Mannequin Guards Largest Mekong Delta Nativity Scene
In Can Tho Viet Nam a lifelike security display guards the largest nativity in the delta. American soldiers and Vietnamese church workers dressed shop dummies into figures for a bamboo crèche built inside a military compound. The project cost about 100 dollars raised locally.
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Can Tho
South Viet Nam
Iti
Mekong River Delta
Father Campbell
Saigon
Delta
Christian Missionary Alliance
St. Joseph
Vo Hiep
Campbell
Curfew Ordered For U.S. Troops in Saigon
SAIGON South Viet Nam United States military command imposes a dusk to dawn curfew on all American servicemen in Saigon to curb terrorist acts around the Viet Cong anniversary and Christmas. In central highlands Montagnards clash with government troops. a district chief reportedly killed and Phu Tien briefly under dissident control. Details remain sketchy as authorities say it is a Vietnamese matter.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Phu Bon
Phu Tien
Quang Duc
Darlac
Pleiku
Gia Nghia
Smoke Fills Swiss Colony Inn. Blower Motor Blamed
Smoke filled the basement area of the fire damaged Swiss Colony Inn last night at 9 30 PM. Monroe Volunteer Firemen found a blower motor, apparently accidentally plugged in, had shorted out and started the blaze. Smoke spread through a hole to Battler's Variety Store, prompting fire crews to respond. No damage reported. The Inn was destroyed by a fire on November 10 and the restaurant cheese shop operate temporarily in the Eugene Hotel while the old site is rebuilt.
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Monroe
Inn
Battler’s Variety Store
Colony Inn
Eugene
Dairy Prospects Are Bright in 66
A Wisconsin agriculture expert says 1996 dairy prospects look bright due to stable prices and higher farm income. Milk production is expected to drop or stay flat as farmers shift to livestock for better wages, while beef and hog prices rise. Real estate growth near cities also reduces dairy farm operations, cutting milk cow numbers.
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Madison
Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Truman Graf
Graf
Demonstrators March Milwaukee to End De Facto School Segregation
Nearly 300 protesters marched 40 blocks Friday afternoon to urge the Milwaukee school board to end alleged de facto segregation in the public schools.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee School Board
27 4H Leaders Cited At Monroe Banquet
Mrs. Ben Zimmerli of Decatur led a list of 27 4H leaders honored at the Monroe High School banquet. Recipients ranged from five to 20 years of service, with leaders from Decatur, Richland, Fairfielders, Clarno, Montroses and other communities. The ceremony featured speakers, awards, and acknowledgments to sponsors and clubs, led by toastmaster Larry Klassy and including remarks by Rev. C James Weis and Myron Jeglum.
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Monroe High School
Ben Zimmerli
Decatur
Harvey Mauermann
Paul Hollis
Jolly Mixers
Willis Riemer
Clarence Grundahl
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Sue Sass
Myron E. Jeglum
Jim Everts
Don McNeil
University Extension
Walter Ludwig
Oakley
Calvin Kraemer
John Hillbrand
Adult Leaders Association
Calvin E. Kraemer
Merry Monroettes
Babula
High School
Glen Lawyer
Irvin Phillips
John Schlappi
Cadiz
Harold Matzke
Duane Beach
Clarno
Emery Ace
Dayton
Eugene Moen
Erwin Rufener
Dougherty Creek
Leland Hartwig
Gene Taylor
Juda Jolly
Henry Pick Jr
Monroe Ag
Oliver Hustad
Gemini 7 Returns From Space Voyage With Record Pace
Gemini 7 splashed down in the Atlantic at 3:05 a.m. EST after 330 hours in orbit. Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell were hauled aboard the carrier Wasp and later praised for their endurance and rendezvous with Gemini 6 in a historic mission. They requested showers and sleep, then hot water as doctors reported them mentally alert and physically fit after the long flight.
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Earth
Man
Borman
Lovell
United States
Russia
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Wasp
Ben James
NASA
Mission Control
Counselman Heads Platteville DeMolay at State University
Daniel Counselman, son of Howard Counselman of Monroe, serves as president of the Pioneer DeMoloy Club at Platteville State University. A sophomore majoring in Civil Engineering, he leads a group serving campus, Masonic bodies, and others through DeMolay. Members must be in good standing in an active chapter or hold related senior DeMolay credentials.
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Counselman
Platteville State University
Daniel Counselman
Howard Counselman
19Th Avenue
Monroe
Order of DeMolay
France heads to Sunday ballot in election clash
Paris voters face a split choice as Charles de Gaulle defends the stability of his regime while Francois Mitterrand pledges a return to democratic government. The ballot tests continuity against reform in the presidential race.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
Francois Mitterrand
A Dallas Debs Trip Dares Bourbon Street In Rain
A Dallas debutante Wynne Chilton hosted by Texas millionaire Teddie Lee Wynne leads 40 couples and chaperones through rainy Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The chartered jet arrived late night with a Dixieland band and Texas songs as revelers toured jazz spots and rode out the downpour before returning to the airport at dawn.
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New Orleans
Dallas
Teddie Lee Wynne
Texas
Milionaire
Wynne Chilton
Miss Chilton
Bourbon Street
Eyes of
Texas A and M
James Coleman Jr
Wynn Chilton
Wisconsin Cheddar and Swiss Cheese Markets Steady
The Wisconsin Cheddar market stayed fully steady with fair to good demand. Wisconsin Swiss prices remained steady to 1 cent higher as American cheese output dipped 2 percent nationally but rose 4 percent in Wisconsin to about 16.3 million pounds for the week ending December 9.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Agricultural Marketing Service
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Riley
Alvin L. Campbell
Springfield
Ill
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Plei Djreng
Lac Thin
Swiss Colony Inn
Blower Motor
Borman, Lowell
Jefferson
Monroe Court
Cheesemakers
Eagles
Don Bloom
Hake
Dave Holling
Jim Dearth
Holling
Swiggum
Times
Mrs. Zimmerli
Alavilla
Daniel Benkett
Ralph Nyman
Kenneth Segner
Argus
Fredrick Lauper
John E. Minder
Browntown
Busy Beavers
Donald Selinow
Edward Grossen
Roy’ Wyss
Emmanuel Fuchs
Larry Leopold
Robert Silvis
Donald ‘Timm
Roger Ace
Richard Colvin
Jim
Carlyle Classen
Jordan Jolly
William Bittner
Herman Siegenthaler
Richard Freitag
Lawrence Karlen
Little Hill High
William Johnston Jr
Frederick Voegels
Nathan Botteron
Melvin Gable
Joseph Ganshert
Richard Saunders
Albert Babler
Mr. Pleasant
Hubert J. Elmer
Frederick Thacker
Milo Friedrichs
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