Priceless Vatican Manuscripts Stolen From Apostolic Library
Thieves climbed the Vatican gardens wall and broke in to steal Petrarch’s Il Canzoniere and a Torquato Tasso manuscript from the Apostolic Library. Vatican and Rome police said the loss might be immeasurable, with Interpol alerted and Pope Paul VI informed. The theft marks a rare major art crime in the Vatican.
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Vatican City
Petrarch
Torquato Tasso
Vatican
Apostolic Library
Belvedere Courtyard
Apostolic Palace
Paul VI
Nicholas V
Vatican Museum
Rome
Interpol
Vatican Gardens
Tasso
France
Italy
Dante
Wisconsin Dairy Science Scholars Named in Hoard Awards
Two University of Wisconsin dairy science majors receive W. D. Hoard Memorial scholarships. John W. Wilks of Sturtevant and Thomas Zuhike of Monroe are recognized for outstanding junior and senior work in dairy science with financial support to advance their education in modern agriculture.
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University of Wisconsin
W. D. Hoard
George W. Sledge
College of Agriculture
John W. Wilks
Sturtevant
Herbert Wilks
Rt. 2
Thomas Zuhike
Monroe
Alvin A. Zuhike
14Th Ave
Kisses May Endanger Ivory Smiles Says Research
Researchers from the University of Miami report tooth decay is highly contagious not inherited. Dr Doran D Zinner notes kissing can spread cavities unless a person lacks the mouth bacteria. Even with sugary foods, teeth won’t decay without that bacteria.
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Mimai
Fla
University of Miami
Doran D. Zinner
Zinner
Col Stehling Promoted to Assistant Commander of 32nd Red Arrow
Col Joseph M. Stehling of Beaver Dam becomes assistant commander of the 32nd Red Arrow Division Wisconsin National Guard succeeding Brig. Gen. Schweinler. He served 33 years in the division and fought in the Pacific in World War II. Appointment effective Nov. 17 announced by State Adjutant General Ralph J. Olson. Col Thomas J. Makal named to succeed Stehling as commander of the 2d Infantry Brigade.
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Joseph M. Stehling
Beaver Dam
Co. B
Monroe
Ft. Lewis
Wash
32Nd
Red Arrow
Wisconsin
National Guard
Stehling
Francis F. Schweinler
Col. Stehling
Ralph J. Olson
Thomas J. Makal
Milwaukee
Appleton
Gaylord E. Shepard
Makal
Heavy Snows and Fog Continue in Rome
For the third straight day unseasonal temperatures bring heavy snows and dense fog across Italy. Fresh snow extends from the Alpine North to the lower Apennines with drifts over two yards in remote northern areas. Snow blankets Sondrio east of Lake Garda and covers Bergamo and Brescia near the Po Valley as a blizzard hits Gonzaga further south.
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Rome
Italy
Alpine
Appennine
Sondrio
Lake Garda
Bergamo
Brescia
Gonzaga
Convict Gruender Fled Waupun Prison In Thanksgiving Escape
Lawmen traced the escapee Thomas Ralph Gruender, who used a vent and drain to exit Waupun Prison. He was last seen in western Waukesha County after fleeing with civilian clothes, with a car found at Delafield and his prison clothing recovered at an Oconomowoc store.
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Oconomowoc
Waupun State Prison
Waukesha County
Thomas Ralph Gruender
Ralph Thomas Gruender
Gruender
Delafield
Oconomowoe
Green Bay
Brown County Sheriff’s
James W. Byers
Richard Schrickel
Schrickel
Byers
John Burke
Cheesemakers Ball and Wrestling Event Set for Dec 4
The annual Cheesemakers Ball and wrestling matches will be held Saturday December 4 at Turner Hall Monroe. Wrestlers should be ready by 2 p.m. Roy Kundert president of the Foreign Type Cheesemakers Assoc sponsors the event. The traditional queen will be announced next week and participate in coronation ceremonies at a Turner Hall dance with Sammy Eggum and his orchestra providing music.
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Turner Hall
Monroe
Roy Kundert
Foreign Type Cheesemakers Assoc
Sammy Eggum
Sullivan Youth Wins With Lamb At Chicago Event
Sullivan Richard of Monroe wins reserve champion in junior quality lambs at the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. The event features 66th annual competition with 199 steers judged live, plus major wins by Robert Marr and Gilbert Graber in beef and Angus divisions. The exposition runs nine days at the International Amphitheatre with 400000 expected attendees and ends with the 1965 grand champion steer to be named Monday.
