Retired Ontario Man Spent a Year as Circus Candy Pusher
Jack Shields 87, longtime Ontario Wisconsin school custodian, recalls 26 years at the local schools and a season with Gollmar Bros Circus as a candy pusher. Born 1880 in Baraboo to Irish parents, he married Elizabeth Noffke in 1911. They have eight children and recall early 20th century life, schooling, and migration.
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Ontario
Shields
Elizabeth
Gollmar Bros. Circus
Baraboo
Elizabeth Noffke
Norwalk
Mrs. Shields
Kinney Valley
Norman O
Chicago
Richard
Tomah
Gerald
Leo
Lincoln
Neb
Robert
Cross Plains
Lucille Schubes
Hortonville
Harvey Beller
Robert Betzig
Burlington
Wis
la Crosse
Jack Shields
Tribune
Leaders Train at 12-County ARC Seminar in Wisconsin
The Jackson County Association for Retarded Children hosted a full-day leadership development seminar in Black River Falls to train representatives, teachers, and parents from 12 counties in leadership, initiative, and resourcefulness for supporting retarded children. County attendees included Jackson, Monroe, Trempealeau, Pepin, Buffalo, St Croix, Dunn, Chippewa, Eau Claire, La Crosse, Pierce, and Vernon.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson County Association For
Denver Will
Jaycettes
Alma Center
Hixton
Melrose
Lawrence Buttke
Louis Hayden
Merrillan
Jackson
Monroe
Trempealeau
Pepin
Buffalo
St. Croix
Dunn
Chippewa
Eau Claire
Draft Board Appeals Work Spans 3 Wars
Dr George Earl of St Paul hosts the Minnesota Selective Service Appeals Board as it reviews draft classifications across 87 county boards. He notes the board does not draft, only classifies, and recalls the first 1940 case about a man who made shoes for deformed feet.
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ST. Paul
George Earl
Minnesota State Selective Service Appeals Board
Minnesota Selective Service
Earl
United States
Minnesota Medical Association
State Appeals Board
Uni
Associated Press
Dr. Bar Sais
Minn. Safety Films Reach Nearly 10 Million Viewers
The Minnesota Highway Department reports almost 10 million people have viewed 175000 showings of safety films in ten years. Since 1958 the library grew from 121 titles and 375 prints to 256 titles and 1200 prints by 1968, with 82 percent of users in schools and classes.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Highway Department
Highway Building
Rice and
John Ireland Boulevard
Minn
Bedouins Prize Salt Like Gold in Sahara Trade
In desert communities of the Sahara, salt remains a precious commodity used as currency. Nomadic groups value its scarcity, trading for goods and sustenance much as ancient societies did with gold.
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Sahara
U S Troop Presence in Europe Sparks Debate
The article examines half a million American service members abroad, mainly in Europe, and the political debate over their continued deployment. McNamara warns of Soviet pressure if troop levels drop, while Mansfield favors a seven year withdrawal plan leaving a small force in Berlin and Naples.
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United States
Soviet Union
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Europe
U.S
West Berlin
6Th Fleet
Naples
West Germany
Soldiers Grove Gets Federal Grant for Sewers
Soldiers Grove Wisconsin received a federal grant of 16 180 toward a sewer project this year bringing total federal aid for the system to 32 360. The total project cost is about 161 800 and the grant comes under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with endorsement from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and approval by the WFP Control Administration. Village president Cecil Turk said another federal grant is under consideration and hoped to allow construction soon.
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Soldiers Grove
Wis
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
WFP Control Administration
Cecil Turk
Five Hunters Penalized for Trespassing in Wisconsin
Five deer hunters pleaded no contest to trespass charges in Monroe County. Each was fined 15 dollars plus five dollars costs. Defendants Henry Krueger 27 Miles Sanborn 44 Audrey Sanborn Larry Riley and Norman Peterson all from Wisconsin faced arrest on the complaint of Edward Grygleski president of Valley Corp Cranberry Marsh Town of Scott for refusing to leave the hunting grounds on November 18.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County
James W. Rice
Henry C. Krueger
Miles Sanborn
Milwaukee
Audrey Sanborn
Racine
Larry Riley
Norman O. Peterson
Edward Grygleski
The
Valley Corp. Cranberry Marsh
Scott
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Robert C. Gehl
la Crosse Tribune
BRF
Gilbert
Blackhawk-Kickapoo
Washington
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin
House Agriculture Subcommittee
House
Blackhawk - Kickapoo
Vernon
Crawford
Mauthe
Madison
Wisconsin Association For Retarded Children
National
Association For Retarded Children
Draft Board
Gene Lahammer
Minnesota General Alumni Association
American Medical Association
Illinois
Iowa
Ini
H&r Block
Los
America
Caledonia
Bank of Sparta
Sparta, Wis
DIAL
Chrysler
Our
Newport
Cidar
Eversole-Rogers, Inc
4Th
Cass
Haysle Motors Corporation
Martyne
Susan Anderson
Florida
Louisville
Danny’s
Gls
By Tom Stewart
Air Force
Pentagon
Germany
Frankfurt
Spain
Japan
Turkey
Vietnam
Jackson Plaza
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