Monroe residents honored for long GOC service in courthouse ceremony
Five Monroe citizens earned 250 hour GOC bars and Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Huston received the 500 hour post bars. Several other volunteers won merit badges and Meritorious Service Awards while Mayor Schiller and post supervisor Huston led the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOC
Victor N. Schiller
Ground Observer Corps
Monroe
Enoch Huston
J. H. Schwaiger
Roger Wuthrich
Dwain Mings
Schiller
Times
Dwain E. Mings
Jerome Schwaiger
Civil Defense Movement
Huston
Green Bay
Charles Tully
Freeport
Air Force
Tully
Civil Defense
Oklahoma
Robert Hahn
Rockford
Earl Geigel
Bette Hoffman
Mings
Schwaiger
Keith Witte
Wuthrich
Geigel
Hahn
Hoffman
Vernon Friedrichs
Ernest Naef
Lucille Odegaard
Arlie Roderick
Ernest Spring
Nancy Wagner
Judith Buehler
Jayne Hoffman
Janet Kuebli
Leslie M. Schwitz
Schmidt
Whipple
Vernon Elmer
Friedrichs
Gladys Andrews
Arlene Ambrose
Janis Babler
Carol Peterson
Walter Kuebli
Wisconsin 4-H enrollment reaches 49,000 in 1958 club year
State 4-H Club leader Frank Campbell reported 1958 enrollment at 49,000, up 2,519 from 1957, with 2,296 clubs in Wisconsin. Counties posting the largest proportional gains include Lincoln, Rusk, Green, St. Croix, Eau Claire and Oneida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Frank Campbell
Wisconsin
Campbell
Lincoln
Rusk
Green
St. Croix
Eau Claire
Oneida
Elm Disease Spreads. Beloit Reports 67 Cases This Year
Dutch Elm Disease continues to spread through area communities and has not yet been detected in Monroe. Beloit totals rise to 67 with 43 new confirmed cases this week. State plant pathologist George Hafstad urges removal and destruction of diseased trees and dead elm wood piles to curb beetle breeding. Ronald D. Johnson asks City Council for an ordinance to destroy dead elm wood within city limits. A tree survey is requested to identify infected trees.
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Monroe
Beloit
George Hafstad
Ronald D. Johnson
Henrry S. Hefty
Harold J. Kline
Milfred J. Thompson
Simmons Woodcraft
Bauman
Fred Kohli
Public Property and Police and Safety Committees
Times
Clarno Postoffice Status Unchanged
The U S Post Office Department has reported no final decision on closing the Clarno postoffice. The Monroe Evening Times learned that no word of the contemplated action reached local postmasters or regional offices. Mrs Eleanor Smith, widow of Rep Lawrence Smith, urged delay or cancellation to Wisconsin GOP leaders while the Madison headquarters checked the situation.
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U. S. Postoffice Department
Washington
Clarno
Monroe Evening Times
First District
Evening Times
Eleanor Smith
Lawrence Smith
Harry Ammann
Ammann
Brewers Beloit Play In Monroe Tomorrow
Monroe will host the Brewers in a key Central Wisconsin Baseball League clash as both Milwaukee and Milton sit 4 0 in circuit play. Milton is idle tomorrow while Beloit looks to pull ahead in the Southern section standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Milton
Beloit
Brewers
Wiota
Shullsburg
Sime and Ellen Quillian wed in Birmingham church
Duke University sprint star Dave Sime married Ellen Quillian of Birmingham at the First Presbyterian church in Birmingham. The ceremony united the couple, linking athletics fame with a Birmingham social event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Sime
Detroit
Duke University
Ellen Quillian
Birmingham
First Presbyterian Church of
Rebels in Cuba Hold Americans
Rebels abduct 10 U. S. and two Canadian engineers from a Moa mining camp in Cuba. The U. S. government and Cuba’s leadership sought their release with officials noting the captors' demand was tied to U. S. aid to Batista. Ambassador Smith expressed hope they will be released unharmed soon.
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Havana
Cuba
U. S
Earl E. T. Smith
Moa
U. S. State Department
Raoul Castro
Castro
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Sierra Maestra
United States
Batista
John Schissler
California
Moa Bay Mining Co
Dicker
Juan Fangio
Argentina
Smith
Park Wollan
Wollan
State Department
Guantanamo Bay
U. S. Navy
Roberta Linn Gains From Critical List At Cedars
Hollywood singer Roberta Linn, 27, was taken off the critical list at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after doctors said they were gaining control over her acute upper respiratory infection. Linn was Lawrence Welk's first TV Champagne Lady.
