GOC To Disband Sky Watch Group Nationwide
The Ground Observer Corps, a 350000 civilian volunteer network, will end January 31 as ADC closes its warning network. Monroe observers including Ed Huston and J B Scherer played key roles, with post near Hahn Sign Shop to be dismantled. Civil Defense will intensify despite GOC shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ground Observer Corps
Air Defense Command
ADC
Colorado Springs
Colo
GOC
Monroe
Robert L. Hahn
Monroe CD
United States
North American
Arctic Circle
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Enoch
Ed) Huston
Huston
J. B. Scherer
Monroe Township
Observer
Hahn Sign Shop
Volunteer Defense of America
Stock List Eases As Trade Slackens
NEW YORK The stock market gave ground moderately early this afternoon in slackened trading. Most losses were narrow ranging from fractions to about a point. Some gains were scattered. aircrafts tobaccos and selected issues rose while industricals overall declined. Steels motors chemicals oils and rails fell while utilities held steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mt Zion Farmer Killed In Tractor Accident In Prairie du Chien
James Liss, a 45 year old farmer from Mt Zion, died Thursday when a tractor hauling wood overturned and crushed him in Prairie du Chien authorities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer
Prairie du Chien
James Liss
Mt. Zion
To Move Next Week Deals Give Thanks For Helping Hands
Helen E Zimmerli reports on the Deal family rebuilding after a fire in Sylvester Township. Mr and Mrs Robert Deal and their four children lost belongings, stayed with grandparents, and received clothing, money, and food donations from Red Cross and the community. They plan a move to 820 10th Street next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Deal
Helen E. Zimmerli
Sylvester Township
Deal
Perry Deal
Greenwood Cemetery
Deals
Dennis
Richard Anderson
Red Cross Relief
Sheriff's Department
Robert Deals
Fred A. Blumer
Blumer
Edwin Krattiger
Brooklyn
Mickelson, AP Editor, Dies at 59 in New Rochelle
Paul R. Mickelson, 59, general news editor of the Associated Press, died in a New Rochelle hospital after a Thursday illness. A lifelong AP staffer since 1922, he previously served in multiple bureaus and became general news editor on April 7, 1944. He attended the AP Managing Editors meeting at French Lick, Indiana, last week. He was born in Mankato, Minnesota, to a Norwegian immigrant cobbler. His brother Walter K. Mickelson publishes several Minnesota papers and runs KNVJ radio in New Ulm.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Paul R. Mickelson
Associated Press
Mickelson
Associated Press Managing Editors Association
French Lick
Ind
New York
Chicago
General
Minnesota
Mankato
Minn
Walter K. Mickelson
New Ulm
Daily Journal
Fairmont
Daily Sentinel
KNVJ
City Incinerator Reopens After Repairs Tomorrow
The Board of Public Works says repairs on the city incinerator are completed and residents may again haul rubbish and paper there starting tomorrow morning. During repairs, citizens used a special site at the city dump. The dumping site will be covered over with dirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Snow Returns as Wisconsin Deer Season Near End
Snow in Wisconsin deer country boosts weekend hunting prospects the Conservation Department reports. Fieldmen in northwest and west central areas note light snow aiding tracking, with deer kills approaching 58,009 unofficially and total kills likely surpassing 68,000 in 1957. Northern counties keep season open another week beyond Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Deer Country
State Conservation Department
Northwest
West Central
Ed Hein
Department Public Information
Highway 8
Hein
East-Central
City to Hire Meter Maid Posts for Monroe Women
Monroe seeks applicants for two new meter maid posts. Women aged 21 to 45 from Monroe or nearby may apply by December 13 at the police station. Pay is 200 dollars monthly plus a 10 dollar clothing allowance. duties include checking meters, issuing tickets, collecting fees, and keeping records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Police and Fire Commission
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Freda Bray
Mel Ott Dies After Surgery
Former New York Giants star and onetime player manager Mel Ott died at 49 after emergency surgery for kidney complications following a two car crash near Bay St. Louis Mississippi. He had fractures of both legs and internal injuries and his wife was injured in the same accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Metairie
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Ott
Gulfport
Influence Probers Weigh Hoffa Jury Influence Claim
Senate rackets investigators signaled possible inquiry into alleged efforts to sway the jury that acquitted Teamsters chief James R. Hoffa of bribery. Committee counsel cited John Bridge’s letter to track operator John L. Keeshin and noted a June 17 trial date with reportedly favorable conditions for Hoffa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Rackets Committee
Hoffa
Robert F. Kennedy
John Bridge
Chicago
Lence
Bridge
John L. Keeshin
Eagle River
Wis
Teamsters Union
Bismarck Hotel
Killer's Girl Guilty in Starkweather Slayings Case
Lincoln Neb January jury convicts Caril Ann Fugate of first degree murder for aiding Charles Starkweather in 11 killings. Life imprisonment set. Starkweather already sentenced to death. Trial opened nearly four weeks earlier with Starkweather labeling Fugate as a willing accomplice.
