Strikes at GM Still on Despite UAW Settlement
Detroit reports a 3 year master contract with wage gains for GM workers yet 250000 UAW members at 126 plants remain on strike to back local demands. The walkout followed a companywide action and precedes a push for faster full production of 1959 cars.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Ford
Chrysler
Co-ops Urge Wisconsin Cheese Marketing Policy Change
The Wisconsin Association of Cooperatives adopted a resolution criticizing the University of Wisconsin for licensing a university developed cheese for production outside the state. Nu-World, recently given by the Alumni Research Foundation to a Chicago firm, was cited. Delegates heard Clyde Ellis urge a proactive stance against monopolistic foes. New directors Elmer Cook and Edmund Woychik were elected to replace outgoing members, in Dane, Columbia, Dodge, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, and Lafayette counties and at large.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association of Co-operatives
Nu- World
Alumni Research Foundation
Chicago
Clyde Ellis
Washington
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Elmer Cook
Pardeeville
Walter H. Uphoff
Oregon
Dane
Columbia
Dodge
Green
Iowa
Jefferson
Lafayette
Edmund Woychik
Whitehall
Arthur Gilberts
Menomonie
Wisconsin
Clapp Accuses Benson of Undermining Co op Welfare
Norman Clapp campaigning in Monroe County in his third district contest accused Secretary Benson and the administration of a policy to destroy electric co operatives. He said REA Administrator Hammel supported higher interest rates on REA loans to push co operatives into private markets where they could be destroyed.
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Associated Press
Norman Clapp
Lancaster
Monroe County
Ezra Taft Benson
Clapp
REA
David Hammel
City Welcomes Antique Autos for Fall Foliage Tour
Illinois Region Antique Automobile Club members arrive in Monroe for a long weekend rally. About 120 members from Chicago area and northern Illinois plus Wisconsin will tour via Blackhawk Trail and County Y M to Highway 78 with a 1:30 p.m. McKellar park gathering. Events include dinners at Mansion on the Idle Hour farm and Monroe Country Club.
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Illinois
Antique Automobile Club
Monroe
Rockton
Idle Hour Farm
Public Square
Wisconsin Aaa
Here
County
Highway 78
Argyle
Blanchardville
McKellar Park
Aid Society of
Chicago
Wisconsin
Eugene
Windy Acres
Gordon Olson Dies at 31 Former Monroe Gambles Manager
Gordon Olson 31 died at 1:35 p m yesterday in LaCrosse Lutheran Hospital after a four month illness from malignancy. He managed the Monroe Gambles store for three years, resigned six weeks ago, and his family moved to LaCrosse. He was Korean War veteran and eight years with Gambles. Survived by wife Lucy Breidel, a son Michael, three sisters and three brothers, and his parents deceased. Services Sunday at Redeemer Church LaCrosse. visitation Saturday night at Schumacher Funeral Home LaCrosse. Born in Viroqua and a Westby high school graduate.
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Gordon Olson
Gamble
Monroe
Lutheran
LaCrosse
Olson
Florine’s
the Redeemer Church
Schumacher
S. 7Th Street
Viroqua
Westby High School
Gambles
Lucy Breidel
Michael
Orville
Lyle
Verdell Olson
Jean Henthorne
Beulah Larson
Joan Juno
Benkert Sets Pace For Wildlife Work
Clarence R. Benkert, district game manager since 1947, has driven major wildlife conservation in Green and Lafayette Counties. He championed Yellowstone Lake, Wisconsin’s largest man made recreation area, drawing 140000 visitors during Progress Days. Benkert helped plan develop and expand lands for public enjoyment and co chaired Progress Days in its 10 year history, earning praise from farmers and sportsmen. His early career saw him rise from conservation aide to game management, credited with electric fencing work near Peshtigo to save truck garden areas and curb deer damage.
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Clarence R. Benkert
Green
Lafayette
Benkert
Yellowstone Lake
Wisconsin
Monroe Township
Benkett
Truck Garden
Peshtigo
Green, Rock
Iowa
One Worker Killed In Milwaukee Gas Blast
A gas main explosion at a busy Milwaukee intersection killed Karl Hansen, 52, of Menomonee Falls, and injured two coworkers. The victims, Albert Crye, 53, and John ee, 48, both Milwaukee residents, were taken to Milwaukee County General Hospital. Eyewitnesses said Hansen and Crye severed the line and were trapped in a ditch.
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Milwaukee
Karl Hansen
Menomonee Falls
G.E.T. Construction Co
Milwaukee County General Hospital
Fbert Crye
Johnee
Milwakee
Hansen
Crye
Fisenhow Checks-Up At Walter Reed For Annual Visit
President Fisenhow entered Walter Reed Army hospital for a routine annual physical. He arrived smiling and jaunty, beginning the fall checkup he undergoes each year.
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Washington
Fisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Taft Widow Martha Taft dies at 68 in Ohio
Mrs Martha Bowers Taft wife of late U S Senator Robert A Taft died at her Indian Hill home after a stroke and heart failure she was 68. She campaigned for Taft in 1938 1944 and 1952 directing speeches letters and outreach. Her four sons include William Howard Robert Jr Lloyd and Horace. She will be buried beside her husband in Indian Hill cemetery.
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Cincinnati
Martha Bowers Taft
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Indian Hill Church
Taft
Indian Hill
U. S. Senate
William Howard
State Department
Robert Jr
Lloyd
The
Cincinnati Times - Star
Horace
Yale
Body Found in Fire Razed Farm Shed Report
Fire razed a farm shed to ashes and a body was discovered amid the ruins. U.S. envoy Drumright relayed Dulles’s pledge of firm support to Chiang Kai-shek as Communist shelling of Quemoy continued and a cease-fire negotiations remained in view.
