Monroe electors authorize district purchase of two homes
At a special meeting the Monroe school district electors approved the Board of Education purchase of two residential properties on 15th Avenue totaling 19,500 to provide additional school grounds for Lincoln school and junior high expansion. The vote also approved specific tax levies for the purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Board of Education
15Th Avenue
Marvin Ellis
Lee Thompson
Rochester
N.Y
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Lincoln School
14Th Street
P. J. Connors
Kittelsen
Connors
D. J. Huenink
Herbert T. Johnson
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Pleasant Valley
Browntown
Hiawath
Browntown School
Gordon Kniskern
Kniskern
Eno
William Stuckey
Lee
NFO Rally Blocks Iowa Plant Loads
Demonstrations by the National Farmers Organization disrupted operations at several Midwest sites. In Ottumwa, Iowa, about 100 trucks blocked the John Morrell plant entrance for hours, while authorities cleared paths for large trucks. Two arrests were reported and windshields damaged. The NFO pressed for higher producer prices with other protests in East St. Louis and Madison, Wisconsin. Stockyards in Chicago and Omaha reached new weekly highs as cattle receipts surged. County members planned meetings at Turner Hall as isolated trouble reports emerged.
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Corning
Iowa
Midwest
National Farmers Organization
John Morrell and Co
Ottumwa
Curtis Henderson
Morrell
Henderson
William Cameron
Eddyville
NFO
East St.Louis
Swift and Co
Madison
Swift
Missouri
R. B. McKinzie
Greenfield
Stanberry
Chicago
Omaha
Green County
Brodhead
Turner Hall
Pecatonica Livestock Sales
Robert Voegel
John Dieken
Pecatonica
Soviets Trigger Second-Largest Arctic Nuclear Blast
The Soviet Union conducted its second largest nuclear explosion this year, detonation reported by the U S Atomic Energy Commission over the Arctic.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Arctic
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Swiss Visitors Celebrate New Glarus Welcoming Festival
Twenty six Swiss doctors and their wives traveled from Madison to Green County to visit Mayo Clinic and tour Jacob Voegeli’s Brown Swiss dairy farm north of Monticello. The reception at the New Glarus hotel featured Edelweiss singers, Swiss cheese, and a Danish luncheon, with local officers and organizations greeting the group.
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Jacob Voegels Brown
Monticello
Andre Nicolet
Bern
Rene Renevey
Fribourg
Switzerland
Wisconsin
Times
New Glarus
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Green County
Madison
Waldo Freitag
C. M. Stauffer
Margaret Jackson
Paul Grossenbacher
Voegeli
Howard
New
Glarus
Robert Schneider
Arnold S. Jackson
Silvia Baerlocher
Basel
A. M. Haeberlin
Zurich
Edelweiss Singers
Jaycees to Hold June Pony Show and More Activities
The Monroe Jaycees voted to host a second annual Pony and Horse Show next June, aiming to boost spectator numbers after weather hampered the first. They approved continuing multiple programs, including Halloween, teen road-eo, Youth in Government, sports, Kiddieland, and fundraising efforts. The group adopted a record high budget of 8274.15 for 1963.
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Monroe Jaycees
Jaycées
Farmers Institute
Twining Park
Carter To Direct Corn Competition at Wisconsin event
Russell Carter Green County undersheriff will direct the corn picking contest near Livingston Wisconsin on Tuesday October 2 at the Trelay Farms on the Iowa Grant County line three miles north of Livingston. The event features single row double row picker shelter and corn combine with UW specialists Orrin Berge and Randall Swanson assisting and Elmer Biddick and Sons hosting. Spectators may view new machinery seed plots and exhibits while local dealers sponsor contestants and field gleaners are provided by nearby agricultural departments.
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Russell Carter
Green County
Livingston
John Ferguson
Myron E. Jeglum
Green County Agricultural Chest
Trelay Farms
Elmer Biddick and Sons
Iowa- Grant
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Orrin Berge
Randall Swanson
Alex Richter
Platteville State College
Everett Olsen
Dodgeville
Church Set to Install Rev Storck as Assistant Pastor
Rev Donald Storck will be installed as assistant pastor of St John s United Church of Christ at 2 p m Sunday in the church. Dr Paul C Kehle of Waukesha will install. Rev John F Baumann of Darlington will preach. Liturgy by Rev Paul H Olm. Sanctuary choir to sing. Storck from Alhambra N M will attend with locals. Storck studied at Eden Theological Seminary Elmhurst College and was ordained June 17 in Alhambra.
