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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1960
Page
2
Editorial praises Green County June Dairy Month activities led by youth cooperation and local groups. It notes Albany Dairy Days this weekend and predicts 1960 success will be surpassed by 1961 efforts as volunteers strive to top prior events.
A heated House push on a Social Security Act health care measure for the elderly aims to secure votes ahead of elections. Critics warn of creeping government control and a Townsend style, all inclusive medical program, predicting Senate expansion and a potential return to socialized care.
A Northwest Air Lines DC4 crash over Lake Michigan on a New York to Minneapolis run leaves fifty eight passengers missing with all aboard presumed lost, the worst disaster in American commercial aviation history. Further items reference Communist-era firings at University of California and the capture of fugitive Henry Shelton by FBI agents. Additional notes cover aging public figures and historical anniversaries.
President Eisenhower says summit diplomacy and goodwill tours will be key to his success and the nation. He criticizes the Tokyo stopover disruption and notes plans for a future flying trip abroad remain possible though unlikely this six months. The White House downsizes talk of Africa travel to Nigeria independence ceremonies.
More than 45 lunch counters in northern Virginia drug, variety and department stores will be opened to Negroes. Peoples Drug Stores Drug Fair S Kanns Sons Co Lansburghs Hecht Co Woolworth and G C Murphy plan to serve Negro patrons in Alexandria Falls Church Arlington and Fairfax counties One Woolworth in Arlington already opened its counter to Negroes Wednesday.
The piece notes farm markets bolstering Republicans in the election year, with stronger livestock markets, lower spring pig crop, and higher hog prices looming at election time. Poultry is improving after price drops, dairying remains stable, and soybeans stay above price supports. Wheat faces uncertainty as Congress debates next year’s program. Beef cattle prices lag but hogs’ decline may lift them.
Messrs and Mesd Ernest Thommen and Raymond Arnsmeier visited the Glen Earley home in Brodhead and Mrs Harrison Grenzow attended the Berryman reunion in Evansville Sunday.
Flora Meinert of Rockford visited her sister Vera Zimmerman and attended the Meinert reunion at Krape Park, Freeport. A Father's Day dinner honored longtime residents including Orland Priewe and relatives from Stockton Oregon Frost Proof and Freeport with many attendees. Lynn Krug underwent a tonsillectomy at Mercy Constance hospital and Lawrence Valeske remains a surgical patient at St Francis in Freeport.
A 12-year-old boy admitted throwing 55-year-old Marisa Aguilar to her death from a six story New York City tenement roof. Police said motive unclear. The youth, unnamed, was charged with juvenile delinquency and held.
The article notes frequent spring rain and discusses tile installation in waterways, highlighting Leo Staley’s soil tile work near Brown town and a local ASC cost sharing program. It also reports on a highway erosion project near New Glarus where crown vetch is spreading, with mixed results for Birdsfoot trefoil and bird vetch as erosion controls.
Louis Walecka aged 55 pleaded guilty to embezzling 5910 dollars in public funds from the Kewaunee light and water department and was sentenced by Circuit Judge A G Murphy to a term of one to three years in Waupun State Prison.
Classified shoppers see daily bargains and listings in The Times. Readers are urged to check the page for up to date ads and offers across goods services and local sales.
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