Petition Urges County to Require Highway Official to Reside
The Green County Board considers a citizen petition from 150 residents demanding that the highway commissioner live in the county owned residence near the highway shops. The issue ties to Ted Newman’s salary adjustment if he occupies his own home, while current terms provide rent free housing and utilities for incumbent H. Eugene Segner. The board awaits action after a 14 14 tie on Newman's election, with budget sessions and deer hunting trips shaping the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Board
Ted Newman
Newman
Monroe
Juda
H. Eugene Segner
Wisconsin
Sheriff, Police and Radio Committee
Wagner Ambulance
Steps Ordered On Integration In Little Rock Schools
A federal appeals court directed the Little Rock school board to take positive steps toward integrating the district. The court did not specify methods, leaving details to Judge John E. Miller and the board. The court denounced Gov. Faubus and the Arkansas Legislature for efforts to use public school buildings for segregated schools via the Little Rock Private School Corp and urged an injunction against such use.
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ST. Louis
Little Rock
U. S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
U. S
John E. Miller
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas State Legislature
Bomb destroys integrated junior high in Osage WV
An explosion at Osage Junior High in Morgantown area rattled the school early today. Police say dynamite set off deliberately caused significant damage. 93 of 400 students were Black. Superintendent Stevenson didn’t rule out integration as a motive and the building must be torn down.
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Morgantown
W.va
Osage
Here
Charles Stevenson
Monongalia County
Stevenson
Markets Stay Open on Veterans Day Despite Bank Closings
NO CLOSINGS TUESDAY New York and American Stock exchanges and most markets remain open on Veterans Day while most banks are closed.
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New York
New York and American
Canvass Highlights 162 GOP Ballots Missed
Official canvass for last Tuesday's election shows larger Republican margins after a computation error in Monroe Fourth Ward and confusion in Brodhead Second Ward. Notable totals include Howe 5,102 to Ferris 2,187 for sheriff and Deininger 4,125 to Hein 3,033 for coroner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray E. Kundert
Monroe
Brodhead
Kundert
A. Charles Howe
Donald Ferris
W. E. Deininger
William Hein
Assembly
C. M. Stauffer
Monticello
George W. Norton
Congress
Eleanor Smith
Gerald Flynn
Flynn
Nine Die In Wisconsin Weekend Traffic Toll Rises
Nine persons died in Wisconsin traffic crashes over the weekend, raising the toll to 689 this year. Victims include Mrs. Archie Miles of Mondovi in a two car crash on Highway 37, and 23 year old Edward A. Trzebiatowski of Milwaukee in an overturn on a town road near Amherst. Other fatalities involve teens Judy Calkins of Tomah and Arthur Eckleberg of Wilton, with multiple additional deaths across Dane and Grant counties and Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Winnebago areas.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Archie Miles
Mondovi
Edward A. Trzebiatowski
Milwaukee
Amherst
Judy Calkins
Tomah
Albion
Dane County
Jack Stevenson
Arthur L. Eckleberg
Wilton
Elmer Murphree
Birmingham
Ala
Bertha Tollefsen
Zion
Ill
Kenosha County
Pleasant Prairie
Florence Blickmann
Dubuque
Cuba City
Grant County
William Jacobson
Scandinavia
Gerald R. Kerkman
Route 5
Burlington
Fox River
Highway 50
Kenneth E. Rozek
Winneconne
Mary Smagalski
Attlee to Speak in Milwaukee at Town Hall Meeting
Clement Attlee former prime minister of Great Britain will speak in Milwaukee on November 17 at the first Town Hall of Milwaukee meeting.
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Attlee
Milwaukee
Clement Attlee
Great Britain
Brodhead Engineer Wins Surveyor Title In Canvass
Walter Ekum once believed elected county surveyor with four votes, later shown to have lost to Francis Gombar of Brodhead. Official tally lists Gombar 19 write-ins and Ekum seven. Ekum had no intention to serve and no candidate filed for the post.
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Brodhead Engineer
Walter Ekum
Monroe
Ekum
Dist. Atty
Franz W. Brand
Francis Gombar
Brodhead
Gombar
Monroe's United Fund nears goal at 97.5 percent
Monroe's 1958 United Fund Appeal totals $18,238 in gifts and pledges to date, reaching 97.5 per cent of the $13,680 goal. Campaign leaders urge firms and solicitors to finalize reports quickly to wind up the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
United Fund
Eisenhower Proposes Five Point Aid Plan for Asia
President Eisenhower unveiled a five point international aid program for Asian nations during the Colombo Plan meetings. He urged Congress to provide adequate resources to help 700 million people in free Asia and asked allied nations to join in repelling hunger and tyranny while promoting self help and sound cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Eisenhower
United States
New Congress
Free Asia
South and
Southeast Asia
Free World
Colombo
Montreal Fire Claims At Least Twenty Lives In Blaze
A blaze in an old brick four story building on St Mathieu Street in Montreal is believed to have killed at least 20 people. Investigators say a gas stove explosion on the third floor sparked the fire which engulfed the structure and sent 125 firefighters to battle the flames for more than two hours. Police list 13 missing, with many others unaccounted for among roughly 190 occupants including night club entertainers and recent European émigrés.
