Castro Demands 28 Million for Tractors in Prisoner Swap
Fidel Castro presses a ransom offer of 28 million dollars in tractors for 1,167 Cuban prisoners. Negotiators plan to present the proposal to the Tractors for Freedom Committee led by Eleanor Roosevelt as Castro shows willing to trade for smaller farm tractors and refuses a fixed prisoner list.
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Havana
U.S
Washington
Fidel Castro
Tractors For Freedom Committee
Eleanor Roosevelt
Castro
United States
Cuba
Spain
Former Green Bay Man Bound Over in Slaying
Charles Mulcahy a 45 year old paper box executive formerly of Green Bay was bound over to the grand jury on charges of first degree murder and stabbing to kill after waiving a hearing in Cincinnati He is accused in the knife slaying of his estranged wife Dorothy 41 a La Crosse native and nightclub singer and the wounding of John Waggoner 34 who remained in a Cincinnati hospital in poor condition Mulcahy denied any connection to the death.
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Cincinnati
Paper Box
Green Bay
Charles Mulcahy
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Mulcahy
Dorothy
John Waggoner
Stock Market Mixed After Early Climb
New York stocks traded mixed late in the day after an initial gain. Trading was slow with fractional moves across key issues. Early leaders faded as steels oils and aircraft shares cooled while utilities ended lower on balance.
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New York
Wisconsin Democrats plan 2000 at $25 dinner in Milwaukee
The Wisconsin Democratic Party expects at least 2,000 people to attend a Jefferson Jackson Day fundraising dinner in Milwaukee. Health secretary Abraham Ribicoff will be the principal speaker.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Democratic Party Organization
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Swiss Controls and Research Forms From Swiss Colony
Five years of research by the Swiss Colony engineering division yields Swiss Controls and Research, Inc., to develop time conversion based control devices for water systems, heating, production machinery and missile guidance. Key leaders include William C. Coleman and Harold E. Koch, with Raymond Kubly Sr. as a director and Raymond Kubly Jr. as secretary treasurer. The firm plans local manufacturing eventually and works on peak shaver units for natural gas pipelines and a butterfat tester for dairy products.
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Monroe
U.S.A
Swiss Controls and Research, Inc
Mirl E. Whitenack
William C. Coleman
Milwaukee
Harold E. Koch
Pewaukee
Swiss Controls
Raymond R. Kubly Sr
Whitenack
Swiss Colony, Inc
Kubly
L.P.G
Babcock
Colony Engineering Division
U.S. Navy
Whiteneck
Swiss Colony
Koch
Swiss Controls and Research
U.S. Naval Academy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Products Corp
Milwakee
L. B. Lattin
Raymond Kubly Jr
Air Force Wright Development Center
Dayton
Raymond Kubly Sr
University of Wisconsin
Lakeshire -Marty Borden Foods Co
Health Guardian Corp
Pontonier, Inc
Clarence A. Seaton
Wisconsin
International Harvester, Gisholt Machine and Graber Mig. Co
Otto Uyehere
Phillip Myers
Swiss Colony Engineering
New Corporation
Boys Will Parade Uniforms At Swiss Dairy Festival
Nearly 200 Monroe boys signed up for Little League this summer and were to showcase new uniforms in the Swiss Dairy Festival parade on Saturday June 24 but parade was canceled due to late uniform arrivals. They will assemble at the junior high gym at 9 a.m. for season instructions and then attend a baseball clinic at Twinings Park at 10 a.m. Har ry Pohlman Beloit high school coach and his son Larry a Minor League player will lead the clinic.
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Monroe
Robert L. Wells
Park and Recreation
Monroe Area
Wells
Twining Park
Harry Pohlman
Beloit
Larry
Tractor accident kills toddler in Emmet town
Twenty month old Donna Mae Krief died Wednesday when her father Maurice Krieg backed a tractor over the child while leveling his yard on his Emmet town farm. The incident occurred as he operated the machine near the family home.
