Record-quiet Election Draws Low Ballots in Monroe
Only 105 electors cast judicial primary ballots in Monroe by 1 40 p m amid a likely record quiet election day. Turnout was light across four wards with 4 123 city electors qualified and statewide races limited to the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest featuring Steinle Dietrich and Stearns.
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Monroe
Turner Hall
High Court
Roland J. Steinle
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Kohler
William H. Dietrich
Hartford
Perry J. Stearns
Steinle
Milwauke County
Oscar M. Fritz
DAV
Second Judicial Circuit
Milwaukee County
Ronald A. Drechsler
Lincoln Neprud
Virogua
Carl H. Daley
Superior
Harry S. Fox
Janesville
County Jail Plans Face Zoning Hurdles
County Board courthouse and jail committee met with Gates Weiss and Kramer architects to review sites for a new jail. A 26-2 vote favored building beside highway shops but city zoning denied a residential site. One option is vacating half of a 60-foot alley to gain a 100 by 123.3 foot parcel at the current site. Mayor Dunwiddie discussed the idea and toured the site with architects.
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Gates, Weiss and Kramer
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Reds Claim Raids Wreck 78 Aircraft
Tokyo reported by Communist Peiping Radio that Red guerrillas in Indochina destroyed 78 French aircraft in two raids near Hanoi and Haiphong. The broadcast cited 18 Dakota cargo planes at Hanoi and 60 planes at Catbi Airbase near Haiphong including B-26s and fighter bombers. France acknowledged loss of 12 cargo planes in the Hanoi raid and additional aircraft damaged near Haiphong.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red
Indochina
Hanoi
Haiphong
Vietnam
Catbi
Naguib Resumes Post as Premier in Egypt
Maj. Gen. Mohamed Naguib restored to premier and Revolutionary Council chair after ouster. Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser returns as vice premier, while Salah Salem announces the reinstatement and sustains plans for a July provisional assembly to end martial law and press censorship. Nasser remains a key architect of the revolt and Suez talks.
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Cairo
Mohammed Naguib
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Salah Salem
Naguib
Revolutionary Council
Salem
Nasser
Suez
Farouk
GOP Rally At Monroe To Feature Ringling Discussion
More than 80 Green County Republicans will hear Henry Ringling of Baraboo, national committee man, discuss plans for the 1954 campaign at a dinner meeting in Monroe Country Club. Ringling will be joined by George Greeley from the state GOP and Green County chairman Robert E. Tschudy.
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Green County
Henry Ringling
Baraboo
Monroe Country Club
William Merriam
Janesville
Pure Milk Association
Ringling
George Greeley
GOP
Robert E. Tschudy
Monroe
Jefferson
Jack Rouse
State Headquarters
Lafayette County
Darlinga
Monroe Agriculture
Leslie F. Huber
County Agriculture Extension Office
Roger Stauffacher
Roger Wyss
Walter Brunkow
Otto Ersinger
Kenneth Wyss
Robert Brunkow
Times
Queen Elizabeth Slows Homeward Run Through Atlantic Gales
British liner Queen Elizabeth faced strong gales on the Atlantic crossing from New York but reported easing winds and is now making up time on the return voyage.
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London
Atlantic
Queen Elizabeth
New York
Policeman Turns Cowboy to Corral Loose Pony
Patrolman Delmar Meske on a three wheel motor cycle with sidecar chased a loose pony owned by W. R. Schuetze through the town. He leaped off, secured the rope, and led the animal to the police station basement until the owner reclaimed it at the fair grounds.
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W. R. Schuetze
10Th Street
16Th Avenue
Delmar Meske
Meske
Schuetze
Monroe Taxpayers Use Extra Pay Period Plan
Monroe taxpayers increasingly use a law allowing half taxes paid in January and the balance by July 31. City Treasurer Helen Gempeler turned over the remaining bills to the county treasurer Ralph Kundert. She reported $542,584.21 collected in cash and noted rising postponements as percentages drop. Total school payments amount to $270,000.
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Monroe
Helen L. Gempeler
Ralph Kundert
Maine mother claims God urged drownings in bathtub deaths
Constance Fisher, 24, faces a murder charge after police say she wrote a note claiming God told her to drown her three children Richard 6 Daniel 4 and Deborah 1 in their Waterville Maine home. The father Carl 33 discovered the victims when he forced entry.
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Waterville
Maine
Joseph B. Campbell
Constance Fisher
Richard Fisher
Daniel
Deborah
Carl
Stock List Shows Plus Minus Signs
A New York market session saw a slight overall dip of around a point. Some notable gains appeared in Gulf Oil Homestake Mining American Tobacco Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft while Chesapeake and Ohio Amerada Petroleum Allied Chemical General Electric U. S. Steel Chrysler and Radio Corp. posted declines.
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New York
Chesapeake and Ohio
Amerada Petroleum
Allied Chemical
General Electric U. S. Steel
Chrysler and Radio Corp
Gulf Oil
Homestake Mining
American Tobacco
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Dutch Plan for Saar Europe Volume Faces Obstacles
Paris France and Germany briefed after talks between Geor ges Bidault and Konrad Adenauer on adopting a Dutch plan to Europeanize the Saar while France seeks to keep its economic union. A Brussels meeting is set for March 30 with six-nation foreign ministers.
