President Plans Gettysburg Office
President Eisenhower will open a Gettysburg office in the town post office next week while he convalesces at his Gettysburg farm. White House said he will use the office for first meetings with government officials, and will likely travel to Camp David in Thurmont Maryland for cabinet and National Security Council discussions after November 20.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
Denver
James C. Hagerty
Howard M. Snyder
Hagerty
Catoctin Mountain
Thurmont
National Security Council
Camp David
Sherman Adams
Monroe Chamber Opens Mail Balloting For Directors
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce mails ballots for election of five directors and three retail committee members. Balloting closes Saturday Nov 19. Directors named Paul Dannerbeck Dr Eugene Eck stam Fred Feutz Jr Dr John Irvin Mrs Florine Koehler Frank Kubly Otto Lanz Walter Reger Donald F Ripp Peter S Solomon. Retail nominees include Richard Bahr Jr Josef Benkert Harold Blum Jerome Howe Frank Pickett and Miss Caroline Ruehle.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Nominges
Paul Dannerbeck
Eugene E. Eckstam
Fred Feutz Jr
John Irvin
Florine Koehler
Frank Kubly
Otto Lanz
Walter Reger
Donald F. Ripp
Peter S. Solomon
Retail Committee
Richard Bahr Jr
Josef Benkert
Harold Blum
Jerome Howe
Frank Pickett
Caroline Ruehle
Dusty Norder Retires After Sixty Years as Blacksmith
Leonard H. Dusty Norder, 76, announces retirement from blacksmithing after six decades. He will sell about 800 horseshoes but keep his forge and tools. Once widely active in Green County, he ran a traveling shop for 28 years, shoeing work, racing, and riding horses.
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Leonard H
Dusty
Norder
Green County
Monroe
Area 4-H Clubs To Be Televised at Madison
Green County 4H clubs will showcase 25 members in a craft demonstration at the 4-H Fair to be televised tomorrow in the Wide Wide World program. Some 50 area clubbers and families will attend the audience for atmosphere and camera shots. The rehearsal runs at 10 a.m. and the main telecast begins at 3 p.m. with 11 pick ups planned from the UW campus segment. Participants include Dayton, York, New Glarus, Jug Prairie, Oak Corners, Adams, Monroe Home Ec, Richland, Clarno Sassy Clubbers, Dutch Hollow, Decatur, and Spring Grove, with others expected from the county clubs.
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Green County
Madison
Norman O. Everson
Stock Pavilion
University of Wisconsin
Everson
Dayton
York
New Glarus
Jug Prairie
Oak Corners
Adams
Monroe Home Ec
Richland
Clarno
Dutch Hollow
Decatur
Spring Grove
Stroke Claims Wife of French President Coty
Mrs. Coty died at Chateau de Rambouillet the presidential residence 35 miles south of Paris. Palace announced the death was due to a stroke. Rene Coty, the French president, is widowed by this sudden loss.
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Germa Dent Rene
Coty
Chateau de Rambouillet
Paris
U S Britain Plan to Police Palestine Border Crisis
In Geneva and Paris discussions, the United States and Britain weigh a multifaceted plan to curb Arab Jewish violence. Proposals include embargoes, economic blockades, full or partial break in ties, and possibly an international sentry force to guard Palestine borders. France resumes arms shipments to Egypt as part of broader moves.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
Palestine
Israel
U. S
Paris
France
Egypt
New Biggs Swiss Factory Near Argyle Opens After Fire
The new Biggs Swiss factory, replacing the structure burned on June 13, is ready to operate. An open house is scheduled Sunday afternoon, December 4. The plant sits northeast of Argyle on County Highway A, with kettles and vats installed. Gottfried Wirtz is the maker.
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Biggs
Biggs Swiss
Argyle
Gottfried Wirtz
Williamson New UW Director Bruhn To Head Football Staff
The article notes changes in university and county staffing with Williamson named UW director and Bruhn placed to lead the football staff. It details county budget talks, highway commissioner election, board proceedings, and salary petitions across county offices. Major topics include a 1956 budget proposal and public hearings set for midweek.
