Two Unknowns Rest at Shrine For War Heroes
In Arlington a wreath of pomp concludes as two Unknown Soldiers of World War II and Korea are laid to rest beside the World War I hero. President Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor to the nameless dead amid 115000 mourners and 4000 in the amphitheater while mothers of fallen men attend.
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Arlington
Korea
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Potomac
the National Cemetery
Eisenhower
United States of America
Mrs Scheidegger Dies at 84 Near Davis Illinois
Emma Scheidegger 84 a Green County native and former Monroe area resident died at 10 30 a m Thursday at her farm home near Davis Illinois She married George Scheidegger in 1890 They farmed near Monroe before moving to Davis 44 years ago He died in March 1949 Surviving are nine children 37 grandchildren 40 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren Services will be at 2 p m tomorrow Chapin funeral home Durand Illinois with burial in State Line cemetery Friends may call tonight 7 30 to 9
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Emma Scheidegger
Green County
Monroe Area
Davis
Emma Schultz
Monroe
George Scheidegger
Andrew Scheidegger
William Schillinger
Owen
Rockford
Ethan
Howard
Clinton
Donovan
Durand
Eva Scheidegger
Homer Hanson
Brodhead
Ralph Hentsch
Beloit
Chapin Funeral Home
Ill
State Line
Rolling Car Strikes Rear Entrance Stairs
City police investigated two auto accidents with property damage and no injuries. Bernard J. Keegan’s car rolled from a stall and broke a rear entry stair at Thorpe Finance Corp, with slight damage to the Keegan vehicle. A separate collision at 9th Street and 22nd Avenue damaged the Heinzelmen and Schroeder cars, with extensive damage to Heinzelmen’s front end and Schroeder’s right front fender and bumper.
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Bernard J. Keegan
16Th Avenue
Thorpe’ Finance Corp
Keegan
Donald A. Schroeder
8Th Street
Raymond R. Heinzelmen
23Rd Avenue
9Th Street
22Nd Avenue
Heinzelmen
Schroeder
Names Added To Honor Roll At Greenwood Cemetery
Twenty two names were added to the Veterans of All Wars Honor Roll at Greenwood cemetery for Memorial Day. Capt Hugo Voelkli read the list of vets who died from May 30 1957 to yesterday. Memorial Day address was by Rev Jesse Dom. Wreaths were placed, the Monroe high school band played, and the parade moved from the Armory to the cemetery. The Jaycees served chicken for over 850 and proceeds supported the Green County hospital and a Jaycee picnic.
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Greenwood Cemetery
Hugo Voelkli
Edward N. Fuhrmann
New Glarus
Irving K. Olsen
Brodhead
Thomas J. Lacey
South Wayne
Edwin P. Barlow
Scott B. Drake
Minnesota
Sam Wild
Winslow
John W. Engles
Monroe
Samuel Hoesly
Peter M. Knudson
Herman Aebersold
Leo V. Koehler
Edward O. Osborne
Albany
Charles E. Anderson
Mt. Horeb
Merri T. Milks
John E. Gilbertson
Blanchardville
Raymond DeMars
Wesley H. Ostram
Oshkosh
Kenneth Briggs
Decatur Township
Paul R. Wenger
Chester W. Beattie
William Klitzman
Orfordville
Virgil A. Krueger
Jesse Dom
First Universalist Church
David Riese
Logan
Glen A
Pete) Ridnour
Monroe High School
Armory
Fairgrounds
Recreation Park
Green County Hospital
Bruni-Miller
Chicago Pays Tributes to Cardinal Stritch in Funeral Procession
Thousands filed past the coffin of Cardinal Samuel Stritch, archbishop of Chicago, as his body lay in state at Holy Name Cathedral. A caravan drew a quarter million mourners along an 18 mile route from O'Hare Field to the cathedral before Tuesday's funeral. Mass will be celebrated by Archbishop Amleto Ciocognani, the apostolic delegate to the United States.
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Chicago
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Holy Name
O’hare Field
Rome
Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Washington
United States
Children's Fishing Pond Opens East of Monroe at Sunrise
Ray L. Beckman announces the Green County Conservation League pond east of Monroe will open at sunrise tomorrow. The pond serves as a trout rearing area in winter and a children s fishing pond, hosting over 1000 fish including bullheads crappies bluegills perch and pumpkinseeds with more arriving soon.
