Memorial Day Weekend Parade Plans Across Area
Memorial Day events spread through the region including parades in Monroe Brodhead Monticello Juda Albany New Glarus Orangeville and Blanchardville with concerts airshows and a golf tournament. Post office hours will be limited with no deliveries except special letters. Memorial services feature Rev. Hulburt Rev. Boettcher and other local leaders.
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Monroe
John J. Burkhard
Monroe High School
Armory
18Th Avenue
12Th Street
20Th Avenue
16Th Street
23Rd Avenue
Greenwood Cemetery
Circle
Monument
Richard F. Hulburt
Monroe Country Club
Dan Nichols
Karl Jaeger
Mt. Vernon
W. L. King
Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church
Albany
New Glarus
Memorial Circle
Swiss Church
Paul Gibson
Evangelical and United Brethren Church
Orangeville
Legion and Auxiliary
Legion Hall
Navy Memorial
High School
Blanchardville
Times Won't Publish Memorial Day Edition
The Evening Times will not publish on Memorial Day in keeping with a long holiday observance custom. Regular publication resumes with Tuesday's edition.
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Times
Evening Times
Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Toll Rises Across Nation
The Associated Press reports 52 deaths by noon as Memorial Day travel begins. The National Safety Council estimates 360 traffic fatalities during the 78 hour period ending Monday. President Eisenhower urged maximum driving care for the holiday weekend.
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Associated Press
United States
National Safety Council
Eisenhower
Sheriff Urges Caution During Memorial Day Weekend Drive
Sheriff Samuel F. Humbel urged motorists to slow down and drive carefully over the Memorial Day weekend to reduce county traffic fatalities. He promoted a 101 day intensified slow down campaign, backed by the county safety council and sheriff's department, with heightened enforcement on state and national highways from Memorial Day to Labor Day. He warned speed kills and stressed that any hurry leading to excessive speed increases risk of death or serious injury.
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Samuel F. Humbel
Humbel
County Safety Council
County Sheriff's Department
City Earns Honor Roll for No Traffic Fatalities
Monroe made the National Safety Council honor roll for 1954, one of 15 Wisconsin cities with 5 000 to 10 000 population cited for not recording a traffic death that year.
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Monroe
National Safety Council
Wisconsin
Weatherman Warns Of Tornado Threat
The Weather Bureau issues a special forecast for severe thunderstorms with a possible tornado or two from 1:45 p m to 6:30 p m in Wisconsin, in an area bounded by Monroe Green Bay Merrill and La Crosse. All previous warnings are superseded.
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Milwaukee
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Monroe
Green Bay
Merrill
la Crosse
Hornussen Outfit Ready for June 18 Press Photo Project
A complete hornussen outfit has been secured for the Green County Picture Press Conference on June 18. The old Swiss game, resembling golf hockey and baseball, will be demonstrated for cameras since its heyday ended over 15 years ago with Alfred Morgenthaler. Equipment donors include Peter Gerber Herman Pfund and Rudy Mauer.
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Green County
Alfred Morgenthaler
Peter Gerber
Herman Pfund
Rudy Mauer
Turner Hall
Fred Glauser
88 Year-Old Monroe Man Faces Three Charges After Highway 69 Crash
Albert Huffman, 88, of Monroe, will appear in Small Claims Court June 1 to answer three counts after a collision on Highway 69 five miles north of Monroe. Carl Regez Jr., 40, Freeport, was forced off the road when Huffman allegedly turned suddenly while Regez tried to pass. Regez and Mrs. Carl Regez Sr. of Freeport were treated for injuries at St. Clare hospital.
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Monroe
Small Claims Court
Albert S. Huffman
10Th Street
Huffman
Carl Regez Jr
Freeport
Regez
St. Clare Hospital
Carl Regez Sr
Monroe collision investigated after wrong way crash
Monroe police investigated a collision last night involving David R. Martin of 1311 15th Avenue and Patricia Ann Granger of Beloit. Granger’s car was traveling the wrong way in the 1700 block of 10th Street and was struck by Martin’s vehicle.
