Light Balloting in Five States Faces Voters in 1952 Primaries
Light to heavy turnout across Indiana Ohio West Virginia and Maryland results shape GOP Kefauver and Eisenhower battles. Indiana shows light balloting while West Virginia reports long lines on the longest ballot. Maryland yields a close Tydings Mahoney contest with unit vote implications. Florida New Mexico also hold primaries with governor races and Kefauver Stevenson clash in Maryland context.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Florida
New Mexico
West
Eisenhower
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Maryland
Tydings
George P. Mahoney
Butler
Mahoney
Kefauver
Frank J. Lausche
U.S. Senate
George H. Bender
Laugerie
Bender
Harley Kilgore
Stevenson
John F. Simms
Ingram B. Pickett
Vocal Concert To Be Tonight At High School Auditorium
Four coral groups from senior and junior high school sing in the annual concert themed Springtime is Singtime. About two hundred voices perform 25 songs including Voices of Spring and patterns of springtime such as Waltz Time and Time for Romance. Mrs. Mabel C. Viel directs the program with Miss Shirley Montgomery and Miss Enid Spring as accompanists.
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Mabel C. Viel
Shirley Montgomery
Enid
Indian Tribal Aide Studies Early Green County Land Deeds
Mrs. W E Clinton of Topeka 13 16 Indian researches Green County Illinois land conveyances at the register of deeds for Potawatomi claims now in Washington DC Court of Claims. She seeks earliest land valuations to base court testimony and guide the second of three Illinois claims. Her prior claim settled for 135000 dollars.
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W. E. Clinton
Topeka
Kas
Grace M. Thorpe
Register of Deeds
Court of Claims
Washington, D.C
Times
Green County
Washington
Chicago
Ilinois
Illinois
Clinton
Kansas
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Business
New Mexico
North Dakota
Women's Marine Corps
War Bonds
Europe
London
Italy
South Carolina
Park Board approves basketball court at Recreation Park
The Park Board authorized a basketball court at Recreation Park with construction starting around June 10. Trees to be trimmed, elms to be preserved by surgery where needed. A new garage for a maintenance truck was completed, and out of town swimming instruction time was set for Mondays at the pool. The second floor of the Community Center may be remodeled per State Industrial Commission requirements to open it to activities. Joseph C. Dearth attended his first meeting replacing Sebastian Laeser Jr. on the Board.
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Rians
Recreation Park
Park Board
State Industrial Commission
Joseph C. Dearth
Fourth Ward
Brooks J. Dunwiddie
Dearth
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Two Monroe Offices Entered During Night Time
Police investigated two Monroe office break ins reported this morning by local attorney Roger L. Elmer at 1518 11th Street and by dentist Carl J. Schwingel at 917 17th Avenue. Both sites showed broken door locks with minor losses. no other items missing.
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Roger L. Elmer
11Th Street
Carl J. Schwingel
17Th Avenue
Wisconsin cheese market steady with fair demand
Wisconsin American cheese market shows steady activity with fair to good demand. Offerings are small with adequate to ample supplies of cheddars. selling prices range from 34 to 38 percent across styles and grades including single daisies longhorns and midgets.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Vancouver editor strikes nightly extra after prison hostage tale
Wilson Denies Soviet Gaining Over U.S. in Air Power Buildup. The Vancouver Province editor Bruce Larsen bargained five hours Monday as convicts at Oakalla Prison Farm took a barber hostage. Ernest Loveless was released after Larsen agreed to publish the convicts’ version. Tremblay Frenette and Talbot, serving 20 year terms for attempted murder, held Loveless at knife point in the barbershop and demanded the extra edition.
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Vancouver
B. C
Oakalla
Bruce Larsen
Larsen
Ernest Loveless
Loveless
Robert ‘Tremblay
Marcel Frenette
Charles’ Talbot
Tremblay
Frenette
Talbot
Tremto
He A Ince
Apher
County Students Graduate Tuesday at Monroe High School
County public instruction officials announce the 8th grade rural school commencement at Monroe High School auditorium on May 15 at 8 p m. Speaker Keep Moving features, with Majorie Deppeler to play processional and Rev J L Neighbours giving invocation. Irene C Powers will introduce spelling winner David Hoesly.
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Waner
Penty
Monroe High School
Majorie Deppeler
Spring Grove Township
J. L
Universalist Church
Irene C. Powers
David Hoesly
New Glarus
Green County
Harold Dyar
Green County Teachers College Glee Club
Annie K. Babler
Bernice Baehler
Leona Coplien
Pearl Folkedahl
Robert Hoffman
Memorial Day Parade and Concert Planned in Monroe
Memorial Day observance in Monroe May 30 includes a parade from the Armory to Greenwood cemetery at 9 am, a 9:15 am high school band concert, and a 9:45 am cemetery program. Rev. James L. Neighbors to deliver address with another pastor for invocation. Theodore J. Burgy to marshal parade. Scouts to line up behind Co. K and issue flags.
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Monroe
Forrest Riese
Zilmer-Riley Post
American Legion
Armory
Greenwood Cemetery
James L. Neighours
Theodore J. Burgy
Veterans Service
Howard E. Counselman
John Winkler
Co. K
Robert Alder
P. J. Connors
Greenwood
Calvary Cemeteries
Women’s Relief Corps
Universalist Church
Robert L. Hahn
Loter Scouts
American Legion Veterans
Foreign Wars
Antique Autos Arrive Saturday Reliability Run Rehn Monroe
Antique Automobile Club members near Genoa Il prepare for a third annual reliability run to Monroe with trophies for pre 1916, 1916 1929 and 1927 1948 period cars. Start from Starks Corners at 9 30 a m. Luncheon in Rockton then route via County Highways to Monroe. Hill climb may follow Sunday with Swiss smorgasbord lunch at Turner Hall.
