A Pretty Kettle Of Cheese For Wisconsin Travel
An editorial urges Wisconsin to expand cheese tasting at vacation centers and along the Great River Road. It cites the Wisconsin Cheese Foundation funding and suggests free milk or orange juice, urging Green County and local groups to supply samples to boost tourism and support dairy farmers.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Cheese Foundation
Madison
Mac
Wisconsin State Journal
Florida
Green County Ag Chest
County Publicity Committee
Janesville
Beloit
Green County
Great River Road
Bagley
Monroe
Dairy Employes Union Ratifies One Year Pact
Members Local 754 of the Dairy Employes Union ratified a one year contract increasing weekly wages and fringe benefits by four dollars. The unanimous vote followed a brief strike in which 700 members from Borden Co Bowman Dairy and Rueter Worth Dairy participated.
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Chicago
Associated Milk Dealers Inc
Borden Co
Bowman Dairy Co
Rueter - Worth Dairy Co
Adults to Blame for Teen Attitude
Community leaders urge parents and teachers to accept responsibility for teen attitudes and overemphasis on grades. Jennelle Moorhead of Eugene urges less permissiveness and warns against a school success obsession impacting true education. About 2,000 delegates attend the National Congress of Parents and Teachers convention in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Jennelle Moorhead
PPTA
Moorhead
Eugene
Ore
PTA
Social Security Benefits and Widows Options Explained
The guidance notes a 6600 earnings base yields a 168 monthly maximum in the future. A 60 year old widow cannot claim her own benefit before 62 but can receive widow benefits between 60 and 62. The article discusses Social Security rules and potential benefits for earners and widows.
Glancing Backward Ten Years Ago Today
Three businessmen and an Air Force Sergeant are arrested by the FBI in the theft of a secret government document. The nation’s trucking industry attacks taxes in the federal road program.
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Air Force
FBI
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Withhold Cheese Amid Price Ceiling Lift
On May 18 1946 the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association ordered withholding of cheese from the market until price ceilings are raised. The same day a railroad strike was called off at 3 PM for a five day truce as two brotherhoods prepared to strike.
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Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
District Court Rules 1935 Relief Act Unconstitutional
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals finds the 1935 relief act unconstitutional. The Supreme Court votes 6 to 3 to strike down the Guffey coal act.
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District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Freeport nurse charged with manslaughter in Rockford death
A Freeport woman employed as a nurse in Rockford is charged with manslaughter after a person was run down. The article notes the case as occurring 40 years ago today amid a broader Wisconsin report with 46 states and 31 foreign countries represented at the University of Wisconsin.
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Freeport
Rockford
University of Wisconsin
Dedication Held At New Glarus
About 300 attended the dedication service of the New Glarus Home for the Aged on Sunday at 3 p.m. in New Glarus. Tours by the auxiliary followed, with a full program of music, readings, and remarks by church leaders and assembly members.
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New Glarus
Times
Southwestern Wisconsin Association
Linus Wierwill
William A. Schultz
Memorial Church
Madison
Paul M. Schnake
Ben M. Herbster
United Church of Christ
God
First Congregational Church
Robert Stanger
Wisconsin
UCC
New Veterans Hospital Dubbed Temple of Healing in Milwaukee
Rep Clement Zablocki hailed the new 30 million Veterans Administration Hospital in Milwaukee as a temple of healing at its dedication. The first patients will be admitted today. Zablocki said veterans will find the finest medical talent modern equipment and agreeable surroundings. Dr G Martin Engle predicted it would become one of the nation’s outstanding medical centers.
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Milwaukee
Clement Zablocki
D - Wis
Veterans Administration
Temple of Healing
Overtime Pay Question Plan for Census Survey
The Census Bureau will ask about multiple jobs and overtime pay in its Current Population Survey during the week of May 15. Questions cover secondary jobs, hours on each job, and premium overtime pay in 357 sample areas under the U S Department of Labor.
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Census Bureau
Guy Lutz
Bureau
St. Paul
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. Department of Labor
United States
This Day in History Highlights and Milestones
The May 18 entry recalls 1917 Selective Service Act approval, 1804 Napoleon proclaimed emperor, 1863 Grant siege of Vicksburg, 1914 Panama Canal opened to barges, 1951 UN moves to NYC, 1954 school desegregation ruling, with recent political notes on Stevenson, federal funding battles, and Johnson’s Taft-Hartley message.
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Associated Press
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Napoleon
France
Ulysses Grant
Vicksburg
Panama Canal
United Nations
New York City
U.S. Supre Court
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Oregon
Senate
Johnson
Italian Invaders Pushed Back in 1916 Battles
Fifty years ago today on May 18 1916 fierce bombardments and sharp infantry charges forced Italian invaders back to the Ander and AE area. Admiral Frank F Flete will retire as commander of the Atlantic Fleet.
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Ander Og AE
Frank F. Flete
Atlantic
Wisconsin Must Care for Tuberculosis Cases 60 Years Ago Today
The report notes Monroe and other cities in the state must care for all tuberculosis cases. Orders for the annual encampment of the Wisconsin National Guard at Camp Douglas were to be issued.
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Monroe
Wisconsin National Guard
Camp Douglas
Rent that room through Classified ads in The Monroe Evening Times
A reader advertises a room for rent via the Monroe Evening Times classifieds. The notice invites inquiries from interested parties and provides contact options for details and terms.
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Monroe Evening Times
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