County Board Approves Broad Pay Increases For 1964 Budget
County supervisors approved wide ranging pay raises for highway hospital sheriff agricultural and courthouse staff as they study the 1964 budget. Increases range up to 25 percent for some highway workers with various monthly bumps and a new twice monthly pay for hospital staff along with holiday double time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board
Highway Department
Sheriff's Department
Highway
Hospi
Register of Deeds
Borghild Ritschard
John Walters
Martha Tschudy
T. J. Burgy Jr
Veterans Service
Highway Administration
Kenneth Black
Eldon Brauer
John Eley
Olin Flisram
Florence Marean
Nathan Marti
Kenneth Meyer
Lynette von
Farm
Judith Han
Hospital Addition Financing Okayed
Green County Board approved funding for a 100 bed hospital expansion by borrowing 400000 from six local banks at 3.2 percent for 10 years, with a total project cap of 500000 including furnishings and fees. A tax will retire the note, and a monthly relief roll list will be provided to supervisors. The board also backed a request to outlaw throw away bottles in Wisconsin and to publish relief recipients.
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Green County
Bank of Brodhead
Green County Bank At
Brodhead
Banks of Juda
Bank of New Glarus
Commercial and Savings Bank National Bank
First
Monroe
Ray Grady
Exeter Township
Paul Francois
Belleville Village
Edward J. Kaderly
Spring Grove
Wisconsin
Couple Buys Mode O Day Fashion Shop on Square
Harold T Blumer and wife acquire the Mode O Day Fashion Shop on the south side of the square from Mr and Mrs Jerry I Coplien becoming effective November 1 Mrs Blumer formerly worked at Mode O Day and at Rottler s Her husband works for Industrial Combustion Inc The Blumers farmed 28 years before moving to Monroe five years ago The Copliens had run the shop since April 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Blumer
Harold T. Blumer
Jerry I. Coplien
Blumer
Sadie Leuzinger
Mode O’day
Rottler’s
Industrial Combustion, Inc
Monroe
Copliens
Vaiont Dam Site Assault Kills Thousands In Italy
A crowd stormed a dam construction site in Imperia causing destruction of equipment and costing about 3000 lives, mirroring a prior Vaiont Valley disaster last month. Police investigate as authorities warn of ongoing danger.
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Imperia
Italy
Vaiont
Vaionet Valley
Swiss Dancing Group Set for Turner Hall Friday Night
A Swiss folk dance group from the Swiss Club of Monroe will appear at the Turner Hall concert on Friday at 8 15 pm. Members have danced together about three years and wear Canton Bern Sunday dress with one Zurich and two Lucerne costumes. They will perform a kreuzpolka and compare their role to square dancing without a caller.
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Monroe
Trachtegruppe
Turner Hall
Switzerland
Werner Martha Bernet
Fred Blumer
Gottlieb Brandli
Ernest Halbheer
Joe Rast
Franz Wicky
Beatrice Weibel
Gregor Brandli
Canton
Berne
Zurich
Lucerne
Werner
Martha) Bernet
Mrs. Bernet
Goldwater Rules Out Race Against Byrnes
Arizona senator Barry Goldwater said he would enter essential primaries if he sought the Republican nomination but would skip Wisconsin where Representative John Byrnes runs as a favorite son. He named New Hampshire Oregon California Indiana and Illinois as likely contests and said he would follow local Republican wishes on balloting.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Wisconsin
John , Byrnes
Goldwater
New Hampshire
Oregon
California
Indiana
Illinois
Fair Housing Revival Dead
MADISON The State Assembly refused to reconsider the fair housing bill killing it last week by a 67 24 vote. A 29 61 tally blocked reopening, despite Assemblyman Isaac Coggs urging changes to gain majority support. The bill would ban discrimination in sale rent or financing of real estate.
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Madison
State Assembly
Assembly
Isaac Coggs
Milwaukee
Richard Nowakowski
West Allis
Senate
United States
Greenville Alabama Students Arrive for Monroe Exchange Welcome
The Monroe exchange group will greet 32 Greenville Alabama students arriving by bus at 11 15 a m Saturday. Local officials Sheriff patrol car and city police will escort the visitors from the state line to the M Room for a welcome ceremony and get acquainted dance at Monroe High School. William Schuetze and Fred R Simpson will lead the caravan from Freeport, with other students and the public joining near Sky Vu theater. The Alabama visitors plan to depart Friday at 11 30 a m and travel straight through with no stopover for sleep. Mayor Orville R Evans will officially welcome them at a school assembly Monday morning.
