Aldermen Adopt 590 284 Budget Restores Projects
The Monroe City Council adopted a 1963 budget of 590 294.78 after a near empty public hearing. Alderman Rex Eyler scolded citizens for lack of interest while only Robert Hahn attended aside from officials. The package restores 50 000 cut previously and uses a 50 000 state income tax refund to keep taxes near 5 01. Additional funds support 7th Avenue work, building and incinerator funds, a parking lot by the bandshell, and storm sewers.
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Rex N. Eyler
Eighth Ward
Monroe
7Th Avenue
Twining Park
Gerald Wickus
12Th Street
Herbert W. Becker
Henry Grundahl
Becker
Grundahl
Orville R. Evans
Rollie Wells
Browntown
Winona McGrath
Keith Christensen
Joseph E. Hughes
Frances Trickel
Brandenburg Plumbing and Heating Co
V. A. Stauffacher Construction Co
Aufenacht
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Snow flurries hit county during night patrol
A storm of snow flurries swept the southwest county area overnight. A sheriff's deputy on routine patrol encountered the snow near the Catholic cemetery on Highway 11 west of Monroe around 1 a.m. It persisted across fields and pastures during his tour.
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Highway 11
Monroe
City Halts Publication of Monthly Claims List
City Council voted 6 to 1 to stop publishing the claims list in The Monroe Evening Times, placing it on file at the city clerk’s office for public inspection to save money. Critics argued the paper remains the public’s link, while mayor and officials cited practice in other cities and public expense.
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Monroe
Eyler
Evans
League of Municipalities
Green Bay
Raymond Barth
Fred R. Simpson
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Canvass Cites Realistic Vote Totals After Brief Review
County Clerk Ray E. Kundert says the canvass committee has reached realistic vote totals without recounting ballots. He notes a neglect to count straight party votes in some races, which were added, with official tallies to be released this afternoon. Discrepancies appeared when totals reached the Courthouse tabulation center Tuesday night and a recount was expected to shift about 40 votes to the GOP and 20 to the Democrat totals.
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Ray E. Kundert
Albany Township
Kundert
Township Election Board
Military buildup continues on the Florida Keys
Soldiers continued to reinforce military installations along the Florida Keys facing Cuba. Jet fighter planes patrolled the Straits around the clock. Key West hosts Navy and air stations within 90 miles of Havana as new facilities rise and troops guard them behind barbed wire barricades.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Keys
Cuba
Florida Straits
Havana
First Lady Mrs Roosevelt Dies in New York Home
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of Franklin D. Roosevelt and niece of Theodore Roosevelt, died in her Manhattan apartment after a long illness described as a type of anemia worsened by tuberculosis. She was 78 and survived by five children, 19 grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. Funeral plans include private services in Hyde Park and a memorial at New York's Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
Manhattan
Kennedy
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
St. John the Devine
New York City
Hyde Park
Campobello Island
Roosevelt
NFO Head Plans Pecatonica Talk
National Farmers Organization president Oren Lee Staley will speak at a Whole Hog and Sausage Feed on Tuesday November 13 at Pecatonica Fairgrounds Pavilion. The event runs 6 30 to 9 p m and is open to the public including farmers businessmen and professionals. Illinois auditor Michael J Howlett and 32nd District representative Albert H Pearson are among other speakers.
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Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Pecatonica Fairgrounds
Michael J. Howlett
Illinois
Albert H. Pearson
32Nd
Jasper Blames Age and Tax Stance for Wisconsin Election Loss
Wisconsin Republican chair Claude Jasper cites age and an explosive press conference as factors in Senator Wiley's defeat and cites the governor race as influenced by the tax issue. He notes Reynolds Medicare tax ads and Kuehn’s sales tax proposal shaped voter views.
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Madison
Claude Jasper
Wisconsin
Alexander Wiley
Jasper
Philip Kuehn
Wiley
Senate
Nelson
Kuehn
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Estes Found Guilty in Tank Deals Trial
Bil lie Sol Estes was convicted by an 11 to 1 juror panel after a 17 day trial on state charges tied to a mortgage on non existent liquid fertilizer tanks. He faces an eight year term and also faces federal fraud related charges tied to $22 million in loans.
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Tyler
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Pecos
T. J. Wilson
John D. Cofer
Stock Prices Rise After Mixed Start
New York stocks edged higher in late trading as the market extended a seven session streak with six advances. Trading was uneven at the open and several blue chips faded, yet persistent investment demand pushed prices up amid selective speculative interest.
