Trucker Pay Hikes Spark Wildcat Strikes Across U S
Five Chicago trucking associations order 32000 drivers locked out as a sixth group signs a contract with pay hikes 50 percent above a tentative national settlement. Wildcat strikes cause 32000 layoffs in Cleveland Detroit and St Louis. Leaders say they back the agreement.
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St. Louis
National Union
Trans World
United Airlines
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Muskogee
Okla
Butte
Mont
Nixon
Louisville
Congress
New York
Paine to decide Apollo 13 launch at Cape Kennedy
NASA administrator Thomas O. Paine flew to Cape Kennedy to rule on a Saturday Apollo 13 launch with a potential late substitute aboard. Weather forecasts warned of cloudy skies and possible showers, with a postponement options costing $800,000 if Swigert cannot fit the crew.
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Fla
Space Agency
NASA
Thomas O. Paine
John L. Swigert
James A. Lovell Jr
Fred W. Haise Jr
House May Decide On Impeachment Move Next Week
A group of House members likely will decide next week to proceed with impeaching Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas. House Republican Leader Gerald Ford met with members inclined to act immediately amid strong sentiment for action.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Gerald R. Ford
Fire erupts at salvage yard as winds fuel blaze
Monroe volunteer fire chief Joe Benkett and Monroe police probe the four acre salvage yard fire reported at 1 50 p m yesterday. Strong west winds drove the flames, with dense black smoke visible over the Monroe skyline. The blaze started behind the Craige grain bins at 1304 24th Street and spread toward 11th Avenue. A second alarm was sounded at 2 p m.
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Joe Benkett
Wisconsin
Illinois
Craige
24Th Street
11Th Avenue
Times
Jim Timms
An Evening With Flutes Recital At St John’s Church
Mrs. Roy Gempeler will present flute students in An Evening With Flutes at 7 p.m. Sunday April 12 in the sanctuary of St John’s United Church of Christ. Guest artists include Mrs. Pearl Gunderson Madison violinist and Mrs. William Lanz Monroe clarinetist along with other Madison and Monroe players.
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Roy Gempeler
Route 2
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Pearl Gunderson
Madison
Frank Stiles
Monroe
Carmen Elsner
William Lanz
Susan Webinger
JoEllen Gordee
Perry Power
Peter Kamstra
Egbert Kamstra
Holland
Vicki Kramer
Amy Barribeau
Matthew Koehler
Merry Beth Seaton
Marla Gibbons
Jane Ritschard
Jeanne Brennan
Kristen Kundert
Jan Obert
Times
Four Year Old Jeffrey Hare Killed in Monroe Traffic Crash
Four year old Jeffrey Hare son of Mr and Mrs Nathan J Hare of 2215 12 Ave Monroe died Thursday after darting into the path of a car driven by Jane E Ritschard 16 of 2110 17th Ave Monroe. He suffered a skull fracture broken left leg chest injuries and brain hemorrhage. The Green County coroner and Monroe police investigated assisted by county deputies. Services set for 2 pm Saturday at Newcomer Funeral Home Monroe with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Jeffrey Hare
Nathan J. Hare
12 Ave
Monroe
Jane E. Ritschard
17Th Ave
Hare
Green County
St. Clare Hospital
Jeffrey
21St Street
Ritschard
Paul W. Ritschard
Stanind
Richard Wagner
Green County Sheriff's Deputies
Ronald Friske
Illinois Central
10Th Street
James L. Guttmer
Argyle Road
Angela Sue
O. L
Doug) Hare
Earl Zink
Orangeville
Ill
Maude Hare
Arthur Kubly
Fred Kloepping
John Beck
Winslow
Newcomer Funeral Home
Harold Crume
The
First United Methodist
Greenwood Cemetery
12Th Ave
Albany Village Board approves bonds sale for sewer extension
The Albany Village Board approved a supplement to the bonding ordinance to sell bonds to the FHA for a new sewer extension. Village Attorney Rodney O. Kittleson was authorized to settle with the local gas company over pipelines under the lagoon sewer system, with $4,500 payable by the village and $1,000 reimbursed within a year.
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Albany
FHA
Rodney O. Kittleson
Monroe
Area Gas Company
Lagoon
Two Area Youth Cited for Bravery and Service by Governor
Patricia Homb of Brodhead and Linda Bredesen of Darlington win 1969 Young American Medals awards from Governor Warren Knowles. Homb earns bravery recognition after extinguishing a fire on an elderly man’s clothing and calling for help. Bredesen receives a special citation for service after guiding a struggling classmate through schoolwork and social reintegration.
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Warren P. Knowles
Governor’s Committee On Children and Youth
Madison
Patricia Homb
Ray Homb
19Th St
Brodhead
Linda Bredesen
Laverne Bredesen
E. Louisa St
Darlington
United States Attorney General
Linda
Governor’s Committee On
First 1970 traffic fatality in Monroe reported
Four year old Jeffrey Hare was struck and killed after darting in front of a car driven by Jane E. Ritschard in Monroe. Investigators report two accidents, with injuries to Archie Gilbertson and a hit and run damage to a parked vehicle on 22nd Avenue. Indictments were handed down in Madison in unrelated federal case.
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Madison
New York
Wausau
21St Street
Archie Gilbertson
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Monticello
Jessie M. Sharer
13Th Ave
Monroe
13Th Street
14Th Avenue
Sharer
22Nd Avenue
Dolores R. Jenny
Belmont
Red Cross to Hold Green County Annual Meeting
The Green County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday April 14 in Monroe City Hall Council Chambers. Guest speaker is James Bell Fort Sheridan Illinois former Red Cross Field Director in Thailand and at a U.S. military hospital in Japan. National representative George Drew Madison will attend to discuss policies. Chapter chairman is Terry Buening.
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Green County
The
American Red Cross
Monroe City
James Bell
Fort Sheridan
Illinois
Bell
Red Cross
Thailand
U.S
Japan
George Drew Madison
Terry Buening
Drug Alert Program Set in Darlington High School
Kiwanis Club of Darlington and Darlington Public Schools sponsor an 8 p.m. Tuesday April 14 drug alert program in the high school gym. Speaker Steve Jones formerly of Cuba City now in Madison will share his experiences after kicking the habit. In Blanchardville a grass fire at the Roger Kittleson farm was extinguished by 5:15 p.m. Tuesday after threatening several buildings.
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Kiwanis Club of
Darlington Public Schools
Steve Jones
Cuba City
Madison
Blanchardville
Roger Kittleson
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Northern Illinois Metropolitan Center
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Ole) Lowl
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