City council faces payment dispute over 2238.38 claims
A split Jan 28 vote allowed 2238.38 in claims with mayor Schiller casting the decisive ballot. Legal opinions say the vote was inadequate. a special meeting may be needed to authorize payment before the 60 day limit expires around March 29. The mayor’s $20 snow removal bill and extra compensation questions remain unresolved.
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Victor N. Schiller
Monroe Evening Times
Robert Sundby
Madison
League of Municipalities
Schiller
Freda Bray
Arthur C. Benkert
Sundby
Benkert
Benkett
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Fifth Ward
A. F. Sommerfeldt Dies After Illness at 71
Albert Frederick Sommerfeldt 71 of Albany died shortly before 11 this morning at his home after a heart attack. He was a retired farmer, survived by his wife and three daughters including Mrs. Edmund R. Anderson, plus four sisters. He married Esther Zimmerman in 1953. first wife Mary Fiie died in 1952. The body is at Sharer funeral home in Albany.
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Albert Frederick Sommerfeldt
Edmund R. Anderson
17Th Street
Monroe
Albany
Mr. Sommerfeldt
Mmes
John Michaels
Brodhead Durand
Arthur Peterson
Rockford
Donald Watts
Four Men Escape from Langlade County Jail
Four inmates awaiting armed robbery trial escaped Langlade County jail in Antigo by sawing through cell bars and ripping a roof hole. Authorities issued a broad alert for Clarence Bell Frank Cook Curtis Montgomery and Rob Logan, suspecting outside help, as they fled after the February 10 Black Hawk tavern holdup.
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Antigo
Langlade County
Clarence Bell
Cleveland
Frank Cook
Highland Park
Ill
Curtis Montgomery
Atlanta
Rob Logan
Lawrenceville
Brack Gillespie
Clintonville
Black Hawk Tavern
Gillespie
Drainage Pit Fire Triggers General Alarm at Nash Garage
Flames surged from a drainage pit at the Nash garage last night prompting a general fire alarm. Minor rear car damage reported as oil and gas buildup allegedly ignited accidentally while a traffic jam formed on 5th avenue as drivers rushed to the scene.
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Nash
5Th Avenue
Space blasts yield military and scientific data
Experts say America's three high altitude nuclear tests last summer provided valuable insights for anti missile radar and early warning systems. Nine Navy ships participated in the secret Argus project as space explosions sent an invisible veil around Earth to disrupt radar and radio reception for a limited time.
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Washington
America
Donald Aiedees
South Atlantic
U. S
Pentagon
Argus
Tarawa
Norton Sound
Albemarle
Army
Air Force
Jason
Travis Bill Seeks Four-Year Terms for Officials
In Madison a brief legislative session introduced a joint resolution by Sen. Robert Travis would extend terms for assembly members and county officers to four years, except judges who keep six years. The Assembly also received a bill to raise circuit court reporters’ salaries from 6000 to 7500 dollars.
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Madison
County Clerks Association
Robert Travis
Platteville
Assembly
Earl D. Morton
Kenosha
Space Test Revealed Radar Signal Bounced Off Venus
An 84 foot dish at Westford Massachusetts transmitted a 300 kilowatt radar signal to Venus in February 1958 and received the echo five minutes later. The round trip of 56 million miles used about 10 cents of electricity and generated half a billion calculations at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. President Eisenhower praised the peaceful space achievement.
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Westford
Mass
Venus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lincoln Laboratory
MIT
Air Force
Moon
Eisenhower
Outer Space
Earth
Millstone Hill
Union Services Planned Sunday in Monroe Churches
Palm Sunday services are set for Grace Lutheran Church at 7 30 p.m. led by Rev. Robert Towner of First Baptist Madison with a sermon titled The Man Who Would Not Pay the Price. A men s chorus of over 30 voices will sing The Holy City Were You There When They Crucified My Lord Bruce Patterson directs. Union Vacation Bible School offerings will be raised.
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Union
Union Theological Seminary
Bruce Patterson
C. C. Warfel
Union Vacation Bible School
St. Victor's Catholic Church
E. C. McCollow
St. John’s Church
Paul H. Olm
Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church
Bernard Bartel
Jerusalem
Bartel
A. Fred Trachsel
Nelson Signs Metzner Repeal
Gov. Gaylord Nelson signed into law a repeal of a 1957 Madison ordinance blocking a four million dollar auditorium and civic center project. The measure allows the city to proceed with funding and construction as planned after voters supported the project and Frank Lloyd Wright was envisioned as designer. Carroll Metzner, the Madison Republican who introduced the earlier bill, lost re election in 1958.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Frank Lloyd Wright
Carroll Metzner
Voters May Register Here on Monday Night
City Hall will be open from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday for residents to register for the April 7 election. City Clerk Freda Bray urged registration before the 5 p.m. March 25 deadline.
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Freda Bray
Waupac a County Court Jurisdiction Expanded by Law
Gov. Gaylord Nelson signed a bill enlarging the jurisdiction of the Waupaca County Court. The action expands the court’s authority under the new measure enacted today.
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Bill Madison
Waupaca
Gaylord Nelson
Berlin talks begin as Eisenhower and Macmillan meet
President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Macmillan started Berlin discussions after a Walter Reed visit with Secretary Dulles. A joint U S British delegation flies to Camp David for talks on a united Allied stance toward the Soviet blockade and the Berlin crisis.
