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Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1962

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Reds Drive Deeper India on War Alert

Chinese troops pushed farther into India as President Radhakrishnan declared a state of emergency. Nehru’s government gained sweeping powers to mobilize 457 million people for defense while clashes continued at Towang and Chushul on the northeastern frontier and in Ladakh.

New Delhi India Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Nehru Red China Defense Ministry Jang Towang Assam Tewang Ladakh Poeet Chushul Tibet

Badger Conference Considers Summer Baseball Trial

Coaches approve a one year trial for summer baseball extending season to June 27, delaying state tournament. Wisconsin High may close next year. Sun Prairie joins Badger League replacing Wisconsin High. Commissioner hire and 18 game basketball season approved. football to nine games with eight league contests and one non conference game.

Badger Marco's Wisconsin High University of Wisconsin Sun Prairie Badger League Madison

Next Week's Menus For School Cafeteria

Editor notes help mothers plan meals as menus for the coming week list items for Monday through Wednesday. It notes no school Thursday or Friday due to a teachers convention and includes items such as beef and noodles w green beans w pear or plum sauce and bread.

748 Area Students Get Tuberculin Skin Tests

A total of 748 students and adults were tuberculin skin tested in the Monroe Joint School District and St Victor s parochial schools during the past two weeks. Centers were held at several locations and nurses assisted. The test is offered to students in grades one five nine and twelve and to school employees and cafeteria staff. A positive reaction indicates past exposure to tuberculosis. Chest X-rays are recommended for reactors, with followup funding from the Monroe Anti Tuberculosis Association.

Monroe St. Victor’s Browntown West Clarno Hiawatha East South North Lincoln Kathryn Etter Merlin Olson Edward Zupanec Paul Neubauer Bruce Reichert David Bennett Monroe Anti-Tuberculosis Association

Ferron To Head Monroe Kiwanis

John E. Ferron was elected the new president of the Monroe Kiwanis Club at a Swiss Wheel meeting. Rev. Paul H. Olm was chosen as vice president with William K. Bauman Walter J. Kerr and William Rees as directors. Dr. Robert R. Baumann joined as a new member and Ray E. Kundert announced tickets for the Kiwanis farmer night at the Monroe Country Club on Wednesday Nov 14.

John E. Ferron Monroe Kiwanis Club D. J. Huenink Paul H. Olm William K. Bauman Walter J. Kerr William Rees Robert R. Baumann Ray E. Kundert Kiwanis Monroe Country Club

Stock Prices Slip As Steel Shares Weaken

In dull late trading, steels led declines as the stock market drifted lower. Trading volume was about 2.7 million shares, down from 3.95 million on Thursday, with most key stocks slipping fractions to around a point and some steel issues dropping more than 2 points.

New York

Picking Contest Plans Launched At Meeting Here

Green County officials and rural and city leaders convened in the agricultural building to launch preparations for the 1963 national corn picking contest. Attendees reviewed the 1962 Grand Island event in Nebraska and urged thorough planning, time schedules, and educational exhibitions, with emphasis on promoting Green County cheese and dairy products.

Grand Island Neb Green County Green County Agricultural Chest United Action Council Russell Carter Juda Carter North Central Willis Riemer Decatur Township John L. Ferguson J and W Implement Sales, Inc Ferguson John Zurfluh Chest James E. Volkert Volkert

YGOP Plans Election Parade On Monticello Square

The newly formed Young GOP will stage an election parade on the square next Friday night November 2 with a sound truck hay wagon the Monticello band and candidates for county and state offices. Members will distribute literature Republican buttons and meet at the Mansion at 6 30 p.m. to decorate the sound track before marching between 7 30 and 8 p.m. The group will also run a Get Out the Vote telephone campaign before the November 6 election.

Merlin J. Meythaler Monticello YGOP

Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rises With Three Fatal Crashes

Three die in state traffic incidents raising 1962 Wisconsin toll to 758. Marshfield resident William B Easter, 50, died when his stalled car was hit by a truck south of Marshfield. In Polk County, Harry Hendrickson and Sam Swanson, both in their late sixties of rural Luck, perished in a head on collision on Highway 35 north of Milltown.

