Air Navy clash echoes during congressional hearings
Former Air Force secretary Don Quarles and Gen Nathan Twining warned a single hydrogen headed bomb or a single bomber squadron could cripple a carrier task force. They debated carrier vulnerability as Adm Burke and Sec Wilson argued for defense and funding while noting radar and missile defenses.
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Washington
Air Force
Donald Quarles
Nathan Twining
Pentagon
House Appropriations
Navy
Charles Thomas
Secretary of Defense
Charlies E. Wilson
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
JCS
Mahon
D-Tex
Defense Department
Wilson
Radford
United States
Russia
USAF
Twining
Juda Bands and Choir Festival Set for Tomorrow
A dozen area schools from the State Line League plus South Wayne and Mazamanie will participate in a band and chorus festival in Juda tomorrow. Events run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a 3 p.m. parade. chorus at Juda Baptists church and bands at the high school. Judges include Franklin Bushman Whitewater State College Merion Johnson Milwaukee State University Ted Buenger Brookfield high school Carol Hoffman Harvard Ill Harvard Erdman Waucoma. Howard Rockwell is festival manager. Schools include Albany Argyle Belleville Blanchardville Brodhead Brooklyn Juda Monticello New Glarus Orfordville. Most schools will close for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juda
Juda Baptists Church
Franklin Bushman
Whitewater State College
Merion Johnson
Milwaukee State University of Wisconsin
Ted Buenger
Brookfield High School
Carol Hoffman
Harvard
Ill
Harvard Erdman
Wautoma
Howard Rockwell
State Line League
South Wayne
Mazamanie
Albany
Argyle
Belleville
Blanchardville
Brodhead
Brooklyn
Juta
Monticello
New Glarus
Orfordville
Wisconsin groom missing as sailboat capsizes in East River
In New York a Wisconsin bridegroom John G. Danen, 25, of DePere, remained missing after a sailboat overturned in the East River on Wednesday night. His bride and two other men were rescued by harbor police who identified the missing man.
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New York
Wisconsin
East River
John G. Danen
DePere
Leaders Named For Cub Packs In Monroe
Three new Cub Packs in Monroe have applied for charters expanding from the previously two packs. Packs 310 St Victor 311 South 312 East 314 North and 315 Lincoln join Pack 314 now led by Jack L. Marty temporarily with Kenneth Priewe as assistantCubmaster. Pack 315 is led by John Winkler with the same committee and den mothers as before.
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Monroe
U. S. Grant Council
Knights of Pythias
North
South
Lincoln
St. Victor Congregation
St. Victor
Milo F. Friedrichs
Donald Lins
Orvin L. White
Freeman M. Mills
Glen A. Schwartz
P. J. Connors Jr
Walton Frenzel
Joseph G. Urban
Wendell L. Simmons
James Gerondale
Raymond J. Grode
Philip M. Gordon
Alvin F. Kranig
James H. Hendrickson
Ward A. Stackpole
Nathan R. Roth
Arthur Wagner
Lucille Odegaard
Kubly
Jeanne A. Molin
Robert E. Logeson
Deran R. Zwygart
Russell J. Myers
Homer H. Allen
Robert Kramer
Edwin W. Schuetze
Louis H. Oostdik
Kenneth L. Mayer
George M. Pulkrabek
Edwin W
Huenink Named President of Southern Wisconsin Schoolmasters
D. J. Huenink of Monroe was elected president of the Southern Wisconsin Schoolmasters Association to succeed Richard Marshall. January meeting in Janesville also named John McKenna Evansville as vice president and R. W. Hunsader Ft. Atkinson high school as secretary treasurer. Carl Pfister retires from the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Huenink
Monroe
Southern Wisconsin Schoolmasters Association
Richard Marshall
Jefferson
Huenink
Janesville
John McKenna
Evansville
Carl Pfister
Brodhead
R. W. Hunsader
Ft. Atkinson High School
Fourth Sales Levy Proposal In Tax Reform Plan
Madison lawmakers introduced a fourth sales tax bill in the Wisconsin Assembly. Rep Byron Wackett says it would raise 86 million dollars annually and fit a broader tax reduction plan cutting income and property taxes by about 50 million annually. Exemptions include government sales, nonprofit entities, prescription drugs, gasoline, tobacco, alcohol, and agricultural processing tangible personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Byron Wackett
Watertown
Wackett
Special Taxpayers Committee
Public Expenditures Survey of
Wisconsin
McLeod Nominated as Ambassador to Ireland Advances
The Senate foreign relations committee approved Scott McLeod’s nomination to be ambassador to Ireland by a 9-6 vote amid its third day of consideration. McLeod is currently a state department security officer and faced skepticism from Chairman Green. A vote on Henry J. Taylor for ambassador to Switzerland was also anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Scott McLeod
