Eisenhower weighs bill to freeze farm price supports
President Eisenhower said he is studying the bill to freeze farm price supports at 1957 levels or higher and will act soon. He noted possible veto and potential cutbacks in support, with farm leaders expecting a veto but signaling possible modifications to Benson’s prior reductions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Benson
Senate
Congress
Agriculture Benson
Schoeppel
Eas
Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Kaster To Head VFW Post Here
Francis Kaster was elected commander of Cecil Jones Post 2312 of the VFW at a Turner hall meeting. Hugo Voelkl was elected senior vice commander, T J Burgy Jr junior vice commander, Virgil Wilkins adjutant quartermaster, Virgil Tertin chaplain, Richard Bahr post advocate, Dr Charles Miller post surgeon, William Bell trustee. Louis Oostdik named publicity chairman with more committees to come. Joint installation with the Auxiliary set for April 22 in Turner hall.
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Francis Kaster
Cecil Jones
VFW
Turner Hall
Hugo Voelkl
T. J. Burgy, Jr
Virgil Q. Wilkins
Adj
Virgil Tertin
Richard H. Bahr
Charles O. Miller
William Bell
Louis H. Oostdik
Oscar Night in Hollywood Clouds by Todd Tragedy
Hollywood readies for the Academy Awards with 70 stars on NBC telecast. Elizabeth Taylor mourns Mike Todd as she contemplates her best actress bid while Deborah Kerr, Joanne Woodward and Lana Turner vie for honors. Alec Guinness leads best actor in a field including Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn.
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Hollywood
Mike Todd
Todd
Elizabeth Taylor
Chicago
Mike
NBC
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Clark Gable
Mae West
Miss Taylor
Lana Turner
Anna Magnani
Alec Guinness
Sayonara
Academy
Anthony Quinn
Explorer Post To Be Formed In Monroe
An organizational meeting for a new Scout Explorer Post in Monroe is set for 7:30 p m Monday in the First National Bank community room. The Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the post with a Jaycee committee including Gaylord Swenson chair and Dr. Yale Gerol district chair for the U S Grant Council. Adult advisers are Thomas Kerr and James Bosanny. Ralph Kroehler scout executive will speak. Don Lerner and Duaine Hegge spoke on Jaycees a Voice in the Community.
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Monroe
First National Bank
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Gaylord Swenson
Donald Siedschlag
Edward H. Ferguson
Arthur Spoerry Jr
Yale Gerol
Frederick Blanc
Gerol
Thomas Kerr
James Bosanny
VFW
Ralph Kroehler
Freeport
Robert H. Schacht
University of Wisconsin
Jaycees
Don Lerner
Beloit
Duaine Hegge
Edgerton
First Dis
Stocks Retreat Amid Modest Trading In Early Session
In New York the stock market eased in moder ately active trading with several issues gaining on defense contract news. Most key stocks fell fractionally while government bonds rallied after President Eisenhower signaled the recession’s worst may be past.
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New York
Eisenhower
Absentee Voting Deadline Monday in Monroe
City Clerk Freda Bray reminds Monroe voters ballots are accepted until 5 p.m. Monday. City hall opens Saturday morning for those away during the week and closes Saturday afternoon with no ballots accepted then. Voters decide mayor First Ward alderman and assessor in spring elections.
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Freda Bray
Monroe
Turner Hall
First Ward
Wisconsin Dems Endorse Wingert For State Supreme Court
Patrick J. Lucey chairman of the Wisconsin Democratic party issued a statement endorsing Justice E. L. Wingert for election to the State Supreme Court.
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Wingert
Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin Democratic Party
E. L. Wingert
State Supreme Court
Second Army Explorer Fired Into Quiet Space
Washington reports the United States launched its third explorer satellite Titan and the Jupiter C rocket stages operated normally. The second Explorer satellite, heavier by a fraction, reached orbital velocity over 18 000 miles per hour, with orbit altitude over 200 miles. Satellite safeguards included eight zirconium oxide stripes to protect electronics from space temperature swings.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
Air Force
United States
Earthquake Valley
San Diego
Calif
Nigeria
Singapore
Liz Taylor Survives Grief At Todd Funeral In Chicago
Actress Liz Taylor displayed astonishing stamina as she attended the funeral of husband Mike Todd in Waldheim Cemetery Chicago. The service drew 2 500 mourners and included tense moments with Todd's family and Hanley amid an outburst by Goldhogen before the solemn Jewish ceremony proceeded.
