Schiller Plans To Vacate Posts In City Government
Mayor Victor N. Schiller said he will declare ten city offices vacant at tonight’s City Council meeting due to missing oaths of office. He plans to appoint a treasurer and seven supervisors, with confirmation, after declaring vacancies including himself as city supervisor. The move may force April elected officials to run again in 1959 for one-year terms.
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Victor N. Schiller
Schiller
Green County Board of Supervisors
Emmett J. Norton
Joseph D. Viney
Walter Speich
Lucius F. Smith
Fred Glauser
Myron I. Stair
T. Roy Evenson
Helen L. Gempeler
Joseph C. Dearth
Eighth Ward
Nathan Burgy
LaVerne Deal
Sixth Ward
Dearth
Wisconsin Extends Jobless Aid by 13 Weeks and Boosts Benefits
Governor Thomson signed a law extending unemployment benefits by 13 weeks and raising the maximum weekly payment to 42 dollars. The measure, approved in a special session, takes effect by June 23 and helps about 22,100 workers who have exhausted regular benefits. No waiting period applies. eligibility is for emergency benefits through local unemployment offices.
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Madison
Thomson
Wisconsin
Army drafts 10,000 men in August call
The Army issued a draft call for 10,000 men in August matching the previously announced quota for June and July.
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ARMY
Washington
Kiwanis Club Buys Ten Acres for Youth Cabin Site
The Monroe Kiwanis Club purchased 10 acres from the Mrs. May L. Luchsinger estate through First National Bank as trustee. The site includes the Youth Cabin previously leased with 10 years left on the term and court approval pending. Ernest Rufenacht bought adjacent land as the cabin, rebuilt after a 1953 fire, served about 1,500 people last year.
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Monroe Kiwanis Club
May L. Luchsinger
First National Bank
Kiwanis
Ernest Rufenacht
A S Huffman Dies at Beloit
A S Huffman 90 descendant of early county settlers died about 10 30 am at Beloit Municipal hospital. Shriner Neushwander Monroe in charge of arrangements. He married Elizabeth Haddinger April 5 1893 and lived on a Cadiz Township farm before moving to Clarno Township. Surviving sons Ralph Davis Ill and Edwin Brodhead. Wife died 1935 and a son Harvey C 1946 preceded him.
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A. S. Huffman
Beloit Municipal Hospital
Shriner Neushwander
Monroe
Mr. Huffman
James
Mary Ellen Downs
Ohio
Elizabeth Haddinger
Cadiz Township
Clarno Township
Ralph
Davis
Ill
Edwin
Brodhead
Clarno Farm
Harvey C
Anna
Emma
Minnie Gilmore
Righter Drake
Albert
Jacob
Stock Market Gain Paced by Industrials
New York stock market edged higher this afternoon led by selected industrials. The gain lifted averages to new year highs and back to early September levels. Many issues rose a fraction to over a point while a few slipped or held steady as U S government bonds traded lower.
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New York
U. S
Eleven Mexicans killed in coast truck fire
Eleven Mexican nationals burned to death when a labor camp truck caught fire near Soledad California en route to harvest fields about 115 air miles south of San Francisco. About twenty five workers were aboard the boarded up truck with a tin top.
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Soledad
Calif
San Francisco
Reds Execute Nagy Maleter in Hungary Revolt after Oct 1956
Vienna reports the communist regime in Budapest executed former premier Imre Nagy and defense minister Pal Maleter along with two other uprising leaders. Five others were sentenced to prison as diplomats viewed the moves as Moscow purges and a rebuke to Titoist independence. Nagy, a long time communist and former premier, had attempted reforms before Khrushchev’s shake up in Moscow. Maleter, a major general, led troops who joined the revolt after Oct 23 1956.
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Vienna
Hungary
Imre Nagy
Pal Maleter
Nagy
Maleter
Moscow
Kremlin
Budapest
People’s Court
Supreme Court
Zoltan Tildy
Soviet Union
Matyas Rakosi
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Rakosi
Malenkov
Nikita Khrushchev
Wisconsin Swiss Cheese History Highlighted in State Bulletin
Green County leads Wisconsin Swiss cheese industry as the State Department of Agriculture releases a 56 page booklet detailing the industry history and market trends. It covers development from early methods to rindless block type cheese and rising production in other states.
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Green County
Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Badger Boys State Elects Area Youths
Four area youths were elected and sworn into offices at Badger Boys State in Ripon. Wayne Albertson Jr. of Albany was named mayor of Dewey. Blythe Myers of Monroe was chosen assessor. Ralph Stauffacher of Monroe became treasurer of Harvey. Robert Virtue of Darlington was selected assessor of Peck and remains unaffiliated with the Nationalist party while joining the Federalist.
