Harness Races Open at Green County Fair Weekend
The 107th Green County fair features a fast track and 75 to 80 expected entrants for $5,600 in awards. Jet Ace and Fast Action lead entries from Chicago camps, with multiple three-year and two-year races on Saturday and Sunday starting 1 p.m. under Wisconsin Breeders and Harness Horse Association supervision.
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Fairgrounds
Green County Fair
Wisconsin Breeders and Harness Horse Association
Jet Ace
C. W. Livingston
O. B. Hensen
Chicago
Martinsville
Ned Livingston
Livingston-Hensen Stables
Fast Action
H. F. Halverson
Pete Casagranda
Beloit
Dominic Pat
Maywood Park
Sportsman Park
Blackie Cormican
Creed Grattan
Rockette
George Thrasher
Mike Reinert
Sturgeon Bay
Mike
Darlington
Ed Casagranda
Cary Brothers
Mineral Point
Wisconsin
Princess Yates
Fan Fare
Elkhorn
Kenneth Streiter
Ernest Graber
Kenneth Smith
Milwaukee
LaVerne Bredeson
Matt Helms
County Fair Evening Shows and Events
The county fair offers 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. featured shows with Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, Lee Castle, Letti Luce, Professor Backwards, The Crew Cuts, and Sutton Dancers at the amphitheater. Morning swine judging starts at 9 a.m. A 1 p.m. harness race is on the schedule with an additional fair show in the amphitheater at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Aut Swenson Thrillcade also appears at the amphitheater.
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Fair Show
Jimmy Dorsey
Lee Castle
Letti Luce
Professor
Sutton
Huffman Wins Again at Green County Dairy Judging
At the 107th Green County Fair open class dairy and beef judging, John W. Ruff captured grand champion Holstein bull and senior champion bull, Otis and Alice Onsrud showed junior champion bull, and Mary Ann Burgy won grand champion beef in the Junior Fair. Huffman claimed grand champion Holstein female in the Junior Fair and senior showmanship, with the event marked as the fair's most competitive in history.
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Green County Fair
John W. Ruff
Route 2
Monroe
Otis
Alice Onsrud
Verona
Rule Bros
Linden
Franz
Bob Hodgson
Mary Ann Burgy
Fred T. Burgy
Route 1
Monticello
Miss Burgy
Homer Graber
Mineral Point
Washington Center
Karl Drye
Monroe Ffa
Barbara Williams
Evan Liedschlag
James S. Huffman
Herbert E. Huffman
Huffman
Barbara Wegmueller
Ernest Wegmueller
Rock Hill
Alfred
Shorty) Meier
Richland
Zimmerman Unable To Identify Himself
Wisconsin secretary of state Robert C. Zimmerman could not prove his official identity at a county fair gate. He attempted to buy a ticket and searched his billfold for credentials but none showed he held the state post. He quipped that he could not prove victory in the 1960 election.
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Wisconsin
Robert C. Zimmerman
Burns Agency
Zimmerman
Burns
Bob
Titan Missile Flight Marks Advance Toward Readiness
A Titan intercontinental ballistic missile completed a successful 5,000 mile test flight from Cape Canaveral. The 98 foot rocket traversed the ocean-spanning course Thursday night and left a bright strobe as tracking cameras logged the blinking light for precise position data.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Sit-ins Assured Of Bill Release
Civil rights demonstrators in the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda learned their favored bill will be reported from the public welfare committee next week. Assemblyman Walter Terry said the measure will be acted on in executive session after floor debate on a tax bill ends with amendments to soften penalties. A balcony group sang "Down by the Old Mill Stream" during the fifth day.
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Madison
Wisconsin Capitol
Walter Terry
R - Baraboo
Public Welfare
Terry
Monticello Concert To Honor Vocalogi Voegeli On Monday
Frederick Voegeli Monticello funeral director will be saluted by the Monroe City band in a goodwill concert on Monday at 8 p.m. on the Monticello parking lot near the main street bridge. The event features Robert Buehler as vocal soloist and a Dixieland band with Karen Buholzer and others.
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Frederick Voegeli
Monticello
Monroe City
Allan F. Barnard
Main Street
Voegeli
Lions Club
Robert Buehler
Richard Vordermann
Hollis Schilt
Karen Buholzer
Charles Buehler Jr
Karl Gmar
Thomas Fritz
City of
Monroe
Recording Fund
The
Musicians Union
Soviet Berlin notes seek negotiated peace while warning against threats
Moscow urged the United States Britain France and West Germany to pursue a freely negotiated settlement of Germany and Berlin while warning that a separate Soviet treaty with East Germany will be signed if Western powers block an agreed peace accord. The note suggested a possible conference before German elections, which are due mid September.
