Brodhead Ends 100-Year Centennial Parade
Brodhead closed its four day centennial with a dazzling 60-block parade watched by nearly 30 000 people and a music festival. Sen Alexander Wiley and Atty Gen Vernon Thomson joined locals in reviewing the procession as veterans and longtime residents highlighted the event. The parade featured bands, floats, civic leaders, and the two passenger buggy driven by City Attorney Joseph Stencel with Mayor Carl Lynstegard at the reins.
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Brodhead
Joseph Stencel
Carl O. Lynstegard
High School Cadets
Pardeeville
Wis
Exchange Square
Times
American Legion Field
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Atty
Vernon Thomson
Walter Kohler
Thomson
Chris Gempeler
W. B. Johnson
Mary Farmer
Gerald Fritz
Monroe
F. H. Davis
Frank Mauermann
Proxmire Tours Monroe as County Vote Swing Shifts
Democratic gubernatorial candidate William Proxmire visited Monroe to confer with party leaders on his tour of Green County. He planned stops at Brodhead Monticello and New Glarus this afternoon before returning to Madison.
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William Proxmire
Monroe
Green County
Proxmire
Brodhead
Monticello
New Glarus
Madison
Wiley Arrives in Parade After Unplanned Assist
Sen Alexander Wiley rode in the Centennial Parade when his car stalled under the broiling sun. Attorney General Vernon Thomson, a GOP governor candidate, directed his driver to push the Wiley auto then Wiley rode the remaining way in the Monroe Chamber car with president Robert E. Tschudy, as Thomson’s car was full with his family.
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Alexander Wiley
Brodhead
Sen. Wiley
Vernon Thomson
Wiley
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Robert E. Tschudy
Thomson Auto
Edelweiss Stars Host Film Crew on Swiss Village Tour
The Edelweiss Stars hosted about a dozen film crew members on the Dr. Ira Sisk farm near Verona. Directors William Beaudine Sr. and Jr. oversee the last week of filming for Walt Disney's The Dairy Story, starring Annette Funicello and Sammy Ogg, with a Swiss dinner and tours of local attractions.
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New Glarus
Edelweiss
Ira Sisk
Verona
Washington Town Hall
Poplar Grove
Fire Destroys Farm Buildings West of Blanchardville
A barn a milkhouse and a silo on the Emma Goodman farm five miles west of Blanchardville were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Tenant John Yustan was away when a motorist found the flames at 2:30 p m. Defective wiring is suspected. Cattle and calves perished and two houses suffered smoke and water damage. Fire departments from Argyle and Blanchardville responded.
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Blanchardville
Gunderson
Emma
Clara
Emma Goodman
Argyle
John Yustan
Ten drownings claim Wisconsin weekend lives
Drowning incidents across Wisconsin over the weekend left ten people dead. Names and ages include Martin Jensen 60 Green Bay Donald W Bluhm 12 Marshfield, Ray Bigelow 21 Kingsford Mich Edward Skupas 40 Menomonie, his son Robert 6, Paul Schroeder 25 Jefferson, Lyle Withrow 6 Edgerton, Norman Baughman 26 Milwaukee Anthony Wink 33 Thorpe, and Lloyd Baenen 18 Pound.
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Fox River
Martin Jensen
Mason Street
Jensen
Donald W. Bluhm
Marshfield
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Colby
Donald
Dennis
Gerald
Ray A. Bigelow
Kingsford
Mich
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Beloit
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la Plant
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Menasha
Oneida County
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Route 2
Highway 73
Tom M. Goelzer
Kenosha County
Ardin C. Groth
Redgranite
Frederick Linder
Marathon
Ben Lipton
Berwood Park
Finley Road
Shah and Queen Begin Two-Week Soviet Visit
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and Queen Soraya departed in a deluxe army aircraft for a two week state visit to the Soviet Union, aiming to deepen relations and discuss regional concerns.
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Tehran
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Queen Soraya
Soviet Union
Weekend Toll Tops 426 State Traffic Deaths
A weekend crash toll in Wisconsin adds 12 deaths, including Buffalo County youths Clinton Hollister and Marlene Hill, in a fatal rollover after roller skating party travel. Other victims span Green Bay, Mondovi, Antigo, and Beloit as cars veer, overturn, and collide across multiple counties.
