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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1949
Page
2
The tradition of outdoor pop music concerts grows as a public cultural institution. Communities report vibrant turnout and broad participation, reflecting enduring interest in free or low cost music events in public spaces and seasonal programs.
Rock County organizes a historical center with a summer program and tours on June 26. The Rock County Society will appoint township historians to catalog valuable items for future exhibits, including documents photographs books furniture clothing a diary and places of interest. Green County moves to begin Idle Hour Neves planning.
A fragment indicates a bequest to the county historical museum as part of a will. The exact donor and scope are not fully shown in the text.
The Monroe Home Ec 4-H club outlined a July 1 tour starting at 8 30 a m meeting in front of Blumers pharmacy Monroe to visit members homes and view projects A picnic dinner is planned Cathryn Blum and Lois Brandt demonstrated Meat Center meals and Pattern Arrangements At Sam Ludwig farm Sylvester township three younger members led the pledge Carol Stauffacher Penny Kundert and Joan Stine Refreshments were served.
A highly qualified informant said the Cominform is meeting in Poland to plan action against Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia.
Madison lawmakers face steep odds to end the 1949 session by July 1 as factions clash over delaying taxes and building programs. A fall adjournment plan would put new welfare building projects on hold and let voters weigh tax needs. Debate centers on veterans housing and rent control with little agreement between Senate and Assembly.
Minneapolis voters chose 28 city officials from 55 candidates as acting Mayor Eric G. Hoyer faced John G. Simmons a former Lutheran pastor. The campaign peaked with a police upheaval over support for Hoyer and Simmons Chief Glenn MacLean was dismissed for political activity and four police chiefs resigned. Hoyer became acting mayor after Hubert Humphrey won the U S senate seat.
Omer Rothe 56 longtime Brown County Clerk from 1932 to 1946 died of a heart attack at his cottage near Green Bay yesterday. He was a former officer in the Wisconsin County Clerks association and longtime local public servant.
Representatives of more than 70 nations meet in Rome to discuss a world offensive against disease. They open the second annual assembly of the World Health Organization, a United Nations affiliate.
Gen Stasys Rastikis, 53, once chief of the Lithuanian army, works assembling airplane hydraulic valves in a small shop in Culver City. He and wife Helen Marie, 46, arrived in New York as displaced persons after nine years of fleeing and imprisonment by Russians and Germans. Their daughter is reportedly dead. another has not spoken since being whisked to Siberia. Rastikis, now a tool in an American aviation shop, says he is happy here and believes war with Russia is inevitable, though delayed by Russia’s atom bomb program.
A fragment notes Rastikis and his wife reaching the U S with mention of occupied Germany in the wartime struggle against Germans and communists.
A historical note describes a glassmaker using exact formulas where a single ounce of one material is blended into batches totaling 2,000 pounds to subtly lift overall quality. This highlights meticulous craft and material science in traditional American glass production.
Consumers urged to buy during price spikes as markets note higher costs. Farmers warn of tightening supplies while retailers expect continued demand despite elevated rates.
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