Ireland
McLeod
State Department
Green
D-Ri
Henry J. Taylor
Switzerland
Banquet Honors Longtime Local Educators Evans and Holyoke
Honored at the annual athletic banquet, Monroe, Wisconsin salutes Pail Evans former superintendent and principal and T R Holyoke retiring assistant principal and athletic director. Evans retires after 30 years in the local system next year and receives a blanket marked with an M. Holyoke will become business administrator July 1 and is presented with an athletic jacket. The event features memories, gift presentations, and awards for students and staff led by coach Lee Mitchell and other faculty. Jerry Muenich earns his 515th point toward the top athletic award as Awards Day approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. O. Evans
T. R. Holyoke
Evans
Monroe
Lee Mitchell
Mit
Chell
Waukesha High School
Mitchell
Clayton Jackson
Gerhard P. Steensrud
Fred Simpson
Arthur T. Edwards
Eileen McCullough
Illinois awards compensation to wrongfully imprisoned man
Roy B. Eaton, 52, freed after 16 years in jail for a Rock Island $50 robbery, receives compensation under a new Illinois act. Gov. Stratt signed the measure after the state’s investigation uncovered a confession by Louis G. Burrall of Davenport, Iowa, and linked accomplice John B. Davis to the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
William G. Stratt
Roy B. Eaton
Eaton
Rock Island
Lordsburg
N.M
Bernard J. Moran
Moran
Louis G. Burrall
Davenport
Iowa
John B. Davis
McNeil Island
Wash
State Senate Kills Court Revision Plan in Wisconsin
A joint resolution seeking a constitutional amendment to reorganize Wisconsin courts failed in the Senate by a 21 to 10 vote. The measure, passed by the 1955 Legislature, would have abolished all but the Supreme Court, circuit and justice of the peace courts and created circuit court branches in January 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Senate
Supreme Court
Circuit
Justice of the Peace Courts
Circuit Court
Southern Wisconsin Northern Illinois Firemen's Convention in Albany
Albany hosts the 42nd annual convention with over 500 visiting firemen from southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Registration at 10 a.m. includes demonstrations by equipment firms and addresses by Fire Chief Gene Doyle and Village President Edward Killingstad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Wisconsin-Northern Illinois Firemen’s Association
Gene Doyle
Edward O. Killingstad
Harvey Ott
New Glarus
Norton T. Ames
Oregon
Bill
Lynn Ray
North Park
Rockford
Elliott Montgomery
Brodhead
Keith Royer
John R. Gibbons Dies at 64 in Monroe
John R. Gibbons 64 of 1910 9th Street died at 2 15 a m today at home from asthmatic complications after a long condition. Born January 23 1893 in Monroe Township he was educated in local schools and a 1913 Monroe High School graduate. He farmed on the family homestead 15 years and was an early Holstein breeder and life member of the Holstein Friesian Association. He worked for DeKalb Co. in Warren Illinois until retirement. He was active in athletics and fraternal groups including the Knights of Columbus. He leaves wife Irene Germann three daughters and two sons seven grandchildren and three sisters. Services Saturday at St Victor Church burial in Calvary Cemetery with rosary at 8 30 p m tomorrow at Stuessy funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Gibbons
9Th Street
Mr. Gibbons
Monroe Township
John
Margaret Ann Knight
Monroe
Monroe High School
St. Victor Catholic
Irene Germann
Gibbons
Holstein Friesian Association of America
DeKalb Co
Warren
Badger
Cardinal
St. Victor Church
Knights of Columbus
J. Bernard Lee
James McDermott
Milwaukee
Roland Shamburek
San Antonio
Tex
John R
Robert W
George Veithoffer
William J. Clark
Agnes Gibbons
Madison
Alice Messmer
William O’meara
Richard
Edward
Stuessy Funeral Home
St. Victor
E. C. McCollow
Calvary
Trimming To Continue To Prevent Elm Blight
Dutch Elm disease control committee members met to discuss a continued sanitation program. Badger Tree Service of Beloit completed a week long trial clearing dead limbs. John B. Greiner of Monroe will perform similar work this week. A comparison will be reviewed at next week’s evaluation meeting and findings go to the City Council at its regular meeting Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger Tree Service
Beloit
John B. Greiner
Monroe
U S Pledges Full NATO Defense Ahead of Britain Split
Secretary Dulles told NATO ministers that the United States will carry out 1957 defense plans in full as President Eisenhower’s personal decision. Adenauer urged strict Soviet arms control and warned that disarmament talks fail due to Soviet obstruction while West Germany pledges full support for the NATO defense shield to avoid catastrophe.
