Two Detained in Green County Break-ins. Suspects Arrested in Ogle County
Deputy investigators report enough evidence to place detainer warrants on James Stuart of Manitowoc and Gene Dobson of Springfield, both AWOL from Ft. Lewis. The men are tied to Swiss Cheese Shop Monroe and Swiss Maid New Glarus break ins, with cash taken and windows damaged. They were captured in Ogle County after a patrol, found in a stolen car with Montana plates.
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Roy Veetterli
Green County
Ogle County
Ilinois
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Vetterli
Monroe
James Stuart
Manitowoc
Gene Dobson Springfield
New Glarus
Duane Youngblood
Les Schwitz
Green County Sheriff’s Department
Don Trow
Albany
Youngblood
Schwitz
Ogly County
William Spencer
Ogie County
Spencer
Ogle
Forreston
Sheriff's Department
Pendleton
Oregon
Montana
Lightning strikes kill nine students near Nagano mountains
A bolt of lightning struck a party of Japanese high school climbers in the northern Japan Alps 31 miles southwest of Nagano, killing nine and injuring ten. In Madison, a 35,000-person reshuffle in a billion-dollar government streamlining plan began, reshaping state operations.
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Nagano
Japan
Japan Alps
Madison
Milwaukee minister named to race conference committee
Rev. James C. Plymire former Grace Lutheran pastor now leads Resurrection Lutheran Church at 2606 Auer Ave Milwaukee named to the executive committee of the Greater Milwaukee Conference on Religion and Race to draft a statement on the riots. He joins two other clergy as the area braces amid violence in guarded districts. The group urged residents to turn away from violence in thought word and deed.
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Plymire
Milwaukee
James C. Plymire
Grace Lutheran Church
Greater Milwaukee Conference On Religion and
Ressurection Lutheran Church
Auer Ave
Was A Teacher to Many Vashni Marchant Stricken With Stroke
Vashni M Marchant 75 retired Boston school teacher died at 4 45 pm yesterday in St Clare Hospital after a stroke earlier that morning He never regained consciousness A founder and past president of the Badger Lapidary and Geographical Society he was an honorary member of the Northwest Mineral Society His life spanned Montreal Boston and the Midwest where he conducted tours and donated starter rock collections He taught in the Boston system for more than 30 years from 1921 to 1954 specializing in industrial subjects electrical fields and wiring in his late years Turn to No 1 Back Page
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Boston
Vashni M. Marchant
Monroe
St.Clare Hospital
Marchant
St. Clare
Badger Lapidary and Geographical Society
Northwest Mineral Society
Midwest
Green County
Montreal
Canada
Thomas W
Mary Jane Fletcher Marchant
England
United States
Charleston
Rope Man of Green County Fair
Benton resident DeLos Mullikin showcased handmade halters at the Green County Fair using a 150 year old rope machine. A 55 year old disabled John Deere worker from Dubuque, Mullikin notes rope lengths vary with hand help and time, cites Manila and plastic twine, recalls WWII medical issues, and plans to attend Elk Horn Cheese Days and Benton Labor Day events with plans to return for the Benton Firemen celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen E. Zimmerli
Green County Fair
DeLos Mullkin
Benton
John Deere
Dubuque
Mullikin
Lafayette County
Viola
Elkhorn
Monroe
Dogs Seek Stable Homes At Local Pound Incentrator
A six month old brown female mixed with beagle awaits adoption at the Incentrator Dog Pound after about a week in residence. A larger black dog also remains impounded, having been brought in last Thursday.
Soul Brother vandalism tied to shop window misreadings
In Milwaukee a vandal scratched "Soul Brother" on a shop window to imply black ownership. A tradesman altering the sign wrote "Sole Brother" on his shoe repair shop window, a business-related change amid the incident.
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Milwaukee
Unforeseen Fresno Baby Surprises Cook Family
In Fresno Calif Patricia Cook gave birth to Paul Sterling Cook weighing 5 pounds 3 ounces without the parents realizing she was pregnant until the delivery. Patricia and husband B W Cook have three other children Pearl 11 Susan 7 and Steven 5. Cook works as a railway communications technician.
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Fresno
Calif
B. W
Cook
Patricia
Pearl
Susan
Steven
Mrs Rumelhagen 81 Dies in Freeport
Mrs John Mittie Rumelhagen 81 of Lena died Sunday July 30 in Freeport Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Leamon Funeral Home with burial in Lena Cemetery. She was formerly Mittie Hastings and first married to John Heiler in 1905 then to John Rumelhagen in 1944. Survivors include son Fred of Lena, daughter Mrs Harold Lawyer of Mazomanie Wis, brother Joe of Savanna, two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Fred
Lena
Harold Lawyer
Mazomanie
Wis
Joe
Savanna
Monroe High School Class of 1927 Reunion Reflections
Mildred Eaton Hanson, former Monroe High School economics teacher, praises the Class of 1927 for community growth and hospitality at their reunion. Her husband Llyal and she, now in Fergus Falls, attended from South Milwaukee years ago. The piece notes nearby concerns during rioting in Milwaukee as relatives were affected.
