Appraisal Sets 162 400 Value On Fairgrounds
The Green County fairgrounds were appraised at 162 400 by three out of town real estate men. The report, sought by the Citizens School Building Advisory Committee, totals 101 200 for land plus 61 200 for improvements. A school board meeting may be held within days to discuss the appraisal.
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Green County Fairgrounds
Board of Education
Citizens School Building Advisory Committee
Brown
Fair Association
R. W. Blaha
Citizens School Committee
Skaife Rites Set for Monday in Blanchardville
Funeral services for Ronald E. Skaife who died of a heart condition will be Monday at 9 30 a m at Saether funeral home Blanchardville and at 10 a m at Immaculate Conception Church Blanchardville with Rev. Leo F Lanthier officiating Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery Blanchardville Skaife born October 8 1909 in Livingston was a former teacher in Arthur Linden and Montfort and married Frances Lauffenberg in Dubuque in 1938 He and Frances had three sons Donald and twins Terry and Jerry He was the son of John Earl and Ella Goldsworthy Skaife predeceased by his father.
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Ronald E. Skaife
St. Clare Hospital
Saether
Blanchardville
Immaculate Conception Church
Calvary Cemetery
Leo F. Lanthier
Skaife
John Earl
Ella Goldsworthy Skaife
Livingston
Livingston High School
Platteville State College
Arthur
Linden
Montfort
Dubuque
Frances Laufenberg
Donald
Terry
Jerry
Johnson Firm Plans Building for Johnson Pontiac
The Johnson Pontiac and Implement Sales Co. will construct a new building on a lot owned by Lester M. and Milton K. Johnson on Highway 11 West. Cheeseman Construction Co. of Freeport will serve as general contractor for a 50 by 85 foot steel masonry structure. The 50 by 50 foot service area will be one story while the 35 by 50 foot showroom and offices form a two story section with the parts department on the upper floor. No basement will be included. Completion is expected by December 1.
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Johnson Pontiac and Implement Sales Co
Lester M
Milton K. Johnson
Highway 11
Cheeseman Construction Co
Freeport
Beauty Salon Moves to Evening Times Annex at 905 16th Avenue
Betty's Beauty Salon opens in the Evening Times Annex at 905 16th Avenue after relocating from above the Waffle Shop on the East side of the square. Betty Sorenson, who bought the business in April 1954 from Mrs. Helen Stauffacher, takes over. Stauffacher had run the Eugene hotel location for 18 years before the December move.
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Betty’s Beauty Salon
Evening Times
16Th Avenue
Eugene Beauty Shop
Betty Sorenson
20Th Avenue
Helen Stauffacher
Cheese Day Parade Floats Under Construction in Green County
L Robert Rehm Ruth W Rehm and Morry F Krake lead a team at the fairgrounds building a series of floats for Cheese Day Inc and other groups in Monroe Green County Bankers Association WEKZ The Swiss Colony Monroe Chamber of Commerce Vie for standout pieces ahead of Saturday’s 110th anniversary event in New Glarus and Mondays Labor Day parade in Janesville with a week left to finish the decorations.
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Queens
Cheese Day, Inc
Merry F. Krake
L. Robert Rehm
Ruth W. Rehm
Fairgrounds
Times
Green County
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Morry F. Krake
Minneapolis
Rehms
Monroe
Rehm
Krake
Vaughn Displays, Inc
New Glarus
Janesville
Green County Bankers Association
WEKZ
Swiss Cotony
Monroe Chamber of Merce
Beer Firm Worker Killed in Explosion
MILWAUKEE One man was killed and seven others injured in an explosion in the machine shop of the Blatz Brewing Co The blast blew out windows and sent glass shards flying and was apparently caused by the exposure of an acetylene welding. The man killed was Gilbert Bentz 50, working in the welding room on the first floor of the shop.
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Milwaukee
Blatz Brewing Co
Gilbert Bentz
Cheddar Values Firm In Plymouth Trading
Cheddar values remained unchanged on the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange in Plymouth Wisconsin today. Sales: one car pasteurized single daisies 34 cents. Bids unfilled: two cars junior grade cheddars 2934 cents, one car junior grade pasteurized single daisies 31% cents. Offers uncovered: one car junior grade single daisies 3134 cents. Trading tone steady.
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Plymouth
Wis
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Cheese Day Volunteer Drive Advances Plans
An urgent call for volunteers to assemble sandwiches for Cheese Day is issued by Fred Feutz Jr. The project teams with the Volunteer Fire Department and Farm Bureau women to recruit more help, with mailings, a Wednesday and Thursday night shift at the Swiss Colony plant, and a 7 p.m. start each night.
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Fred Feutz Jr
Feutz
Farm Bureau
Swiss Colony
Fritos
Moest Auto Damaged In Highway 69 Mishap
Alton Moest of Route 1 Orangeville drove off the shoulder on Highway 69 a half mile south of Monroe. The car rolled after traveling 172 paces. Moest said he fell asleep. He was charged with careless driving by deputies.
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Alton Moest
Route 1
Orangeville
Highway 69
Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Moest
Modern Defense Panel Formed by Milwaukee Commission
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Civil Defense Commission voted to appoint a seven member committee to study and modernize the agency which was deemed out of date due to advances in atomic weapons.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Metropolitan Civil Defense Commission
UAW Officials Postpone 35000-Worker Strike at Pennsylvania Rail
The CIO Transport Workers Union ordered postponement of a 35,000 nonoperating employee strike on Pennsylvania Railroad after President Eisenhower created a presidential fact-finding board. TWU-CIO directed 52 locals to delay action and urged members to report to work to avoid Labor Day travel disruption. Allan Weyenberg, 13, dies after being struck by a car while running to his father's milk truck in Appleton.
