Wisconsin traffic toll tops 189 after weekend deaths
The Associated Press reports six highway deaths in Wisconsin over the weekend, with seven victims under 18. The toll, for 1963, rises to 189, compared with 202 at the same date last year. Names include Fred A. Gerre and Ernest Stout among others, with multiple fatal crashes across Dodge, Brown, and Milwaukee counties.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Fred A. Gerre
Minneapolis
Washburn
Birchwood
Birch Lake
Ernest Stout
Viroqua
Hub City
Richland Center
Hillsboro
Raymond Margelofsky
Juneau
Hustisford
Dodge County
Robert Dewitt
Kennedy Aides Watch Laos War Strategy Session
President Kennedy held a strategy session with the National Security Council to bolster Laos neutrality as Pathet Lao forces threaten northern Laos. Undersecretary Harriman departed for a save-Laos mission after another cease-fire promise from Prince Souvanna Phouma, with last week’s truce having collapsed.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Security Council
Laos
Southeast Asia
Europe
W. Averell Harriman
save-Laos
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
U.S
Geneva
Dutch Mill Resort Burns on Delavan Lake Shore
Delavan Wisconsin fire destroyed the Dutch Mill ballroom and bar on the south shore of Delavan Lake early this morning. Fire departments from Delavan Lake and the city fought the blaze which consumed the large dance hall and adjoining tavern area. Only the shell remained as the landmark resort building, rebuilt after an earlier 1940s fire. This follows two other major south shore fires including the Potter House resort hotel and a private home.
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Delavan
Dutch Mill
Delavan Lake
Potter House
Scouters Elect Bahr Chairman in Valley District
Richard H. Bahr of Monroe was elected chairman of the Valley District of Boy Scouts at the annual business meeting and banquet in Union Presbyterian church. Other officers named were Keith Williams of Brodhead as vice chairman and Herbert Booth of Monroe as vice chair.
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Richard H. Bahr
Monroe
Union Presbyterian Church
Louis Janke
Robert Kramer
Valley District of Boy Scouts
Keith Williams
Brodhead
Herbert Booth
Richard Rhyner
Robert McMasters
Beloit
Rock County
Alcatraz
Albany
Lukens Withdraws Steel Price Increase
Lukens Steel Co. withdraws last week's price hikes on carbon and alloy plate steel. The move, aimed at staying competitive after two rivals did not match the increases, returns prices to their prior levels.
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Coatsville
Lukens Steel Co
Lukens
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Rick Nelson Weds Kristin Harmon in Saturday Ceremony
Rick Nelson, 22, the Bobbysox idol, marries Kristin Harmon, 18, daughter of sportscaster and former Michigan football great Tom Harmon, in a Saturday ceremony in Hollywood.
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Rick Nelson
Hollywood
Kristin Harmon
Tom Harmon
FBI Seeks Couple in Edmund Bank Hold Up
Federal warrants issued for Thomas Allan Brownie and Margaret Ann Converse in connection with the April 8 robbery of Farmers Savings Bank at Edmund. About $1600 stolen. a car used in the holdup found abandoned north of Edmund, with the suspects switching vehicles.
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FBI
Bank of
Madison
Farmers Savings Bank
Edmund
U.S
Nathan Heffernan
Thomas Allan Brownie
Margaret Ann Converse
Grand Marsh
Heffernan
Brownie
Miss Converse
Warco
Break-in Steals 2252 Spark Plugs From Sieg Auto Parts
Police report a burglary at Sieg Auto Parts Co in the 1800 block of 12th Avenue where 2252 hot spark plugs were stolen. Assistant Chief Dwight C. Coplien said suspects likely aim to sell the items to service stations at cut rates. Entry was gained by breaking a window. the break-in was reported at 11 28 a m by manager Paul Benkert.
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Sieg Auto Parts Co
12Th Avenue
Dwight C. Coplien
Coplien
Paul Benkert
22Nd Avenue
Sportsmen vote tonight on pheasant season extension
Wisconsin Conservation Department asks Green County sportsmen to extend pheasant season by 12 days in 1963 with an Oct 19 to Nov 24 period if approved by the Conservation Commission. Ballots will replace show of hands at 8 p.m. in the county agricultural building.
