Astromonkey Doing Good Job in Space
Benny the space born astro monk is reported doing well in orbit performing task cycles cued by electric shocks. He was launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Delta rocket for a planned 30 day stay as brain and organ sensors guide future long term space travel. Bonny passed behavioral tests and learns symbol matching with rewards to reinforce correct responses.
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Washington
Benny
Thailand
Cape Kennedy
Delta
Space Agency
Bonny
Surtax Extension Faces House Test
The Nixon administration seeks a 10 percent surtax extension through year end and 5 percent through mid-1970 to curb inflation with broad House support but a fragile margin. Senate demands tax reform. liberals warn against delaying reform. If approved, $7.64 billion would be raised in year one and a $6.3 billion budget surplus aimed for dollar stability.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Democratic Policy Committee
Mansfield
Severe Flooding In Wisconsin Dumps Six Inches In Four Hours
Tornado and heavy rain lashed southwestern Wisconsin causing highway closures as creeks swelled into torrents. Darlington reported six inches of rain in four hours with U.S. 61 and U.S. 151 blocked and a Highway 23 bridge damaged. A family was rescued from a car near a bridge railing. Officials cited Platteville and Belmont rainfall totals and river flooding in Dane and Lafayette counties.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lafayette County
Juneau County
Madison
Racine County
Platteville
Belmont
Darlington
Dubuque
Iowa
Platte River
U.S. 61
U.S. 151
Highway 23
Weather Bureau
Kenneth M. O’connor
Lafayette
Dane Coun
Pecatonia
Shullsburg
Seymour Corners
Reds Appear To Have Pulled Back At Ben Het
U S officers at Ben Het Special Forces camp report 1 000 to 3 000 North Vietnamese troops around the camp have withdrawn temporarily amid heavy U S bombing. South Vietnamese forces launched a new drive around Ben Het during the weekend, claiming 254 enemy dead in a 20 day sweep. Casualties include about 60 Americans killed and 250 wounded, with U S artillery, air power, and advisers supporting 700 South Vietnamese irregulars in the Central Highlands.
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George Esper
Central Highlands
Ben Het
U.S
Associated Press
Oliver Noonan
Govern
Ben Het-Dak
Dak To
Rehabilitation Center Planned at St Francis Hospital
St Francis Hospital plans a 1.8 million four story rehabilitation center for crippling diseases to serve in the Coulee Region. The facility will include speech therapy, hydrotherapy, and occupational services for outpatients and 56 beds, increasing total beds to 368 and staff to about 850.
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ST. Francis Hospital
Market Street
la Crosse Tribune
School of Nursing
St. Francis Home
10Th
11Th
Market St
Madison
Twin Cities
Mary Gregory
Gregory
Coulee
Carl Schubert
Schubert
Richard Lenz
St. Francis
Wisconsin
Preston Girl Wins Dairy Princess Title in Region 10
Janelle Gatzke of Preston crowned dairy princess for Region 10 in Caledonia Minnesota. She will compete as Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the Minnesota State Fair on August 23. First runner up Rose Iverson Kasson and third place Jelaine Krasnicka Hayfield. Miss Congeniality Mary Dybig Whalan. Region 10 includes eight counties with 24 contestants.
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Caledonia
Minn
Preston
Janelle Gatzke
Vernon Gatzke
Barbara Kruegel
Janelle
Princess Kay
Kasson
Jelaine Krasnicka
Richard Krasnicka
Hayfield
Mary Dybig
Trygvie Dybig
Whalan
Minnesota
First Lady Hugs Stevie Wonder at Washington Event
Mrs Richard Nixon hugged blind jazz singer Stevie Wonder after his Sunday night performance for about 50 000 in the Washington Monument grounds. The First Lady helped launch a free summer entertainment program in Washington Parks with Washington Mayor Walter Washington nearby.
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Richard Nixon
Stevie Wonder
Washington Monument
Washington Parks
Washington
Walter Washington
Area Woman Killed In Crash In Blair Area
Mrs. Irene K. Grayburn a 57 year old Holmen resident died in a car truck crash on U S Highway 53 south of Blair. The truck veered into the southbound lane causing the collision. Grayburn was dead at the scene. Her passenger Claire Stone suffered minor injuries. The drivers Frederick M Frederickson 18 and Dale Greene 19 were uninjured. The crash left the car a total loss and the truck badly damaged. Services are set for Wednesday at the First Presbyterian Church Galesville with burial in Pine Cliff Cemetery.
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Blair
Wis
Irene K.grayburn
Holmen
U.S. Highway 53
Frederick M. Frederickson
R. J. Taylor
Larry Wehrs
Bangor
Grayburn
Richard Ellingson
Trempealeau County
Claire Stone
Tri-County Memorial Hospital
Whitehall
Frederickson
First Presbyterian Church
Galesville
George Melcher
Pine Cliff
Smith Mortuary
William Dick
James Grayburn
Larry
Milwaukee
William
Robert
Genevieve Tolvstad
Mirst Alice Nelson
Onalaska
Wilbur Dick
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Center For
Ures
Air Force
Vietnam
Red Cross Chapter
State Office of Emergency Preparedness
Red Cross
Racine
Muskego
Blue Mounds
Arnold Moore
Robert Clayton
Eell of Mauston
Juneau ‘County
South Side
Hales Corners
Brookfield
Wisconsin Electric Co
Wausau
Eau Claire
Burlington
Tay Ninh
By Grant W. Blum
Blair Area
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