Freeman Sees Road to Long Range Farm Program
Secretary Freeman spoke at a White House regional conference outlining a long term approach to farm policy. He urged output reductions aligned with domestic needs and international commitments to reduce government stocks and costs, signaling a shift toward balance and marketiented programs.
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Madison
America
Freeman
White House
Congress
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Lelon Lange
Columbus
Lange
Safety Talk on Seat Belts at Monroe Jaycees
Arden Pope captain of the Dane County Traffic Patrol will address Monroe Jaycees at Marco's at 7 p.m. tomorrow. He will discuss traffic safety and show a Columbia University film on seat belt value. The Jaycees drive seat belt distribution and urge compliance with the new state law requiring belts in all new cars.
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Arden Pope
Dane County
Monroe Jaycees
Marco's
Proxmire Praises Freeman and Farmers at Green County Rally
Senator William Proxmire lauded Orville Freeman and Wisconsin farmers at a Green County Democratic rally. He stressed the farm program’s success, urged faster cheese import action, and credited farmers with boosting the economy while noting remaining needs. Richard S. McKnight introduced Proxmire. Chester Norton chaired the event.
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William Proxmire
Monroe Country Club
Philip J. Teehan
Chester Norton
Green County
Times
Orville Freeman
Wisconsin
Proxmire
R. Finley Barry
Jaycee
Freeman
CCC
Kennedy
Richard S. McKnight
South Wayne
Philip Teehan
Outdoor Theater Proceeds Benefit Community Stage Fund
The Monroe Jaycettes announce that all proceeds from the Singers Guild presentation of The Messiah on December 17 will go to the Outdoor Community Theater fund. The hour long Christmas portion will be at St John s United Church of Christ at 2 30 p m with a rehearsal at 8 p m. Absent singers after the rehearsal will be disqualified from final participation. area singers encouraged to join.
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Monroe Jaycettes
Singers Guild
Outdoor Community Theater Fund
Jaycettes
Twining Park
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Test Clears Tadych Of Beer Can Hurling
Atty. Gen. John Reynolds announced that Assemblyman Albert R. Tadych passed a lie detector test regarding beer can tossing at a downtown Madison hotel on November 7. The test indicated his denial of throwing any cans was truthful, while police investigated the incident.
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Madison
John Reynolds
Albert R. Tadych
State Crime Laboratory
Reynolds
Tadych
Wisconsin 1962 highway program totals 101 million
Gov. Nelson announced a 1962 Wisconsin highway program totaling 101 million dollars. It allocates 31 million to the interstate system and 70 million to state and local roads, with 28.4 million for construction of the four lane I system and 44 interchanges planned in Milwaukee County.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Nelson
Milwaukee
Columbia
Dane
Rock
Waukesha
Juneau
Monroe
Beaver Dam
Wausau
Waupaca
Columbia County
Dodge
Walworth
Chippewa and Clark
Defense Dept Calls 345 Physicians for Army Duties
The Defense Department issued a third call this year for 345 more physicians to join the Army. The total summoned to military duty in 1961 rises to 1,025. The Pentagon says the move reinforces the military physician strength during the buildup.
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Washington W
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
Cheddar Market Steady Amid Spotty Demand at Madison
In Madison Wisconsin the American cheese market is steady with spotty demand. Supplies are ample. Cheddars sell 36 to 38 percent, 40 pound blocks 36 to 39 percent, single daisies 38 to 39 percent, longhorns 38 to 40 percent, and midgets 38 to 41 1/2 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Final Appeal for United Fund Donations Issued
L. J. Schroeder campaign chairman urges remaining households and businesses to contribute to the 1961 United Fund. With $19,690.07 raised to date, 92.3 percent of the $21,326 goal, he asks for $1,635 more by Friday to close the drive. More than 255 volunteers canvassed Monroe homes and firms since October 2.
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United Fund
L. J. Schroeder
Schroeder
Monroe
Badger Family Drowns in Sea Off Bahamas
A 60-foot ketch named Blue Belle sank after a sudden squall near Stirrup Key, Bahamas, killing five Green Bay residents and the captain's wife. Captain Julian Harvey, 44, survived after spending the night in a lifeboat with a dead child, while bodies and the wreckage were not found at dusk.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Julian Harvey
Mary Dene Harvey
Arthur Duperrault
Green Bay
Wis
Jean
Brian
Terry Jo
Renee
Harold S. Pegg
Hollywood
Fla
Fort Lauderdale
Harvey
Sandy Point
Stirrup Key
Gulf Lyon
Ralph Scheer
de Pere
Dupperault
Dupperrault
Frederic
Milwaukee
Charles Jordan
Coast Guard
Miami
Packers May Obtain Dallas Kicking Star
Ben Agajanian the 41 year old place kicker may join the Green Bay Packers for Sundays game against the Los Angeles Rams. The Independent Press Telegram reports he quit Dallas to facilitate a possible Packers signing after an unprecedented trade move. Hornung reports for Army duty at Ft Riley, Kan leaving a need for a kicker.
