Russia submarine base debate in Cuba check
White House press secretary says the Nixon administration does not know if Russia is building a submarine base in Cuba. Time magazine reports photos show a base near completion at Cienfuegos. Rep. Paul Rogers says fresh information suggests a sub base in the Caribbean, and the United States is watching closely.
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Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Russia
Cuba
Time Magazine
U.S
Cienfuegos
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
Caribbean
United States
War crimes convict Stangl given life in prison
Franz Stangl, SS commander of Treblinka, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews. Arrested in Brazil in 1967, he was ranked among top Nazi war criminals by Simon Wiesenthal. Treblinka near Warsaw claimed about 781,000 deaths between 1942 and 1943.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Franz Stangl
Treblinka
Poland
Stangl
Brazil
Simon Wiesenthal
Vienna Jewish Documentation Center
Adolf Eichmann
Stang
Eichmann
Israel
Hitler
Martin Bormann
Gestapo
Heinrich Mueller
Warsaw
Auschwitz
First to Survive Rabies Recalls A Latent Breakthrough
In Lima Ohio three doctors announced that 6 year old Matthew Winkler of Wiltshire surviving rabies after a bat bite on Oct 10. He began vaccine treatment four days after the bite with Pasteur duck embryo vaccine at St Rita's Hospital and showed improvement by December 1 amid intensive care and continuous monitoring.
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Lima
Ohio
Wiltshire
St. Rita’s Hospital
Matthew Winkler
C. J
Retire in Face of Court Martial Over Kudirka Defection
Two senior Coast Guard officers retire to avoid courts martial after involvement in the failed defection of Lithuanian sailor Simas Kudirka. Rear Adm. William B. Ellis and Capt. Fletcher W. Brown Jr. are slated to testify next Tuesday before a congressional committee, as Kudirka was pulled aboard the Vigilante after leaping from a nearby vessel. The incident drew sharp criticism from Transportation Secretary John Volpe.
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Washington
Coast Guard
William B. Ellis
Fletcher W. Brown Jr
Simas I. Kudirka
Kudirka
U.S. Coast Guard
Vigilante
U.S. Territorial
Me L. Hays
Transportation
John Veipe
College students tour river region to boost environmental awareness
Beloit College students Greg Fernette and Alan Crossley traveled 2000 miles by camper along the Mississippi River from Brainerd Minnesota to Donaldsonville Louisiana. They spoke at 78 high schools in nine states urging students to engage with environmental science and environmental issues despite reported apathy.
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Donaldsonville, la
Mississippi River
Greg Fernette
Alan Crossley
Brainerd
Minn
Donaldsonville
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Jogger Judge Chases Purse Snatcher in Forest Park
Chicago municipal court Judge Raymond G. Hall, 47, chased and tackled a teenage purse snatcher over five blocks in Forest Park after witnessing the crime during a Sunday shopping trip. Hall, a jogging enthusiast, restrained the youth in an alley before police arrival.
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Chicago
Raymond G. Hall
Forest Park
Hall
Gertrude T. Caley
Kennedy releases list of 368 American POWs
Senator Edward M. Kennedy says North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris handed an official list naming 368 American prisoners held in North Vietnam. The list includes dates of capture, death, or release and adds 20 prisoners who died in captivity and nine released. Kennedy notes uncertainty about completeness and lists previously reported by Cora Weiss and Pentagon tallies. Nolan read the list to Kennedy in Paris, with follow up to Bruce and Rogers.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Cora Weiss
Committee of Liaison
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Laos
Air Force
Daniel James
James
U.S
Nolan
Paris
David K. E. Bruce
U. S
William P. Rogers
White House
Nixon
Ton Due Thang
Holiday Postal Service Schedule At Monroe Post Office
Monroe postmaster J. J. Myers announces a holiday schedule to meet reduced service while allowing staff time with families. No city or rural route delivery Saturday after Christmas. Friday Christmas Day and New Year’s Day get window, lockbox, collection, and special delivery. Saturday and Sunday service varies with deliveries on some days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Myers
Monroe
Local Couple Celebrates 66th Anniversary in Monroe
Mr and Mrs William F Schmerse 2110 15th St quietly marked their 66th wedding anniversary on Sunday December 20. They recalled a larger 65th celebration last year and noted Mrs Schmerse will turn 92 on New Year’s Day. They farmed near Juta vr 18 years and in Clarno Township ten years. They moved to Monroe in 1942 and have a son Chester and twin daughters Mrs John Kopp and Miss Lulu Snyder. Both are hard of hearing and Mrs Schmerse remains an active Sunday School assistant teacher.
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William F. Sehmerse
15Th St
Schmerse
Robert Kastenmeier
Marie Hahn
Juta
Clarno Township
Monroe
United Methodist Church
Chester
John Kopp
Lulu Snyder
Freeport
Schmerses
Madison
Philip
Philip Schulz Sr
Phillip Jr
University Hospitals
Jean Rufener
Walter Rufener
20Th Ave
Dave Barrett
Delos Barrett
Monroe High School
Walter Pawlowski
Times
M. Steve Mitschele
Christmas at Home for Brooklyn Boy
Three year old Philip Schulz Jr. may spend four days at home over Christmas as a chemical treatment shrinks a malignant groin tumor. After a year of hospital care, a temporary improvement raised hope of possible surgery after Christmas. The Schulz family, farmers near Brooklyn, relies on community support as insurance payments falter, with donations exceeding 1,000 dollars and letters from Monroe area students and readers pouring in.
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Philip Schulz Jr
Brooklyn
Philip
Hope
Philip Jr
Schulz
Ralph Long
Phil
Howard van Fossen
Baker’s
Evansville
van Fossens
School Board weighs portable classrooms to ease crowding
Monroe Board of Education discussed securing portable classrooms as a temporary relief for overcrowding. Units sized 40 by 24 feet could be bought or leased and placed at Northside and the high school. Supt. Olson cautioned about taxes and education quality amid a pending building program.
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Monroe Board of Education
Northside
Rodney Kittelsen
Supt
Lee Olson
Monroe
Southside
East School
Lincoln
Hiawatha
Browntown
Monroe board reviews courses and raises during budget session
The Monroe board discussed a Quadrangular Course proposed for next semester with four instructors and sixteen students, plus a $500 bonus raise for vocational agriculture teacher Kenneth Allen after his Wisconsin Teacher of the Year honor. They also approved new hires James Miller and William Allen, and noted a $5,000 Blue Cross Shield premium increase.
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Sover
Allan Stauffacher
Middle West
Stauffacher
Kent Duit
Joe Kierald
Walter Pawlowski
Supt. Olson
Monroe Education Association
Kittelsen
Kenneth Allen
Allen
Wisconsin
Monroe
Lloyd Siedschalg
William Halverson
Wisconsin Correctional Institution
Green Bay
James Miller
William Allen
Miller
Phillip Estrem
Vern Duerst
William Stuckey
Pope denounces corrosive criticism of church in Christmas address
Pope Paul VI denounced Western intellectual centers for corrosive criticism of Catholic traditions. He warned this attitude undermines faith and church unity, deplored Italy’s divorce law, and urged focus on priesthood and global justice at the September synod. He lamented war and political strife in many countries.
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Valiuan
Paul VI
West
Rome
Vatican Curia
Italy
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