Monroe Officials Seek Clarity on Airport Petition
Wisconsin state aeronautics chief Thomas K. Jordan told Monroe Mayor Schiller that the citys petition for state and federal airport aid does not bind the city to proceed. A favorable finding and cost sharing terms must precede any commitment, with legal opinions sought to define rights under Wisconsin statute.
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Thomas K. Jordan
Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission
Victor N. Schiller
Monroe
Monroe Evening Times
Jordan
William J. Schmitz
Schiller
State Aeronautics Commission For
Wisconsin
Watertown
Marshfield
Castro's Brother Safe After Plane Crash in Cuba Swamps
Raul Castro the brother of Fidel Castro was found safe after a plane crash during an aerial search mission in the Ensenada de la Brea area south of Cienaga Zapata. He and three airmen walked to the coast with peasants guiding them out.
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Robert Berrellez
Havana
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Raul
Cienaga Zapata
Hatiguanico
Barbara Syvrud Wins Lafayette Nursing Scholarship
Blanchardville student Barbara Syvrud daughter of Mrs Mildred Syvrud receives a $100 nursing scholarship for 1959 from Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County Guild Selection was made by the Guild nursing scholarship committee and the Lafayette County Medical Society Women’s Auxiliary.
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Blanchardville
Barbara Syvrud
Mildred Syvrud
Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County Guild
Guild
Women's Auxiliary
Lafayette County Medical Society
Tornado hits Fairchild cafe injuring two
A tornado struck the Wagon Wheel Cafe near Fairchild injuring two people and damaging nearby roofs, power lines, and multiple structures across Clark Eau Claire and Dunn counties. Witnesses described the rapid, violent arrival and the cafe’s destruction at Highways 10 and 12 junction.
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Monroe
Fairchild
Darlington
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Janesville
Beloit
Cassville
Irene Walker
Wagon Wheel Cafe
Jessie Martin
Dewey Walker
Cox and Babler Win Badger League Tennis Title
Tom Cox and Dave Babler defeated David Wake and Dan LaFleur of the Vikings 6 3 2 6 7 5 to clinch the conference title during a trip to Stoughton. Cox and Pete Dannerbeck led in conference play with perfect singles and doubles records as the team finished seven straight conference wins.
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Monroe High School
Tom Cox
Dave Babler
David Wake
Dan LaFleur
Stoughton
Bruce Patterson
Dave Stauffacher
Pete Dannerbeck
Bill Wedesky
Monroe
Vikings
Cox
Madison East
Janesville
Babler
Dannerbeck
Combs Leads Kentucky Democratic Governor Nomination Race
Bert T. Combs led in Kentucky's Democratic gubernatorial contest with 186,637 votes to Harry Lee Waterfield's 155,212 as 1,976 of 3,784 precincts reported. Chandler's presidential hopes for 1960 faded as Combs drew support from Earle Clements and positioned to back Lyndon Johnson if he seeks the nomination.
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Louisville
Bert T. Combs
Big City
A. B. Chandler
Combs
Harry Lee Waterfield
Chandler
Waterfield
Kentucky
U.S
Earle Clements
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Final Services Held for Dulles as Nation Pays Tribute
A seven year old signs the condolence book as John Foster Dulles lies in state in a flag draped casket at Bethlehem chapel Washington National Cathedral. Tens of thousands, including students, file past to pay respects in the largest cathedral outpouring since Wilson's funeral. Dulles would have Presbyterian rites.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Bethlehem Chapel
Washington National Cathedral
Woodrow Wilson
Edward Marr
Episcopal
George Washington
Memorial Day Observance in Monroe to Feature Rev Trayser
Reverend Larry Trayser of St. Andrews Episcopal to speak at Memorial Day ceremonies in Monroe. Parade assembling at 8 30 a m at the Armory proceeds 9 a m to Greenwood Cemetery for a program including invocations, poem, Gettysburg Address, veterans roll call, wreaths, and taps by a high school band.
