Eisenhower Winds Up Campaign Push for Republican Congress
President Eisenhower makes a final bid with radio and TV from Baltimore as Republicans seek a nationwide win. Democrats argue his so called achievements come from a Democratic Congress and warn against radicalism politics.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
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Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
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Indianapolis
Johnson
Paul Butler
Butler
Nixon
Billings
Mont
Everett
Wash
Alaska
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chicago
White House
Meade Alcorn
Alcorn
Republican Party
Monroe FFA Chapter Crowned One of Nation's Top Hundred
The Monroe High School Future Farmers of America unit was named one of the 100 outstanding FFA chapters in the nation. The honor was announced this week by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare with the national FFA officers. The local chapter is in the silver division among Wisconsin recipients, out of 9,054 high school chapters nationwide.
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Monroe High School
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Federal
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Wisconsin
Best Halloween Event 278 Parade Of Goblins And Ghosts
Halloween activities drew hundreds as the Monroe community hosted a large parade with 578 children marching and 600 plus at a Lincoln gym party. Mild weather aided success, with UNICEF fundraising and multiple organizations supporting the program.
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Ronald D. Johnson
Park and Recreation
Lincoln Gymnasium
Shrine - KC
Alden J. Hawthorne
Monroe
Wisconsin High
Goetz Theater
Peterson
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Relief Fund
Monroe Christian Youth Council
Unicef
Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Youth Council
Park Board
United Fund
Jaycees
Larry Trayser
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange Sees No Sales Today
No cheddar offers or sales were reported at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange in Green Bay. Unfilled bids included two cars of 40 pound blocks at 33 cents and one car pasteurized single daisies at 34 1/2 cents. No offers were recorded.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Campaign Blast Sparks Wisconsin Gubernatorial Debate
Nelson charges Governor Thomson used state planes and staff for travel expenses while Thomson defends against out of state labor pressure. Steinle attacks Proxmire on socialism as tax burden claims surface in Milwaukee. Both sides emphasize campaign finance and use of public resources in race context.
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Thomson
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
U.S
Roland Steinle
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Milwaukee
Secret inquiry approved in Ruth Schmidt death case
Oshkosh authorities scheduled a secret hearing to probe Ruth Schmidt’s death. Winnebago County Sheriff Lowry said he believed the 17 year old was slain and District Attorney Steinhilber pursued the inquest to gain progress. An autopsy report was kept confidential as the Crime Laboratory completes its work. The body was found west of Oshkosh with jaw injuries and missing teeth. Police also seek Vernon Dill, 22, a convicted thief who left town the night she disappeared and is charged with parole violations.
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Oshkosh
Winnebago County
Charles Lowry
Ruth Schmidt
Dist. Atty
John Steinhilber
Vernon Dill
Man
Miss Schmidt
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Auditor Urges Bids For Highway Equipment Purchases
A Monroe auditor urged the county highway committee to use competitive bidding for equipment purchases during a public hearing on the proposed 1958 957 249 budget. He noted bid openness protects all and criticized the control by three individuals amid the highway budget dominance.
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Monroe
County Highway Committee
Merlin J. Meythaler
Meythaler
Ed Bidlingmaier
Will Spring
Ray Grady
Highway Committee
Bidlingmaier
Alvin Moritz
T. R. Newman
H. Eugene Segner
Dist
Franz W. Brand
R. Finley Barry
Victor N. Schiller
Monroe Second Ward
Marion Lewis
Jordan Township
William Heinzelman
General Fund
County Service Commissioners
Veterans’ Fund
Purdue Golden Girl to perform same halftime dance
Purdue University will feature Adelaide Jeanne Darling known as the Golden Girl in the halftime show against Illinois. band leader Al Wright confirmed drill formations were adjusted after a student protest, but Darling will repeat her Hawaiian wiggle routine from the Notre Dame game.
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Purdue
Notre Dame
Wright
Bonfire Accident Claims Leaf Raker Olaf Johnson
Olaf Johnson, 79, of Blanchardville, dies at St. Clare hospital after severe burns from a leaf raking bonfire at his home. Witness sister Mrs Anne Olson saw flames ignite his wool sweater. Johnson had third degree burns over 97 percent of his body. Survivors include two sisters, Mrs Olson and Mrs Tilliella of Monroe. funeral arrangements at Saether.
