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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1964
Page
1
Detroit talks between the UAW and General Motors stall on working conditions production standards union representation and layoffs as a 10 am Friday strike deadline looms. Leaders cite no substantial progress but say settlement possible with continued talks.
The Chicago and North Western Railway and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad announced they reached principal terms for a proposed merger, signaling a major consolidation in the regional rail network.
Dodge's Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co. remodeled after 42 years using an English Colonial style chosen to reflect the Dodge family ancestry to 1629. The fourth generation firm enlarged offices by 10 feet and kept furnace, AC, and scales. An open house Friday and Saturday offers showroom tours, Q&A, and prize drawings.
New York stocks moved irregularly with airlines as the strongest group. Trading stayed active and most key stock changes were fractional. Airlines showed gains up to a point or better while the Big Three motors posted small losses as the Friday strike deadline approached and GM held its 1965 car price line.
Erratic 45 mph winds drove a fast moving blaze into the Montecito area east of Santa Barbara destroying at least 30 costly homes and forcing evacuations including 600 Westmont College students. Across California fires charred 50 000 acres with 100 buildings burned as Napa Sonoma Calistoga areas faced multiple fronts. Firefighters and borate bombers battled fronts where winds conferred dangerous flare ups and dry conditions."
A 30 year old Seymour man Leland C. DeKeyser was charged with second degree murder after confessing to slashing the throat of 60 year old Violet Figlinski in a tavern pickup episode. The body was found in a Navarino ditch by a school bus driver. DeKeyser is to be arraigned in Shawano County Court.
The U S Weather Bureau forecast that most of the densely populated East Coast will avoid hurricane winds from Gladys. The eastern Long Island coast may face danger, but winds are not expected between Cape May and Block Island. Flooding from tides two to three feet above normal remains the main threat.
In Dallas Senator Barry Goldwater attacked President Johnson for proposing defense spending cuts. He said the shift would amount to handouts and subsidies, warning that such policy equates to national decline driven by domestic choices.
Two dump trucks from Kennedy Trucking and Excavating Co. of Janesville tipped over on successive days while hauling asphalt mix for a farm driveway surface. Benson Steward’s truck left the road near Harrison Butenhoff farm, spilling most of its load and causing chest injuries. Norman J. H. Nickel’s truck also shed about half its load. An energetic farmer shoveled and hauled the asphalt to finish the driveway as roadwork continued.
Gardner Withrow, former U S congressman from Wisconsin's Third District, died at St Francis Hospital in La Crosse after a long illness. A La Crosse native, he served as a Progressive from 1930 to 1938, then as a Republican from 1948 to 1960 before retiring.
At the Nevada Test Site the final of four trapped workers was hoisted to the surface after 80 hours in an 1800-foot test shaft. Art Luhnow of North Las Vegas completed the rescue, joining George R. Cooper, Frank Solaegui, and Leland Rodder in a tense hours long operation.
Edgerton school board accepted the resignation of Robert Nordlander after he said he quit due to not being allowed to use George Orwells 1984 in class. Superintendent Kenneth Williams cited alleged pupil fund solicitation for instruction materials and noted Nordlander bought and distributed copies with reimbursement requests.
University of Wisconsin will dismiss 12:05 p.m. classes Thursday as Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater visits Madison. Provost Robben W. Fleming says such actions are allowed when a major party candidate appears on campus. Goldwater will address a Capitol steps rally at 12:30 p.m. A silent demonstration and picketing plans were announced by students and the Ad Hoc Committee against Extremism.
The Public Service Commission approved lower Wisconsin Power and Light Co. rates, reducing about 600000 dollars annually for residential rural and commercial customers in central southern and southwestern Wisconsin. Affected cities include Monroe Dodgeville Platteville Adams Portage Prairie du Chien Beaver Dam Fox Lake Horicon Mayville Fond du Lac Lancaster Ripon Berlin Markesan Mineral Point Mauston Darlington Montello Tomah Beloit Janesville Baraboo Sheboygan Delavan Lake Geneva Wautoma Omro Nekosa and Pittsville.
A Green County Republican motor caravan will depart Monroe at 10 a.m. for a Barry Goldwater talk in Madison. Transportation is offered for those meeting at the Monroe Hotel by 9 45 a.m. Goldwater is set to speak at 12 30 p.m. from the Monona Avenue capitol entrance. A planned luncheon is canceled. The Monroe GOP headquarters will operate 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily at the Monroe Hotel until after the November 3 election.
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey visited Evansville Indiana as part of the Johnson Humphrey bid and declared responsibility as the trait that separates President Johnson from Senator Goldwater.
Two Monroe high school students were named Merit Scholarship semi-finalists Walter Babula said the finalists include Richard Roehrdanz Leon Wittwer and Robert Wittwer from nearby towns Also named were Ronald Swift Jon Waddell Karen Alvstad and Janelle Jones among 14 000 seniors nationwide Semi-finalists must retake tests be endorsed by schools and meet requirements before finalists Finalists may receive up to 6000 for four years of college awards are later announced around April 28 1965
Two U.S. Air Force planes were shot down early today near Saigon. One American and one Vietnamese pilot were presumed captured by Viet Cong guerrillas amid ongoing fighting in South Vietnam.
Wisconsin investigators probe an apparent arson at Juda stockyards near the railroad yards damaging the stockyards office. Deputy fire marshal and Green County Sheriff investigate after an early morning blaze and a traffic crash delayed responders.
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