City Park Board Seeks Lincoln Gym Use for Programs
The Monroe City Park Board voted to request use of the Lincoln Gymnasium to provide temporary recreation facilities while the Wells building fate is decided. The board also eyed church spaces and the former Johnson Pontiac building as possible sites.
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Park Board
Lincoln
Lee Mitchell
State Industrial Commission
Monroe
Victor N. Schiller
Ronald D. Johnson
Industrial Commission
Mitchell
Glen H. Ridnour
Wells Building
Johnson Pontiac
9Th Street
Eagles
Recreation Park
Archie Myers
North Side Park
Myers
Lions Club
Park Band
Woman’s Club
Legion
Bernard Gibbons
Johnson
Wisconsin Recreation Association
Justice Hallows Plans Two Talks in Monroe
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Harold A. Hallows will address high school students at 11 15 a m and the Kiwanis Club in Monroe. He will speak on Sidelines on the Court Systems in the State of Wisconsin. The Kiwanis annual meeting is set for Oct 30 with officers and directors to be elected. The nominating committee will make recommendations this week.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court
Harold A. Hallows
Kiwanis Club
Rudolph P. Reger
Justice Hallows
Wisconsin
Kiwanis
Wisconsin races heat up as candidates target reform and spending
Democratic nominee Gaylord Nelson criticizes Wisconsin conservation policy as run by a rich men’s club while Republican Roland Steinle blasts Sen. Proxmire’s spending and heritage remarks. Proxmire urges strong national leadership to counter Soviet power. Lt. Gov. hopeful Phillip Nash predicts Democratic victory amid concerns over northern industrial development.
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Associated Press
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Roland Steinle
U. S
William Proxmire
Steinle
America
Green Bay
Proxmire
Madison
Russia
Phillip Nash
County Board Meets Tonight
The Jail and Courthouse committee will submit basic bids for a new county jail and the board may approve contracts with low bidders totaling about 180000 dollars. A request for extra funds for Green County hospital and salary increase petitions move to committee ahead of the annual meeting starting in October.
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Green County Hospital
Tire change fatal on Highway 30 near Madison
Leslie Wells, 47, of Wauwatosa, died at a Madison hospital Monday after suffering a heart attack while changing a flat tire on his car along Highway 30 near Madison.
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Madison
Leslie Wells
Wauwatosa
Highway 30
Quadruplet Girls In Detroit Named For Individuality
DETROIT The Ullman quadruplets, four 12 day old girls born Sunday night at Northwest Grace hospital, remained in incubators. Doctors prepared tests to confirm if they are identical as they weigh about four pounds each. Names Helen Martha Marion Catherine reflect the mother’s wish for individuality.
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Grace Hospital
Detroit
Julia Ullman
Chester H. Ullman
Clawson
Jean Holdredge
Hospital
Mary Piescinski
William F. Stanley
Ullman
Northwest Grace Hospital
Jean M. Holdredge
Helen
Martha
Marion
Catherine
New Moon Shoot Expanded With Two Additional Space Probes
New York reports the Air Force was authorized to launch two more space probes besides three lunar shots. Aiming near Venus for one probe, the plan includes a tentative November 7 lunar circumlunar flight, the last of the initial trio. Informants said authorization occurred about two months earlier.
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New York
Air Force
Los Angeles
New York Times
Venus
Times
Earth
Moon
Barn Fall Fatal Near Richland Center
Levi Williamson 76 died Monday after a 14 foot fall from the barn roof owned by his son-in-law Lester Manning near Richland Center. He was working on the roof at the time of the accident.
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Richland Center
Here
Levi Williamson
Lester Manning
Monroe
Elmer H. Foulker
10Th Avenue
Elkhorn
Foulker
Leonard French
Milwaukee
Chiang Refuses Offshore Garrison Reductions
Vice President Chen Cheng states the Nationalists will not reduce offshore island garrisons as Communist buildup faces the islands. Washington reportedly pressures Chiang Kai-shek to cut only with guarantees of immediate US intervention, a plan opposed by Nationalist and semiofficial papers.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chen Cheng
Chen
Ta Hua
Great China
Washington
United States
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
U. S
Neil McElroy
Reds
Quemoy
Road Project Contract Approved by Governor
Gov. Vernon W. Thomson approves a contract with William J. Kennedy and Son for base course work on County Trunk K east of the city. The $28,890.50 bid covers 3.746 miles with 65 days to complete, part of a $32,000 project funded by $15,880 federal and $16,120 county funds. Wisconsin Power and Light Co workers move poles as heavy grading equipment prepares the route, with two bridges already under construction.
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Vernon W. Thomson
William J. Kennedy and Son
Footville
Monroe-Twin Grove Road
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Middleton Monroe Homecoming Highlights Friday Night Game
Monroe seeks a homecoming victory as it faces Middleton at 7 45 p m after Thursday bonfire and Friday parade. Queen Joan Swiggum and captain Blythe Myers lead a 2 1 Badger League team paced by 10 lettermen amid a week of window paintings and halftime honors.
