Broadway Blackout Halts 41st Street Shows Amid Pension Dispute
Broadway shut down for a third day as actors walkout over pension terms in contract talks with the League of New York Theaters. Off Broadway theaters gain early patronage while major houses risk layoffs and a lengthy stalemate eyed through autumn.
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New York
Guys and Dolls
Times Square
Manhattan
Actors Equity
Broadway
Equity
League of New York
League
Burton A. Zorn
Theodore Bikel
Death of Warren Seed Co manager Harry L. Armstrong
Harry L. Armstrong 41 longtime DeKalb Seed Co manager in Warren died early today at Deaconess hospital Freeport after six months illness from a brain tumor. Born Aug 11 1918 he married Doris Baustian Aug 31 1937 in Des Moines Ind. He was active in Warren civic life and previously served on the Warren School Board Lions Club Fair Board and more. Survived by wife son Jerry mother Everett and a sister, with a granddaughter. Services Monday 2:30 p.m. at Bartell funeral home Warren Rev Gordon Schaffer officiating. Graveside Hazelwood cemetery Grinnell Tuesday at 11 a.m. CST.
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Warren
Harry L. Armstrong
DeKalb Seed Co
Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
Armstrong
Warren School Board
The
Lions Club
Warren Fair Board
Warren Community House
Elks Club
Grinnell
Jerry
DeKalb
Ill
Everett
Albert Haunsperger
Kellogg
Bartell Funeral Home
Gordon Schaffer
Warren Methodist Church
Hazelwood Cemetery
Girl Cyclist Killed Raises Wisconsin Toll to 283
Seven year old Natalie Icke daughter of Dale and Mrs Icke of Lake Mills was killed Friday night when the bicycle she rode was struck by an automobile on a rural road near her home. The death raises Wisconsin highway toll to 283 for the year with 273 at this time last year.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Natalie Icke
Dale Icke
Lake Mills
Rural teacher wins Trees for Tomorrow scholarship
George Jacobs Jr. of Monroe was named recipient of a 150 Trees for Tomorrow camp scholarship from the Green County Agricultural Chest. He will attend the five week camp at Eagle River starting June 13 for six college credits.
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George Jacobs Jr
Monroe
Green County Agricultural Chest
Jacobs
Prien
Eagle River
Hazel Huffman
Federation of Women’s Club
Beverly Bertalot
Japanese Left Demonstrates Against Ike Visit in Tokyo
More than 15,000 radical students workers Socialists and Communists march on the U S embassy in Tokyo demanding Eisenhower's visit be canceled. The protest, part of a broader labor strike, disrupts transit across Tokyo Osaka and other cities with significant traffic jams and calls for new elections in Japan.
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Tokyo
Japan
U.S
Eisenhower
White Stone
Nobusuke Kishi
Sohyo
Labor Federation
Tioup
Kishi
Sokyo
Osaka
Warren Begins Fair Centennial
Warren kicks off a yearlong centennial celebration with an 8:30 street rally. A replica bandwagon from the 1870s will be unveiled and the centennial theme song, by Le Roy Geach with lyrics by Lewis Reisner, will debut sung by the Meloday Belles. Speakers include Mrs Legory Geach and Charles Barrell. The Warren Community Fair runs August 17 to 21.
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Warren
Warren Fair Association
Warren Silver Corner
LeRoy Geach
Lewis Reisner
Meloday Belles
Charles Barell
Warren Fair Board
Rockefeller Brings boost to North Dakota GOP
North Dakota Republican leaders welcome New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller during a two day tour in support of Senator John Davis. They back Nixon for the presidential nomination, while Davis dodges on the draft. Kennedy and Johnson campaigns report gains and strategy moves in their bid for delegates to the Los Angeles convention.