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Ray L. Beckman
Green County Conservation League
Monroe
Highway 59
Albany
Benkett
Beckman
League
Wisconcta Conservation Department
Conservation Department
Teamsters Strike Ties Up Philadelphia Newspapers
The Teamster Union halted circulation of The Philadelphia Inquirer on Friday night and extended the strike to the Philadelphia Bulletin and the Camden Courier Post. Pickets blocked entrances to all three papers.
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Philadelphia
Teamster Union
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Bulletin
Camden
N. J
Courier Post
Auto Workers Face Deadlock in GM Ford Chrysler talks
The United Auto Workers press to break deadlock with Ford and Chrysler while GM contracts expire with about 300 000 GM workers at work without a contract. GM offered a two year extension with small wage increases and the union demanded multi point terms.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
UAW
Atlanta
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
US Mercy Plane Delivers Cholera Vaccine to Bangkok
A U S Air Force mercy plane flew from the Philippines to Bangkok carrying 4000 bottles of cholera vaccine to aid the epidemic in Thailand. The outbreak has killed 50 people so far in Bangkok.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U. S. Air Force
Philippines
Two Inches Needed Holiday Rainfall Aids Pastures
A half inch of rain improved soil moisture but two inches are needed for June grass pastureland, corn germination, and alfalfa growth. The light fall, with thunder, soaked parched soil and prompted expectations of better hay yields, though late-cut hay may still be short. Milk production remains steady under expanded feeding as pasture remains scarce.
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Roman Borkovec
Dane
De Gaulle Gives Leaders Ultimatum on Approval
Nationwide holiday traffic deaths surged toward a Memorial Day record as the National Safety Council warned 350 motor vehicle fatalities were likely. Early reports included six killed in a Cross County Parkway crash in New York and six in a Ranger Texas collision, with multiple other serious incidents nationwide.
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National Safety Council
Cross County Parkway
Westchester County
New York
Ranger
Tex
Afton
Okla
Hidalgo
Ill
Associated Press
Breakfast Flight Opens at Monroe Airport Tomorrow
Several hundred pilots and guests are expected to attend the annual Breakfast Flight of the Green County Pilots Association from 7 a m to 12 noon at Monroe airport. Free transportation to any church is offered for all pilots and passengers. A sausage and Swiss cheese breakfast will be served to pilots and drive in patrons. Rain or shine event.
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Green County Pilots Association
Monroe
Baccalaureate Program Sets Evening Service at Monroe High
Monroe high school prepares for a baccalaureate service at 8 p m in the auditorium with 135 graduates. Rev. Larry J Trayser will give the address assisted by Rev Bernard Bartel and Rev Paul H Olm. Awards day will follow Thursday afternoon and commencement Thursday night features Le Roy E Luberg as speaker.
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Monroe High School
Larry J. Trayser
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Bernard Bartel
Immanuel Eub Church
Paul H. Olm
St. John’s Church
LeRoy E. Luberg
University of Wisconsin
Middleton Publisher Dies of Heart Attack
Thomas R. Daniels 61 publisher of the Middleton Times Tribune died Friday of a heart attack after completing the town Memorial Day parade. He led the paper since 1924 after graduating from the University of Wisconsin in 1923 where he was a notable miler on the track team.
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Thomas R. Daniels
Middleton Times-Tribune
Daniels
University of Wisconsin
Four Lose Lives In State Mishaps
Memorial Day weekend toll rises with four deaths in Wisconsin including a motorcycle crash in Washington County, a in-city car crash in Manitowoc, a Kimberly auto fire on Highway 29 near Shawano, and a fatal ambulance crash near Juneau. A drowning adds to the holiday toll. Traffic deaths reach 262 for the year, down from 295 last year on the same day.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lawrence L. Cohen
Fond du Lac
Sharon
Washington County
West Bend
Ester Westover
Manitowoc
Teona Brei
Kimberly
Highway
Shawano
Gilbert Car Helke
Rudolph
Highway 26
Juneau
Robert Drinkman
Glenwood City
Dunn County
Two County Mishaps Reported by Deputies
Deputies logged two minor accidents over the holiday weekend. A car struck a horse north of Monroe at 4:30 a.m. injuring the animal. the horse was shot. A second sideswipe on Highway 118 near the Bluff View bridge injured no one and caused moderate vehicle damage to Kneth Carlson and Bernard Albright.