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Richard Sullivan
Monroe
Hampshire
Monroe Ffa
William Sullivan
Route 4
David Allen
Kenneth Allen
Southdown Lamc
Sullivan
Milwaukee
Robert Marr
Mineral Point
Marr
Gilbert Graber
Quin Kolb
Kolb
Wisconsin
Edward Kiefer
International Amphitheatre
Janet Perring
Leroy, Ill
Charge
Angus
Charger
Plane lands safely after village assists in hayfield
Frank Blumberg and wife from Minneapolis to Chicago landed a single engine plane in a Harold Chapman farm hayfield near South Wayne after villagers formed a makeshift runway with car headlights. Both occupants unharmed, they spent the night with Clifford Stixrood, praising the townspeople’s help.
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South Wayne
Minneapolis
Chicago
Frank Blumberg
Here
Harold Chapman
Clifford Stixrood
Blumberg
Former Kraft Employee Alan Goodmiller Dies at 52
Alan Goodmiller 52 of 1925 8th St Monroe died at 4 AM in St. Clare hospital after illness since Nov 18 He was a Kraft Foods veteran who later ran a snack bar and Goodmiller Ice Cream He was a Pleasant Valley Township native born March 6 1913 and had been active in Boy Scouts Lions Club and U S Grant Council He married Lois Almy and later Elizabeth Prien with two spouses buried in Monroe obituary notes his civic roles and work in dairy manufacturing
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Monroe
Alan Goodmiller
8Th St
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Goodmiller
Blumer Pharmacy
Pleasant Valley Township
Daviess County
Illinois
Michael and
Maude Reed Goodmiller
Stockton
University of Illinois
Kraft Foods
Jersey City
Lowville
N.Y
Goodmiller
Kraft
Lois Almy
Georgetown
Ill
Hammond Couple to Suspend Search for Lost Wisconsin Town
Mr and Mrs D J Bartly of Hammond Indiana suspend their hunt for a missing Wisconsin community they found 20 years ago on a U S 14 detour south of La Crosse. They expect to resume next spring after reviewing maps and towns listed by the State Highway Department.
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Madison
D.J. Bartly
Hammond
Ind
Wisconsin
State Highway Department
la Crosse
Bartly
Indiana
Highway Department
Monroe
Monticello
Mondovi
Dickeyville
Lancaster
Spring Green
Prairie du Lac
Baraboo
Sauk City
Readstown
Viola
Prairie du Chien
Richland Center
Algoma
Monroe School Board Forms Committee On New Elementary School
Rodney O Kittelsen president of the Monroe School Board announced a committee of 18 to study the need for a new elementary school following months of consideration. Members include Dr Leslie G Kindschi Mrs John Bruni Oscar Drye Dr John Norton and others.
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Rodney O. Kittelsen
Monroe
Leslie G. Kindschi
John Bruni
Oscar Drye
John Norton
Lee Schroeder
Jack Kundert
Edmund C. Hamilton
Joseph G. Urban
Larry Tinderen
Willis Mitchell
Dan Wyss
Doris Messmer
Lloyd Holmes
Lloyd G. Siedschlag
Edward Zwicker
Ralph Phillips
Lawrence Salesman
Gerald Swiggum
Eight Children Left Orphaned After Thanksgiving Crash
Eight children were left orphaned as a family of Burlington, Wisconsin, perished in a head on collision near Kenosha during a Thanksgiving weekend crash. The Fuller family of three generations spanned the crash, with six adults injured and a large road toll rising to 917 for the year.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Joseph F. Fuller Jr
Ruth
Gertrude Fuller
Burlington
Fuller
J. Frank Fuller
American Motors Corp
Almira Wanat
Joseph
Wanats
Fullers
Jose Guzman
Luis
Joaquin Olivares
Steven Behrend
Milwaukee
Port Washington
Benjamin Jones
Rockland
Garry D. Hicks
James M. Olsen
la Crosse
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Dave Fulton
Times
Thomas Zuhlke
Lamb
Allen
Southdown
Jaycees Spark Museum
Richard R. Shallberg
Monroe Jaycees
O. N. Johnson
Green County Historical Society
Historical Museum
Universalist-Unitarian Church
Jaycees
Society
Er Products
Board
Citizen Group
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