Wisconsin Officials Urge Editors to Promote Safer Roads
Wisconsin traffic fatalities near 300 this year prompt renewed calls from Lawrence E. Beier, head of enforcement for the state motor vehicle department, for newspaper cooperation in a broad safety push. The Monroe Evening Times pledges support, noting improved patrol strength and efficient enforcement can reduce crashes without mass crackdowns.
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Wisconsin
Association
Lawrence E. Beier
State
Motor Vehicle Department
LaCrosse
Beier
Monroe Evening Times
Farm Bill Survives Down to Compromise Stage
The farm bill versions cleared by Congress head toward a compromise committee. President Eisenhower won key concessions by dropping rigid price supports and the dual parity formula, while advance payments on soil bank benefits were rejected. An early start on soil bank work is hoped, barring last minute riders.
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Oun Npuses
DOW
Eisenhower
Compromise Committee
White House
House
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Fugitives Captured Near Green Bay Haystack
Two inmates from the State Reformatory honor farm in Allouez were found hiding in a haystack on Sunday. Identified as Sherman Dunahee, 22, of Eau Claire, and Joseph Leanna, 18, of the Town of Bellevue, Brown County.
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Green Bay
State Reformatory
Allouez
Sherman Dunahee
Eau Claire
Joseph
Leanna
Bellevue
Brown County
Interesting Items From The Evening Times Files
Ten years ago novelist Booth Tarkington died at 76 in his Indianapolis home. Also noted were Rev. E. C. McCollow’s silver jubilee as priest at St. Victor's, Willis R. Etter departing Shanghai for China, Fire Chief Otto Kundert elected president of a firemen’s association, and local civic notes on Knights of Pythias and cheese industry efforts.
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Booth Tarkington
Dianapolis
E. C. McCollow
St. Victor's Church
Willis R. Etter
Shanghai
San Francisco
China
Otto A. Kundert
South
Wisconsin
Northern Illinois Firemen's Association
Cassville
Knights of
Document Stolen Air Force List Zips Worldwide Bases
Justice aides said a stolen document listing U S Air Force bases and units worldwide is of utmost intelligence significance and could affect national defense. Harold Brill and three New Jersey businessmen were arrested. the note on the cover marks the material secret and prohibited to disclose.
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Newark
W— Asst
U.S. Atty
William F. Tompkins
Air Force
United States
United States Air Force
Tompkins
Rae i Law
Sai Harold E. Brill
Bear Air Torce Base
Brooklyn
FBI
New Jersey
US Justice Department
Internal Security Division
Farm Scene Spring Valley Maud earns registry milk yield
Maud, a registered Brown Swiss cow of the John Ingold Estate Monroe, completed a production record of 13054.9 pounds milk 4.67 percent fat 610.03 pounds fat in 286 days on twice daily milking at five years six months. The Wisconsin Polled Hereford Association show and sale will be held Saturday June 2 at Lancaster fairgrounds. Wildvale Ormsby Inka Chieftain, a registered Holstein cow owned by Harold Wild and Son Winslow Wisconsin, completed a herd improvement registry test producing 15206 pounds milk 576 pounds butterfat in two daily milkings over 365 days averaging 19 quarts daily. She was six years one month old when tested. Ingold Estate Brown Swiss breeders sold Spring Valley Director Hark to Marie Schlappi Brown town. Heifer Project Inc reported April shipments: cattle to Haiti chicks to Japan Jordan and Ecuador heifers to Greece heifers pigs and goats to Mexico and milk sheep to Greece. Future shipments: heifers to Taiwan Turkey Greece Germany and Gaza chicks to Ecuador Turkey and Indiana goats to Angola Sierra Leone and Lebanon donkeys to Formosa.