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New York
CIO Transport Workers Union
Pennsylvania Railroad
Michael J. Quill
TWU
National Mediation Board
District of Columbia
Eisenhower
Quill
E. G. Thompson
Transport Workers Union, Cio
Twu-Cio
Appleton
Allan Weyenberg
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Three Greenlease ransom bills found in Chicago
Three $20 bills from the missing $303,720 ransom were found in Chicago as FBI chief Donald Hostetter announced. The discovery followed a bankwide review at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, aiding the ongoing national effort to trace the money linked to Bobby Greenlease’s 1953 kidnapping and killing.
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Chicago
Greenlease
Donald Hostetter
FBI
Bobby Greenlease
Hostetter
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank
Minot
N. C
Federal Reserve Bank of
Louis Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
St. Louis
Hall
Mrs. Heady
Denied by Officials Blames Dulles For Trudeau Firing
The New York Daily News claims President Eisenhower fired Maj. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau from Army G-2 at the personal request of CIA chief Allen Dulles. The paper says Dulles backed by John Foster Dulles pressured Eisenhower despite Pentagon and Joint Chiefs opposition. Trudeau, 54, was replaced by Maj. Gen. Ridgely Gaither and prepared to depart for the Far East. Col. Stanley Grogan disputed the report saying it is false and untrue.
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New York
New York Daily News
Eisenhower
Arthur G. Trudeau
Army Intelligence
Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
John O'Donnell
Trudeau
L Eisenhower
Pentagon
Defense Wilson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
Navy Air
John Foster Dulles
Stanley Grogan
CIA
Dulles
Ridgely Gaither
18Th Airborne Corps
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Far East
Grogan
Germany
Black Cat Crossing Path Kills Texan Boat Captain
Ira H. Kidd a 55 year old tugboat captain dies in a Houston auto crash after a dispute over a cat color. Kidd braked backed into a concrete marker, his chest was slashed by the car door. Accident investigator Sgt Brown saw a black and white alley cat flee a ditch.
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Houston
Ira H. Kidd
W. A. Danley
Danley
Kidd
Ira
R. D. Brown
Heat Wave Slams Southern California Four Deaths and Losses
Southern California endures record heat with highs around 110 in Los Angeles and 120 in Tujunga. A brush fire near San Dimas destroys 12 homes and 200 acres. Poultry losses top thousands as farmers report tens of thousands of birds dead and officials declare major impact.
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Los Angeles
San Dimas
Here
San Diego
Farm Bureau
Warren Hooper
Santa Monica
Flood Relief Funds Asked by Red Cross
Dr. John F. Caradine, chairman of the county Red Cross, appeals for donations to the flood relief fund. County contributions total just over $100 of a $563 quota while Dane County residents surpassed their goal by more than $1,000. The national drive seeks $10,000,000 for East flood victims. donations may be left at any county bank.
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John F. Caradine
County
Red Cross
Dane County
National Red Cross
New Glarus Plans Full Weekend Of Swiss Pageantry
Thousands gather for New Glarus 110th anniversary with a parade at 1 30 tomorrow, Alpine Festival, and a ball. The Wilhelm Tell Guild directs German and English plays at the Nic Kubly farm east of town. A band concert, address, and Alplerfest cap the evening program.
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New Glarus
Wilhelm Tell Guild
Nic Kubly
Legion Color Guard
Oconomowoc Legion
Belleville Legion
Henry Steussy
Highway 69
H. M. Schmid
Ball Park
Guild
Gla
Holiday Traffic Rush Under Way Over Nation
Chicago reports the Labour Day holiday travel surge as millions take to highways by car and other transport. The National Safety Council estimates 40 million cars on the move and up to 400 deaths in traffic accidents from 6 p.m. tonight to Labor Day midnight, higher than a typical 78 hour nonholiday period counted by AP.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Labor settlement ends two big auto strikes
The United Auto Workers CIO reached contracts with Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. at Milwaukee and American Motors Corp. plants in Milwaukee and Kenosha. The wage package includes immediate increases, plus annual raises, a revised cost of living formula, and a funded unemployment plan. Dr Nathan Feinsinger mediated the talks and earlier lines were withdrawn as settlements were announced.
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United Auto Workers Union
CIO
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Milwaukee
American Motors Corp
Kenosha
Allis-Chalmers
Douglas Fraser
UAW
Walter Reuther
E. F. Ohrman
Fraser
Ohrman
West Allis
la Crosse
Wis
Springfield
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Clarke and
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Stoughton
Norman Simonsen
Simonsen and Timm
Leo C. Rothe
Ft. Atkinson
Johnson Firm
Beauty
Cheddar Values
State Department of Agriculture
ADA
State
Cheese Week
Monticello
Albany
Robert E. Tschudy
E. C. Hamilton
Tschudy
Hamilton
Madison
Wilhelm Tell
Tell Family
Robert Feller
Margaret Stuessy
Oswald Schneider
Joe Anderegg
Gilbert Ott
Tell
Greenlease Bills
Black Cat
California
Glarus
Dr. Feinsinger
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