Board Accepts New '62 Budget With Levy Drop
County supervisors unanimously approved a 1962 budget of 2,028,505 with a 138,463 levy reduction. The plan trims expenditures, keeps a $10,000 contingency fund, adds 8,000 for highway material and supplies, raises 4H fair entries to 3,500, and increases welfare grants to 616,567. They also withdraw a tax payment to Illiff school and limit Friday to Monday holiday hours for courthouse staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Welfare
Charities and Correction
Illiff School
Dist. Atty
Joseph D. Viney
Miss Mae Mack 82 Milwaukee Resident Dies
Miss Mae Foster Mack 82 a Monroe native who lived in Milwaukee 30 years died yesterday in a Milwaukee hospital after a long illness. She was born May 2, 1879, daughter of Sam Batt and Nancy Helen Fleming Mack. Survived by sister Gertrude in Milwaukee. sister Allie and brother Charles are deceased. Graveside services Monday 2 p.m. at Greenwood Cemetery Monroe. Shriner Neushwander funeral home in charge.
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Mae Foster Mack
Milwaukee
Monroe
N. Palmer Street
J. H. Miller Dry Goods Company
Milakee
Bedell
Miss Mack
Sam Batt
Nancy Helen Fleming Mack
Monroe High School
Monroe Universalist Church
WRC
Gertrude
Allie
Charles
Greenwood Cemetery
Shriner- Neushwander Funeral Home
Proxmire Hails Stand on Berlin
Sen. Proxmire lauded the Berlin stand at a Democratic rally in Kenosha noting the action protects rights and fosters peace. He credited NATO cooperation and said Khrushchev miscalculated that free men will not act to defend rights, marking a reduced risk of war.
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Sen. Proxmire
Kenosha
U.S
Berlin
No Clues Found In Bank Robbery
Police concede three gunmen robbed the Bank of America branch in San Francisco of $62,693 and kidnapped two officials and their families. The bandits, one disguised as a red haired woman, forced manager Joseph Finocchio and assistant manager Henry Lupori to drive them between homes then to the bank. They tied victims with cords and tape and fled after securing the cash. no suspects were identified.
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San Francisco
Bank of America Offici
Union and Webster
Bank of America
Larkspark
Joseph Finocchio
Susan Romweber
Carol Hickenbotam
Lupori
Geary-Arguello
Four Youths Earn Watershed Honor at Ball School
Four county youths received plaques for conservation work at the annual Youth Conservation Award program held in Ball school last night. Recipients were Lawrence Asmus Monroe FFA Gregory Wild John Wegmueller and Jene Eberle. The event was sponsored by the Richland Creek Watershed Association with the Soil Conservation Service and Agricultural Extension Service and partly financed by the Green County Agricultural Chest. Tom Kelly cartoonist from Lake Mills was the featured speaker. Verle Eberle watershed president was master of ceremonies.
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Ball School
Lawrence Asmus
Monroe Ffa
Gregory Wild
Hiawatha
John Wegmueller
Richland
Jene Eberle
Juda Fpa
Soil Conservation Service
Agricultural Extension Service
Green County Agricultural Chest
Tom Kelly
Lake Mills
Verle, Eberle
Paris Armistice Day Rites Led by De Gaulle
General Charles de Gaulle led a brisk Armistice Day parade down the Champs Elysees and placed a wreath beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe, marking the national remembrance.
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Varus W
de Gaulle
Perehe
Champs Elysees
Open House Draws 1500 Plus To Local Schools
More than 1,500 visit local elementary and junior high schools during American Education Week open house events. Doris Messmer, curriculum supervisor, notes activities span elementary to junior high, with focused displays and facility tours.
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Menroe
Doris Messmer
Messmer
Limited U S aid to Viet Nam described as small
The Defense Department said a limited number of U S personnel will be sent to South Viet Nam under the regular military assistance program. The Pentagon noted years of training South Viet Nam air force personnel and said a large supply and training program has begun to bolster defenses against intensified Communist guerrilla activity.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
South Viet Nam
New York Times
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Pentagon
32nd General Doubts Holiday Leaves Possible
The 32nd Division at Fort Lewis Washington may not have time for Christmas or New Year leaves due to an intensive training schedule aimed at readiness for immediate deployment if needed. Maj. Gen. Herbert A. Smith said leave policy is not yet determined and future overseas prospects depend on world conditions after training. Ray Nitschke of the Green Bay Packers receives a weekend pass to rejoin his team for the Chicago game before returning to Ft. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Smith
The
Herald Times
Red Arrow
Hugo Voelkli
Monroe
Ray Nitschke
Nitschke
Green Bay Packers
Bears
Chicago
Ft. Lewis
Janesville Quartermaster Company
32Nd Division
Baltimore
Ray
Daniel Benkert Hurt In Corn Picker Mishap
Daniel Benkert 36 of Route 4 underwent surgery at St. Clare hospital after his right hand became entangled in a corn picker. His condition was reported as satisfactory. This marked the second corn picking accident reported this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Benkert
Route 4
St. Clare Hospital
Veterans Day Observed by Last Man's Clubs at Local Luncheon
World War I Last Man's Club met at Swiss Wheel at 11 30 a m and World War II Korean group gathered at Monroe Country Club ahead of a one minute silence at 11. Coverage shows 13 seats set at Swiss Wheel with four vacant by deaths. Nine WWI members expected today listed with four deceased. WW II Korean group marks 10th anniversary with twelve of fourteen original members attending.