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Donald Storck
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Paul C. Kehle
Waukesha
St. John’s
John F. Baumann
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
Darlington
Paul H. Olm
Rev. Storck
Alhambra
Storck
Eden Theological Seminary
Webster Groves
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst
Ill
Merchants to give opinions on meter fine increase
Monroe officials consider raising parking meter fines from ten to twenty five cents to reduce violators and fund deficits. Alderman Lester M. Johnson seeks chamber input after 42,702 tickets in 1960 and 42,221 in 1961, with 21,953 issued in first half of 1962 and annual projection near 44,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Lester M. Johnson
First Ward
Police and Safety Committee
Chamber
Johnson
Vernon
Bud) Schillinger
Three Die In Wisconsin Traffic Toll Rises
Three people die in a two car crash in Buffalo County and an Illinois woman perishes in a four car collision in New Berlin. The Wisconsin 1962 traffic toll reaches 628, up from a year ago, with victims identified as Donald Harris and Hebe Harris of Ohio and Ernest Redman of Athens, plus Grace Ogle of Woodstock. Police report the Harris car pulled a house trailer and the Redman car swerved into the opposite lane while Ogle died in the New Berlin crash at Highway 15 and KX.
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Buffalo County
Illinois
Waukesha County
Wisconsin
Donald Harris
Hebe
Peninsula
Ohio
Ernest H. Redman
Athens
Wis
Mondovi
Henry Ziechert
Harris
Walter Brandt
Brandt
Redman
Grace Ogle
Woodstock
Ill
Waukesha
New Berlin
Thomas Laufenberg
Milwaukee
Kennedy Criticizes House Aid Cut To Foreign Aid Funds
President Kennedy denounces a House committee plan to cut nearly 1.4 billion from this year’s foreign aid package totaling 5.96 billion. He argues the move jeopardizes free world security and urges restoration, while House leaders weigh further trimming amid opposition from Rep. Otto E. Passman.
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Washington
Kennedy
House
House Appropriations Committee
Otto E. Passman
Louisiana
Appropriations
Latin America
Asia
Europe
Alliance For Progress
Peace Corps
Stock Market Lags in Another Lackluster Session
Stock prices lagged moderately in New York trading today as declines in most key stocks were fractional. Movements of higher priced issues and growth stocks were somewhat wider.
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New York
Cheese Market in Madison Shows Ample Supplies and Steady Demand
Madison Wisconsin dairy note reports cheddar cheese market steady with fair to good demand. Supplies generally ample though some longhorns and cutting blocks unmet. Large styles adequate to ample with 40 pound blocks at 34 to 36 percent and daisies around 35 to 36 percent. Longhorns and midgets priced 37 to 38 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Unanimous House Backing for Cuba Warning Resolution
The House foreign affairs committee votes unanimously to send to the House a resolution identical to a Senate version warning Havana and Moscow against a Cuban military threat. Rusk testifies that Soviet or Cuban arms moves in Latin America could trigger US intercept actions. The 33-member Senate report declares unwavering resolve as Cuba nears 90 miles from the U.S. coast.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Havana
Moscow
United States
Cuba
U.S
House
Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations Committees
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Castro
Thomas H. Kuchel
Rcalif
Congress
Soviet Union
Rusk
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committee
Caribbean
Freezing Temperatures Hit State. Melon Crop Saved by Fires
A deep frost chilled the state with the mercury dropping to 24 degrees in the Superior-Duluth region and to 30 above zero at the city disposal plant. Farmers burned old tires in the Bechtold farm fields near Browntown to shield melons, while a motorist reported a corn field fire to authorities.
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Monroe Evening Times
Bechtolt
Highway 11
Browntown
Fred Scott
Monroe
Superior-Duluth
Black River Falls
Red Chinese retreat from northeast India back across Tibetan border
Indian military headquarters in the region reports Chinese Communist forces that crossed into northeast India last week have withdrawn toward the Tibetan frontier. The move follows pressure from Indian units and border security actions.
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New Delhi
India
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Stuckey
NFO Rally
Tion
Ernest Thierstein
Maennercher
J. S. Disch
Betterment Committee
M. L. Ingwell
Businessmen’s Association
Jacob Bruni
Legion Post
Dennis Streiff
Wilhelm Tell Guild
William Hillestad
Lions Club
Linus W. Weirwill
Swiss United Church of Christ
Mevin Streiff
Ladies Aid
Jerry Disch
Women
Jaycees
The
Associated Press
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