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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1956
Page
2
A concise notice lists leading press organizations including The Associated Press Inland Daily Press Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation as standard industry bodies.
The column blasts USDA price support buys of butter cheese and dried milk as distortion that invites overproduction. It notes April purchases reach 20 million pounds butter 12 million cheese and 80 million dried milk with butter at a million pounds daily. It argues temporary Swiss program aside production responds to federal demands harming orderly marketing and consumer prices.
AAA travel counselors from across the nation will visit Monroe and Green County on Saturday May 26 for a luncheon and briefing on the area. Local civic leaders will host and assist these visitors who arrange AAA routings and may extend their stay if possible. The event echoes the region’s hospitality shown during recent Antique Automobile Club rallying.
Historical item notes the May 16 1946 observance in Green County marking a decade of home demonstration work with 375 attendees, nearly 1200 women participated in the project, and Mrs. William Mortensen of Madison will be principal speaker. Also lists 4 H safety contest winners Betty Anne Stabler Betty Eleanor Hoesly and Betty Anne Babler and a Wisconsin Public Service Commission order granting Cardinal Bus Lines intercity service to Monroe Argyle Belmont Platteville and Cuba City.
Wisconsin Bell paid the state 5 510 358 as its gross revenue tax for 1955. Officials said the tax rose 500 000 from last year and is exclusive of state income taxes. They noted over seven million in direct taxes were paid last year, with 85 percent of local service revenue taxes shared with cities.
State Motor Vehicle Department examiners held a weekly test session at Monroe police station. Fifteen applicants passed including eight original licenses, six temporary permits, and one reinstatement. Five failed road tests, one failed laws, one failed road sign knowledge.
Wisconsin boys and girls aged 12 to 18 are invited to submit essays for the 1956 Weed Essay Contest chaired by Howard Richards. Theme is How We Controlled Weeds on Our Farm with $75 in cash awards and a state winning essay eligible for a $300 regional scholarship.
The 1956 Monticello high school graduating class will receive diplomas in the gym Friday evening May 25 with the theme Knowledge Gives Us the Key It s Up to Us to Unlock the Door The program includes processional invocation salutatory by Jeanette Zurfluh class history by Jean Kubly will by Karen Kubly baritone clarinet Madelyn Karlen valedictory by Jo Verlyn Adamson and more A separate baccalaureate service is planned Sunday evening at Zwingli church with Rev Achtemeier delivering the address.
Beau Grand of Racine was reelected to a two year term as president of the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin at the 23rd annual convention Tuesday. Officers chosen include Mrs Ernest Clough Milwaukee first vice president Mrs Spencer Munson Madison second vice president Mrs Frank Himmelmann Milwaukee secretary and Mrs Norris Brisco Milwaukee treasurer.
The record details Mark Catlin Jr. acting with Hedding and others behind the scenes to secure pardons and paroles for prisoners. Petitions to the Wisconsin Board of Pardons were drawn, discussed with the governor and his counsel, and lucrative fees collected. A third petition was drafted as the scheme expanded to parole and life-term inmates, with payments of 1000 and 500 dollars and assurances of favorable action that never materialized.
Special from Chicago reports a new product MYZON CALF BUILDER claimed to combat white scours dysentery and diarrhea in calves. It combines vitamins with antibiotics to revive sick calves, speed recovery, restore feeding, and build resistance to future attacks. It urges farmers to start using it today.
The Wisconsin ethics commission claims attorney Catlin took large sums from inmates and families at Waupun prison to influence official actions. Details mention an advance of 725 dollars and improvised paper work by another attorney while Catlin remained in the background. The panel cited at least three individuals by name and noted the pattern of payments across the fourth charge.
Louis Adams and William Richard Peterson are named in the complaint. If Catlin is found responsible after a court hearing, discipline may include disbarment suspension a fine or a reprimand. The complaint was filed Monday but released today to allow Catlin to be
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser told a Cairo audience that Egypt would stay ahead of any arms buildup by Israel. He used a sharply critical tone toward Western powers and reaffirmed Cairo's resolve to bolster defense.
Jakarta police report an overloaded motor launch capsized in the Java Sea with 73 people dead or missing, many women and children among the victims, as rescue efforts continue.
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