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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1955

Page

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Foster Will Speak At Salute To Team Monroe

Harold Bud Foster Wisconsin basketball coach will speak at Monroe high school stag dinner Sunday night honoring the Monroe squad and Coach Lee Mitchell. Chamber president Kenneth W. Stuart announced tickets at 6 from Fur’s or the Country Club. limit 100. Community attendees praised the players and school leadership amid a celebratory crowd at the high school gym.

Harold Bud) Foster University of Wisconsin Monroe Kenneth W. Stuart Monroe Chamber of Commerce Monroe Country Club Chamber Lee Mitchell Myron Babler Stuart James Forbes Fur’s Country Club Supt E. O. Evans T. R. Holyoke Board of Education Chamber of Commerce Junior Chamber of Commerce Brooks J. Dunwiddie Clarence W. Loveland Loveland Herbert T. Johnson Mitchell

Snow Delays Wisconsin Assembly Work on Charitable Fundraiser Bills

Proposals to reorganize the State Conservation Commission and license fundraisers were introduced in the Wisconsin Assembly but action was postponed. Snow delayed votes as 20 to 30 of 100 members were missing, with hearings planned. La Fave would create a full time three member commission at 10 thousand dollars per year, while other bills would require licenses and bonds for fundraisers, exempting religious and educational drives. The Senate briefly met to congratulate Eau Claire’s state champion basketball team, then adjourned due to snow and set a 5 p.m. meeting to resume Tuesday’s calendar. The merger proposals for the University of Wisconsin extension division and related higher ed consolidations were noted, with action deferred pending governor and regents input.

Madison State Conservation Commission Wisconsin Assembly Assembly la Fave R-Oconto Senate Genzmer R-Mayville Romell R-Adams Secretary of State Eau Claire Leverich R-Snarta University of Wisconsin Extension Division Milwaukee State College University Board of Regents Gov. Kohler University College Regents

Two Children Die in Menominee Fire Tragedy

On the Menominee Indian Reservation a blaze claimed two young lives in a small frame home. Victims were Winifred Peters, age 2, and her 4-month-old brother Roger Jr. The father struggled to rescue them as flames engulfed the residence.

Keshena Menominee Indian Reservation Winifred Peters Roger Jr

St. Clare hospital listed as fully accredited nationwide

St. Clare hospital is again among hospitals fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accredited Hospitals at Chicago. The year’s list shows 2,928 hospitals fully accredited and 585 with provisional status based on facilities and patient care.

St. Clare Hospital United States Canada Joint Commission On Accredited Chicago

Snow Fatal to Jesuit Oshkosh

Rev Irvin Umhoefer treasurer of the Jesuit Novitiate Oshkosh collapsed and died at the novitiate door after fighting through drifted snow from a stalled car.

Oshkosh Irvin Umhoefer

66 Die in Crash Of Naval Plane On Hawaii Ridge

A U S Navy transport RD-6 with 66 aboard crashed into a ridge at the Laulaulei depot on Oahu. All aboard died. The plane, four-engine, had taken off from Hickam Field and was en route to Travis AFB when radio trouble prompted a return. The wreck sparked a long fire as rescuers reported a red sky and a thunderclap-like explosion. Passengers included 20 Air Force personnel, 16 Navy, 19 Army and two civilian dependents.

Milwaukee Road Arthur Dooley Janesville New Glarus Chicago Dooley Samuel F. Humbel Charles Gardner Times Hickam Field Navy San Francisco Travis Air Force Base William Joest Philo Owen Cmdr. J. Smith The Hawaiian Sea Frontier Moffett Naval Air Street San Jose Calif Smith Laulaulei Depot Honolulu Washington Hawaii

Leukemia Claims Belleville Youth Seven

Richard Grossen seven son of Mr and Mrs Robert Grossen rural Belleville died at 1234 a m in St Clare hospital after leukemia left him mostly bedridden since February 18 the boy born July 16 1947 in Monroe attended Monticello grade school survived by his parents two brothers a sister grandparents and two sets of grandparents with services set for Thursday at Zwingli church Monticello burial in Highland cemetery and viewing at Voegeli funeral home Monticello

Richard Grossen Robert Gressen Belleville St. Clare Hospital Evening Times Monroe Robert C Margaret Larbacher Grossen Monticello Robert Jr Jimmy Joann Emil Grossen William Sarbacher Ellen Zwingli Evangelical and Reformed Church A. R. Achtemeier Highland Cemetery Voegeli

Stock Market Mixed in Early Afternoon Trading

In New York today the stock market made limited headway after a mixed start with gains in Texas Co. United Air Lines Anaconda Copper Kennecott Copper General Electric Sperry Corp General Dynamics Bath Iron Works U S Steel General Motors United Aircraft and Zenith Radio. Declines appeared in American Telephone Phelps Dodge Dow Chemical Schering Corp Royal Dutch Petroleum and Distillers Corp.

