53 Die In Titan II Silo Blast At Se arcy Arkansas
In Se arcy Arkansas the Titan II missile complex explosion and fire killed 53 people with six more bodies found in the lower levels. Rescue teams removed victims from the 108 foot silo as investigators described the scene and the search continued through the night. The missile was not armed and the cause remained undetermined.
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Air Force
Arkansas
Searcy
Gary Wayne Lay
Clinton
Added Farm Milking Tours Set For Cheese Days
Cheese Days adds farm milking tours on Saturday September 18 and Sunday September 19. Green County Farm Bureau sponsors offer free bus tours to seven nearby Monroe farms with advance reservations by mail to Cheese Day Monroe Wisconsin. Tickets are first come first served with on square Green County Farm Bureau booth access if space remains. The noon Cheese Day session also allows tasteful float advertising and notes 26 bands have joined the festival roster.
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Swiss Wheel
Walter Preuti
Don Deininger
Green County Farm Bureau
Monroe
Cheese Day, Inc
Wis
Concrete Clinic Planned for Farm at Dale Atkinson Farm Albany
A demonstration on pre poured concrete slabs for farm buildings will be held Thursday Aug 12 at the Dale Atkinson farm near Albany. William Roper from Portland Cement Association will speak with reps from Monroe Ready Mix Commercial and Savings Bank Monroe and Green County Extension present.
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Dale Atkinson
Albany
Atkinson
William Roper
Portland Cement Association
Monroe Ready Mix and Material Co
Commercial and Savings Bank of
Monroe
Green County Extension Office
Orangeville driver escapes injury in Monroe area crash
Donald R. Wuthrich of Orangeville Illinois was driving south on Highway 69 when his car struck a pole five miles south of Monroe. The vehicle sustained damage to the front fender two doors and rear fenders but Wuthrich escaped injury according to Green County Sheriff's deputies.
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Orangeville
Ill
Monroe
Green County Sheriff's Deputies
Donald R. Wuthrich
Prices Unchanged in Madison Wisconsin Cheddar Market
Cheddar prices hold steady as demand is fair to good in Madison with short supplies of longhorns and adequate other styles. Listed prices include cheddars 357 to 3854, 40 pound blocks 35 to 38 percent, single daisies 39 to 41 percent, longhorns 3958 to 4054, and midgets 39 to 41 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Father Son Die After Lawn Dispute in Stamford
In Stamford Connecticut Henry C. Fisher Sr. 40 and his son Henry Jr. 16 died after a heated quarrel over cutting the lawn. Police say both suffered heart attacks likely linked to preexisting cardiac conditions. The son collapsed first. the father performed mouth to mouth resuscitation before dying.
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Stamford, Conn
Henry C. Fisher Sr
Henry Jr
Robert Hunt
Hunt
State Key Award Recipients Named for 4-H
Six area 4-H members are among the state honorees for 4-H Key Awards, as reported by Calvin Kraemer. Honorees include Thomas R. Hefty, Audrey Ann Beach, Patricia Elaine Kaster, Janis Adele Sandley, Barbara Dawn Williams, and Bethany R. Matzke. A state committee selects winners. 310 awards were given statewide this year, with 89 boys and 221 girls among the recipients.
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Calvin Kraemer
Thomas R. Hefty
Little Hill High Club
Audrey Ann Beach
Clarno
Patricia Elaine Kaster
Juda Jolly
Bethany R. Matzke
Janis Adele Sandley
Barbara Dawn Williams
Hiawatha
Willi and Ewing Win State Cheese Honors at Wisconsin Fair
Governor’s Award winner Leo Willi of Darlington leads top Swiss cheese honors as his wheel scores 97.5 at the State Fair. Ewing of Blanchardville tops black Swiss. Wells of Gratiot and Kopp of Monroe also place in brick and Muenster divisions. Results reflect totals from Green and Lafayette County Fairs with Cheese Days timing in September.
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Leo Willi
Darlington
Warren P. Knowles
West Allis
Willi
Green
Lafayette
Cheese Days Inc
Wills
Switzerland
Calamine Cheese Co
Drum Swiss
Clifford Wells
Gratiot
Ronnerud Cheese Co
John Marty
Browntown
Davis Cheese Factory
Werner Zimmerman Jr
Monroe
Green County
Richard Ewing
Blanchardville
York Center
Jaeggi Bros
Juda
Jefferson Center
Wells
Kopp
Gary Swiggum
South Wayne
Wiota Dairy Coop
Heeringa
Randolph
Ray C. Zuberbuehler
Juneau
Registration Begins as Feds Register Negroes in Selma
Federal examiners started registering Black citizens today in Selma Alabama the heart of the Black Belt where over 3000 arrests occurred during the long struggle for voting rights.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama
Black Belt
Noted Illinois convict to receive 35000 regret payment
W Theodore Marcin who spent 17 years in Joliet Prison for a fatal police killing will receive a 35000 expression of regret from Gov Otto Kerner after lawmakers approved the payment. Marcin, now a Los Angeles truck driver, was released in 1950 amid evidence the identifying witness was uncertain.