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Mosinee
Donna Mae Krief
Maurice
Emmet
Krieg
Brooklyn Joins Oregon District
Brooklyn school district gains authority to attach to Oregon for all school purposes effective July 20. Public hearing drew nearly 300 as Green Rock and Dane County committees considered the move amid opposition. Classes to be held in Brooklyn. administration shifts to Oregon.
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Brooklyn
Oregon
Green, Rock
Dane County
Mercy Killers Sentenced In Deer Case
Two Antigo men Gerald Buch and Harold Ritschke were jailed for 15 days and fined 150 dollars each after admitting to killing a deer out of season deeming it mercy. Game wardens testified they found the deer in Buchs possession with weapons and gear in the car including a rifle pistol skinning knives and a strong flashlight used for shining.
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Wausau
F. G. Loefler
Gerald Buch
Harold Ritschke
Lucchi Nominated for Boys State Posts at Badger
The Monroe area sent several youths to Badger Boys State at Ripon College where Lucchi and Rodney Nelson faced major elections for state school superintendent. Other Monroe delegates earned offices including Stauffacher as Federalist assemblyman and Swiggum as Nationalist supervisor, with 826 delegates voting for officers of 27 mythical cities and seven counties.
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al Lucchi
Brodhead
Badger Boys State
Ripon College
Lucchi
Rodney Nelson
Camp Douglas
Randall City
Dodge County
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Monroe Area
Alan Stauffacher
Monroe
Washburn City
Durkee
James Swiggum
Browntown
Kohler City
Sawyer County
Monroe American Legion Post
Karl Gant
Blanchardville
Calvin Hughes
Heard City
Carpenter County
George Keen
Taylor City
Doolittle
Kenneth Holt
Evansville
Harvey City
William Lacy Jr
Port Washington
James Grunter
Madison
Boys State
Caucus of Senators Fails To Gain Sales Tax Votes
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged a 1960s era peace drive. He called for a European peace settlement this year tied to reunified Germany and a Berlin settlement within six months. He linked talks on a nuclear test ban with disarmament and praised his Vienna talks with President Kennedy.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Kennedy
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
West Berlin stance questioned after Vienna talks
Republican leaders in Congress pressed President Kennedy to confirm no departure from the U S commitment to defend West Berlin. Senator Everett Dirksen and Representative Charles Halleck questioned whether Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield’s Berlin plan signals a possible policy shift despite Kennedy’s asserted firm position.
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Washington
Kennedy
West Berlin
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Berlin
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
House
Vienna
Khrushchev
United States
Halleck
Mrs. Taylor 69 Dies in Monroe at St Clare Hospital
Mrs. Allen Taylor formerly Elsie Bryce, 69, of Route 3 Brodhead and longtime Rock County resident, died at 5:55 a.m. in St. Clare hospital after a period as a medical patient. She married Allen Taylor on December 29, 1915. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Everson funeral home Brodhead with burial in Avon cemetery. She was involved with Avon Homemakers Avon Cemetery association and Willing Workers of Avon Community church.
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Allen Taylor
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Rock County
Avon Township
Taylor
Elsie Bryce
Ilion and
Loisa Cox Bryce
Avon Homemakers
Avon Cemetery Association
Willing Workers
Avon Community Church
Everson Funeral Home
Floyd Fahlgren
Brodhead Methodist Church
Avon Cemetery
Darlington Seeks Lift on TV Tower Writ
City Atty Gilbert Barnard stated he will seek to lift the injunction blocking tower construction so work can begin while the State Supreme Court reviews the case. The high court may not rule until September. Beardsley plans no bond, despite Judge Beilfuss demanding $8,000 surety.
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Darlington
Gilbert Barnard
State Supreme Court
High Court
Barnard
H. J. Beardsley
Bruce Beilfuss
Neillsville
Beardsley
Guardsmen conclude bivouac at Camp McCoy ahead of reviews
Green County's Co. B ends a four day bivouac at Camp McCoy with plans for division review Saturday and a major inspection Monday by Asst. Sec. of Defense Carlisle P. Runge. Runge will inspect the Red Arrow Division, his first such extended tour as defense official.