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Paris
France
Germany
Saar
Council of Europe
van der Goes van Naters
West Germany
Hitler
Adenauer
Bidault
Brussels
European Community
Greece
Turkey
Morse says dairy price supports must drop to 75 percent
Dayton Ohio Undersecretary Morse told the Miami Valley Milk Producers Association that the government had no choice but to cut dairy price supports for the new marketing year starting April 1. He cited a ruling by the department’s top legal officer and said the move aims to recapture markets and move dairy products to consumption rather than government warehouses.
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Dayton
Ohio
Morse
Benson
Agriculture Department
Miami Valley Milk Producers Association
Dulles Doctrine Gains Support Across Latin Nations
Three more Latin American countries joined eight others in backing the Dulles Doctrine at the Inter American Conference. Cuba Panama Venezuela Brazil Dominican Republic Paraguay Honduras Nicaragua and Haiti favored tough anti communism measures. Mexico proposed broadening joint action to counter all forms of totalitarian intervention in the Americas.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U. S
Cuba
Panama
Brazil
Dominican Republic
Paraguay
Honduras
Nicaragua
Haiti
Cecilia Remon
Jose Antonio Remon
Eisenhower
Dulles
Philadelphia
Mexico
Americas
Cheese Demand Light in Wisconsin Market
Wisconsin cheese trade shows very light demand with ample offerings. Selling prices vary by product with cheddar moisture basis at 37 and Longhorns around 35 to 36 cents per pound.
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Madison
Wisconsin
House Ready To Act On Excise Tax Cut Measure
President Eisenhower faces possible defeat as Congress prepares to consider a bill to cut about 930 million dollars in excise taxes on items like movie tickets cosmetics and luggage. The administration backs passage in the House but will oppose parts in the Senate citing revenue loss concerns.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
GOP
White House
Senate Finance Committees
Bill
Anonymous Caller Threatens McCarthy at Waldorf Hotel
An anonymous caller with a Spanish accent warned hotel security that something terrible would happen to Sen. McCarthy during the night. McCarthy had checked in Monday night and a night vigil was kept outside his room by police and hotel security. The call came in at 12:15 a.m. and was not traceable. there was no clear indication McCarthy was informed.
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New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Joseph Whelen
4-H Now Window Displays Across County for National Week
County clubs mount displays in business windows for National 4-H Week. Clarno Classy Clubbers in Wisconsin Power and Light Co. window. Richland Club in Greiner's Hardware. Monroe Home Economics in Monroe Bakery. Juda entries in Carter-Gruenewald and Woeffler store. Other clubs place displays in Federated Store Brodhead and local shops in Monticello York Postville New Glarus.
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Monroe
Clarno
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Richland Club
Greiner’s Hardware Co
Monroe Bakery
Hilltop Club
Blumer’s Pharmacy
Argus
Thorpe Finance
Davis Club
Carter - Gruenewald
Juda
Juda Jolly
Woeffler
Spring Grove
Decatur
Federated Store
Brodhead
Mt. Pleasant
Monticello
Dayton Club
Dayton
York Club
Postville
Ammons
New Glarus Club
Tschudy’s
New Glarus
Browntown
Busy Beavers
Brooklyn Club
Flanders Attacks McCarthy As McCarthyism Mentioned
Senator Flanders warned in the Senate that McCarthy is undermining the Republican party whether by design or ignorance. He described McCarthy as leading a one man faction called McCarthyism and warned the nation faces danger from external rather than internal forces.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
Senate
McCarthy
Wisconsin Delegation Presses Benson Over Dairy Price Supports
A Wisconsin delegation met with Secretary Benson to urge against cutting dairy price supports to 75 percent starting April 1 and to keep them at 85 percent for six months. They proposed options for government handling of surplus butter including direct sale, conversion to butter oil, or selling surplus on the world market. Rep. Smith and Rep. Laird argued the 75 percent cut worsens the surplus problem.
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Bulletin
Washington
Wisconsin
Benson
Lawrence H. Smith
Republican House
Smith
Walter Kohler
Donald McDowell
R. Froker
College of Agriculture
University of Wisconsin
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Hall Seeks Equal Air Time for GOP rebuttal
Chairman Leonard Hall moves to secure free radio and TV time for the Republican Party to answer Adlai Stevenson. McCarthy demands his own rebuttal but networks say time is limited and allocate a 9:30 to 10 p.m. CST block next Saturday to the GOP, with Stevenson having used the slot previously.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
GOP
Sen. McCarthy
NBC
CBS
Stevenson
McCarthy
New York
Republican Party
Wisconsin
Federal Communications Commission
Robert E. Lee
FCC
Miami
Fla
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Democratic Party
Hall
Saaid Hall
Bentley Has Surgery After Wounding in House Shooting
Rep. Alvin M. Bentley of Michigan underwent a 15 minute operation to remove gauze packing from his shattered liver and replace a drainage tube. Dr. Joseph R. Young said the surgery went well and Bentley should improve as he recovers.
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Washington
Alvin M. Bentley
R-Mich
House of Representatives
Bentley
Joseph R. Young
Middleton sectional tourney ticket rush opens
Tickets for the Middleton sectional basketball tournament went on sale at the high school office. Monroe will play Friday and Saturday nights. By noon 125 students and 50 adults had purchased two night passes priced at $2.25 for adults and $1.25 for students. One night tickets cost $1.25 for both groups. 250 adult and 200 student tickets were available with possible extra allocations.
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Middleton
Monroe
T. R. Holyoke
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William Blum
Earl Feldt
John Bollig
John Erb
John Hiltbrand
Clarence Schultz
Henry V. Babler
Walter Streiff
John Schoenemann
USDA
Adlai
Sen. Flanders
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