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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1960
Page
2
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The article compares Soviet and American economies amid Cold War tensions. It notes the growth pace, consumer spending, and savings trends in the United States, contrasting with the Soviet system where wages, prices, and production are Kremlin-controlled. It argues outcome hinges on how people spend, save, and invest.
Lawrence Heyerdahl of Brodhead will take over as administrator of Big Foot High School in Walworth on July 1. Formerly principal at Medford, he has taught math and science at Monticello and led Horicon high school, with degrees from Iowa State College and the University of Wisconsin. He and his wife and four children will move to Walworth.
A 1950 look back notes President Truman’s harsh critique of Russia’s UN boycott over the Chinese communist issue as a willful flouting of the charter. Also mentioned are the Bidlingmaier Isely cheese factory signing a milk butterfat checkoff pledge, and plans for church cooperation and a golden wedding observance.
Hollywood reports the 1960 Democratic National Convention to run July 11 to 15 at the new Sports Arena with TV friendly features. J Leonard Reinsch says the venue offers every seat an unobstructed view and a podium elevator. Sessions aim for 5 pm start and 20 minute speeches to suit prime time. NBC ABC and CBS scramble for sponsorship as coverage costs run into millions.
Norman Vincent Peale references the late Dr John A Schindler of Monroe in a Marble Collegiate church sermon booklet. The item, sent to Mrs Bertha Burkhardt by Mrs Caroline Hie stand of St Louis, quotes Schindler on curing mental distress with daily ten minute lift to joy. Phone 3.
This column bundles light anecdotes on domestic life from HAL BOYLE. It notes a wife’s heat versus a resting husband, a trained flea’s weight-multiplying pulse, TV use averaging five hours daily, beer-fed Japanese beef cattle, and quirky tips from Billy Graham. It also cites health cautions about alcohol and tranquilizers and urges fun with trivia about corn kernels.
Eugene D. Creamer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Creamer, earned an honorman certificate and engraved plaque during the recruit graduation review at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. Creamer joined the navy in November and previously belonged to the Madison Naval Reserve Unit before active duty. He graduated from Portage high school and attended Platteville State College.
Services for Charles J. Preston age 72 of Monroe who died Saturday morning will be held at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Stuessy funeral home and 9 30 a.m. at St. Victor's Catholic Church with Rev. Alfred Kunz officiating. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The Rosary is at 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home where friends may call. He was born March 2, 1888 in Monroe and was employed at Janesville Shirt and Overall Co. Surviving are brothers James Waterloo Ia and Ray W Monroe and sister Mrs Roy E Allen St Petersburg Fla. He was a member of St Victor's church and the Knights of Columbus.
Rifleman Lawrence Mann sought catfish at the Nueces River in Texas but used a 30-30 rifle in his car to shoot a 9 foot alligator he had caught.
The Rural School Conservation Days at New Glarus schools and woods boosted conservation education. County officials praise the programs and stress broader access for city residents as soil mapping work progresses by the Soil Conservation Service to map every Green County acre by 1962 for better land use.
Eight year old alfalfa fields on the Jake Voegels farm in Washington Township display strong vigor under good management. The speaker notes hayfields can be kept productive long with proper care, though challenges remain.
Representatives of the Lafayette Electric Co op Darling ton will attend the 19th annual Dairyland Power Co operative meeting in La Crosse on Wednesday June 1. The event gathers 27 rural electric systems from a four state area with a board of directors elected annually. Main speaker will be Ralph J Foreman deputy administrator of the REA in Washington D C.
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