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Green County
Camp McCoy
Secretary of Defense
Carlisle P. Runge
Washington, D.C
Red Arrow
Two Sisters Die In Truck Wreck At Taylors Falls
Julie Marine 12 and Laurie 5 from Ladysmith Wis. died in the crash when brakes failed on a beer truck rolling down a hill and crashing into a stone wall. Their father was seriously injured.
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Taylors Falls
Minn
Julie Marine
Laurie
Ladysmith
Wis
Jimmy Robertson Returns Home After Abdominal Surgery
Jimmy Robertson 16 month old son of Mr and Mrs Merle Robertson is said to be recovering satisfactorily after a final abdominal operation. He is classified as an outpatient and may need more hospitalization. An additional $100 was added to the Jimmy Fund this week and a full donor list and cost total will be published later. He has had three surgeries to correct an intestinal birth defect. Local groups and individuals have contributed to help cover medical costs.
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Jimmy Robertson
Merle Robertson
Jimmy
Officials Study CD Master Plan
Wally Ewald representing the state Civil Defense office outlined key elements for an efficient CD plan at a meeting with Madison city officials. Monroe should expand its master plan toward state recommendations, detailing duties for all officials and penalties for non compliance. A siren survey is sought to assess alert needs as the single siren system proves inadequate. A city line of succession in all departments was urged to ensure continuity of government during emergencies.
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Wally Ewald
Madison
State Civil Defense Office
Monroe
Walter E. Drews
Ewald
New Mexico Editor Named Swiss Envoy
Washington names Robert McKinney editor and publisher of the Santa Fe New Mexican as ambassador designate to Switzerland. McKinney, 50, has served as an assistant secretary of the interior and as an AEC aide in Vienna.
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Washington
Robert McKinney
Kennedy
Switzerland
McKinney
Interior
AEC
Vienna
Madison approves truck bill allowing two trailers
Legislative action completed authorizing trucks to tow two trailers if the combined length of tractor and trailer does not exceed 50 feet. The measure proceeds to the governor for signature and aims to ease freight movement while enforcing length limits.
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Madison
GOP Falls Short on Ballot for Sales Tax Plan
Wisconsin Senate Republicans failed to obtain the required caucus vote for a three percent general sales tax with a 45 million credit refund and income tax withholding. Only about a dozen of 18 attendees supported the proposal while five voted against, leaving a 17-vote majority out of reach.
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Madison
Senate
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
John Potter
Port Edwards
GOP
Assembly
Nelson
Wisconsin
Assembly Public Welfare Committee
Death notice of Elmer Rowe 62 in Cuba City
Elmer Rowe 62 lifelong Cuba City resident born November 15 1898 died early today at Cuba City hospital after an asthmatic illness. Survived by wife Alice three sons Martin Francis both Cuba City Gary Lincoln Neb two daughters Mary Alice Ruby Griffiths Linden sister. Services Saturday 3 PM First Methodist Church Cuba City Rev Fay Johnson officiating burial Mt Pleasant cemetery. Friends may call Haydenshield funeral home after 7 tonight.
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Elmer Rowe
Cuba City
William C. Rust
Clinton
Monroe
Rowe
Alice
Martin
Francis
Gary
Lincoln
Neb
Mary Alice
Robert
Ruby) Griffiths
Linden
First Methodist
Fay Johnson
Mt. Pleasant
Cheese Demand Steady Amid Ample Supplies in Madison Market
Madison market reports steady demand for American cheese with ample supply. Price ranges include cheddars 36.10 to 37 percent, 40-pound blocks 36.10 to 38, singles daisies 37 to 39, long horns 37.73 to 38.42, and midgets 38 to 40 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
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Mexico
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Herman C. Frentzel
Falk Corp
Heil Co
Frentzel
Frentzel Engineering Co
Frentzel Products Co
Roy F. Zinser
Mary Zinser
10Th Street
Zinser
Monroe High School
American Institute of Banking
Norma
Fort Monroe
U.S. Army
TSA
Stauffacher
Bruni-Miller Co
Times
McCoy
Runge
Co. B
Monroe Evening Times
Frank Dillon
Jack O’ Donahue
New Mexico
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