Nixon reports trip a step toward world peace
President Nixon told congressional leaders that his recent globe trotting shows divergent political systems can coexist in peace. In Houston Apollo 11 astronauts near end of quarantine plan to present a wrap up of their mission and await honors.
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Nixon
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
House
Spiro T. Agnew
Armstrong
Aldrin
Lunar
Area Man Killed In 2 Car Collision
Norman Olson 61 of South Wayne died in a two car crash on Highway 26 near Ladysmith Wisconsin. Ralph Miller 31 and Anthony Lewandowski 34 were injured and hospitalized in serious condition. Other victims Daniel Martinec 16 and Mary Peeters 17 of Butternut were killed. Funeral arrangements for Olson set for West Wiota Lutheran Church with burial at the church cemetery.
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Ladysmith
Rusk County
Wis
Norman Olson
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Ralph Miller
Anthony W. Lewandowski
Monroe
Daniel Martinec
Mary Peeters
Butternut
Wisconsin
Mr. Olson
Wiota Township
Lafayette County
Peter
Annie Johnson Olson
Freeport
Margaret Chambers
Wiota
West Wiota
Hanson Funeral Home
Green County Fair Ends With Record Crowds And No Rain
The 115th Green County Fair concluded with perfect weather and record attendance. Harness racing drew large crowds and the Demolition Derby shows set new records. Reid's rides opened as a popular new feature. Incidents included two cars catching fire but no injuries reported.
Son of Area Couple Russell Harnish Stabbed To Death
Russell L. Harnish aged 31 of Freeport was stabbed in a Belvidere area car argument and found dead on a road. Jose Estrada, 22, Belvidere, was charged with murder. Harnish, a Winslow native and Navy veteran, worked at a Belvidere Chrysler plant.
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Russell L. Harnish
Freeport
Belvidere
Jose Estrada
Iil
Boone County
Orangeville
Cedarville
Illinois
Estrada
Harnish
Russell L
Harlem Township
Stephenson County
Ralph
Dorothy Messinger Harnish
Winslow High School
Chrysler
Young Albany Soldier Kris E Shaw Dies in Vietnam
SP4 Kris E Shaw 18 of Route 1 Albany was killed in action in Vietnam after enlisting at 17. He wrote of heavy fighting on the Cambodian border before his death near July 29. Burial plans include Rockford, Illinois, with services in Illinois. He left parents Lyle and Wanda Shaw and siblings Karl Kyle Kurt Konrad Kendall Katrina.
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Vietnam War
Kris E. Shaw
Lyle E. Shaw
Albany
Vietnam
SP4
Kris Shaw
Rockford
Lyle E
Wanda Swanson Shaw
East Rockford High
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Kyle
Kurt
Konrad
Kendall
Katrina
Martha Swanson
Margaret Shaw
Cheese Firm Faces Pollution Suit Over Creek Waste
Wisconsin Attorney General Robert Warren has filed an injunctive action against Bidlingmaier-Isley Cheese Co. of Monroe in Dane County Court. The suit cites gross pollution of Buckskin School Creek and Pecatonica River due to an inadequate septic system for sanitary and milk wastes. It seeks court orders for proper waste treatment facilities and up to 5000 dollars for each day since the March 21 DNR order.
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Department of Natural Resources
Janesville Teen Injured After Roller Skating Mishap
Miss Diane Marie Dransfield, 19, of Janesville, injured her elbow in a fall at a local rink last evening. She was admitted to St. Clare Hospital after transfers from Mercy Hospital Janesville and Monroe hospital, and surgery on the elbow was planned for today. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs David Dransfield.
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Janesville
St. Clare Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Monroe Hospital
David Dransfield
Rites on Wednesday for G J Hauser 65
Gebhardt J. Hauser of Freeport died at 3 08 p m Sunday Aug 3 in St. Clare Hospital Monroe He was a former cheesemaker and hotel owner born May 3 1904 in St Gallen Switzerland He moved to America in 1930 and later to Freeport where he ran Gabby s Tap Survived by his widow two stepsons and siblings in Switzerland Funeral services set for Aug 6 at 9 30 in St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church burial Oakland Cemetery Rosary Tuesday night Memorial for Cancer Fund set.
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Gebhardt J
Gabby) Hauser
Freeport
St. Clare Hospital
Hauser
Monroe Hotel
Maple Grove Inn
Old Argyle Road
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St. Gallen
Switzerland
America
Gabby
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church
Schuetze Featured 500 Impressed With Idea Play
A crowd of about 500 attended the Wisconsin Idea Theatre production Town Hall Tonight at the Band Shell in Twining Park. The Monroe Park Board sponsored the free show featuring John Schuetze and a versatile cast performing singing dancing and acting with quick-change costumes and 19th century numbers. The program will tour the Midwest including the Wisconsin State Fair and World Food Exposition with credits listed.
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Wisconsin Idea Theatre
Band Shell
Twining Park
John Schuetze
Willard R. Schuetze
Monroe
Town Hall
Monroe Park
Middle West
Death of Monroe purchasing agent Miss Thelma Gamm
Miss Thelma Gamm 54 purchasing agent at Oaktron Industries of Monroe died at 2 45 p m Sunday Aug 3 in St Clare Hospital after a five year cancer illness. She moved to Monroe 15 years ago from Missouri and was active in Immanuel United Methodist Church and Alpha Zeta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha. She had just returned from Missouri for her father Fred Gamm s funeral. Her father died July 18 in White Haven Nursing Home. Services Aug 5 at Stnessy Funeral Home with burial in Canton s Forest Grove Cemetery. Her mother Mamie Bauer Gamm died July 1 1963. She had no immediate survivors.
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Thelma Gamm
21St Street
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Missouri
Fred Gamm
White Haven
Miss Gamm
Immanuel United Methodist Church
Alpha Zeta Chapter
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Gamm
Canton
Gertrude Feutz
Fred C
Mamie Bauer Gamm
Stnessy
Melvin J. Roehrdanz
Weekend Traffic Injuries Reported Across Area
Sheriff's deputies and Monroe police logged multiple weekend crashes. Gary L. Anderson 20 Monticello head and neck injuries in a two vehicle crash west of Monticello. Dean M. Walters Browntown treated for cuts after a motorcycle hit a car driven by Alice Keehn Monroe. Minor damage in several other accidents including a deer collision near County Trunk B and a long-distance wreck near Highway 11 81. Elsie Neilson 77 Edgerton died of smoke inhalation in a rural home fire. Fighting flares on Hamburger Hill reported as U.S. paratroopers retook the mountain.
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Monroe
Gary L. Anderson
Monticello
Gene Anderson
Anderson
David A. Losenegger
Mt. Horeb
Dean M. Walters
Browntown
St. Clare Hospital
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Lancaster
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Highway 81
Allen Wire
Route 1
Argyle
Robert R. Wozec
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
George H. Martin
Freeport
Ill
County Fairgrounds
Kelbert J. Harder
Peter T. Brown
Beloit
Wis
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Michael S. Pontius
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Pointius
16Th Avenue
Reva F. Clark
Wayne E. Koch
Cicero
Koch
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