Barry Attends 50th Anniversary Order of the Arrow Meeting
Don Barry of Monroe and four thousand delegates join the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Order of the Arrow in Bloomington Indiana on the Indiana University campus. The event features officers from the U S Grant Council and workshops on camping and leadership while recounting the Order’s 1915–1948 milestones and Ordeal induction.
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Don Barry
George Barry
Monroe
Order of the Arrow
Bloomington
Ind
Don
Troop 114
Wetassa
U.S. Grant
Rockford
Rick Smith
Galena
Lee Stein
Brodhead
Gene Madison
U.S. Grant Council
E. Urner Goodman
Carroll A. Edson
Treasure Island
Philadelphia Council
BSA
Boy Scouts of America
Armed holdup suspect captured after Wisconsin Rapids robbery
An armed man who robbed the Western Discount Store Service Station in Wisconsin Rapids and fled with $200 was arrested in Stevens Point after a police roadblock. A pistol was found in his car and he offered no resistance.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Stevens Point
Prices Unchanged In Madison Wisconsin Cheddar Market
Madison Wisconsin cheddar prices hold steady with demand fair to good and supply mixed. Longhorns and 40 pound blocks remain short to adequate, other styles range from adequate to ample though specific quotes are garbled.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Fall Fire School draws record crowd in Monroe
Firefighters demonstrated new gear at the 29th annual Fall Fire School on the Monroe fairgrounds led by Fire Chief Josef J. Benkert. The event featured a church raise, foam demonstrations with Jet X, and a staged blaze with a semi-tanker. A large turnout attended despite storm cleanup.
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Times
Fairgrounds
Monroe
Josef J. Benkert
Benkert
Southern
Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen’s Association
Firemen Probe Smoke At Fairgrounds Demonstration
Smoke near Richland School drew a crowd as fire trucks paraded during the Fire School Demonstration on the Fairgrounds. Fire Chief Josef Benkert said police were alerted and a car investigated. the cause was grass burning, noted as lucky and not requiring action.
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Richland School
Fairgrounds
Josef Benkert
Gronouski May Help U S Polish Relations
President Johnson sends Postmaster General John A Gronouski to Poland as ambassador to halt a slide in relations with Warsaw. Officials say he will continue ambassadorial talks with Chinese representatives in Warsaw. The 129th meeting with Chinese Communists is set for Sept 15.
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Washington
Johnson
John A. Gronouski
Poland
Warsaw
U.S
China
Casey Stengel Steps Down as Mets Manager
Casey Stengel, baseball’s most popular figure since Babe Ruth, bowed out Monday as manager of the New York Mets. His retirement as manager becomes effective at season end, and he will stay with the club as a vice president.
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New York
Casey Stengel
Babe Ruth
New York Mets
Stengel
Florida Honors Space Twins Return From Eight Day Flight
Governor Haydon Burns welcomed astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad at Cape Kennedy after their eight day space mission. They landed aboard the Lake Champlain two miles from Pad 19 as preparations for Gemini 6 continued. Doctors reported each lost about ten pounds but felt well.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Lake Champlain
Florida
Haydon Burns
Cooper
Conrad
Charles A. Barry
Gemini
Cape
Pad
Moon
The
Champlain
Robert Gilruth
Manned Spacecraft Center
Control Center
Charles Berry
Wisconsin Traffic Toll Hits 630. 11 Die Weekend
The Wisconsin 1965 traffic toll rose to 630 as 11 deaths occurred in weekend crashes and two more today. Victims include Donald Muller 19 Appleton in a truck crash near De Pere, and Rose Mary Rabas 25 Luxemburg in a Keawkee County collision. Numerous other young drivers perished in crashes across the state, with total losses climbing from the prior year.
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Wisconsin
Donald Muller
Appleton
de Pere
Rose Mary Rabas
Luxemburg
Lincoln
Kewaukee
Robert D. Anderson
Prentice
Price County
Highway 8
Joseph Dirks
Harrison
Lincoln County
Highway 64
Merrill
Donald Alfonse
Cumber
Land
Highway
Cumberland
Rickey Zube
Sheboygan
Sheboygan Falls
Lorette Wetzel
Mukwonago
Robert S. Kelly
Burlington
Louis Quaderer
Minneapolis
U.S. 63
Cable
Bayfield County
Earl Kurth
Hartford
William B. Condon
Ripon
Paul E. Zowal
Owen
Highway 13
Marathon County
Nicholas Grahovac
Milwaukee
Wayne Wallermann
Robert Buege
Losses Are Small Top Steel Shares Lower on Market
New York stock market edged lower in early trading as labor talks threaten a steel strike by Wednesday. U S Steel shut facilities for possible strike prep while other steel shares dipped modestly. Cigarettes rose and the AP average fell 0.1 as bonds held steady in light trading.
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Top Steel
New York
Wall Street
U.S. Steel
Associated Press
Eastman Kodak
Owens - Corning - Fiberglas
American Stock Exchange
U.S. Treasury
Storm Halts Work on Zanders Lake Construction
Heavy storms at Zanders Lake halt progress on the Browntown project that began July 21. Workers have not resumed since the Thursday night storm, and long dry periods are needed to restore soil working condition. The 74 acre lake will be formed by an 1800 foot dike near the old lake.
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Zanders Lake
Clarence Benkett
Browntown
Wittwer Tells Of Academy Life
Cadet 4th Class Leon A Wittwer of Monroe writes Congressman Bob Kastenmeier that he enjoyed a great basic summer and is eager for academics. He notes tests earned him entry to advanced math and chemistry courses and an elective in psychology, carrying 22 semester hours and hoping to be a freshmen football manager in 12th squadron with several Wisconsin classmates.
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Leon A. Wittwer
Monroe
Bob Kastenmeier
Air Force
Wisconsin
Plant Worker Hurt by Falling Limb During Storm action
Carl L. Ault a Plant Superintendent with United Telephone Co. suffered facial cuts after a fallen limb struck him and snapping wires while he and four crew members tried to free torn lines north of Juda near County Trunk S. He was treated at Monroe Clinic and sent home.
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Carl L. Ault
Monroe
United Telephone Co
Juda
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Arrow
Indiana
Emmett Cox
Western Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
James C. Weis
First Methodist Church
Walter R. Ekum
Association
F. C. Richter
Batavia
Gronouski
Casey
Space Twins
William Stuckey
Wittwer
Academy Life
Kastenmeier
Air Force Academy
Leon Wittwer
Carl Ault
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