20Th Avenue
Thomas Marean
Victor Marean
Monroe
David Schultz
Donald Schultz
Winslow
South Wayne
Zilmer-Riley American Legion Post
Robert Hendrickson
YMCA
Key Club
Wisconsin
United Christian Youth Movement
Lake Geneva
Fellowship Commission
Wisconsin Conference
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Immanuel Eub Church
God and Country
Open House at New St. John’s Catholic Church
South Wayne residents invited to view the unique octagon shaped church building. The $60,000 structure was dedicated May 22 by Bishop William P. O’Connor of Madison. Event runs 8 to 9 30 p m with public access tomorrow.
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South Wayne
St. John’s Catholic Church
William P. O’connor
Madison
Expense charges altered in House records draw scrutiny
Dozens of expense account bills for House members have been altered or amended in recent years. The Knight newspapers report says receipts were changed to mask purposes such as trips to resort areas and tipping on luxury liners, with hotel bills noting food added after bar charges. Rep. Oren Harris, chair of the oversight subcommittee, denies knowledge of who added the notes.
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Washington
Knight
Don Oberdorfer
Walter Pincus
House
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Honolulu
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
Rain Expected Tonight Drops Temperatures
Rain and possible thunderstorms are forecast to cool a heat wave that sent highs into the 80s. Yesterday’s high reached 83 at 3 pm and 81 at 1 pm today as area farm work faces further delays. Last month saw 5.44 inches of rain and snow, with May average daytime temperature at 66.42 degrees.
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Monroe
Two finalists named for Alice in Dairyland title
Ten finalists compete tonight in the Queen event banquet in the M room of the high school to determine the two finalists who will join the Alice in Dairyland finals in Richland Center June 21 to 23. The winner becomes a state agriculture department employee starting July 1.
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Alice In Dairyland
Merrie Jule Barney
Richland Center
Belleville
Charlotte E. Dahlk
Verona
Bonnie Sorenson
Madison
Judye Kutz
Clinton
Susan Mary Torrance
MR. Paviak
Deerfiel
Monroe
Anita Lorraine Davis
Janesville
Mary Joan Connell
Donna Lee Platner
Edgerton
Linda Ericksen
Jane LaBorde
Juda
Barbara Kubly
Marcia Schulz
Mt. Horeb
Janice Carol Knudson
DeForest
Ginny Schneeberger
Evansville
Eunice Raymond
Geraldine Waite
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Derra
Lois May Mattison
Stoughton
Donna Mae Kirby
Miss Barney
Orville R. Evans
Brodhead
Shrine-Kc
Green County Boots and Saddle Club
C. Gene Hennager
Chamber of Commerce
Myron Babler
Robert Thayer
Department of Agriculture
Robert Steil
Sanna Dairies
Elizabeth Davies
Swiss Wheel
First National Bank
Commercial and Savings Bank
D. L
Bill) Mossman
W. R. Schuetze
Chamber
Clarence Seaton
Lions Club
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Deerfield
Jeanette Anderson
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Times
Harry Palmiter
State Department of Agriculture
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U. S
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Dulles
J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
Eisenhower
Legion Names
Badger Boys State
Bruny
Marean
Schultz
South Wayne Church
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