FBI Nabs Maiden Rock Man for 1969 Granite Falls Bank Robbery
The FBI arrested Rollo David Head, 27, of Maiden Rock Wisconsin, on charges of robbing Granite Falls State Bank on February 2 1969. The getaway yielded about 2000 dollars and an indictment was returned April 20 by a Seattle federal grand jury. In a separate incident Phillip Powers 24 of Mukwonago Wisconsin was electrocuted while assisting concrete work at Pewaukee.
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FBI
Maiden Rock
Wis
Granite Falls State Bank
Everett
Wash
Rosemont
Minn
Rollo David Head
Head
Waukesha
Phillip Powers
Mukwonago
Powers
Pewaukee
Madison urged to arm citizen auxiliaries for late night patrols
Mayor William Dyke was asked to consider arming qualified citizens as police auxiliaries to ride in squad cars on Friday and Saturday nights. A public safety panel report urged the measure as boosting Madison’s peace and quiet.
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Madison
William Dyke
Capital Times
South Viet forces abandon two highland bases amid mounting offensive
South Vietnamese troops evacuated Fire Bases 5 and 6 on Rocket Ridge north of Kontum as US bombers halted the North Vietnamese drive near Dien Binh and Kontum. In the casualties, ten Americans died when a US helicopter was shot down during the Tan Canh and Dak To retreat, including six advisers and four crewmen.
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Saigun
Kontum
Highway 14
Tan Canh
Dien Binh
Vo Dinh
Kontum City
U.S
Dak Psi River
Parity formula deemed obsolete by agriculture chief
Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz called the parity formula an obsolete yardstick once used by Nixon in 1968 to attack Democrats. He argued net farm income and per farm earnings better reflect farmers' reality, noting a projected record income rise this year amid wider debates on farm prices and policy.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Midwest
Butz
Farm Editors of America
Buzz
National Press Club
Final Oral Polio Clinic Series Set in Green County
Green County public health nurses and Monroe School nurse Kathryn Etter announce the last round of free oral polio immunization clinics for children ages 3 to 18. Consent slips required unless previously submitted. Clinics run May 5 to May 11 at six sites with daytime and evening sessions.
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Green County
Green County Public Health
Kathryn Etter
Monroe
Monroe Community Center
Brodhead
Bank of Brodhead
Monticello
New _ Glarus
Juda
Albany
Apollo 16 returns from moon with mixed volcanic rock findings
Apollo 16 astronauts first crossed into Earth’s gravity after five days of lunar exploration. Commander John Young and Charles Duke reported candidates for volcanic rocks were scarce while ground analysis suggested volcanic evidence may exist in unexpected forms. A scheduled deep space walk retrieved film canisters as the crew eyed a Pacific splashdown.
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Orion
Cbs-Tv
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke
Casper
Pacific Ocean
Deep Space
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Moon
Earth
Lunar Orbit
Crescent
Mission Control
Duke
Young
Demos in primary spotlight in 2 states
Democrats vote in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts in a doubleheader presidential primary. Humphrey and McGovern forecast wins while Muskie faces challenges. Polls opened at 7 am EST and closed at 8 pm EST, with 137 Pennsylvania delegates and 102 Massachusetts delegates at stake.
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Walter R. Mears
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Hubert H. Humphrey
George McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Muskie
Maine
White House
Humphrey
Minnesota
McGovern
South Dakota
Sen
Henry Jackson
Washington
Gov
George C. Wallace
Alabama
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Wisconsin State Dental Society
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Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court
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William J. Scott
Kenosha
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Park Falls
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Frank S. McKinney
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Berlin
Robert Warren
Southern School For the Mentally Handicapped
State Building Commission
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Wilbur J. Schmidt
Union Grove
Atherton Hall
Walworth
Don Kendall
AP Farm
Dak To
AP News
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Fla
General Motors
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Willy Brandt
Brandt
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Red Cross
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Charley Weaver
Mike Gravel
Alaska
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Robert P. Griffin
Gravel
Senate
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American Motors
AMC
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
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Barb Marty
Liz Bober
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Bean Benkert
Lauren Ford
Carol Swiggum
Maggie Hein
Kent Duit
Earl Brockman
Times
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Charlie Smith
Bartow
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John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
California
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