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Antique Automobile Club
Monroe
Veteran Car Club of
Great Britain
Illinois
Robert Ley
Winnetka
Ill
Starks Corners
Genoa
Rockton
Orfordville
Brodhead
Tme
Lakeshire-Marty
17Th Avenue
Monroe Country Club
Round Grove
Monticello Road
Harry W. Pierson
Turner Hall
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Youth and Girl Injured In One Car Crash
A 21-year-old driver Melvin Fuchs and 16-year-old Roswitha Kiechle were injured when their car left County Trunk J west of New Glarus at 10 50 p m yesterday. Fuchs had facial cuts and a fractured nose while Kiechle sustained a mild concussion and facial cuts. Both were reported in good condition at St Clare hospital.
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Monroe
New Glarus
Melvin Fuchs
Ros|witha Kiechle
Route 3
St. Clare Hospital
ICC Examiner Backs Shullsburg Line Abandonment
Robert Romero of the Interstate Commerce Commission recommended that the Milwaukee Road be allowed to abandon its 12 mile railroad line between Gratiot and Shullsburg in Lafayette County. The examiner noted the segment operated at a substantial loss last year.
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ICC
Shullsburg
Washington W
Robert Romero
The
Interstate Commerce Commission
Milwaukee Road
Gratiot
Lafayette County
Defense chief sets B52 rate at twenty a month
Secretary of Defense Wilson testified before a Senate subcommittee that US B 52 production will rise to 20 aircraft per month from the previously planned 17. He said the United States is not pursuing an armaments race with the USSR and defense spending will reach about 36 billion dollars this year.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Secretary of Defense
Senate Appropriations
Us.s.r
Army
Navy
Air Force
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Chavez
Traffic Deaths Reach 262 in Wisconsin
The 1956 Wisconsin traffic toll rose to 262 by Tuesday, surpassing last year’s pace as fatalities include Mary Kay Connell, 16, and Mrs. Donald Nowak, about 35, in a Chippewa Falls collision. Also killed were Charles L. Hausz, 81, of Fort Atkinson, when his car hit a store curb, and Ruth W. Henderson, 60, of Milwaukee, struck while crossing in downtown Milwaukee.
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Associate A Press
Wisconsin
Chippewa Falls
Mary Kay Connell
Donald Nowak
Charles L. Hausz
Fort Atkinson
Thad
Ruth W. Henderson
Milwaukee
Stock Market Edges Higher Early then Moderates
The stock market eased after an early rally in rails, with gains and losses within about three points. Studebaker-Packard, Monday’s top active issue, rose a point at first, slipped, then recovered before finishing in the red.
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Studebaker - Packard
Mt Horeb Man Dies From Train Mishap Injuries
MADISON Nels Disrud aged 85 a retired Mt Horeb farmer died today in a Madison hospital from injuries received when he walked into a moving train at Mt Horeb on Monday. Police said he seemed dazed as he stepped onto the footpath into the train.
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Mt. Horeb
Madison
Nels Disrud
Disrud
Disney to film dairy farm promotion with Swiss group
Green County residents including the Edelweiss Stars and Swiss clubs met William Bodine of Disneyland to discuss a movie promoting dairy farming. The film centers on a Mt. Vernon area farm owned by a Madison physician and will be shot here later this month for the American Dairy Association.
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Green County
Walt Disney
American Dairy Association
William Bodine
New Glarus
Mt. Vernon
Madison
Auxiliary Police Force Expands Local Civil Defense Program
Robert L. Hahn announces expansion of the local civil defense system with a call for 30 men to form an auxiliary police force. Chief Jerome Schwarger to direct training, minimum 20 hours, for traffic duty and general policing. First volunteers can start training, with eight needed for initial start. Target 41 volunteers. they may join June 15 civil defense test.
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Robert L. Hahn
Jerome H. Schwaiger
Hahn
Oaktron Eyes 1.8 Million Sales Forecast For Oaktron
William L. Rollins president and treasurer of Oaktron announced total 1 250 000 sales for the year ending March 31 and a payroll above 300 000 The radio and television forecast calls for about 1 800 000 in the current year with payroll near 450 000 The Pleasure Bend plant now houses equipment to produce up to 15 000 radio and TV speakers daily and plans for extra warehouse space are under review to handle higher volumes.
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Yaxtron Industries, Inc
William L. Rollins
Oaktron
Pleasure Bend Recreation Center
Rollins
Train Crash Wreck Injures 104 On School Trip
A baseball excursion train carrying 907 pupils and escorts from Portage to Milwaukee collided with a loaded gravel truck at the Duplainville crossing. The wreck left 104 admitted to two hospitals, 37 overnight, with no critical injuries. Truck driver Gordon Hinckley was seriously hurt and to be questioned by the district attorney after hospitalization.
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Waukesha
Portage
Milwaukee
Gordon Hinckley
Wales
James D'Amato
Hinckley
Duiplainville Crossing
Here
George Ives
Oconomowoc
Highway 59 Blacktop Work Resumed Here
Work on Highway 59 between Monroe and Albany resumes with gravel base laid. Blacktopping expected in 10 days, weather permitting. Construction began mid September, halted near October 1, now extending east past the Monroe Albany woods toward Albany village limits.
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Monroe
Albany
Monroe-Albany Woods
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