Monroe Plans New Electronic Fire Alert System
Monroe introduces a Wisconsin first electronic fire alert system for 45 portable receivers plus six spares to speed up firefighter responses. Units resemble radios and signal tones. police will trigger tones on all units during actual calls, with a master unit broadcasting fire location after siren stops. The system expands coverage beyond central siren areas and may support Civil Defense alerts in the future.
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Louis Blanc
Monroe
Clair Lien
Wisconsin
Times
Louis, Blanc
Blane
Blanc
Fire Department
Bjorge Elected Next WEA Head
John A. Bjorge, 48, Tomah superintendent, is president elect of the Wisconsin Education Association after a close vote at the annual convention in Milwaukee. He will lead next year, succeeding Edith Luedker. Officers named include Allen A. Anderson, Dorothy F. Rule, and Mrs Lillian Zahn. The assembly urged Defense Department to release Wisconsin teachers recalled for military service for the 1962 63 school year as the 32nd Division trains at Ft Lewis.
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Milwaukee
John A. Bjorge
Tomah
Wisconsin Education Association
Bjorge
Eugene Lehrmann
Kenosha
WEA
Edith Luedker
West Allis
Allen A. Anderson
Spring Valley
Dorothy F. Rule
Madison
Fallout Cloud Reaches Canada
Washington The radioactive cloud from the Soviet Union Oct bomb blast is moving at 60 to 70 miles an hour, officials said. Robert List, chief of the Weather Bureau atmospheric radioactivity project, declined to predict if debris would brush the northern United States.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Weather Bureau
Robert List
Bureau
United States
Soil Bank Land To Help Wildlife Make Comeback
The Soil Bank program has already removed 5,345.5 acres from production aiding game birds. Wisconsin and Green County officials expect a pheasant revival as land reverts to grass and wildlife patches. Stocking on soil bank lands with farmer cooperation, cost sharing for wildlife areas, and new plantings may boost pheasants beyond current levels while not harvesting crops.
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Federal Soil Bank
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Clarence R. Benkert
Green County Conservation League
Ringneck
Green County
Benkert
Conservation Department
ACP
The
Conservation League
Pershing Missile Reaches 250 Miles In Rugged Tests
Pershing artillery missile completed a zig zag test at Cape Canaveral showing its wind resistance and control system resilience. It logged its 21st success in 23 firings as it darted 250 miles downrange with pre planned erratic maneuvers to test inertial guidance returning to course.
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Pershing
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pershing Artillery
Wilkinson criticizes cheese makers for weak promotion in Wisconsin
Don Wilkinson head of the states agriculture markets division urged Wisconsin cheesemakers, especially cheddar, to promote their product. He promoted Wisconsin image at Cheese Days events and noted cherry industry spent 45000 while cheesemakers spent 3000. He spoke at Farm City Night and warned on promotion and potential FDA actions.
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Don Wilkinson
State Department of Agriculture Markets Division
Wisconsin
Wilkinson
Kiwanis Club
Farm City
Monroe Country Club
Lion
Madison
Try
Cheesemak
FDA
Dr. Roundy
Monroe Welcomes New Police Officer Batchelor
John H. Batchelor, a 1955 Boscobel graduate and former Fuller Brush salesman, joins Monroe police to bring the force to 13. He begins a two week training period after serving 17 months in Korea as a jeep driver. Batchelor is married with three sons.
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Monroe
John H. Batchelor
Boscobel
Department
Batchelor
Fuller Brush
Dodgeville
Korea
United States
Wisconsin Weather Deluge Leaves Damage Across Counties
A powerful cold front swept Wisconsin with gale winds up to 55 mph and heavy tree damage. Structures, including a large machine shed on the John W. Ruff Jr. farm and a 42 by 145 foot steel barn, were destroyed or uprooted, cattle escaped unharmed, and power and telephone services faced outages in Waukesha, Milwaukee, and surrounding areas. Temperature plunges from 72 to 30 preceded by rain and light snow in northern regions.
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Highway 69
Monroe
John W. Ruff Jr
Sylvester
Dale Ford
Cascade
Sheboygan County
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Elm Grove
Wisconsin ,Power and Light Co
Verona
Blanchardville
Lake Kegonsa
Madison
Superior
Stock Surge Ragged In Heaviest Trading
Heavy trading dominated the session as irregular gains and losses appeared. Most key stocks posted modest advances while volumes surged, though some gains were pared as the day wore on.