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Badger Boys State
Ripon
Wayne Albertson Jr
Albany
Dewey
Blythe Myers
Monroe
Ralph Stauffacher
Harvey
Robert Virtue
Darlington
Peck
Virtue
Nationalist Party
Federalist
Dulles Says U S Fleet Ready to Aid Lebanon
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States would use military action under certain conditions to aid Lebanon and preserve its independence. He noted the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean and Marines could act, with UN involvement supported, and potential contingencies for military support.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Lebanon
U.S
Mediterranean
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Garcia
Russia
Kremlin
Hungary
Imre Nagy
Joseph Stalin
Nagy
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Indiana Crest Moves to South
Flood crests move toward southern Indiana as officials assess damage in Indianapolis. Gov Handley will wait for a report before asking Ezra Benson to declare disaster areas to unlock emergency farm loans. June floods cost Indiana farmers 35 to 40 million dollars. Wabash River crest at Terre Haute left 40 percent of West Terre Haute flooded and forced 1,500 residents to flee when an earthen levee broke.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Harold W. Handley
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Wabash
Terre Haute
West Terre Haute
Monroe City Band Opens Season At Lincoln Park
An estimated crowd of more than 200 attended the first concert of the season by the Monroe City Band at Lincoln Park. Soloists Richard Vordermann, Penny Haberman, and Thomas Fritz were called back for encores. The next concert is June 30 in Lincoln Park and the band will play for the Fourth of July program at Recreation Park.
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Monroe City
Lincoln Park
Richard Vordermann
Penny Haberman
Thomas Fritz
Recreation Park
Finalists Named in Green County Dairy Queen Contest
Seven county Dairy Queen finalists were named after last night’s tally with an eighth announced during Browntown ceremonies. The winner will be crowned Saturday at Brodhead and serve in county dairy promotions through year.
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Brodhead
Robert Riese
Gilbert Swartz
Robert Keen
Loren Sutherland
Times
County
Dairy Queen
Browntown
Decatur Lake Country Club
Karen Meier
Monroe
Susan Disch
Monticello
Celinda Vogt
Brooklyn
Sharon Weidman
Juda
Phyllis Bouton
Colleen Zurfluh
Albany
Ruth Buesser
New Glarus
Janet Senn
Miss Meier
Eugene Meier
Route 1
Monroe High School
Monroe Area
Donna Waeffler
Anita Blackbourn
Mary Jane Bear
Mary Ann Frautschy
Linda Erickson
Doris Williams
Miss Senn
Dairy Day
Legion Park
Green County
Bill Groves
Channel 3
Wisctv
Madison
Fred Galli
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Vernon Thomson
Doris Olsen
Alice
Dairyland
Helen Mueller
Gary Kuebli
Janeen Boyer
Boyer
de Pere
Evansville
Decatur
Attacks West Over Soviet Summit Efforts
Soviet Premier Khrushchev denounced Western bid for a heads of government summit as needless foot-dragging. The United States Britain and France released their pre summit proposals while Moscow publicized secret correspondence. Soviet diplomats called home as Western notes outlined positions.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Khrushchev
State Department
Soviet Union
Ade
Andrei Gromyko
Llewellyn Thompson
Patrick Reilly
Maurice Dejean
Paris
London
Dairy Month Recipe For Today
Cream cheese with milk forms the base for a berry pie filling. Spread half on a baked shell, top with berries, cook a thickened sugar cornstarch mixture, color red, pour over berries, and decorate with remaining cheese mixture.
Cheese Demand Steady in Madison Market
American cheese market in Madison shows steady to fair demand with strong activity for top quality grass cheese for curing. Junior cheddars moving quickly with light supply, moisture basis 32 percent. prices quoted for cheddars 32 to 34 percent moisture 3534 to 3737, longhorns 35 to 36 percent, midgets 3642 to 3942.
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Madison
Wisconsin
White House Acknowledges Goldfine Gift to Eisenhower
Press secretary James Hagerty confirmed Bernard Goldfine once gave Vicuna cloth to Eisenhower and that the President passed the material to a friend. Hagerty denied a Vicuna coat gift while noting two coats exist and that Adams received no furniture from Goldfine.
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Washington
White House
Bernard Goldfine
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Sherman Adams
Drew Pearson
Pearson
Goldfine
Hager
Johnson Reappointed To City Police Force
Wilbert E. Johnson is reappointed to the Monroe police force after resigning last March due to residency rules. He has moved his residence from Brodhead to Monroe and will resume duties with the city department.
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Johnson
Wilbert E. Johnson
Monroe
Police and Fire Commission
Brodhead
Care Ee
Mineral Point Woman Drowns in Cistern Fall
Miss Edith Day, 63, of Mineral Point, fell into a cistern and drowned Monday when a wooden platform caved in as she stood on it to draw water from a pump.
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Mineral Point
Edith Day
Adams Denies Improper Favors in Goldfine Affair
Sherman Adams testified before a House committee that he knew nothing of rule violations after admitting he relayed information from the FTC to his friend Bernard Goldfine. He acknowledged gifts from Goldfine and hotel bills paid, insisting his actions stemmed from a personal friendship and were not intended to benefit his office. He refused to admit improper conduct, saying any error was a matter of judgment, not intent.
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Washington
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Federal Trade Commission
House
Goldfine
Boston
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Robert Lishman
Adams
FTC
Commission
New York
Plymouth
Mass
White House
Congress
Gerald D. Morgan
House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
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