Wisconsin Assembly approves broad budget and ethics bills
In Madison the Legislature sent a $137,905,055 two year budget to Gov. Rennebohm after a 29 to 3 Senate concurred with the Assembly. A ban on legislators accepting retainers for influencing legislation passed 81 to 0, with penalties including seat vacatur. The body also advanced wage equality for teachers, electrician licensing, margarine tax stamps, school integration bans, and a ban on in car television sets.
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Madison
Rennebohm
Senate
Assembly
Getterman
Milwaukee
la Fond
Two Rivers
Dempsey
Hartland
Wisconsin
House
Pendine
Gehrmann
Mellen
Harper
Lancaster
Mockrud
Westby
McParland, Cudahy
State Industrial Commission
Agriculture Committee
Six Legislators Quizzed in Lobbying Probe
Dane County District Attorney Robert Arthur conducted a ground level session with six legislators to gather information on lobbying activities and undisclosed disbursements. The session included Assemblymen Wesphal Hickey Schneider Mec Parland and Senators Trinke Krueger. Arthur said no further action is planned at present and did not indicate plans for a grand jury or a John Doe probe.
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Madison
Dane County
Robert Arthur
Arthur
John Doe
Wesphal
Milwaukee
Hickey
Schneider
Sheboygan
Mec Parland
Cudahy
Trinke
Lake Geneva
Krueger
Merrill
Substitute Housing Proposal Prepared
The legislature's joint finance committee drafted a substitute amendment to the Laird-Lenroot housing bill. It would authorize direct state loans to housing authorities, veterans housing cooperatives, or individual veterans and excludes direct grants from an $8,000,000 fund from doubled liquor taxes.
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Madison
Joint Finance Committee
Laird-Lenroot
Rennebohm
Milwaukee records forgery charges dismissed in Lemay case
Municipal Judge Herbert J. Steffes dismissed forgery charges against Edmond Lemay today. Lemay’s wife disappeared a year ago, adding a shadow to the unresolved case.
Mt Olive Church Dedication Sunday in Monroe
Mt Olive Evangelical Lutheran church in Monroe dedicates its first building with 32 member congregation led by Rev A Toepel. Two services feature Rev Norbert Paustian and Rev H C Nitz as guest speakers. building cost under 13000, labor by members, seating 100, services open to the public.
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Mt. Olive
H. C. Nitz
Waterloo
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Synod
Toepel
Moline
Ill
Edgerton
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Area School Meetings Set for July 11 in Green County
Annual meetings for Green county districts set for Monday July 11. One board member to be elected as terms are staggered. Routine business includes budgets and tax levies. Rural and state graded schools to vote on free textbooks.
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Green County
Local Men Injured When Car Leaves Road
Robert Bayrhoffer of route 3 and Franklin Butts of Monroe suffered broken noses and bruises after Bayrhoffer’s car failed to turn and struck a tree two miles north of the county radio tower at 9:30 last night. Vehicle was badly damaged.
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Robert Bayrhoffer
Franklin Butts
Monroe
Bayrhoffer
Farm Study Tours Across Green County Grade Schools
More than 700 grade school children from Green County completed 16 soil conservation tours as part of grades 5 through 8. Led by County Agricultural Agent Myron E. Jeghum and assistant Lester Van Loon, the tours compared farms with and without soil conservation. Students study weed and tree samples, contour strip width, sed waterways, terraces, dikes, sheet erosion, and soil depth in cultivated fields and pastures.
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Green County
Myron E. Jeghum
Lester van Loon
Scout Camporee Opens Tomorrow
More than 120 local Boy Scouts from Monticello Brodhead Albany Browntown and New Glarus join the Green county district camporee in New Glarus Woods state park Saturday and Sunday. Contests include nature study water boiling and first aid problems. Robert Hoesly New Glarus leads the event. camp begins 2 p m tomorrow with setup that night and ends 2 p m Sunday. Reverend Newell Mendenhall and John W Schild accompany Monroe group.
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Monticello
Brodhead
Albany
Browntown
New Glarus
Green County
New Glarus Woods State Park
High Point
Robert Hoesly
Newell Mendenhall
John W. Schild
Monroe
Canyon Camp
M. W. Stuessy
Raphael Daly
Maurice Connors
John Dillree 62 Dies In Wisconsin
Albany special report says John Dillree aged 62 of Magnolia township died yesterday in a Madison hospital. Services set for 2 tomorrow at Magnolia Township Advent church with Rev W S Bowden officiating. Burial in church cemetery. He was born in Magnolia township east of Albany and married Jennie Hammer on December 16 1908. Survived by widow two sons John H and Boyd J Beloit four daughters Genevieve Garvey Joyce Freitag Faye Burtness Maxine and 21 grandchildren.
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John Dillree
Beloit
Madison
Magnolia Township
Advent Church
W. S. Bowden
Church
Rock County
Dillree
Jennie Hammer
Magnolia
John H
Boyd J
Genevieve Garvey
Joyce Freitag
Milwaukee
Faye Burtness
Orfordville
Maxine
Footville
County Tavern Group Names Two Delegates
Paul Wiebel and Roy Mc Bride of Brodhead named delegates of Green County Tavern League for the Wisconsin state association meeting in Sturgeon Bay June 14-15. Guest speaker Erv Lacy addressed a Monroe hotel gathering. Okauchee serves as state league president. The local league hosts its annual dance tonight at Karlen hall Monticello.
