Pentagon announces $1.5 billion in cuts shrinking forces and fleet
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird unveils a $1.5 billion reduction including a 100,000 soldier cut and the inactivation of more than 100 ships such as the battleship New Jersey. The Navy, Air Force, and Army will trim capabilities and training, with a warning of weakened worldwide posture.
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Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
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New Jersey
Air Force
Laird
Congress
Hearings on Milwaukee Chicago milk order split held
USDA began hearings in Chicago on separating Milwaukee from the Chicago milk marketing order covering northern Illinois and Wisconsin. Dairy groups urged or opposed the split, citing market disruption and past losses from consolidation. Additional testimony is scheduled for August 25 in Oshkosh and a recommendation will follow.
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Milwaukee
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pass Christian Hard Hit by Camille Winds and Evacuation
In Pass Christian Mississippi Hurricane Camille devastated the town. Gov. Williams ordered evacuation due to possible epidemic while Seabee units led cleanup. The business district, bank, bakery and City Hall suffered major damage. Market gains in New York followed by cautious trading.
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Dixie White House
Washington
Hancock County Bank
New York
Miss Green County Farm Bureau Contest Seeks Applicants
Farm Bureau Women offer a $200 scholarship for University of Wisconsin Farm Short Course. Entries to Mrs. Gus Adamson Route 1 Monticello. Contestants must be Farm Bureau members or from a Farm Bureau family, single, 18 to 30, with farm background. Winner gets $25 bond, represents Green County Farm Bureau, competes in State Contest Nov 15–16 at Lake Delton, and may win an expense paid trip to the AFBF meeting in Washington DC starting Dec 9, 1969. Winners announced Oct 7 at Green County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.
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Farm Bureau
University of Wisconsin Farm
Gus Adamson
Route 1
Monticello
Miss Green County Farm Bureau
Lake Delton
Miss Wisconsin Farm Bureau
A.F.B.F
Washington, D. C
Green County Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
Fire Marshals Launch Probe Into Triple Early Morning Fires
Mineral Point authorities with Iowa and Lafayette counties summoned a state fire marshal to investigate three fires within an hour. At 3:05 a.m. Seven Oaks School in Lafayette County suffered extensive damage. A barn on the Robert Marr farm in Iowa County burned at 3:38 a.m. Then a house and car erupted in flames at Mineral Point’s west city limits before dawn.
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Mineral Point (Lp
Iowa
Lafayette
Mineral Point
Seven Oaks
Lafayette County
Robert Marr
Iowa County
Special Education Classes To Resume In Monroe
The Green County Special Education School at the former county normal building will start Tuesday August 26 with teachers reporting August 25 for in service. Principal Mabel Haskee oversees junior high. elementary taught by Mable Probst. Albany’s Elsabeth Rust handles primary. Helen Ginner trains. Enrollment projected at 35. Orville Bear is custodian and Morgan Johnson cooks. Bus drivers include Wedesky Von Moos Hanson Tollackson and others. Rudy Haskee formerly Green County superintendent heads handicapped program and serves as teacher counselor in Lafayette County.
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Green County Special Education School
County Normal
Mabel Haskee
Mable Probst
Elsbeth Rust
Albany
Helen Ginner
Orville Bear
Morgan Johnson
William Wedesky
Leo von Moos
Dora Hanson
Brooklyn
Victor Tollackson
Rudy Haskee
Green County
Lafayette County
Vietnam war casualties surge as week tallies rise
AP reports last week 244 Americans killed and 1,409 wounded in Vietnam, plus 477 South Vietnamese deaths and 1,269 wounded. Allied forces counted 3,798 enemy killed as fighting resumes after a lull. In Beloit, John Vance, 32, held on first degree murder charges with bond set at 11,000. In Washington, Rogers criticizes the Soviet Union for not aiding Vietnam mediation. In Pass Christian, Mississippi, recovery workers find over 200 bodies after Hurricane Camille. Gov Williams visits the scene.
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Saigon
U.S
Beloit
John Vance
Rock County
Mark Farnum
Vance
Elton Zinn
Washington
Soviet Union
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Lions Visit Camp for the Blind in Wisconsin
Monroe Lions Club members and spouses will visit the Camp for the Blind at Rosholt Wisconsin on Sunday August 24. The event supports a Wisconsin Lions Club project and attendees should contact Floyd Achterberg or Dr. Robert Smith to arrange travel.
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Monroe Lions Club
Rosholt
Wis
Wisconsin Lions Club
Lions Club
Floyd Achterberg
Robert Smith
Flood toll climbs in Virginia West Virginia toll rises
Western Virginia towns along the Blue Ridge report 38 dead and 32 missing after floods from remnants of Camille. The James River rising above flood stage threatens Richmond and other cities as towns scramble with sandbags and damage exceeds 11 million dollars.
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Richmond
Virginia
Blue Ridge
James River
West Virginia
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