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Williamson
Bruhn
Ray E. Kundert
H. Eugene Segner
Clarence W. Loveland
Loveland
Franz W. Brand
Brand
N. C. Jensen
Highway Committee
The Golden Butterfly operetta cast announced for two showings
Mrs. Mabel C Viel announces the high school operetta The Golden Butterfly to be staged November 21 and 22 at 8 p m in the high school auditorium by the choruses. Cast includes Jerry Disch as Frederick Eisenstein Joyce Ludwig as Rosalinda and Patricia Ruehlman as Mitzi La Tour with a French maid chorus.
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Mabel C. Viel
Johann Strauss
Frederick Eisenstein
Jerry Disch
Joyce Ludwig
Rosalinda
Adele
Briggs
Eisensteins
Nancy Stauffacher
Bertie
Dr. Daind
Kay Bartelt
Marco Bregenzer
Julie
Lotta Blind
Joseph Falke
Orlofsky
The
Thomas Keegan
Patricia Ruehlman
Mitzi la Tour
Marlene Hare
Carmen
David Reese
Francois
Madame Lazare
Priscilla Viel
Scout Campaign Captains Named for Friends of Scouting Drive
Tuesday campaign to raise funds for the local Boy Scouts of America lists 25 captains guiding nearly 150 volunteers. Mrs. G M Pulkrabek directs the light campaign from 6 to 7 pm with Wendell L Fuller as general chairman aiming for a $2500 Monroe goal. A fifth Scout Troop will form under Veterans of Foreign Wars auspices, and Milford G Schwitz will head a U S Grant Council Philmont trip next summer for Explorer Scouts. Five troops and two Cub packs will operate in the city. Schwitz leads the Philmont trip with 12 days at the New Mexico site. Captains per ward include: First Ward Mrs John H Bruni and co captains. Second Ward Mrs Donald W Janke and co captains. Third Ward Mrs LeRoy R Phillips and co captains. Fourth Ward Mrs E B Lux and co captains.
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G. M. Pulkrabek
Wendell L. Fuller
Monroe
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Milford G. Schwitz
Boy Scouts of America
Philmont
U. S. Grant Council
Schwitz
Cimmon
N. M
Railroad Merger Okayed by Boards
Boards of the Chicago and North Western and the Milwaukee Road approved further study of a possible merger or coordination of operations. The survey was prepared by Williams, Wyer and Co. and reviewed by directors of both lines after an earlier joint survey. The Milwaukee Road and North Western serve routes from Chicago north, northwest, west and southwest.
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Wesscomey
Chicago and North Western Railway Co
Milwaukee Road
North Western
Western
Chicago Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co
The
Wilnam Wyer and Co
North Western Lines
Chicago
Lt Robert D Rear Receives Air Force Commendation
Lt Robert D Rear, co pilot during a cargo flight across the Atlantic, earned the Commendation Ribbon for calmness, courage, and emergency action aboard a C 124 Globemaster. The three five hour flight faced loss of two engines with radio links to rescue intercept aircraft aiding a safe landing. He is with the 15th Air Transport Squadron at Dover AFB Delaware.
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Robert D. Rear
Monroe
Francis C. Gideon
Rear
Atlantic
Atantic
Bear
15Th Air Transport Squadron
Dover Air Force Base
Delaware
Brazil Names Ramos as Temporary President After Coup
Brazil's Congress designated 66-year-old Nereu Ramos as temporary president following a pre-dawn coup led by Gen. Teixeira Lott that toppled Luz. Luz, ex-president of the House, had held the post after Joao Cafe Filho departed for heart treatment.
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DE Janeiro
Brazil
Carlos Coimbra da Luz
Tamandare
Rio de Janeiro
Edurado Gomes
Sao Paulo
Nereu Ramos
Air Force
Congress
Ramos
Henrique Teixeira Lott
Luz
House of Deputies
Joao Cafe Filho
Lott
Juscelino Kubitschek
Hospital Parking Lot Opens for City Use
New city parking lot north of the hospital is completed and opened. The 60 by 122 foot lot was donated by the hospital for parking facilities and will accommodate about 24 vehicles. A crushed rock base and gravel surface are in place and will settle this winter. Oiling sealing and curb work planned for spring.
