County Officials Questioned Over Unfunded Checks
District Attorney Joseph D. Viney scolded county supervisors over checks issued without funds and revealed about 96 000 in county checks outstanding last January. The board heard that the fax bounty fund was depleted and 85 in checks had been paid. The issue touched budgeting, prepayment of taxes by Monroe and townships, and a 75000 expenditure for highway repairs from heavy snow.
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Joseph D. Viney
Viney
Ray E. Kundert
Kundert
Monroe
Circuit Court
Register of Deeds
Insurance Committee
Art Johnson
Myron I. Stair
Seventh Ward
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead
Europe
Gridders Named For Opener At Lake Zurich
Lake Zurich Illinois, opening football season set for Saturday at 2 p.m. with head coach Ralph L. Neale announcing the starting lineup for the Cheese makers. Neale notes a large squad with depth concerns and a freshman quarterback candidate, Bucky Buchholtz, while backfield starters include Larry Blaser Tom Bainbridge and Grady Steensrud.
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Monroe
Ralph L. Neale
Lake Zurich
Ill
Neale
Times
Til
Robert L. Wells
Stanley Barr
Wallace A. Dunn
Bucky Buchholtz
Larry Blaser
Tom Bainbridge
Grady Steensrud
Ken Schuetz
Lester Johnson
Karl Mueller
Jim’ Swiggum
Don Dunaway
Ron Sonnenbur
Chris Peterson
Gary Blackbourn
Sam Rogula
Mt. Pleasant
Buchholtz
Bainbridge
Steensrud
Blaser
Mueller
Sonnenburg
Green County
Blackbourn
Wilh
Richard Elmer Freitag
Marvin Freitag
Route 2
Monticello
Jo Ann Montgomery
Ray Montgomery
Browntown
Richard Harry Ammon
Rudy Ammon
John Mohar
The
Cities Service Oil Co
Stock Market Holds To Higher Tone Despite Morning Gains
New York prices stayed firm in late trading as volume reached about 3.1 million shares. Major issues trimmed gains to small fractions, with General Motors up modestly amid strike uncertainties and Ford advancing about a point.
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York
General Motors
Ford
Students Simpson To Attend Workshop At Eagle River Camp
Seven students and adviser Fred R. Simpson of Monroe will attend a Trees for Tomorrow Camp workshop in Eagle River later this month. Sponsored by Wisconsin Power and Light Co, the group departs Evansville September 24 and returns September 27. Students include Lawrence Asmus, Phillip Benkett, Richard Beutel, Ronald Gavigan, Larry Hawthorn, Robert Timm, and Thomas Zuhlke.
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Me Montresign School
Eagle River
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Fred R. Simpson
Monroe
Evansville
Lawrence Asmus
Floyd Asmus
Phillip Benkett
Clarence R. Benkett
13Th Street
Richard Beutel
Paul Beutel
Ronald Gavigan
Regis Gavigan
Larry Hawthorn
Orville Hawthorn
Robert Timm
Floyd Timm
Seventh Soviet Nuclear Test Sets Off Large Atmospheric Blast
The Soviet Union conducted its seventh atmospheric nuclear test since resuming tests 13 days ago. The AEC reported a blast in the Arctic above Novaya Zemlya with force of several million tons of TNT, matching the largest in the current series, and marking the third test in the area since Sunday.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Atomic Energy Commission
Arctic
Novaya Zemlya
British Wariness Over Berlin Talks With Soviets
London Foreign Secretary Lord Home departed for Washington warning Western Allies cannot risk another failure in negotiations with the Soviet Union on a Berlin settlement.
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London
Lord Home
Washington
Soviet Union
Berlin
School Board and Citizens Meet on Expansion Plan
A joint meeting of the Board of Education and its citizens advisory committee is set for Monday September 25 at 7 30 p m in the board room to review enrollment driven issues and study feasible building options including replacing the 55 year old junior high wing or adding to the new high school. Dr Leslie G Kindschi chairs the panel with members H L Fenton Edward M Adam Herbert T Johnson Herbert E Lanz James Quinn Walter Bahler Carl Wyss Hedwig Deininger Franklin Luebchow Alice Livingston and a Junior High PTA representative.
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Board of Education
Citizens Advisory Committee
Leslie G. Kindschi
Citizens Committee
H. L. Fenton
Edward M. Adam
Herbert T. Johnson
Herbert E. Lanz
James Quinn
Walter Bahler
Browntown
Carl Wyss
Illiff
Hedwig Deininger
Richland
Franklin Luebchow
Alice Livingston
Monroe
Remains Critical for Former Senator Green at Hospital
In Providence Rhode Island former U S Senator Theodore Francis Green age 93 was described as fairly comfortable today though a spokesman said his condition remains critical. He is suffering from a heart block at Jane Brown hospital.
