City Council to Consider Connors Property Purchase
A special City Council meeting at 5 30 p m Monday will vote on buying the Connors property east of 11th Street and 18th Avenue across from the Post Office for 35000 to house a proposed fire station and other municipal facilities. Mayors and officials mention review by Planning Commission and a bicycle court plan also on the agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connors
Chandler
Orville R. Evans
Planning Commission
P.J. Connors
Monroe
Stephen Connors
Phoenix
Ariz
Rex N. Eyler
11Th Street
18Th Avenue
Evans
Street Planning To Be Reviewed In City Meeting
Aldermen and press and radio representatives invited to a Planning Commission session at City Hall at 5 p.m. next Thursday May 31. City Engineer Gerald Wickus says Green Engineering of Mid Deton will discuss the transport study from the development survey. The proposed widening of 6th Street Highway 59 is just one master plan recommendation and subject to long range change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning Commission
Gerald Wickus
Green Engineering
Middeton
Wickus
6Th Street
Janesville OKs New Well and Pumping Station
The Public Service Commission authorized Janesville to sink a new well and build a pumping station to expand the city water system at a cost of 145000 dollars. The project aims to boost supply for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Janesville
Public Service Commission
Evans launches plan to welcome guardsmen home
Mayor Orville R. Evans begins a civic effort to honor Co. B of the 32nd Division returning from Ft. Lewis in August. A welcome planning committee will include VFW, American Legion, World War I Veterans, Jaycees, Chamber of Commerce, WRC, City Band, Civil Defense and Police, plus two council members. Gen Ralph Olson may be invited as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville R. Evans
Co. B
Ft. Lewis
Evans
Chamber of Commerce
VFW
The
American Legion
Jaycees
WRC
City Band
Civil Defense and Police Department
Ralph Olson
Storm Lashes Areas in State
Violent winds ripped north western Wisconsin with tornado fury injuring at least one person and damaging homes. The hardest hit region was around Thorp in Clark County, with barns and sheds demolished and several structures flattened. Five tornadoes were reported in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Thorp
Clark County
Chippewa Falls
Minnesota
Sheriff's Office
Monroe approves 975000 school bond in light vote
Monroe voters authorize a 975000 bond for the junior and senior high school additions by a 684 to 180 margin amid low turnout. The plan moves to bids with Weiler and Strang Architects to begin early bidding steps while rural districts prepare for attached expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Board of Education
Monroe Township
Richland
Browntown
Iliff
Supt
D.J. Huenink
Weiler and Strang and
Huenink
Cutler, Hammer Bond Counseling Firm
Chicago
Winker Guilty In Tavern Killing Case
Samuel Winker, 47, convicted by an all male circuit court jury on two counts of second degree murder for the rifle slaying at a tavern that killed his estranged wife Mary 32 and her father Alonzo Carter 57. He faces up to 25 years in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Winker
Winker
Mary
Alonzo Carter
Monroe Plans New Bicycle Court For Youths By June
The Monroe Police and Safety Committee endorses a municipal bicycle court to operate by mid June. Three teenage judges from 7th to 9th grades would hear cases with a student council appointed jury, plus a bailiff and clerk. Sessions start Saturdays at 9 a.m in City Council chambers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Police and Safety Committee
Ervin Goecks
Bank robber shot dead after deadly Alabama ambush
A posse killed would beat bank robber Dr Eugene Gault after he murdered bank vice president Fred Flowers and teller David Jackson at a Commercial Bank in Ozark and shot Troy police officer J H Youngblood during his flight. He wounded another officer and a civilian before dying in a cemetery fight near Clio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozark
Ala
Eugene Simpson Gault
Alabama
Gault
Fred Flowers
David Jackson
J. H. Youngblood
Troy
Flowers
Jackson
Clio
Bill Roberts
Roberts
Youngblood
Wagner Seeks Coroner Office in Fall Election
Monroe resident Richard R. Wagner filed nominating papers for county coroner. He and wife Eileen ran Wagner nursing home for 17 years and ambulance service for 13. Wagner attended Monroe High and studied nursing at Deaconess hospital, later working there and in private duty nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard R. Wagner
Monroe
Wagner
Eileen
Monroe High School
Old Deaconess Hospital
W. E. Deininger
Jetliner crash near Iowa Missouri border kills 45
Continental Airlines Flight 11 from Chicago to Kansas City Los Angeles breaks up in violent storm near Centerville Iowa. All 45 aboard die with one survivor dying later in Centerville hospital. Crewmembers and notable passengers include Chrysler Dodge executives and business leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Continental Airlines
Takehiko Nakano
Oak Park
Los Angeles
Continental
Flight 11
Chicago
Kansas City
Centerville
Iowa
Here
Kirksville
Terry Bonnell
Nakano
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Chrysler Dodge
Fred P. Herman
Dodge
Virgil Mourning
Roger Welch
Philip E. Giberson Sr
Jackson, Mich
Guyberson Sand Co
Jackson
Jack Alexander
Futursonic Productions, Inc
