Four Deaths Raise Wisconsin Highway Toll in Weekend
The weekend adds 14 fatalities with four deaths from a one car crash near Moorland Road in Milwaukee County raising the 1966 toll to 602. Victims Deborah Cocking 18 John Creed 18 Susan Langren 17 Marianne Pucci 17 all from Niagara Michigan. Others including Marvis Eason 10 Milwaukee and Stephen Klimek Jr 21 Racine die in separate crashes.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Tron Mountain
Mich
Interstate 94
Moorland Rd
Waukesha County
James Welch
Deborah Ann Cocking
John A. Creed
Susan K. Langren
Marianne Pucci
James L. Kuester
David Payette
Niagara
Joseph Bouche
Iron Mountain
Marvis Eason
Clyde Jockey
Chicago
Hayward
Chippewa Falls
Highway
Cadett
Jockey
Betty
Lee Breevold
Star Prairie
St. Croix
Kenosha
Stephen Klimek Jr
Racine
Robert C. Guy
Sparta
Leon
Robert J. Gember
Chilton
Thomas Oppmann
Harry Koepsel
Time Flies In A Vacation Lapse By Clair Munns
Vacation time passes swiftly in this light verse. Rest and play end as two weeks vanish, leaving memories of days enjoyed and the pace returned to normal.
Johnsons honeymooning on Bahamas trip in privacy
Pat and Luci Nugent honeymooned in Nassau at the Capricorn villa near Lyford Cay, traveling unrecognized on a Pan American flight from New York with six other couples. Luci wore a blue skirt and white blouse. Pat in a gray suit. Nearby, Lt. Gerard Nugent marked his first wedding anniversary as he served in Vietnam. The White House prepared for public tours as the Johnsons attended church services.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Patrick
Luci Johnson Nugent
Mrs. Frisbee
New York
Kennedy Airport
Luci Johnson
Secret Service
Pat
Luci
Kennedy
Capricorn
Rebekah Harkness-Kean
Philanthro
Nugents
New Providence Island
Lyford Cay
Washington
Gerard Nugent
U. S. Marine Corps
Hill 65
Viet Nam
Nugent
Okinawa
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marine Corps
White House
Johnson
National City
New Glarus Sets Attendance Records at Festivities
New Glarus hosted a three day series attracting large crowds with the second Heidi performance drawing 600 on Friday and 1250 on Saturday at the high school gym. The Sunday Folkfest set attendance records with parking and food running short. Pioneer Village hosted 700 visitors, farm visits drew strong crowds, and cheese factory tours plus an ice cream social highlighted the weekend.
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New Glarus
Heidi
Alfred Meier
Monroe
St. Bernard
Times Special
Virginia Tschudy
Monroe Times
Poneer
Washington Township
Women’s Evening Guild of the
Swiss
Demonstrators Clash with Whites in Chicago Northwest Side
About 1,500 civil rights protesters marched through an all white neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side. They faced a crowd of roughly 2,000 whites who jeered and threw rocks during the confrontation.
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Chicago
Laird calls current cheese import laws unfair and costly
Rep. Melvin R. Laird urges banning all non sanitary cheese imports, accusing the Johnson Freeman administration of double standards. He cites Wisconsin costs and foreign-cheese competition, noting 15 million pounds of Colby entered first quarter and mislabeling to skirt quotas.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Rwis
U.S
Orville E. Freeman
Laird
Johnson Freeman
Wisconsin
Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Public Health Service
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
State Board of Health
Colby
New York
Wis
Johnson - Freeman _ administration
Pastor to address Kiwanis on Mental Health program
Reverend Calvin P. Fischer of St. John's United Church of Christ will present a program on Mental Health and show a film titled Emotional Health at the Kiwanis Club meeting Thursday noon at the Swiss Wheel. Ernest A. Spring donates a special prize for the event.
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Calvin P. Fischer
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Kiwanis Club
Ernest A. Spring
Madison Wisconsin cheddar market steady with firm demand
The Madison Wisconsin cheddar market shows steady to firm tone as demand remains fair and supplies stay short to adequate. Prices are 48 to 50 percent for cheddar, 40 pound blocks 4814 to 52, single daisies 52 to 53, longhorns 51 to 52.42, and midgets 52 to 55.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Congress resumes airline strike hearings with urged settlement
Congress reopened hearings on the airline strike and called on labor and management to settle the dispute without new laws. A direct appeal warned that failure could lead to lasting regret for both sides.
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Washington
Congress
Sniper Crisis Dusks as Whitman Claims 17th Victim
A Monroe native recalls the Austin sniper attack while Charles Whitman’s killing spree reaches 17 victims. Karen Griffith, 17, dies after a bullet struck her at UT Austin as Mary Gabour, 41, remains in critical condition at Brackenridge Hospital.
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Austin
Monroe
Maurice Connors
Charles J. Whitman
University of Texas
Karen Griffith
Brackenridge Hospital
Whitman
Mary Gabour
Texarkana
Brackenridge
Monroe native recalls tornado, Texas tower shooting
A Monroe Wisconsin native recalls Tornado devastation, the Palm Sunday disaster, and an Austin Texas Aug 1 1966 shooting incident near the University tower. He notes security responses, police, and medical crews mobilizing as he witnessed the moment and its aftermath.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Austin
Texas
Texas University
Green County
Congress Ave
University Tower
National Guardsmen Try to Deter Traffic But Drivers Ignore
National Guard sergeant in Fond du Lac says motorists ignore guard patrols on Wisconsin highways. Guardsmen, deployed by Gov. Warren Knowles to curb accidents, note drivers focus on police and state patrols while promising to relay license numbers for violations.
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Fond DU Lac
National Guard
Warren P. Knowles
John D. Michaelowske
State Patrol
Michaelowske
Wisconsin
Knowles
Plane Crash Probe Under Way in Falls City Neb
Investigators say one of two recording devices from Braniff plane crash burned beyond use after the Saturday night disaster that killed 42. The jet plunged from a cloud into a soybean field eight miles northeast of Falls City. A second device may still be usable.
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Falls City
Neb
Braniff International Airways
Here
Seversons Hurt In Auto Mishap Near Madison
Mr and Mrs Roger Severson of Monroe were injured when their car was forced off Highway 51 Bridge over Highway 12 near Madison. Severson swerved to avoid a head on collision, hit the guard rail and bridge railing, suffering a leg injury and facial cuts. His wife sustained facial cuts and both were treated at St Marys Hospital Madison. A white Cadillac reportedly passed another car and did not stop.
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Roger Severson
Monroe
Highway 51
Highway 12
Madison
Severson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Williard Sprague
16Th Ave
Nora Emma Smithson
St. Paul
Minn
Smithson
Otto Nussler
Freeport
Arthur Bruni
Highway 59
Nussler
Vernon H. Anderson
Janesville
Gregory D. Roush
Route 4
John H. Wessels
Roger T. Douglas
Route 1
Juda
Lois M. Chambers
Chicago
Ill
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Tempus
Glarus
Melvin Laird
Freeman
Charles Whitman
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National Guardsmen
Seversons
Baler
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