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Washington
Hower
Macmillan
Berlin
Dulles
W R Reed Army Hospital
Selwyn Lloyd
Camp David
Maryland
White House
James Hagerty
Walter Reed
U S
Herter
U.S
John Hay Whitney
Britain
Livingston Merchant
Andrew J. Goodpaster
Harold Caccia
Norman Brook
F Hoyer Millar
Foreign Office
Bethesda
Naval Center
Eisenhower
Catoctin Mountains
U.S.S
Ottawa
Adenauer
de Gaulle
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Good Faith Bill Enables City to Pay Curb Contract
An amendment to the good faith statute allows the City Council to pay W. A. Stauffacher Construction Co. of Monroe 5 402 for curb and gutter installation. The council will act to settle the contract for curbing done last summer, despite prior protests over extra work. The measure, introduced by Assemblyman C. M. Stauffer, passed with no opposition and was signed by Gov. Nelson.
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W. A. Stauffacher Construction Co
Monroe
Law Today
C. M. Stauffer
Assembly
Senate
Nelson
Four Hostages Rescued After WV Kidnap Plot
State police freed a 29 year old mother and her three children from Richard A. Payne a former inmate who held them 20 hours at a Charleston West Virginia home Payne planned to force release of Burton Junior Post from prison He surrendered at a Logan roadblock after firing at officers Payne had vowed to kill Post and threatened further harm to the hostages if his demands were not met The Baldwin family husband John was tied and gagged during the ordeal Payne noted the motive in a letter to Governor Underwood and described the incident as a vendetta against Post
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Charleston
W. Va
Richard A. Payne
Logan
Here
John Baldwin
Burton Junior Post
Payne
Post
South Charleston
Baldwins
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
Baldwin
Stock Market Drifts Lower with Mixed Trades
New York trading opened with uneven declines and gains across key issues. Havey Industries rose about 4 points on news that General Electric is selling its custom molded plastic business to Havey.
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New York
Havey Industries
General Electric
Haveg
Schoolhouse Planned After District Change In Decatur Township
The County School Committee ordered dissolving Badger Decatur and Jordan Prairie districts to form District No 2 Town of Decatur with a new three room schoolhouse. Pengra district will join Juda state graded school. A site and building committee will oversee the Decatur action.
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Green County
County School Committee
Badger
Decatur
Jordan Prairie
Rudolph T. Haskee
Pengra
Haskee
Treasury Offers Ten Year Bonds to Ease Debt
The Treasury announced a plan to borrow 4.0 billion dollars next week by selling a 10 year bond at 4 percent interest aiming to raise 0.5 billion dollars. It also seeks 1.5 billion through 4 percent notes maturing in 4 years. The remaining 2.0 billion will come via an auction of 84 month bills under a new program to ease market impact.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Department
Public School Students Begin Spring Vacation
Monroe public schools end regular classes and start spring break. Students return Monday March 30. St Victor's Parochial School closes for vacation from March 25 and resumes classes April 1.
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Monroe
St. Victor’s Parochial School
Writer's Wife Robbed in Washington Attack
The wife of Pulitzer prize winner Edgar Ansel Mowrer, 67, was assaulted by three teenage girls and robbed of her purse containing $17. She suffered a broken nose and a sprained wrist.
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Washington
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Wisconsin Braces for Early Spring Floods and Snow
State officials map help for Pecatonica Kickapoo and Wolf Rivers as warnings of the worst spring floods in years spread through Wisconsin. A new blizzard brings more snow while ice on rivers and rising basements prompt precautionary measures and National Guard alert.
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Wisconsin
Pecatonica
Kickapoo
Wolf Rivers
U.S. Weather Bureau
Illinois
Darlington
Pecatonica River
Sugar River
Albany
Monroe
27Th Avenue
Sutter Bros
Washington Township
Nelson
Ralph Olsen
National Guard
Olson
U.S
FFA Banquet Set By Monroe Chapter on April 7
The Monroe FFA announces its 16th annual Parent-Son banquet on Tuesday April 7 at 7 30 p.m. in the new high school cafeteria. Larry Rackow will be master of ceremonies and Kenneth C Allen will present awards. Officers include Nathan Hartwig Ralph Stauffacher Kenneth Falk James Huffman Nathan Bloom Evan Siedschlag. Rev Paul H Olm will give the invocation. Sponsored by Commercial and Savings Bank.
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Monroe
FFA
Larry Rackow
Kenneth C. Allen
Nathan Hartwig
Ralph Stauffacher
Kenneth Falk
James Huffman
Nathan Bloom
Evan Siedschlag
Sentinel
Paul H. Olm
St. John’s Church
Banqnet
Commerical and Savings Bank
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A.F. Sommerfeldt
Travis Bill
Immanuel Church
Robert Towner
Metzner
Johnson
Monroe Police Department
Commercial and Savings Bank
Wilbert E. Johnson
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Dwight C. Coplien
Arthur E. Colvin
Donald L. Hoppe
Kenneth M. Mayer
John R. Burkhammer
Times
Lke
Lee Dulles
Decatur Township
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