Eisenhower Opens Window On 1956 Decisions
President Eisenhower, now recovering from a heart attack, shows no hurry to declare re nomination plans. Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and Labor Secretary James Mitchell visit as aides discuss possible campaign roles and policy issues including farm price supports and postal rate increases.
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Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
GOP
Mitchell
Marshal Montgomery
Congress
Washington
White House
Gettysburg
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Dillon Anderson
Peaceful Halloween Observed In Monroe Area
Halloween passed quietly in Monroe and nearby villages with parties and a costume parade. No major damage. minor mischief limited to soaped windows and moved corn shocks. Hundreds joined parades, cartoons, and dances while volunteers organized cleanup and a late free film for 264 attendees.
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Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Lincoln Gymnasium
John C. Purdy
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Carol Lux
Peterson
Goetz Theatre
Big Four oppose Molotov plan at Geneva conference
Western powers rejected Molotov's provisional European security treaty as a device to perpetuate Germany's division. The plan would keep NATO, renounce war, and pledge aid to attacked states, while Moscow's terms were deemed ineffective for lasting security.
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John Hightower
Geneva
Molotov
Europe
Moscow
Antoine Pinay
France
U. S
Dulles
Madrid
Generalissimo
Franco
Pinay
Macmillan
Russia
Germany
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Eden
East Germany
Mixed Emotions Roil Britain Over Princess Margaret’s Decision
Princess Margaret renounced her right to marry Peter Townsend prompting mixed public reaction across the British Isles. Conservatives praised duty to throne and church while ordinary Britons fret over a life of spinsterhood. Townsend, an RAF captain, left Clarence House after a final farewell as headlines reflect disappointment and support.
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Margaret
Peter Townsend
British Isles
Church of England
Duke of Edinburgh
Townsend
Archbishop of
Clarence House
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Anne
Death Toll Hits 732 in First 10 Months of 1955
Madison reports 88 traffic deaths in October raising Wisconsin’s 1955 ten month toll to 732. October fatalities were 7 higher than in 1954, when ten month toll reached 684. Only Rusk County records no fatalities in 1955. Crawford County recorded a fatality on October 3.
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Madison
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
Rusk
Crawford County
Mrs. G. E. Goetz Dies at 83 in Monroe Home
Mrs. George E. Goetz 83 of 903 11th street died at 4 30 p m yesterday at home after a cerebral hemorrhage on Sept 15. Born Oct 30 1872 in Cadiz Township she was married July 25 1891 in Darlington. Survivors include her husband a son in Milwaukee a daughter in Knoxville two sisters four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p m today at Union Presbyterian Church with Rev John C officiating burial in Bethel cemetery.
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George E. Goetz
1Lth Street
Mary Ellen Trickel
Goetz
Cadiz Township
Jesse
Lucinda Hawthorne Trickel
James Hawthorne
Darlington
Monroe
Green Bay
Milwaukee
John Flannery
Jerome
Ida
Alice Bucher
Durand
John C
Union Church
Bethel Cemetery
Dale Carnegie Dies at Home Author of How to Win Friends and Influence People
New York obituary notes Dale Carnegie author and lecturer behind How to Win Friends and Influence People died at his home after a period of illness. Carnegie taught public speaking courses and his book sold about four million copies.
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New York
Dale Carnegie
Gen William F. Dean retires after 32 year Army career
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, Taejon hero and Medal of Honor recipient, tears up as Army Chief Gen Maxwell D. Taylor pins the infantryman’s badge at The Presidio ceremony. Dean, who endured prison in China, will retire to Berkeley California with no industry plans and hopes to improve his golf.
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William F. Dean
Taejon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Dean
Presidio
Taylor
Joe Lynton
Auld Lang Syne
Lynton
Europe
United States
6Th Army
Berkeley
Calif
Wisconsin cheese market steady amid steady demand and ample supplies
The Madison FSMNS Wisconsin dairy market shows steady activity with demand rationed and supply ample. Prices for cheddar on a 32 percent moisture basis range around 33 34 cents to 36 cents per pound in state assembly points and car lots, while other grades remain plentiful.
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Cheese Mart Steady
Madison
Wisconsin
Attica Residents Buy Methodist Church For Center
Attica area residents purchased the 50 year old Attica Methodist church at auction for 580 dollars to serve as a community center. Arthur Keehn of Albany was the other bidder but withdrew. Rev. Glen Ridnour led the sale with 50 plus attendees approving the group named Attica Community Center. Proceeds go to a fund for new church buildings in the district.
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Attica
L G Legler 76 Dies in Scotia New York
Lee G Legler 76 a Scotia New York native and cattle dealer died yesterday in Scotia. Born in Monticello in April 1879 he lived in Juta and various Iowa towns. Survivors include two sons John L and Mathew of Buffalo. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery after services at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home.
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Scotia
N. Y
Mr. Legler
Monticello
John
Mary Blum Legler
Juta
Iowa
William Churchill
Legler
John L
Mathew
Buffalo
Lee C. Babler
Monroe
Wilma Legler
Elizabeth Babler
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul C. Kehle
Greenwood Cemetery
August Swiss Milk Price Up 20.6 Cents
A survey shows Swiss cheese factories received an average delivered milk price of 6.276 per hundredweight for August, up about 21 cents from July. The report, based on butterfat averages of 3.249 in August and 3.35 for the overall month, lists payments by state brand and grade levels.
Officials Question Mrs Woodward over Fatal Shot
New York Mrs Ann Woodward says a noise prompted her to fire at a figure she believed to be a prowler, not her husband William Woodward Jr. Nassau County detectives note a major discrepancy with her earlier account as investigators plan to question other party guests and Woodward’s mother.
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Ann Woodward
William Woodward Jr
Nassau County
Frank Gulotta
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Nassau County Detectives
Pinnell
Woodward
Pittsburg
Kas
Nashua
Suspect Quizzed After Arrest In Old Farmhouse
Ladysmith police questioned 30-year-old Ed Kline and 19-year-old Charles Driscoll after their seizure in an abandoned farmhouse near Ladysmith. Both waived extradition to Chicago where they face a triple murder investigation. Police noted a maroon 1947 car linked to the pair and possible blood scrapings.
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Orville Woods
Chicago
Wood
Frank Ferric
Ed Kline
Charles Driscoll
Here
Driscoll
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Kline
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Robinson's Woods
Driscol
Continental Can Co
Joe Danek
Klein
Germany
Pranksters Suspected in Rockwood Barn Fire
Sheriff Nichols said Halloween pranksters likely started the blaze at the Herbert Ahlswede farm near Rockwood destroying a barn with a hay crop and 15 tons of straw. The state fire marshal's office was notified. the barn valued at $7,000 to $8,000.
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Lester Nichols
Herbert Ahlswede
Rockwood
Nichols
Stock Market Remains Narrow. GM Drops on Antitrust News
New York stocks drifted in a narrow band with modest gains and losses in midday trading. General Motors fell about a point amid news that a Senate antitrust committee study of the giant corporation will begin next week. Other declines included U.S. Rubber Du Pont International Paper and Johns Manville while Bethlehem Steel Armco Steel Goodrich Boeing Kennecott Copper Allied Chemical Southern Pacific Standard Oil Easten Air Lines rose.
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Senate Antitrust Committee
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Goodrich
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Wisconsin Soldier Nabbed After AWOL in Germany
Pvt. Robert J. Hruby of Necedah, 35, who had been missing from his Army unit in Germany, was detained when the ocean liner Italia docked in New York on Monday. A first Army spokesman confirmed he admitted going AWOL on Sept. 7.
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Germany
Italia
First Army
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