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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1956
Page
2
The Board of Education unanimously dropped remodeling and wing addition as a means to expand the high school. It will pursue a new site capable of 750 students with future expansion, study surrounding land, and seek bond approval to speed construction if voters approve in 1957.
Georgia statesman Senator Walter George, long a key figure in the Democratic Party and former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations and Finance Committees, will not seek another term. At 78, his medical adviser advised retirement after discussions about a tough re election campaign amid Georgia’s Talmadge influence.
John L. Lewis calls a 12 day truce in the May 10 1946 soft coal strike as the UMW pursues a national economic policy. Monroe gas customers urged to conserve fuel and prepare multiple meals to stretch limited supplies. King Malcolm Marti and Queen JoAnne Moldenhauer to reign at the junior prom in the high school gym.
George informed the Eisenhower administration of his retirement plan and reportedly would accept appointment as US ambassador to NATO if Eisenhower is re-elected. He signals strong interest and sees no better candidate for the post.
A Senate internal security subcommittee heard testimony from an unnamed American chemist who supplied technical information to the Russians from 1933 to 1940. The witness, living in the New York area, declined to testify further citing fear for his job and safety. The subcommittee noted the man had been in contact with the FBI.
Wisconsin宣布四个县获认证为改良布氏病免疫自由县其中包括艾奥瓦州的爱荷华县和拉斐特县以及马里内特县和沃帕卡县这是美国农业部动物疾病根除分支机构三年来授予的官方 designation 生效自四月一日 标明这些县 herd infection 少于5 percent cattle infection 少于1 percent
Martin J. Reed aged 67 died April 23 in Aberdeen after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had lived in Aberdeen for 36 years and was born January 24, 1889. He married Jessie Wirth on August 6, 1909. Mrs Louis Pie returned from Aberdeen where she attended Reed's funeral.
Donald Schumacher resigns as Brodhead high school music director after a tenure since 1949 and will move to Arizona. Harold Klumpp of Park Ridge Illinois appointed to replace him. Mary Jane Koller hired to teach girls physical education and history next year. She graduates in June from Stevens Point State College with a history major and physical education social science minor. Les ter Johnson announces reelection bid for the 9th Congressional District opening campaign after adjournment.
Wisconsin dairy plants paid farmers an average $3.24 per hundredweight for milk in 1955 with 3.68 percent butterfat. In March 1956 cheese plants paid $3.02 per hundredweight with 3.57 percent butterfat. $2.96 would have been paid at 3.50 percent, and $3.34 at 3.95 percent.
The Monroe Anti tuberculosis committee led by chairman Rudolph P. Reger reports the local Christmas Seal drive raised 2 071 37 dollars in Monroe for 1955. The Wisconsin state total reached 516 342 dollars, about 14 000 more than 1954, with 94 cents of each dollar used locally.
New York Journal American reports Curtiss-Wright is in final stages of a 250 million dollar bid to gain control of Studebaker Packard. The move would reinforce Studebaker Packard as one of two independents, with military orders valued at 400 million dollars potentially backing the arrangement. Curtiss-Wright declined comment while Roy T Hurley, chair and president, said no merger plan exists. Negotiations are taking place in New York and Washington.
Unclear OCR text references relief from backache and repeated phrases about happiness. Mentions Laie Rance Seneca and various garbled names. No clear event or verifiable details present.
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