Dallas
William C. Chapin
Vanilla Laboratories, Inc
Rochester
N.Y
Wisconsin
Ann Berry
James S. Berry
Tomah
Fred Gray
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Carl Jones
Cincinnati
Jack Morris
Leo Craver
Highway 60
Jet Force Replaces Manila Units At Clark AFB Arrival
Thirty four U S Air Force jet fighters and transport planes are arriving at Clark Air Force Base to replace aircraft sent to Thailand, part of a broader U S military deployment in Southeast Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
U.S. Air Force
Clark Air Force Base
United States
Thailand
Estes Scandal Reaches Higher In Washington Probe
Investigative sources say evidence in the Billie Sol Estes case points to figures high in the Kennedy and Eisenhower administrations. A separate report cites a possible murder in Franklin Texas tied to an Agriculture Department investigator who died in 1961 and may have been shot in the back, prompting a potential verdict change to murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Sparks
Franklin
Tex
Henry Marshall
Agriculture Department
Estes
Harris County
Joseph Jachimczyk
Marshall
Texas Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Office
Dist
Bryan Russ
Russ
Miss Babler Wins Monroe Rotary Scholarship Grant
The Monroe Rotary club awarded Miss Sandra Babler a 300 grant to be split between two semesters for study at a college of her choice. She is also among the recipients of the Guess scholarship. Rotary committee members include Herbert T. Johnson Clarence S. Grundahl Rev. Gerritt E. Mouw Frank Menehan and John Walter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Rotary Club
Sandra Babler
Adrian Babler
Lth Avenue
Babler
Swiss Wheel
Miss Babler
Guess
Rotary Club
Herbert T. Johnson
Clarence S. Grundahl
Rev
Gerritt E. Mouw
Frank Menehan
John Walter
Exchange Students Begin Work for Trip To Colorado This Fall
Monroe high school will exchange a student group with Wheat Ridge high school Colorado during the next term. Plans call for the Monroe group to travel to Colorado in October or November and Wheat Ridge to visit in the spring. A large response from Monroe students includes 175 to 180 interested sophomores and juniors and 135 applications. The final 30 travelers will be announced before term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe High School
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Herbert M
Lenoir
Ainsworth
Monroe Group
Colorado
Monroe
Fred R. Simpson
Walter Babula
Hospital Asked To Repair Sewer Infiltration Issue
The State Board of Health urged Green County Hospital to fix sewer leaks rather than build new treatment facilities. Rex N Eyler said over a mile of sewer from the hospital to the treatment plant suffers serious water infiltration. No order or threats of stoppage were issued. Repair work began near Roy's Sanitary Dairy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Board of Public Works
Green County Hospital
Rex N. Eyler
Eyler
Roy
Kennedy May Admit Hong Kong Refugees
Washington reports the Kennedy administration is considering emergency action to admit some Chinese refugees from Hong Kong to the United States. The plan would respond to rising immigration pressures and humanitarian concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hong Kong
United States
Carpenter Set For Orbit Ride
Cape Canaveral report states astronaut Carpenter should launch Thursday on a triple orbit mission the first such American flight after John Glenn. Weather and rocket systems show no major issues with launch window between 7 a.m. and 12 30 p m and smoke from Everglades fires is the only potential delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott -Carpenter
Project Mercury
Monroe
Astronaut Carpenter
United States
John H. Glenn Jr
Carpenter
Everglades
Glenn
Bermuda
Visit Scheduled By Schadeberg
Congressman Henry C. Schadeberg a state watershed engineer and Wisconsin Public Service Commission representative will attend an all day meeting at 9 a.m. Monday in the Monticello Village hall. The Swiss Badger Watershed calls for identifying water problems on area farms with a morning hour of watershed activity and an afternoon 2 o clock evaluation session. Farmers or property owners with flooding or water problems are urged to attend. Attending alongside Schadeberg will be Col Hennessy a watershed engineer from the Wisconsin Soil and Water Conservation Committee at least one PSC representative Myron E. Jeglum county agent and James Schwoegler of the Soil Conservation Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Schadeberg
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Monticello
Schadeberg
Col. Hennessy
Wisconsin Soil and Water Conservation Committee
PSC
Myron E. Jeglum
James Schwoegler
The
Soil Conservation Service
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American Legion Auxiliary
Carol Swiggum
Glen A. Swiggum
Carol
Legion
Auxiliary
Times
Associated Press
Roger L. Elmer
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Virgil Wilkins
Goecks
Claire Bidlingmaier
Route 2
Winslow
Kiwanis Club
Diane Zwygart
Duane Rinehart
Route 1
Susan Warfel
Stanley Barr
Russell Carter
Leslie Schwitz
Sheriff’s Department
David Burri
Monroe Police Department
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Iowa-Missouri
Peter Rabbit
Green County Teachers College
Sandra Chesebro
Kristen Kundert
Dallas Cecil
Steven Ott
Daniel Schmerse
Bruce M
Vivian) Blum
Christi Wittner
Carol Timder
John W. Zweifel
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