U S Combat Toll Drops in Vietnam During Last Week
U S combat casualties in Vietnam fell to the lowest in six months with 114 Americans killed, 893 wounded and five missing. The week’s ally kill ratio reached 6.8 to 1, the highest this year, amid ongoing ground war lull and the Forrestal carrier fire casualties.
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Saigon
U.S
Forrestal
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Nha Be
da Nang
Navy
Shell Oil Co
Daily Dogaerel By Clair R. Munns
A verse by Clair R. Munns titled MIDSUMMER notes a locust chorus in trees and describes sultry August days with lazy, familiar atmosphere.
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Daily
Dogaerel
Clair R. Munns
Cheese Days Antiques Show to Feature 100 Pre 1935 Cars
Royce Schulz announced Cheese Days events for September 16 and 17 in Monroe. More than 100 pre 1935 cars will be displayed at Twining Park with a 4:30 p.m. parade around the square on Saturday. Registration runs 9 to 11 a.m. judging begins at 11. The Yester Year Auto Club of Monroe hosts with prizes funded by the Cheese Days committee. The UW band will perform the Cheese Days song during Sunday's parade, one of the festival highlights in Green County. Funding is still being sought for the festival drive.
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Royce Schulz
Schulz
Swiss Colony Inn
Twining Park
Auto Club
Monroe
William Lanz
University of Wisconsin
Green County
Lee Kirsch
Monroe Clinic
Nathan Goetz
Robert Soderholm
Marco’s
Midwest
Youth Admits Theft of Beer in Monroe Break-in
Monroe police report a 16 year old admitted breaking into Cunningham Beer warehouse at 1908 9th Ave last June 9 and taking two cases of beer. Neighbors слыш heard noises and scared the burglar away. Case sent to juvenile authorities.
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Monroe
Cunningham Beer
9Th Ave
Guard Chief Predicts Weekend Duty for National Guard
Maj. Gen. John A. Dunlap, commander of the state National Guard, says troops will stay on duty over the weekend. His deputy Brig. Gen. Joseph Stehling notes demobilization could occur in as little as half a day once ordered.
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John A. Dunlap
State National Guard
Joseph Stehling
No Place for Grouch Police Continuing War With Snipers
Milwaukee police endure sniper fire at a command post with roving guards on rooftops. A sharpshooter joked for drinks from the crew while a Brink s truck used for anti sniper duty waited nearby. Security crews kept watch through the tense night.
Tides of Violence Ebb Amid Rioting Probes Intensify
Violence was waning as Congress pressed investigations into racial rioting. Vice President Humphrey urged a Marshall Plan for impoverished areas and civil peace councils. Rioting spread to Milwaukee Wyandaneh and Providence with injuries and fires as outside Black Power leaders, H Rap Brown and Stokley Carmichael, were blamed.
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Associated Press
Congress
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Communist Party
Hubert H. Humphrey
Detroit
America
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Long Island
Wyandaneh
N.Y
Providence
R.I
Humphrey
Washington
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Eastland
Senate Judiciary Committee
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Stokley Carmichael
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Motor City
National Guard
George Romney
Michigan
Barbershop Chorus Rehearses for City Band Concert
The Green County Barbershop Chorus held a regular rehearsal at the Community Center Tuesday evening. Special numbers for the Monroe City Band appearance were practiced. The chorus, under director Leon Rabe of Rockford, will perform next Monday at Twining Park Band Shell.
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Monroe City Band
Green County
Claude Barnett dies founder of Associated Negro Press
Claude A. Barnett 77 founder of the Associated Negro Press a nationwide service for coverage of Negro news died Wednesday at his Chicago home. He was born in Sanford Florida.
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Claude Barnett
Chicago
Claude A. Barnett
Associated Negro Press
Sanford
Fla
California leads own aid plan for Chile separate from U S
California plans a standalone foreign aid effort for Chile after breaking with the U S State Department. Governor Ronald Reagan says California will proceed without federal participation in the Alliance for Progress program and will seek private funding to continue technical assistance. William P. Clark serves as Reagan's liaison on the matter.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Chile
U.S. State Department
Ronald Reagan
United States
Reagan
Dean Rusk
State Department
William P. Clark
Heidi Festival Lights New Glarus Weekend
New Glarus hosts a weekend of events August 4 to 6 featuring three English language Heidi performances at 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. Farm visits, cheese factory tours, a library book bazaar, a home craft mart, and a Swiss Men's Chorus concert on Sunday mark the festival. Admission is 1.50.
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New Glarus
Johannas Spyri
Heidi
New Glarus Library
Wis
Mrs Streiff 85 Retired nurse dies in Monroe hospital
Ida Mae Streiff R N 85 a New Glarus resident and former nurse at St Clare Monroe died at 8 30 this morning in St Clare Hospital Monroe after a long nursing career including 17 years before retirement. Born April 28 1882 in Northfield Minnesota she trained as a nurse and married C W Phillips in 1902 later living in New Glarus and entering the New Glarus Home for the Aged May 1 1966.
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Ida Mae Streiff
R.N
New Glarus
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Ida Mae
St. Clare
Wrenville
Minn
C. W. Phillips
Guardsmen Train When Not on Duty in Milwaukee
National Guardsmen moved to Milwaukee from across the state to police Ne gro neighborhoods are still in training after arrival. About 3 800 of them stay at the State Fair grounds in West Allis and receive extra riot control instruction when off duty. Mail for guardsmen goes to 4108 North Richard Street armory and units receive clothing as needed from hometown facilities.
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Milwaukee
National
State Fair Grounds
West Allis
North
Richard Street
Social Security Bill Heads for House Floor Amid Tax Hikes
House Ways and Means approves a $3.2 billion Social Security plan with a 12.4 percent benefit rise for some, a minimum increase from 44 to 50 dollars, and higher payroll taxes starting next year the base wage increases to 7600 and rising to 5.9 percent by 1987.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Passenger Treated After City Collision in Torrance
Shirley R. Lindsay of Torrance was taken to Monroe Medical Center with a cut to her right wrist after the car she rode in collided at 17th Street and 17th Avenue. The accident involved Jo Ann Montgomery of Browntown and Sandra Hughes of 2001 21st Street, causing considerable damage at 1:57 p.m.
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Monroe
Shirley R. Lindsay
Torrance
California
Monroe Medical Center
Congressional panel warns of hydrogen bomb threat from Red China
A congressional committee states that Red China could launch a hydrogen bomb attack on the United States within four years and warns the nation lacks an effective defense against such an attack.
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Washington
China
United States
New York Police Authorized as Off-Duty Cab Drivers
New York City police may take taxi jobs during off-duty hours and may carry their service pistols while working. This marks the first time officers are allowed this dual role under city rules.
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New York
New York City
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Air Force
Gus Mueller
Maxwell Street
Times
Grouch
Ken Hartnett
Police Command Post
Marshall
Willi Ruef Jr
Beth Elmer
Switzerland
New Glarus Historical Society
University of Minnesota
Streiff R.N
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