Monroe approves Kerr-McGee fertilizer plant land sale
Monroe City Council votes unanimously to sell a parcel in the industrial park to Kerr-McGee Oil Industries for a fertilizer blending and distribution plant near Monroe Roller Mills. Officials cite little odor or dust from the Mukwonago plant as reassurance, with construction to begin soon and an estimated cost of 70000 dollars.
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Kerr-McGee Oil Industries
Oklahoma City
Olin E. Flisram
Fifth Ward
Kerr- McGee
Mukwonago
Flisram
Robert Bussen
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Walter R. Ekum
Monroe
Bussen
Charles Hoefs
Fr. Atkinson
Kerr-McGee
Henry M. Grundahl
Hoefs
Walter R. Rufener
Ekum
Rufeners
Monroe Realtors Board
Planning Commission
Burgy
Arthur Roethe
Realtors Board
Harvey Elmer
A. H. Schneider
New City Forester
Starlings Take Official Spotlight
City Council votes 7 1 to authorize police to continue shooting starlings and to buy shotgun shells. Police Chief Hefty calls the program unhelpful and inhumane while Aldermen defend it as relief for residents. Mayor Ekum notes pellet hazards and observers question safety. Turn to No. 2 Back Page.
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Starlings
Henry S. Hefty
Hefty
O.N. Johnson
Evan C. Chambers
Police and Safety Committee
Walter R. Ekum
Henry Grundahl
Maxwell Street Day draws crowds to Monroe shopping block
Street crowds flood Monroe commerce as Maxwell Street Day likely shatters attendance records. Pleasant weather and moderate prices drive shoppers to the square with bumper traffic and full parking. merchants stay open until 9 pm. A street dance runs 9 to 11 pm featuring Monroe High School Folk Arts Club and the Jolly Cheesemakers.
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Monroe Merchants
Maxwell Street
Times
Monroe
Folk Arts Club
Monroe High School
The
Jolly Cheesemakers
McDowell Calms Uproar Over DDT Findings
Wisconsin dairy residue concerns eased by State Agriculture Director Donald Mc Dowell who described the milk contamination as not alarming. He cited 5,919 samples over four years with nine actionable cases and seven in dairy products, urging no public alarm.
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Madison
Donald McDowell
State Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
State Board of Agriculture
Six F102 jets rushed to Saigon to defend against possible Tonkin crisis
Six Air Force F102 Delta Dagger fighters flew from Clark Field to Saigon to bolster defense against potential North Vietnamese or Chinese attack. The planes carried only anti aircraft rockets and marked the first combat jets stationed in Saigon. SEATO met in Bangkok as U.S. and South Vietnamese leaders discuss a unified command amid rising tension. The number of U.S. civilian dependents in South Vietnam remained at 700 with no evacuation planned.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
United States
Air Force
Red China
Gulf of Tonkin
Okinawa
Clark Field
Philippines
Garnett D. Page
Decatur
Ala
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Maddox
Pentagon
Hanoi
America
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Seato Council
SEATO
South Korea
Maxwell D. Taylor
Khanh
Goldwater Supports Johnson on Viet Nam Crisis
Senator Barry Goldwater, during an unusual vacation on the Sundance yacht off Catalina Island, urged backing Johnson’s Viet Nam actions. He called to say he supported the president saying the American flag must not be shot at anywhere on earth.
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Washington
Sen
Goldwater
Johnson
Viet Nam
California
Catalina Island
St Clare hospital marks silver anniversary with service pins
On the lawn of St Clare hospital a ceremony awarded Service Award pins to staff marking the silver anniversary. Sister M Wilfreda conferred the pins and leaders from the personnel association spoke. Recipients include Ed and Nora Birschbach for 25 years and many others for 5 through 20 years.
