Sky-Vu Theater Break-Ins Probe Widens
County deputies investigated an early morning break-in at Sky-Vu Theater after burglars pried open a drive-in concession stand door and took a portable radio. Earlier, a filing cabinet was entered with $200 taken. locks were broken on several office doors during a wave of attempted entries in the same building.
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Sky-Vu
Samuel F. Humbel
Humbel
Meanwniie
10Cat
Ible
John H. Usher
Peterson
Roger L. Elmer
G. Fred Galli
Wisconsin
Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Stanley W. Howe
Monroe Girl Hurt in Crash
Donna Blum aged 16 of 901 16th Avenue was injured at 11 40 p m yesterday when a car driven by Janet R Kubly 18 Route 4 Monroe left Highway 59 three miles east of Monroe. Miss Blum suffered bruises and lacerations not serious at St Clare hospital. Miss Kubly suffered bruises but was not hospitalized. Deputies said the auto traveling east was a total loss after leaving the highway on a curve and crashing into Sylvester Creek.
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Donna Blum
16Th Avenue
Janet R. Kubly
Monroe
Miss Blum
St. Clare Hospital
Miss Kubly
Sylvester Creek
Lausche Fails to Sweep Ohio Delegation Split
In Ohio primaries Gov. Frank Lausche lost four of 58 convention votes as opponents carried four anti Lausche delegates. The unofficial tally shows northeastern Ohio opposition thwarting his plan for full control of the state delegation to the Democratic National Convention.
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Lausche
Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Hat
Judge orders Montgomery buses desegregation policy halt
In Montgomery Alabama Judge Walter B Jones ruled city lines must stop a desegregation policy on buses noting racial tension. He said intrastate bus segregation not yet ruled unconstitutional and ordered compliance with laws forbidding racial mixing aboard public conveyances. Negro boycott continues five months amid national lines policy shift.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Walter B. Jones
Jones
U.S. Supreme Court
National City Lines
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Columbia
S. C
Indiana’s Kefauver Loses Indiana Primary To Eisenhower
Final returns show Senator Estes Kefauver winning 40 percent in a light Democratic primary while President Eisenhower takes 58 percent in Indiana. Eisenhower’s 1952-style showing mirrors the state’s Republican lean. Kefauver’s backers call it a “great victory” despite limited organization. Lar Daly, Republican candidate, earns 2 percent.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lar Daly
Chicago
Mt Horeb Child Injured In Mishap
Elaine Knudtson five daughter of Harold and Mrs Knudtson Route 3 Mt Horeb was hit by a car driven by John Blum Jr New Glarus eight miles south of Mt Horeb at County Highways A and H. She suffered fractures and cuts and was taken to St Marys Hospital Madison by a Dane County police ambulance. The accident occurred as she ran from a farm truck delivering baled hay after being let off by Milo Knudtson.
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Mt. Horeb
Zlaine Knudtson
Harold Knudtson
John Blum Jr
New Glarus
St. Mary's Hospital
Madison
Dane County
Milo Knudtson
Demand Fair Madison Cheese Market Quiet and Steady
Wisconsin dairy trading notes a steady market with fair demand and ample offerings. Prices show cheddar 34 to 35 cents, single daisies 36 to 37, longhorns 35 to 37, midgets 37 to 38.
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Madison
FSMNS
Wisconsin
Probers Seek New Windfall in Cheese and Butter Payments
A House government operations subcommittee will hold a hearing late next week to examine whether the latest cheese and butter price support payments created a windfall for processors. The probe follows Eisenhower’s farm bill veto and a prior 1954 dispute over unauthorized payments.
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Washington
House
Fountain
DNC
Eisenhower
Articulture Department
Comptroller General
Benson
Agriculture Department
Justice Department
Subcommittee
Trapp Family Matriarch Named Catholic Mother of the Year
Baroness Marie Auguste Trapp mother of the Trapp Family Singers was named Catholic Mother of the Year and will receive the National Catholic Conference on Family Life gold medal. Announcement came from Bishop Peter W. Martholome of St Cloud. Baroness Trapp toured with her children in 1948. Boats in bomb zone Tokyo officials say 20 to 30 fishing vessels operate near the prohibited area as the United States plans an H-bomb detonation.
