Ion Brigade Wrote Historic Record of Valor
Alan T Nolan, Indianapolis lawyer, authored The Iron Brigade a concise account of the Indiana Wisconsin Michigan unit famous in the Civil War. The book targets Midwestern readers and relatives of Green County veterans and was prepared for the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion Brigade
Iron Brigade
Alan T. Nolan
Indianapolis
Nolan
Associated Press
Army of the Potomac
Gettysburg
A. P. Hill
Pennsylvania
First Corps
Iron
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
School Merger July 1 Approved
Browntown joins Monroe system effective July 1 by Green County School Committee action after a public hearing. Browntown electors and Browntown board spoke for and against the attachment, with Monroe officials pledging cooperation to improve education for Browntown students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browntown
Monroe
Green County School Committee
John Coryell
Brodhead
Waldo Freitag
New Glarus
Ernser
Rufer
South Wayne Union Free High School
Coryell
Walter Bahler
Awalt Lueck
Browntown Board
Monroe High School
Leon Rockow
Rockow
Dennis McGuire
South Wayne
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Board of Education
Western brigade of Wisconsin and Indiana troops in Civil War
The text outlines the composition and leadership of a Western brigade formed by the 7th Wisconsin Volunteers and the 19th Indiana Volunteers. It details Indiana counties supplying the Hoosier units, initial commander Rufus King, his Revolutionary era tie, and his successor General John Gibbon who elevated morale and efficiency and directed key campaigns including Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Volunteers
Indiana Volunteers
Hoosier
Indiana
Delaware
Elkhart
Johnson
Marion
Owen
Randolph
Wayne
Rufus King
Wisconsin
King
Continental Congress
Northwest Territory
Middle Western States
John Gibbon
North Carolina
Gibbon
Bull Run
South Mountain
Antietam
Michigan Volunteers
Brooklyn Hearing on District Attachments Tonight
A public hearing is set for 8 tonight at the Brooklyn school on petitions to attach parts of the Brooklyn district to Oregon and Evansville. The event involves the school committees of Green Rock and Dane Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Oregon
Evansville
Green, Rock and
Dane Counties
Airport Site Steps Discussed by Group
City officials and the site negotiator met at City Hall with Robert Anderson of the State Aeronautics Commission to discuss land acquisition for the Monroe airport project. Fred L. Buchschacher will negotiate purchases from three tract owners Fred Weiss John Ruff and Ralph Shaffer northeast farm areas on the Albany road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Robert Anderson
State Aeronautics Commission
Monroe
Fred L. Buchschacher
Fred Weiss
John Ruff
Ralph Shaffer
Albany Road
Orville Evans
Fred Simpson
Olin Flisram
Council
Airport Committee
Howard Olsen
Citizens Airport Advisory Group
President Proposes U S Drive To Combat Juvenile Delinquency
President Kennedy asked Congress to authorize a five year federal program to curb juvenile delinquency. Secretary Ribicoff estimates ten million dollars for the first year. An executive order creates a special committee on juvenile delinquency and youth crime chaired by Attorney General Kennedy with members Goldberg and Ribicoff to coordinate efforts and seek new strategies. He cited rising juvenile offenses threatening national strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Abraham Ribicoff
Robert F. Kennedy
Arthur Goldberg
Ribicoff
Mrs. Fred Benkert Stricken at Home
Mrs. Fred Benkert 1711 17th Street died at home this morning. The former Fannie Kubly married Fred Benkert in 1899 at St. John's parsonage. They farmed near Monroe before settling in Clarno Township then Monroe in 1919. Survivors include daughter Grace Bartell Milwaukee brother John Kuby Monroe and sisters J T Blackney Monroe Rose Shriner Idaho. Arrangements pending at Stuessy funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Benkert
17Th Street
Benkert
Fannie Kubly
St. John's Parsonage
Aaron Eley
Monroe
Clarno Township
Benkett
Elmer
Grace) Bartell
Milwaukee
John Kubly
J. T. Blackney
Rose Shriner
Idaho
The
Stuessy Funeral Home
Civil Defense Hails Area Test As Successful
Civil Defense officials praised the April 28 test alert as successful and planned county wide alerts after fall resumption. They noted flaws in communications, undermanned offices, and the need for better sirens and school transistor radios while commending local evacuation plans and school readiness efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Burgy Jr
Walter E. Drews
United Telephone Co
PTA
Monroe
Rex N. Eyler
Robert L. Hahn
Burgy
Eyler
Civil Defense Communications
Drews
Hahn
Robert L. Skattum
City CD Committee
Doris Messmer
Wisconsin Assembly Adopts Biennial Budget Near 493.5 Million
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a 1961 63 general fund budget of about 493.5 million dollars after a long day of party debate The measure would go to the Senate and compares with 415 million for 1959 61 The Joint Finance Committee recommended a 12 percent faculty salary hike over two years surpassing the earlier 10 percent proposal Democrats tried to restore about 9.2 million in cuts Republican majorities defeated all amendments The budget includes minor changes and adds positions in several state departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Nelson
Assembly
Senate
Robert Huber
West Allis
Wisconsin
Attorney General
State Building Fund
Department of Resource Development
Fair Enloyment Practices Commission
Department
Taxation Department
Monroe Juda Students Named Badger State Delegates