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Providence
R. I. Ww
U.S
Theodore Francis Green
Jane Brown Hospital
Green
Watershed group selects 11 directors in Monticello meeting
The Upper Little Sugar River Watershed designates 11 directors at Monticello high school gym. Election splits on a Monticello Village seat after a runoff. Directors plan a Sept 20 meeting to elect officers and draft a constitution and bylaws while pursuing federal aid for flood control and recreation projects including 10 to 15 structures and land drainage upgrades. Waldo Freitag spoke after returning from Berlin and Russia.
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Little Sugar River
Monticello High School
Herman Pluss
Albany Township
William ‘Moser
Exeter Township
Peter Bakker
Pleasant
Robert Hoesly
New Glarus
Tony Beutler
Waldo Freitag
Berlin
Russia
GM UAW strike stalls as talks fail to meet Thursday aim
Detroit reports that GM and the UAW failed to secure enough at the plant local agreements to finish a three year contract by Thursday. Over 90 GM plants were idled, while 36 remained open and 43 had reached local accords. The union postponed the GM conference to allow bargaining at plants.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
General Motors
Political Action Group Formed in Monroe Chamber
About fourteen members of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce formed a new political action committee at a chamber meeting in Marco's last night. A schedule of breakfast and luncheon meetings for the group will be established. The program aims to help businessmen participate in politics through their chosen parties in selecting and nominating public officials. Retail committee members planned to hire Santa Claus again for the holidays and discussed a special October promotion tied to Friday the 13th, with Christmas store hours to be set in October.
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Ourteen Meriuers
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Marco
Robert Colvin
Cedar Rapids
National Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Cantwell Promoted To Sports Editor Job
Cantwell 38, a Wisconsin State Journal sports staffer since 1953, is named the new sports editor succeeding the late Henry J. McCormick. University of Wisconsin graduate and Shawano high school state commerce champion team member is announced by Managing Editor Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick.
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Mallisun
Roger Cantwell
Wisconsin State Journal
Henry J. McCormick
Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick Cantwell
University of Wisconsin
Shawano
Cleanup Surges Across Texas After Carla Havoc
As rain subsided in Texas and western Louisiana floodwaters linger, rescue workers face a massive recovery. The death toll stands at 15 with hundreds missing or stranded along 250 miles of ruined coastline. Hospitals report tornado deaths in Galveston and nearby towns as thousands await power, water, and sewer restoration.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Carla
Gulf of Mexico
Missouri
Price Daniel
Texas City
J. N. Olson
Harris
Ernie Miles
Fullbright
Jonesboro
Freeport
Associated Press
Charles Green
Dow Chemical’ Co
Hoskins Mound
Edna
Flood Warnings Issued for Pecatonica River region
The U S Weather Bureau issued a flood warning for the Pecatonica River with the east branch expected to crest between 11 and 12 feet at Blanchardville and Martintown also at 11 feet. Monroe reports 4.32 inches of rain since yesterday, with forecast to rise by two more inches before cessation tomorrow.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pecatonica River
Weather Bureau
Pecatonica
Blanchardville
Martintown
Monroe
Frank Schiesser
York Township
Kennedy Defeated Over School Aid Extension Vote
The Senate approved a two year extension of two school aid programs by 80 to 7 after a 45 to 40 defeat of a one year extension bid. President Kennedy urged a one year delay to allow re evaluation in 1962. Wayne Morse and Mike Mansfield figures were involved in the debate.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Berliners aid Carla victims with US gratitude drive
West Berliners raise funds to aid Hurricane Carla victims as Morgenpost appeals under a banner promising thanks to America. The paper notes American soldiers are ready to risk their lives for Berlin and urges locals to help those who helped them.
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Slissin 7
United States
Morgenpost
America
Berlin
Robot Taken On Successful Astronaut Test
A two ton Mercury capsule with an artificial astronaut completed one orbit after launch from Cape Canaveral and was recovered 161 miles east of Bermuda by USS Decatur. NASA said the craft will be studied on return. Astronauts Shepard and Glom are noted as veterans of earlier suborbital flights.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
Decatur
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Cape Canaveral Test Center
NASA
Atlantic
Guaymas
Mexico
Atlas
Mercury Control Center
Alan B Shepard Jr
Virgil I. Glom
French Plane Crash Kills 1
A French Carvelle twin jet airliner crashed in a Rabat ravine in heavy fog killing seven aboard. Victims include three Americans Neville Fowler John Brown and W Paige, plus diplomats and a Kuwaiti prince among others.
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Wabat
Morocco
Rabat
U.S
Cairo
Paris
Air France
Neville Fowler
Pittsburgh
John Brown
Bayside
W. Paige
John Quinn
Australia
United Arab Republic
Mohammed Boufini
Foreign Ministry
Prince Sakhri
Kuwait
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Simpson
Eagle River Camp
To Hear
Watershed Group
Mercury Space Unit
Cantwell
Carla Havoc Serious
Ronnie Thompson
Lavaca Bay
Matagorda Bay
Port O'Connor
Mustang Island
Esther
Betsy
Debbie
Africa
San Juan
P.R
West
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