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Hollywood
Liz Taylor
Chicago
Waldheim
Mike Todd
New Mexico
Liz
Todd
Rexford Kennemar
Carl Goldbogen
Glendale
Calif
Dick Hanley
Goldhogen
Hanley
Carl
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Taylor
Harold
Rexford Kennemer
Moose Lodge to provide Easter car lift for Monroe parishioners
Monroe Moose Lodge No 754 launches Operation Easter Carlift with 15 autos and drivers to ferry residents to church Easter Sunday April 6. Civic affairs chairman Alvin H Babler says efforts span Moose lodges nationwide to aid illness or disability cases and invites locals to request transport by April 5. Carl A Weis notes nationwide participation with clergy and media praise.
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Monroe
Moose Lodge No
Alvin H. Babler
America
Canada
Alaska
Babler
Carl A. Weis
The
Moose
10Th Street
Brotherhood of Man
Weis
New Heart Surgery Offers Vessel Growth Hope
Chicago surgeon says cardiopexy stimulates new blood vessels on the heart surface to cut heart disease deaths. In 124 patients at Edgewater Hospital 98 percent survived, with 90 recent cases all living. The procedure opens the sac around the heart and sprays magnesium silicate to trigger vessel growth.
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Dallas
Tex
Chicago
M. S. Mazel
Edgewater Hospital
American Academy of General Practice
Mazel
School To Honor Athletes Monday
The Monroe high school athletic banquet will be held Monday at 6 in the Swiss Wheel. Special guest speaker will be Forrest Perkins, football coach at Whitewater State College. Major and minor letters will be awarded to students who earned them in all school sports. Coaches and administrators will be present and speak about their sports.
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Monroe High School
Lloyd Neilsen
Forrest Perkins
Whitewater State College
Cheese Dealers Meet To Discuss Payments
Swiss cheese dealers and factory representatives met at Turner hall at 2 p.m. to discuss proposed dealer payments for cheese deliveries. The group previously met on March 12 and recessed. Producers argued that dealers do not fix cheese prices until the full month’s output is gathered and payments come after the month’s final products reach assemblers, a delay of six to eight weeks varying by wheel or block Swiss.
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Turner Hall
Republicans Appeal to Eisenhower to Cancel April Price Cut
Six Republican representatives from Washington and Wisconsin urged President Eisenhower on Tuesday to halt the planned reduction in daily price supports set to take effect on April 1.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Burcalow Outlines Farm Size Rise and Revenue Pressure
UW agronomist F. Victor Burcalow told Kiwanis and farmer guests at the Monroe Country Club that farm numbers will fall while remaining farms grow larger. He cited five advances boosting yields and urged more agricultural research to keep up with population growth and land loss to highways and cities. He discussed milk surplus as a perishable issue and urged public understanding and willingness to pay for abundance.
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Marvin E. Tessneer
F. Victor Burcalow
University of Wisconsin Agronomist
Kiwanis
Burealow
Kiwanis Farmers
Monroe Country Club
Burcalow
United States
Barcalow
Francis Schweinler To Direct Campaign
Francis F. Schweinler, editor and publisher of the Mosinee Times, and McCarthy campaign publicity director in 1952, has been retained as secretary to former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Roland J. Steinle for the 1958 senatorial campaign.
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Milwaukee
Francis F. Schweinler
Mosinee Times
Joseph R. McCarthy
Eisenhower discusses inviting Russians to U N Pacific test observers
President says a group of foreign scientists likely including Russians will observe a large Pacific atomic explosion to show reduced fallout. A representative group of U S and foreign correspondents will witness the nuclear test report. U N science committee members may attend.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
Pacific
U. N
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Egypt
France
India
Japan
Mexico
Sweden
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok
AEC
Outer Space
W White House
Leisenhower
Chimney Fire Ends Firemen's Meeting at Farm Home
A chimney fire at Duane Schwartz's farm on Highway 69 interrupted a Tuesday night firemen's meeting. Firemen cleaned the chimney and checked for damage. no damage was reported. Ernest Naef was voted into the department and began year probation.
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Duane Schwartz
Highway 69
Fredrick F. Lanz
Ernest Naef
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