Johnson Urges Study of Hospital Needs and Courthouse Repairs
The County Board discussed an extension to the county hospital costing about 280000 to 412000 with a possible third story. The plan includes a first floor recreation area and a second floor dormitory for women, plus potential future dormitory space. The courthouse repair job is bid ready, estimated at 25000 with 12000 set aside.
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Amos S. Johnson
Johnson
Green County
Robert Kundert
Madison
Badger Waterproofing
Emil Voegeli
Monticello
Wilbert Stauffer
Stauffer
St. Clare Hospital
Special County Hospital Detention Home For Aged
Resolu
Costumes and Color Highlight Junior High Concert
The junior high and grade school choruses staged The Mikado with vivid oriental costumes and theatrical makeup. Bruce Patterson led a combined school chorus, plus Rogers and Hammerstein selections and spirituals from the high school group. A free will offering supported publicity, costumes, and scenery costs.
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Bruce Patterson
Rogers and Hammerstein
Patterson
Laeser Gets Post Council Buys Radar Device
The Monroe City Council authorized a $1,078 purchase of a radar speed control device for the police and approved a cabaret license for Arthur Spoerry Jr. It also named Sebastian Laeser Jr. to the Water Board and reappointed Herman L. Schindler to the Planning Commission, while discussing fluoridation, sewer hookups, and local public works projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Police Department
Council
Sebastian Laeser Jr
Fifth Ward
Water Board
Herman L. Schindler
Planning Commission
Rex N. Eyler
Police and Safety Committee
Central Equipment Co
Janesville
Eyler
Arthur Spoerry Jr
Green County House
5Th Avenue
Spoerry
Fred R. Simpson
Laeser
August Burgi
Arizona
Daniel Gerber
Orville R. Evans
Victor N. Schiller
William J. Schmitz
Schiller
County To Name 1960 Dairy Queen Across Green County
More than 500 dollars in prizes will be offered during a two day dairy celebration in Albany on June 24 and 26. Events include cattle show dairy baking talent and queen competition plus boat races and parades. Voting for a county dairy queen starts June 1 with top ten chosen after June 6 screening. The June Dairy Month banquet in Albany honors winning queen candidates from multiple towns.
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Albany
Walter Althaus
Green County Dairy Day
William Hein
Albany Fire Department
Stanton P. Stearn
Monroe
Brodhead
Browntown
Brooklyn
Judo
Monticello
New Glarus
Green County Dairy Queen
Jet Plane Site At Park Okayed For Memorial Display
Air Force officers Jaycee leaders and city officials approved the Gen. Nathan Twining park site at the park’s south edge for an obsolete F86D jet to be brought next month. Truax personnel will assist May 26 with concrete bases and a cyclone fence will protect the memorial.
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Air Force
Jaycee
Nathan Twining
Fred R. Panico
327Th
Truax
Harry Scarborough
George Wells
Jack Kundert
The
Jaycees
Robert Wells
Walter Ekum
Madison
Wisconsin Republicans map tax cuts to match surplus
Madison, Wisconsin Republicans move to cut state expenditures by three percent and oppose Nelson bank taxes while maintaining a 20 percent surtax for 1960. They seek authority to slash expenses, delaying regular Senate business and adjourning sine die without new tax bills. The plan follows Gov. Nelson’s claim the budget is in good shape with a reduced deficit and no new taxes. The Assembly honors a funeral, delaying sessions this week.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
Senate
Nelson
Bureau of Management
Assembly
GOP
Management
Kirby Hendee
Milwaukee
William Luebke
West Allis
House
Stock List Rises as Defense Issues Lead Market Rally
New York reports a strong defense and space age stock surge after the collapse of a summit conference. Heavy early trading gave way to brisk activity with two million shares traded in two hours as missile and electronic stocks climbed while traditional issues lagged. Steel stocks advanced with the rise in defense and space stocks.
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New York
Khrushchev Threatens Berlin Peace Treaty Move
Soviet Premier Khrushchev denounces Eisenhower amid the summit collapse and says a separate peace with East Germany will deprive Western powers of occupation rights in West Berlin when the time is ripe. He argues the U S must accept a future decision by a new president and criticizes Allied leaders for torpedoing talks. He notes plans to sign drafts and announce them to the world.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
Khrushchev
Russia
Uniteds
U. S
United States
Japan
West Berlin
Macmillan
Vatican Warns Catholics Against Reds in Politics
L Osservatore Romano reaffirms the church right to guide social and political activity and warns Catholics not to collaborate with Marxists. The editorial targets Italian Catholics but applies worldwide, referencing Sen. John F. Kennedy's bid and linking church doctrine to civic life and party politics. Kennedy was told of the editorial in Portland and reiterates support for church-state separation.
