Mayor To Veto Gift Ham Bill Payment Step
The City Council voted 6 to 0 to pay a 157.41 bill to W. A. Becker Co. for Christmas hams for water department staff, but Mayor Victor N. Schiller announced he will veto the action as a matter of principle. He plans a veto statement, and an override would require three fourths of the council. The dispute centers on authority to buy gifts for city employees.
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Victor N. Schiller
W. A. Becker Co
Water Department
Schiller
Water Board
Nathan F. Burgy
LaVerne Deal
G. Fred Galli
Brodhead OKs New School Bids for High School
The Brodhead school board accepted V and E Construction Co. of Galena Illinois bid of 473032 for a new high school. It plans a special meeting to raise funds for gym lockers showers and music room through nonbonding sources and a nonprofit fund.
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Brodhead
Brodhead School
V and E Construction Co
Galena
Ill
Jaycees to Clash With Cow Girls in Benefit Game
The Monroe Jaycees announce a charity basketball show between the Jaycees and the Texas Cow Girls on April 2 at the old high school gym. Tickets are available to Jaycee members and at Benkett's, Thorpe Finance. proceeds fund local civic activities.
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Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce Today
Jaycees
Jaycee
Benkett’s Clothing
Thorpe Finance Office
Wisconsin PSC to Hear G T Co of Wisconsin Rate Increase
Madison officials report the Wisconsin Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing on April 1 regarding General Telephone Co of Wisconsin seeking higher rates. The session aims to review the utility’s rate hike request and its impact on customers.
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Madison
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co. of
Wisconsin
Speed Project Airport Site Study Moves To State Petition
City Council voted five to one to petition the State Aeronautics Commission to survey a site for Monroe’s proposed airport project. The plan would share costs with the state if findings allow a land purchase, aiming for federal reimbursement later.
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Monroe
State Aeronautics Commission
Howard Olsen
Citizens Airport Advisory Committee
Thomas K. Jordan
Aeronautics Commission
Council
Joseph Dearth
Herman Schindier
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Schindler
Laeser
Fred Galli
August Burgi
Roger Elmer
Nathan Burgy
Elmer
Olsen
L Ranch
Highway 59
Aldermen OK Purchase of New Police Car and More
Aldermen last night approved buying a Ford squad car from Monroe Sales Co. for 1760 plus trade in. They rejected a 1200 annual salary for Civil Defense Director Robert L. Hahn and discussed elm tree spraying for Dutch Elm disease. Johnson projects 350 high value elms to protect. action awaits his return. Other actions include two meter maid uniforms, Board of Public Works appointment, bid requests for North Side Park fields, final sewer payment, an operator license, memorials for Helen Gempeler and La Verne Deal, and an easement for the Highway 69 project.
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Civil Defense
Robert L. Hahn
Monroe Sales Co
Marty Ripp
Nash
Monroe
Hahn
Schiller
Ronald D. Johnson
Wisconsin Parks and Recreation Society
Wisconsin Rapids
Johnson
August Burgi
Board of Public Works
LaVerne Deal
New North Side Park
Council
Albert Ruef Co
Wisconsin Senate kills daylight time bill on voice vote
A bill to shorten daylight saving time in Wisconsin from five to three months died in the state Senate. The measure never reached debate and was killed by a voice vote as sponsor Sen. Howard W. Cameron asked for a roll call too late.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Howard W. Cameron
Rice Lake
Beer and Buildings Dominate Wisconsin Senate Debate
The Wisconsin Senate debated beer sales to under 21 and a Lake Monona shoreline building bill. Sen. LaFave urged moving a beer bill from welfare to government affairs, while Sen. Donnelly claimed industry influence. A 20-12 vote kept the beer bill in welfare. A Lake Monona height limit repeal won preliminary approval 25-7, moving toward final passage.
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Madison
Lakeshore
Wisconsin Senate
Reuben LaFave
R-Oconto
Public Welfare Committee
Committee On Governmental and Veterans Affairs
Davis A. Donnelly
Dean Claire
Lake Monona
Assembly
Stock Trend Mixed Amid Profit Taking After Record Surge
NEW YORK The stock market opened mixed as investors took profits after a surge to an all time high. Trading was heavy with gains and losses ranging to about one point on most major stocks.
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New York
Khrushchev Seeks Separate East German Peace Treaty
Khrushchev said Moscow would sign a separate peace with East Germany if the West blocks a full German settlement. He urged peace as essential to a seven year economic plan and noted talks with Macmillan as fruitful despite differing viewpoints.