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Sheriff's Department
Police Department
Greenville
Ala
Monroe
Alabama
State Line
William Schuetze
Monroe Exchange Group
Fred R. Simpson
Freeport
Vu Theater
Herbert Ainsworth
Monroe Group
Greenville Stu
Orville R. Evans
Yale Professor Barghoorn detained in Soviet Union
U S envoy Fay Kohler pressed Soviet officials for the immediate release of Yale political science professor Frederick C. Barghoorn held on spy charges. Kohler demanded access to the professor and details of the case, amid speculation of a possible exchange with scientist Igor Ivanov as three Russians accused of spying face trial in the U S
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Moscow
U.S
Fay Kohler
Frederick C. Barghoorn
Yale University
Valerian Zorin
Barg_hoorn
Prof. Barghoorn
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Barghoorn
Yale
Walter Stoessel
Soviet Union
Stoessel
Mikhi Smyrnovsky
Amscan
Foreign Office
Thomas Fain
Foreign Ministry
Englewood
N.J
Igor A. Ivanov
Kremlin
Ivanov
Snow Flurries Forecast Again Across Region
The Monroe area reports its first real preview of winter with temperatures dipping to 30 overnight and more snow flurries forecast. Unofficial reports indicate 12 to 18 inches of snow in the Hurley Ironwood area since Monday, with up to 10 inches in parts of northeastern Ohio and new flurries reaching Maine Michigan and Pennsylvania ahead of a 38 to 42 degree forecast for tomorrow.
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Monroe
Weather Bureau
Hurley-Ironwood
Ohio
Maine
Michigan
Pennsylvani
Religious Liberty Decree Draft Ready for Ecumenical Council
A draft decree declaring freedom of religion and conscience, prepared by the secretariat for promoting Christian unity, was reported ready for presentation to the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council. It states individuals may follow their conscience, should not be harmed for beliefs, and that no faith should be imposed.
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Valilan Witt Wn
Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council
Secretariat
Savings, Loan Ties Explain MGIC Growth in 1950s
Milwaukee official ties between MGIC and savings and loan officers are cited as a key growth factor. Spiros Kallas credits stock sales to lenders since MGIC began in 1957, while an inquiry by Federal Home Loan Bank Board chair Josoph P. McMurray probes possible conflicts of interest. Several Republican politicians and state lawmakers are named as MGIC stock purchasers, including Paul Rogan and Jerris Leonard, with Rogan receiving an option to buy shares before he left the insurance post.
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Milwaukee
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp
Spiros Kallas
Milwaukee Insurance Firm
Savings and Loan
MGIC
Josoh P. McMurray
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
McMurray
Inter- Mgic
Kallas
Paul Rogan
Ladysmith
Rogan
IMGIC
Wisconsin Insurance
Max Karl
Karl
Robert Knowles
New Richmond
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
GOP
Claude Jasper
Madison
Milwaukee Savings and Loan
Knowles
Warren
Wasserstrass to Present Research at National Conference
Monroe high school junior John D. Wasserstrass will present his science research at the National Junior Academy meeting in Cleveland, December 26 and 27, under AAAS auspices. He won top state honors for Indimetry Inter dimensional Measure as a sophomore. Wasserstrass travels with Jack Arndt, who chairs the Junior Academy committee.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Wasser
Jack Arndt
Arndt
AAAS
Wisconsin Junior Academy of Science
University of Wisconsin Extension Division
Junior Academy of Science
Wisconsin Academy of Science
Wasserstrass
George Wasserstrass
Route 4
Workers Held In Gem Haul After Manhattan Jewel Robbery
New York police say five construction workers were arrested after a hijacked car containing jewels from a $3 million Manhattan heist was found. About a quarter million dollars of the loot was recovered from the car and a Gettysburg farm nearby, with 90 percent of the treasure now located. Remaining suspects continue to be questioned while the bandits remain at large.
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New York
Manhattan
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Fire at Cliff House Center in San Francisco
A Tuesday night blaze damaged part of the Cliff House complex in San Francisco. Eighteen firefighters were injured while tackling the fire that caused about 1 million dollars in damage and destroyed a museum housing California gold rush relics, though the renowned restaurant was spared.
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Frisco
Cliff House
San Francisco
California
Mortgage Burned By Moose Lodge 48th Anniversary Ceremony
Lyle Sickinger led a mortgage burning for the Moose Lodge marking its 48th anniversary. Ray Lovelace, longtime secretary who died in 1956, was honored in spirit. Members recalled past governors and officers, noting the lodge now owns the property housing its rooms, Link Store, and Chocolate Shop, with the 1953 mortgage tied to purchasing the former Headquarters Tavern liquor license for $10,000.
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Ray Lovelace
Lyle Sickinger
Moose Lodge
Lovelace
Sickinger
Monroe Lodge
Henry Wartenweiler
Wartenweiler
Sam Kubly
Henry Babler Jr
John Coryell
Lowell Markwardt
Alice Holtshopple
Arthur Meyers
C. J. Loveland
Ralph J. Kundert
H. D. Goecks
Frank Haren
Orville Bear
T.0. Stauffacher
Charles Schadewaldt
Tyle Sickinger
Lee Babler
Fred Trickel
L. A. Koenig
Werner Aeschlimann
Ted Turn
Swiss Market Firm Some Supplies Short
MAVIDUN ws-Wisconsin cheddar cheese market today steady demand fair to good supplies generally adequate Prices cheddars 36-38% 40pound blocks 36-39 single daisies 38-39 longhorns 38-39 midgets 37-40 Wisconsin Swiss cheese market fully steady demand fair to good supplies adequate to short Prices blocks State brand 43-45 B 41-42 C 37-39
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Wisconsin
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Lancaster
Louisa Marcheine
Peshtigo
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Zorin
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