County Board to study four bridge projects on Highway 92
A proposal to build four new bridges on Highway 92 between Belleville and Brooklyn will go to the County Board Tuesday night for approval. Federal aid would cover 70 percent with 30 percent county share, and construction must start by December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Brooklyn
Madison
H. Eugene Segner
Art Boland
Mt. Horeb
Martintown
Richland Creek
Henry Pick
Highway 11
Monroe
Juda Road
Green Cheese Factory
Sentry
Roy Gempeler
Segner
Cadiz-Clarno
Twin Grove
Here
Clarno Town House
Junction House
Monticello
Albany
Attica
Dayton
Truax To Shift To Missile Base
The Air Force has no plans to lengthen Truax Field runway as jets at the base will be replaced by guided missiles in about three years. Mayor Nestingen received the update from John Ferry, and previous funding for the runway extension was deemed based on an error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Air Force
Truax Air Force Base
Ivan Nestingen
John M. Ferry
Secretary of the
Nestingen
Lake Monona
Pflimlin to form new French postwar cabinet
Pierre Pflimlin will seek to form the 25th postwar government after Coty asks him to form a cabinet. He will go before Parliament for approval on Tuesday and is expected to respond tonight or Sunday. His Catholic Popular Republican Movement bloc backed him 45 to 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
Rene Coty
Pflimlin
Popular Republican Movement
Powell Fights To Retain Post
Rep Adam Clayton Powell under indictment for income tax evasion fights to keep his seat. Tammany Hall reportedly plans to drop Powell, who says he will run against regulars with a new slate. A grand jury probe targets editor Buckley and ex AUSA Bolan for possible outside influence. Powell has hired Edward Bennett Williams to defend him. Powell's tax indictment covers 1951-52 and totals $3 063.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
U. S
Buckley
Paul Williams
Powell Grand Jury
National Review
Eisenhower
Hazel Scott
Elkhart Lake Hosts International June Sprints
Road America officials announced the International June Sprints will run June 21 and 22 on the 4 mile track at Elkhart Lake. The weekend features a 38 lap 152 mile Sunday race with British and Italian cars including Jaguars Maseratis and Ferraris up to 5 000 cc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart Lake
Road America
Monroe Prom Goes Formal With Japanese Theme Night
More than 100 Monroe high school students will attend the Junior Prom next Friday with a Sayonara themed setting in the high school gym. King Blythe Myers and Queen Bonnie Kubly will reign at 9 p.m. and a silver pagoda will feature the couple. Sophomore servers will wear red white or blue kimonos as part of the event’s decor and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe Myers
Bonnie Kably
Monroe
Monroe Country Club
Monroe High School
Bonnie Kubly
Myers
Helen F. Myers
Miss Kubly
Robert L. Kubly
Sayonara
James Sullivan
Thomas Cox
James Boethe
Kenneth Rutsch
Richard Glynn
Terry Wenger
Enid Spring
Kay Drye
Diane McGinley
Emily Erb
Elizabeth Ambrose
Michele Mitchell
Joan Swiggum
Anita Ainsworth
Elaine Signer
Ann Goodmiller
Knutson to Seek Third Term Despite Hubby Plea
Minnesota Congresswoman Coya Knutson announced she will run again for a third term and refused her husband Andrew Kjeldahl's demand to fire his 29 year old executive secretary William Kjeldahl. He had accused Kjeldahl of dictatorial powers, while Knutson said she would not dismiss him. In a later interview he pledged to support her campaign if she fires Kjeldahl and focuses more on home life.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Coya Knutson
William Kjeldahl
Kjeldahl
Andrew
Congress
Knutson
Okloe, Minn
Mrs Wisconsin Tops Mrs America Contest Finalists
Evelyn Marbes of Fond du Lac won the Mrs America cooking competition in Fort Lauderdale. Eight of fifteen finalists were named Friday in the pageant as Mrs Wisconsin led the field in top burner usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Wisconsin
Evelyn Marbes
Fond du Lac
Business leaders split on tax cuts at Weeks advisory council
At HOT SPRINGS VA the 100 top corporate executives of the Commerce Secretary’s Business Advisory Council debated recovery tools. A seven member anti recession panel urged a voluntary one year wage and price moratorium while tax cut ideas split the group. Weeks tasks Houser to report again by June 30 as corporation tax rate rolls back from 52 to 47 percent. Government agencies reported mixed gains: farm employment up, unemployment insured down 66,900 weekly total 3,265,700, housing up, retail sales up 2 percent, and unemployment claims 403,300 for week to May 3 the lowest weekly total this year.