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Leipzig
East Germany
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Germany
Otto Grotewohl
Berlin
United States
England
France
Grady defeats D'Alesandro in Baltimore mayoral primary
Baltimore prosecutor J Harold Grady won the Democratic primary defeating Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro for a fourth term bid. Grady carried his slate for comptroller and City Council president and will face Theodore R. McKeldin in the May general election, a former governor and two term Republican.
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Baltimore
J. Harold Grady
Thomas D’alesandro
D’alesandro
Grady
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
Bolivian Riots After Time Magazine Embarrassment
About 700 Americans in La Paz sheltered outside the Bolivian capital as clashes followed rioting over a Time magazine article. Police fired to disperse demonstrators at the embassy while a 15 year old and a second victim were reported killed.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Boliva
U.S
State Department
Lincoln White
Washington
Time Magazine
Time
New York
Henry R. Luce
United States
Pioneer IV Nears Moon In Space Probe Flight
The Pioneer IV spacecraft narrowed its distance to the moon to about 37,000 miles with a predicted closest approach at 5:24 p.m. as Goldstone and NASA track the probe. Initial speeds fell from 24,890 mph to 5,498 mph about 17 hours after launch from Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
America
Goldstone Dry Lake
Mojave Desert
Soviet Union
Earth
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Goldstone
Pioneer IV
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Macmillan Plans Western Allies Talk On Central Europe
Prime Minister Macmillan said he would consult Western Allies on a disengagement in Central Europe after a 10 day visit to the Soviet Union. He noted a private constructive discussion with Khrushchev and said the alliance must study further with all concerned before acting.
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London
Macmillan
Europe
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Gaitskell
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Paris
Bonn
Washington
Eisenhower
London Times
School Measles Cases Total 48
City School Nurse Kathryn Etter tallies 48 measles absences across four grade units and St. Victor's, up from 46. Lincoln leads with 25 cases while North and South report nine and four respectively, plus seven at St. Victor's. Total absences reach 112, with 21 chicken pox cases and two mumps at St. Victor's.
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City Schoo
Kathryn Etter
St. Victor’s
D. J. Huenink
Lincoln
St. Victor's
South School
Six Snowfalls Left as Monroe Sees Signs of Spring
Monroe forecast notes six snowfalls remain this winter as Leo Ties and Brodhead officials report cold weather continuing. Ties, who followed his father’s forecast, jokes about yesterday’s snow as too light to track. Still, local signs of spring appear with geese heading north and tulips blooming.
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Leo Ties
Brodhead
Ties
F. M
Tinker) Ties
Eugene Weaver
Mrs Flannery 25 Dies After Malignancy Battle
Blanchardville is told of the death of Mrs Donald Flannery 25 at Madison hospital after a 10 month cancer struggle. Former Varian Helmeid born Aug 4 1933 Argyle daughter of Thomas and Marella Sever son Helmeid married Dec 30 1950 to Donald Flannery. She leaves a daughter Vicki Lynn husband her mother three sisters and a brother. Services Friday 1 30 p m Adams Lutheran church Argyle officiating burial in church cemetery. Friends may call at Saether funeral home Blanchardville.
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Blanchardville
Donald Flannery
Madison
New Glarus
Byron
Belleville
Adams Lutheran Church
Emil C. Marinson
Argyle
Cemery
Saether
Blanshardville
State Swiss Market Demand Listed as Fair
Madison Wisconsin American cheese market shows steady tone with light to fair demand and ample, mixed offerings. Prices for Cheddars on moisture basis around 32 to 35 percent, 40 pound blocks at 34 to 35 percent, Longhorns 34 to 35 percent, Midgets 36 to 37 percent. Wisconsin Swiss cheese market remains about steady with most sales at unchanged prices and ample supplies. Blocks priced 38 to 40 percent, Arco C 34 to 36 percent, D 31 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Arco C
Eisenhower Sees Likely German Issue Solution Bright
President Eisenhower said Russia's note on Germany signals a less rigid Soviet stance and that the West will respond constructively. He warned against general mobilization and supported the 15 minute SAC ground alert, while noting no current plan for first strike. Summit talks remain unlikely without real progress and a foreign ministers conference could shape a path forward.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Strategic Air Command
Dean Acheson
Truman
McElroy
Europe
Nikita Khrushchev
Lou Costello Dies at 53 After Heart Attacks
Comedian Lou Costello died at age 53 from a heart attack, the second in a week. Bud Abbott mourned the loss, recalling their 1957 split as Costello sent his wife home from the hospital after a final wisecrack.
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Lou Costello
Bud Abbott
Abbott
Costello
Lou Costello Jr
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