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Montreal
Que
Europe
Cecil Rowe
St. Mathieu Street
Oldfield
Plan Group To Study City Property
Mayor Victor N. Schiller convenes the Planning Commission at 5 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the Wells property on 11th street. Two resolutions seek immediate recreation use of the building and removal of a warehouse for parking, referred by the City Council. A recommendation on accepting an easement from Ray Heinzelman is also scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor N. Schiller
City Planning Commission
Wells
L1th Street
Ray Heinzelman
Stock List Rises Toward Another Record High
New York stocks led by industrials rails and utilities moved higher early afternoon as the market aimed for a new record. The gains were modest with key issues rising fractions to about two points and losses limited to about a point.
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New York
Faint Signal Hints at 36 Missing Flying Boat Rescue
A U S Navy search plane heard a faint distress signal about 180 miles west of Cape St Vincent where a Portuguese flying boat carrying 36 people including six Americans disappeared after an emergency landing attempt. No wreckage or life rafts were seen as oil slicks were noted. the craft was en route from Lisbon to Funchal Madeira.
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Lisbon
Cape St. Vincent
George Beaver
Beaver
Portugal
Madeira
Civil Aviation
Vitor Veres
Cabo Ruivo
Funchal
Madeira‘Islands
Africa
Leon Lazarus Kohlmann
New Orleans
Jane
Louis Charles Slater
Dorothy
Henry Hurd Rennell
Southport
Dillman To Have Hearing On Second Murder Charge
Vernon Dillman, 22, who admits the Aug. 15 slaying of Ruth Schmidt, was arraigned on a second degree murder charge and held on 25000 bond with a preliminary hearing set for Nov. 18. He also faces a neglect of an illegitimate child charge. Sheriff said tire iron used in the assault remains missing as searches continue with National Guard mine detectors and local volunteers aiding efforts.
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Oshkosh
Vernon Dillman
Ruth Schmidt
S. J. Luchsinger
Dillman
Nebraska
Winnebago County Dist. Atty
Jack D. Steinhilber
Winnebago County
Charles Lowry
Miss Schmidt
National Guard
Camp Douglas
Omro
Iran to Sign Defense Pact with United States
Foreign Minister Ali Asghar Hekmat announced Iran plans to sign a defense pact with the United States covering economic and military cooperation. Moscow issued a strong protest to Iran last month.
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Iran
Tehran
Ali Asghar Hekmat
United States
Hekmat
Senate
Moscow
Mrs. Milton Johnson dies after long illness
Mrs. Milton K. Johnson aged 54 of 1736 Lake Drive Monroe died of a heart condition at St. Clare hospital after an 18 week illness. Born Oct 14 1904 in Darlington she attended Darlington High School and Platteville State College. Survivors include husband a daughter and other relatives. services Wednesday at 1 30 p.m. at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Milton K. Johnson
Lake Drive
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Darlington
Iowa
Lester M. Johnson
Johnson Pontiac Co
Johnson
First Universalist Church of
Aid Society
Woman's Club of
The
Universalist Church
John MacMartin
Stockton
Greenwood Cemetery
Dominican Priest Wins 1958 Nobel Peace Prize
Rev. Dominique Georges Pire, a Belgian Dominican and head of Europe of the Heart, was named the 1958 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The 48 year old refugee aid advocate received $41,227 from the Norwegian Parliament Nobel Committee. The prize ceremony will be in Stockholm on December 12.
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Oslo
Dominique Georges Pire
Father Pire
Europe
Dinant
Meuse
Sweden
Alfred Nobel
Stockholm
Incinerator Repair Begins in Monroe
The Monroe incinerator repair started today and service will be halted until further notice. City Clerk Freda Bray urged residents to take burning waste to the city dump and use a designated ditch for disposal until the unit is back online.
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Freda Bray
Jordan King Hussein retakes flight after MIG chase
King Hussein said Soviet made MIGs of the United Arab Republic shadowed his plane en route to Europe and forced a return to Jordan with six passes over the aircraft. He described the attack near Damascus and said he alerted the Jordan air force as he fled toward the border.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Syria
Europe
Middle East
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Radio
Cairo
Cyprus
Switzerland
U.A.R
Damascus
Beirut
Iraq
Faisal
Milwaukee man accidentally shot during hunt near Gratiot
Joe Spera of Milwaukee fired at a rabbit and hit Tony Albano, also of Milwaukee, in the legs with a shotgun. Doctors at Monroe Clinic removed 20 to 25 pellets before Albano was released. Police noted heavy clothing helped prevent more serious injuries.
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Milwaukee
Gratiot
Tony Albano
E. EF. Eckstam
Monroe Clinic
Joe Spera
Albano
Five Crew Escape Unhurt After Idlewild Training Crash
A Seaboard and Western Airlines Super-Con jet crashed during takeoff on a training flight from Idlewild Airport. An airline official reported all five crewmen escaped unharmed.
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New York
Seaboard
Western Airlines
Idlewild
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West Virginia
Hartwig
Lena
Times
Thomson
Nelson
Knowles
Nash
Zimmerman
Reinke
Smith
Lame
Honeck
Reynolds
Steinle
Proxmire
Travis
Mehlhouse
Ralph Kundert
Ray Kundert
Helen Myers
Franz Brand
Grace Thorpe
Jordan King
U.S
Atlantic
Schmitz
Mrs. Milton Johnson
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