Wisconsin State Fair beef winners and prices listed
Don Witt of Monticello won grand champion Charolais in open class at the Wisconsin State Fair and earned 1.2212 per pound, third in auction after the Blue Ribbon Beef Show. Pfister Hotels of Milwaukee purchased Witt’s Charolais and Witt’s Shorthorn from 1969. The article also notes other winners, auctions, and dignitaries at the fair including Hereford grand champion and various placings in Charolais and Angus classes.
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Don Witt
Monticello
Pfister Hotels of
Milwaukee
Witt
Don
Karen
Pabst, Inc
Warren P. Knowles
Pabst Beer Garden
Alice In Dairyland
Wisconsin Beef Queen
Wisconsin
al Wright
Elmer Rule
Mineral Point
Jerry Stennlson
Jeannie May
Guerdon Voights
Belmont
Bud the Hereford Steer Wins Wisconsin State Fair Grand Champion
A Hereford steer named Bud won the Wisconsin State Fair grand champion blue ribbon in West Allis and sold for a record $7,376 to Pabst Brewing Co, destined for Milwaukee’s Veterans Administration Hospital. The 1,039-pound steer, home bred by 13-year-old Peter Botham, marks Pabst’s sixth straight grand champion purchase at the fair.
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Milwaukee
Bud
West Allis
Pabst Brewing Co
Peter Botham
Veterans Administration Hospital
Botham
Madison
Barneveld Farms
Pabst
Dane County Fair
Mike Gootschalk
Darien
Monroe to Host National Fire School at Green County Fair
Nationally known instructors will teach morning classes in Monroe on August 23 for the 34th Annual Fall Fire School of the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's Association at the Green County Fairgrounds. The public afternoon program features eleven demonstrations and a parade of fire trucks on the race track. Admission is free for women and children.
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Monroe
Wisconsin
Northern Illinois Firemen’s Association
Green County Fairgrounds
O. C. Kreymborg
North Platte
Neb
Dr. Kreymborg
International Rescue and First Aid Association
International Association of Fire Chiefs
Kenneth L. Stanton
Western Acturial Bureau
Chicago
Gordon Christianson
State Board of Vocation and Adult Education
Madison
W.J. Eckert
University of Illinois At Champaign
al Dimoff
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau
Milwaukee
Marvin Austin
Illinois Inspection and Rating Bureau
Charles Kopecky
Racine
Joe Benkert
Southern Wisconsin and
John Peters
McFarland
Paul Boecker
Naperville
Ronald Nelson
Orfordville
Herman Pfund
Controversial Gas Ship Sinking Aboard the USS Hartley
The LeBaron Russell Briggs, a World War II freighter loaded with GB nerve gas, is sunk in the Atlantic 283 miles east of Cape Kennedy after an eight man team prepared the wreck. 12 540 bottles of gas plus one VX mine are to be neutralized by sea water.
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Hartley
LeBaron Russell Briggs
Navy
A. G. Hamilton
Briggs
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Army
Florida
Claude Kirk
Mendota
Deteriorating U S Israel ties sour over cease fire row
Tel Aviv papers decry Washington refusal to back Israel on Egypt cease fire charges near the Suez area 30 miles from the canal amid reports of SAM missiles. Iraq sieges Cairo embassy and detention of Egyptians add to regional tensions as Arab mediators seek a solution.
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Tel Aviv
Washington
Egypt
United States
Suez Canal
Ervin Proposes Amendment preserving women’s protections
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. of North Carolina leads a counter effort to the House bid for a Equal Rights Amendment. He will introduce a substitute that preserves protections for women including exemptions from the draft and laws promoting health safety and economic welfare for women. He warns the House version would invalidate existing sex based laws and lead to constitutional chaos.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin Jr
House
North Carolina
Democrat
Senate
Ervin
Gang Leader Surrenders In Chicago Detetective Slaying Case
Charles Edward Bey, 23, a reputed second in command of a Negro street gang, turned himself in at the Chicago Daily News offices and was escorted by Judge Saul A. Epton to the Cook County jail. Police say three other gang members are wanted for questioning in the sniper death of Detective James A. Alfano Jr. and have already arrested another Main 21 member.
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Chicago
Charles Edward Bey
Bey
Chicago Daily News
Saul A. Epton
Circuit Court
Cook County
Epton
James A. Alfano Jr
Safeguard talks on arms pact offer scrap in exchange for Soviet cuts
AP dispatch notes the bargaining table at SALT with the Soviet Union includes scrapping the whole plan for Soviet reductions of offensive and defensive missiles. In Washington, leaders expect a 4.4 billion education bill to pass over Nixon's veto if the Senate follows the House. Agriculture officials meet to assess Southern corn blight damage as losses remain uncertain. In Saigon, a night attack by over 100 North Vietnamese is repelled with 38 killed and one wounded. U S B52s continue raids in heavy rain and clouds.
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Soviet Union
Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Agriculture Department
Department
South
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Winnebago County Fair Opens With Kids Day Activities
The 49th annual Winnebago County Fair in Pecatonica Illinois starts Wednesday August 19 for five days with free grandstand performances. Kid's Day offers ride discounts 1 to 5 pm. a baby animal event showcases over 40 tame animals. Miss Winnebago County Fair Queen judging and finals occur. a pony pulling contest is scheduled. Continuous acts include Anita Bryant Carales Goetsch Brothers and more along with Saturday harness racing and a country western show. Season tickets cost 5 dollars, general admission 1.50, kids under 12 free, with free parking and gate days Wednesday Thursday Friday until 4 pm. Major improvements include a new grandstand roof and a north-side service road.
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Pecatonica, Ill
Barados
American Motorcycle Association
Anita Bryant
Carales
Goetsch Brothers
Faye and
Bryse
Mary Kay
George Morgan
Homesteaders
Wilma Burgess
Jimmie Curry
Ted Mack
Luehr
Ideal Rides
Milwaukee
Wis
Dr. Wayne Fencil Named to Vo-Tech Board District 5
Monroe surgeon Dr. Wayne J. Fencil was named to the Vocational Technical and Adult Education District 5 Board, filling the unexpired term of Donald Christianson. He is a Notre Dame and Marquette Medical School graduate and serves as vice president of the United Fund of Monroe.
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Dr. Fencil
Vo-Tech Board
Wayne J. Fencil
Monroe
O.L. Johnson
Fencil
Monroe Clinic
Donald Christianson
Moore Business Forms, Inc
University of Notre Dame
Marquette Medical School
International College of Surgeons
United Fund of Monroe, Inc
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Vietnamese rice convoy raid shocks Phnom Penh
A Cambodian rice convoy en route to Phnom Penh was ambushed by Viet Cong forces on Monday afternoon. A military spokesman reported a large quantity of rice seized. he did not know the fate of the Cambodian troops escorting the convoy.
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Cambodia
Phnom Penh
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