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Monroe
Mildred
Mickey) Eaton Hanson
Llyal
Monroe High School
Hansons
Fergus Falls
Minn
Milwaukee
Wilbert Bennet
Joan Bernet
Kenosha
Wisconsin Ave
Bennet
Milwaukee Curfew Lifted Temporarily
Milwaukee lifts curfew briefly as police and National Guardsmen patrol riot damaged neighborhoods after fire bombs and gunfire. City officials allow 7 p.m. curfew return while gasoline and liquor sales remain prohibited.
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Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Detroit
12Th Street
Mrs Hipke and Son Home From Hospital
Mrs Allen Hipke and her son Scott Dean 7 from Evansville were released from St. Clare Hospital after serious injuries from a two car crash on Thursday July 20. Two other Hipke children Todd Allen 6 and Steven Eric 18 months were hospitalized then released last Friday. Mrs Hipke has both arms in casts and Scott Dean was in critical condition after head injuries.
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Allen J. Hipke
Scott Dean
Evansville
St. Clare Hospital
Hipke
Todd Allen
Steven Eric
August Birthday Greeting by Clair R. Munns
A light hearted August birthday verse from Clair R. Munns wishes a reader a happy day. The poem notes August birthdays feel special even if time has worn the greeting.
Milwaukee guardsmen on standby amid riot alert
Guardsmen from the local unit packed bags and reported in as the 32nd Red Arrow Division mobilized in Milwaukee area. Some units moved to standby status while Maj. Gen. Dunlap said about half the division was on hand with crews patrolling edge neighborhoods and coordinating from armories across Wisconsin towns.
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Hottorn
Milwaukee
PSG
Leo Hauri
Monroe
Hauri
William Riese
Famouis 32Nd Red Arrow Division
Rhinelander
Viroqua
West Allis
127Th Infantry
Appleton
Clintonville
Marinette
Neenah
Manitowoc
Compand C
Plymouth
Shebovean
State Fair Grounds
128Th Infantry
Kent
Hartford
Qconomowor
Elkhorn
Fort Atkinson
Watertown
Oak Creek
Burlington
Oshkosh
Ripon
Berlin
Antigo
Wauloun
Fond du Lac
Sparta
Black River Falls
Baraboo
Reedsburg
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Rapids
Marshfield
Paul Alston
Alston
32Nd Divisionesville
Blood Donors Top the Quota With 152 Pints
Monroe Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at Turner Hall yielded 152 pints of blood donated from 1 to 6 30 p.m. surpassing Monroe’s 115 pint quota. Jaycettes praise donors and volunteers who assisted, noting summer vacancies and a 37 pint overage.
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Monroe
Monroe Jaycettes
Red Cross
Turner Hall
Jaycettes
Turner
G. M. Cummings
Panthers To Play Monroe Concert
The Juda Panther Band directed by Frank H. Daniels will present a concert in Twining Park Pavilion tomorrow at 8 PM with public invited. Soprano Miss Shirley Haas will perform Melody of Love. Program includes On Wisconsin, Overture Eroica, Georgy Girl, Birth of the Blues, Alpine Holiday, and Star Spangled Banner.
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Juda Panther
Frank H. Daniels
Twining Park Pavilion
Shirley Haas
Juda High
Wisconsin
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Illinois County
Vashni Marchant
Schmitz
Vashni
DE Los Mullikin
Helen
Monroe National Guard
Gary Buholzer
Janet
Times
Mrs
Clair R. Munns
Company B
Irene Gettings
Richard Witt
Donald Barry
Leo Nack
Robert Bussen
Glen Meier
Orson Robertson
Ruth Flannery
Garrett Keel
Marvin Zabel
John Argue
Walter Baber
Kevin Close
Larry Leopold
John Anderegg
Nathan Brown
Jerry Cummings
Dan
Jim Dixon
Robert Brauchle
Wilson Bloom
Ed Knopinski
David Ambler
Key
Jaycees
Vis
Milford Wentz
WSCS
First Methodist Church
Robert Soderholm
Mmes
Carl Holsinger
H. Darling
Henry Tschudy
C. James Weis
Arthur Roethe
Walter Babula
R. H. Eyler
Ray Gordon
Carolyn Roethe
Panthers
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