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Lincoln
Neb
Caril Ann
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Caril
Nebraska Penitentiary
Marion Bartlett
Betty Jean Bartlett
Bartlett
Starkweater
Douglas
Wyo
Bennet
August Meyer
Robert Jensen
Carol King
C. Lauer Ward
Lullyan Fencil
Merle Collison
Great Falls
Mont
Wyoming
Robert Calvert
Casey's widow dies at 92 in Jackson Tennessee
Casey Jones widow Mrs. Casey Jones died at home in Jackson Tennessee at age 92. The famed locomotive engineer was immortalized in a folk ballad. Her death follows a life linked to rail lore and public memory of Casey Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
Jackson, Tenn
Casey Jones
City To Be Given Back to Germans, Russians Report
Soviet Ambassador said Russia would return Berlin to the Germans by Christmas. East Germany signed a pact easing West Berlin civilian traffic while keeping Allied supply routes in four power control. The move aims to ease tension but does not alter the plan to manage Berlin’s future under occupation.
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Bonn
Germany
Andrei Smirnov
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Soviet Union
West Germany
United States
France
Britain
East
Nikita Khrushchev
Augusta
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
U. S
Washington
Kohler Firm Grants General Wage Raise
Kohler Co announces a general five percent wage increase at its Kohler Wisconsin plant. The move aims to keep wages aligned with general wage levels and rising living costs. The 3,000 worker plumbing ware factory is at the center of a labor dispute that began when the United Auto Workers struck on April 5, 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohler, Wis
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers
Union OKs Livestock Pact Ends 10-Day Stockyards Shutdown
Union Stockyards Co in South St Paul Minnesota ends a 10 day strike as livestock handlers approve a proposed new contract on Thursday. Union leadership and company officials hail the agreement and the resumption of yard operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South ST. Paul, Minn
Union Stockyards Co
Equal Display Of U S And Virginia Flags Declared
Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr announced that the U S flag will fly on state buildings only on an equal basis with the Virginia flag and will not share the same halyard. He stressed the policy does not criticize the federal government and that the U S flag will return atop the Capitol once another staff is erected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
U. S
Virginia
U.S
Almond
Lake Search Hopes Fading in Bradley Disaster
In Charlevoix Michigan an almost hopeless search continues for survivors of the Carl D. Bradley catastrophe as plans shape to honor the 33 crewmen presumed lost. Coast Guardsmen with state police and volunteers resume northern Lake Michigan sweeps for survivors and bodies, seek Bradley debris for clues, while official hope fades at Coast Guard headquarters. Only two men, Frank Mays and Elmer Fleming of Rogers City, Michigan, are listed as survivors from the sinking about 45 miles west in 330 feet of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlevoix
Mich
Carl D. Bradley
Lake Michigan
Lake Islands
Bradley
Coast Guard
Frank Mays
Elmer Fleming
Rogers City
Here
Hunter finds body near Necedah identified man
The body of 54 year old Joseph Kuntz of Chicago was found Thursday by a deer hunter on his son's farm near here after he had been missing since July 28. Kuntz had been staying at the farm to convalesce from a serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kuntz
Chicago
Here
Kuntz
Yule-O-Rama Parade Nov 28 Promises Tuneful Pageant
The city hosts a festive Yule-O-Rama parade on Friday Nov 28 at 2 30 p m with eight high school bands two drum and bugle corps and many floats by churches youth groups and armed forces Santa will ride a Monroe fire truck mid parade The lineup lists police escort Marine Corps color guard Chamber of Commerce banner and dozens of floats including Alice in Dairyland Beloit Catholic high school band and Rockford Phantom Regiment drum and bugle corps Parade forms at the fairgrounds, enters the square, circles, then returns to the high school for disbanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Monroe
David Jacobs
Marine Corps
Chamber of Commerce
Alice In Dairyland
Green County
Dairy Queen
Ares
Hilltop
Lions Club
Brodhead High School
Oakley
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Monticello High School
Immanuel Eub. Church
Monroe Christian Youth Council
Juda High School
Air Force
Jolly Jordan
First Methodist Church
Beloit Catholic High School
Clarno
Rockford Phantom Regiment
Knights of Columbus
Argyle High School
Red Cross
Shrine Club
Woman’s Relief Corps
Navy Recruiting Service
Warren High School
Monroe Youth Council
Beloit Keystone Kops
Evansville High School
Marine Corps Tank
Lloyd Nielsen
Wesley L. Dodge
Florine Koehler
Bernadine Pilz
June Albert
Fairgrounds
Public Square
TWA Strike Starts In Kansas City
Trans World Airlines machinists began a strike as the union announced a new proposal from the airline. Pickets appeared at TWA facilities in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TWA
Kansas City
Trans World Airlines
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Webelos
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East School
David Leck
Paul Leck
Brian Reed
Pauline Reed
Fredrik Schuetze
Edwin Schuetze
David Mayer
Kenea
Bulletin
Kohler Firm
Gov. Almond
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