Seniority and Cannon’s Capitol Hill Legacy
Editorial praises Clarence Cannon as a rare Southern-aligned seniority beneficiary who used long tenure to benefit all citizens. As chair of the House Appropriations Committee he curbed pork spending, enforced orderly procedures, and guided party conventions, leaving Capitol Hill with a record of principled governance.
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House of Congress
Capitol Hill
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Rep. Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Wallace campaign passes through tense Cambridge scene
Governor George Wallace faced a volatile turnout in Cambridge Maryland where National Guard forces kept peace after recent racial demonstrations. Wallace’s visit stirred fears of renewed violence though guards restrained both white and Black marchers and organizers. Analysts warn a growing white backlash could imperil civil rights legislation while Wallace appears to capitalize on the tension to rally his supporters.
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George Wallace
Alabama
Maryland
Cambridge
Wallace
National Guard
Monroe obituary notes and local civic items from May 13
Ten year span reviews deaths and honors in Monroe. Katherine May 13, 1954 Ryan dies at 100 after brief illness. Dr Henry H. Hoesly, 78, retired dentist and former village president, passes. Clyde R. Hoey dies at his desk in Washington. Other items mention Women’s Bowling Association elections, a nurses scholarship, and various local notices from 25, 40, and 60 years ago.
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Monroe
Katherine
Ryan
Eugene Segner
Women's Bowling Association of
American Legion Fun and Service Group
Henry H. Hoesly
New Glarus
Clyde R. Hoey
North Carolina
Washington
Knights of Road Fade Hoboes of Old Days
In Richmond Virginia Jerry Buck recalls hoboes once seen along railroad tracks near his Louisiana childhood. He describes their rugged, glamorous image and shared meals at a brick yard camp, a makeshift home from an abandoned auto, and the lingering sense they are now gone forever with progress.
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Jerry Buck
Richmond
Louisiana Bayou Country
C E Ferguson Taken by Death
Charles E Ferguson 58 a Viola paper hanger and interior decorator died Monday in a Madison hospital. Services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow in the Viola Methodist church. Friends may call at the Henthorn funeral home in Viola. He was a World War II veteran and a VFW member survived by his wife a brother W N Ferguson Madison and four sisters Forest Storer Lake Wales Fla Brydie Drake Viola Floyd Hudson Beloit and Irene Ferguson La Crosse.
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Charles &. Ferguson
Viola
Richard Hastert
Darlington
Madison
Viola Methodist Church
Henthorn
Ferguson
VFW
W. N. Ferguson
Forest Storer
Lake Wales
Fla
Brydie Drake
Floyd Hudson
Beloit
Irene Ferguson
la Crosse
Byer Named Evansville Building Inspector
Myron Byer was named city building inspector by the Evansville City Council. The council also reappointed Mrs. C. L. Conroy to the planning board and approved Mrs. Daryl Leeder as deputy civil defense director.
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Myron Byer
Evansville
C. L. Conroy
Daryl Leeder
Case Balked In Baker Demand Faces Senate Clash
Senate rules chair B Everett Jordan dismissed Sen Clifford Case demand to investigate relations between senators and Bobby Baker as demagoguery. Case urged questioning every senator about dealings with Baker. Jordan called it an insult to senators and said a broader inquiry is unlikely. Baker invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer.
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Washington
B. Everett Jordan
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Clifford P. Case
R-Nj
Baker
Senate
Rules Committee
Case
Jordan
Obscure Writer Behind Nazi Rise Dies After Defeat
The author who supported the Nazis and stopped writing after defeat died Monday in obscurity. He opposed democracy early on, and in the 1920s published The Dictator attacking parliamentary government.
Monroe Folk Arts Group Praised by Rotary Club
The Monroe Rotary Club lauded the Monroe High School Folk Arts Club for a 500 percent Rotary International Scholarship Fund rating based on a $50 per member contribution totaling $1,110. Roy Chesebro read the commendation noting Rotary’s fellowships aiding study abroad since 1947. district No. 625 includes Monroe and Beaver Dam as the only clubs with the 500 percent mark.
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Ine Poys
Ue Mouroe High School
Monroe Rotary Club
Marco's
Hans Bernet
Fred Schuetze
Steve Grundahl
Dick Pulkrabek
Dick Roehidanz
Roy Chesebro
Rotary International
Monroe Club
Rotary Foundation
Monroe
Beaver Dam
District GOP School Saturday at Madison
A Second District political training school is set for Madison with an Anow-now winepupucals theme. The event runs from 2 to 4 30 p m and aims to attract participants from Green and all five counties with speakers Carl Kolata Dan W Draper Pat Cormaney and Richard O Wright.
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Madison
Green
Loraine Hotel
Carl Kolata
Watertown
Dan W. Draper
Pat Cormaney
Richard O. Wright
Frank H. Doescher Rites Planned in Platteville
Frank H. Doescher 77 a lifelong Platteville area resident and retired farmer died after a long illness in a Platteville hospital. Survived by four daughters and five sons, 29 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Services set for 1 30 p m Saturday at St Pauls Lutheran church. Burial details and visiting hours listed.
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Platteville
Frank H. Doescher
Ethel
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Thomas
Platteville Area
Alfred Henschel
Dubuque
Henry Borcherding
Belmont
Donald Booker
Larchwood
Francis Nondorf
Spring Green
Donald
Frank J
William
Altoona
Stanley
Atlanta
Orfordville Students Won Scholastic Honors
Harold Bonnhoft named valedictorian of Orfordville high school Gail Worden is salutatorian. Parents listed as Mr and Mrs Kenneth Bohnhoff of rural Brodhead and Mr and Mrs John Worden of rural Orfordville.
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Harold Bonnhoft
Orfordville High School
Gail Worden
Kenneth Bohnhoff
Brodhead
John Worden
Orfordville
Today in History May 13 highlights through the years
On May 13 events include 1607 Jamestown founded by London Company ships in Virginia and fort construction, 1788 Tammany Society first met, 1809 Napoleon takes Vienna, 1915 U S protest Lusitania sinking, 1940 Wilhelmina and Juliana flee to London, and Churchill vow.
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Associated Press
America
Jamestown
London Company
James River
United States
Tammany Society of
New York
Washington Notebook outlines health care clash in Congress
The House ways and means committee opposes the administration plan for health care for the aged and may instead revamp financing for low income elderly care. A House agriculture committee has approved a national commission on food marketing to study prices and farmer processor relations. The Senate received a $1.2649 billion deficiency bill largely funding military pay.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Presdent Johnson
National Commission On Food Marketing
House Agriculture Committee
Johnson
Senate
Funds Increase For Fiscal Year End Costs And Programs
The text notes increases in spending for the balance of the fiscal year ending June 30. Military pay raises total $807.6 million, with $159.6 million for public assistance grants to states and $13.6 million for administering the 1963 Feed Grain Act.
Blue Cheese Group Backs Proxmire Tariff Plan
The American Blue Cheese Association endorsed Sen. Proxmire’s tariff act amendment on dairy imports. The plan uses a sliding population change formula and limits yearly dairy imports to the five year average through 1963. Wenzel said the measure affords stability for domestic and foreign producers.
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American Blue Cheese Association
Sen
William Proxmire
Sen. Proxmire
William A. Wenzel
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