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Springfield
Theodore Marcin
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Marcin
Los Angeles
Joliet
Chicago
Marcinkiewicz
Joe Majczek
Majczek
Dwight H. Green
I'm Glad I Went Now Teacher Heads for Alaska Teaching
Ann Goodmiller plans a final year of first grade teaching at a military post in Fairbanks Alaska. She leaves Chicago area by plane via Seattle six hours travel time and reflects on Alaska’s rugged open spaces and future overseas teaching plans.
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Alaska
Ann Goodmiller
O’harefield
Fairbanks
Alan Goodmiller
Miss Goodmiller
Monroe High School
Platteville State University
Chicago
Seattle
Heidi Festival in New Glarus Sets 1966 Cast Returns
The Heidi Folk Festival directors in New Glarus voted to debut all cast and production helpers as special members. New officers include Millard Tschudy as president and Robert Strickler as vice president. Heidi drama slated to play Aug. 5 and 6 with Volksfest July 7 and Hall of History feature.
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NEW Glarus
Times
Heidi Folk Festival, Inc
Millard Tschudy
Palmer Duerst
Robert Strickler
Kenneth Hoesly
Gerald J. Disch
Richard Voegels
Steve Franken
Glarus Maennerchor
Hall of History
James Barnard
Association
Tschudy
Strickler
Duerst
Hoesly
Knowles Sets Meet On Slaughter Alley
Gov Warren P Knowles scheduled a Wednesday meeting with highway and law enforcement officials in Madison to address deadly crashes on Slaughter Alley a nine mile stretch of I 94 between Lake Mills and Johnson Creek in Jefferson County Six people died in accidents there last week including a triple fatal crash and the highway project to widen I 94 to four lanes is planned for completion by September.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Jefferson County
Lake Mills
Johnson Creek
Cautious Optimism After White House Viet Nam Briefing
After a White House briefing House Democratic leaders voiced cautious optimism about the Viet Nam situation. They described potential paths forward and stressed careful, steady steps ahead to ease tensions and avoid escalation.
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Washington
House
White House
Viet Nam
Belleville Plans Community Picnic and Chicken Barbecue
Belleville schedules a two day community event with soft ball games, dances, live bands, and a Sunday chicken barbecue. Co chairmen William Hoenisch and John Zentner lead the event with music by the Belleville high school band and the Don Ward Trio. 2 p m Sunday features a Belleville ball game against Viota and aerial water fights at 7 30 p m with teams from Oregon Verona Brooklyn Monticello New Glarus Belleville Fire Department and Moundview Shows providing rides.
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Belleville
William Hoenisch
John Zentner
Verona
Brooklyn
Starlite Terrace
Au Go Go
Nancy
Diane Lien
Belleville High School
Don Ward
Viota
Oregon
Monticello
New Glarus
Moundview
Platteville
C. O. Scott
J. W. Eagen
Lyle Herfel
H. C. Hoesly
Leo Piller
Howard Ward
Ballots Cast for ASCS Selections in Green County
A total of 1,163 ballots were cast in the Green County ASCS elections. Ballots will be opened and counted on Friday. The turnout represents about 43 percent of those eligible to vote, according to ASCS office manager Donald Siedschlag.
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Green County
ASCS
Donald Siedschlag
Cuban seaman admits killing on banana boat Seven Seas
A Cuban seaman Roberto Ramirez admitted to a murder rampage aboard the 166-foot vessel Seven Seas. He reportedly killed five crewmen and fled as engines failed, leaving only one survivor Elvin Burgwaise who hid in a small chain locker for 18 hours. Coast Guard said five dead included first mate Aldrick Hinds and chief engineer Jose Abad.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf Stream
Coast Guard
Ramirez
Miami Beach
U.S. Immigration Service
Elvin Burgwaise
Cmdr
Wahl
Burgwaise
Cuba
Raul Carcia
Aldrick Hinds
Jose Abad
Antonia Fornier
Rogelio Diaz
Diaz
Cook
Franco Salomon
Burywaise
Technique May End Tragedy of Rh Babies
Johns Hopkins scientist reports tentative success using gamma globulin injections to prevent Rh incompatibility problems in pregnant women. Tests in the United States and England show preliminary hope for normal health outcomes for so called Rh babies in the womb.
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Bar Harbor
Maine
Johns Hopkins University
United States
England
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Knowles
Slaughter Alley
W. C. Wahl
Key West Coast Guard
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Roberto Ramirez
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