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Olaf Johnson
Blanchardville
St. Clare Hospital
Ralph Hanson
Johnson
Anne Olson
Laether
Adams Township
Adams
Lutheran Church
Olson
Tilliella
Monroe
Saether Funeral Home
Suspect Admits Strangling Three Los Angeles Models
Harvey M. Glatman, 30, of Los Angeles, confessed to killing three models Mrs. Shirley Ann Loy Bridgeford 24 Miss Ruth Rita Mercado 24 and Mrs. Judy Ann Dull 19. He led officers to desert graves near Escondido Indio and described the killings using a rope and sash cord. A fourth woman Miss Lorraine Vigil 28 narrowly escaped when officers intervened during a car confrontation on the Santa Ana Freeway.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Los Angeles
Harvey M. Glatman
Escondido
San Diego County
Shirley Ann Loy Bridgeford
Ruth Rita Mercado
Desert
Ind
New York
Colorado
Dull
Indio
George Williams
Pasadena
Glatman
Sun Valley
Escondio
Cold Prevents Visit Here by Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Eleanor Smith Republican candidate for Congress canceled her scheduled visit this afternoon in Green County and Monroe because of a severe cold and laryngitis. She telephoned from Racine to say she was advised by her physician to rest over the weekend.
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Eleanor Smith
Congress
Green County
Monroe
Surviving Miners Refuse Return to Coal Work
In Springhill Nova Scotia twelve men rescued from a week entombment say they will not return to mining. Levi Milley 47 says he will seek a chicken farm job and Harold Brine vows not to go back underground. Rescue crews press on at Cumberland colliery for 49 missing miners with slim hope.
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Springhill
N. S
Levi Milley
Harold Brine
Cumberland
Frank Doxey
Mrs. Stokes Dies At 62 In Wisconsin Home
Mrs Willis Stokes Sr 62 of Route 2 Monticello died at 8 30 am at her home of a cerebral hemorrhage after three years illness She was born Anna Steiner April 15 1896 in Shullsburg taught in Green County and Judo schools survived by husband Willis Jr son four brothers a sister and a grandson Services Monday at 9 am Stuessy funeral home then 9 30 am at St Victor s Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery Rosary Sunday at 8 pm in the funeral home.
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Willis Stokes Sr
Route 2
Monticello
Stokes
Anna Steiner
Shullsburg
Carl
Agnes Noe Steiner
Monroe
Green County
Stuessy Funeral Home
Stock Market Trend Irregular in Trading
New York stocks showed uneven movement in early trading with gains and losses fluctuating from fractions to about a point. Copper shares fell after a London report warned Britain may release stockpiled copper to ease Rhodesia strike shortages while aircrafts and oils rose and rail, airline, drug, and mail order issues mostly declined.
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New York
London
Rhodesia
Geneva Talks on Suspension Get Under Way
Russia demands an immediate permanent suspension of nuclear tests under international control as Geneva talks begin with the United States and Britain. Western nations push for a temporary halt while a verification system is debated, with Los Angeles fallout concerns and a Nevada test series concluding.
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Associated Press
Russia
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
United States
Britain
Tsarapkin
West
Soviet Union
Arctic Proving Grounds
U. S
Pacific
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Angeles
Norris Poulson
AEC
Washington
W. F. Libby
Libby
ABC
Free World
Board Studies Home Addition in Lafayette County
The Lafayette County Board held a special session on adding a 32 by 164 foot addition to the County Home and remodeling work. The project, submitted by Dotson Track of Darlington, is estimated at 50 thousand dollars and will be revisited at the November 12 meeting.
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Darlington
Lafayette County Board
Darlington Township
Dotson Track
United Fund Total Reaches 13804 In 1953 Drive
The 1953 United Fund Appeal reports gifts and pledges totaling 13804 for next year’s operations. The amount is 73.8 percent of the 18680 goal set for this year’s drive.
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United Fund
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