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Wisconsin Conservation Department
Green County
Robert Hahlen
Harold A. Pederson
Department
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Devil’s Lake
Northwest
Lafayette
Dunn
Pierce
Pepin
Buffalo
Trempealeau
la Crosse
Vernon
Grant
Crawford
Iowa
Dane
Rock
Jefferson
Waukesha
Walworth
Racine
Kenosha
Horicon Marsh
Three Hurt in Fire At Milwaukee Hotel
A three alarm blaze at the Evergreen Lane apartment hotel on Milwaukee's south side sent fourteen people fleeing and hospitalized three, including a firefighter. The $30,000 fire originated on the first floor and spread to the roof of the two and a half story building.
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Milwaukee
Evergreen Lane
Khrushchev Presses German Settlement as World Peace Key
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned in Il Giorno that settling divided Germany and Berlin must come before disarmament and other issues. He blamed the United States for stalled arms talks, urged accepting Soviet terms without inspections, and linked naval deployments to divert retaliations from the U.S. to its allies. He tied the German peace treaty to easing tensions in West Berlin and noted global political timing ahead of Italian elections.
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Associated Press
Milan
Italy
Khrushchev
Germany
Berlin
Il Giorno
Khruschev
United States
Kennedy
Mediterranean
Vatican
John XXIII
U.S
Canada
Khrushchevy
State Oil Company
Pietro Nenni
Europe
West Berlin
Clark Kleckner dies at 57 after illness in Monroe
Clark A. Kleckner 57 of 1734 15th Street died 9 15 p m Saturday at St Clare hospital from malignancy. He was a machinist at R Mueller Cheese Factory Equipment for 18 years, previously a carpenter. Survived by wife Ruth Wyman and three sons Kenneth Gilbert Daryl, plus family. Services 1 30 p m tomorrow at Stuessy funeral home with Grace Lutheran officiating, burial Greenwood with Commandery escort.
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Clark A. Kleckner
15Th Street
St. Clare Hospital
R. Mueller
Andrew Heinzelman
Rote Company
Mr. Kleckner
Clarno Township
Charles
Rose Knoble Kleckner
Clarno
Madison
Ruth Wyman
Grace Lutheran Church
Order of Eagles
Monroe
Monroe National Guard
Kleckner
Smith Masonic Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
St. Omar
Eastern Star
Kenneth
Gilbert
Ann Arbor
Mich
Daryl
Genesee
Percy
Harvard
Educator Honor To Be Presented In Green County
The Richland Creek Watershed Association will present the first Outstanding Green County Educator Award at Ball School at 8 p m Wednesday. William Russell becomes state conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service succeeding the late Marvin Schweers. Alpine Laendlers provide music and Arthur Tschudy will give the welcome. Brief remarks will be made by James Schwoegler Willis Riemer and Myron Jeglum. The educator award is presented by Tschudy.
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Green County
Richland Creek Watershed Association
Ball School
William Russell
Soil Conservation Service
Marvin Schweers
Arthur Tschudy
James Schwoegler
SCS
Willis Riemer
County Soil and Water Supervisors
Myron Jeglum
Tschudy
Reynolds Warns GOP Against Recess Before Budget Action
Gov John W Reynolds warned he would recall the Legislature if Republicans push a summer recess without finishing the 1963 65 budget. He urged timely passage of the budget before July 1, criticizing GOP plans to press a sales tax bill and recess. Reynolds pressed for a special parley with GOP leaders this week.
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Madison
John W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Kay Krebs Named To Summer Science Training Program
Kay Ellyn Krebs of Route 1 Browntown a Monroe High School junior is one of 45 outstanding students invited to a six week Summer Science Training Program at the University of Wisconsin from June 24 to August 2. Other local invitees include Peter Christen sen Darlington Roger Nodorf Belmont and Lane Pin now Brodhead. The program is funded by the university and the National Science Foundation.
