Monroe Red Cross drives seek $3000 county quota
Monroe residents and business leaders are asked to contribute about 3000 to the county Red Cross chapter with city quota set at 2940 and county goal 7115. Rev Richard F Hulburt heads the drive with house to house canvassing and business solicitations while county-wide effort aims to meet last year’s shortfall.
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Monroe
Red Cross
Richard F. Hulburt
City Drive
National Red Cross
Rev. Hulburt
L. A. Koenig
Koenig
Albany
C. Gelbach
Brodhead
August Lehnherr
Browntown
Hubert Rockow
Juda
Janet Arnsmeier
Monticello
Alfred Isley
New Glarus
Millard Tschudy
Adams
Edward Bidlingmaier
Cecil McCreedy
Brooklyn
Elsie Smith
Cadiz
F. V.ehtelt
Clarno
Thomas Thorp
Decatur
George Schwartzlow
Exeter
Ray Grady
Jefferson
Miss Arnsmeier
Jordan
Newell Smith
Glenn Benkett
Mr. Pleasant
Lyle Rodger
Gilbert Duerst
Spring Grove
Marvin Siedschlag
Washington
Henry C. Hefty
Yor'’s
Quinton Syse
Vogler Named to All State College Conference Team
Ernie Vogler, former Monroe high star and first to top 1,000 points at Platteville State College, earns a 10-man All State College Conference basket ball squad selection. Fellow Pioneer Larry Marshall also makes the team along with Three Rivers Falls players Dick Wells and Bob Williams, Clarence Wild, Roger Hanson, Jim Billinger, Wayne Krueger, Russ Tiedemann, Roger Lowney.
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Ernie Vogler
Monroe High
Platteville State College
Vogler
Larry Marshall
River Falls
Dick Wells
Bob Williams
Clarence Wild
Roger Hanson
Jim Billinger
Eau Claire
Wayne Krueger
Milwaukee
Nixon Says Atomic Weapons Ready in Pacific
Vice President Nixon told Chicago audiences that the United States has atomic weapons in the Pacific and would use them if needed. He warned that tactical atomic explosives are now conventional and would be aimed at military targets of any aggressor. He also questioned the 1945 Yalta pact and argued concessions to the Soviets had harmed the United States and the free world.
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Chicago
Nixon
United States
Pacific
Executives Club
Free World
Japan
Bank Robbers Obtain $54,000
CHICAGO Four masked gun men robbed the River Forest Bank of $54,000 in under two minutes. They waved guns and emptied a cash drawer and teller's cage, missing $90,000 as they fled. Police arrived quickly after a false alarm ruse diverted suburban squads.
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Chicago
River Forest
Bernard Gerard
Forest Park
Pope Pius XII attends Lenten rites after illness
Pope Pius XII joins a Lenten ceremony in Vatican City marking his return to the rite after a two year absence due to illness in 1954. The pontiff clearly resumed public religious duties following recovery.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Kidnap Note Triggers Statewide Search Near Middleton
A note claiming a woman had been kidnapped prompted a statewide alert after a Middleton motel operator found post cards hidden in bed sheets. A man and woman with a child checked out of Porky's cabins registered as R Wood real and Rolla Missouri. The man is wanted in Missouri for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. FBI involvement followed.
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Madison
Middleton
Dane County
Porky
R.wood
Reay
Rolla
Missouri
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St. Louis
U. S
Harold Wille
Wille
Tidal Wave Warning Issued Across Pacific Islands
A submarine earthquake near Siberia's Kamchatka Peninsula prompted alerts from the Aleutians to Hawaii. Pacific Island nations and territories from North Pacific to Guam were warned of a potential tidal wave. Hawaii and Pearl Harbor areas later reported no danger after checks.
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Pearl Harbor
North Pacific
Aleutians
Guam
Hawaii
Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Taylor farmer charged in death dance killing
MEDFORD A Taylor County farmer Steve Stortecky was charged with second degree murder after a 9 year old son testified his drunken father forced his wife Julia to dance then fired at her feet. The child said she was shot twice and died in an emergency room. The suspect claimed the death was accidental due to the pistol discharging while he held it in his lap.
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Medford
Raymond Scott
Scott
Steve Stortecky
Taylor County
Stanley Stortecky
Julia
Gilman
Sorteck
Adoption Rule Change Favored by Assembly Panel
Madison committee approved a bill to allow court review when a welfare or private guardian agency refuses consent to adoption. The measure responds to the Tschudy case in which Wisconsin Supreme Court barred trial court review of the agency’s refusal. Oscar Toebaas urged broadening access to a hearing, while supporters call it a step forward to end finality by agencies.
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Madison
Assemblymen
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Assemblyman
Metzner
Tschudy
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Welfare Department
Dorothy Tschudy
Monroe
Jeffrey
Department
Vernon
Supreme Court
High Court
Green County Court
W. J. P. Aberg
Aberg
Toebaas
Cheddar Prices Firm In Sales at Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange notes unchanged cheddar values with steady trading. Sales include one car state brand longhorns 3354 while bids and unfilled orders list two cars state brand cheddars 3134 two cars junior grade cheddars 314 four 40-lb blocks 32 and one car state brand pasteurized single daisies 34. Trading tone remains steady.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
John Ward Dies in La Crosse Civic Leader
John D. Ward, 46, a state and national official of laundry trade groups and a La Crosse civic leader, died of a heart attack Thursday night.