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Monroe
David R. Martin
15Th Avenue
Patricia Ann Granger
Beloit
Miss Granger
10Th Street
Martin
Grade Schools Set Friday Reopening After Week of Activities
City grade schools close Friday after a week of events and report cards will be issued Friday. Sixth graders toured the New Glarus area visiting the Pet Milk Co. plant and a lace factory. East, North schools hosted picnics and programs for parents with students in multiple grades.
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South School
New Glarus
Pet Milk Co
New Glarus Woods
East School
Glenn C. Langston
Jack White
Ralph G. Nyman
Stauffacher
S. O. Fogelberg
North School
Mrs. Fannie Helm 84 Darlington Dies
Mrs. Fannie Helm aged 84 dies at her Darlington home after lifelong residence with 15 years in Illinois and Iowa. Survived by two sons Clinton Lamont Township and Clarence at home, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sharer Funeral Home.
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Darlington
Fannie Helm
Illinois
Iowa
Clinton
Lamont Township
Clarence
Sharer
Bill to bar mortician as coroner advances in Wisconsin
A bill to prevent funeral directors or their employees from serving as county coroners was approved by the State Senate and awaits Governor Kohler’s action. The Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association requested the legislation amid over 30 counties currently staffed by undertakers in the coroner role.
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State Senate
Kohler
Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association
Seniors Hear Sermon Tomorrow At Monroe High
Commencement week activities begin with baccalaureate services at Monroe High School where over 120 seniors attend at 8 p m Rev Glen H Ridnour of First Methodist delivers the sermon Rev John C Purdy reads scriptures and gives benediction Rev Richard F Hulburt offers invocation and prayer.
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Monroe High School
Glen H. Ridnour
First Methodist Church
John C. Purdy
Union Presbyterian Church
Richard F. Hulburt
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Jean Sacker
John Benton
Milwaukee Holds Ground On Unsold Salk Polio Vaccine
Milwaukee refuses to return its unused 28 000 cubic centimeter supply after a refrigerator breakdown. City health chief Krumbiegel vows local safety tests before use, while state and federal agencies press for disposal or redistribution.
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Milwaukee
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
E. R. Krumbiegel
Foundation
Carl Neupert
Neupert
National Foundation
Krumbiegel
Parke, Davis and Co
Detroit
South View Hospital
Health Department
Wisconsin
Neuport
Charles Bennett Rockton Funeral Set
Charles H Bennett 59 of Rockton Ill died yesterday born March 6 1896 survived by wife Jane sister Mrs L H Underhill Beloit and brothers Robert South Beloit Ted Hawthorne Nev and George Cherokee Okla services tentatively set for Monday at 1 30 pm at Rosman Uehling Kinzer funeral home Beloit burial in Rockton cemetery
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Charles H. Bennett
Rockton
Ill
South Wayne
Jane
L. H. Underhill
Beloit
Robert
South Beloit
Ted
Hawthorne
George
Oklo
Rosman
Nationalists Assert Self Defense and Territory Rights
In Taipei Formosa Foreign Minister George Yeh declared that Nationalist China has not signed any pact with any nation, including the United States, surrendering its inherent right to self defense or reclaim lost territory.
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Taipei
Formosa
George Yeh
China
United States
Ford rejects Reuther invite amid strike threat talks
Henry Ford II declined Walter Reuther's invitation to join CIO United Auto Workers in a meeting with Ford's National Ford Council. Reuther urged a joint session to decide whether workers will accept or reject Ford's five year, half billion dollar package. Union demands include a guaranteed annual wage and other concessions. workers have voted 96.2 percent to strike if needed. The council includes delegates from Ford locals nationwide.
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Co
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
UA International
Ford
Ford Council
UAW
Udall rebuilds after deadly tornadoes sweep Kansas
Tornadoes raced across Kansas Nebraska and Oklahoma causing extensive damage and killing at least 114 with over 700 injured. In Udall a 40 by 80 foot government and communications center rose as 73 died and 200 plus injured. Public housing units in Wichita opened to Udall homeless as relief workers deployed tents and crews. Floodwaters from the Chikaskia River worsened the misery in Blackwell where 18 died and 500 were injured.
