Driver Injured in School Bus Crash Near Monroe
A small school bus skidded on a slippery road and rolled over near Monroe, injuring the driver Mrs Belva A Leverton while all four children aboard escaped harm. At the scene undersheriff Roy Vetterli cited a very slippery road, the bus and fence damage noted. The driver refused medical care until children were returned to their parents.
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Belva A. Leverton
Route 2
Monroe
Roy Vetterli
Clarno-Jefferson Town Line
Fred Wyss
Roy Wyss
Regina Eiserman
John Eiserman
Leverton
Laurence
Monroe ‘Truck Lease
Yestern
Robert Stauffacher
Jerry R. Hoover
Here
Barbara A. Holt
Blanchardville
New Glarus
Times Carriers To Give Calendars
Carrier boys will distribute the 1967 calendars tomorrow morning December 23 as thanks to customers. The calendars, delivered in Monroe and other communities served by the Times, feature a girl picking daisies with the caption Carrier's Greetings Monroe Evening Times First in Newspaper Service in Green County.
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Sionrce
Carrier Boys
Monroe
Times Carrier
Green County
Red and the Christmas Whoppers at Junior High
A two act Junior High play, Red and the Christmas Whoppers, impressed with a large cast led by Tom Wuthrich as Red and Susan Mayer as Red’s sister. Werner Blum praised the effort, while the Cadet Band opened the program and Allan F. Barnard conducted. A Disney medley and a turn to Page Two followed.
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Dick Campbell
Werner Blum
Red
Thomas Fenton
Fred
John Sims
Susan Mayer
Tom Wuthrich
Vicki Weiss
Iane Sims
Dorothy Taney
Deacon Dunn
Randy Goodman
Uncle Phil
David Rufenacht
Carol Clark
Margaret Frantz
Bobby Adams
John Bauman
John Rosa
Lillian Hanson
W. W. Blum
Allan F. Barnard
Dominique
Mr. Barnard
Walt Disney
Mr. Disney
Tragic Windsor Bus Crash Kills Eight Children
A tractor-trailer crushed a school bus near Windsor Ontario on a route from Frith School Maidstone. Eight children died and thirteen others were injured as ten tons of wet sand cascaded over the bus. The driver Marcel LeFrancois of Stoney Point faced charges of dangerous driving. Rescue workers and bystanders labored for hours to free trapped students, with one rescuer badly burned.
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Windsor
Ont
Gerald Gemus
Oldcastle
Detroit River
Detroit
Frith
Maidstone
Marcel LeFrancois
Stoney Point
le Francois
Genius
James Levy
Levy
Marcels Lefrancois
Stoney
Ralph Bondy
McGregor
Bondy
Settlement Seen in Kennedy Book Dispute
Harper & Row prepared to settle the Kennedy book controversy with Mrs. John F. Kennedy on terms similar to Look magazine. Deletions on personal life will permit a four part serialization of The Death of a President in Look, starting January 10. Lawyer Edward Greenbaum said the publisher would glad to reach a similar agreement.
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New York
Harper & Row
John F. Kennedy
Look Magazine
Edward S. Greenbaum
Wisconsin Sheriff Urges Lights On During Holiday Periods
Sheriff W. E. Dein ner urged motorists in the county and state to use headlights day and night over the two upcoming holidays. The reminder runs from 6 p.m. Friday to 12:01 a.m. Monday each weekend to curb escalating roadside slaughter on national highways.
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W. E
Doc) Deinner
Wisconsin
Billy Graham Speaks to Soldiers in Vietnam About Bear Tale
Billy Graham addressed 5,000 American servicemen in Vietnam sharing a bear hunting story to illustrate courage and faith. He urged the GIs that millions of Americans are proud of them and offered prayers and blessings for their safety and mission.
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Billy Graham
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Graham
Wisconsin Cheddar Market Largely Steady Amid Demand
Madison report shows unsettled cheddar cheese market with fair to good demand. Production rose one percent week ending December 15 to an estimated 21 million pounds, up 29 percent from a year ago. Wisconsin market held steady with unchanged prices and irregular buying. Leroy A. Van Bomel, 81, former chairman and president of National Dairy Products Corp., died in Manhattan.
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Madison
Wisconsin
van Bomel
New York
Leroy A. van Bomel
National Dairy Products Corp
Manhattan
Knowles Rebukes Purchase Methods During Wisconsin Budget Hearing
Governor Knowles challenged University of Wisconsin officials over a 1967 69 budget request of 222 million dollars. He demanded why a 15 million dollar computer system was signed for without state authorization, questioned a 45 million dollar instruction request, and raised concerns about 300 thousand dollars for an atomic laboratory. Dean Alberty defended the computer purchase as a necessary priority within the computer business and federal practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
University of Wisconsin
Knowles
Fred Harvey Harrington
M. E. Muller
Harrington
Robert Alberty
Graduate
Alberty
Daily Doggerel by Clair R Manns
A brief verse notes a recurring annual blush as the speaker recalls a Christmas card received from someone they themselves had not sent. The light humorous piece plays on mistaken gifting and festive embarrassment.
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Clair R- Manns
Christmas Means to Me in Ceylon Jaycee Essay Contest
An editor notes diverse Christmas meanings for non Christians, many Christians, children, and those seeking rest or reunion. The narrator imagines a White Christmas in America, reflecting on birth of Jesus, angels, star, and gift of eternal life as the season’s universal message amid global Christian observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
Jesus Christ
Santa Claus
Jesus
Joseph
History of Green County for Children continues at Diggings
An editor’s note leads to a recount of early 1831 mining days. John Dougherty and Deviese discuss missed encounters, an uprising, and a hurried move toward Galena. They recall buried mining gear and burnt trading posts, while metheglin oddly improves with age as the tale unfolds.
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Green County
John Norton
Monroe
John Dougherty
Diggings
Dougherty
Galena
Deviese
Madison Boy Killed As Toll Rises to 1,079
A Madison boy, David M. Cohn, 13, died after his bicycle collided with a car on Madison's West Side. The state traffic toll reached 1,079, a record high, up from 1,011 a year ago and 1,041 in 1964.
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Madison
Associated Press
Wisconsin
David M. Cohn
West Side
Youth Forgery Suspects Face Charges In Monroe
An 18 year old William A Stauffacher of Monroe admitted urging endorsements on forged checks and cashed items from 55 to 65 dollars. Three youths, two 16 year olds in custody, one released to parents, another detained for probation violation. Police linked shops Schultz Cycle Shop J C Penney Green County Frozen Foods LaBuchs Market Kohl’s Kash and Carry to the cases. A juvenile allegedly provided transport and another forged endorsements while a third wrote the checks.
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Monroe
Dwight C. Coalsen
William A. Stauffacher
Lth Ave
Stauffacher
Green County
Coplien
Schultz Cycle Shop
J. C. Penney Co
LaBuch
South Side
Kohl
Kash
Karry
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Bebe Briggs
Monica Herzberger
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Jack Adams
Michael Schmitz
Kennedy
City
Bakers Book Store
Norman Huber
John McGuire
Times
Ceylon
Shirane
Charpter
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Wiota
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Fort Gratiot
Galen
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