Planning Unit Recommends Buying Wells Property
The Planning Commission voted 6 to 1 to recommend buying the Wells property on 11th Street for 35000, with the City Council expected to act tonight. Mayor Schiller opposed the purchase, citing the cost and uncertainty about future use and remodeling estimates.
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Victor N. Schiller
Bruce M. Blum
Blum
Stoldt
Schiller
Wells
Lee Mitchell
Park Board
Commission
Mitchell
Ronald D. Johnson
City Park and Recreation
GM and IVE Reach National Auto Pact
General Motors said it reached an overall national contract with 25,000 IVE members and will negotiate six plant specific supplements. The IUE strike coincides with the UAW action, and GM-UAW talks produced a master agreement while most plants stay idle. Only a few plants have resumed production, leaving GM car manufacturing largely paralyzed.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
United Auto Workers
UAW
Detroit Salk Clinics Open Around the Clock This Week
Emergency clinics will operate day and night in Detroit and Wayne County to administer Salk polio vaccine amid an area epidemic. Health Commissioner Dr. Joseph G. Molner reported six new polio cases Monday, raising the year’s total to 542 with 16 deaths.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Joseph G. Molner
Monroe curb and gutter ruling delays full payment
A Monroe firm may wait for 1959 legislature to authorize final payment for curb and gutter work. The city installed 7,323 feet vs 4,200 feet in the contract and has paid about $4,000. $7,551 remains. The ruling allows payment of the original 4,200 feet plus up to $1,000 more without new bids, with final payment contingent on legislative extension of the good faith work statute.
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Monroe
W. A. Stauffacher Co
Robert Sundby
Madison
League of Municipalities
Monroe Evening Times
City Atty
Arthur C. Benkert
Benkert
Sundby
Walter Ekum
Board of Public Works
Monroe Woman Injured in Crash Near Brodhead
A 44 year old Monroe resident Mrs Elynor Hanson and Darrell Luttrell 26 Rockford were injured in a two car collision at 12 40 a m near the intersection of Highway 81 and County Trunk T inside Rock County Hanson suffered extensive injuries including an eye laceration a fractured pelvis and arm a cheekbone head injury multiple contusions and rib fractures Luttrell had facial and body injuries and possible internal injuries both were taken to St Clare hospital Brecklin and an uninjured passenger were in the other car and a separate incident at Highway 59 and 39 left Emmett P McKenna uninjured
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Monroe
Rockford
Brodhead
Elynor Hanson
9Th Avenue
Darrell Luttrell
St. Clare Hospital
Luttrell
Rock County
Hanson
Laverne Brecklin
Joyce Brecklin
Brecklin
Emmett P. McKenna
12Th Avenue
Benson Sees Farmers Prosperity Amid Threats to System
Secretary Benson told a Pittsburgh audience that American farmers have never had it so good with abundant products and fair costs. He warned that forces described as a coalition of well-intended, slothful, and subversive threaten the free enterprise system and urged believers to defend the right to venture, own, and exchange.
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Pittsburgh
Benson
National Affairs Forum
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Failure Rate Rises in New York Business Week
New York business failures climbed above 300 for the first time in over three months, Dun and Bradstreet Inc. reported today, signaling a worsening trend in commercial insolvencies.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Special School Setups Speeded By the Associated Press
Plans to provide educational facilities for 17000 youths idled by Arkansas Virginia closings and Clinton Tenn dynamiting include 14 schools shut. Gov Faubus predicts private all white schools by October. private operators plan to use private buildings. In Clinton continued searching for dynamiters. 850 pupils shift to Oak Ridge elementary. Front Royal to host emergency classes for juniors and seniors.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Virginia
Clinton
Tenn
Washington
Florida
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Little Rock
Orval E. Faubus
St. Louis
T. J. Raney
Citizens’ Committee
Warren County
Front Royal
Mother Extinguishes Fire in Home Closet
Mrs. James S. Lane of 2115 8th Street carried water from the bathroom to extinguish a blaze in an upstairs bedroom closet this morning. Three fire trucks responded but the fire was out before arrival. Firemen cleared smoke. The blaze was started accidentally by the Lane's eight year old son lighting a match.
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James S. Lane
8Th Street
Lanes
Growth in Monroe Girl Scout Work Boosts United Fund Target
Monroe Girl Scout program shows gains under the United Fund Appeal with a 1959 allocation of 2250 toward an 18680 goal. Since joining the Badger Council in March 1957, Monroe has expanded camping, trained more leaders, and shared ideas with other communities to improve planning and programming.