Tomah Cook admits slaying of woman boss
Thomas Greer, 23, a cook at a Tomah cafe, led Monroe County officials to a wooded area east of Tomah and admitted shooting Delores Parkison, 36, owner of the cafe and mother of three. District Attorney Gleiss filed first degree murder charges. motive not disclosed. Mrs Parkison disappeared Monday after entering Greer’s car. body found in woods.
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Sparta
Camp McCoy
Monroe County
Tomah
Delores Parkison
Dewey Reinstra
Thomas Greer
Parkison
Arthur
Ft. Lewis
William Gleiss
Greer
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Mike
Peggy
Pat
Greers
Deininger Receives Armory Use Requests
Deininger, caretaker of the Monroe Armory, said he has received several facility use inquiries. The Girl Scouts seek their annual carnival on Dec 2 and another request covers a month of rehousing. He notes the state carries no liability and renters must consider that. Deininger became armory custodian on Oct 23 when Co. B left for Ft. Lewis Washington.
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Wupur
Deininger
Monroe
Co. B
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Chicago Averts Fuel Famine By Strike Agreement
A fuel shortage in the Chicago area was halted by a contract deal between about 150 northeastern Illinois oil firms and Teamster locals representing roughly 3,500 truckers. Deliveries had stopped after the old contract expired, risking fuel for about 1.5 million motorists.
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Chicago
Illinois
Teamster Union
Walker to Fight Reds General Resigns in Rebuke Fracas
Major General Edwin A. Walker, stripped of command, announces his resignation from the Army saying he must be free from the power of little men. He defends his duty to speak on communism and passes up retirement pay, contending his removal ruined a 30 year career. The Pentagon cited inflammatory statements and attempts to influence troop voting.
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Edwin A. Walker
Walker
Senate Armed Services
West Point
Army
24Th
Pentagon
Defense Department
Truman
Walke
George Washington
Congress
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
The
John Birch Society
Pipeline Work Crossing River Albany Site
R H Fulton Co moves to cross Sugar River near Albany as gas line from East Dubuque nears Indian Ford. Pipe laid 15 feet deep, barge used, half the crew and families relocated, rest to finish in 60 days with cleanup. Fulton eyes Amarillo next. landowners fully cooperative. two farmers reimbursed for dead livestock.
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Sugar River
R. H. Fulton Co
East Dubuque
Indian Ford
Rock River
Fulton
Amarillo
Tex
Wisconsin
Clint Shell
Truman Clayton
Schlitz Buys California Burgermeister Brewery for 13 Million
Milwaukee's Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co buys Burgermeister Brewing Corp of San Francisco for 13 million in cash. Burgermeister will run its West Coast operations autonomously with no management or staff changes. Burgermeister produced 893000 barrels in 1960, mainly sold in California.
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Jos
Stork Delivers Son To Margaret With Viscount Title
London and Princess Margaret welcomed a son today. The child, nicknamed Viscount Linley, was born in Clarence House with the father first to see him. Crowds cheered as the Scots Guards bagpipe band marched by, keeping the royal mood alive and marking the fifth in line to the throne after Charles, Andrew, and Anne.
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London
Margaret
Earl of Snowdown
Pho
Sis
Viscount Linley
Clarence House
Princess Margaret
Queen Mother
Scots Guards
Prince Charles
Prince Andrew
Princess Anne
Prin
Chrysler Tieup Averted by Pact
DETROIT Chrysler Corp and the United Auto Workers Union announced a three year labor contract Thursday night, averting a strike by 60 000 UAW represented workers. The accord mirrors deals already reached with GM and Ford and includes pay gains totaling about 12 cents per hour annually plus five cents added to gross pay, plus company covering hospital and medical fringe benefits.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler
UAW
Studebaker - Packard
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
American Motors
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
U Thant favored as acting secretary general by UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council unanimously backed Burma's U Thant to become acting secretary general after a six week deadlock over Dag Hammarskjold's succession. The General Assembly was to vote swiftly in secret, with Mongi Slim set to announce results.
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N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Burma
U Thant
World Organization
Dag Hammarskjold
Council
General Assembly
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
Assembly
Jehan de Noue
U.N. Protocol
U.N
Slim
United States
Soviet Union
India
Kennedy
Free World Security
Moscow
Thurber Dies in New York Satirist James Thurber 66
James Thurber writer humorist and cartoonist died in New York at Doctors Hospital from pneumonia after brain surgery for a blood clot. He was 66 and had become blind years earlier yet remained active with The New Yorker and The Talk of the Town column. He collapsed in a New York hotel room on October 4 after attending the opening of Noel Coward’s Sail Away.
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New York
James Thurber
Thurber
Doctors Hospital
New Yorker
E B. White
Talk of the Town
White
Noel Coward
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