Yankees Blank Reds as Ford, Howard, Skowron Shine
Whitey Ford twirled a two hitter to blank Cincinnati 2-0 as Elston Howard and Bill Skowron hit homers in the World Series opener at Yankee Stadium before 62,397. Ford fanned six and walked one in his eighth World Series win with a third straight series shutout.
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New York
Whitey Ford
Cincinnati Reds
Elston Howard
Bill Skowron
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Ford
Pittsburgh
O'Toole
Whitey
Howard
Skowron
Eddie Kasko
Wally Post
Cincinnati
Lynch
Blasingame
Boyer
Kubel
Kasko
Pinson
Kubek
Ralph Terry
Yanks
Joey Jay
Reds
Roger Maris
Yankee
Gratiot Bridge Will Be Raised In Highway 11 Work
Construction to raise Wolf Creek crossing on Highway 11 east of Gratiot will enlarge the roadway from 32 to 44 feet with a 24 foot asphalt surface and 10 foot gravel shoulders. Highway 11 closed until fall base course. detour via 81 to Argyle and Darlington then 23 to 11. Work continues into spring 1962. Janesville Construction Co. is contractor. John Gray resident engineer.
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Gratiot
Wolf Creek
Pecatonica
Monroe
Argyle
Darlington
Janesville Construction Co
John Gray
Moose Lodge to Sponsor Cub Scout Program in Monroe
Moose Lodge voters in Monroe approved sponsoring the Cub Scout program for all packs except Pack 310, led by St. Victor's Church. Jack Marty named lodge representative. Plans set for 46th anniversary dinner and enrollment on Sunday Nov 12. Monroe degree staff to enroll new members Tuesday Oct 17. Halloween party on Tuesday Oct 31. Luncheon chair Fred B. Trickel. Arthur E. Meyers won meeting prize.
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Moose Lodge
Monroe
St. Victor’s Catholic
Jack Marty
Fred B. Trickel
Arthur E. Meyers
Stocks Hold Gains After Slower Trading
Stocks retained most of their gains as trading slowed after a brisk morning rally led by rails. About 3.3 million shares changed hands with Ford turning positive after an early decline. Other autos advanced slightly while steels rubbers retailers utilities tobaccos and electrical equipment also rose.
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Ford
Monroe Homecoming Parade and Dance Planned for Friday
Monroe High School outlines Homecoming events including a 3 p.m. Friday parade around the square featuring Karen Loveland as queen with attendants Sandy Babler and Sandy Burkhalter, plus cheerleaders and the Pep Band. A Friday night football game against Ft. Atkinson follows, with Miles Adam as master of ceremonies. A 9 p.m. to midnight dance in the M room for students and recent alumni costs $2 per couple or $1.25 per person.
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Monroe
Roger Brunkow
Karen Loveland
Sandy Babler
Sandy Burkhalter
Ft. Atkinson
Miles Adam
Monroe High School
Adam
Fred L. Kohli
Knight Names Nixon Dealer and Offer to Edgerton
Former California governor Goodwin J Knight accused Los Angeles financier J Howard Edgerton of offering him state jobs to drop his bid for governor after a meeting at Richard Nixon's home on August 7 Edgerton denied the allegations In Madison Wisconsin Patrick Lucey announced R Sargent Shriver Peace Corps director would give the keynote at the state party convention October 15 in Eau Claire
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Los Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
J. Howard Edgerton
Nixon
California
Knight
Edgerton
Shriver
Madison
Patrick Lucey
Democratic Party of
Wisconsin
R. Sargent Shriver
US Peace Corps
Eau Claire
Swisconsin Brand Acquired by Monroe Swiss Cheese Corp
Monroe Cheese Corp. announced it has acquired the Swisconsin brand from Otto Anderegg of New Glarus. Edwin Rufenacht, president, said the full brand name Swisconsin Yodel Club will be used on Swiss and other cheeses. Anderegg used the Wisconsin branded packaging for 15 years, a name that gained visibility at the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial State Fair. Rufenacht helped found Monroe Cheese Corp. on Oct. 31, 1959, and the firm has grown into a major Swiss cheese assembly operation in Wisconsin.
