Holiday Season Suffers Setback In Industrial City
In Kenosha Wisconsin the Christmas season dims as American Motors Corp halves operations for 12 weeks ending January 17. About 2,400 workers in Kenosha face layoff while 12 000 hourly employees at the Kenosha plant and 7 500 at Milwaukee facilities brace for shutdowns and unemployment benefits. Bill Doles a 7 year AMC machinist and Norma his wife face a first Christmas with triplets born January 3 as layoffs hit their family finances. Local businessmen express gloom yet resilience noting past recoveries and calling for patience.
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Kenosha
Lake Michigan
American Motors Corp
Wisconsin
Bill Doles
AMC
Doles
Bill
Norma
Coles
Corinth
Miss
American Motors
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Milwaukee
William V. Luneberg
Automotive Manu
New Nursery Ding-A-Dong School Opens January Eleventh
Plans emerge in Monroe for a Ding A Dong Nursery School to serve preschoolers from January to April. Head teacher Mrs. Harbick leads a staff of three assistants with classes Tue Wed Thu mornings in St. John's United Church of Christ. Pre-registration December 16 at the church room includes a $10 fee for insurance and opening costs. Enrollment capped at 15 children ages 3 to 5 with first come, first served admission and a waiting list for excess applicants.
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Richard Harbick
Ding-A-Dong
Harbick
Rosa Garden Center
Times
Monroe
Sik Jew
Egbert Kamstra
John McElhaney
Nancy E. Travis
University of Wisconsin
Travis
U. of
John F. Kundert
St. John’s
Robert Wichser
Robert Salzwedel
St. John’s United Church of Christ
St. John’s Church
Gemini 7 and 6 Prepare for Close Rendezvous in Space
Bor man and Lovell remain fit despite nasal congestion and Lovell declines the suggested anti allergy pill. Gemini 7 cruises near half of the record 14 days with a planned rendezvous with Gemini 6 at 9 54 am EST Sunday. Ground issues hinder voice link via laser. temporary fuel cell trouble is cleared. Demonstrations include formation flight with a booster and astronauts flying in underwear without pressure suits.
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Borman
Lovell
Earth
Santa Claus Objects to Space Craft at Space Center
At the Gemini Control Center in Houston a visitor wearing a visitors badge complained about their spacescraft, saying he nearly hit them. The man was Captain E M Vallerie, an Air Force officer on space research duty off duty, later identified by Al Chop the nighttime voice of Gemini control.
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Space Center
Houston
Tex
Gemini Control Center
Santa Claus
al Chop
Gemini Control
Chop
E. M. Vallerie
Air Force
Space Research
Merry Christmas Youngest of Trees Brightens Holiday
In Columbus, Ohio, Merry Christmas Trees, 12, is the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Trees of Forest Park. The family name includes Forrest Trees and siblings Douglas Fir and Jack Pine. Merry plans to decorate the tree by herself this year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Merry Christmas
Jack Trees
Firwood Place
Forest Park
Forrest
Douglas Fir Trees
Jane Wood
Copenhagen
Denmark
Jack Pine Trees
Ohio State University
Jane Groves
Merry
Badger Lapidary Group Meets Tuesday
The Badger Lapidary and Geological Society Inc. will meet at Ludlow Memorial Library at 8 p.m. on Tuesday December 14. Officers for the coming year will be elected. Prof William J. Figi will present a talk on the Wisconsin Indian artifacts and lore, with artifacts shown by members invited to display theirs.
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Badger Lapidary and Geological Society Inc
Ludlow Memorial Library
Wisconsin
Selma acquittals raise threat of renewed racial strife
In Selma Alabama three white men were acquitted of the murder of a Boston minister who died after a March 9 assault. Rev Andrew Young warned the verdict could spark demonstrations as federal charges remain pending against a fourth man and two others.
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Selma
Ala
Boston
Martin Luther King Jr
Andrew Young
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
James J. Reed
Cook
Hoggle Brothers
Reeb
R. B. Kelley
Justice Department
University City VISTA workers clash with Red Cliff elders
Indian elders seal tribal hall and bar two VISTA volunteers Judy Rothman and Jill Hunt from the Red Cliff reservation citing clashes over CAP led youth club versus nursery plans. Sheriff and council deliver edict amid heavy snow as petition pushes for return.
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Red Cliff
Wis
Judy Rothman
Volunteers In Service To America
VISTA
Henry Bresette
Red Cliff Indian Reservation
Wisconsin
Lake Superior
Duluth
Minn
Bayfield County
Ellsworth O. Embertson
Embertson
Dutly
University City
Jill Hunt
Kewanee
Vista Workers
Henry D. Daley
Bresette
CAP
Judy
Jill
CAP Project
Alex Gokee
Housing Authority
Lesson in Living With TB Courageous Family
Beloit family faces TB exposure after school skin tests show positive results from Wisconsin Anti TB association program. A nurse visits the Chekos home to discuss tests for Sam, his wife Judith, and their six children, as they await guidance on next steps.
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Sam Chekos
Judith Chekos
Beloit
Wisconsin Anti-Tb Association
Watts Parade Brings Hope After Riot Ruins
Watts Los Angeles holds a Christmas parade themed A Child's Dream to lift spirits after the August riots that killed 34 and damaged property. Edna Aliewine chairs the effort as 130 entrants, mostly Black volunteers, fund costumes and floats to show resilience and pride.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Edna Aliewine
Father Charged In Slaying Of Girl
In Santa Monica California a 5 year old girl Elizabeth Marie died from a gunshot wound to the forehead after she dared her father Eugene K Van Denburgh to shoot a tangerine from her head He told investigators he was testing his new 22 caliber rifle First the girl placed the fruit on her head and stood 15 feet from a wooden fence Detectives said the girl was shot and lying on the ground when officers arrived Van Denburgh 34 a laborer was booked on murder charges
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Santa Monica
Calif
Eugene K. van Denburgh
Elizabeth Marie
William Tell
van Denburgh
Flood alert cancelled as Thames tides ease
London officials announced the flood alert was cancelled earlier today after gales and high tides subsided and the River Thames threat to breach its banks diminished.
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London
Thames
Domestic Plan To Face Delays If Appeals Fail
Johnson aims to curb Great Society programs to fund the Vietnam War and signals possible emergency cutbacks if peace efforts fail. Officials briefed reporters that several civilian programs will be reduced or phased out, with Appalachia and development grants specifically cited as likely to slow.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Congress
White House
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Commerce
John T. Connor
Connor
Orville L. Freeman
Mineral Point Council Sets Higher Tax Rate
Mineral Point city council approved a tax rate of 42.23 per 1000 of assessed valuation, up from 40.33 in 1965, to raise 288,218.85 in taxes. City tax totals 100,116.69, state and county 61,300.98, and school tax 126,801.18. Cletus Hying was named assessor for another year.
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Mineral Point
Cletus Hying
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William Stanley Hoggle
Joseph T. Pilcher
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