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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Monroe Evening Times
GOP Governorship Edge Threatened Amid Reapportionment Fears
Editorial notes Republicans face erosion of big state holds as reapportionment looms. Gilligan in Ohio gains ground amid scandals. Pennsylvania sees Milton Shapp challenging Lt. Gov. Ray Broderick on tax and Shafer program lines. Reagan remains strong in California against Unruh. Milliken and Sargent praised. Goldberg and Rockefeller face tough races. Kirk may hold Florida if past primary troubles resolve.
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U.S
Pennsylvania
Ohio
John Gilligan
Roger Cloud
Gilligan
Ray Broderick
Ray Shafer
Milton Shapp
Shafer
Broderick
Shapp
Ronald Reagan
California
Jess Unruh
Reagan
Lake of the Ozarks
William Milliken
Michigan
Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
George Romney
John Volpe
Nixon
New York
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Nelson Rockefeller
Claude Kirk
Florida
Kirk
Powers Sees Wife After Soviet Spy Trial
The August 20, 1960 item notes Francis Gary Powers being sentenced to prison and allowed a tearful reunion with his wife behind the courtroom scenes during the U2 spy flight trial. The column also mentions Carol Sorenson’s national junior girls golf championship and a Senate debate on elderly medical care.
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Soviet Union
Francis Gary Powers
Carol Sorenson
Janesville
Senate
Wisconsin GOP Booths Push at State Fairs In 1970 Campaign
Wisconsin Republicans extend fair booth program to 60 county groups across fairs statewide. Eighth District Chair Richard Boltz leads the effort as the party marks its sixth straight year with a State Fair presence. Patrick Lucey urges an ecological review of power needs and limits.
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GOP
Madison
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
Richard Boltz
Lucey
Oak Creek
Patrick J. Lucey
United States
U. S
Milwaukee
On This Day in History August 20 1970 Highlights
Highlights recount events dated August 20 across history including Alaska’s discovery in 1741 and Washington’s retreat in 1776 in fog. Also noted are Civil War end in 1866 and wartime actions in Brussels 1914 and the Dnieper Dam event 1941.
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Alaska
Vitus Jonas Bering
George Washington
Brooklyn
New York
East River
Manhattan
Brussels
Dnieper
Ukraine
Morocco
Algeria
Lyndon B. Johnson
August Moon Changes and Northern Lights in Wisconsin
An August report notes five moon changes and a partial lunar eclipse followed by a bright Aurora Borealis display. It cites folklore linking stormy seas to months with five moon phases and forecasts frost around Sept. 27. Purple Martins linger late, while South Dakota crops were strong and haystacks increased as 1,000 Islands visitors saw a planetarium moon rock exhibit.
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Herbert Mohns
Spring Grove
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Ben F. Feldt
The
Dakotas
South Dakota
Feldt
Highmore
Minnesota
Iowa
New Planetarium
Rochester
Morris Hermansons
Blanchardville
Herman
Joyce
Jeffrey
Gregory
Benny
Ronald Hermanson
Bernard Beckwith
Wisconsin Real Estate Study Course Ad
An advertisement for an adults only real estate broker or salesman license course. Wisconsin School of Real Estate offers home study options and GI Approved classes with on site sessions in Janesville and Beloit at 161 W Wis Ave Milwaukee.
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G.I
Janesville
Beloit
Wisconsin School OF Real Estate
W. Wis. Ave
Milwaukee
Blanchardville Social Update Visitors at Benson Home
Mrs Earl Barber hosts Blanchardville visitors including Mr and Mrs David Benson and Dann LaCrescent Minn Ole Rud Mondovi Earl and Gary Rud Elena Minn and Mr and Mrs Clarence Hermanson Joyce and Mrs Mabel Moen at Sever and Lloyd Benson home Also M C OHara Hot Springs Ark and family spent two weeks visiting before heading to Foster City Calif Esther Benson vacationing at Athas home Thrifty want ads urged and a Monroe hospital visit by Mrs Rundhaug entourage John Cicha and family from St Paul spent the weekend at William Rupnow home
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David Benson
Dann
LaCrescent
Minn
Ole Rud
Mondovi
Earl
Gary Rud
Elena
Clarence Hermanson
Joyce
Mabel Moen
Sever and
Lloyd Benson
M. C. O’hara
Hot Springs
Ark
Sever
Foster City
Calif
L.P. Athases
Esther Benson
Athas
John Cicha
St. Paul, Minn
William Rupnow
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Emery A. Odell
Congress
Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations and
Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Gordon S. Seagrave
Burma
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Pentagon
Jean Keel
Alice Signer
Bessie Schiesser
Bonnie Bechtolt
Evelyn Becker
Genese Sowl
Nellie Schiess
Helen Haldiman
Gladys Bayrhoffer
Marian Bridge
Bernardine Gilman
Evansville
County Normal School
American Legion
Sheboygan
Fairfield Martial Bank
Lincoln Park
Fairfield Fife and Drum Corp
Harry Bennett
W.S. Guinter
Monticello
Rob Roy
J. Lee
Lancaster
Educational and Vocational School of the
New American Army
R. D. Gorham
A. L. Cook
Verne Henn
Monroe Baseball Association
Court House
J. C. Hood
Browntown
Col
S.P. Schadel
the Knights of the Globe
Dixon
Ben Hoyland
J. Jacob Tschudy
F. W. Zimmerman
Washington
Nixon Administration
Mali
West Africa
Senegal
Sudan
Athens
Greece
Elias Tsirimakos
Camille
Mississippi
Merchant and
Emerson Streets
Helen
Stephen Thompson
Mrs
Arne Thompson
Hollandale
Arroyos Y Esteros
Paraguay
South America
Peace Corps
Morris Hermanson
N.Y
Herman Hermanson
Mrs. Sterner
P.F.L. AQ
Severn
Denny Road
Earl Barber
Peter A. Rundhaug
St. Clare Hospital
Mmes
Geneva Lien
Amanda Brager
Alma Moon
Edna Hanson
Monroe Glass CC
Kundert-Loeffel
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