This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1963
Page
5
A Dodgeville resident Mrs Rime Nrallia Whitman died. Survived by a daughter Mrs F J Bell of Van Nuys California and three great grandchildren.
Three sailors from northern Illinois joined the Atlantic phase of astronaut Gordon Cooper's space flight aboard the destroyer C.R. Ware. Leroy E. Wallace of Freeport, Alan R. Walgren of Pearl City, and Ralph C. Dyson of Red Oak served on patrol duties.
Obituary notes Dodgeville resident IPCULINE Wi aviv dies. A charter member of the Dodgeville Woman's club and Methodist church, she belonged to the Golden Rule Circle, the Eastern Star, and the library board. Survived by a grandson and a son in California.
Three individuals from the northern Ili region are listed as part of the Oak couple’s can collection. The notice identifies Kenneth E. Oak and his wife, Mr and Mrs Oak, in the context of wills or estate records.
Margaret Matzenauer 81 mezzo soprano with the Metropolitan Opera from 1911 to 1930 dies of a stroke in Van Nuys California. Walter Russell 92 sculptor known for Roosevelt children portraits and busts dies in Waynesboro Virginia. Prof William Whipple Bennett 65 Union College faculty member for 35 years dies after a long illness. Oyuki Morgan 81 geisha who married a Morgan relative dies in Kyoto. Ernest Morrison Warwick 56 grain trader and Communist-era businessman dies in Blenheim. James Leo Mortensen Jr. 38 Mormon leader and OSU agronomy professor dies from automobile injuries in Wilmington.
Key past events marked on this date include Christopher Columbus’s death in 1506 and Dorchester’s first tax supported colonial school in 1639. Also noted are David Hughes’s 1855 ticker patent, the 1950 Brooklyn Battery Tunnel opening, a 1940s Polish airman crash landing in Denmark, and Texas pianist Van Cliburn’s five year milestone.
A year after President Guido’s cabinet halted political activity in Argentina by decree, Congress was ordered to recess and all political parties were dissolved. Government by decree remains in effect as the regime consolidates power across the country.
MADISON The legislature schedules public hearings on reapportionment of Wisconsin Senate and Assembly districts along with 66 other bills. A congressional district realignment bill sits with Gov. Reynolds, who has indicated he will sign it into law as COP efforts continue.
The state’s most populous county could receive two additional Assembly seats due to population growth since the last apportionment. Reynolds vows to veto any plan not granting Milwaukee County 26 seats, as the Assembly elections committee weighs a rival plan by Assemblyman Allen Flannigan that keeps Milwaukee at 26 and makes other changes.
GOP reapportionment efforts could require court review as Senate committee schedules public hearing on Tuesday. The plan mirrors a vetoed version from former Gov. Nelson and targets Milwaukee County to keep 24 Assemblymen. Measures seek higher drinking ages from 19 to 21 statewide and funding shifts from the highway to the conservation fund.
Newton Minow FCC chairman will be among guests welcomed by the University of Wisconsin as WHA TV expands its Channel 21 range next Friday. The event marks a broader broadcast area for the school station with Minow visiting to greet new viewers.
New York reports actress Betty White and Allen Ludden after a week end honeymoon will perform in a straw hat Brigadoon and continue busy summer theater. Ludden, a widower with three children, plans home in Westchester County as Betty fills preexisting commitments and social rounds continue.
In Rangoon, several suburban blocks were quarantined after the first cholera death at Rangoon General Hospital. Three more deaths were recorded in Moulmein, lifting the epidemic toll to 93 since it began.
Most Seneca Indians reside on the Allegany and Cattaraugus reservations in New York, forming the core of the tribe's population and cultural presence in the region.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.