Wood County Wisconsin William B. Easter Marshfield Harry Hendrickson Sam Swanson Highway 35 Milltown Polk County

Propaganda Briefings Stir Row Over Cuban Blockade Talks

Congressmen and governors attended secret briefings on the Cuban blockade led by Defense and State officials. Republicans criticized the sessions as political theater while Democrats warned of partisan wrangling. Governors Rockefeller and Hughes weighed in on the controversy amid mixed bipartisan comment.

Washington Joseph S. Clark Thomas M. Pelly R-Wash State Department

U.S. Economy In Good Shape Amid Cuban Tensions

Business and industry leaders say the U.S. economy is better prepared now than in 1941 or 1950 to absorb Cuban crisis demands. They note abundant materials, manpower, energy, and distribution, with potential tax-cut impacts and uncertainty about future government controls.

New York US S Kennedy John E. Swearingen Standard Oil Co Indiana

United Church Setup Approved in Wisconsin Merger

Delegates from the Congregational Conference and the North and South Wisconsin Synods voted to merge into the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ. Rev. Ben M. Herbster noted the nationwide process took 19 years, with 15 months in Wisconsin. The merger encompasses over 100000 members and 330 churches. Wisconsin becomes the fifth state with a United Church conference.

Madison Congregational Conference Wisconsin Evangelical and Reformed Church

Navy boards Russian freighter bound for Havana

A US Navy boarding of the Lebanese flagged Maruela 180 miles northeast of Nassau found no prohibited weapons. The ship carried 12 trucks sulphur paper rolls and truck parts and was allowed to proceed to Havana after papers and cargo manifest were checked.

Washington Maruela Havana Arthur Sylvester Navy Joseph P. Kennedy Sylvester Lloyd’s Shipping Registry Maracla Nassau Bahamas John R. Pierce Pierce Bucharest Cuba Defense Department Tis Robert S. McNamara Kennedy Europe

Further U S Action Indicated Over Cuban Missile Buildup

A State Department spokesman warned that further action would be justified if Cuba’s offensive military preparations continue, noting ongoing missile site construction and the national quarantine against offensive arms while denying specifics of possible steps. The White House reported no easing of the Cuban crisis in the last 24 hours.

Washington State Department Cuba Lincoln White U.S White United States White House

Peter Humphrey Dies in San Francisco Car Crash

Peter Humphrey 52 West Coast cheese broker well known in Monroe and Wisconsin was killed in a one car accident near San Francisco about 10 30 last night friends here were notified today He had specialized in Green County Swiss cheese and had historic ties to Borden Cheese Co and his own brokerage in San Francisco He is survived by his widow Dorothy and two daughters The body was taken to Russell Couches funeral home in Mill Valley California

Peter Humphrey Monroe Wisconsin San Francisco Humphrey Green County Monroe Country Club St. Clare Hospital Chicago Ray Kubly Robert F. Marty Borden Cheese Co Boston Philadelphia Kansas Dorothy Russell Couches Mill Valley

Meat Cost Spiral Drives September Price Jump

Washington reports a six tenths of one percent rise in the September cost of living, the largest in over four years. The gain is mainly from higher meat prices after farmers in the Midwest withheld cattle from markets.

Washington

Thant Opens Cuba Talks With US and Soviet Envoys

Acting Secretary-General U Thant began cooling off talks with US officials aiming to negotiate an end to the Cuban crisis. He planned meetings with Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister A Zorin and Cuban Ambassador M Garcia-Inchaustegui. Stevenson clashed with Zorin in a tense Security Council session as Washington kept its blockade and demand for missiles' removal.

U Thant United Nations U.N. Security Council Thant Kennedy Khrushchev Cuba U.S N.Y United States Francis Plimpton Charles W. Yost Adlai E. Stevenson Washington Valerian A. Zorin Mario Garcia- Inchaustegui Stevenson National Security Council Moscow Soviet Union Security Council White House Zorin

United Fund campaign reaches halfway toward goal

The United Fund drive shows $10,040.20 raised toward a $20,935 target. The Pacesetters drive leads ahead of last year, but the campaign is not finished and both business and residential drives continue.

United Fund

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