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Udall
Kas
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mississippi Valley
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Kansas City
Minnesota
Arkansas
Washington
Charles E. Slusser
Wichita
Blackwell
Okla
Chikaskia
Mother of Abandoned Tot Found in Chicago
Chicago police located Roberta Casey, 25, mother of 2 year old Kenny Casey, in a near north side apartment after a weeklong citywide search. Kenny’s alleged father Kenneth Casey Sr of Springfield seeks custody through his attorney and police, claiming the boy was taken from Springfield in April.
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Chicago
Kenny Casey
John Michalski
George Schoyand
Roberta Casey
Kenny
North Side
Kenneth Casey Sr
Springfield
Four Dionne Girls Reach 21 Share One Million Dollar Trust
The four surviving Dionne quintuplets turn 21 and become eligible for one fifth shares in a trust fund totaling just under a million dollars. Each would receive about $197 000 plus a share in Emilie’s portion. Marie remains at home while Yvonne Cecile train as nurses and Annette studies piano in Montreal.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Quebec
Dionne Quintuplet Trust Fund
Emilie
Famiy
Marie
Yvonne
Cecile
Montreal
Annette
Rainfall Boosts County Hay Crop and Planting Progress
County agent Myron E. Jeglum reports 1955 hay crop looks excellent and milk production at peak. About 55,000 cows were in production in May, corn planting nearly complete with some plants 2 to 3 inches high, and oats in excellent condition. The rainfall adds 0.15 inch today but dry weather is still needed. farmers are fertilizing heavily and side-dressing with nitrate after corn emergence.
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Myron E. Jeglum
Jeglum
Violent windstorm hits central Indiana cities
A violent windstorm swept west central Indiana damaging roofs and uprooting trees in Crawfordsville and Lebanon. State police noted a 15 mile wide swath of damage across Montgomery and Boone counties and southern Clinton County. The weather bureau issued a warning of locally severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes across central and northeastern Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Lebanon
Montgomery
Boone
Clinton County
Weather Bureau
Soviet Chiefs Seek Passive Role in Yugoslavia Talks
Belgrade sources say the Soviet Union pressed for Yugoslavia to pledge a passive coexistence in world affairs as Tito resisted a return to the Moscow led camp. Talks continued with Khrushchev and Bulganin in Belgrade and Brioni after a gala at the White Palace.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Cominform
Kremlin
White Palace
Brioni
Adriatic
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Nikoli A. Bulganin
Anastase I. Mikoyan
Pennsylvania reports first polio death after Salk vaccine
Pennsylvania records its first polio death among inoculated school children. Eight year old Pamela Erlichman of Levitown died Wednesday night from bulbar polio after receiving the vaccine on May 2. Six other first and second graders contracted polio, but officials say none of the cases shown to be linked to the inoculation.
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Leonard Scheele
Washington
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia General Hospital
Pamela Erlichman
Levittown
Keystone State
Elderly Man Shifts Routine Fools Thief
In Yonkers New York a 75 year old man reports he made two bank trips in one day and that a thief who knew his routine grabbed the bag before discovering it contained fruit instead of money. The man says his second stop was for strawberries and that the earlier trip was four hours premature.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Samuel Bodian
Bodian
Martha Wright Weds George J Manuche Jr in Newburgh
Stage star Martha Wright married restaurant owner George J Manuche Jr at the groom family home in Newburgh New York. The 29 year old actress has appeared in 1 047 performances of the Broadway musical South Pacific.
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Martha Wright
Newburgh, N. Y
George J. Manuche Jr
Miss Wright
South Pacific
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R. F. Hulburt
Cole Brothers
Brodhead
American Legion
Everson’s Corner
Exchange Square
Fred Duchow
Fred Ties
Brodhead Vfw
Robert A. Boettcher
Monticello
Main Street
Raymond Miles
Monticello Legion Post
Legion Monument
Frederick S. Voegels
Edward Quade
Juda
Nob Hill
San Francisco
Hornussen
Mrs. Helm
Bill
Ridnour
Vilas Park
Madison
C. C. Warfel
Grace Lutheran Church
Morris Wee
Bethel Lutheran Church
Herbert T. Johnson
Board of Education
James Shannon
National Institutes of Health
The
Health Service
Charles Bennett
Stricken
Shattered Udall
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