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John Ward
LA Crosse
John D. Ward
Yalta Record Shows Stalin Was Told U S Wouldn't Keep Troops
The Yalta papers show President Roosevelt informed Marshal Stalin the United States would not keep troops in Europe beyond about two years after World War II and had no plans to station forces in Korea. This disclosure may have influenced Soviet strategy as WWII ended. Roosevelt aimed to secure Soviet cooperation against Japan and in the new United Nations framework.
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Washington
Kremlin
United States
Europe
Asia
Stalin
Roosevelt
Korea
Yalta
British Empire
Churchill
Japan
United Nations
Montreal Riots after Hockey Game Protest Campell Action
Thousands of fans rampaged for seven hours in Montreal in the worst disturbance since World War II anti conscription riots. The mob, furious at NHL President Clarence Campbell over Maurice Richard suspension, smashed windows looted stores injured several, while Detroit led 4-1 when the game was stopped and ruled a Detroit win.
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Montreal
National Hockey League
Clarence Campbell
Montreal Forum
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit
Campbell
Maurice
Rocket) Richard
St. Catherine’s Street
Stock Trend Mixed with Advances Indicated
New York stock market showed a mixed trend with a tilt toward gains in early afternoon trading. Most price moves were small, ranging from about three points down to four points up, led by Deep Rock Oil and including General Motors Radio Corp Western Union Kennecott Copper Phelps Dodge and Seaboard Railroad. Bethlehem U S Steel Boeing Douglas International Paper and International Nickel closed lower.
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New York
General Motors
Radio Cor
Western Union
Kennecott Copper
Phelps Dodge
Seaboard Railroad
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
International Paper
International Nickel
Senate group rejects changes to two Wisconsin agencies
The Wisconsin Senate labor taxation insurance and banking committee rejected proposals to reorganize the Public Service Commission and the Industrial Commission along with a measure to add inspectors. Other actions included a history project for the 32nd Infantry Division, Korean War veterans’ eligibility for county aids, and a single UW state board plan. The agriculture panel approved butter grade display rules and a mass urban transportation tax reform proposal amid Assembly action.
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Madison
Wisconsin Senate
Labor, Taxation, Insurance and Banking Committee
Senate
Kendzierski
Schmidt
Milwaukee
Public Service Commission
Lauri
D-Superior
Industrial Commission
Senate Education Committee
Kohler
Regent Boards of
University of Wisconsin Board
Senate Agriculture Committee
Assembly
Catlin
R-Appleton
Monroe pep band leads into state basketball tourney
The Monroe high school pep band of 50 under Allan F Barnard played the Star Spangled Banner to open the Wisconsin state basketball tournament in Madison. Spectators teased Bud Foster and saluted Abe Ableman as he left the floor. Attendance set a Thursday afternoon record at 14,260.
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Monroe High School
Allan F. Barnard
Monroe
Madison Area
Platteville
Middleton
Monroe Cheesemen meet Superior Central in state semifinal
The Monroe Cheesemen, fresh from a 63 45 win over Kimberly, face top ranked Superior Central Vikings in the WIAA state basketball semi finals at the Wisconsin fieldhouse tonight at 7. Monroe’s Bob Anderegg scored 26 points and Jim Menehan added 15 as Ableman returned from an injury later in the game. The winner advances to the 7 30 p m final Saturday while the loser plays for third.
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Bob Anderegg
Monroe
Kimberly
Lee Nevers
Papermakers
Herb Ableman
Pete Johnson
Jim Menehan
Jerry Stauffacher
State Journal
Anderegg
Nevers
Stauffacher
Johnson
Dave Wondrow
Paul Olson
Middleton
Ron Myers
Mary Elliott
Jack Walters
Shorewood
Brian Kulas
Wausau
Ken Vander Velden
Bob Millman
Platteville
Stan Ladich
Jack Stark
Superior
Roger Johnson
Bob Barneson
Eau Claire
Barneson
Kulas
Central Vikings
University of Wisconsin
WEEZ
Wclo-Fm
Janesville
Cheesemen
Ableman
Abe
Fulbright Slams Inquiry Attack Over Market Talk
Sen. Fulbright accuses professional Republicans of turning the Senate stock market inquiry into partisan politics as GOP chair Leonard Hall attacks the hearing. Hall blamed the inquiry for market jitters, cites Harvard economist Galbraith, and criticizes interpretations of competition in the auto industry. General Motors president Harlow Curtis disputes claims of reduced competition in autos.
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Washington
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
Miami
Hall
Harlow H. Curtis
General Motors
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Galbraith
Navy Reservist Die in Wisconsin Auto Crash
James Werden Castle aged 24 a naval reserve seaman from Milwaukee was killed when his car veered off a town road jumped a culvert and crashed into a farmer's field near Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin early today authorities said Castle was stationed in Milwaukee and the accident occurred in a rural area cited by police as a fatal single vehicle crash with no immediate signs of foul play
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Sturgeon Bay
James Werden Castle
Milwaukee
Will Ableman Play Tonight A Monroe Dilemma
Monroe fans awaited word on Herbert Ableman's status after an eye injury from a Kimberly player. Mrs. Lee Mitchell said the eye is sore but vision is clear and he is expected to play if no complications arise. Dr. Kundert noted initial pain but cleared vision by last night and expected Ableman to be ready for action tonight.
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Lee Mitchell
Madison
University
T. R. Holyoke
Herbert Ableman
Monroe
Ableman
Mitchell
Fred W. Kundert
Monroe Eager
Kundert
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Jon Dannerbeck
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Larry R. Lindgr
Holyoke
Ron Meyers
Charles Schultz
Beloit
Roy Ward
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