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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1961
Page
2
Readers press the Highway Commission to reroute traffic around Monroe amid loud highway 11 81 and 69 crossings. The paper notes ongoing traffic interviews and studies and requests one night of field interviews near 9th street and 20th avenue to assess midnight noise impact.
Editorial sharply critiques Fidel Castro for stalling prisoner rescue talks with a planned 560 tractor-for-1200 captive swap. It notes Castro’s absence in Havana, his aides greeting the American team coolly, and predicts further delays to press Kennedy into a humiliating appeal. The piece supports a tightened U S blockade on Cuba.
Ten years ago Shirley Kueng Oakley and Robert Huff June M4 1951 won a Green County airing contest and will represent the county at a district meet in Lake Geneva. Also noted are New York and Bern visitors, a Browns sale, a Monroe death, and tax bill progress.
The speaker argues that a clear demonstration of determination is needed to resolve the Castro issue, warning that hesitation would be more dangerous than action and stressing risk to national interests.
A short notice notes a steak dinner being arranged and served with an invitation to call Phone 3 for an Adtaker today. The fragment emphasizes a quick contact for advertising services linked to the event.
Rhubarb Cream Pie recipe serves four with rhubarb pieces sugar butter and cream baked in a shell. The filling thickens with corn starch egg yolks and cream then meringue tops the dessert contributed by Mrs. Robert Cashman of 2417 11th Avenue.
Chester Norton chaired a Elk Horn Sunday meeting to form the First District Democratic Activities Committee. Representatives from five counties attended. Harold Dailey of Walworth County named chairman and Mario Ciotti of Kenosha County as secretary to coordinate national state district and county Democratic activities. A meeting with state Democratic officials was planned for later.
Jose Roman Fernandez, former defense minister of the Dominican Republic, will be tried by court martial for complicity in the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo. He is widely expected to receive the death penalty.
Dearth Motors Inc of Monroe was cited for 1959 and 1960 Chrysler Quality Dealer awards at a Monroe Country Club dinner. The firm earned its third and fourth honors, with five consecutive regional citations noted, a feat matched only by H C Wood’s Chicago Dodge operation. Joseph C Dearth accepted on behalf of the agency handling the Chrysler line.
Ed Schubert from Janesville arrived with a 19837 model antique two cylinder plane to the Green County Pilots Association gathering at the airport. He camped at the field overnight. Delbert Folgate gave films on air craft. New officers are Chester Matthews president and Charles Buehler treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ericksen.
Awards and tribute honor the Dearth team with participation from A. E. Anderson Madison district Dodge manager. Guests include Kermit Small of BBDO Chicago Frank Griebel Milwaukee vice president and W. C. Elez Madison district manager for C I T Financial. Billy Hunter performed card and magic tricks for the audience.
The text notes that Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, about two and a half to three decades after the prize was first awarded.
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