Three students were chosen as delegates to Badger Boys State at Ripon College next month. James Swiggum and Alan Stauffacher from Monroe High School join George Keen of Juda High School for the week long government program run by the American Legion with local faculty selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Juda High School
Badger
Ripon College
Robert Hendrickson
American Legion Post
James Swiggum
Gerald Swiggum
Browntown
Alan Stauffacher
Walter Stauffacher
Monroe
George Keen
Arkel Keen
Route 2
Brodhead
Swiggum
The
Legion
Jerry Robinson
Edward Robinson
Winslow
Specialists Speak On Spraying Here
Three Madison specialists discussed the impact of weed and insect spraying on wildlife at the Ludlow Memorial Library. They noted high robin mortality from DDT used for elm disease, but said weed sprays like 24D and 245T are not toxic and approved by agencies. They warned late spring seasons hurt pheasant nesting and possibly hatching if warm weather fails to come soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Ludlow Memorial Library
Robert Ellarson
University of Wisconsin
Cyril Kabat
Conservation Department
Donald Peterson
University
Green County
German State Atty Hints Bormann Alive in Latin America
Frankfurt Germany State Attorney Fritz Bauer said today circumstantial evidence suggests Martin Bormann Adolf Hitler's top lieutenant is alive and possibly hiding in Latin America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borman
Frankfurt
Germany
Fritz Bauer
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Latin America
Pat Wuetrich Faces Theft and Robbery Charges
A 21-year-old Monroe man, James Patrick Wuetrich, was arrested after admitting to stealing a station wagon and holding up a Freeport filling station. He is held in the county jail, with warrants issued by Freeport and Monroe authorities as investigators pursue car theft and armed robbery charges. The pursuit ended when the stolen vehicle wrecked near Monroe, with Wuetrich sustaining injuries.
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James Wuetrich
1708
17Th Street
Green
Stephenson
Wuetrich
Oscar Thierstein
Monroe
Freeport
Times
A. Charles Howe
James Patrick
Pat) Wuetrich
Howe
Illinois
Highway 69
Stephenson County
Jerome Hunt
Hunt
Sky-Vu Theater
Green County
Howard Schucht
Ervin L. Goecks
Stearns Woods
Thierstein
N. Galena Street
Stephenson County Sheriff's Office
Roger Jacobs
Jacobs
Richland Center
Dane
Wis
Geneva Conferees Told Laos Fighting Has Ceased
Western powers prepared to join a Laos future conference after London reports that organized fighting ended in the jungle kingdom. US Britain and France held reservations pending formal cease fire certification while Rusk Harriman Gromyko Chen Yi and others gathered in Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Laos
London
United States
Britain
France
U.S
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Andrei A. Gromyko
China
Chen Yi
William Dickson Dies at 77 in St. Clare Hospital
William Hayes Dickson 77 of Monroe died at 2 15 a m today in St Clare hospital after a period of illness. A retired farmer mechanic and paint contractor born February 28 1884 in Roxbury Pa he moved to Green County in 1905. He married Ida Pinnow in 1908 and later moved to Monroe in 1917. He leaves three sons 12 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Saturday at 2 p m at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev Donald Storck officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call after noon tomorrow at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hayes Dickson
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Dickson
Roxborough
Green County
Ida Charlotte Emilie Pinnow
Monroe
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Martin H
John W
Roy F
Monticello
Shriner-Neushwander
Donald Storck
J. John’s Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Richard Olds Accepted By U S Naval Academy
Richard Olds aged 17 of Darlington has been accepted to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. He will report early this summer after completing his senior year at Darlington High School where he was named by Congressman Vernon Thomson of Richland Center for his accomplishments in band and athletics.
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Darlington
Richard Olds
Howard Olds
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Olds
Darlington High School
Vernon Thomson
Richland Center
Wisconsin
Sales Tax Plans Aired at Hearing
Madison lawmakers debated seven tax bills including a two percent sales tax proposal and a withholding system for state income taxes at the Joint Finance Committee hearings. The package aims to cut property taxes with a $10 refund per person and dependent, with supporters arguing tax reform and opponents voicing concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Joint Finance Committee
Glen Pommerening
R-Wauwatosa
Citizens Blue Ribbon Committee
Assembly
Byron Wackett
Watertown
GOP
David Stearns
Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Wackett
Stearns
William Kasakaitis
Far Bureau
Kasakaitis
Larry Sorenson
Wisconsin Farmers Union
New Worry For Rocking Kennedy
Morris Pizer head of the United Furniture Workers says Kennedy's famous rocking chair is not union made. He told the President about it in a letter three weeks ago but has not received a reply.
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New York
United Furniture Workers
Kennedy
Morris Pizer
UFW
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Woman’s Club
E. N
Edith) Churchill
Nellie W. Kohli
Anton J
Nona) Portman
Harold L
Gwenith) Fenton
Swiggum and
Stauffacher
Badger State
Legion Post
Pat’ Wuetrich
William Dickson
U.S. Naval Academy
Rocking Kennedy
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