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Kay Ellyn Krebs
Route 1
Browntown
Monroe High School
University of Wisconsin
Peter K. Christensen
Darlington
Roger A. Nodorff
Belmont
Lane Pinnow
Brodhead
National Science Foundation
749 Bikes Licensed At Safety Inspection
Monroe police and VFW auxiliary members inspected 749 bicycles Saturday at Lincoln School for safety licensing. Unlicensed bikes will be examined next Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
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Monroe
VFW
Lincoln School
Adenauer Tries to Block Erhard as Successor
Chancellor Adenauer returned from an Italian vacation in Bonn Germany and pressed to prevent Vice Chancellor Erhard from being named his successor as race for leadership continues in the postwar government.
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Bonn
Germany
Adenauer
Erhard
Rev Walter Snow Albany minister dies at 80
Rev. Walter C. Snow 80 retired Methodist minister died at 7 40 last night in St. Clare hospital where he had been a patient since last Monday. Born August 18 1882 in Boscobel he served in many Wisconsin appointments and retired in 1950. Surviving are his wife two daughters a sister three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services 2 p m Wednesday Albany Methodist Church burial Hillcrest cemetery. Friends may call at Sharer funeral home Albany tomorrow afternoon and evening.
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Walter C. Snow
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Brooklyn
Soldiers Grove
Evanston
Mt. Hope
Onalaska
Necedah
Bloomington
Hazel Green
Montfort
Boscobel
Mt. Horeb
Paynette
South Wayne
Snow
Marian Elizabeth Haskell
Tomah
George B. Haskell
Albany Methodist Church
Albany Masonic Lodge
Ivan Kittleson
Henry H. Lange
Baraboo
Dirk Ebeling
Chandler
Ariz
Tom Chinn
Hillcrest Cemetery
Sharer Funeral Home
Barry Goldwater Declares He Won't Seek Kennedy Defeat
In Torrance California on Saturday Barry Goldwater said Kennedy can be beaten in 1964 but he does not want the job. He dismissed talk that he and Nelson Rockefeller are the GOP’s main hopes for recapturing the White House.
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Torrance
Calif
Barry Goldwater
Kennedy
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Arizona Republican
Rockefeller
Goldwater
Donovan Wins Another Castro Mercy Gesture
Twenty one Americans released from Cuban prisons by Fidel Castro were flown to the United States landing at Homestead Air Force Base. James B. Donovan, New York attorney, returned with prisoners marking his last mercy mission. The Red Cross plane carried 111,500 pounds of baby food as part of a $53 million aid package.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
United States
Red Cross
Homestead Air Force Base
Here
James B. Donovan
New York
Richard Allen Pecoraro
Staten Island
N.Y
Havana
Donovan
Castro
Homestead
Austin F. Young
Palm Beach
Austin Jr
Isle of Pines
Florida
East Ravaged By Brush Fires
A weekend of fierce brush fires across the eastern states killed at least six people and left hundreds homeless. The blazes destroyed more than 350 homes and scorched about 300000 acres from Staten Island to New Jersey, with serious damage recorded in Baltimore Biddeford and King George County areas. Three members of a New Jersey family were missing and police fear they perished in a forest fire that engulfed their home. Weather showers were forecast for parts of Pennsylvania Connecticut upstate New York and Virginia.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
New York State
Virginia
New Jersey
New York City
Staten Island
New York- New Jersey
Baltimore, Md
Biddeford
Maine
King George County
Stock Prices Climb on Gains Amid Profit Taking
New York shares rose in active trading as volume reached about 5.2 million, with many key stocks advancing fractions to around a point. IBM rose to another yearly high, up about nine points, while Chrysler gained about two after hitting a new peak amid profit-taking after seven weeks of gains.
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New York
IBM
Chrysler
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Gary Barutzke
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Milwaukee County General Hospital
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Rochester
Dutch Mill Resort
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Clarence Benkert
Harold Pederson
Roy Hefty
Nat G. Preston
George Bjork
Clifford Snively
Melvin Schliesser
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Gratiot
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Pat Coleman
Sandwich
Ill
John Olmstead
Harry Phillips
Nora
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Ronald Thomas
Clark Kleckner
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