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Otto Anderegg
New Glarus
Monroe Cheese Corp
Edwin Rufenacht
Rufenacht
Anderegg
Monroe
Pauly Cheese Co
Wisconsin
Nelson Refuses Action in Strike at Ladysmith Paper Mills
Gov Nelson said state personnel were not needed to assist in law enforcement during the Peavey Paper Mills strike in Ladysmith despite a local official reporting urgent need. The plant suffered $15 000 to $25 000 in damage after rocks were thrown into machines. Elmer P Meinz of the International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers urged calm, while he blamed company agents or sympathizers for any incidents.
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Elmer P. Meinz
St. Paul, Minn
Meinz
Immanuel EUB Church Pageant Recreates 100 Year History
The Immanuel EUB church presents a pageant detailing a century of history tomorrow night at the church. Cast members wear period attire and the program includes Rev Lyndon Viel's address. The event, written by Edna Mackey and arranged by Rev Karl Koch, features Thomas Norager as organist and several actors portraying early church figures.
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Immanuel Eub Church
Kouples
Eub
Lyndon Viel
Arcadia
Viel
Monroe High School
Mabel Viel
Lyndon C. Viel
Edna Mackey
Karl F. Koch
Thomas Norager
Arthur Nondahl
Robert Schuler
Jacob Stolle
Calvin Erickson
J. J. Ruegger
Arthur Whipple
C. F. Asmus
Ruegger
Switzerland
Robjrt Babler
Harley Shelton
William Blum
John Stolle
Henry Schindler
Virgil Tertin
J. Tschudy
La‘Verne Schmerse
United Fund-Three USO to Provide Feeling of Home
The 32nd Division mobilization brings USO to the fore with a $100 budget allocation this year. Chartered Feb 4 1941 in New York, USO aims to give troops and families a sense of home through live shows and welfare services. Board members include YMCA National Catholic Community Service and others. Expansion of USO services is underway to meet the current crisis.
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United Service Organization
USO
New York
Eighth Army
Korea
United States
USC Board of Governors
YMCA
National Catholic Community Service
National Jewish Welfare Board
The
Young Women's Christian Association
Salvation Army
National Travelers’Aid Association
Monroe Aldermen Table Trailer Proposal and Pay Rise Vote
Monroe aldermen unanimously tabled a mobile home ordinance after a public hearing where owners and dealers urged opposition. An ordinance to ban selling farm produce from trucks in Market Square was approved 5 to 3, while a proposed salary increase for aldermen from 600 to 1200 a year failed 7 to 1. Mayor Evans protested the salary hike as Aldermen also approved signs over sidewalks and elm tree spraying to curb Dutch Elm disease.
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Monroe
Ray Hughes
Hughes
Wendell L. Simmons
Victor N. Schiller
Glen Thronson
Roy Chesebro
D. J. Huenink
Travers
Market Square
Lincoln School
Fred R. Simpson
Fourth Ward
Walter Bober
Seventh Ward
Rex N. Eyler
Eighth Ward
Harry F. Sauer
Brodhead
Sauer
Eyler
Lester M. Johnson
First Ward
Bober
Nance Committee
Orville R. Evans
Ford Tioup Feared on Issues Deepening Auto Strike
Ford Motor Company faced renewed bargaining after a two and a half month strike by 120,000 UAW workers. Negotiations resumed at 10 a.m. but stalled over production standards working conditions contractor lines and plant representation. UAW President Walter Reuther and Ford VP Malcolm L Denise described a wide gap despite a near identical economic package to General Motors. The dispute centers on job conditions contract representation and the Dearborn steel plant.
