Flood Waters Cut Wide Path Through Illinois Wisconsin
Swollen rivers flooded highways and homes as waters receded across Illinois and Wisconsin. Hundreds evacuated as Rock River and Sugar River crested, with Black Hawk Island residents moving out and roads washed out in Lafayette County and Brodhead areas. The Red Cross reported thousands displaced across five states.
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Illinois
Darlington
Main Street
Lafayette County
Bluff View
Browntown
Brodhead
Attica
Woodford
Blanchardville
Blue Mound Bridge
Albany
Dean Parker
Water Street
Parker
Jack Zimmerli
Zimmerli
Kenneth Blum
Blumer
Claude Mathews
Ball Diamond
Alvin Blumer
Monroe
10Th Street
Monroe Clinic
Rock
Rockford
Black Hawk Island
Midwest
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Kansas
Missouri
Red Cross
Cows Sent from Green County to Kentucky Mission Herd Drive
Two Holstein heifers were shipped from Green County to Columbia Kentucky as part of an EUB church driven rural aid program. Five Green County EUB congregations funded and arranged the transfer to bolster Cumberland Mountains dairy farming and distribute future calves to other farmers. Delbert Rohde and Russell Wolf planned a 700 mile non stop return from Kentucky after loading the cattle.
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Kentucky
Cumberland Mountains
EUB
Green County
Clarno Staver
Frank Hinebaugh
Bethel
Monroe
Burton Holling
Juda and Union
William King
Immanuel
Karl Koch
Herman Stuessy
Floyd Timm
Clarno
Delbert Rohde
Russell Wolf
Clarke Staver
Columbia
Evaneglical United Brethren Church
Mission Board
EUB Church
Green
Cumberland
Monroe Immanuel Church
EUB Mens Association
Donald Timm
Rohde
Times
Kiwanis Will Transport Voters to Polls Next Tuesday
Monroe Kiwanis Club announced free transportation for voters for the upcoming election with absentee voting encouraged for those unable to reach the polls. Philip H. Darling, chair, noted residents may call 820 on election day for service and volunteers will wear I have voted tags at the polls. 101-year-old Matt Geigel is among absentee voters. Mrs. Freda Bray urges any resident away from the city or ill to obtain an absentee ballot, returned to the city clerk before 5 30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Monroe Kiwanis Club Today
Philip H. Darling
Kiwannis Project
Kiwanis
Matt Geigel
Freda Bray
Man Charged in Creek Slaying of Ostrom Farm Couple
Vernon County Wisconsin Howard Wolden 28 Westby was charged with first degree murder after police recovered Martin Ostrom 55 Chaseburg dairy farmer from Coon Creek. Howard admitted firing the .22 caliber pistol. brother Donald 25 held for questioning. Ostrom was shot while seated in Donald’s automobile after a drinking bout.
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Howard Wolden
Westby
Coon Creek
Martin Ostrom
Chaseburg
Howard
Donald
Ostrom
Dist. Atty
Larry Seiger
Otto Jefson
Vernon County
Palmer youth nearly becomes instant millionaire
James Lynch, 18, visited Palmer National Bank to cash a $25.26 registered check but a teller miswrote the amount as $1,000,025.26. The error briefly made him appear to be an instant millionaire.
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Palmer
Mass
James Lynch
Palmer National Bank
Alice in Dairyland regional contest to kickoff June events
The Alice in Dairyland regional contest will be held in Monroe on June 1 as the start of June Dairy Month activities organized by city and county agricultural leaders. Two finalists will be named locally to join 18 others for the state title competition at Richland Center June 21 to 23.
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Monroe
D. L
Bill) Mossman
Chamber of Commerce
Myron E. Jeglum
Turner Hall
Alice
Ably
Mossman
Harry Palmiter
Madison
Howard McCoy
Richland Center
Platteville
Delafield
Lake Geneva
la Crosse
Oshkosh
Seymour
Menomonie
Oconto
Chetek
Dr Daly Injured In Two Car Crash Near Trask Bridge
Dr Anthony J Daly 47 eye specialist at Monroe Clinic is in critical condition at Deaconess hospital Freeport after a two car collision on Illinois Highway 70 twenty miles west of Trask Bridge. He was thrown from his car and unconscious with cerebral concussion and head lacerations.
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Anthony J. Daly
Monroe Clinic
Deaconess Hospital
Freeport
Rockford
Daly
Trask Bridge
Illinois Highway 70
Dr. Daly
Herbert Brown
Robert Wise
Lee Jacobs Sells His Store Building
Ivan Coplien a former Monroe resident buys the western square building from Harold Jacobs. Coplien, now in LaCrosse, is district manager for Skogmo Gamble Co. Spurgeons Co will keep a 15 year lease. Spurgeons opened in 1956 after J Bolender and Sons and J C Penney occupied the space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Coplien
Monroe
Spurgeon
Milton K. Johnson
Green County Realty
Coplien
LaCrosse
Skogmo- Gamble Co
Harold
Lee) Jacobs
Phoenix
Ariz
Spurgeon Co
Spurgeon’s
J. Bolender and Sons Department
J. C. Penney
Stock Mart Listless Trading Trend Mixed
New York stocks opened with moderate gains in electronics as the market showed little direction. Texas Instruments led the advance, up more than 3, Motorola rose about 2, and Philco gained over 1, while other sectors moved only fractions higher or lower with an even count of winners and losers.
