Several barns burn in Green Rock counties. firemen busy
Three barns burned in Green County and one in Rock County on Friday August 8 with extensive firefighting by Browntown Monroe and Brodhead crews. Portman and Sopher barns were attacked after explosions and electrical concerns. No animals died. one calf perished. milking moved to nearby sites as crews aided by farmers fought flames for hours.
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Green County
Rock County
Anthony W. Portman
Browntown
Hilda Portman
17Th St
Monroe
Cadiz Township
LaVern Sopher
Spring Valley Township
Brodhead
Darris Bidlingmaier
Monticello
Washington Township
Portman
Monroe Ready Mix and Material Co
Duane Portman
Browntown Fire Department
Monroe Department
Portmans
Orfordville
Bidlingmaier
Sopher Place
Fosenstiel Farm
Spring Vally Township
Roseleip Attacks Black Panthers as Communist Threat
Madison Sen Gordon Roseleip denounces the Black Panther Society as a Communist-influenced group aiming to destroy democracy. He cites J Edgar Hoover and Mao Tse Tung as sources for Panthers philosophy and urges constructive reform. Paris reports France devalues the franc by 12 percent to curb gold outflow and revive the economy.
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Madison
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Black Panther Society
Roseleip
Hoover
Mao Tse-Tung
Black Panthers
Clarence J. Hoesly 74 Dies In New Glarus August Heart Attack
Clarence J. Hoesly of New Glarus died at 11 20 p m Friday August 8 in St Clare Hospital eight minutes after admission from a heart attack He was a former village board member farmed in New Glarus Township and held co op and Masonic affiliations He was born May 11 1895 in New Glarus Township married Amelia Schiesser June 2 1921 and is survived by his widow a son a daughter two siblings six grandchildren and other relatives Funeral services will be 130 p m Monday August 11 at the Swiss Church New Glarus with burial in the Swiss Church Cemetery Masonic rites at the funeral home a day earlier.
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New Glarus
Clarence J. Hoesly
St. Clare Hospital
Hoesly
New Glarus Township
Blanchardville
Marcus and
Agatha Streiff Hoesly
University of Wisconsin
Amelia Schiesser
Mr. Hoesly
Swiss United Church of Christ In
Linus Wierwill
Century Farm recognition set for Luther Lemon farm
The Luther Lemon farm on Route 1 Monticello will be honored at the State Fair Century Farm and Home Recognition Day on Tuesday Aug 12. A plaque will be presented to Mr and Mrs Lemon though they cannot attend. The Lemon family has occupied the farm for about 100 years with roots tracing to 1869.
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Luther Lemon
Monticello
Luther
Monticello High School
Nixon unveils New Federalism and family assistance plan
President Nixon proposes a federal income guarantee of 1600 dollars a year for a family of four with supplements until earnings reach 3920 dollars, plus reforms to replace aid to dependent children and boost welfare funding. Revenue sharing would start in 1971, while action may lag.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Fire School Slated Aug 24 at Green County Fairgrounds
The 33rd Annual Fall Fire School will be held August 24 at the Green County Fairgrounds Monroe with 9 am start for registration and class assignments. Ten two hour sessions cover Hose in Fire Service Ladders in Fire Service Rating Bureau and Your Fire Department Fire Prevention Limited Water Supply Rural Fires and more taught by named instructors from state and national fire bodies. Noon dinner is available and many restaurants are open in town. Also noted is a separate AP report on Senate action to approve limits on testing shipment and storage of chemical and biological warfare agents.
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Green County Fairgrounds
Monroe
W.J. Eckert
Gordon Christianson
State Board of Vocation and Education
Madison
Wisconsin
University of Illinois
Champaign
Illinois
Chicago
Robert F. Grant
National Fire Protection Association
Boston
Massachusetts
Washington
Armed Services Committee
Senate
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Maxwell Street
Times
Alep
Chamber of Commerce
Joe Benkett
Jim Beer
Paris
France
C. J. Hoesly
Robert
E. L
Loraine) Benzel
Belvidere
Ill
Ray
Fred Heller
Mike
Zentner Funeral Home
Jesse
Rose
Lela Elmer
AP News
Saigon
Chas. Morris
Beloit
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