Kosygin outlines new plan to reform Soviet industry
Moscow reveals a comprehensive program to revamp factories and stores aimed at boosting production quality and sales at home and abroad. The outline calls for abolishing regional supervisory offices, shifting to cost accounting, and tying factory success to market sales rather than mere quotas.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
Alexei N. Kosygin
Party Central Committee
Kosygin
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Stock Market Recedes After Brief High on Gains
New York stocks fell back from early highs as trading cooled. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped from a morning gain to a noon reading of 934.20, while the Associated Press average eased to 345.6 as utilities rose and rails showed mixed movement.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Opinions Sought On Swiss Badger Watershed Development
Area residents are urged to voice opinions on a Swiss Badger Watershed plan with potential lake developments. The planning party toured sites led by Curt Lindhelm, listing 838 and 56 acre lake options while stressing local input and further study of merits and public opinion. The watershed spans Dane and Green Counties with 432 farms and multiple communities nearby.
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James Schwoegler
The
Soil Conservation Service
Swiss Badger Watershed Planning Party
Swiss Badger
Curt Lindhelm
Watershed Planning Party
Madison
G. J. Barber
State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
Willis Riemer
Green County Soil and Water Conservation District
C. S. Pierce
Rudolph Haskee
Dane
Green Counties
Green County
Dane County
Wis
New Glarus
Monticello
Sugar River
Pecatonica River
Industrialist C Fred Wehr Dies at 73
C Frederick Wehr, a Milwaukee philanthropist who recently gave Marquette University 2.25 million for a science center, died today at Columbia Hospital from cancer.
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Milwaukee
C. Frederick Wehr
Marquette University
Columbia Hospital
Monroe Women's Club Christmas Stocking Fund Opens
The United Giving Stocking Fund in Monroe, a Monroe Women's Club project since 1950, kicks off its drive October 1 with a 33 member committee led by co chairs Mrs. David Bennett Mrs. Allie Holtshopple and Mrs. Kenneth Stuart. The fund buys toys clothing and food boxes for children elderly and nursing home residents and supports disaster relief bedding donations.
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United Fund
Monroe
David Bennett
Woman’s Club of
Green County Welfare Department
Times
Monroe Women’s Club
Allie Holtshopple
Kenneth Stuart
Girls’ Service Club
Future Homemakers of America
Mon
Inequities Seen In Milk Pricing
Texas economist Joseph Murphey testified at a Chicago hearing on federal milk marketing orders for midwestern producers. He urged removing the supply demand adjustment factor, arguing marketing areas no longer isolate milk prices and large buyers use fluid milk for manufacturing like cottage cheese and ice cream.
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Chicago
Texas
Joseph Murphey
Arlington
Tex
Murphey
North Texas Milk Producers’ Association
Firemen Answer Silent Alarm At Swiss Wheel Restaurant
Two firemen responded to a silent alarm at 7:29 p.m. yesterday when smoke was seen at the Swiss Wheel restaurant. A ballast in a fluorescent light had burned out, causing the smoke.
Taal Volcano Disaster Claims Island Lives
Manila reports 11 confirmed dead as intense heat blocks rescue boats on the 12.5 square mile island around Taal. Lava ash and mud cover parts of the island while authorities assess the fate of about 2,000 islanders and refugees along nearby Tagaytay Ridge.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
Luzon
Batangas
Taal
World Almanac
Tagaytay Ridge
Lake Taal
Madison cheddar prices steady amid fair demand
The Madison Wisconsin cheddar market shows unchanged prices with demand fair to good. Small styles and current 40 pound blocks are short to adequate while large styles are adequate to ample. Cheddar prices span 36 38, 39 40 for blocks and 40 percent ranges for various varieties.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Governor Leads Italian Trade Mission
Gov Warren Knowles said Milan contacts on day one of Wisconsin business mission promised good opportunities while recalling his Berlin visit as unforgettable. He contrasted East Berlin’s oppressive, stifling atmosphere with West Berlin’s livelier streets and people, calling the wall a shameful barrier.
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Milan
Italy
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
East Berlin
Knowles
Berlin
Cheese Days Reviewed and Four Farm Grants Announced
Green County Ag Chest announced four scholarships of 100 each for short course students. Details were given at a meeting in the Agriculture Building. Committee chair Roger Stauffacher noted hospitality house visitor counts and brochure totals.
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Green County Ag Chest
Roger Stauffacher
Green County Extension Office
Stauffacher
Green County
Arleigh Frautschy
Monroe Area
Ohio
Brooklyn mayor admits gambling activity in St. Clair
Illinois investigators enter day two of hearings after a Brooklyn operation details a weekly crowd of 200 gamblers placing bets from 15 cents to 20 dollars. Police report 32 coin operated machines seized during raids while officials claim no syndicate control and debate legality of devices.
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Belleville
Ill
Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
Brooklyn
George Thomas
St. Clair County
Thomas
Commission
East St. Louis
St. Clair
Maurice Joseph
Russell
Lions Club Sponsors Madison Student Trip
Monroe Lions Club met at Marco's to plan the annual sixth grade trip to Madison on October 14. Students will tour the Capitol and historic buildings, with a film about the Gemini space walk shown in high school science classes.
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Madison
Monroe Lions Club
Marco’s
Capitol
Lions Meeting
Astronaut White
Treasurer Moves to New City Office in Municipal Building
Eleanor Frederick will shift the City Treasurer’s office from the Roger Johnson building to the new municipal building at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Payments will be accepted at the new site tomorrow afternoon. Police and fire departments have already moved. other departments await final work. Public Works requests an architects letter detailing remaining tasks to schedule a project meeting. Hand rails were installed on the main entrance today.
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Eleanor Frederick
Roger-Johnson
Board of Public Works
Debbie Threat Rises With New Orleans Watch
A hurricane watch was hoisted today from the mouth of the Mississippi River eastward to the Cedar Keys Florida as Debbie whipped the northern Gulf of Mexico into an angry uproar.
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Debbie
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Cedar Keys
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
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Sparks Holiday
Roe High School
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Monroe Evening Times
Palm Sunday
Taal Volcano
Philippines
Island
Silverview Club
James Mitschele
Cindy Durtschi
Herman Durtschi
Nancy Beyer
Clarence Beyer
Cindy
Albany Junior High
Nancy
Albany High School
Gov. Knowles
Ag Chest
Brodhead
Ronaldean Pawlisch
Beebe
Reese Dobson
Robert Walker
Joseph
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