County Board Approves Salary Increases for 19 Employees
The County Board adopted a 1959 budget including raises for 19 courthouse staff after waiving a rule on timing. Raises range from 10 to 25 dollars monthly, plus full time pay for Rex Eyler at 350 dollars, amid debate over elected officials’ raises and living costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Victor N. Schiller
Second Ward
Ray E. Kundert
Schiller
Kundert
Irene Brankow
Kathleen Stampfli
Helen Bratze
Grace Thorp
Corinne Germann
Helen Myers
Fannie Benkert
Borghild Ritschard
Ralph Kundert
Florence Stauffacher
Lisetta Erb
Eyler
Joseph D. Viney
Monroe
Traffic Toll in Wisconsin Rises to 694
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin's 1958 traffic toll reached 694 after three deaths overnight. A two year old girl, Gail Woller, died when her family's car hit a horse on Highway 17 near Bloomville. Leonard Smith, 31, of Pardeeville, died when his car left a curve on Highway 16 near Rio. Leo Dziebinski, 80, was killed after being thrown 75 feet by a car on Highway 64.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Gail Woller
Robert Woller
Wausau
Woller
Bloomville
Lincoln County
Leonard Smith
Pardeeville
Rio
Leo Dziebinski
Medford
Parents Encouraged to Visit Class During Education Week
Monroe public schools urge more parents to visit elementary junior and senior high classes during American Education Week. Visits are planned for tomorrow and Friday with conferences in the high school by appointment. Parents were asked to avoid today for year book photography schedule changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Public Schools
Monroe High School Moving Plans Reviewed
At the Board of Education meeting seven Monroe Parent-Teacher Council members reviewed plans for moving into the new high school during Christmas holidays and proposed lightening teacher loads. Contractors said Unit B ready Nov 19, Unit C Nov 27, Unit A Dec 15, gym Jan 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Monroe
T. R. Holyoke
D. J. Huenink
James Weir
Herbert T. Johnson
Supt
Huenink
Lloyd Nielsen
Johnson
Weir
Edwin Rufenacht
Charles Mathias
Jack Marty
Kurt Schwager
Hannah Bindschaedler
Viva Stauffacher
Joseph Weiler
Jerry Mullins
Madison Architectural
Holyoke
Nielsen
16Th Avenue
25Th Street
26Th Street
17Th
16Th Avenues
Barbara Schultz Ruff
Friday Target Date For Cleanup In United Fund Drive
United Fund leaders set Friday as the cleanup target for the 1958 campaign and urge all givers to submit belated reports. The last official total reached $18,238, or 97 percent of the $18,680 goal, with several firms pending reports and employee canvass cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Chrysler Auto Plants Shut as 8000 Workers Strike
All eight Chrysler auto and truck plants were closed by a strike of 8000 office workers and engineers in Detroit. The UAW represents about 70,000 production workers and urged no picket lines. Chrysler noted hourly changes as walkouts and parts shortages disrupt production of 1959 models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Polio cases rise to 57 in Wisconsin in 1958
The State Board of Health reported two Milwaukee County polio cases and one in Wood County in the week ending November 1. Wisconsin's total polio cases for 1958 reached 57, down from 210 at the same point last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Milwaukee County
Wood
State Board of Health
Wisconsin
Nelson Names Nusbaum Budget Aide In Wisconsin
Gov elect Gaylord Nelson appoints Joe E Nusbaum of Middleton as financial aide. Nusbaum, UW Bureau of Government instructor, led the Budget Office division and worked on budgets with Kohler and Thomson. He starts by attending hearings and becomes a permanent staff member after Jan 4. Democratic leaders push for public executive sessions and open hearings as they take control of the Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Joe E. Nusbaum
Middleton
Nusbaum
University of Wisconsin Bureau of Government
State Budget Office
Walter J. Kohler
Vernon Thomson
W. Donald Knight
Thomson
Nelson
Lake Delton
Phillip Nash
John Reynolds
Francis Lamb
Assembly
Ity
George Molinaro
Racine
Robert Huber
West Allis
Norman Anderson
Arthur L. May
Huber
Federal Inspection Of Green County National Guard Tonight
Lt. Col. C. A. Weyand of the Fifth Army leads a Federal Inspection of Co. K Green County National Guard. He will check supplies lockers and administration this afternoon then inspect training and personnel at 8 PM. Public attendance is encouraged per Capt. Glenn L. Kubly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Weyand
Fifth Army
Co. K
Green County
Col. Weyand
Glenn L. Kubly
Veterans club leaders chosen at Monroe County event
Wesley L. Dodge was elected president of the Last Man's Club of World War II at a Monroe gathering honoring the 40th anniversary of the World War I armistice. Robert Tschudy became secretary treasurer and Dr. Ruehlman remained chaplain as 13 members attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley L. Dodge
Monroe Country Club
Robert Tschudy
D. D. Ruehlman
Idle Hour
Lester H. Bishop
Alvin F. Bolgrein
Madison
Bruce M. Blum
John J. Burkhard
Charles R. Kohli
Ralph A. Lindsay
Paul J. Lochner
Charles J. Niles
Peter S. Solomon
Louis R. Wolleson
J. B. O’meara
Frank Sickinger
Harold Heimann
California
Edwin Rufenacht
Frank W. Heinzelman
Berlin
Robert E. Tschudy
Robert G. Rote
Alvin H. Babler
Ruehlman
Wayne Fencil
Rudolph P. Reger
Kenneth W. Stuart
Harvey H. Trumpy
Doran R. Zwygart
J. T. Etter Jr
Dodge
T. J. Burgy Jr
American Legion
Legion Hall
Freddie Elmer
L. A. Koenig
Joseph Urban
Walter Schild
Robert Cashman
Robert Alder
Allen Goeke
Wisconsin cheese winners named at state meeting in Madison
