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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1968
Page
1
Police search Florida for a suspect in a fatal slaying as a wave of violence followed a late Sunday shooting and looting spree in Watts causing multiple deaths and numerous injuries.
Monroe Volunteer Firemen completed a 1928 custom cab pumper restoration after 1,000 to 1,200 hours of labor. The truck, built by Pirsch in Kenosha, returned from a 1965 tornado, retained by the department since purchase, and features original cab, siren, lanterns, and an early air mask system.
Charles Quitman Stephens a 57 year old veteran held as a material witness in the King slaying occupies a comfortable cell at the Shelby County penal farm. He has hired a private lawyer and seeks release or greater amenities while remaining in protective custody. A district attorney general's office says he is kept safe and available to testify.
Fifteen entries are lined up for the WEKZ Amateur Show to be held tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at the Band Shell in Twining Park. Prizes totaling 75 dollars come from the Monroe Clinic and Monroe Chamber of Commerce. Joe Urban leads the event with Kerwin Steffen assisting as MC. additional entries include singers, dancers, instrumentalists, and a baton team from multiple locales.
Susi Douglas daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Douglas of rural Juda is home to stay after treatment at University of Wisconsin Children's Hospital and rehabilitation in Madison. She survived a coma since April and weighs 110 pounds while progressing with left hand use and daily tasks. Her brother Scott, also injured, will study at Oshkosh Vocational School this fall.
Ballarat California's Seldom Seen Slim 86 the last resident of Ballarat a ghost town died after being found ailing in his trailer and dying five days later in Trona funeral planned at Boot Hill.
Fort Lauderdale police hunted a man who telephoned to direct investigators to the bodies of an 11 year old girl and her mother and pleaded Please catch me. He claimed to have murdered three people and warned the city may face more violence. The victims were Mrs. Dorothy A. Clark of Clarkston Georgia and her daughter Marilyn, found shot near a Hollywood roadside and at a Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport area respectively.
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