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Monroe
Kneth L. Carlson
Edgerton
Bernard Chester Albright
Bluff View Bridge
Brodhead
Schiller to Compete in Harvard Milk Day Contest
Monroe Mayor Victor N. Schiller will join 20 northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin officials in a cow milking contest at Harvard Milk Day in Harvard Illinois next Saturday. He will attend with Mrs. Schiller and local residents and promote Green County dairy products and Dairy Day at Brodhead on June 21. Swiss Colony donates a cheese box to Harvard mayor Ronald Morris.
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Victor N. Schiller
Monroe
Harvard, Ill
Schiller
Illinois
Wisconsin
Myron E. Jeglum
Green County
Brodhead
Ronald Morris
Harvard
Nels Jacobson Dies at 72 in Darlington
Nels Jacobson 72 of Darlington died Thursday of a heart attack while visiting his son David painting at Curry Trucking Co. Born September 21 1885 in Norway he settled in Wisconsin in 1902. Survived by three daughters a son a sister twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Services Monday 2 p m at Apple Grove Lutheran Church with Rev Sorenson officiating burial Apple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Hanson funeral home South Wayne until noon Monday.
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South Wayne
Nels Jacobson
Darlington
David
Curry Trucking Co
Mr. Jacobson
Norway
Wisconsin
Blanchardville
Jenice Hanson
Jacobson
LaFayette County
Urvivors
Delbert Johns
Gratiot
Theron Johnson
Wiola
Edward Brecklin
Apple Grove Lutheran Church
M. A. Sorenson
Yellowstone Lutheran Church
Apple Grove
Hanson Funeral Home
Sub’s Crewmen Saved After Ram by Destroyer
A Navy officer said it was a miracle that any of the eight officers or 84 crewmen escaped from the submarine Stickleback before she sank Thursday after being rammed by the destroyer escort Silverstein. Lt. Cmdr. R. Schulz of Racine said his sub lost power just before the collision.
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Honolulu
Silverstein
Cmdr
R. Schulz
Racine
Paris Assembly Chiefs Yield to De Gaulle Demand
Gen Charles de Gaulle won a large Assembly majority and set a five hour deadline for deputies to back his bid for full powers as premier. Socialists wavered while Pflimlin resigned, paving the way for De Gaulle to form a cabinet and seek Algeria policy support. He pledged to uphold treaties and avoid civil unrest.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
French National Assembly
Socialist Party
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Totel la Perouse
Arc de Triomphe
Rene Coty
Pierre Pflimlin
Coty
Pflimlin
Algeria
France
NATO
Final Tributes for Edna Dunwiddie at Greenwood Cemetery
Services for Edna Dunwiddie 83 were held at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev. Jesse R. Dom of the Universalist church officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood cemetery. Niece Mary Dunwiddie from Colorado Springs attended, pallbearers named James S. Bray Fred A. Roth Jerome H. Schwaiger Frank Hauser Emil W. Tschabold and Dr L A Moore. She was the daughter of Judge Brooks Dunwiddie, Green County pioneer.
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Edna Dunwiddie
Shriner- Neushwander
Jesse R. Dom
Universalist Church
Edith A. Bartel
Greenwood Cemetery
Mary Dunwiddie
Colorado Spring
James S. Bray
Fred A. Roth
Jerome H. Schwaiger
Frank Hauser
Emil W. Tschabold
L. A. Moore
Miss Dunwiddie
Brooks Dunwiddie
Green County
Crash Kills 14 Soldiers in Algeria DC3 Flight
A DC3 airliner crash in Algeria killed 14 occupants early today, including 10 French soldiers. Rescue efforts and investigations proceed as authorities confirm the list of victims.
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Algeria
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Co. K. National Guard
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Stritch
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Pat O'Connor
Jimmy Reece
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Paris Assembly
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