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Monroe
Cardinals
Middleton
Joan Swiggum
Elaine Signer
Beverly Koehn
Blythe
Butch) Myers
Myers
Badger
Otto Breitenbach
Larry Burealow
Pete Dehnert
Tom Goeman
Jon Gruber
Jack Hobi
Mike Hurtgen
FBI Enters Bomb Inquiry At Peoria Jewish Temple
FBI joins the probe into a bomb threat at a Peoria area Jewish temple amid broader security checks. Officials declined to release details, while local police increase patrols and urge calm as investigators review evidence.
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FBI
Peoria Jewish Temple
Cheese Surplus Stocks Fall to Six-Year Low
Washington reports surplus cheese stocks dwindled to 13 million pounds as of October 1, the smallest in six years, with total purchases under the farm price support program at 25 million pounds since April 1. Officials note more production is entering consumer markets. Butter purchases from April 1 to October 1 reached 100 million pounds, down from 120 million last year.
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Washington
Commodity Credit Corp
Judge Wheeler Dies at 106 in Oregon Wisconsin
Muscoda resident known as Judge Wheeler dies at a Wisconsin nursing home just before turning 107. He joined the Masons at 101 in Madison and was believed to be the nation’s oldest shriner. He served as justice of the peace and sold insurance until age 85.
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Muscoda
Frank
Wheeler
Oregon
Wis
Wisconsin
Masonic Order
Madison
MedWest Shrine Association
Pope Interred Rites Continue as Conclave Nears
In Vatican City, Pope Pius XII lies in a symbolic coffin as mourning masses proceed in St Peter's Basilica. Diplomats from the Holy See and about 55 cardinals prepare for the conclave beginning October 25 to elect a successor, with two from Yugoslavia and Hungary unable to attend.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Basilica
St. Peter’s
Adana
Msgr
Diego Venini
Holy See
Congregation of Cardinals
Vatican
Joseph Kripp
U. S
Secretary Dulles
Italy
Stewart Becomes Supreme Court's Youngest Member
Stewart, a 43-year-old Ohioan and former U S 6th Circuit judge in Cincinnati, is sworn in as the Supreme Court's youngest member in dual ceremonies. He fills the vacancy from Harold Burton's retirement. Warren notes Burton's 13 years on the bench. Stewart is a Republican and former prominent Cincinnati attorney.
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Washington
Potter Stewart
Supreme Court
U. S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
William O. Douglas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Stewart
Harold H. Burton
Local Police Launch Bicycle Safety Check for Licenses
City police chief Henry S. Hefty announced a new program issuing bike owner licenses with safety checks on brakes lights and reflectors. The city divides about 950 bicycles into groups of 300 for testing with days set for old registration ranges October 10 18 and 25 and new registrations accepted on final days.
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Philip Peterson
Ralph Peterson
Henry S. Hefty
John H. Walter
Monroe
Times
Anna Chapman Succumbs at 86 in South Wayne
Mrs. E A Chapman 86 died after long illness at her South Wayne home. Born January 9 1872 in Lafayette County she was married to Edward A Chapman founder of Chapman Motor Co. Surviving sons Harold Merlyn step daughters Rae Todd Mayme Gerds Lela Vanderberg a sister and six grandchildren. Services Thursday at 2 p m in South Wayne Methodist Church with burial in Eastman cemetery.
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Walworth County
Foulker
Highway 12
Wisconsin
Frederickson
Elkhorn
Stuess
Marian Foulker
Milwaukee
Louis Pintar
Brooklyn
N. Y
Willis
Monticello
Chester
Fayette
Ernest
Warren
Ill
Russell Kline
Browntown
Mary
Elisa
Frank
Arthur
Cadiz Township
Alice
South Wayne
E. A. Chapman
Lafayette County
John Wesley
Sarah Teasdale Ingersoll
Warren, Ill
Anne Marie Ingersoll
Edward A. Chapman
Chapman
Chapman Motor Co
Harold
Merlyn
Mayme Gerds
Lela Vanderberg
Chicago
Rae Todd
Belmont
Wesley
Ralph
Alita) Moon
Frances Milman
Lydia Dawson
Roxy Miller
John
Methadlist Church
Eastern Star
Royal Neighbors
Cardinal Stepinac Declines Rome Conclave Permission
Yugoslavia’s Ailing Cardinal Stepinac will not seek permission to travel to Rome for the conclave to elect a new pope, church sources state. The decision comes as speculation grows about the papal succession amid Stepinac’s frail health.
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Rome
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Alojzij
Stepinac
Crude Attack Puzzles Rabbi Had No Threats
In Peoria Illinois a basement door was shattered and windows blown as the city’s oldest synagogue Anshai Emeth suffered minor damage from a 12:30 am blast. Rabbi Joseph Ginsberg said no warnings appeared and linked this to a prior Atlanta bombing.
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Peoria
Ill
FBI
Joseph Ginsberg
Anshai Emeth
Ginsberg
Atlanta
Temple
Hebrew Benevolent Congregation
Agudas Achim
Rabbi Ginsberg
Robert Briscoe
Dublin
Agudas Achim Synagogue
Briscoe
Illinois
Dallas
Set
M. W. Blackwell
Stock Mart Mixed During Heavy Trade
Oils rose while copper shares fell in a mixed churning market late afternoon trading was heavy. Fractions to about two points moves appeared in key stocks as cross currents of buying and selling pressure swirled near a historic peak.
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New York
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Lincoln Gym
Nelson
Elmer Foulker
Anna Chapman
Stock Mart
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