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Vatican City
L’osservatore Romano
Vatican
United States
John F. Kennedy
Christian Democrats
Kennedy
Portland
Ore
Pierre Salinger
U.S
Nixon Reveals Spies Sighted During Khrushchev UN Visit
Vice President Nixon said two Russian agents were observed in Springfield, Massachusetts, during Khrushchev's United Nations address last fall. He noted they were not detained due to Khrushchev's presence, declined to confirm later actions, and warned further details could expose intelligence sources.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Nixon
Khrushchev
United Nations
Springfield
Mass
Khrushchev Attacks Adenauer as Eisenhower Meets
Khrushchev lambasted West Germany’s Konrad Adenauer amid a West Berlin rally and warned Germans to beware a future booing after alleged Stalingrad and Ukraine defeats. He questioned Eisenhower’s friendship as the leaders prepared for a Lisbon visit and a 15 nation NATO meeting.
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de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
Stalingrad
Ukraine
Camp David
Notre Dame
Paris
Harold Macmillan
Lisbon
Portugal
Thursay
State Swiss Market Steady Demand Fair
MADISON Wisconsin cheese market shows steady Swiss prices with fair to good demand. Cheddar ranges 32-33 percent for 40 pound blocks 34-36 percent, single daisies 35-36 percent, longhorns 35-?26 percent, midgets 34-37 percent. Wisconsin Swiss market steady with adequate to ample supplies and blocks State brand 41-43, B 39-41, C 36-41, D 32-33.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Waupaca Council Plans Its Own Census Challenge
Waupaca Wisconsin officials dispute the 1960 census as city leaders announce a second census. Alderman Tom Lewis says population rise seems illogical with new homes, while Mayor Matheson notes few vacant buildings. Clerk Harriet Ward cites residents who say census takers never visited. If population nears 6000, a new tavern license could boost revenues by about 6000 over ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupaca
Wisconsin
Tom Lewis
Lloyd Matheson
Harriet Ward
True's Airport Pact Gets Okay
Rock County cleared ten months of wrangling as the FAA approved a new manager and fixed base operator arrangement for the airport on Highway 51 south of Janesville. The formal approval letter was to be presented at the May County Board meeting. prior contracts had been disapproved by the FAA and Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission and revised after attorney Mark Farnum’s trip to Kansas City.
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Janesville
Rock County
Federal Aviation Agency
Highway 51
Roy True
William C. Knoepfle
St. Paul
True
FAA
Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission
Mark Farnum
Kansas City
Monroe Air Service
Robber Loots Thorp Office in Waupaca Cash Heist
A middle aged gunman tied up cashier Martha Iverson at Thorp Finance Co. in Waupaca and forced her to open the cash drawer. He escaped with 536 dollars after binding her in a back room. The suspect’s method matched prior holdups per police.
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Waupaca
Thorp Finance Co
Martha Iverson
Fire damages two story apartment at 902 10th Street
Monroe firemen battled a chimney fire in an oil hot water heater vent causing extensive damage to the kitchen and utility areas of a two story frame home at 902 10th Street. The blaze forced roof openings to reach flames. occupants were away and no injuries were reported.
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Monroe
10Th Street
Virgil Waelti
Madison
Juda
Times
Josef J. Befikert
Virgil Wealti
Beloit
Glenn Neuenschwander
Burgess Battery Co
Freeport
Clifford Neuenschwander
Benkert
Fred Kraus Sr
Walter Neuenschwander
Glenn
Tcumabeieed
Peiping Assails Eisenhower and Formosa Tensions
Peiping denounces President Eisenhower as a warmonger and Nationalists report Reds aiding wreck of the summit. Peiping also accuses Nixon of aggressor language while jet fighters and bombers near Formosa raise alarm at Chiang Kai-shek’s stronghold.
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Tokyo
China
Eisenhower
Formosa
Radio
Peiping
Nixon
U. S
Soviet Union
Chiang Kai-shek
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Monroe Evening Times
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