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Hot Springs
Secretary of Commerce
Lung Corporation
Commerce Secretary
Business Advisory Council
Congress
BAC
Eisenhower
Weeks
T. W. Houser
Sears Roebuck and Co
Labor Department
Edwin Theiler Wins You Auto Buy Now Slogan Contest
Edwin Theiler of Juda won the Friday slogan contest for car buyers with the line I bought a car in Monroe now because it's the American way to bolster our economy. He receives merchandise prizes over 150 dollars. The nine period contest closes tonight with finalists to be named Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Theiler
Juda
Theiler
Badger Motors Co
Monroe
You Auto
Monroe New Car and Truck Dealers Association
Auto Group
Monroe Auto
Homemakers Plan Achievement Day Program in Green County
Green County Homemakers hold their annual achievement program at Turnerhall on Wednesday with a 7 p.m. potluck supper. Mrs. Lawrence Raymer will greet guests as executive board president. The event features musical selections and skits by the Green County Homemakers Chorus directed by Mrs. Carol Odeen with Dorothy Campbell at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Homemakers
Turnerhall
Lawrence Raymer
Green County Homemakers Chorus
Carol Odeen
Dorothy Campbell
Valley
Do Lord
Mmes
Arthur Swann
Ivan Hartwig
Delvert Kundert
Leo Bartelt
William Behnke
Merlin Klopfenstein
John Argue
Harold Blumer
W. G. Timm
Clarence Zweifel
Robert Root
Perdell Myhre
Elmer Whitehead
Walter Ludwig
Werner Gerber
Mollie
Mathilda
Robert Preston
Fred and
Ernest Ochsner
Tom Theiler
Robert Newman
Jake Jones
Vincent Thomm
Desi Arnaz Bids $30,000 to Boost Hollywood Charity
Hollywood gala for Share Inc draws stars like Gypsy Rose Lee and Dean Martin. Desi Arnaz donates $30,000 to push a $100,000 goal, with Mitchum agreeing to work for minimum scale on a Desilu TV Playhouse next season.
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Hollywood
Desi Arnaz
Share, Inc
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dean Martin
Milton Berle
Jeanne Martin
Gypsy
Texas
Ray Ryan
Palm Spring
Eddie Fisher
Arnaz
Mitchum
Pastors Receive New Assignments After Wisconsin EUB Conference
Lyndon C. Viel was ordained an Elder and assigned to Arcadia Wisconsin. The Rev Herman Liedschlag was sent to the Lomba charge. Revs Burton Holling Bernard Bartel Irvin Lepien Stavers William King and Paul Gibson were reassigned to area churches. Dr Howard Orians remains conference superintendent of the southern district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon C. Viel
Mabel Viel
Monroe
Harold R. Heininger
Milwaukee
Viel
Evangelical Theological Seminary
Naperville
Arcadia
Wis
Herman Liedschlag
Red Bird
Kentucky
Lomba
Burton L. Holling
Bethel
Bernard Bartel
Immanuel
Irvin A. Lepien
Clarno and
Stavers
William L. King
Juda
Paul Gibson
Brodhead
Arthur Keen
Jefferson Eub
Howard L. Orians
Immanuel Eub
Good Leads At Sycamore Roadblock In Ridulph Slaying
Five very good leads into the slaying of Maria Ridulph emerged from a roadblock at Sycamore near the Dec 3 disappearance site. Troopers questioned 300 motorists for three hours while Lt. Emil Toffant, the top investigator, was in Kansas City and would not identify a suspect or a witness.
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Sycamore
Ill
Little Maria Ridulph
Emil Toffant
Kansas City
Gas Indictments Won't Affect Midwest Gas Case
Federal indictments of three natural gas firms for Sherman act violations will not alter the Federal Power Commission's Midwest gas case ruling. The FPC must decide strictly on the record. hearings began a year ago. Midwestern Gas Transmission and affiliates seek vast new markets and pipelines in Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois and Michigan.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Midwest
Commission
Wisconsin
FPC
Atty
William P. Rogers
Milwaukee
American Natural Gas Co
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co
America
Burlington
Peoples
Chicago
Northern
Minnesota
Illinois
Michigan
Midwestern Gas Transmission Co
Trans - Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Midwestern
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Iowa
Nebraska
North
South Dakota
American Louisiana Pipeline Co
Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co
Michigan Consolidated Gas Co
American
NORAD faces danger from interservice rivalries in defense role
Colorado Springs officers running the North American Air Defense Command warn that lack of unified command and cross service authority endangers continental safety. They cite reduced aircraft and Nike missiles without NORAD input, weakening warning and response readiness.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Army
Royal Canadian Air Force
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Earle E. Partridge
Partridge
Two Boys Help To Save Building
Two 11 year old boys Robert Lestetter Jr and James Ambrose saw flames from North school playground and alerted Mrs Ripp. They moved toys from a garage at 1403 9th street while City firemen extinguished the fire, likely started by sparks from a rubbish fire igniting a nearby playhouse.
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Robert Lestetter Jr
7Th Street
James Ambrose
11Th Street
Donald F. Ripp
9Th Street
North School
Josef J. Benkert
City Students To Be Honored at University
Three Monroe students are among 135 initiates into the University of Wisconsin chapter of Phi Kappa Phi at a ceremony tomorrow afternoon in the Memorial Union Great Hall. Honorees are Joyce Babler Ronald H Elmer and Eugene R Wagner, elected for character leadership scholarship and citizenship.
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Monroe
University of Wisconsin
Phi Kappa Phi
Wisconsin
Memorial Union
Joyce Babler
Harry Babler
Ronald H. Elmer
Hollis J. Elmer
Eugene R. Wagner
Harold A. Wagner
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Green County
Truax
U.s.-Canada
Harold Matzke
St. Cli
Ee Reinmann
Richard Briggs
John Gesly
Wende Atzke
Robert Vogel
Kenneth Waelti
Robert Hoesly
Will
Glenn Roderick
Times
Homemakers
Desi
Cocoa Grove
Francis L. Hall
North America
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