New York Texas Co United Air Lines Anaconda Copper Kennecott Copper General Electric Sperry Corp General Dynamics Bath Iron Works U. S. Steel General Motors United Aircraft Zenith Radio American Telephone Phelps Dodge Dow Chemical Schering Corp Royal Dutch Petroleum Distillers Corp

SEC Chairman Backs Brokers Amid Senate Inquiry

The SEC chair Ralph H. Demmler told the Senate Banking Committee that broker and dealer violations are not epidemic and called market rules a perpetual effort to close loopholes. He warned abuses blur lines between unethical and illegal practices as a feud over witnesses and Galbraith's testimony looms.

Washington Securities and Exchange Commission Senate Ralph H. Demmier Senate Banking Committee Demmler Fulbright D-Ark Sen Capehart Indiana Harvard John Kenneth Galbraith Galbraith Cambridge Mass

Nobel Scientist Linus Pauling Foresees End to Major Wars

Pasadena based Nobel chemist Linus Pauling declared that the H bomb has ended major wars forever and urged an immediate halt to atomic and hydrogen bomb tests due to dangerous radioactive fallout. He warned that any radiation exposure, even small doses, could be hazardous and that world war now risks worldwide destruction, potentially ensuring permanent peace.

Pasadena Calif Linus Pauling

Howard Zink Dies at 78 in Madison Hospital

Howard Zink 78 of Horeb died last night in a Madison hospital after a three week illness. Survived by two sons Marcel Loretta and Kenneth Horeb and three grandchildren. His wife Sarah Sharer who died in 1949 was sister of Ernest Sharer of Albany. Services pending at Sharer funeral home Albany. Burial in Verona Township, his native home.

Albany Howard Zink Horeb Madison

Birds Need Feeding As Snow Closes In On Food Supply

With heavy snowfall covering the food supply many birds that appeared this spring have prompted city residents to feed them today and urge others to do the same.

Senator Gore tours Nautilus submarine voyage with atomic power

Senator Albert Gore recounts an all night cruise aboard Nautilus, the first atomic powered submarine, with 12 committee members. He describes diving depths over 300 feet, atomic heating and lighting of the vessel, and drinking distilled ocean water, as they toured New London and tested instruments for radioactivity.

Albert Gore D-Tenn Senate House Committee On Atomic Energy Sen Washington New London Sen. Pastore D-Ri

President Eisenhower Opposed to Immediate Soviet Conference

GOP leaders report President Eisenhower resists a top level Western powers meeting with Russia now. He cites need for clear Soviet good faith and wants Paris arms treaties ratified first. Sen Knowland and Rep Martin say George proposal discussed. Ike urges deeds over words on German Austrian Korea unification as proof.

Washington Eisenhower Russia Sen Knowland Senate GOP House Martin (Mass Sen. George D-Ga Senate Foreign Relations Committee George Germany Korea

Doctor Admits Slaying Family in McAlester Oklahoma

McAlester physician Dr Ben T Galbraith 34 confessed to killing his wife Kitty 35 and their three children Frank 7 Jere 5 and Sarah Anne 2 in a house fire last Thursday The arrest followed a three day probe after Galbraith was taken from Henderson Tennessee where he was arrested Monday He tried to leap from a car after being moved to Oklahoma but was not struck by the vehicle

Mcalester Okla Pittsburg James Whyte Ben T. Galbraith Galbraith Henderson Tenn Kitty Galbraith Bells Frank Jere 5 Sarah Anne Oklahoma

Heavy Drifting Slows Operation of County Plows

Spring blizzard like storm hit Monroe and Wisconsin with heavy drifting and zero visibility. Seven inches fell in Monroe, roads worst of the winter, closures and school cancellations widespread. Power and phone services largely intact. rural roads remained unplowed, buses late, trains on schedule, closures in several towns. Police reported one minor collision. many residents stranded or unable to reach work.

Monroe Wisconsin State Highway Department Monroe High School Irene C. Powers Madison Monticello Wisconsin Power and Light Co United Telephone Co Highway Department Dane Rock Lafayette Albany Jutla Gratiot Argyle Blanchardville New Glarus South Wayne Brodhead Browntown Brooklyn Kathryn M. Phillips Wade Phillips Vic Heuer 16Th Avenue 20Th Avenue 6Th

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