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Spring Valley Maud
John Ingold Estate
Monroe
Wildvale Ormsby Inka
Harold Wild and Son
Winslow
Wisconsin
Heifer Project, Inc
Haiti
Japan
Jordan
Ecuador
Greece
Mexico
Taiwan
Turkey
Germany
Gaza
Indiana
Angola
Sierra Leone
Lebanon
Formosa
Wisconsin auto sales dip six percent in early 1955
The Wisconsin Automotive Trades Association reported that new car sales in the state for the first quarter of 1955 fell 6 percent from the same period last year, with 41,793 units sold versus 44,508. The report covers January through March and notes the slower demand across the market.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Automotive Trades Association
Wisconsin
Area Traffic Deaths Show Some Decrease
Wisconsin traffic toll for January through April reaches 253 deaths, a 14 percent rise from the prior year. Pedestrian deaths hit 49, the highest since 1950, with Green County reporting three auto deaths versus five in 1955 and Dane, Town, Lafayette, Rock, and Walworth counties listing varied counts against last year.
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Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Green County
Dane County
Town
Lafayette
Rock
Walworth County
Counselors Set For State Tour across Wisconsin
American Auto Association touring counselors arrive in Milwaukee and travel through Madison New Glarus Monroe Williams Bay Lake Geneva and Milwaukee finalizing a week long itinerary. They will visit Swiss Chalet museum Swiss Wheel cheese firms and enjoy a Lake Geneva boat trip before ending in Milwaukee. Monroe marks the first inclusion of the city in the state tour according to district AAA manager Sherman Hodgson.
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Madison
New Glarus
Monroe
Williams Bay
Lake Geneva
Milwaukee
American Auto Association
United States
Wacom
Sturgeon Bay Peninsula
Rhinelander
Minocqua
Land O'Lakes
Three Lakes
Northernaire
Hayward
Eau Claire
Wisconsin Dells
Ams
Sherman Hodgson
Swiss cheese stocks fall. blue cheese plant planned in Washington
U S Department of Agriculture data show May 1 holdings of Swiss cheese at 6 917 000 pounds, down from 7 193 000 on April 1 while May 1 1955 stock reached 10 410 000 pounds. Commercial American cheese and butter rose in April but overall holdings declined. Oregon and Washington businessmen form Guler Cheese Inc to produce blue cheese using Roquefort methods in Mt. Adama area near Trout Lake.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Oregon
Washington
Guler Cheese, Inc
Mt. Adama
Trout Lake
France
New All Color Station To Start on Channel 6
The first all color independent station began broadcasting on channel 6 over WITI TV Milwaukee. Owned by Independent Television Inc with Jack Kahn as president a new studio transmitter facility at Port Washington and Donges Bay Roads supports a 1748 foot above sea level antenna claimed as the tallest in the Milwaukee area The note mentions the Port of London being 67 miles from the sea.
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Aulwaukee
Witi-Tv
Independent Television Inc
Jack Kahn
Port Washington
Donges Bay Roads
Milwaukee
New Glarus 8th Grade Graduation Held In High School Gym
The 8th grade class of New Glarus will graduate at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the high school gym. The class motto is A Good Example is the Best Sermon and colors light green and white with white carnation as the class flower. Rev. Lynn F. B. Tschudy will deliver the commencement address. Bonnie Maurer is class president and will give the welcome. Gordon Gardner speaks at the class will and Jef fery Marty presents the class prophecy. Diplomas are presented by Mrs. Lavon Wenger. James Tschudy offers the Thank You. Musical numbers include Swiss Yodel Song, Blue Danube, Minuet, I’ll Never Walk Alone, and many solos and duets by students with Rev. Tschudy offering benediction.
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New Glarus
Lynn F. B. Tschudy
Bonnie Maurer
Tschudy
Gordon Gardner
Jeffery Marty
Lavon’ Wenger
James Tschudy
Roberta Breylinger
Joanne Altman
Elaine Mueller
Sandra Reuter
Muriel Babler
Barbara Disch
Monica Anderegg
Sweetheart
Douglas Thompson
James Meyers
J Boyd Campbell
Sirus
Dick Hillestad
Largo
Prairie
Robert Syvrud
David Blumer
Roger Alderman
Paul Yaeger
Charles Hoesly
New York
Richard Hillestad
Chiapanecas
Rachel Smith
Karen Bohn
Lynne Luchsinger
Bridge To Open 660-mile Route
EDGELY PA On Friday the Delaware River Turnpike Bridge will open connecting the Pennsylvania and New Jersey turnpikes. The 20 000 ton steel span handles six lanes and will bypass Philadelphia, reducing driving time by about an hour on the 660 mile route from Augusta Maine to New York City. The project cost 98 million dollars, completing the Delaware River extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and a nine mile stretch of the New Jersey toll road.
