Referendum Approves April Ballot on Fluoridation in Monroe
Monroe officials won Council approval for an April 5 ballot on fluoridating city water. The Water Board may not be bound by the vote, prompting clarification from city attorney Arthur Benket. The measure followed a Board of Health recommendation after a public hearing, with two Aldermen absent.
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Monroe
Water Board
G. Fred Galli
Board of Health
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Harvey Trumpy
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Council
Arthur C. Benkett
Dunwiddie
Robert L. Rote
The
Benkert
Monroe Jaycettes
Local Group Forms to Oppose Water Fluoridation
Mrs Theodore Rahberger announces the creation of a city group opposing fluoridation. The group, financed by voluntary contributions, includes president Mrs Frank Buehler and vice president Mrs Roy True, with adviser Morton J Gonstead. Rahberger has mailed 175 leaflets and plans more packets titled Fluoridation Unmasked to professionals.
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Theodore Rahberger
Route 4
Rahberger
Frank Buehler
Roy True
Merton J. Gonstead
Aged Italian Hero Falcetano Dies in Genoa at 92
Domenico Falcetano, a World War I figure celebrated as an aged Italian hero, died in Genoa on Tuesday at the age of 92. Once linked to Improbable wartime actions, his legacy touched Italy amid wartime intrigue and espionage rumors.
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Genoa
Italy
Domenico Falcetano
Aged Aid Relief Approved in Wisconsin Senate
The Wisconsin Senate advanced a bill to allow old age assistance recipients to keep life insurance and assets, repealing a 1953 law. By a 32-0 vote the measure moves to the governor, with praise for press coverage shaping repeal. The bill also fixes burial fund rules and insurance limits for aid eligibility.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Senate
Assembly
Nelson
William T. Bvjne
Capital Times
Wisconsin
Kohler
Dillman
R-Lac du Flambeau
Franke
Milwaukee
Lorge
Bear Creek
Shawano
Eagles Move to Tracy Site Pushing to No 1
The Eagles Club will move from the East side of the square to the Tracy building on the West side next week likely Tuesday. Remodeling is under way to fit lodge needs and the lease covers the first floor and most of the second floor except two front rooms. The move follows their May 1 1954 arrival at the square from Pleasure Bend and is part of expanding lodge activities.
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Eagles Club
Tracy
Eagles
Pleasure Bend
Alanson Carson
Marvin T. Holcomb
Sgt Wayne Mulligan plans military career visit with family
Sgt 1st Class Wayne Mulligan and his wife Teruko Oimori and two children stay with his mother at 1902 11th street while awaiting a March 31 report to Inglewood New Jersey. The 10 year veteran, a platoon sergeant in anti aircraft, has served in WWII Navy Europe North Africa South America Panama Cuba Puerto Rico and Korea and Japan occupation. The family married in Tokyo and lived in Seattle before returning to Ft. Lewis.
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Monroe
Wayne Mulligan
Teruko Oimori
Japan
Beatrice Mulligan
Danny
Missawa
Eugene
Ft. Lewis
11Th Street
Mulligan
Inglewood
N. J
Wash
Europe
North Africa
South America
Panama
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Teruko
Terry
Fred Burkhalter Dies at 66 in Wisconsin Town
Fred Burkhalter 66 of Argyle died 9:30 last night at Shullsburg Memorial Hospital after surgery at St. Clare on Jan 14 and years of illness. Born May 17, 1888 in Sylvester Township to Gottlieb and Anna Burkhalter he married Matilda Meinen in 1912. Survived by five daughters six sons two sisters two brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. services Friday at 2 p.m. at Shriner-Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev. Paul C. Kehle officiating. burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Fred Burkhalter
Argyle
Shullsburg Memorial Hospital
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Burkhalter
Sylvester Township
Gottlieb
Anna Barbara Badertscher Burkhalter
Matilda Meinen
Joe Lehr
Herbert L. Kubly
Clarence C. Goecks
Monroe
Robert Wegner
Blanchardville
Frederick Goecks
Horeb
Lloyd
Arena
Harry
Barneveld
Roy
Woodford
Albert T. Lundgren
Gottfried Waelti
Albert Sc
Paul C. Kehle
St. John’s Church
Greenwood Cemetery
China Holds Key To War Outbreak
Washington senator says danger of war in the Far East rests on Soviet ability to veto Chinese Communist plans. He cites Red China possibly pressing Formosa and notes ongoing negotiations for release of Americans held by Peiping. State Dept reports 18 freed, 26 Americans remain jailed or under restrictions. Dulles to report on Pacific tour and Chiang Kai-shek meeting.