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Monroe
United Fund
Badger Council of
Girl Scouts
Badger Council
Pope Rallies After Stroke and Improves
Pope Pius XII shows improvement after a cerebral stroke in Castel Gandolfo. He recovered from paralysis and coma, ate solid food, and recognized visitors, though the Vatican cautioned the condition remains grave. Morning bulletins note lucid senses and continued resistance to illness.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
Catholic Church
Angelo Dell’ Acqua
Vatican
John Buehler Dies at 80 After Long Illness
John Buehler 80 of 2420 11th street died at 11 30 p m yesterday in St Clare hospital after a long illness He was born February 14 1878 in Canton Bern Switzerland to John and Anna Schlappi Buehler He came to the United States in 1892 and settled in the Monroe area He married Libbie Buehler on May 24 1903 They farmed in Monroe and Orangeville before retiring and moving to town in 1941 Mrs Buehler died August 14 He is survived by nieces and nephews Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p m at the Stuessy funeral home with Rev Paul H Olm officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery
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John Buehler
11Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
Canton Bern
Switzerland
John
Anna Schlappi Buehler
Green County
St. John’s Church
Monroe
Mr. Buehler
Libbie Buehler
Orangeville
Past Chamber Heads Name Nominees for Directors
Chamber of Commerce directors voted to form a nominating committee of four past presidents to select candidates for directors in the new term. The committee will consist of Walter Kerr, Joseph Dearth, Robert Tschudy and Kenneth Stuart, and members will vote on board nominees by mail ballot.
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Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Walter Kerr
Joseph Dearth
Robert Tschudy
Kenneth Stuart
Balot
Stock Trend Mixed Gains Losses Seen
New York markets showed irregular activity with brisk trading. Motors and copper shares moved, Magma Copper fell about a point while Kennecott held, and Anaconda and Phelps Dodge rose fractionally amid small gains in long term U.S. government bonds.
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New York
Motors and Coppers
Magma Copper
Kennecott
Anaconda
Phelps Dodge
U. S
Burton to Leave Court Next Week
Justice Harold H. Burton, 70, announced retirement from the Supreme Court next Monday after 13 years, clearing the way for Eisenhower’s fifth court appointment. Burton cited medical advice and best interests, leaving a court with five Democrats and three Republicans.
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Beach
Washington
Harold H. Burton
Supreme Court
White House
Appeals Court
William J. Brennan
New Jersey State Supreme Court
Warren
Harlan
Whittaker
Atom Bomb Shelter Planned on Donald Trow Farm
Monroe contractor Russel H. Shultz will begin work tomorrow on what may be the first atom bomb shelter in Green County and perhaps southern Wisconsin. The 14 by 16 foot structure will be 13 feet underground with lead doors and a filter system to endure fallout, topped with three feet of dirt and accessed via a tunnel from the Trow farm basement.
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Russel H. Shultz
Monroe
Green County
Wisconsin
Donald Trow
Route 1
Albany
Shultz
Trow
Faubus Reveals U.S. Tax Error
Gov. Orval Faubus disclosed an IRS letter claiming punitive extra taxes on the state mansion and its maintenance account, but a Washington follow-up said a procedural mistake was made and no further action was intended. He said the notice arrived about ten days ago.
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Little Rock
Ark
Orval E. Faubus
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Washington
Faubus
Spahn to start sixth game for Braves in Milwaukee
Warren Spahn will start for the Milwaukee Braves in Wednesday's decisive sixth game at Milwaukee County Stadium. He has beaten the New York Yankees twice in the current World Series and says he is ready with an arm that is loose after a string of three straight wins since the series opener. He won the first game 4-3 and pitched a two hitter to shut out the Yanks.
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Milwaukee
Warren Spahn
New York Yankees
Milwaukee Braves
Milwaukee County Stadium
Fred Haney
Yankees
Spahn
Chiang Units Justified In Opening Fire
Washington said Communist flights over Quemoy were a provocative act. Nationalist antiaircraft fire against eight Red planes did not break the cease-fire, White said. The United States plans to end convoying Nationalist ships soon, basing the move on lack of Communist shelling. Officials stressed Red China started the trouble and U S convoying has been in international waters.
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Washington
State Department
Quemoy
Lincoln White
White
Red
United States
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Taipei
U.S
Red China
U. S
Ann Horan 94 Monroe Woman Dies in Nursing Home
Ann Horan aged 94 of 1822 11th Street Monroe died at 1 a.m. today at a Brodhead Nursing home where she resided for six months after years of illness. Born in Cincinnati she was the daughter of Patrick and Knight and attended Adams Township schools. Widow of John Horan Calvary cemetery sexton who died in 1921 she belonged to St Victor's Catholic Church and its Altar Society. Survived by nieces and nephews. preceded in death by a daughter two brothers and three sisters. Services set for 9 a.m. Thursday at Stuessy funeral home and 9:30 a.m. at St Victor's Church with burial in Calvary cemetery.
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Ann Horan
11Th Street
Brodhead
Altar Society
Michael
Thomas Knight
Mmes
Fred Sickinger
Shea
Thorp
Stuessy Funeral Home
St. Victor’s Church
E. C. McCollow
Calvary Cemetery
Madison Cheese Market Holds Steady Amid Modest Rise
In Madison Wisconsin today the American cheese market shows full steady demand and supplies ranging from short to adequate. Prices remain mostly unchanged with a fractional uptick in 40 pound blocks. cheddars and other block varieties quote near 35 to 36 dollars per 40 pounds, while individual daisies longhorns and midgets trade in the mid 35s to low 37 dollars per 40 pounds.
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Madison
Wisconsin
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