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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1955
Page
2
The State Highway Commission explains that curve speed signs on Wisconsin trunk highways are advisory, not regulatory. Posted speeds reflect normal conditions and are tested by two drivers using a ball bank indicator, meant to guide sensible drivers through dry curves with safer estimated limits.
The piece argues that U S Public Health Service bungled decisions on releasing Salk polio vaccine supplies causing public confusion and hysteria. It contends private enterprise could handle vaccine logistics more efficiently and that government action showed limited capability.
Gov. Kohler signs the Catlin bill prohibiting labor unions from contributing to political campaigns. He says the measure brings unions under the same regulation as corporations and co operatives, ending discrimination and creating equality under Wisconsin law. The bill faced sustained opposition from Democrats who argued it targeted unions.
RACINE A Circuit Court jury Saturday found William Korzi lius a former Racine County deputy sheriff not guilty of statutory rape and adultery involving a 17 year old inmate. Another former deputy Arthur La Brasca was convicted on similar charges and sentenced to 17 years at Waupun prison. U S taxpayers contribute more than a billion dollars annually for mental health care.
Ten years ago on May 23 1945 rural school commencements were held at Goetz theater with 154 pupils receiving diplomas. Gustave A. Block died at 71 from a fall at his home. Soldiers Wagner and Whitehead freed from German POW camps. War loan drive to be concentrated in Monroe in a single day. Allied leaders arrested and disbanded the German high command in a sweeping action.
Gov. Kohler presses three highway and traffic safety measures through the Senate and toward final Assembly action. The 85‑man driver license examiners force heads for a final vote, a 610‑man state patrol bill awaits action, and a 20 million dollar gas tax proposal nears equilibrium as the Assembly weighs higher education reorganization and local impact.
Governor Kohler faces opposition as Senate highways committee drafts a substitute plan. The compromise would raise the state patrol from 75 to 340 by adding 90 officers annually for three years, keep county patrols intact, and keep the force under the Motor Vehicle Department instead of a new department of traffic safety.
Wisconsin Power and Light Co announces about 9.5 million dollars in new financing registered with the SEC. The plan offers 30,000 shares of 4.4 percent preferred stock at 102.75 to current preferred holders and 263,140 shares of common stock at 25.00 for one for ten held, both underwritten, with employee limited subscriptions.
A truck carrying 50 people home from a wedding party in Cagliari Sardinia veered into a ravine. Seven people were killed and about 20 injured, four seriously, authorities said.
The death notices report Rich ard S Skeets Gallagher 64 retired comedian born in Terre Haute Ind who died yesterday in Santa Monica Calif E Henry H Simmons 78 retired broker and former NYSE president born in Jersey City N J who died Saturday in New York Ellen Pennell 56 editor of farm magazines writer and associate professor of journalism at Iowa State College born in Oregon Oregon remains listed in Ames Iowa
Cincinnati obituary notes the death of Happy Golden a veteran vaudeville performer aged 71 who died yesterday.
Albany high school seniors heard Rodney O. Kittelsen, Monroe attorney and commencement speaker, urge graduates to embrace the atomic era and future change. He noted progress, warned against detractors, and urged students to shape a better world as they enter a new era.
NAACP pledges legal war against Mississippi voting laws after the death of Rev. George Lee. Lee died in a car crash judged as possibly a gun murder by locals. FBI found buckshot-like specks near his face. Sheriff says a fellow Negro could be involved, while leaders urge vote registration.
Jesse Schwartz, a deskman at the sheriff's department since February, left early this morning for Chicago to enter the Navy. He is the son of Mrs. Hester Schwartz of 937 12th Street, and Sheriff Samuel F. Humbel is taking applications for his vacant position.
A daily rundown of bargains in The Times classifieds promises value for readers. The page highlights discounted items and sale notices likely to attract shoppers seeking favorable prices.
Mrs Archie T Riese 49 of Wisconsin Dells and former Albany Township native died after a long illness in a Baraboo hospital. Born April 9 1906 she taught in county schools before marriage. She leaves a husband a son Gerald a daughter Mrs Robert Lee two grandchildren and her mother Mrs Jane Flint a sister Mrs Harry Petersen. Services set in Wisconsin Dells burial there.
Los Angeles reports on the fifth day of a nationwide West Coast trucking strike. Management and union officials see little chance of immediate conciliation as a blockout spreads to 11 Western states. Wade Sherrard of the California Trucking Association notes an almost complete shutdown, with over 100,000 workers affected including about 28,000 drivers.
May 1 stockpiles of American cheese reached 466,130,060 pounds up about 1 percent from the prior month and above last year’s May 1 total of 460,566,000 pounds. April 1 this year stood at 462,949,000 pounds. Swiss cheese holdings totaled 10,266,000 pounds, up from last year’s 9,928,000 pounds and above the April 1 level of 9,773,000 pounds. May 1 Swiss stocks are 44 percent above the 10-year May 1 average of 7,148,000 pounds.
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