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Associated Press
Buffalo County
Clinton Hollister
Leonard Hollister
Strom
Marjorie
Marlene Hill
Spinster Who Looted Bank Given 20 Years
Minnie Mangum, former officer of a ruined financial institution, was sentenced in Norfolk to 20 years in prison. The judge imposed 10 years for embezzling 1 082 968.25 dollars and 10 years for giving false information, to run consecutively.
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
H. Lawrence Bullock
Eisenhower to rest at Gettysburg farm after hospital release
President Eisenhower will leave Walter Reed Army Hospital this week and convalesce at his Gettysburg farm likely Friday or Saturday. He plans to visit Panama City July 21 22 for talks with Latin American presidents, while July 7 10 meetings with Prime Minister Nehru are postponed. The weekend at the farm coincides with his 40th wedding anniversary.
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Gettysburg
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Nehru
India
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Hagerty
Golfers Tee Off For Swiss Open
Nearly 100 top amateur and professional golfers gathered at Monroe Country Club for the Swiss Cheese Open. Brian Charter of Janesville CC led a strong field with a 67 last year and a 30 nine holes record, while George Vitense of Nakoma also competes.
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Brian Charter
Janesville Country Club
George Vitense
Nakoma
Charter
John Nolan
Janesville
Dick Starke
Moon Mulinary
Molinary
James Forbes
Robert F. Marty
Manuel de la Torre
Milwaukee Country Club
Jimmy Milward
Tuckaway Country Club
Forbes
Eddie Goecks
T. Chester Becker
Russell Myers
Madison
Steve Caravello
Bill Garrett
Moon Molinaro
Tripoli
Milwaukee
Hank Gardner
Fred Radtke
H. W. Donovan
Ed Young
Randy Quick
Fred Black
Clyde Swartz
Richard Schweizer
Ozaukee
Darrell Acker
Jimne Joe Kosciuk
Vic Zieger
Rivermore
Waterford
Miss Lacey 72 Dies in Monroe at St Victoria Service
Miss Josephine Lacey 72 of 1919 11th Street died yesterday at 12 55 p m in St Clare hospital after months of illness. Survived by sister Miss Marjorie Lacey Milwaukee and brother Edward A 2209 6th Street. Rosary said tonight at 8 in Stuessy funeral home. Closed casket services tomorrow at 8 30 in the funeral home and 9 in St Victoria Catholic church conducted by Rev Donald Lins. Burial in Calvary cemetery.
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Marjorie Lacey
Milwaukee
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Donald Lins
Calvary Cemetery
32nd Division Goes into Field at Camp McCoy
Wisconsin's 32nd National Guard Division moved into the field for a three day exercise to simulate repelling an aggressor force. About 5,500 guardsmen trained intensively while 10,000 visitors toured Camp McCoy during Red Arrow division events. Brig. Gen. Hugh Fanning of La Crosse was honored during the annual review.
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Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Red Arrow
Army
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la Crosse
Stock Market Slump Fueled by Copper and Rails
Copper and rail stocks led a moderate late afternoon decline in New York trading. The market was quiet with losses limited to about a point. Investors watched the steel strike deadline and Eisenhower's political future, keeping many on the sidelines.
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New York
Eisenhower
Admiral Ernest King Dies at 77 War Leader of WWII
Admiral Ernest Joseph King chief of the U S Navy during World War II died today in Portsmouth Naval Hospital. He was 77 and had suffered a brain hemorrhage in August 1947. He directed the world s mightiest sea force and helped vanquish Germany and Japan in the war.
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U.S.N
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Monroe organist and former treasurer C B Bolender dies
Charles B. Bolender 79 longtime Monroe civic leader and organist died at St. Claire hospital from heart complications after illness at his home. He had served as city treasurer from 1937 to 1950 and was active in Kiwanis Boy Scouts Masons and Eastern Star. Services set for First Methodist Church with Masonic rites. City Hall to close during the funeral hour.
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Shullsburg
Milwaukee
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Edwin R. Schuetze
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Palestine
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Monroe Commandery
St. Omar
Eastern Star
City Hall
Visiting Chiefs See No Surprise Planes in Show
General Nathan Twining and allied air chiefs visited Moscow for Aviation Day. The Soviet display unveiled delta wing interceptors, advanced fighters, improved all weather jets, and a twin engine turboprop transport. Twining praised the event as interesting and planned further inspections while Khrushchev and Soviet leaders toasted disarmament and world friendship.
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Nathan Twining
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United States
Twining
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Nikita Khrushchev
Tushino
Khrushchev
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