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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1959
Page
2
During the editor's absence, the column offers AP written analysis of current news developments. The piece maintains a thoughtful, opinionated tone characteristic of editorials, drawing on AP observations to frame ongoing events.
President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev exchange threats and nudges over Berlin as a Geneva foreign ministers meeting stalls. Eisenhower pushes for progress before a summit while Khrushchev hints at delay, with Sen. Fulbright questioning the necessity of a meeting if no Western benefit is evident.
At Bandenberg Air Force Base California scientists report Explorer III failed to reach orbit and burned up on re entry. Four mice aboard were cremated after a malfunction caused the 78 foot projectile to re enter thousands of miles from its launch site. The mission sought methods for future human spaceflight and retrieval of live creatures.
Ten years ago Dr. Clifford Lord of the Wisconsin Historical Society visited Idle Hour farm in Green County and discussed plans to restart the county historical society and develop the site as a museum. Mildred Cotherman of Monroe won first at a safety speaking contest and will attend district 4-H camp in Madison. Barbara Yost suffered a fractured shoulder in a fall at her son’s home in Sussex.
An informal reflective piece on pancakes as a year round, widely read dish. The writer recalls supper’s evolution from six o clock meals to late night fare and shares a humorous cantaloupe and gravy anecdote. He notes buckwheat pancakes as an American staple and urges aspiring writers to choose topics familiar to readers.
In Seattle Richard Haynes an insurance executive and his wife let their 12 year old daughter Charlotte spend a birthday hour at a major department store with a charge card. The bill reached 215 dollars 37 cents, far exceeding the estimate of fifty dollars.
A recent quiz show in Germany asked how many glassfuls the Rhine would hold if it were beer. The accepted answer was four thousand billion pints, a figure prompting curiosity about the channel’s arithmetic.
Rev John D Zuercher S J will be ordained to the priesthood June 16 at Gesu church Milwaukee. He is the son of Mrs Charles Zuercher Park Ridge Illinois and the late Mr Zuercher and a nephew of Lydia Bertha Zuercher Brodhead and Godfrey Zuercher Monroe. First solemn mass June 21 at St Paul of the Cross Park Ridge Illinois with Rev James A Duffin as assistant priest and Rev Albert Zuercher S J uncle as deacon. Francis Smith Parish Park Ridge hosts a 3 to 5 30 p m reception the day of the mass. Born in 1924 in Brodhead he studied in Park Ridge Maine Township High School Marquette University Navy service 1943 46 Jesuit order 1947 Florissant Missouri novitiate and studies. He earned an engineering mechanics master’s in 1954 at St Louis and taught Campion Jesuit High School Prairie du Chien 1954 56. Since 1956 he has pursued theology at St Mary’s College St Marys Kansas.
Industry sources report Dodge dealers will drop Plymouth after this model year and replace it with a new small Dart. The Dart, built in Hamtramck, will share an 118 inch wheelbase with the Plymouth, feature a new six cylinder engine related to the Valiant, and likely price between Chevrolet Ford Plymouth lines.
Muskegon Michigan widowed Mary Smith mourns Floyd Smith the sixth of her sons to join the Navy. The others Howard Donald Lionel Charles Alfred followed a family Navy pattern since World War II with service on ships including the SS Walter Gretchen Hoel Iowa and Salem. One son was lost aboard the Hoel during the Philippine Islands battle.
A 15-year-old boy, Douglas Shelton, captured a female cat 30 inches long in Pineville, West Virginia, with a pair of six inch boneless winglike appendages. The creature has white Persian like fur, a bushy tail, and its wings reportedly unfold when angered. A local veterinarian says no similar case is known.
The body of Able the spacefaring rhesus monkey will be stuffed and mounted by Ward's Natural Science Establishment for display in Armed Forces Institute of Pathology exhibitions. Able died at Ft. Knox while researchers recovered instruments from the historic flight next month.
Historical note recounts the Beekman family 1807 stipulation that a city section near Fulton Market be preserved for public market use, reflecting long standing public market purposes in downtown New York.
A wartime Portsmouth tale recounts Tibby the cat who found a new home amid Luftwaffe raids. She refused the garage during a close bombing, sharing safety with Sandy, and the blast left the house damaged while the garage vanished in a crater.
A Chicago couple used Beloit addresses to buy Wisconsin non resident fishing licenses for a long period. They paid over 400 dollars in fines after being arrested within an hour of purchase in Kenosha Municipal Court. The incident shows they had Illinois resident licenses previously and saved 12 dollars over two years.
Rufus Choate delivered a tribute to Daniel Webster at Dartmouth College on July 27 1853. The eulogy featured a single sentence of about 1200 words and a ten minute delivery.
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