City Extends Excavation Bid Plans for Connors Chandler Site
City council authorized the Board of Public Works to seek bids for extended excavation at the Connors Chandler municipal site. Bids open at 5 p.m. Thursday April 2. Rees Construction handles rock removal. blasting contracted to Dann and Wendt Co. of Rio Wis. Emergency declared to repair Wells 2 and 3 on 5th Avenue.
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Board of Public Works
Connors-Chandler
Monroe Evening Times
City Hall
Rees Construction Co
Dann and Wendt Co
Rio
Wis
Water Board
5Th Avenue
T. J. Burgy Jr
Eighth Ward
Orville R. Evans
J.B.F. Amos
Fred R. Simpson
Judiciary Committee
Absentee Voting Rules Explained by City Clerk
City Clerk Freda Bray outlined the April 7 absentee ballot process in The Monroe Evening Times. Eligible voters include the aged and infirm at home, those out of town on election day, and those unable to reach Turner Hall, with ballots mailed or picked up by the clerk and witnessed by a notary.
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Freda Bray
Bray
Turner Hall
Monroe to Host Forensics Meet
Monroe high school will host five Badger Conference schools this Saturday for the conference forensics contest. Participants include Middleton Monona Grove Sun Prairie Wisconsin High and Monroe with nine major categories from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the senior high. Admission is free. A winners advance to the Whitewater district contest April 4. Keith Livens is host chairman. Representing Monroe are Richard Roehrdanz Jane Schrier Madalyn Meythaler Julie Simmons Barbara Wuthrich Mary Crouch Janet Johnson Paul Marty Bill Babler Becky Houser Dan Landis Greg Wagner Anne Silvis Audrey Beach Becky Trumpy and Charles Gable.
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Monroe High School
Badger
Middleton
Monona Grove
Sun Prairie
Wisconsin High
Monroe
Whitewater
Keith Livens
Richard Roehrdanz
Jane Schrier
Madalyn Meythaler
Julie Simmons
Barbara Wuthrich
Mary Crouch
Janet Johnson
Paul Marty
Bill Babler
Becky Houser
Dan Landis
Greg Wagner
Anne Silvis
Audrey Beach
Becky Trumpy
Charles Gable
Livens
Mayor Lets Pastor Open Monroe City Council with Prayer
Monroe's city council opened with a prayer for the first time in years. Rev. Melvin J. Roehrdanz of Immanuel EUB church was asked by Mayor Orville R. Evans to lead, asking for insight and wisdom for the city leaders.
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Monroe
Melvin J. Roehrdanz
Immanuel Eub
Orville R. Evans
Roehrdanz
Return of Wind Stirs Fire Fears
Fire crews battle rising winds to contain three brush fires that had torched 11 600 acres and destroyed at least 20 homes. Insurance claims reach about 4 million dollars as 200 firefighters guard Weldon Canyon and 300 mop up hotspots in the Verdugo and San Rafael Hills near Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Keith Klinger
Weldon Canyon
Burbank - Glendale
Verdugo
San Rafael Hills
Pilot Who Lost Life Talked at Event Here
Lt. George N. Neale, 29, the Blue Angel pilot who died after a parachute failure near Apalachicola Florida, had spoken at the Monroe Rotary Club luncheon in August 1962. He was part of a demonstration team returning to Pensacola from an air show at West Palm Beach when his aircraft malfunctioned west of Apalachicola 167 miles east of Pensacola.
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Blue Angel
Apalachicola
Fla
Monroe Rotary Club
George N. Neale
Pensacola
West Palm Beach
Neale
Larson Colum busi ness editor dies at 53 in Columbus
Waldo Larson co publisher and business manager of the Columbus Journal Republican died Tuesday at his home after an apparent heart attack. He was 53 and had worked 28 years for the paper after leaving Stoughton. He is survived by his widow Alma and two children.
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Columbus
Wis
Waldo Larson
Columbus Journal Republican
Larson
Stoughton
Alma
Monroe Girl In Art Contest
Miss Ruth Chambers a Monroe high school senior, daughter of Mr and Mrs Evan Chambers of 1314 21st street, becomes the first Monroe student in the General Federation of Women's Clubs art contest. She entered five works through the local Woman's Club of Monroe and a single oil in the Hallmark Company contest seeking national grants.
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Ruth Chambers
Evan Chambers
21St Street
Monroe
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Woman's Club of
Miss Chambers
General Federation
Hallmark Company
Hallmark
Chambers
Woman’s Club
Platteville State College
Joyce Blunk
Helen Farnsworth Mears
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mark Rosa
Robert Rosa
5Th Street
Lin
Mud Closes Monroe Airport Temporarily
The Monroe municipal airport east of Monroe is closed for a week or two due to mud. Airport committee chairman Fred R. Simpson announced the closure starting today and expressed hope conditions will improve soon.