Youth arraigned in Viroqua on assault warrants
Dennis Twing aged 18 of Madison was arraigned in Vernon County Court on warrants charging him with assault with intent to murder two high school girls. A preliminary hearing was tentatively set for November 21.
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Dennis Twing
Madison
Vernon County
Father of Slain Youths Stricken
Anton Schuessler father of John and Anton Jr and their friend Robert Peterson died after grief for his sons murders. Official cause listed as heart attack during routine electrical treatment. police had no solid leads in the Robison Woods killings. His wife Eleanor sobbed that killers took everything.
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Chicago
Anton Schuessler
Schuessler
Eleanor
Des Plaines
Tony
Schuesslers
John
Anton Jr
Robert Peterson
Robinson Woods Forest Preserve
Northwest Side
North Side
Malcolm Petersson
Robert
Walter E. McCarron
Julius Steinfeld
Cold Air Snow Delay Misses Forecast in Wisconsin
A cold snap promised three to six inches of snow but fell short as Wisconsin saw minimal snow. Temperatures hovered in the 30s to high 20s with only traces of snow, while tonight’s forecast calls for cloudy, colder conditions and snow mixed with rain arriving tomorrow afternoon and night. A bright November sun reached 47 degrees at 1:30 p.m.
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Fue Cola
Wisconsin
School's Top Athletic Post Goes to Coach
Ivan B. Williamson, 44, named athletic director at the University of Wisconsin while Milt Bruhn, 43, longtime assistant, was chosen as football coach. Regents approved the selections after athletic board recommendations. Sundt had died October 25.
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Madison
Ivan B. Wilamson
University of Wisconsin
Milt Bruhn
Williamson
Bruhn
University
Board of
Guy M. Sundt
Sundt
Athletic Board
Sundt Fund Started at Wisconsin to Honor Guy Sundt
The Wisconsin Board of Regents voted to establish a Guy M. Sundt memorial scholarship fund and accepted a $500 anonymous donation as the first gift. The note details regents, education committee, President E B Fred, and speaks of Williamson’s seven-year Wisconsin era with a 41 17 4 record, Rose Bowl loss, and Lafayette stint, plus Bruhn’s Minnesota ties and Williamson’s background.
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Regents’ Education Committee
E. B. Fred
Williamson
Wisconsin
Badger
Ilinois
Padue
Southern California
Yale
Lafayette College
Lehigh
Harry Stuhldreher
Lafayette
Army
Rutgers
Bruhn
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Prairie Depot
Ohio
Bowling Green High School
Michigan
Wolverine
Twining praises Formosa air defense amid talks with Chiang Kai-shek
Gen. Nathan F. Twining, U S Air Force chief of staff, said the Nationalist Chinese air force can provide very effective support to ground forces if Communists attack offshore Formosa islands. He noted combined power with American air strength is potent and discussed potential shifts if Formosa is threatened. He avoided questions on Red air strength and said no jet bomber plans or expanded U S air task force were in place. He flies to Tokyo then Pearl Harbor after a stomach upset kept him from inspecting Formosan air base.
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Aurea
Perme Wen
Nathan F. Twining
U. S
Formosa
Twining
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Formosan Air Ba
Hong Kong
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Dusty) Norder
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Borghild Ritschard
T. J. Jr
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First Ward
John H. Bruni
Norman L. Poff
Kenneth’ S. Lovell
A. P. Stauffacher
Alois T. Beer
Frank W. Heinzelman
Joseph W. Volmary
Donald W. Janke
Franklin W. Pickett
Paul Lindsay
Nat G. Preston
George R. Barry
Cocaptains
LeRoy R. Phillips
Russell W. West
William L. Lysser
Edward J. Doyle
Roger M. Voelkli
Ervin L. Goecks
Robert N. Kingdon
Edna L. Mackey
E. B. Lux
Mmes
Myron I. Stair
Walter C. Kuebli
Fred Beer Jr
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Guy Sundt
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