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Edgely
Onic
Delaware
Florence Township
N.J
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Philadelphia
America
Augusta
Maine
United States
New York State
New York City
Indiana
Illinois Line
Chicago
Group To Arrange Dairy Month Events in Monroe
Dairy month plans for Monroe are discussed at an 8 pm meeting in the Courthouse with operators, cheese leaders, business men, and press and radio reps. County agent Myron E. Jeglum says the session will map the local dairy queen contest and assign county hold hosts for June Dairy Day on June 30 at Monticello.
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Wees Geonosoy Seorausani
Monroe
Myron E. Jeglum
Dairy Queen
Palmer Welsh
New Glarus
Monticello
Monroe 4-H Club May Meeting Pledge Leads Agenda
Monroe 4-H Club members gathered at the community center Tuesday night for the May meeting led by Ralph Stauffacher who gave the pledge. Fifteen members attended. Softball tryouts are set for May 27 and a trip to Crystal Lake on June 3 for fishing with fathers. Dick Ammon, Robert Ammon, and Robert Pick provided refreshments. The June meeting will be held at the John Ruff farm for dairy cattle judging.
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Monroe AG
Ralph Stauffacher
Community Center
Crystal Lake
Robert Ammon
Robert Pick
John Ruff
Ue Clarno
Nancy Dickson
Roosevelt School
Barbara Hartwig
Rural Life
Richard F. Hulburt
Episcopal Church
Clarence Schultz
Clarence Asmus
Wilson Bloom
Marilyn Schultz
Marlen Schuetz
Ruth Schuetz
Robert Schuetz
Korea
Cromwell
Bloom
Herbert Huffman
Argus and Clarno 4-H Club Meeting Notes
club meetings at Argus and Clarno covered pledges, safety talks, demonstrations, and upcoming events. Key figures Nancy Schutt Barbara Kubly Nancy Dickson Marilyn Schultz and Ruth Schuetz led sessions while the Richland Argus teams planned a June 10 baseball game and June 21 meeting. A sled dog fact notes a 50 to 85 pound standard husky.
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ARGUS
Nancy Schutt
Barbara Kubly
Calvin
Alvin Strahm
Alvin Kubly
Richland
Alvin Rufer
William Blum
Argus School
4-H Electricity School Tonight in Courthouse
A Hers electricity school will be held at 8 p m today in the Courthouse with A J Von Berg in charge. Members will learn how to connect plugs and service a lamp and will make an extension cord a trouble lamp or test lamp. Woodworking leaders and 4H members will meet Tuesday and Thursday nights at the New Glarus hall and second at the New County Teachers College both starting at 8 p m. Robert Helm of Darlington will direct the program.
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A. J. von Berg
Glarus Hool
New County Teachers College
Robert Helm
Darlington
Channel 3 to affiliate with CBS this summer
Channel 3 will launch on or about July 1 as a CBS affiliate with WISC-TV’s Ralph O Connor stating it will be a secondary interconnected CBS affiliate at start and a primary affiliate by September. Network programs and local shows will be telecast in color.
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Channel 3
CBS
Ralph O'Connor
Wisc-Tv
CBS TV
Glandular Inflammation New Non-Surgical Cure Offered
Men past forty troubled with getting up nights back pains leg tiredness and loss of vigor may have glandular inflammation. The Excelsior Institute advertises non surgical treatment and a free book from Excelsior Springs Missouri offering proven remedies with no obligation.
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Excelsior Institute
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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