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Moscow
United States
Berlin
Britain
France
West Germany
Khrushchev
East Germany
Germany
West Perlin
Kremlin
Moscow Radio
Russia
West Berlin
Cheddar Mart Quiet Bid Report at Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
GREEN BAY The Wisconsin Cheese Exchange saw only one bid today for a car of cheddar at 34 percent. The bid remained unfilled with no sales or offers and values unchanged.
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Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Hijacking of Continental jet sparks national furor
An itinerant car salesman Leon Bearden and his son Cody hijacked a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 near Phoenix and forced landing in El Paso. Hostages were held for nine hours. FBI and Border Patrol intervened as authorities discuss life imprisonment for hijacking and gun-armed crews. Bearden faced grand jury with bonds of 200000.
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Associated Press
White House
Congress
Leon Bearden
Cody
el Paso
Bearden
Arizona
California
Kennedy
Border Patrol
Continental Airlines
Havana
Leonard Gilman
Immigration Service
FBI
Gilman
Federal Aviation Agency
Federal Aviation
Najeeb E. Halaby
Senate
Washington
Fidel Castro
Castro
United Naions Security Council
U.S
J. Edgar Hoover
Mexico City
Cuba
Continental
Los Angeles
B. D. Rickards
Rickards
el Paso International
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin
The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of central and southeastern Minnesota, extreme northeastern Iowa, and parts of west central and southwestern Wisconsin. Scattered severe storms with hail and damaging winds expected this afternoon and evening from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. CDT within 60 miles of the Cloud Minnesota to Lone Rock line.
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Kansas City
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Cloud
Minn
Lone Rock
Mossman Named Monroe WPL District Manager
Duaine L. Mossman of Monroe is named Monroe District manager for Wisconsin Power and Light Co. effective Dec 8, succeeding George R. Byington, who will head the Southwest District in Mineral Point. Mossman, born December 1926 in Burlington Iowa, is a registered engineer and has served as Monroe District operating superintendent. He holds degrees from Iowa State College and has four children.
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Duaine L
Bill) Mossman
Monroe
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
John Canfield
George R. Byington
Mineral Point
WPL
W. S. MacDonald
Sheboygan
B. C. Peters
Mossman
Burlington
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Power and Light Co
Baraboo
Monroe District
Monroe Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
North School
New Detour Added to Wisconsin Weekend Road List
The State Highway Commission reports one new detour on Wisconsin roads for the weekend. The closure affects Sheboygan County on State 33, with multiple other closed sections listed across the state due to construction.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Highway Commission
Sheboygan County
Washburn
State
Spooner
Marathon State
Stratford
Fond du Lac
Brandon
Dodge
Horicon
Mayville
Rock
Edgerton
Milton Junction
Lafayette
Wiota
South Wayne
Racine State
Waterford
Junction
Wood
Pittsville
Dexterville
Dane State
Washington — State
Slinger
Dunn
Menomonie
Crawford and
Richland
Port Andrews
St. Croix
Polk
U.S
Washington
Addison
Allenton
Sheboygan
Waldo
Food Clothing Exemption Pleas Defeated in Assembly
In a party line vote the GOP controlled Assembly rejected amendments to exempt clothing and food from a three percent sales tax revision. Democrats led a six hour debate before the food exemption was dumped and Republicans pressed for revenue intact, ending a marathon session with bitter exchanges.
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Madison
Assembly Democrats
GOP
House
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Fred Risser
Risser
Welfare Department
Assembly Republican
Break-ins Investigated At Green County Auto and J W Implement
Deputies and city police probe two related break ins in Green County. A tear gas bomb forced a burglar from the Auto office on Highway 11 West, while about 40 dollars was taken from J W Implement on Highway 69 North after a failed safe entry. Sheriff Howe notes possible link and experts to access the jammed safe.
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Green County
Highway 11 West
J and W
Highway 69
A. Charles Howe
John Ferguson
Auto Company
Lewison Enters Madison Hospital for Respiratory Ailment
Assemblyman Bernard Lewison R Viroqua was granted a leave of absence to seek treatment in a Madison hospital. He was admitted Thursday for respiratory illness and will rejoin legislative duties when able.
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Madison
Bernard Lewison
Viroqua
Lewison
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