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St. Clare Hospital
M. Wilfreda
Catholic Hospital Association
Thomas Holyoke
Ed _ Birschbach
Nora Birschbach
Lula Keller
Gladys Gollackson
Elma _ Robertson
Josephine Wedesky
Dorothy Cummings
Helen Briggs
Mildred Boyer
Frances Kubly
Emma Pfister
Gladys Lane
Florence Messerli
Alma Nelson
Pearl Schild
Sadie Schindler
James Bosanny
Faye Se
Bodies of Trio Located by FBI in Mississippi
FBI confirms the identities of two civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman and Mickey Schwerner, among three bodies found in an earthen dam near Philadelphia Mississippi. The third body is James Chaney, with examination continuing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
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Jackson
Miss
Philadelphia
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Goodman
Schwerner
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Greenwood, Miss
Studnet Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Jackson FBI
James Chaney
Goodman and
Chaney
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Meridian
The
Meridian Star
Candidate Discovers He Wasn't on Ballot
Norton Kan Guy Ankeman on the Democratic ticket for Norton County commissioner found his name omitted on ballots in three city wards but present in townships. He was unopposed and election officials decided no action was needed.
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Norton
Kan
Guy Ankeman
Norton County
Ankeman
Johnson orders air strikes in Tonkin Gulf crisis
President Johnson announces U S air strikes against North Viet Nam gun boats and shore facilities in response to attacks on U S ships. He directs action under a united stance with Congress to back South Viet Nam and notes China and the Soviet Union have defense ties with North Viet Nam.
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Washington
United States
Southeast Asia
Johnson
U.S. Navy
North Viet Nam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
John
Viet Nam
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.N. Security Council
Peking
Communist New Evening Post
Tonking Gulf
Hong Kong
Tass
United States of America
South Viet Nam
Congress
China
Soviet Union
Moscow
Stanleyville Seized by Red Rebel Forces
A report from Stanleyville in the Congo says the northeastern city is in the hands of Communist backed rebel warriors. A message from Stanleyville airport at 5 p.m. stated the entire city is in rebel control and a garbled version reached the United Nations in Leopoldville.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Stanleyville
United Nations
Post Group Acquires Second Weekly Paper
The Post Corp of Appleton announced the purchase of a Milwaukee area weekly, Northwest News, and its merger with the Post-owned North Star. President V. I. Minahan stated the acquisition expands the company’s local publishing portfolio.
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Post Group
Milwaukee
The
Post Corp
Appleton
V. I. Minahan
Northwest News
North Star
Johnson Speech Warns Red China
President Johnson declared that peace requires a firm response to aggression and defended U S air strikes on North Vietnamese attackers. He urged Red China to keep hands off and warned against widening the war during ceremonies dedicating Syracuse University’s journalism building.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Johnson
U.S
Red China
Syracuse University
Samuel I. Newhouse
Washington
Gulf of Tonkin
United Nations
Senate To Speed Resolution Action
In a Senate conference the bipartisan leaders agreed to fast track a resolution endorsing President Johnson's Southeast Asia crisis actions. Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and Minority Leader Dirksen said the measure should be acted on immediately without prior committee clearance.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Dirksen
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Defense Chief Details Raids and Losses in Tonkin Gulf
Secretary McNamara reports four PT boat bases damaged and one oil depot wrecked in 64 sorties by carrier aircraft. Two American planes downed, two damaged. Johnson had ordered a strong retaliatory strike against North Vietnam after attacks on Maddox and Turner Joy. McNamara lists base locations near Haiphong and Vinh with 14 oil tanks 90 percent destroyed and smoke rising to 14000 feet. Training and force movements included carrier and fighter transfers to the Western Pacific and increased Pacific readiness.
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Washington
Tonkin Gulf
Secreary
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
McNamara
Johnson
Ticonderoga
Constellation
Maddox
Turner Joy
Hongay
Red River
Haiphong
Loe Chao
Puc Loi
Quang Keh
Vinh
Quang Khe
First Fleet
Eastern Pacific
Western Pacific
Thailand
United States
Pacific
South China Sea
Army
Honolulu
Okinawa
Four in Family Die in Baraboo Trip Crash
A car train collision in Roger City Michigan Tuesday killed four members of the Weirich family en route from Wurtsmith AFB to visit relatives in Baraboo. Victims were Robert A. Weirich 45 Claudia 39 Robert 14 and Angela 3. Two daughters Brenda 17 and Alyce 15 were hospitalized.
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Roger City
Mich. A
Baraboo
Robert A. Weirich
Air Force
Claudia
Robert
Angela
Brenda
Alyce
Wurtsmith Afb
Oscoda
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