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Roberta
Hollywood
Roberta Linn
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Miss Linn
Lawrence Welk
Probers to Seek Full Records in Goldfine Adams Case
Rep. John Bennett urged House investigators to obtain all records from Bernard Goldfine to verify claims amid the Sherman Adams controversy. Boston businessman John Fox testified about Goldfine’s ties to Adams, prompting denials from Adams and presidential aides. The panel debated whether to question Fox in secret next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John B. Bennett
R-Mich
House
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Bennett
Boston
John Fox
Goldfine
Adams
Eisenhower
Fox
Boston Post
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
NBC
David Brinkley
Dorothy B. Kerr
Federal Trade Commission
Subcommittee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
Robert B. Choate
The
Boston Herald
Traveler
Choate
Skywatch Awaits Explorer III's Fiery Reentry Over Earth
Sky watchers around the world monitor the predicted death of Explorer III, launched March 26, as it is expected to plunge into the atmosphere and burn like a meteor. Scientists caution that sighting the event would be sheer luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Jet crash probe as KC-135 explodes after takeoff
Westover Air Force Base investigates a KC-135 Stratotanker crash that killed 15, including six newsmen and Brig. Gen. Donald Saunders. The bomber crossed the Massachusetts Turnpike and exploded in a farm field after lifting off for England, while two earlier tankers set speed records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Administration
National Aeronautics Association
Donald W. Saunders
Athens
N. Y
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
New York
London
Col
Harry Burrell
Omaha
Beloit Youth Drowns In Water Ski Mishap
Beloit alert reports 19 year old James Ferguson, an Air Force enlistee home on leave, drowned in the Rock River during a water ski trip. Witnesses say he became entangled in the tow rope and fell below the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beloit
James Ferguson
Air Force
Rock River
Ferguson
Edward Maher Hurt in Mishap
Edward Maher 46 of 1312 16th avenue sustained a dislocated left elbow after being knocked from a hay wagon while watching farm operations at his brother in law Glenn H. Brecklin’s farm four miles southwest of Monroe. He was aboard the wagon when a pendulum swing of hay bales struck him. He was taken to St. Clare hospital at 5 15 p.m. for X rays to assess possible splinters or chipped bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Maher
16Th Avenue
Glenn H. Brecklin
Monroe
Maher
St. Clare Hospital
AMC Profit Covers Last of Bank Loans
George Romney president of American Motors Corp says AMC will post a profit of over five million dollars this quarter. He notes the nine month net will reach about 12.3 million and cash and securities will exceed five million to pay off bank indebtedness. The company previously owed banks 58.4 million and 33.75 million in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
George Romney
American Motors Corp
Romney
AMC
Stalin’s Favorite Ballerina Cited in Shoplifting Incident
Olga Lepesjinskaia once linked to Stalin was stopped at a Brussels department store for shoplifting. Police said she admitted taking a small umbrella cuff links gloves and tape before being questioned at the Palace of Justice. Store officials indicated no action would be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Olga Lepesjinskaia
Stalin
Bolshoi Ballet
Miss Lepesjinskaia
Galla Ulanova
Maya Plisetskaya
Moscow
Palace of Justice
London
National Guard Unit Returns From Camp McCoy
Co. K Green County National Guard members returned to Monroe Army today after two weeks of summer maneuvers with the 32nd Red Arrow Division at Camp McCoy. A bus with 30 men and 2 officers arrived before 11:30 a.m. The remaining 70 guardsmen and 4 officers were due in the early afternoon in a convoy of trucks and jeeps.
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Camp Mer
Navy
Violence Rocks Tripoli in Pro West Lebanese Crisis
Overnight battle in Tripoli between government forces and rebels lasts over 12 hours. Eight killed and about 20 wounded as jet craft artillery and armored cars deter rebels in the gravest clash of Lebanon’s crisis. Chamoun’s government claims major anti rebellion gains amid heavy fighting elsewhere in Beirut and Rasheiya. UN observers report mixed aid flows amid regional tension.
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Beirut
Tripoli
Maan Karami
Rashid Karami
Camilo Chamoun
Karami
Basra
Rasheiya
Lebanon
Mt. Teredl
Connecticut
Chamoun
Nasser
United Arab Republic
U. N
Jordan
Iraq
Turkey
U.A.R
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Cherry Surprise Float for Dairy Month
Butter a 8x9x2 inch dish and bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Cream shortening and sugar, add egg, then alternate dry ingredients with milk into the first mixture. Top with a cherry mixture and bake. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream and a cheese slice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Wuetrich
Monroe
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Hustons
Pledge Safety of Engineers
Probers
Skywatch
Ili Dive
Mrs. Doyle
Monroe City
Lincoln Park
Allan F. Barnard
F. R
Nellie) Doyle
Holy City
Beverly Koehn
Barnard
Sousa
Washington Post
John Klohr
Vienna
National Guard
McCoy
Port
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