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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
2
During the editor's absence the column carries analysis of news developments provided by the Associated Press. The piece offers context on current events and interprets their significance for readers.
James Marlow compares Governors Earl K. Long and Huey P. Long as political primitives with fierce energy. He recalls their shared aggression, public tirades, and long campaigns, noting Earl Long’s lengthy outbursts and hospitalization, while Huey was assassinated in 1935. He recalls personal meetings and reports wartime-like endurance.
Ten years ago Dr Alfred Fe Leiser was named chairman of the County Red Cross Chapter with Dr Benjamin H Brunkow as vice chairman Lois Faubel secretary and May L Luchsinger treasurer Dr E H Rust age 55 a Monroe native dies suddenly at Rockford Ernest Vogler receives the annual American Legion award at Monroe High School Class Day exercises Capitol Hill scrutiny reveals 3280 people had access to secret data and a missing uranium guard had a police record Glenn W Vergerent UW dairy extension professor will judge Green County Dairy Day show
Miners perished after sulphurous gas and flames from a collapsed wall in the Inland Steel Co. Sherwood iron mine near Mineral Hills Iron River. Howard Group 30 Crystal Falls died in hospital. seven injured and 25 escaped. victims Ingvar Wester 48 Caspian Einar Johnson 59 Crystal Falls Carl Anderson 40 Iron River.
Maj. M. T. Matthews USMC and family arrive in Monroe from Camp Pendleton California to visit relatives then proceed to New York for July 8 departure aboard USS Exeter to Beirut Lebanon. He will lead as officer in charge of 39 Marine Detachments at American embassies legations and consulates across India to Morocco and Greece to Ethiopia. They will reside in Beirut during overseas assignment.
The June meeting of the Add A Million group will be held at 8 15 p m tomorrow in the Farm Bureau meeting room. Dr C G Hennager Monroe veterinarian will speak on Diseases of Animals. Programs for the next meetings will be planned along with the annual picnic. Mr and Mrs Wayne Stamm will serve refreshments. Roman Borkovec farm and home development agent is advisor.
Huey Long moved through life under the protection of men locals called bodyguards while critics labeled them gunmen. They were known for roughing reporters and once fractured an Associated Press photographer’s skull. In the end Long faced the fate he feared most sudden death.
In London at the Chelsea flower show the prince and Princess Elizabeth toured the Garden of the Future. A demonstrator triggered a water display as Philip pressed a control panel button sending a jet of water over two photographers. The crowd reacted with laughter and questions about the soaking.
Marines Acting Sgt Allan E Swanton and Pfc Leroy A Rufer, sons of California residents, participated with the First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton in operation Twin Peaks. The two week air ground exercise ran May 17 through today, the most extensive on the southern California coast since 1957.
Marine Pfc Basil D Wilson and Pfc Dennis O Truttman from California joined First Marine Division units in operation Twin Peaks off the southern coast. Air and ground forces used the redesigned helicopter assault carrier USS Princeton to launch from Camp Pendleton against aggressive targets in a new use of the corps vehicle envelopment doctrine.
Maureen Flanagan and Patricia Schwartzlow serve as voting delegates for the Juda FHA chapter at the Wisconsin Association of FHA convention in Green Lake this week. Marilyn Keen, a member of the state chorus, attends with adviser Mrs. Lorraine Anding, Juda high school home economics teacher. Speakers include Dr. Donald Wille of LaCrosse State College and Dr. George Walter of Lawrence College Appleton.
Hollywood entertainer Gale Storm 37 undergoes back operation for ruptured spinal disc with spine fusion. She had several episodes completed before Monday surgery and is reported recovering nicely as doctors restore her condition.
Gov Gaylord Nelson urged an economic break for Wisconsin dairy farmers after noting a 22 percent rise in milk production and quality over six years while prices fell by 20 million dollars. He cited investments in new milk houses tanks and equipment and called for a fair share of benefits for farmers alongside continued quality efforts.
Lowell Flynn 48 president of Winnebago County Soil Conservation board died Sunday in St. Anthony hospital Rockford after a heart attack. Services 8:45 a.m. Chapin funeral home and 9:30 a.m. St. Patrick's Catholic church Irish Grove officiated by Rev. J A Driscoll. Survived by widow two sons James and John a daughter Nancy a brother Donald and three sisters.
University of Wisconsin sociologist Professor Norman Ryders says teens marry to break parental control yet surrender individuality to spouses. He warns youths fear independent thinking and nonconformity, treating marriage as achievement while yielding to peer pressure.
A firsthand World War II account describes May 28 1944 preparations near Hyde Park and the Normandy invasion. The narrator joins newsmen and troops in Weymouth then sails for Easy Red Beach under heavy fire with Maj. Gen. Clarence Huebner and Col. George Taybor directing the 1st Infantry Division. The passage details rough Channel seas, improvised assaults, chaotic landings, and fierce German resistance as troops push ashore.
Greenville 4H Club will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the grade school gymnasium. Demonstrations will be given by David Caudle Noteman Caudle Karen Obert Marian Heck Cindy Lincoln Diane Homan. Special numbers by Carolyn Babler Gary Folgate Walter Thoman. Pop committee: John Frank Carl Frank Robert Yeagle Kay Yeagle Henry Yeagle.
Jeffery Thomm led the pledge at the Argus 4H Club May meeting with roll call by bird facts. June Parents Night was planned for June 18 at the Argus school. Janice Benkett, Sally Kubly led clothing talks. Sharon Updike gave a daily talk and showed nature films with Arn and the Dill sisters. Evelyn Wenger led recreation. refreshments served by the Milford Updike family.
Cadiz Club members answered roll call by naming a favorite flower at the May meeting held at the school. Summer meetings will be at members homes. Rodger Sack gave a project talk and led the club pledge with Robert Weiss. Lois Allen led the flag pledge. Rodger Sack and Robert Weiss led recreation. Mrs Florence Allen served.
Gerald Gerber will present a project talk at the Washington Center club meeting on June 29 at the Washington Town hall. Sharon Pickett and Nancy Chesebro will give demonstrations, with recreation run by Leon Gerber and John Wirth. The Leuzinger family will serve. Roll call at the May meeting was answered by a favorite sport. John Wirth
A survivor recalls a chaotic beach fight as tanks emerged from the water and a wounded youth cried for help. With no rescue in sight, men scraped gravel with bare hands, blood mixing with the tide. He narrates a shift from panic to resolve as he joins the effort.
Our Savior's Lutheran church vacation school started with 75 students and 14 teachers. Mrs. Elwood Scherer serves as superintendent and Rev. Robert Vevle is pastor. Classes run two weeks from 9 to 12 each day under the theme Going God's Way.
Convicted killer Charles Starkweather filed an appeal with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St Louis. A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday in Omaha Nebraska. Starkweather admitted killing 11 people during a four day rampage in January 1958. The stay saved him from the electric chair on May 22.
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