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New York
Texas Instruments
Motorola
Philco
GOP in County Caucus Backs 1960 Campaign and Delegates
In Green County a Republican Club caucus elected delegates to the State GOP Convention and heard candidates for Congress and governor. Joseph Stencel presided as Mrs. Erma Thurber was named vice chairwoman. Edward Zahn Richard Harvey and Rev Henry Schadeberg spoke for campaign tickets while Kuehn Olson and Walsh outlined positions on taxes and local control. Zahn noted a 1958 vote margin and Harvey urged local education control amid concerns over social policy trends.
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First District Congress
Green County
Republican Club
Joseph Stencel
Brodhead
Erma Thurber
Cochairman
GOP
Edward Zahn
Richard Harvey
Racine
Henry Schadeberg
Burlington
Glenn Wise
Nixon
John
Nick) Kramer
Fennimore
Philip Kuehn
Pete Walsh
Wisconsin Dells
Jack Olson
Kuehn
Olson
LaCrosse
Kramer
Walsh
Wisconsin
Zahn
Gerald Flynn
Flynn
Washington
Labor Mitchell
Harvey
Schadeberg
Edward Kaderly
Rural Juda
Gene Spitzer
Congress
Nick Kramer
Edward
Marshall Markham
Mrs. Ross Elected Home Council Head in Green County
Mrs. Allen Ross of Brodhead was elected president of the Green County Home Demonstration Council at an all day Immanuel EUB church meeting. Recommendations for 1960 1961 go to April club meetings. Four new homemaker clubs were organized, totaling 68. Helen Green announced Wisconsin State and National Home Demonstration meetings.
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Allen Ross
Brodhead
Green County Home Demonstration Council
Immanuel Eub
Robert Wuetrich
Clarno
Monroe I Center
Roy Ruff
Monroe II
Dewey Dwyer
Monroe III
Carl Stubbe
Brownton
Fred Probst
Monticello Center
Merlyn Loveland
Nancy Fenner
Arleigh Frautschy
Oswald Zentner
Center
Green County
Helen Green
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Ray Montgomery
Browntown
Eugene Meier
Monroe
Kennedy and Humphrey Schedule Campaign Events in Monroe
Two Democratic hopefuls set events in Monroe ahead of the Tuesday primary. John F. Kennedy will speak at Turner Hall at 4 30 p m with a public reception led by Richard Lafferty and hosted by the Monroe Kennedy for President Club. Hubert Humphrey’s caravan, led by Orville Freeman, will arrive at 1 30 p m with aide Phillip Nash among supporters.
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Monroe
John F. Kennedy
Turner Hall
Minnesota
Orville Freeman
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Kennedy
Richard Lafferty
Massachusetts
Lafferty
R. Finley Barry
Philip J. Teehan
Monroe Kennedy
Humphrey
Wisconsin
Phillip Nash
Health Insurance Plan for Retirees Fails in House Committee
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected a government paid health insurance plan for retired persons by a 17 to 8 vote as part of a social security revision. Rep. Aime Forand pledged to seek a House vote on a separate hospitalization and nursing care bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Aime J. Forand
D-Ri
Forand
Wisconsin Ad Called Bigotry Controversy Over Milwaukee Ad
A Milwaukee newspaper ad urging Protestant voters to back Hubert Humphrey in the Wisconsin presidential primary sparks sharp reactions from both Humphrey supporters and Kennedy backers. The Square Deal for Humphrey Committee led by Charles M. Schultz denounced the piece as deplorable and repudiated the action. Schultz said he did not know any committee members and that the ad was distributed via the Wisconsin Press Association with unclear ties to party work.
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Milwaukee
Sen. Humphrey
Wisconsin
Humphrey
Sen. Kennedy
Wisconsin Press Association
Square Deal
Charles M. Schultz
Wisconsin Afl-Cio
Schultz
Ivan Nestingen
Madison
Kennedy For President Club
Kennedy
Nixon
Charles Green
Green
Florida
Pierce Dares Nelson to Disavow Kennedy in Wisconsin Primary
Madison Wisconsin Robert L Pierce a Republican committeeman urged Gov Nelson to denounce the Democratic platform and repudiate Sen Kennedy over campaign spending. He cited Kennedy supporters reporting expenditures of 75590 dollars and receipts of 99524 dollars in the Wisconsin primary context.
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Madison
National Republican
South Africa Tightens Control as Racial Tensions Rise
In Cape Town area, 3000 white troops seal off Nyanga and Langa Negro settlements to prevent demonstrations after police clash. Prime Minister Verwoerd extends emergency powers as Parliament speeds bans on ANC and PAC. Stock market plunges amid unrest as UN Security Council debates response.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Cape Town
Nyanga
Langa
Hendrik Verwoerd
African National Congress
Pan- Africanist Congress
Count of Transients To Be Made Tonight
Tonight marks T Night the kickoff of the 1960 census. Hotel guests in larger properties will be contacted to fill a questionnaire while small cities are excluded. The door to door census starts tomorrow and will run for weeks with about 170000 temporary workers.
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Monroe
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Lee Jacobs
Stock Mart
Tee
Mae Oe
St. San
Mrs. Ross
Home Council
Dallas Weidman
Orlean Wahl
Monroe IV
Herbert Matzke
Judo Center
Ben Zimmerli
Eugene Webber
New Glarus I
Wilma Johnson
New Glarus II
Robert Root
Dayton Center
Avery Yost
Monroe IV Center
John Kryder
Brodhead Center
Walter Ziltener
New Glarus Center
Delmar Arn
Clara Oppliger
Dayton
Clarence Zweifel
John Chambers
Monticello
Pierce
Nelson
Negro
Ft. Johannesburg
Johannesburg Stock Exchange
United Nations Security Council
Council
Ghana
Guinea
Tunisia
Ceylon
India
Pakistan
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