Amateur Fleet Hunts Newsman Off Falmouth
A fleet of amateur searchers prepared to hunt for American newsman Robert Manry, last seen four days ago aboard the 32 foot Tinkerbelle, 287 miles from his goal. Heavy seas and 30 foot waves hindered air and sea efforts. Manry set out from Falmouth Massachusetts 76 days ago on a 3200 mile voyage toward Southern Ireland.
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Falmouth
England
Robert Maury
Atlantic
Cleveland
Ohio
Royal Air Force
Manly
Robin
Douglas
Manny
Virginia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Manry
Ireland
Mass
Britain
Tires on New Cars Set for Improvement
General Motors VP Harry Barr told the Senate Commerce Committee that tires on new cars are "as safe as money can buy" but acknowledged room for improvement. He defended current tire safety while supporting ongoing efforts to set minimum standards and uniform grading for tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Motors Corp
Harry F. Barr
Senate Commerce Committee
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Barr
Viola Tielkemeier resigns after 24 plus years at St. Clare
Miss Viola E. Tielkemeier, a nurse at St. Clare Hospital since its opening, resigns effective after yesterday’s full day of work. She plans a August 21 vacation tour of Washington and New York City before seeking other employment. Born in Davis Illinois, she joined St. Clare after 24 plus years at the Deaconess Hospital in Monroe and has practiced nursing since 1930. A surprise farewell dinner at Idle Hour Mansion and another hospital party honored her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola E. Tielkemeier
St. Clare Hospital
Washington, D.C
New York City
Miss Tielkemeier
Davis, Ill
St. Clare
Old Deaconess Hospital
Monroe
Freeport Deaconess School of Nursing
Idle Hour Mansion
McNamara Says 32nd Not in Current Plans
Rep. Robert Kastenmeier said the Defense Department informed him Wisconsin's 32nd National Guard Division will not be called to active duty under present mobilization plans. He quoted Defense Secretary Robert McNamara saying units used in the Berlin and Cuban crises would not be called again if comparable units are available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert Kastenmeier
D-Watertown
Defense Department
Wisconsin
National Guard
Kastenmeier
Defense
Robert McNamara
Watertown Democrat
McNamara
Berlin
Navy Extends Enlistment Time Amid Viet Nam War
The Navy orders a four month extension for regular Navy and Marine Corps enlistments to bolster ranks for the Viet Nam war. Secretary Nitze signed the telegram affecting active personnel with Aug. 20 for Marines and Sept. 15 for Navy. Reservists and those already extending are not affected.
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Washington
Navy
Viet Nam
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Pentagon
Nitze
Riots Return To West Chicago Neighborhood
Rioting broke out for a second night in a West Side district with about 150 police and several hundred Black residents involved. 18 officers and 47 civilians were injured, 100 people arrested amid brick throwing, looting and window smashing as clashes spread along Pulaski Road and near Eisenhower Expressway.
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Patrick E. O’keefe
Chicago
West Side
Pulaski Road
Garfield Park
Robert Wiens
Dessie Mae Williams
Lawrence Landry
ACT
Eisenhower Expressway
George F. W. Steinhoff Dies at 78 in Platteville
George F. W. Steinhoff 78 a Platteville lifelong farmer died at 4 35 this morning at St. Clare Hospital after an August 4 admission and subsequent surgery. Survived by wife and three children. Karmann Funeral Home Platteville handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. W. Steinhoff
Platteville
St. Clare Hospital
Karmann Funeral Home
Began With $15 Check Unemployment Pay Totals
The article recalls the 1935 start of unemployment insurance with a $15 check to Neillis B. Rudd of Madison Wisconsin and notes that more than $47 billion has been paid to jobless Americans over 30 years. It highlights economists and officials who credit the program with stabilizing the economy and preventing personal and financial bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Neillis B. Rudd
Madison
Wis
Rudd
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Brock Engraving Co
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Congress
Johnson
Wisconsin
Winzenried Reaches Finals In National Champs Track
Monroe runner Mark Winzenried qualified for finals at the National Junior Chamber of Commerce track championships in Houston Texas. Wisconsin finalists include Stu Voigt Larry Franklin and Bob Gordon of Madison with strong showings in 440 and mile events while Franklin leads broad jump qualifiers and Gordon paces the mile. Several others were eliminated on Friday across discus high jump 100 and 220 events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Winzenried
Monroe
Factory Work Attains Record
Washington says July employment in manufacturing reached 18,133,000, the highest since World War II, with a 90,000 seasonal adjustment. The average weekly hours stood at 41.1 and overtime averaged 3.5 hours, both July highs. earnings averaged 107.68 dollars, down 53 cents from June due to a shorter summer week.