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Longsracn
Calif
Ben Agajanian
Green Bay
Los Angeles Rams
Hank Hollingworth
Independent Press-Telegram
Bootin
Ben May
Dallas Texans
National League
Packers
Hollingworth
Agajanian
Dallas
Paul Hornung
Ft Riley
Kan
U N Group Points to Tshombe Witnessing Lumumba Slaying
A U N investigating commission says Patrice Lumumba was executed in January in Elisabethville with Katanga officials including Premier Moise Tshombe present. It rejects Katanga’s staged account that tribesmen killed Lumumba and two associates on February 12 and supports evidence of an earlier death.
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Wari
U.N
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Lumumba
Elisabethville
Tanga
School District Changes OKayed by Green County Officials
Unanimous approval by the Green County School Committee after hearings at Monroe high school approves dissolution next June of the Simmons and Blackford districts. Simmons will split between Monticello and Monroe with five properties joining Monticello. Farms in the Monroe area include Bear Brunner Woolfey Sutter and Dillon in Washington town. Simmons has seven pupils taught by Esther Holling. Blackford district dissolved and attached to Monroe per Blackford electors. Jordan town school has 15 pupils with teacher Clarenda Wenger.
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Green County School Committee
Monroe High School
Simmons
Blackford
Monticello
Monroe
N. E. Bear
Adolph Brunner
Grace Woolfey
Emil Sutter
Chester Dillon
Washington
Simmons School
Esther Holling
Jordan
Clarenda Wenger
Postoffice Site Approved for Albany Location
The site for Albany's new post office was announced via Senator Proxmire. It lies southeast at Water and Milwaukee, about a block north of the current post office, on the former Mrs S J Morgan property owned by Shirley Conway. Bids are expected and the government would rent the new building.
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Aipany
William Proxmire
Water and
Milwaukee Streets
Shirley Conway
Albany
Hollandale Girl Dies In Car Truck Crash Near Dodgeville
Michelle Reynolds 18 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Reynolds of Hollandale, died when the Reynolds car and a gravel dump truck collided on Highway 151 four miles south of Dodgeville. Mrs Reynolds and Pamela Reynolds, 5, were injured. Truck driver George D Jackson 27 Mineral Point and Mrs Reynolds were unhurt. Jackson said truck brakes locked and it veered into the Reynolds car.
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Hollandale
Dodgeville
Michelle Reynolds
Jack Reynolds
Reynolds
Pamela Reynolds
George D. Jackson
Mineral Point
Jackson
Two US Soldiers Die in Germany Road Crash
Army authorities identified three American soldiers killed in a road accident in Kaiserslautern Germany last Saturday night. One of the victims is 19 year old Racine Wisconsin Pvt Sampel L Warden.
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Kaiserslautern
Germany
Wisconsin
Pvt
Sampel L. Warden
Racine
Revised Economic Plan Proposes Higher Incomes Tax
Gov Nelson outlined alternatives to his tax bill aiming to preserve past tax deductions while raising revenue. A one percent rise in income tax and higher personal exemptions would offset lost deduction income, with sales tax expansion on business items. He expects bipartisan support and noted a concurrent shift in a Conservation Commission trolling order awaiting his signature to take effect in 1962.
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Madison
Nelson
Conservation Commission
Wisconsin
Big Green Lake
Lake Winnebago
Argyle Girl Among Wisconsin 4-H State Winners
Lorraine Winger of Argyle is named a 4-H state winner in home economics for 4-H projects in foods and clothing. She is a 17 year old University of Wisconsin home economics freshman and has served as junior leader in clothing. Other winners include Barbara Weissenberg Karen Swenson Beverly King Christine Lobeck and Sharon Krueger with projects in foods home furnishings dress revue and canning.
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Lorraine Winger
Argyle
Frank Campbell
Wisconsin
Miss Winger
University of Wisconsin
Barbara Weissenberg
Stanley
Foods
Karen Swenson
Eureka
Home Furnishings
Beverly King
Mukwonago
Dairy Foods
Christen Lobeck
Columbus
Sharon Krueger
Elk Mound
Canning
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Governor's List
Lafayette County
Rock County
Dakota
Dakota Plumbing and Heating Co
Donald Fehr
Veneta Moss
Badger
U.N. Group
Tshombe
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