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Stowe
Marie August Trapp
Trapp
National Catholic Conference On Family Life
Peter W. _Martholome
St.Cloud
Jinn
Tokyo
Dulles Warns Soviets May Cut Armed Forces Soon
Secretary of State Dulles said the Soviet Union may reduce its armed forces, though the goal is not peace. He cited possible manpower cuts and warned against relaxing defenses while urging continued support for a $4.9 billion foreign aid authorization and vigilance against Soviet gains.
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Washington
Dulles
Soviet Union
Richards
DSC
Russia
United States
New CAB Chairman Promotes Wisconsin Cheese in Green County
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s new CAB chairman, now in Washington, plans Wisconsin farm scene murals in the office and to feature Green County Swiss cheese. Postmaster Burkhard shared the plan, and the Green County Publicity Association will supply scenes. Durfee also arranged ongoing Swiss cheese from Lakeshire-Marty’s Monroe division for a year.
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Wisconsin
Burkhard
Green County Publicity Association
Green County
Raymond R. Kubly
Monroe
Lakeshire-Marty
Kubly
Durfee
Music Festival Showcases Rural and State School Talent
About 800 attended a Goetz theater event featuring singing, instrumental selections, and square dance routines from Dry Goods Box Clarence Browntown Buckskin Bem and Hiawatha and Bright schools. Harold Dyar chaired, Grant Ritter gave the welcome, a corsage was presented to Mrs Donald Edwards, and WEKZ joined the Monroe Chamber of Commerce and county school system to sponsor.
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Goetz
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
County School System
WEKZ
Dry Goods Box
Clarence
Browntown
Buckskin
Hiawatha School
Bright School
Bem
Harold Dyar
Grant Ritter
Donald Edwards
Brodhead
Veteran official Ray Thomas dies at 81 in New London
Ray Thomas longtime superintendent of the light and water department died at his home in New London at age 81. He served from 1913 to 1950 and was a veteran of the Spanish American War.
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New London
Ray Thomas
Light and Water Department
Kohler Among Observers as Bikini Test Delayed Again
Gov. Walter Kohler observed from the USS Mt. McKinley as the H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll was postponed for a second time. Wind shifts threatened today’s blast, prompting evacuation preparations and rerouting of ships toward Namu for a possible payoff run by the B 52 carrier bomb.
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MT. Mckinley
Bixi Ni
Estes
Marshall Islands
U.S
Joint Task Force 7
Bikini Atoll
Namu
Walter Kohler
Cyprus Hangs Two Greek Cypriots in Enosis Clash
British authorities executed Michael Karaolis and Andreas Demetrious at dawn in Nicosia Central Prison amid tense island unrest over Enosis. Police and troops fortified towns as riot fears spiked after the first Greek Cypriot hangings in the 13 month campaign.
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Cyprus
Michael’ Karaolis
Andreas Demetrious
Nocosia
Enosis Union of
Greece
Enosis
Karaolis
Demetrious
Nicosia
Michael Karaolis
Central
Washington
Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Edwin Barlow Attends Grace Kelly Wedding in Monaco
Edwin Barlow, formerly of New Glarus and now in Tessin Switzerland, attended the Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier wedding in Monaco last month. He sent commemorative stamps to Dr and Mrs S J Francois of New Glarus. Barlow left New Glarus in 1954 after giving his Chalet of the Golden Fleece to the village for a museum.
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Edwin Barlow
Monaco
New Glarus
Tessin
Switzerland
Grace’ Kelly
Prince Rainier
Barlow
S. J. Francois
Stock Prices Drift After Irregular Start in Market
Prices slipped in early trading with steel shares down and rails mixed. Losses ranged from fractions to about a point and some issues fell around three points. A few issues rose fractions to about a point, with scattered gains.