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Washington
Labor Department
Wisconsin State Fair Opens as 25500 Attend Event
The Wisconsin State Fair opened for its 115th year with over 25,500 visitors despite the heat. James Salesman of Argyle won top senior Holstein showman in the senior showmanship contest. Green County Holsteins placed fourth among about 23 herds, as county 4H and FFA exhibitors showcased Holsteins, spotted and Duroc swine, Suffolk and Southdown sheep. Blue ribbons tally: nine blue, seven red, five white, two pink from 23 Holstein entries. Other results list numerous named exhibitors and placements across cattle and swine classes.
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James Salesman
Argyle
Green County
Southdown
Calvin Kraemer
Kenneth Allen
Norman Houlberg
Albany
David Miller
Brodhead
Ken Pick
Monroe
Tom Hoesly
New Glarus
del Soddy Jr
Browntown
Bill Hoesly
Bill Deininger
John Elmer
Steve Digman Monroe
Scott Smith
Jo Daviess Sports Festival Opens With 65 Mile Relay
The Warren Community Fair hosts a 65 mile relay through Stockton Elizabeth Galena Scales Mound and Apple River finishing at Warren fairgrounds. Sunday features a chicken barbecue Swiss Yodelers New Glarus yodelers trophy 1 30 p m tractor pull 1 45 p m championship baseball 3 30 p m and midget auto racing 8 p m. Digman's Holsteins of Monroe take dairy grand champion. Roger Hay of Warren the grand champion female.Larry Lee Winslow takes light weight tractor prize and Clarence Schultz Winslow wins heavy weight.
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Warren
Jo Daviess
Stockton
Elizabeth
Galena
Scales Mound
Apple River
Fairgrounds
Digman’s Holsteins
Monroe
Roger Hay
Larry Lee
Winslow
Clarence Schultz
Riots in Los Angeles Negro District Leave 15 Dead
National Guardsmen fought through Watts streets as looting and arson spread across the Negro district. Fifteen people died and hundreds were injured, including a sheriff's deputy and a sniper. Police and guardsmen moved to restore order with 5,000 troops planned.
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James Bacon
Los Angeles
Watts
National Guard
40Th Infantry
California
Edmund G. Brown
Greece
Athens
Irving Taylor
Taylor
Milwaukee man charged with stealing father’s savings
Michael C. Makovich, 23, of Milwaukee was bound over to circuit court for trial on a charge of stealing his father’s life savings of $58,000. A $5,000 bond was set in a preliminary hearing before County Judge F. Ryan Duffy Jr.
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Milwaukee
Michael C. Makovich
F. Ryan Duffy Jr
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Fond du Lac
M. Wilfreda
M. Margaret Rose
M. Paulette
Catholic University
Fleet Hunts
Viola Tielkemeier
Wiens
George Steinhoff
Paul A. Raushenbush
National Guardsmen
Francis J. Eckerman
American Automobile Association
Walter Ekum
Henry S. Hefty
AAA
Ekum
Hefty
Eckerman
Times
Winzenried
Paul Erickson
Blanchardville
Kim Hartwig
Sharon Weiss
Joe Dunphy
Rita Paulson
Glen Houlberg
Karen Houlberg
Kathy Zimmerli
Jim Salesman
Jene Eberle
Juda
David Allen
Ram
Ewe
Richard Sullivan
Suffolk
Jeff Wideman
Poland
Bob Ammon
Barrow
John Ammon
Tom Klemm
Hampshire
Dennis Matzke
Negro District
Gov. Brown
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