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Larry Trayser
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Monroe
Greenwood Cemetery
Walter Schild
Trayser
John Fritsch
Logan
Thomas Marean
Jaycee Bar-B-Que Opens Memorial Day at Fairgrounds
Monroe Jaycee announces the annual Jaycee Bar-B-Que on Memorial Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fairgrounds to aid parade participants. More than 1,000 chickens ordered, with expanded carry out and on site dining. Chefs and 99 Jaycee members headline the event for the town.
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Monroe
Donald N. Liedschlag
James Bosanny
Charles Kimbrel
Harvey Loeffel
William J. Schmitz
Fran Schott
Donald Schroeder
Walter DeRemer
Harris Thacher
Gean Oates
Robert Bayrhoffer
Phillip Teehan
Ray
Ben Beckman Receives Binoculars From Monroe Firemen
The Monroe Fire Department honored Ben Beckman for 120 years of service by presenting high powered binoculars to help him spot bulls while fishing along the Pecatonica. Fire Chief Josef J. Benkert cited his 650 consecutive Thursdays keeping equipment in order and his long service to the department.
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William F. Beckman
Ben Beckman
Pecatonica
Ray L. Beckman
Ben
Monroe
Beckman
Josef J. Benkert
Robert L. Hahn
H. L
Bert) Sickinger
Otto Steinmann
Brodhead
George
Perry) Grant
Calvin Bahn
Reward Offered In Denver Theft
A $5,000 reward is offered as investigators search for two thieves who looted an unattended armored car of $165,540 in under a minute. A lone female witness described the man as about 45, short and fat. he opened the car with a key and tossed four currency sacks into a stolen car. The car was abandoned a few blocks away at a shopping center. The haul was the largest Denver theft since 1922.
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Denver
Maude Moore
Homicide Ruled In Poison Death
Rock County coroners jury ruled the poisoning death of 43 year old Roger Chapman a homicide by unknown persons after an inquest. Witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment including Albert Frye Jr. and Chapman’s widow who denied an affair and declined questions.
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Janesville
Roger Chapman
Rock County
Chapman
Albert Frye Jr
Milton
Mark Farnum
Frye
Graham in Bed as Flu Epidemic Hits Australia
Billy Graham went to bed with a cold in Melbourne amid a nationwide influenza epidemic hitting Australia for the past month. Local reports note many Australians suffer illness as the virus spreads nationwide.
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Graham
Melbourne
Australia
Billy Graham
Eighth Graders Graduate Friday
A list of 150 eighth grade graduates is announced for commencement in the high school auditorium at 8 15 p m Friday with state official speaker Robert Van Raalte and Rev Lynn F B Tsehudy delivering invocation and benediction. Students from Hiawatha Jordan Center and several village schools will perform numbers as individual ceremonies follow.
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Robert van Raalte
Department of Public Instruction
Lynn F. B. Tsehudy
Hiawatha
Nancy Hyland
Jordan Center
Juda
Mies
Clarenda Neuenschwander
Dardanella Rood
Leila Meyer
Barbara Stauffacher
Argus
Evelyn M. Wenger
Larry V. Kubly
Attica
Marcia J. Johnson
Richard A. Keehn
Babler
Rita R. Ringhand
Badger
Joyce M. Wenger
Ball
Leon Baertschi
Sharon Tsehudy
Carol Waefler
Michael Erickson
Banner
Thomas Lewis
Benn
Barbara E. Eichelkraut
Jackie Jean Hamilton
Linda C. Nyhus
Jerome O. Sherven
Dwight J. Truttmann
Joyce M. Sherven
Biggs
Samuel D. Conway
Blackford
Sharon Granberg
Gary L. Hartwig
Larry D. Kundert
Bright
Judith K. Andrews
Buckskin
Linda J. Haldiman
Browntown
Lou Ann Gerber
James Gobeli
Kenneth Grossen
Kathleen McGuire
Elaine Samson
Decatur
John P. Meichtry
Lloyd A. Keen
Jane R. Sanderlin
Roger R. Schwartz
Davis
Gary L. Godfrey
Glenda M. Severson
Roy Naef
Barbara J. Flannery
Larry S. Johnson
East Clarno
Robert F. Timm
Linda Grundahl Wins St Olaf Honor Scholarship
Linda Grundahl a Monroe high school senior received a 200 scholarship from St Olaf College at Northfield Minnesota. The award will renew for three years with a 20 grade average. She won the VFW Auxiliary youth essay contest in March and has been a cheerleader and honor student at Monroe High School this year.
