Massive Cuba invasion force prepared for crisis
The Defense Department revealed that more than 100000 troops in STRAC were alerted for potential Cuba action, with five divisions in the United States and paratroop units among them. About 213000 total armed forces were on alert or poised to strike, including 85000 aboard 183 Navy ships and 600 B52s under massive airborne alert.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
U.S
Fidel Castro
Defense Department
Strategic Army Corps
Strac
82Nd Airborne
101St Airborne
West Germany
South Korea
North Korea
Hawaii
Okinawa
Pentagon
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Enterprise
Independence
Air Force
Florida
Navy
Strategic Air Command
Cheddar List Steady as Board Shows Light Activity
In Wisconsin Cheese Exchange trading the sale of one car of State brand pasteurized daisies at 36 cents was unchanged from last week. The car offered at 36% was reduced a quarter of a cent with no bids and no uncovered offers at close.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Hoffa Fires Attorney in Turbulent Trial Episode
In Nashville Hoffa publicly dismisses long time legal counsel George Fitzgerald amid a high profile conspiracy trial. Fitzgerald testified he swapped a personal check for 15000 to Hoffa for a dividend from Test Fleet, while Hoffa claims Fitzgerald resigned. The case centers on alleged violations of the Taft Hartley act and a 1.5 million union-related dispute with Commercial Carriers Inc.
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Nashville
Fitzgerald
Hoffa
Test Fleet
Teamsters Central State Conference
Teamsters
Detroit
Nashville Tennessean
Detroit News
Commercial Carriers, Inc
Sparta Names Milwaukee Officer as Police Chief
Gerald Donovon, 33, a Milwau kee police veteran of 10 years, is hired as Sparta police chief effective January 1 with a starting salary of 450 dollars per month.
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Sparta
Gerald Donovan
Milwaukee
Winter Serenade Concert Highlights Civil War Salute
Monroe high school presents a Wednesday 8 p.m. Winter Serenade in the junior high auditorium featuring a Civil War salute with Drum Jam boree and a triple-tongued cornet duet. The program includes Clare Grundman's Civil War Suite and classic Civil War era melodies.
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Monroe High School
Courthouse Square
Becky Houser
Kristie Brugger
Kenneth Krattiger
Fredric Moritz
Allan F. Barnard
Times
Vicki Neuberger
Clare Grundman
Wisconsin Agency Disagrees On Parade Float For Rose Parade
Madison heads of state departments meet to decide if a Alice in Dairyland float should join the Tournament of Roses parade on January 1 in Pasadena following Wisconsin’s Rose Bowl clash with Southern California. Resources Development opposes. Conservation and Agriculture voice reservations. David Carley cites university football and accompanying fans as stronger representations.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Pasadena
Southern California
Department of Resource Development
Conservation Department
Department of Agriculture
David Carley
Resources Development Department
Mrs Reynolds Improves After Influenza Attack
The condition of Mrs. John W. Reynolds, wife of Wisconsin's Democratic governor elect, hospitalized Wednesday after an influenza attack, was reported improved today.
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Reynolds
Madison
John W. Reynolds
Wisconsin
Board approves new junior high addition and library remodel
Ludlow memorandum board moves to build a new junior high addition after rejecting remodeling the old wing. They approve extensive library layout changes centering a Green Room shift for the children’s library with an entrance on the west side. Plans will avoid disrupting the Woman’s Club meetings and other regular uses.
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Board of Education
Ludlow Memorial Library
Henry Tschudy
John Bruni
Robert G. Rote
Harry S. Ammann
Weiler and Strang and Associates
Lucy Gfroerfer
Children’s Library
Woman's Club of
Monroe
Firemen Battle $120000 Riverside Paper Co Blaze
Appleton firefighters battled a Riverside Paper Co warehouse fire causing three injuries and illness from formaldehyde fumes. Fireman Lloyd Eisner, 44, remained hospitalized with smoke inhalation while two others were released.
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Appleton
Riverside Paper Co
Lloyd Eisner
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Pupil Hearing Screen Begins in Monroe Schools
Public nurse Mrs. Kathryn Etter announces a 2620 student hearing screening in Monroe public and parochial schools. Volunteers use audiometers, with follow up by Orvin Walsvik and an otological clinic to check and treat cases, including removable wax and adenoids. Three students already wear hearing aids.