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Washington
Sen
George
D-Ga
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Formosa
Red China
State Department
Geneva
Peiping
Henry Suydam
Red Chinese
Suydam
United Nations
U. S
U. N
Korea
Sen. George
Dulles
Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
Nehru’s Congress Fails to Cope in Andhra Returns
In Andhra Pradesh first returns show Congress and allies overwhelmed by Communist nominees. Prime Minister Nehru’s party trails as results come in from key state election.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Congress Party
Andhra
President Confirmation of Weston H-bomb Lead Fight
Washington plans hot Senate debate as Byrd leads opposition to a $20 tax cut. House supports a $20 per person relief slated for Jan 1. Budget concerns and calendar pressure push Congress toward a conference battle over extending corporate and excise taxes for another year.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
House
Millikin
R-Cole
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Sen. George
Georgia
George
Change in Winds Delays Big Shot At Atom Test Site
LAS VEGAS November reports the Atomic Energy Commission postponed the big shot at the test site after a final weather conference found winds and conditions unsafe. Officials stated no shot would occur Thursday and a weather evaluation session would decide if Friday morning detonation is possible, due to potential undesirable fallout northeast of Las Vegas from a 500-foot tower shot opening the spring series.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Lincoln Mines-Hiko-Alamo
Three Injured In Auto Crash East of Monroe
Three county residents were injured when their pickup went out of control and struck a culvert five miles east of Monroe at 545 p m Deputies report Driver John W Wirth 35 Route 2 Monticello suffered facial cuts Passengers Wilbert Wirth and John Saxer also sustained cuts and bruises The right fender bumper and frame were damaged Wirth was charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and released on 150 bond He is to appear before Judge Marshall L Peterson in Small Claims Court tomorrow
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Monroe
John W. Wirth
Route 2
Monticello
Wilbert Wirth
John Saxer
Sheriff's Department
Wirth
Marshall L. Peterson
Small Claims Court
Irving schools reopen as walkout continues
Irving Texas eight schools opened on schedule amid a teacher and worker strike. Acting Superintendent Charles Langston said conditions were better than Tuesday when workers walked out to restore Supt. John L. Beard to his job, who was fired without explanation. Police monitored schools as principals and executives who struck were fired if teachers did not return.
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Irving
Tex
John L. Beard
Uey
Charles Langston
Beard
Charles E. Young
Nugent Says Speech Was Ordered by Superior Officer
Maj Ambrose H Nugent testified in his five week general court martial that Lt Col Paul V Liles ordered a speech thanking North Korean captors for “excellent treatment.” Nugent said he spoke to aid repatriation and after authorization from Liles. He denied charges of aiding escapes and other alleged acts, calling earlier testimony fiction.
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Okla
Ambrose H. Nugent
Nugent
Paul V. Liles
Birmingham
Ala
Liles
United States
Freedom Village
South Korea
Mrs Smedal Dies In Madison At 82
Mrs Harald W Smedal 82 Madison mother of Mrs Leslie G Kindschi Monroe died yesterday in a Stoughton hospital. She was born in Norway, moved to near McFarland then Madison in 1928. Widowed Dane County sheriff Harald Smedal, she leaves four sons all physicians and three daughters. Services Saturday 2 pm at McFarland Lutheran Church with burial at Roselawn Madison. Friends may call Friday at Cummings Edison Olson funeral home in Stoughton.
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Harald W. Smedal
Madison
Leslie G. Kindschi
Monroe
Stoughton
Smedal
McFarland
Dane County
Norway
America
Aasne Evans
Harald Smedal
Erling
Mansfield
A. T
M. I
Boston
Cmdr
Midway
Philippine Islands
Kindschi
Burton Quant
Gunna
McFarland Lutheran Church
G. T. S. Bergee
Roselawn Memorial Park
Cummings-Edison-Olson
McCarthy Files Monmouth Data on Radar Lab
Senator McCarthy released a report alleging Army neglect and deception in handling security cases at the radar laboratories at Fort Monmouth New Jersey. He charged officials with uncooperative attitudes toward his investigations subcommittee and cited espionage links to the Rosenberg ring.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
Army
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Senate
Government Operations Committee
McClellan
D-Ark
Sens
Jackson
D-Wash
Symington
D-Mo
Rosenberg
Signal Corps
Russia
Stevens
McCarthy Army
Army Signal Corps
Kirke B. Lawton
Lawton
December Swiss Cheese Prices Decline for December Make
Swiss cheese prices paid by assemblers to factories for December fall by one cent on the top two grades and two cents on Grade C and grinders. State brand 37, Grade B 35, Grade C 33, grinders 29. Compared with November figures this marks a one cent drop on the two leading grades and two cents on the rest.
Eisenhower Says Russia Behind In Atomic Effort
President Eisenhower stated the Western world has enjoyed a lead over the Soviet Union in hydrogen bombs and atomic weapons but cautioned it is speculative to guess how long that gap will last. He rejected a direct prediction on Russia’s ability to catch up within years. He also covered topics on Churchill’s claims, Zhukov, taxes, labor merger, wheat aid to Russia, and other questions at the news conference.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Churchill
United States
Soviet Union
Sen. Goldwater
R-Ariz
San Francisco
Zhukov
Marshal Georgi Zhukov
Berlin
Senate Finance Committee
Senate Committee
AFL
CIO
Billy Sixty Scores First Perfect League Game
Milwaukee bowler Billy Sixty Sr. capped a 41 year league career with his first perfect 300 in a Milwaukee All-Star League match Tuesday night. He scored 158, 300, and 203 in three games, and has seven other 300s outside league play including a six game set with two 300s and a 278 final game.
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Milwaukee
Billy Sixty Sr
Milwaukee Journal
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17Th Avenue
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Aged Aid Relief
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China
REDS
Weston
Atom
Texas City
Claims Superior
KEDS
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Pravda
Izvestia
Britain
Harwell Laboratories
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