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Last Man's Clubs
Monroe Country Club
Fred L. Kohli
Lester H.bishop
Charles J. Niles
Peter 3. Solomon
Paul J. Lochner
John J. Burkhard
Alvin F. Bolden
Madison
Bruce M. Blum
Ralph A. Lindsay
J. B. O'Meara
Frank Sickinger
Louis R. Wolleson
Charles R. Kohli
D. Fuehlmann
Kenosha
Harold
Cap) Heimann
Rudolph P. Reger
Doran R. Zwygart
Tomatic
Edwin Rufenacht
Frank W. Heinzelman
Robert E. Tschudy
Robert G. Rote
Alvin H. Babler
Wayne J. Fencil
Kenneth W. Stuart
Harvey H.trumpy
J. T. Etter Jr
Wesley L. Dodge
Driver 16 Dies In High Speed Police Chase
A 16 year old Cashton boy Gary Kingslien died after his car rolled over during a pursuit by Cashton police reaching 90 to 100 mph. Norman Sanwick, 17, was critically injured. authorities could not confirm who was driving. The Wisconsin highway toll rose to 761 for the year.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Gary Kingslien
Cashton
Alvin Larson
Larson
Webb Kingslien
Norman Sanwick
Alvin Sanwick
Sanwick
la Crosse
Marinette County
Dennis R. Brewer
Niagara
Brewer
Patrick Lyman
Lyman
Iron Mountain
Michael Dinger
Willi Dinger
Sparta
Madson Hospital
R. L. Green
Scott Memorial Methodist Church
Merrill
Tractor accident kills Mrs William Vande Hei Oneday
Mrs William Vande Hei, 22, was crushed when the tractor she operated on a local farm tipped over late Friday near here. The tragedy underscores dangers on rural work sites and authorities investigate the incident.
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Oneiday
William Vande Hei
Here
Monroe FFA Conducts Area Corn Picker Safety Check
Monroe FFA members conduct their annual corn picker safety check visiting about 75 area farmers each fall. Three senior FFA members per team use scoreboards to rate safe operation focusing on shields, extinguishers, hitch, lights, exhaust, and operator clothing. Kenneth C. Allen notes the program teaches safety and careful operation, with the chapter having won state first in 1958 for its exceptional campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Baumgartner
Lester
Butch) Johnson
Monroe
FFA
Henry Pick, Jr
Baumgartner
Alfred Baumgartner
Johnson
Lester Johnson
Pick
Route 2
Times
Future Farmers of America
Kenneth C. Allen
Monroe Voag
Allen
Kennedy Salutes Dead With Pledge
President Kennedy honored the nation's war dead with a pledge to seek peace while keeping America prepared to resist aggression if necessary. He spoke at Arlington National Cemetery during Veterans Day ceremonies, urging patience, perseverance, and courage to secure freedom and deter foes.
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Washington
Kennedy
America
Arlington National Cemetery
Driver Electrocuted In Platteville Mishap
Platteville incident claims life of Glenn Brown a 32 year old truck driver from Richland Center after a boom on his vehicle struck a power line during unloading at Drago Milling Supply Co. in Platteville Brown was a nephew of Raymond A Warren and his wife of Monroe Wisconsin authorities reported no further details at this time.
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Platteville
Glenn Brown
Richland Center
Drago Milling Supply Co
President Kennedy Urges Reverent Thanksgiving Proclamation
Washington report reproduces Kennedy proclamation urging gratitude for blessings of faith health strength freedom and liberty. It recounts pilgrims enduring hardship and calls for thanks for abundance productivity and national heritage as the year ends. Turn to No. 1 Back Page.
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Washington
Kennedy
New England
Madison Lt Suspended Over Beer Can Fracas
Madison police chief Wilbur Emery suspended Lt Donald K Mickelson for five days for filing an incomplete report on a beer can throwing incident involving three Milwaukee Democratic assemblymen. A second officer was cleared. investigators seek who threw cans from a Madison hotel window. Assemblymen Robert Collins Richard Nowakowski and Albert Tadych denied throwing the containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wilbur Emery
Donald K. Mickelson
Milwaukee
Emery
Robert Collins
Riard Nowakowski
Albert Tadych
Molotov Denounced at Soviet Rally and Fleeing Vienna
Aged former Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, denounced by the Soviet Communist Party, slipped out of Vienna with his wife on the Vienna Moscow express, heading toward Czechoslovakia after years in exile, as Austrian authorities noted a brief power outage near the Soviet embassy and Khrushchev offered no immediate decision on Molotov’s fate.
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Vienna
Austria
Moscow
V. M. Molotov
Communist Party
International Atomic Energy Agency
Atoms-For-Peace Organization
Molotov
Paulina
Czechoslovakia
Hohenau
Foreign Ministry
Politbureau
Joseph Stalin
Khrushchev
Ike and Ike bury hatchet at Liberty Memorial rites
Former President Harry S Truman and General Dwight D. Eisenhower appear reconciled as they rededicate the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City. Eisenhower, who led Allied forces in Europe, speaks on the event's first day, meeting Truman at Independence's Truman Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Ike
Eisenhower
Europe
Truman Memorial Library
Independence
Four Teens Die In Speeding Car Crash Near Wilkesboro
Four teenagers were killed Friday night and two injured when a car carrying six youths traveling at high speed ran out of control on a curve, crashed through a field, and overturned. Deceased are Archie Eugene Jordan 17 and James Burchett 17 of Winston-Salem and Joseph Charles Waddell 15 and Leonard H. Byrd 15 of Roaring River.
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Here
Highway Patrol
Twe
Archie Eugene Jordan
James Burchett
Winston-Salem
Joseph Charles Waddell
Leonard H. Byrd
Roaring River
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Proxmire
Bruce Koch
Margaret J. Bloodgood
Paris
Viet Nam
32Nd
Last Man’s Clubs
Brown Was
Raymond A. Warren
9Th Street, Monroe
Harry
Wilkesboro
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