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Associated Press
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
North Dakota
Rockefeller
John E. Davis
U.S. Senate
Nixon
Davis
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Denver
Salt Lake City
Santa Fe
N.M
Los Angeles
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Johnson
Newark
N.J
Khrushchev
America
Chapman
Truman
Interior
Swiss Club Maennerchor Picnic Music Feature Planned
Music at the Swiss Club Maennerchor spring picnic starts 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Baumgartner's Grove west of Monroe. In case of rain the event shifts to the following Sunday. Carol's Accordion Club Monroe Maennerchor Mrs Werner Bernet and yodeling provide entertainment along with Monroe High School woodwind quintet New Glarus Maennerchor and Ernest Jaggi plus Harold Mauer. Guests include Oscar Schneider Swiss consul from Chicago and Dr Halbheer Bern head of Halve tia Society board.
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Maennerchor
Baumgartner’s Grove
Monroe
Carol’s
Accordion Club
Werner Bernet
Woodwin
Monroe High School
Glarus Maennerchor
Ernest Jaggi
Harold Mauer
Oscar Schneider
Chicago
Halbheer
Bern
Switzerland
The
Halvetia Society
New Chaplain Named at St Clare Hospital Monroe
The Madison Catholic Chancery announced Rev. Wilfred E. Shea, assistant at St. Raphael Madison, named chaplain at St. Clare hospital Monroe. Bishop William P. O Connor ordered multiple priest transfers among St. Joseph Avoca St Malachy Clyde Immaculate Conception Blanchardville Yellowstone St Thomas Montfort Castle Rock Cassville Hollandale and related parishes.
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Wilfred E. Shea
St. Raphael
Madison
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Yellowstone
George R. Grotkin
Blanchardville
St. Thomas Church
Montfort
St. John’s Church
Castle Rock
Lawrence J. Bindl
St. Charles Borromeo
Cassville
St. Patrick’s Church
Hollandale
Ambrose W. Holzer
William P. O’connor
Tschudy Will Observe Ordination Anniversary
Rev. Lynn F. B. Tschudy marks the 25th anniversary of his ordination on June 9 and the 25th anniversary of graduation from Eden Seminary on June 5. He was ordained at St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church in New Haven Missouri and has served in Arthur Michigan, and Tiffin Holmes County Ohio before moving to New Glarus.
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NEW Glabus
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Eden Seminary
Tschudy
St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed Church
New Haven
Arthur, N. Fraser
Mich
Tiffin
Holmes County
Ohio
New Glarus
Plane borrowed from Mitchell Field crashes into Lake Michigan
A Piper Cub trainer taken from Midwest Airways at Gen Mitchell Field hit two planes on the ground during a wobbly takeoff and later reportedly crashed into Lake Michigan near Chicago. The pilot, unfamiliar with takeoff protocol, flew east over the lake before radar tracked the missing plane. Coast Guard units later reported a small plane likely crash near 19 miles northeast of Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Gen. Mitchell Air Field
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Midwest Airways, Inc
Mitchell Field
Midwest
Wisconsin Air National Guard
Edward Knaup
Glenview Naval Air Station
Smith
Philip Krinsky
Krinsky
Roger
Coast Guard
Valley Carp
Lake Ichigan
U S Studies Soviet Disarmament Proposals Anew
United States officials say Khrushchev’s revised disarmament plan includes two new points that could be seen as forward steps. The State Department promised a close study while urging Moscow to address Western May 16 proposals. The U S notes two encouraging aspects: a possible international peace force and focus on delivery systems as core issues. The May 16 Western plan proposed turning high flying reconnaissance planes to the United Nations for aerial inspections.
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Washington
United States
Ials
Khrushchev
State Department
Moscow
U.S
Eisenhower
U. S. Nore
Rock Airport Burglars Net Cash and merchandise
Burglars stole 145 dollars in cash and about 125 dollars worth of merchandise from the Rock County airport building yesterday. Entry was made through an eight foot high open window. The burglary resembled two similar thefts last Wednesday at airports near Mankato Minnesota. Roy True, former owner of the Monroe Air Service, manages the Rock County airport.