Wisconsin Bank Payoff Might Jump From Twelve Per Acre
An agricultural subcommittee said the Department of Agriculture planned to pay Wisconsin farmers 12 dollars per acre for land taken out of production and put into the conservation reserve. Under new farm legislation under consideration by Congress the average might rise by 2 to 4 dollars per acre. The Illinois figure is 15 dollars per acre.
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Ie Agricultural Subcommittee
Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Soil Bank
Congress
Aiken Seeks Veto Over Feed Price Hike in Farm Bill
Senator Aiken said he would urge another veto unless the Senate removes a provision boosting feed grain price supports from the new soil bank farm bill. He noted the proposal retaining the most objectionable feature of the vetoed measure and described the dispute over supports for oats barley rye and grain sorghums. The Senate agriculture committee sent the measure to the Senate with consideration anticipated next week.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken
Irv
Senate
New Soil Bank
Eisenhower
Senate Agriculture Committee
Midwest
House
Soil Bank
William
Del
Area Medical Group Forms in Wisconsin District
Twenty medical technologists from hospitals and clinics in five area cities met in Monroe to organize the Southern District of the Wisconsin Association of Medical Technologists. Bernard McGuinness was elected temporary chairman and Frederick Blanc temporary secretary treasurer. The district runs from the Mississippi River to Fort Atkinson with meetings rotating to ease travel.
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Monroe
Wisconsin Association of Medical Technologists
Bernard McGuinness
Monroe Clinic
Frederick Blanc
Monroe Medical Center
McGuinness
Mississippi River
Ft. Atkinson
Beloit
Dodgeville
Janesville
Madison
Illinois frees woman who killed children
Betty Thelen, 27, was declared sane after suffocating her three children a year ago. She was released from the Kankakee state mental hospital despite protests from State’s Attorney Roger W. Hayes who condemned hospital handling as a danger to the public.
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Illinois
Macomb
Ill
Betty Thelen
Kankakee
Roger W. Hayes
Polio Cases Rise with 92 New Infections
There were 2 new polio cases reported last week, an increase of 18 over the week ending April 28 and 149 in the same period of 1955, according to Washington health reports.
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Washington P
Woman Loses Suit Over Racine Sheriff Alleged Misconduct
A Wisconsin circuit court jury denied Leona Trakel 41 a $10,000 damage claim accusing Sheriff Rudolph Spieker of choking and throwing her into a cell after an Aug 30 1955 arrest for drunken driving. She sought damages for physical and mental pain and medical costs.
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Rudolph Spieker
Leona Trakel
Wind Collapses Three Buildings At Endress Farm
Severe thunderstorms and tornadoes struck southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois with heavy rain and wind. A tornado damaged buildings on the Leland Endress farm near Warren Rush Township, while Beloit, Rockford, and Brodhead reported major rainfall and downed trees.
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Endress Farm
Monroe
Wisconsin
Lanois
Warren
Til
Leland Endress
Rush Township
Endress
William Roberts
Brodhead
Rockford
Beloit
Rockford Township
Superior
la Crosse
International Falls
Presidio
Texas
Minn
Mt. Washington
N. H
Big Piney
Wyo
Texas Plains
Mississippi Valley
Rockets from F 86 accident injures airman and hits buildings
At Selfridge Air Force Base 24 rockets discharged from a Sabrejet rocket pod during unloading injuring an airman. One rocket struck a Harrison Township home, another hit a salvage yard building, and a girl found an unexploded rocket near a school. Officials blamed an electrical short in the firing mechanism.
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Mount Aurameau
Mid
Air Force
Economist W. V. Kirsch Dies at 66 in Madison
William V. Kirsch a longtime state agriculture economist and later private expert on co operatives died at a Madison hospital. He helped found the Pure Milk Products cooperative of Fond du Lac and served in public and private roles advancing dairy cooperatives.
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W.V. Kirsch
Madison
William V. Kirsch
State Department of Agriculture
Pure Milk Products Cooperative
Fond du Lac
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