Livestock Judging Lights Up Green County Fair Winners
At the Green County Fair crowds honored livestock victors from champion cattle to top poultry as The Kids from Wisconsin drew a small but receptive audience. Judges crowned grand and senior champions across Holstein, Brown Swiss, Angus and Hereford classes with multiple showmanship honors and Reserve titles noted for several exhibitors from Monroe, Argyle, Monticello, Brodhead and rural areas.
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Green County
Wisconsin
WGN
John
Frances Ruff
Salesman Farms
Argyle
Nelson McCammon
Monroe
Sugar Valley Farms
Brodhead
Karen Witt
Gretchen Zimmerman
Roland Zimmerman
Monticello
Jeff Williams
Harry Williams
Jim Salesman
Rural Argyle
Salesman Farm
John and
Alfred Meier Jr
Ivan Zettle
Ralph Zettle
Lester Witt
Jody Wegmueller
Ernest Wegmueller
Aaron Digman
Kendall Digman
Apollo 11 crew reunited at lunar quarantine station
The Apollo 11 command module was moved into the lunar receiving laboratory as technicians prepare to allow astronauts Armstrong Collins and Aldrin access for personal gear. They met Apollo 12 crew in preparation for a November moon mission.
Green County Fair Highlights Local Exhibits And Vendors
Fair highlights include United Telephone Co display with latest telephones and colors. Betty Lipke of Beloit manages Koscot mink oil make up being introduced in Wisconsin. Monticello Music Parents fund improvements, and Marshall Bluff Bowhunters set up hay-bale range. Roy’s Sanitary Dairy serves pizzas, and Stookey’s diner marks 20 years at the fair. Green County Red Cross First Aid Station returns in Civil Defense building under Ed and Geri Houston. John W. Ruff Holsteins, Frances Rufi, and calf forecasts headline the livestock section.
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Wisconsin
Green County Fair
Betty Lipke
Beloit
Monticello
Marshall Bluff
Green County Red Cross Chapter
Civil Defense
Westgate
Geri Houston
John W. Ruff
Green County
Frances Rufi
Frances
Two Hurt In Rock County Traffic Mishap Near Orfordville
Two people were taken to St. Clare Hospital after a Rock County crash near Orfordville. Richard Rosman 18 and Judith Lythjohan 17 both sustained injuries with Rosman admitted for multiple bruises and Lythjohan listed in fair condition with a fractured pelvis. Four other county accidents were logged in Green County, including a Monroe crash on Highway 1181 injuring a passenger and a Brodhead collision damaging a sign pole.
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St. Clare Hospital
Rock County
Orfordville
Richard Rosman
Frank Rosman
Route 1
Brodhead
Judith Lythjohan
Robert Lythjohan
Footville
Green County
Gary L. Rufer
Monroe
Marine Sgt. Theodore A. Ott Receives Silver Star
Marine Sgt. Theodore A. Ott, 21, of Monroe, wounded in Vietnam on June 18, is awarded the Silver Star. He led a reconnaissance patrol, directed covering fire, dragged a comrade to safety, and called in air strikes amid heavy fire, earning the nation’s highest valor honor.
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Theodore A. Ott
Theodore H. Ott
17Th St
Monroe
Vietnam
Ott
da Nang
First Reconnaissance Battalion
First Marine Diision
Republic of Vietnam
Sergeant Ott
Marine Corps
United States Naval Service
United States
H. W. Buse, Jr
U.S. Marine Corps
Fleet Marine Force
Pacific
Army Worm Outbreak Sweeps Midwest Crops and Lawns
County inspection finds armyworms widespread across the Midwest devouring corn soybeans alfalfa and garden plants. Iowa experts trace the surge to wet weather and missing natural predators, warning the outbreak may be the worst seen and could breed more eggs for next season.
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George Hartman
Midwest
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Iowa State University
Harold Gunderson
Dr. Gunderson
Gunderson
Jets Versus College All Stars At Soldier Field In Chicago
The New York Jets led by coach Webb Eubanks meet the College All Stars at Soldier Field in Chicago tonight at 8:30 pm for a charity game televised nationwide. Despite missing stars like O J Simpson and Leroy Keyes, 70 000 fans are expected as Otto Graham-coached collegians face the AFL favorites. The Jets, aiming to match their Super Bowl prestige after beating the Baltimore Colts, bring Namath with two weeks of drills. Packers slogans and Elroy Hirsch’s hiring add football notes.
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Joe Namath
New York Jets
Chicago
Soldier Field
O. J. Simpson
Leroy Keyes
Jets
Webb Eubanks
Collegians
Otto Graham
Baltimore Colts
NFL
Sunday Schedule Notes for Belleville Turn No. 5 Match
Sunday's schedule in the Home Talent Southern Section lists Belleville Turn facing No. 5 in a Back Page game. The brief item highlights positions and pairing but provides no further details on venues or results.
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Southern Section
Belleville
Exhibitors Should Pick Up 4 H Entries
Mrs. Mary Alice Hart youth agent reminds exhibitors to collect 4 H entries in Exhibition Hall between 4 and 8 p m Sunday. Superintendents will be on duty. Items not picked up by 5 p.m. Monday will be disposed of. Anything left must be collected at the fairgrounds not the Extension Office. TROOP WITHDRAWAL Washington AP committee expects Wheeler to recommend a gradual pullout of 25000 troops from Vietnam this year. FIREMEN CALLED Firemen responded to a hay field blaze at the John Waelti farm north of Idle Hour Mansion at 10 a.m.
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Mary Alice Hart
Fairgrounds
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Earle G. Wheeler
U.S
Vietnam
John Waelti
Idle Hour
Blue Ribbon Knitting Marks Win For Twin Grove Cheesemaker
Joe Jaeggi of Jefferson Center Cheese Factory in Twin Grove takes top honors with a blue ribbon for a light green knitted baby outfit including cap, mittens, bootees and sweater. Lyle Thorp, 21, has knitted items since May 1964, winning for the outfit and design. His wife Patsy Wideman learned knitting via Monroe's night school and encouraged him. Their daughter Pamela wears the outfit tied to the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Jaeggi
Jefferson Center
Twin Grove
Lyle Thorp
Patsy Wideman
Monroe
Harness Racing Slated for Green County Fair
Jim Beer reports from Monroe on the Green County Fair harness races starting Saturday at 1 30 p m and Sunday at 1 p m with 116 horses, a record field in two decades. Purses total 9000 dollars over nine races daily, and tracks record data note King's Counsel as a pacing standout with two minute offspring.
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Jack Gram
United States Trotting Association
Green County Fair
Monroe
Green County
Wisconsin
Fair Grounds
King’s Counsel
Harry Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Kings Counsel
King's Counsel
Gram
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Pasadena
Calif
Mars
Red Planet
Menasha
Paper Company
Theda Clark Hospital
Neeenah
Joseph J. Kryscak
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Dist. Atty
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Kennedy
Ann Arbor, Mich
Karen Sue Beineman
Farm Bureau
United Telephone Co
United
Helen Knobs
Janesville
Roy's Sanitary Dairy of
Pete Allen
Stookeys
Stookey
Lloyd Richardson
Mickey
Jackie Maurer
South Wayne
United Farm Agency
Booth
Raymond Sonnenburg
Highway 11
Diane K. Crotty
Route 2
No. 3
Sgt
Theodore Ott
Sergent Ott
T. A. Ott
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Miami
Green Bay Packers
Kansas City
Oakland
Packers
Elroy
Crazylegs
Hirsch
Badger
Jim Beer
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