Burgoo Picnic Draws Thousands To Winchester Illinois
A 1 500 gallon burgoo feast outdoors in Winchester Scott County draws about 5 000 residents and visitors for a full day of food music and contests. The event features giant cauldrons of stew cooked by Clifford Allen Jr and his Legion post crew with chicken beef and corn as staples. Burgoo sells for 2 50 per gallon and 40 cents per bowl as a queen contest and rock band entertain into the night.
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Winchester
UPI
Scott County
Illinois
Clifford Allen Jr
Allen
American Legionnaires
Monument Park
Sally Anders
Civil War Guns Heard At 8th Badger Skirmish
Civil War musketry and replica arms will echo at the 8th Badger Skirmish in West Bend Wisconsin. Marksmen from Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin compete two day event at the West Bend Barton Sportsman's Club range with individual Saturday and team Sunday matches. Sponsored by the 6th Wisconsin Volunteers of Milwaukee the event features units wearing Civil War era uniforms and includes the Wisconsin Rifles of West Bend and the 5th Virginia Cavalry from Milwaukee.
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West Bend
Wis
UPI
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
West Bend-Barton
6Th Wisconsin Volunteers
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rifles of
5Th Virginia Cavalry
4 H Dairy Winners Announced At County Fair
At the Madison County 4 H Fair awards for the dairy exhibit were announced with champions named in each breed. Champions include Tim Siktberg for Holstein and Melinda Pegg for Guernsey, both Pendleton winners, plus Jones and Eckrote family entries for Jersey and Brown Swiss. Senior and junior dairy showman titles went to Mike Shuter and Cleo Farr respectively with Jerald Eckrote as reserve senior.
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Madison County
Tim Siktberg
Anderson
Rodney Pattison
Summitville
Guernsey
Melinda Pegg
Pendleton
Joe Pegg
David Jones
Richlend
Jerry Jones
Richland
Jerry Eckrote
Jerald Eckrote
Ayrshire
Lolita Seal
Dennis Seal
Emily Shuter
Frankton
Mee
Mike Shuter
Frankn
Twp
Toll Rises to 110 Dead or Missing in Japan Beach Outing
Police report 91 drowned and 19 missing at beaches across Japan after a Sunday heat wave drew thousands to the coast. The day’s death or disappearance tally ranks as the second highest on record, behind 116 on August 7, 1966.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
IHC Workers Strike Ends Contracts At Harvest Co Plant
In Fort Wayne Indiana Union Local 1270 of the International Association of Machinists walked out at midnight Tuesday after a contract expired. Seventy seven workers at the main plant and truck sales center walked off as talks broke down. Union president Don Hertrick said other unions would respect the action and a full plant shutdown was anticipated as Harvesters remains fully unionized.
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Fort Wayne, Ind
UPI
International Association of Machinists and International Harvester Co
Don Hetrick
International Harvester
Erotic Art Exhibition Draws 71 000 Visitors in Lund Sweden
An exhibition of erotic sculpture in the Lund Art Gallery drew 71 000 foreign and Swedish visitors over three months. Sponsors report nearly 250 000 dollars spent on admissions catalogs and prints with orders arriving from abroad for various items. Talks began June 11 with a federal mediator present and a deadlock with no meeting date set. Picket lines were planned at both plants per Hetrick.
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Hetrick
Lund
Sweden
Lund Art Gallery
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