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Monroe
Kathryn Etter
Ron
Orvin Walsvik
State Department of Public Instruction
India faces Chinese withdrawal offer as border tensions ease
New Delhi denies China’s charge of armed provocations at the Himalayan border and signals readiness to shift troops back from the Pakistan frontier. Prime Minister Nehru and Pakistan’s Ayub Khan plan talks on Kashmir, while India seeks clarification on Beijing’s withdrawal plan and restoration of positions last Sept. 8.
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New Delhi
India
Peking
Red China
Pakistan
Kashmir
Nehru
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Assam
Ayub Khan
Two Governor Races Decided
States completed recounts or prepared petitions after the November election. Rhode Island elected Republican John H. Chafee over Democrat John A. Notte Jr. by 398 votes, with Notte considering a recount. Minnesota's Roland? Rolvaag sought recount petitions as 10 counties’ revised figures favored Republican Elmer L. Andersen by 142 votes. Massachusetts and South Dakota recounts also shifted margins in favor of Edwards? Peabody and McGovern respectively, with Peabody leading Volpe by 3,780 and McGovern widening his Senate edge to 481 votes.
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Washington
Rhode Island
John H. Chafee
John A. Notte Jr
Chafee
Notte
Minnesota
Karl Rolvaag
Elmer L. Andersen
Minnesota Supreme Court
Andersen
Rolvaag
Massachusetts
Endicott Peabody
John A. Volpe
South Dakota
George McGovern
Senate
Joe Bottum
McGovern
Stock Prices Edge Down In Modest Month-End Trading
New York prices drift lower in a relatively mild final session of a month that had a sharp rise. Volume around 5 million shares versus 5.81 million previous day. Broad losses were small with only a few leading issues dipping more than a point before a late recovery trimmed declines.
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New York
Christmas Stocking group seeks shoes for children
The Christmas Stocking committee of the Monroe Woman's Club appeals for used children’s shoes for boys and girls. Shoes and other items may be delivered to Mrs. Edmund C. Hamilton at 723 18th Avenue. Local dry cleaners will clean items free of charge, and Bruni-Miller Co. will supply a truck to haul refuse after packing on Friday, Dec. 21 at Dearth Motors. Girl Scouts will decorate boxes for packing.
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Monroe Woman’s Club
Edmund C. Hamilton
18Th Avenue
Monroe
Hoffman’s
B and B
Fritz, Gibbons and
Martinizing
Pope Improves Amid Denial Cancer Rumors
Vatican dispatch reports Pope John XXIII showing steady recovery from illness with treatment yielding hoped for results. The 81 year old pontiff briefly rose and attended to governance matters as doctors deny prostate cancer rumors, insisting the pope is prostatic with no cancer.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican
Antonio Gasbarrini
Gasbarrini
Milan
Il Giorno
Mercury Rises to 57 on Eve of December in Monroe
The thermometer reached 57 at 1 30 p m on the eve of December, a date record for Monroe. A bright November sun had yielded yesterday’s high of 54 degrees as weather continued to warm.
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Monroe
Conferees Agree Only on Extended Cuba Negotiations
President Kennedy and Soviet First Deputy Premier Mikoyan agreed to extend negotiations aimed at a final Cuban crisis settlement. The White House conference failed to yield progress on broader East West issues with no new policy shifts.
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Washington
Kennedy
Mikoyan
United States
Soviet Union
White House
U.S
Cuba
New York
Pierre Salinger
Stevenson
McCloy
Kuznetsov
John J. McCloy
Doctor W. H. McGuire 78 Dies in Janesville
Dr. William H. McGuire, 78, a Janesville physician who began practice there 52 years ago, died today after a long illness.
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Janesville
William H. McGuire
Next Week's School Cafeteria Menu Summary
Editor notes weekly menus to assist mothers. entries list meals for Monday through Friday with items such as barbeque lettuce salad mock chicken legs chili bratwurst macaroni and cheese and various sides and dairy. Each day includes fruit or dessert and milk.
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