Junior Cheese Day rises from Swiss Dairy Festival energy
Editorial lauds Green County June Dairy Month in Monroe as a model for expanding Swiss Dairy Festival themes. It praises James Volkert and local committees, Monroe Turners, and Swiss Club for strong community participation and urges broader support while criticizing bureaucrats and politics dampening the cheese industry.
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Green County
Monroe
James Volkert
Monroe Turners and
Swiss Club
Washington
A Tragic Weekend in Wisconsin Traffic Toll
An editorial laments a near record weekend traffic toll in Wisconsin noting a rise in deaths of teen drivers and young passengers in one car crashes. It calls for urgent action either through voluntary restraint by youths or by tougher laws to prevent further tragedies.
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Wisconsin
Kiwanis Scoutmasters to be honored at youth cabin event
Five former Kiwanis Bay Scoutmasters including Clark Kleckner and Herbert Booth will be honored at a June 27 ceremony at the Youth cabin. A Rockford hospital treats Russell Myers and his nephew Blythe after inhaling ammonia fumes from a butter shipment.
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Kiwanis Bay
Clark Kleckner
Herbert W. Booth
Lowell E. Markwardt
Charles B. Bolender
Stewart F. Kingston
Russell J. Myers
Blythe Myers
Rockford
Monroe
Moscow
Jacob A. Malik
Kremlin
Molly Ann Cousley
Sam A. Cousley
New York
Cairo
Egypt
Alphonse S. Bishop
UW Study Shows Milk Hauling Costs Drive Prices
Wisconsin researchers Frank Groves and H L Cook found average farmer hauling costs near 18 to 23 cents per hundred pounds, with truck expenses about 12 cents for cans and 9 cents for bulk. They suggest cutting miles traveled and route duplication to cut costs, and invite farmers to Farm Field Day on July 11 at the Arlington experimental farm near the Columbia Dane County line along highway 51.
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Frank Groves
H. L. Cook
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Groves
Cook
University
Arlington Experimental Farm
Columbia
Dane County
Highway 51
Disability Benefits Deadline Reaches Friday
Janesville Social Security district warns disabled workers that Friday marks the deadline to apply for disability benefits. Manager Einar Hanson notes the five of ten year work requirement and the 18 month look back after June 30. The Janesville office serves Rock Green Lafayette counties and parts of Illinois and stands at 306 W Milwaukee Street.
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Einar Hanson
Janesville
Hanson
Social Security Office
Rock, Green
Lafayette
South
Beloit
Rockton
Illinois
Milwaukee Street
Reynolds Named Chairman of Western Attorneys General
Atty General John W. Reynolds was chosen as chairman of the Midwestern Association of Attorneys General at a New York convention, with Reynolds taking the leadership post for the group.
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Reynolds
Madison
John W. Reynolds
Midwestern Association of Attorneys General
New York
Association
Teen Drivers Face Safer Roads Through Voluntary Action
The article urges responsible car operation and predicts traffic safety will improve if teens act voluntarily. It warns that a compulsory crackdown may penalize even careful young drivers alongside reckless peers.
Major Tax Revision Aims to Modernize Wisconsin Structure
The bill proposes to tax non residents on Wisconsin income and raise sales tax revenues while reducing property taxes. It plans surtax changes through 1963 and allocates 30 percent of sales tax revenue to cut livestock and inventories taxes. It forecasts a $73.1 million general fund for executive budget but a $55 million deficit. The plan includes direct tax credits to taxpayers via local district bill reductions and 25 percent to 100 percent reductions for personal property levies on livestock and inventories, with penalties for fraud.
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Wisconsin
General Fund
State Department of Taxation
Department of Taxation
United States
Overflow Crowds Reported at Canyon Camp Week One
The first week of summer camping at Canyon Camp ended with 190 campers and leaders. The second period opened with 162 in attendance and troops from Monroe Freeport Platteville Boscobel Blanchardville Stockton Milledgeville joined. A 12 member senior patrol leader training group and a Webelos Day for Cub Scouts 100 years and older are planned with a 2 PM start on July 5.
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Canyon Camp
Monroe
Freeport
Platteville
Boscobel
Blanchardville
Stockton
Milledgeville
Colorado Springs
Canyon
U.S. Grant Council
Classified Ad Promotes Farm Equipment and Livestock for Cash
Local classified ad urges residents to sell extra farm equipment and livestock for cash. It highlights quick turnover, fair pricing, and convenient pickup options, inviting owners to list tractors, plows, fences, cattle, sheep, or poultry. Include contact details and item condition.
Cuba molasses embargo settles with Publicker deal
Washington reports a one year contract that ends Cuban molasses imports by Publicker Chemical Corp in exchange for selling Publicker 14 million bushels of low grade corn at a loss. The corn substitutes molasses for industrial alcohol production and keeps Publicker running.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Agriculture Department
Publicker Chemical Corp
Publicker
White House
Castro
Kennedy
New Orleans
United States
Pierre Salinger
Louisiana
Con
Harvard Degree for Dr Shamburek in Public Health
Dr. Roland Shamburek son of Mr and Mrs William Shamburek former Monroe residents earned a Master of Public Health from Harvard University last week. A career Army medical corps officer and flight surgeon he plans further aviation medicine studies. Mrs Shamburek and their children Steven Robert and David are visiting from Boston with Mrs John R Gibbons and other relatives at 1910 9th Street.
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Roland Shamburek
William Shamburek
Monroe
Harvard University
Medical Corps
Shamburek
Steven
Robert
David
Boston
John R. Gibbons
9Th Street
Death charge dropped in infant death case
Bernard Mann, 21, had faced charges after saying he slapped and shook his five week old son Stuart to quiet him. A coroner jury ruled the June 16 death was from non criminal and accidental causes, leading to the dismissal of charges Monday in Racine.
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Bernard Mann
Mann
Stuart
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