Cost of Living Reaches New High in May
The Labor Department reports May living cost index at 124 percent of the 1947-49 base, a record high as prices rise across foods, housing, clothing, medical care and personal care. Factory pay after taxes hits a weekly peak of 81.03 for a four-member family, with gains driven by longer hours and higher rates.
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Washington
Labor Department
H. E. Riley
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Riley
Fairchild
Hughes, Martin
North American
Men arraigned in Dubuque on bank robbery charges
Two men, Dean Hollingshead and Charles Hopp, were arraigned on robbery charges after a high speed chase ending near Dubuque Iowa. They admitted more than 80 break ins across Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois and confessed to thefts including 17000 in U S Savings Bonds from Prairie Farm Wis and 1250 from Melvin bank. Both remain jailed in Dubuque County on 20000 bond.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Here
U.S
Melvin, Iowa
Dean Hollingshead
Cuba City
Wis
Charles Hopp
Wisconsin
Illinois
Prairie Farm
State Bank
Melvin Bank
Dubuque County
Browntown
South Wayne
Blanchardville
Green
Lafayette
Mrs Lange ruled insane in double murder case
Caroline Lange was deemed insane and unfit for trial on first degree murder charges in the deaths of her two young sons last year in Menomonie.
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Lange
Menomonie
Caroline
Resumes Tonight As Monroe Baseball School Teaches Basics
Weather dampened attendance at Rec reation Park but the Monroe Silver Sluggers program continued with scouts Emil Belich and Allen Elger guiding area boys 16 to 21 through fielding, throwing and baserunning fundamentals. A 5 p.m. game concludes the final session with latecomers welcome.
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Silver Sluggers
Allen Elger
Emil Belich
Times
Monroe Evening Times
Recreation Park
Brave
Belich
Elger
Braves
Billy Bruton
Bob Buhl
Buhl
Larry Holcomb
Bob Knipschild
Bill Priewe
Mike McAlpine
Jim Bartelt
Milwaukee Braves
John Butts
Belleville
Fire safety demo highlights studio event at Swiss Wheel
A 6:30 p.m. Tuesday fire fighting demonstration at the Swiss Wheel restaurant follows a dinner meeting. Alan L. Davis of Green County Safety Council chairs the event with Ansul Chemical Co. conducting outside the building as Monroe fire personnel stand by.
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Alan L. Davis
Industrial Safety Division
Green County Safety Council
Ansul Chemical Co
Marinette
Monroe Fire Department
Richard Lafferty
Earl Hager
Robert van Wagenen
The
Safety Council
Davis
Council
Guardsmen Arrive For Recruit Program Review
Three members of Co. B Green County National Guard arrived from Camp McCoy for a division wide recruit program. Sgt Roger Martin Clifford Gald and David Babler will contact prospects while Gov Gaylord Nelson reviews the troops Saturday at 11 a.m. for the 32nd Division.
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Co. B
Green County
National Guard
Camp McCoy
Roger Martin
Clifford Gald
David Babler
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Madison
Mmes
Glenn L. Kubly
W. J. Kohlhagen
Rudolf Maurer
Monroe
Stanton P. Steuri
Sally
Stanton
Albany
Will
Cheese Values Unchanged on Wisconsin Market
GREEN BAY Wisconsin Cheese Exchange reports steady trading with firm bids for state brand cheddars and 40 lb blocks at 31 and 31 percent respectively. Junior grade cheddars sold at 29 percent, a later 29 percent bid went unfilled.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Biennial Budget Agreement Reached In Wisconsin
Republican and Democratic negotiators sign a $380 million two year state budget in Madison. The plan, expected to pass the legislature, claims no new taxes and preserves current education and welfare funding while shifting second year figures after a fall review. It omits recreational ads and debt service costs from the budget.