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Linda Grundahl
Monroe
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Miss Grundahl
C. S. Grundahl
5Th Street
School of Music
VFW
Monroe High School
Evansville High School
Janice Kurth Wins Gregg Typing Award in Wisconsin
Janice Kurth 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Kurth passes a 100 wpm typing test with five or fewer errors to win the National Gregg Typing award becoming Wisconsin’s first recipient. She also earned the 1959 National Office Management Association award at Monroe High School. Janice, a senior studying business education, plans to work at Swiss Colony June 15 and appears on WISC TV June 1 with her teacher. She also teaches accordion and serves as secretary to the city recreation director.
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Janice Kurth
Harold Kurth
Wisconsin
National Office Management Association
Monroe High School
Janice
Swiss Colony
WISC
Dorothy Ferron
Edgewater
Madison
Monroe
Patti Music Co
Raymond Homb Elected President Of Green County Bankers
Raymond Homb of Brodhead was chosen president of the Green County Bankers Association at the annual dinner following golf at Monroe Country Club. J S Urben New Glarus elected vice president. Louis Lehnherr Juda and Miss Marie Blum Monroe re elected secretary and treasurer. H L Fenton Monroe is retiring president.
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Raymond Homb
Brodhead
Green County Bankers Association
Monroe Country Club
J. S. Urben
New Glarus
Louis Lehnherr
Juda
Marie Blum
Monroe
H. L. Fenton
Marl Busch
John Anderson
First Wisconsin National Bank
Stanley Fleck
Marshall-Isely Bank
Robert M. Rauterberg
Marine National Exchange Bank
Milwaukee
Merrill Nelson
Minneapolis
Nelson appoints Matt Schimenz to state Industrial Commission
Gov. Gaylord Nelson names Milwaukee Alderman Matt Schimenz to a six year term on the Wisconsin Industrial Commission. Schimenz fills the seat of Arthur W. Enright whose term ends June 1 earning an annual salary of 13000 dollars. The appointment follows prior rejections by the state Senate for a Public Service Commission post and relies on Senate Republicans to accept Schimenz.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Milwaukee
Matt Schimenz
State Industrial Commission
Schimenz
State
Senate
Public Service Commission
Arthur W. Enright
Industrial Commission
Nelson
Senate Republicans
Four Powers to Review Geneva Talks in White House Meeting
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Herter set a 10:30 a.m. EDT Thursday White House conference with Soviet Andrei Gromyko British foreign secretary Selwyn Lloyd and French foreign minister Maurice Couve de Murville. The session follows Dulles funeral attendance and Geneva talks described as largely stalled with only small progress.
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Herter
White House
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
France
Maurice Couve de Murville
Washington
Geneva
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Dulles
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
James C. Hagerty
Adenauer
Australia
Robert G. Menzies
Menzies
Italy
J. M. A. H. Luns
Netherlands
Leopold Figl
Gromyko
U.S
Christian A. Herter
Elwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Surville
Cheese Market Steady Demand Fair to Good in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin markets show steady cheese demand fair to good with trade moderately higher as June promotions approach and ample supplies. Cheddar prices on moisture basis 31% at 33.54, 40 lb blocks 33%-35, daisies 34%4-35, longhorns 34%2-3542, midgerts 35-37. Swiss prices vary with blocks A 38%-40, B 36-38, C 32%-34, D 28-30 amid light to fair demand and ample supply.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Senate backs $50,000 cap on farm price supports
A Senate Appropriations subcommittee approved a $50,000 limit on total price supports per farm or farmer. The House passed a similar cap, aligning with the Senate measure.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations
House
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