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New York
Wall Street
Soviet Agrees To Plan Navy Will Check Outgoing Vessels
Soviet Premier Khrushchev said 40 rockets dismantled in Cuba were likely en route to the Soviet Union. The Pentagon said talks with Soviet representatives would allow U S Navy ships to check departing Soviet vessels for missiles. White House spokesman Pierre Salinger noted Kennedy Khrushchev exchanges and UN supervision as a framework for verification.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
Cuba
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Pentagon
Pierre Salinger
White House
Kennedy
United Nations
Red Cross
United States
Fidel Castro
Monroe School District sells bonds at 2.7002 percent
The Chicago firm Goodbody and Co. bid the $975,000 issue at an average rate of 2.7002 percent, lower than the previous July 1957 $1,150,000 senior high project at 3.6046 percent. Board unanimously approved the bid after checking legality and interest, with support from district electors. Other bids ranged from 2.70422 to 2.8339 percent.
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Chicago
Goodbody and Co
Monroe
Goodbody
Alvin H. Babler
John Norton
Babler, Norton
Arthur Wagner
Robert Hahlen
Rodney O. Kittelsen
John Caradine
George Barkena Krebs
Clarence All
Harris Trust of Chicago
First National Bank of St. Louis
Northern Trust Co. of
Continental National Bank of Chicago
Harriman, Ripley of
Halsey Stuart Co
Mercantile Trust Co
St. Louis
Edward M. Adam
First National Bank
H. L. Fenton
Commercial and Savings Bank
Board Affirms Ouster Of Wedded Grid Star
GRAY GA The Jones County School Board reaffirmed its decision to expel 18 year old high school football star Johnny Arnold after he married a 15 year old girl under the district no marriage rule. Arnold boosters urge readmission for education and possible athletic scholarship.
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Gray
Jones County School Board
Johnny Arnold
Arnold
Lambeley Tells Court Of Efforts To Obtain False Oath Retraction
Harold J. Lambeley K of C general counsel testified he repeatedly asked Rev. Walter L. King pastor of the Church of the Nazarene at Finleyville to retract a fictitious K of C oath printed in a church pamphlet. George H. Ross said no retraction was printed. The Knights of Columbus say Rev. King published the oath in the Voice of the Nazarene in May 1960.
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The
K. of C
India to Resist Deal with China in Himalayan Conflict
New Delhi reports fresh Chinese attacks along the eastern Himalayan battleground at Walong and near Towang as Nehru vows to drive peiping invaders from sacred Indian soil despite cabinet reshuffle removing defense minister V K Krishna Menon.
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New Delhi
India
Indian Defense Ministry
Walong
Chang
Towang
Bhutan
Peiping
Nehru
V. K. Krishna Menon
Menon
Kuehn Awaits Canvass Before Recount Action
Milwaukee Republican Philip G. Kuehn trails Democrat John W. Reynolds by about 12 000 votes in unofficial returns. He says Republicans will wait on the canvass before deciding on a recount of gubernatorial ballots, noting tabulation errors found in Milwaukee wards during the early Wednesday recount.
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Milwaukee
Philip G. Kuehn
John W. Reynolds
Kuehn
Double Murder East of Kellner Shocks Portage County
In Portage County near Kellner two men were found shot to death in a wooded area. Autopsies planned. A 23-year-old man was held for questioning as investigators suspect robbery was the motive.
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Stevens Point i
Portage County
Emil Meshak
Robert Wesely
Wisconsin Rapids
Deer Road
Stevens Point
Wesely
Frank Wesely Jr
Route 1
Adams
Meshak
Mosinee
Edward Brown
Frank Wesely
Kellner
Grant
Open House Set at High School for Education Week
Parents are urged to choose four of eleven departments to learn about at the 7 45 p m Open House in the M Room as Monroe launches American Education Week activities. Invitations were sent home with students and replies are slow. a senior class information session on graduation credits and diplomas will also be held.
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Ralph Neale
Monroe
Neale
Democrats Win Alaska Races In Decisive Returns
Gov. William A. Egan and Rep. Ralph J. Rivers, both Democrats, secured re election in Alaska in the final undecided races.
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Anchorage
Alaska
William A. Egan
Ralph J. Rivers
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