Ten state cheese champions were announced at the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association gathering in Madison. Winners include Werner Zimmerman Jr and Evan Appleman with top scores, plus Carl Huber, Fred Bleuer, Paul Ott, Leo Leehr, Mrs. Frieda Esterman, Clarence Newville, and Ronald Johnson earning class honors. Awards to be presented at Hotel Loraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werner Zimmerman Jr
South Wayne
Evan Appleman
Brodhead
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
Madison
Zimmerman
Appleman
Carl Huber
Kiel
Fred Bleuer
Cambria
Munster
Paul E. Ott
Wausau
Leo J. Leehr
Mt. Calvary
Colby
Frieda Esterman
Iron Ridge
Clarence L. Newville
Glenwood City
Ronald E. Johnson
Mt. Sterling
Loraine
George L. Mooney
Plymouth
Association
Mooney
Swiss Market Firm In Two Lower Grades
Wisconsin dairy market reports steady to firm prices for top Swiss and Grade B blocks. In cheddar and longhorn segments demand remains light to fair with ample or limited supplies. prices for 40 pound blocks and midgets are listed with ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Fire ruins mid-town apartment block. 13 bodies found
Montreal authorities report eight men and five women recovered from the collapsed building after a disastrous mid-town fire. The number of missing persons remains uncertain as investigators sift through debris.
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Montreal
Soviet accuse U S of moon base plan for attacks
At the United Nations the Soviet Union charged that the United States has nightmarish plans to set up military bases on the moon to launch massive attacks on Soviet cities. Dep Foreign Minister Valerian A Zorin urged the 81 nation political committee to demand liquidating all foreign bases and ban space weapons as a condition for peaceful space cooperation. He cited Sen Lyndon B Johnson saying control over cosmic space means control over the world and noted Johnson's expected participation in the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
United States
Valerian A. Zorin
U.N
Zorin
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Johnson
Miner Quizzed In School Blast
A 26 year old coal miner from Osage faces an open charge in the Osage school bombing in Morgantown West Virginia authorities say the blast may relate to school integration and outsiders may be involved. The school with 240 pupils including 50 Negroes returned to classes in new quarters. Insurance adjusters won t estimate damage until wreckage is cleared with unofficial figures from 250000 to 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Osage
Stanley R. Cox Jr
West Virginia
Garbage collections to be continued here
City officials said garbage collection continues during incinerator repair. Only residents who previously used the incinerator must take waste to the city dump, with a special marked ditch for access. Incinerator should resume within a week and Monroe garbage pickup remains unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Boss Curley Dies at City Hospital in Boston
James Michael Curley longtime Boston political boss dies at City hospital at age 83 84 next November after emergency surgery for an intestinal blockage Curley a four term Boston mayor has served as Massachusetts governor and four terms in Congress His career included jail in 1900s and a 1947 mail fraud sentence later pardoned by President Truman His family includes wife Mary nine children and several living sons and daughters with several deaths in his immediate family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James Michael Curley
Big City
City Hospital
Curley
Massachusetts
Francis X. Curley
S. J
Holy Cross College
George J. Curley
Father Curley
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
Truman
Mary
Leo
Barton Voegeli Escapes Injury in Truck Crash
A 22-year-old Monroe man Barton Voegeli escaped serious harm when a cement mixing truck he drove on County Trunk X south of Attica failed on a curve, four-foot banked descent tore 60 feet of fence, and the vehicle overturned. He was shaken but suffered only minor bruises. The truck, owned by Green County Sand and Gravel Co., sustained considerable damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Barton Voegeli
10Th Street
Attica
Voegeli
Howard Schucht
Voegels
Wayne _ Albertson
Albany
Green County Sand and Gravel Co
Reds Indicate Strategy To Hit West's Position
Premier Otto Grotewohl signaled a one sided Soviet troop withdrawal but reversed course, implying Kremlin instructions to keep troops in West Germany until Western forces depart. The report notes Moscow’s hesitation and shift in stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
West
Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Russia
Germany
Grotewohl
Kremlin
West Germany
East German leader signals talks with Soviets on troop withdrawal
Grotewohl announced that negotiations with the Soviet Union would address a possible withdrawal of Soviet troops. He suggested the outcome might prompt the United States, Britain and France to remove their forces in West Germany, while Khrushchev pressed for end of the four power occupation of Berlin.
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Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Soviet Union
Grotewohl
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
France
Britain
West Germany
Khrushchev
East Germany
East Berlin
Lothar Bolz
Moscow
Kremlin
Germany
West Berlin
Washington
London
Russia
U. S
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Olney
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Shipley
Richland County
Charles W. Wursell
Illinois
P-T Council
Chrysler Auto
Middleton Man
Burgy
Wesley Dodge
Girl Scout
Janet Barry
Mary Storck
Kgy Bauman
Pat Hanson
Nancy Sickinger
Susan Warfel
Diane Zwygart
Mmes
C. C. Warfel
George R. Barry
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America
Moon
Champ
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