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Janesville
Rock County
Mankato
Minn
Roy True
Monroe Air Service
Bomb scare delays two Capital flights to Pittsburgh
Two Capital Airlines flights to Pittsburgh were delayed Friday after a bomb scare. Passengers’ luggage was searched following a call to the reservation desk in Charleston West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Capital Airlines
Pittsburgh
Khrushchev Seen as Figurehead Amid Soviet Power Shakeup
A commentary argues Khrushchev now acts under military restraint as a power shift within the Soviet leadership hints he has lost majority support. It notes a shakeup at top party levels and frames disarmament terms as Kremlin driven. The piece links American base presence to Soviet strategic aims and questions his independence from military influence.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United Nations
Communist Party
Powers Cancels Trip to Moscow
Powers cancels planned visit to Moscow to see his son Francis Powers held on spy charges. Norton official Sol W. Cury says the trip is definitely canceled for now and any future visit will be timed for his son’s life and welfare.
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Pound
Oliver Powers
Francis Powers
Russia
Powers
Norton
Sol W. Cury
Cury
State Department
Escaped Youths Jailed After Albany Break In
Three youths from Green County Albany and Monroe were captured in Mt. Vernon Illinois and brought back to face charges of breaking and entering two Albany businesses and theft of a 1957 Ford. Sheriff Howe and deputies tracked the suspects after Albany police spotted them near a Richardson service station. The car, believed stolen from the Pryce farm, was impounded and the youths aged 15, 17 and 18 were turned over to local authorities.
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Green County
Monroe
Albany
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Ill
State Line
A. Charles Howe
Depey John Lewis
Jeromeunt
Sheriff's Department
Melvin Pryce
Hunt
Howe
Richardson
Frank Hall
Farmer's Co-op
College Graduates Receive Diplomas at 50th Anniversary
J R Schesser president of the college board awarded diplomas to 31 seniors during Green County Teachers College 50th anniversary commencement in the junior high auditorium. John W Zweifel the college president gave a brief history as the class was presented. Hardean I Peterson state supervisor of county colleges spoke on loving and understanding children and the teacher's responsibility and privileges. Rev C C Warfel Grace Lutheran church gave the invocation and Allan Holtshopple offered a response. The mixed chorus performed with Judy Schadewaldt and Herbert Ableman as soloists and the boys and girls chorus sang attendees gathered for the event.
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J. R. Schesser
Green County Teachers College
John W. Zweifel
Hardean I. Peterson
C. C. Warfel
Grace Lutheran Church
Allan Holtshopple
Judy Schadewaldt
Herbert Ableman
Meyner Plans Switch in Newark Governorship Move
Governor Robert B. Meyner said he plans to step down in January 1962 and reveal that he hopes Mrs. Meyner will run for governor while he focuses on entertaining tourists at the governor's mansion.
JCS Chairman Gen Twining to Speak at Monroe Homecoming
Gen Nathan F. Twining chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will visit Monroe to dedicate the new Gen Nathan Twining park on Monday July 4. Jaycees organize the event with an F86D jet memorial and plan a park ceremony around 4 p.m. Truax Air Force Base units will participate and Twining may stay overnight.
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Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan Twining
JCS
Monroe
George Wells
Jaycee
Jaycees
Air Force
Park Board
Jaycee Committee
Twining
Truax Air Force Base
Madison
Twinings
Portland
Ore
Wells
Truax
Park
Gerald Donovan
W. A. Bender
John Kundert
New Jaycee
Twining Park
City Park
Hagerty Leads White House Team For Eisenhower Asia Tour
Honolulu. Press secretary James C Hagerty with a 15 man White House advance party left for the Philippines to prep for President Eisenhowers Far East trip. The group aboard a MATS plane will reach Manila after Wake Island and Guam stops. The President will receive a doctor of laws degree from the University of Hawaii on June 22 and may spend four days in Hawaii before returning to Washington.
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Honolulu
James C. Hagerty
White House
Philippines
Eisenhower
MATS
Manila
Wake Island
Guam
Hagerty
William F. Quinn
University of Hawaii
Hawaii
Washington
Plant and Flower Thefts Reported at Cemeteries
The plant and flower thieves are active in Monroe cemeteries as irate relatives report frequent thefts of flowers and plants from graves. Some burglars dig up entire plantings, likely for use on their own relatives' graves, while victims urge offenders to act with conscience.
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Monroe
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