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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
2
The Associated Press, Inland Daily Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulation outline exclusive republication rights. AP is authorized to use for republication all local news printed in the newspaper and AP news dispatches.
Monroe Wisconsin prepares to host the state finals of the Alice in Dairyland style queen contest as Green County joins the June Dairy Week Festival. The Monroe Chamber of Commerce Green County Farm Foundation and local officials mobilize volunteers for a town wide hospitality effort to impress state leaders and visitors.
The piece condemns Peiping for denying prisoner releases and warns against pro China business ties. It cites eleven airmen missing or dead, thirty civilians held on various charges, and calls for suspending aid and strategic shipments until all Americans are freed, praising Senator McCarthy’s stance.
A powerful tornado struck southwestern Wisconsin and northwestern Illinois, killing at least nine and injuring twenty three. It destroyed over 30 homes and hundreds of farm buildings. victims included Mrs. McKenna and Mrs. Hutchinson. The storm prompted a full mobilization of Co. F to assist Platteville police.
State College Pa Ezra T Benson US agriculture secretary told 1700 delegates at the 49th annual American Dairy Science Association meeting that surplus milk production stems from under consumption. He said increasing per capita intake would reduce surpluses. he also noted production is at an all time high with storehouse surpluses and that higher price supports won’t solve the problem.
Dr Karl T Comp ton 66 famed radar and atom bomb era scientist and MIT chairman died Tuesday. Harry Goldstine 84 former Chicago real estate board president and real estate appraisers leader died Monday. Ted Powell 74 hunter writer for The San Francisco Chronicle and former Denver Indianapolis papers died Tuesday.
Mrs. C. P. Cary, 92, widow of the former state superintendent of public instruction (1903–1921), died in a Madison hospital Tuesday. She was mother of Lucian Cary of Winsted Connecticut, a noted novelist and short story writer.
A CIO United Auto Workers representative, William P. Vinson, 27, of Detroit, was charged with assault to do great bodily harm after a tavern beating of Willard Van Ouwerkerk, 50, of Sheboygan Falls, who suffered a crushed chest abdomen and lung injuries along with four fractured ribs.
The House approved a $457,071,300 compromise bill to finance army civil functions for the year beginning July 1. The measure, awaiting Senate approval, includes $300,000 for Superior and Duluth harbor projects.
Warm temperatures and adequate moisture spurred rapid crop growth across Wisconsin for June 12 to 18. Haying started in southern regions despite rain delays, oats headed in the south, corn stood around eight inches high, and cultivation continued though some northwest fields needed replanting after floods. Strawberries and cranberries showed mixed yields. insects troubled many fields while temps ran 10 degrees above normal in the south and central areas, with a high of 96 at Janesville and a low of 46 at Solon Springs.
Milwaukee Local 998 AFL Streetcar and Bus Men's Union voted 1,818 to 508 to approve the Transport Co wage proposal ending the bus and streetcar strike threat. President Charles Brohm announced the results.
Classified ads highlight daily bargains across categories. Deals include household items, vehicles, furniture, and misc listings with quick prices and contact details. Readers are advised to check the page regularly for fresh offerings and value finds.
Two Monroe men sustained minor injuries in a two car collision on Highway 18 seven miles south of Madison. Frank Pickett and Edwin Rufenacht suffered cuts and bruises when Goebel of Darlington cut across the highway, striking Pickett's car in the front fender. Both vehicles were badly damaged as they traveled to Madison.
Madison special report says Douglas W Milsap joined the State Department of Agriculture as assistant legal counsel on June 16. A Shawano lawyer since 1947, Milsap is 33, UW and Marquette law graduate, and a World War II Marine Corps veteran.
Officer Milsap and his wife Jean Leslie of Milwaukee are noted in a short civic item. The couple has two sons, Douglas aged five and Jeffrey aged two.
Federal Judge F. Ryan Duffy will become chief judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago on Sept. 1. He returns after illness and was appointed by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Duffy, from Fond du Lac, is a former U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former Milwaukee federal district judge.
Rev. H. W. Baxmann of Plymouth was elected president of the South Wisconsin district of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod at its Concordia College convention. He will serve a three year term, succeeding Rev. Arthur H. Oswald of Milwaukee who resigned to join the national board. Rev. Gerhard Huebner of Portage was elected first vice president.
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