Severe Drouth Threatens Australian Livestock and Crops
Severe drought grips eastern Australia with millions of sheep and cattle thin and thirsty. Four million trees planted for forests are dead as the drought spans New South Wales and parts of Queensland. Sydney records its driest year since 1888 with 7.63 inches of rain in five months. Officials warn rainfall is critical by August to avert deeper losses for stock feed and farming prosperity.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Queensland
Southwest
John L. Green
Walgett
A. O. Coleman
New York City
Gulf of Mexico
New Brunswick
Canada
Interior Department
Montana
Great Lakes
Texas
Help Wanted ads in The Monroe Evening Times
After teach-ins students could hold daily learn-ins as a campus sensation. Car belt reminders and family banter appear amid wartime social scenes.
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Monroe Evening Times
Our Soil and Our Strength from the Soil Conservation Service
A 1963 style update notes drought pressures and reduced field operations across the region. Vic Shiller works waterways for Len and Paul Bauman and Armin Rufener near Hiawatha. Ken Peterson finishes a gully dam for Harold Bratrud in Adams Township. Community events include Smock Valley and Honey Creek ice cream socials and a crowded Hiawatha gym. 4 H Land Judging contest interest grows as two evenings of soil study are shared at the Ed Kaster farm in Brownton.
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Vic Shiller
Len
Paul Bauman
Clarno Township
Armin Rufener
Hiawatha School
Adams Township
Ken Peterson
Harold Bratrud
Honey Creek
Ken Digman
Hiawatha
Arleigh Frautschy
Ullom School
Monroe
Dear Abby column questions on chastity social life and language barrier
A letter writer questions double standards in church sermons about chastity for women versus men and asks what penalties apply. A reader laments husbands restricting social circles to business friends and advises openness and confidence. Another writer describes meeting a foreign, English‑speaking‑less woman and asks how to communicate with her through nonverbal cues.
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Abby
Across and Down Clues Solve Variety Time Grid
A compact crossword clue list with across and down entries including definitions for terms such as Walked over measuredly and Mystic-syllable, plus names like Musial and King of Judah. The grid features clues for general knowledge and wordplay.
Abby’s booklet on letter writing offered by The Monroe Evening Times
Learn to write letters with Abby’s booklet titled How to Write Letters for All Occasions. Send one dollar to Abby Box 69700 Los Angeles California for a personal reply and stamped self addressed envelope is requested.
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Abby
Monroe Evening Times
Los Angeles
Calif
Lutheran Synod Approves Parochial School Aid
The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod voted to approve federal aid to parochial schools though each school may decide individually. The convention adopted a modified stance after a close vote of 291 to 250 or 252, reflecting a shift from prior opposition.
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Detroit
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Synod
Heath Bar Cake and Weirs Beach Riot Bonus
Heath Bar Cake recipe by Morty Meekle uses brown and white sugars flour butter and buttermilk with chopped Heath bars and nuts baked 40 minutes at 350. LaConia police awarded an extra vacation day with pay for last Saturday's riot at Weirs Beach.
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Bernard O. Albright
Laconia
N.H
Weirs Beach
4 H Clubs Plan July 15 Contest After Busy Beavers Tour
A Cadiz and Browntown Busy Beavers 4 H delegation worked with Ray Montgomery who dug a test pit. On Wednesday the New Glarus and York 4H Club led by Dean Streiff and Larry Klassy held a profitable evening on the Streiff farm. Jack Marty and Ted Schmiedlin reported substantial progress and strong arrangements for the July 15 contest.
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Cadiz
Browntown
Beavers
Sutter Hiltbrand Earn State Farmer Degrees at FHA Convention
Richard Sutter and Jim Hiltbrand received State Farmer Degrees at the 36th annual state FHA convention in Green Lake. Mt Horeb Chapter was represented by Robert Kellesvig and Russell Schwartz, accompanied by advisor G L Johnson.
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Horeb
Richard Sutter
Odillo Sutter
Jim Hiltbrand
Walter Hiltbrand
FHA
Green Lake
Robert Kellesvig
Russell Schwartz
Mt. Horeb
G. L. Johnson
Nobel Peace Prize Posthumous Award Only Once
The quiz notes that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded posthumously only once, to Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961. It also lists related trivia about the Empire Building workforce, Yellowstone Park size, coral stings, and avian senses.
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Dag Hammarskjold
Wisconsin Senate votes to defeat arms bill resolution
The Wisconsin Senate adopted a resolution urging Congress to reject a federal firearms act amendment. It objects to a small arms registration provision and a $500 gun sellers license fee, arguing it would curb hunting and sporting gun ownership. Senator Reuben La Fave introduced it for the Great Lakes Weapons Collectors Association and the Conservation Alliance of Milwaukee County.
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Madison
Congress
Wisconsin Senate
John F. Kennedy
Reuben la Fave
Roconto
Great Lakes Weapons Collectors Association
The
Conservation Alliance of
Milwaukee County
Flooded Liquor to Be Destroyed Under Court Ruling
Denver report notes a quarter of a million dollars in liquor including whiskies gins wines and champagnes will be destroyed after floods. The basement storage of McKesson and Robins in Denver houses the stock and a 1950s court ruling declares flood water makes bottles unfit for consumption. Destruction will be supervised by Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division agents under heavy rollers.
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Denver
Colo
Liquor Division
McKesson and Robins, Inc
Leo S. Sullivan
McKesson and Robbins
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
The
U.S. Treasury
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