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Monroe
Fred R. Simpson
Soviets Refuse Release Of Airmen Despite Washington Warnings
The Soviet Union again refused to free three U.S. airmen after their bomber was shot down over East Germany. Lt. Harold W. Welch of Detroit remains hospitalized in Magdeburg as Washington warns further delay could hinder U.S.-Soviet cooperation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Magdeburg
East Germany
Harold W. Welch
Detroit
John A. Hennessen Jr
Air Force Headquarters
Wiesbaden
Hennessen
Welch
U.S. Air Force
United States
Walter J. Stoessel
Moscow
Stoessel
David J. Holland
Holland, Minn
Melvin J. Kessler
Philadelphia
Holland
Kessler
East Berlin
Crash Kills Wisconsin Couple Near Ozark Alabama
Mr and Mrs Paul Dorchart of Watertown Wisconsin were killed Tuesday in a head on collision nine miles north of Ozark Alabama. The accident involved their car and another auto.
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Ozark, Ala
Paul Dorchart
Watertown
Wis
Here
Alabama
Wallace Warns of Bitter Fight in Wisconsin Campaign
Alabama Governor George Wallace warned Wisconsin supporters that backers would be smeared by liberals and the left wing press as he opened his campaign for the 46 Democratic National Convention votes. He urged delegates to stand by him and not fear the attacks. The Milwaukee event drew about 50 people as delegates from Oshkosh joined, with Wallace promising a campaign that would honor their names.
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Milwaukee
Alabama
Wallace
Wisconsin
Oshkosh
George Wallace
Metal Pole Barn Set for Fair Site
A new 60x120 metal pole barn with white exterior will rise at Green County Fairgrounds replacing an older 28x80 building. The $8,022 Morton Building Co. contracted project will host 4H cattle and about 130 animals, with space shortages prompting the update. Other plans include a larger floral hall and new front-area facilities, pending after the 1964 fair.
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Green County Fairgrounds
O. L
Doug) Hare
Fair Association
Morton Building Co
Morton, Ill
Freeport
Hare
Dairyland Jubilee
John Schermerhorn
Art Swenson
Stock Market Climb Led by Steels and Autos
New York stocks rose into new highs as steels and autos led the advance. Trading remained moderately active with steel shares boosted by reports of a steel industry boom and airlines riding higher on bullish expectations for first quarter profits.
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New York
Deputy Warden Inducts County Guests Into Waupun Procedures
County officials and guests attended an annual Dutch treat dinner at Marco's where Deputy Warden R. J. Stoffel inducted them as new inmates of Waupun state prison. The address reinforced prison rules and custodial discipline, leaving a lasting impression of security and order. Sheriff Deininger introduced Stoffel while District Attorney Viney served as master of ceremonies. Ed Bidlingmaier received a long service gift marking his 1936 tenure as dean of the County Board.
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Bidlingmaier
Ed Bidlingmaier
Adams Township
Green County Board
Veteran Highway Committee
Cc. S. Pierce
Gordon Roseleip
Waupun
R. J. Stoffel
W. E. Deininger
Times
Marco’s
Waupun State Prison
R. J. Stof
el. Stoffel
Stoffel
Joseph D. Viney
Ray Kundert
New Glarus Plans 120th Anniversary Festivities
New Glarus to observe the 120th founding anniversary on July 30 31 with events sponsored by the New Glarus Business Association. Volksfest on August 1 will follow, a Maennerchor gathering. Millard Tschudy named general chairman with committee heads Disch Duerst Hoesly Strickler and Ingwell plus planning council member.
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NEW Glarus
New Glarus Business Association
Millard Tschudy
Gerald Disch
J. S. Disch
Palmer Duerst
Kenneth Ho
Swiss Market Mixed Sees Easing Buying Demand
Madison Wisconsin dairy report notes generally steady cheese prices with fractional changes in cheddar blocks and daisies as margins tighten. Demand is fair and supplies ample with Swiss prices unchanged to one cent lower as buying interest tapers and market grows more competitive.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Meat Imports Debate Hits Beef Prices and Politics
The Johnson administration faces pressure over meat import quotas as cattle and sheep raisers protest high imports from Australia and New Zealand. Senator Hruska fights for action while Secretary Freeman opposes limits, arguing most price declines stem from domestic production. Mansfield presses for quotas amid election concerns.
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Washington
Johnson
Roman L. Hruska
R-Neb
Australia
New Zealand
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Senate Finance Committee
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Nebraska
Vermont
Virginia
Oklahoma
Hawaii
Hruska
Secretary of Agriculture
Freeman
Senate Appropriations
United States
Midwest
Geneva
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Federal Bureau of Standards
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Sportsman’s Bar
William P. Lunda
Eagles
16Th Avenue
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Olin E. Flisram
Herman L. Schindler
Walter R. Ekum
Victor N. Schiller
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Ekum
Schiller
Burgy
William J. Schmitz
A. R. McDaniel
Park Motor Inn
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