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Paul Wiebel
Roy McBride
Brodhead
Green County Tavern League
Wisconsin State Association
Sturgeon Bay
Monroe Hotel
Erv Lacy
Okauchee
State League
Karlen Hall
Monticello
McCarthy Walks Out of Malmedy Hearing Clash
Senator McCarthy angrily quit the senate group probing the Malmedy trials calling it a sham and a deliberate whitewash while Senator Baldwin urged continuing the inquiry. McCarthy, not a member of the panel, was appointed to the investigative group amid accusations of brutal methods in obtaining German confessions.
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Washington
Senator McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Armed Forces
McCarthy
Baldwin
R-Conn
Wisconsin
Senate Record
Armed Services Subcommittee
S. S
Armed Services Committee
Madison approves rock work on state highway 13 sections
Gov Rennebohm approves bituminous resurfacing for two sections of state highway 13 near Evansville. Rock County will perform the project at a cost of 28 688 dollars.
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Rock Work
Madison
Evansville
Rennebohm
Rock County
Paris Conference Stakes West Cool Headed Lead Over Soviets
Western allies enter the Paris foreign ministers talks with a strengthened stance after Berlin airlift success. The West claims a recovering West German economy and a new federal republic backed by eight western states, while the Soviet Union faces a strained economy and waning popular support in occupied Germany. Bavaria votes no but may join after ratification.
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Yalta
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Soviet Union
Moscow
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West
Germany
West Germany
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Lilienthal Denies Derogatory Charge Bars AEC Aide
Washington witnesses the debate over loyalty questions and security clearances for AEC staff. Senator O Mahoney vows to bar communists from the agency while McMahon pushes hearings on Argonne uranium losses and Freistadt fellowship disclosures.
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Nist
Wherry
Edelman
Chicago
O'Mahoney
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Hans Freistadt Ha
Freistadt
Commission
McMahon
Ford Firm Rejects Union Ultimatum in Talks Standoff
Ford Motor Co refused to begin contract talks with the CIO United Auto Workers while attempting to settle a 16 day strike. The union deadline is July 15 and Ford had insisted no talks before June 1, per vice president John S. Bugas.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford
John S. Bugas
Centennial Reunion Planned By Decatur Badger School
Decatur township Badger School District 7 plans a centennial reunion at the four mile west Brodhead school Sunday with former students and teachers and their families. A noon picnic, afternoon program by Ralph Keen, and social time are planned plus musical selections by current pupils under Mrs. Duane Youngblood.
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Brodhead
Badger
Decatur Township
Roderick
Ralph Keen
Beloit
Duane Youngblood
Temporary Lights Set Up on Square
Temporary lighting around the court house square may be turned on tonight and will be on again tomorrow night after two evenings without light due to an emergency. Power and Light Co official W. S. MacDonald cited broken conduits from square excavations. An emergency power line is being installed from a transformer block to restore lighting. A pipe locater has been brought in to avoid striking pipes and conduits. Ditches for new water mains will be dug soon by Ernest R. Kundert as subcontractor. Trucking contractor Herbert D. Goecks was treated after an eye injury from steel debris.
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Court House Square
W. S. MacDonald
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
MacDonald
Power Company
Court House
Fisher Instrument Co
Milwaukee
Telephone Company and Power Company
16Th Avenue
17Th Avenue
12Th Street
Ernest
Doctor Takes Stand In Slaying Hearing
Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. testifies about his wife’s confession of an affair with Byron C. Hattman, the man he is accused of stabbing to death in a Cedar Rapids hotel room on December 14 following an alleged July 31 attack.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C., Rutledge Jr
Byron C. Hattman
Rutledge
Hattman
Mild Cold Wave Hits Monroe Area With 44 Degree Low
Monroe area records a 44 degree low as a sudden 20 degree drop shocks residents. Clouds bring 0.03 inch rainfall and lingering cold through tonight with a slight warm trend and showers expected in western portions.
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Monroe Area
Monroe
Land O'Lakes
U S Rejects Soviet Greek Peace Plan
The United States told Russia that peace in Greece requires the Soviet aligned states to stop aiding Greek guerrillas and that U S assistance to non communist Greece will not ease until that happens. Washington released a state department statement rejecting Soviet moves to take the Greek issue to the United Nations for a power bargain. The note followed rumors that the U K and U S might jointly seek a settlement at the United Nations.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Greece
State Department
United Nations
Britain
Fund Fraud Pair Sentenced in Iowa
Mrs Mary Johnson and her male companion were sentenced to seven year terms on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. The woman obtained $120 on May 11 from the Monroe Red Cross service department claiming hardship as the wife of an army man. Investigation and a radio broadcast led to their apprehension in DeWitt Iowa.
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Mary Johnson
Monroe
Dubuque
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Service Department
Monroe Red Cross
South School
DeWitt, Ia
Mars flying boat carries 308 aboard to San Diego
The Navy Mars flying boat arrived in San Diego from Alameda Calif carrying 308 men, marking the first time a plane carried more than 300 people. The milestone highlights a historic passenger load for an aviation craft.
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San Diego
Navy
Alameda
Calif
February Milk Prices and Cheese Factory Payments
A February survey shows an average milk price of 3.45 per hundredweight paid to about ten area cheese factories. Delivery increases raised net farmer patron income to roughly 17,500 dollars. butterfat average at 3.30 vs 3.36 in January. Swiss cheese state grade prices ranged from 51 to 50 cents and lower rates for other grades.
No Sales Recorded At Plymouth Market
No sales were recorded at the Plymouth Wisconsin cheese exchange today. Bids were three cars and one lot cheddars at 30 cents and two cars single daisies at 32 cents. Offers remained not covered with one car square prints at 33 cents. Tone of trading was firm.
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Plymouth
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
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