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Chiang
Dulles
Taipei
Formosa
United States
China
Quemoy
U.S
Everett F. Drumright
Chiang Kai - Shek
Foreign Ministry
Dulle
Quemoy Islands
Liu Hoh-tu
Defense Ministry
Roland N. Smoot
U.S. Formosa
State Department
Washington
Harvard
Boston Globe
Stock Prices Rise as Copper Leads Market Crest
New York stock activity pushed prices higher with metals leading the gains. Copper issues such as Magma Copper and Kennecott rose more than a point, while Anaconda and International Nickel advanced. Government bonds recovered after midday losses as volume neared 3.8 million shares.
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New York
Magma
Kennecott
Anaconda Will
U.S
Has Her Own Plans Egan's Scheme Fails
Patti Counts declines Aurora police chief post in Chicago basement press conference. Mayor Paul Egan had named the 28 year old as chief to replace suspended Donald Curran. Curran and the 68 man force remain in place as Council calls Egan’s actions nonsense.
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Chicago
Patti Counts
Aurora
Miss Counts
Hotel Maryland
Near North Side
Mis Counts
Egan
Curran
Aurora Council
Faubus Bows to Stand Against Integrated Schools
Arkansas Governor Orval E Faubus announced he would never open public schools as integrated institutions in defiance of the Supreme Court. He warned the federal government might send marshals and the Army to force integration, while backing private segregated schools and aiding the Little Rock Private School Corp to organize white only high schools. The plan excludes private schools for Black students.
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Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
U.S. Supreme Court
Faubus
Supreme Court
U.S
Omaha
Nixon Adlai Debate Policy in Back to Back Talk
In Oakland Nixon and Stevenson spoke in adjacent halls with a thick firewall between camps. Nixon argued the Eisenhower administration opposes ceding Quemoy and Matsu to the Chinese Communists as a reward for aggression. Stevenson said the US must defend Formosa but questioned the fate of Quemoy and Matsu, noting they have historically belonged to China.
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Oakland
Calif
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Formosa
Civic Auditorium
Eisenhower
Quemoy
Matsu
Stevenson
United States
China
Historymobile to Visit Monroe Wisconsin Exhibit Oct 10
The Historymobile of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin stops in Monroe Friday Oct 10 from 9 am to 6 pm at Spring Square south of City Hall. Admission is free. The mobile will travel from Darlington on Oct 9 and Shullsburg on Oct 8. New features include a Please Touch display of wooden shoes and tape recorded folk dances and songs to enhance the ethnic exhibits.
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Historymobile
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Monroe
Mobile Museum
Wisconsin
Spring Square
City Hall
Darlington
Shullsburg
Pastors Meeting To Discuss Monroe Recreation Center Needs
A meeting of Monroe clergy is set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the Eugene hotel to plan temporary recreation center facilities for youth and seniors. Rev. Glen H. Ridnour and Rev. Paul Olm will lead as city debate on Wells building usage persists. A council resolution will be drafted and the Park Board awaits action amid the stalemate.
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Monroe
Eugene
Glen H. Ridnour
The
Methodist Church
Ridnour
Paul Olm
St. John’s Church
Betwen
Park Board
Most Cheddar Styles Show Half Cent Gain
Green Bay Wisconsin cheese exchange sees value gains of a half cent on most cheddar styles. Sales include five cars cheddars at 32 percent, two cars 30-day cheddars at 32 percent, and one car 30-day cheddars at 32 percent. Bids and offers vary with several lots at 32 percent and a longhorn pasteurized at 35 percent. Trading tone remains firm on cheddars and longhorns with other items steady.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Missing Monroe woman may be burned in farm shed
A body found in a Monroe area hay shed after a morning fire near Edwin Haldiman's farm is being investigated as possibly Mrs. Frieda Rothenbuehler Tschabold, missing since before the blaze. The male remains were identified as human but sex undetermined, with state crime lab arriving for tests.
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Monroe Fire Department
Edwin Haldiman
Monroe
Haldiman
William Tschabold
Sheriff's Department
Times
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
William Tschabold Sr
Waterloo Cattle Winners at National Dairy Congress
Exhibitors from four states won top honors in three breeds at the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Grand champion Holstein bull weighs 2700 pounds and is owned by Lloyd Kroneman of St Ansgar Iowa and Ben Dibble of Delavan Wisconsin. Ayrshire grand champion is West Unity Farms of West Unity Ohio and Brown Swiss grand champion is Hycrest Farms of Leominster Massachusetts. Reserve Holstein is owned by Bottema Jr. Farms of Bridgeport Indiana. reserve Brown Swiss by New York Artificial Breeders Co-op Inc. of Ithaca New York. junior division grand champions include Ralph H. Greager Fort Atkinson Holstein Mere dith Farm Topsfield Massachusetts Ayrshire and Ernest G. Kueffner Germantown Wisconsin Brown Swiss.
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Waterloo
Iowa
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Lloyd Kroneman
St. Ansgar
Ben Dibble
Delavan
Wis
West Unity Farms
West Unity
Ohio
Hycrest Farms
Leominster
Mass
C. M. Bottema Jr. Farms
Bridgeport
Ind
New York
Artificial Breeders Co-op Inc
Ithaca
Ralph H. Greager
Fort Atkinson
Meredith Farm
Topsfield
Ayrshire
Ernest G. Kueffner
Germantown
Mine explosion in Belgrade claims 36 lives
A Podvis coal mine blast near Belgrade Yugoslavia on Thursday killed at least 36 miners with 20 still unaccounted for according to Belgrade radio. Rescue efforts continue as authorities assess the disaster and determine causes.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Podvis
Belegrade Radio
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Adlai
State Crime Lab
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