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Dkinuis
Rera Mowr Co
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Ford
Michigan
Malcolm L. Denise
Walter P. Reuther
General Motors
Ford Steel
Dearborn
Kansas Worker Held in Stabbing
A Kansas pipeline worker, Roscoe Boren, 47, Jetmore, is jailed on an open charge after stabbing colleague James Halford, 24, Geneseo, three times in the abdomen and chest near the Eagles tavern on the west side of the square. Halford, who fled into the hotel lobby, was treated at St. Clare hospital. the weapon remains missing.
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Kansas Pipeline
Roscoe Boren
Jetmore
Kan
Monroe Hotel
James Halford
Geneseo
Eagles Tavern
16Th Avenue
Halford
St. Clare Hospital
Boren
Hayford
R. H. Fulton Co
Lubbock, Tex
Rayburn Illness Puzzles Doctors
Dallas Texas Speaker Sam Rayburn remained on the serious list at Baylor hospital. Doctors planned more tests Thursday after a night described as reasonably comfortable. An aide said Rayburn appeared better and joked about further testing as a Dallas team led by Dr Robert F started Tuesday with no comment on an exploratory operation.
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Dallas
Sam Rayburn
Baylor Hospital
Rayburn
Robert F
Dallas Sur
First Guard Trains Start Leaving State For Ft. Lewis
Wisconsin's 32nd Division National Guardsmen begin active duty preparations with a 40-train move to Ft. Lewis Washington. About 10,000 men will report Oct. 15 and be in position by Oct. 29. Trains staged at 20 points, 50 to 400 men per train, with railroads arranging clear tracks for the 50 hour journey. Some equipment may travel separately and arrive after Oct. 29.
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Wisconsin
32Nd Division
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Guard
Camp Williams
Monroe County
Airport Actions Receive Approval by City Council
City Council approved two airport measures clearing the way for an early start after four years of delays. The first petition seeks land acquisition on Albany Road three miles northeast of the city with negotiations ongoing with landowners John Ruff Fred Weiss and Ralph Shaffer and potential condemnation. The second action ratified a $95 000 state and federal aid project under FAA terms, a formal step after full agreement among city state and federal agencies.
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State Aeronautics Commission
Albany Road
John Ruff
Fred Weiss
Ralph Shaffer
State Commission
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Amerman Fred Simpson
Council
Polaris Fired Cape Canaveral Report Says A2 Model Launch
An advanced A2 Polaris missile scooted over 1500 miles after a shipboard launch. The test paves the way for initial firings from a submarine.
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Cape Canaveral
Fra
Kennedy to Meet Gromyko on Berlin Parley Views
President Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko will confer Friday in Washington on Berlin. The White House said the talks aim to explore East West negotiations and possible breakthroughs while outlining U S views before Gromyko departs for Moscow. NATO buildup and U S Soviet diplomatic channels were noted as ongoing.
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Washington
Kennedy
Gromyko
Berlin
White House
Pierre Salinger
New York
State Rusk
Salinger
State Department
West Berlin
East Germany
U.S
Moscow
Llewellyn Thompson
United Nations
Lauris Norstad
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Rusk
Defense McNamara
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ivan S. Konev
East Berlin
Europe
Wisconsin Farm Progress Exposition Opens Near Beloit
The 1961 Farm Progress Exposition opened on Colley Road just east of Beloit for a three day run with Gov Nelson delivering the opening address. More than 150000 visitors were predicted to attend as 12 state agencies co sponsor the event featuring soil judging contests for 60 4H and Future Farmers teams plus demonstrations of corn harvesting livestock feeding wagon rides and over 250 farm equipment displays valued near 3 million dollars. University of Wisconsin official F W Burcalow called it the largest display in eight years.
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Bels
Colley Road
Beloit
Nelson
Stand Rock
F. W. Burcalow
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
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Moose
Delos Barrett
Richard Nondahl
Susan Hendrickson
Thomas Nondahl
Times
Rev. Viel
United Fund—No
JFK
Long Ford Tioup
Kansas
First Guard
State
Norstad
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