Eisenhower breaks ground for 75 million culture center
President Eisenhower inaugurates construction of a 75 million dollar cultural center in New York and calls it a mighty influence for world peace. Gen Nathan F. Twining undergoes exploratory surgery for cancer with upper left lung removal. Warren Spahn earns 250th win as left handed pitcher in 3-2 Braves victory over the Cardinals.
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Eisenhower
New York
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Warren Spahn
Cardinals
Milwaukee Braves
Court house square paving starts on schedule this morning
Twenty years ago today May 19, the court house square paving project began on time with old wood blocks ripped out along the southwest section. Victor Chambers and Michael Bellahan placed fourth and fifth in the district miles contest at Janesville. Harold Walters suffered fractured ribs and spleen bruises in a tractor accident. Monroe High musicians won 20 firsts in the state music festival.
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Court House Square
Victor Chambers
Michael Bellahan
Janesville
Harold Walters
Monroe High
Trout season Opens on Green County Stream
Hundreds of fishermen braved a raw wind to begin the trout season on Green county stream this morning. Edwin M. Thorpe Rudy Schober Fred T. Odell Monroe State Sen. Carl Lovelace Woodford O R Olson Blanchardville attended the third annual reunion of the first regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry Span American war veterans at Whitewater.
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Green County
Edwin M. Thorpe
Rudy Schober
Fred T. Odell
Monroe
Carl Lovelace
Woodford
O.R. Olson
Blanchardville
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Whitewater
Explosion and Fire at Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Forty years ago on May 15 1929 a Cleveland Clinic hospital explosion and fire killed eighty eight people with many injured and death toll expected to rise to ninety four. Post office inspector W F Esch from Monroe approves the citys new street designation system using numbers instead of names. Wisconsin legislature votes to repeal the state duty law 21 to 9 and the bill passes the assembly.
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Cleveland Clinic
Ohio
W. F. Esch
Monroe
Wisconsin
Five thousand veterans to oppose LW W meeting in Milwaukee
Fifty years ago on May 15 1969 five thousand returned soldiers were slated to be on hand to disrupt a proposed Wisconsin branch LW W meeting in Milwaukee. The same issue notes forty four Monroe high school seniors slated to graduate and a Blanchardville homecoming for soldiers and sailors.
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Lw.w
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
American Region
Monroe High School
Peggy
Blanchardville
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Edward E. Hoch
Kansas
Turner Opera House
Citizens
Home Economics
Mmes
Martha
Relf
Helen White
Cochairmen
Monroe Woman's Club
Philippa Goddard
Mmes. White
Anna Bridge
Martha Relf
Charles E. Shriner
M.J. Newman
C.B. Churchhill
Wood and Churchill Brickworks
A. A. Kienholz
Wisconsin University
Madison
Manila
Snellen & Kennedy
Fairgrounds
Spaunez Hardware
Sear
Fea Avy Ga
Redwood
Eam
End‘orner
Gutter & Downspoul
L.H
Mag Ea
Mitre
Ea Ll. Sa
Albany
Wte
Aluminum
Sterter — Window
Donny Road
Monroe, Wis
Beltsrom
Schitelzes
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