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Bonn
Germany
United States
Atlantic
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Britain
Europe
NATO
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
West Germany
TIT Am
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Adenauer
Western European Union
WEU
McCarthy Shows No Improvement in Hospitalized Status
Washington reports Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy remains seriously ill at Bethesda Naval Hospital with acute hepatitis. Medical bulletins cite little improvement over 12 hours and a fluctuating fever while officials decline to detail treatment or prognosis.
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Washington
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Joseph R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Cheese Demand Steady in Wisconsin Market
Wisconsin dairy notes show demand fair to light with ample offerings. Cheddar prices at 34 to 35 cents, daisies 35 to 36 cents, longhorns 36 to 36 a half cents, midgets 37 to 38 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Army adopts T-44 rifle to replace four shoulder weapons
The Army formally adopts the new T-44 rifle developed by Army Ordnance to replace the Garand M-1 BAR M-3 submachine gun and carbine. It uses 7.62 mm NATO ammunition, with funding requested for the fiscal year starting July 1, 1958. The Defense Department also confirms eight inch atomic shells exist and that eight inch guns and howitzers can fire the nuclear rounds.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
U.S
Army Ordnance
NATO
Defense Department
Department
Green County GOP names delegates and officers
The Green County Republican Club at the Courthouse elected officers and named 26 delegates and 16 alternates for the state GOP convention in LaCrosse on June 8. New co-chairs are Joseph D. Viney and Mrs. Erma Thurber with Joseph Stencel as vice chairman, Merlin J. Meythaler as secretary, and R. W. Blaha as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
LaCrosse
Green County
Republican Club
Joseph D. Viney
Erma Thurber
Joseph Stencel
Brodhead
Merlin J. Meythaler
R. W. Blaha
Monroe
Viney
Thurber
Samuel F
George Hartman
New Glarus
John Steinmann
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
Alice Barton
Harry Broughton
Albany
Marvin Stauffacher
Browntown
Bryant Wackman
Brooklyn
W. G. Timm
Frank Mauerman
A. Charles Howe
Robert Tschudy
Ralph Norder 53 Die In Monroe Hospital
Ralph C. Norder aged 53 of 2402 8th street died at 2 20 p m in St Clair hospital after long heart illness. He entered the hospital yesterday morning and funeral arrangements are being made at Stuessy funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Norder
8Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Stuessy Funeral Home
Secretary Benson Flags Rising Farm Surpluses Threat
Secretary Benson warned Congress that major farm laws are failing and that technological advances will outpace current controls. He urged remedial action without specifics, urging a shift away from parity toward higher farm incomes via larger marketings and competitive prices. He noted that a surplus danger remains once excess stocks are cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Benson
Congress
Kindergarten enrollment reaches 153 in Monroe schools
City school nurse Miss June Grammes reports 153 Monroe children registered for kindergarten this fall over two days of registration. Breakdowns show East 52 Lincoln 32 North 31 and South 38.
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June Grammes
Monroe
East
Lincoln
North
South
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S. Navy
Supt. Huenink
Pail Evans
Holyoke
Jerry Muenich
Jerry
State
Firemen’s Convention
Bruce Willett
Methodist Church
Methodist Community Center
Eastern Star
Albany High School
Amelia Miller
Uecker
Savanna
City
White House
Donald A. Quarles
Defense
Frank Sanderson
Ralph Norder
Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
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