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Madison
Gaylord Neilson
Department of Budgets and Accounts
Nelson
al Lamn
R-Kiel
University of Wisconsin
Welfare law signed to curb crank welfare inspections
Gov. Gaylord Nelson signed a law requiring welfare records be disclosed within 72 hours to anyone inspecting a recipient file. The measure aims to reduce crank inspections by ensuring timely notification of the name and address of the requester.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Mother of Triplets Finishes High School in Redlands
Linda Sue Voss graduates from Redlands High School alongside 469 others becoming a mother of triplets born Sept 17. She studied at home while caring for Johnny David and Steve with help from her mother and husband. She earned two A’s and one B and plans to pursue college degrees.
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Redlands
Calif
Linda Sue Voss
Redlands High School
Linda
Johnny
David
Steve
Louisiana Governor Earl Long Hospitalized After Sheriff Eject
Gov. Earl K Long resisted hospitalization amid a forceful seizure by sheriff deputies. Doctors at Southeast Louisiana State Hospital in Mandeville ordered a 30 day stay citing paranoid schizophrenia. Lt. Gov. Luther Frazar sues for unclear status as Long's political future hangs.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Louisiana State Hospital
Mandeville
Chester Williams
East Baton Rouge Parish
Long
Mandeville Institution
Charles Belcher
Southeast
Associated Press
Earl Kemp Long
Luther Frazar
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Ochsner Foundation
Ochsner
Williams
Dist
Fred Leblanc
State Hospital
Earl
Ithe Huey P. Long
Eisenhower Denounces Strauss Rejection as Loss for Americans
President Eisenhower condemned the Senate’s 49 to 46 rejection of Lewis L. Strauss as secretary of commerce. He praised Strauss as loyal and effective, saying the nation loses capable leaders when proven public servants are blocked. The vote split 31 Republicans and 15 Democrats for confirmation, 48 Democrats and two Republicans against.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Lewis L. Strauss
White House
Strauss
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Dixon-Yates
Calvin Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Rural counties receive majority of Green County teachers graduates
The Class of 1959 at Green County Teachers College reports 28 graduates with teaching jobs or plans. Most will tutor in Green Green County areas including Green, Rock and Lafayette. Several will pursue further study while a few are undecided.
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Green County Teachers College
John W. Zweifel
Green
Rock
Lafayette
Midterm
Elsbeth Goodmiller
Florence Seyler
Green County
Lulu Blum
Illinois
Nancy Campbell
Argus
Barbara Hammerly
Fairview
Esther Hegel
Shanghai
Esther Holling
Simmons
Joe Keegan
Refrigerated Display Travels to Milwaukee
The Green County dairy display case on loan to the State Department of Agriculture will move to Milwaukee for one week during the American Home Economics Association convention. The exhibit runs June 23 to 26 with the 50th anniversary observance on June 25 featuring Patterns of Progress at 8 p.m. in the Milwaukee Auditorium.
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Green County
Milwaukee
American Home Economics Association
State Department of Agriculture
Merger Plans Liven Dull New York Stock Market
Merger plans for Texaco and Superior Oil of California sparked activity in an otherwise quiet stock market. The two firms would, if combined, control about eight percent of U S oil production and their shares moved higher in active trading.
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New York
Texaco
Superior Oil
California
United States
Britain Sees No New Hope in Gromyko Berlin Proposals
In Geneva Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko rejected Western Berlin stopgap plans as a basis for talks while Khrushchev urged ending Allied occupation of West Berlin. Western delegations considered resuming discussions with Gromyko, who offered limited revisions including a possible extension of the one year time limit and a nonaggression pact between East and West Germany. Western officials said the meeting lasted 35 minutes and that reactions would follow after studying the proposals.
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Geneva
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
West
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Russia
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Oaths Administered At Badger Boys' State
Justice Grover Broadfoot of the Wisconsin Supreme Court administered oaths of office Thursday night to Charles Asher of Sturgeon Bay governor of Badger Boys' State and other youths taking part in the week long exercise in good government.
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Ripon
Grover Broadfoot
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Charles Asher
Sturgeon Bay
Badger Boys
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