Mrs. C A Booth Dies in Belgium
News from Monroe reports the death on February 3 of Mrs. Charles A Booth 53. A Belgian born former citizen with a complex history, she and her family fled war zones, later married Charles Booth in 1946 at Camp Top Hat Belgium, and survived by son Jean Jacques Van Mich ael Vandamme and relatives in Ghent and Casablanca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Booth
Monroe
Booth
Camp Top Hat
Antwerp
Belgium
France
Jean-Jacques
John) van
Casablanca
Morocco
Elvira de Vriendt
Cyriel
Rose) Smeets
Ghent
Michael Vandamme
FBI Recovers 1 750 000 Loot In Gem Heist
In Fort Lauderdale Florida FBI agents recovered 1 750 000 in gems stolen from a Pompano Beach jewelry store. The gems were found in a rental car used by a robber with five loaded revolvers two men and two women held on robbery charges and three men and a woman sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Filia
Pompano Beach
Wesley G.grapp
FBI
Miami
Grapp
Alaskan Trek Panthers and Hawk Units Win Klondike Derby
Panther Patrol of Troop 114 Monroe captures overall proficiency at the second annual Klondike Derby held in Valley District with eight troops, 148 participants, and twenty sleds from Monroe Juda Arbyle Brodhead Browntown and Cauth Waena as HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panther
Hawk
Monroe
Baitzer
Valley District
Juda
Arbyle
Brodhead
Browntown
Cauth Waena
Rick Bahr
Russell Myers
William Sluesser
Janke
Louis Janke Jr
Jerry Ronspiez
Dexter Merchant
Grizzly Gap
LeRoy Phillips
Alan Goodmiller
Roger Voelkli
James Bosanny
Eugene E. Eckstam
Edward M. Adam
Lowell Stuessy
Beetles
Nat G. Preston
Robert Stair
Enoch Huston
Harold Lelle
Elwood Scherer
Harold A
Wolverine Patrol
Terry Hayes
Badger Patrol
Jim Myers
Wolf Patrol
Don Barry
Bill Leighton
Louis Janke
Jerry Ronspier
Roger Voelkh
Emiat
Harold A. Pederson
Clinton Blackbourn
Harold Snively
W. E. Deininger
Point Barrow
Herbert Booth
Clayt Olson
Amos Johnson
Tom Majerus
Sitka
Clarence R. Benkert
Cletus Ganshert
John Norton
Phillip Benkert
Bleachers Collapse Injures Eight at Derby Event
Eight people were injured when a section of school bleachers collapsed during a derby highlight. The injured include five students, a physical education teacher, and two custodians. In a separate note, four members of Troop 105 hiked from Juda to Zanders Lake to participate in a two mile sled-trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Berlin
Troop 105
Juda
Zanders Lake
Browntown
Bleachers Collapse at New Berlin High School Injures Students
At New Berlin High School the collapsible bleachers toppled while six students and a teacher moved them. Only Gary Wroblewski, 14, remained seriously injured with a back injury at Waukesha Memorial Hospital after treatment. Authorities cite a safety catch failure as the bleachers fell onto the volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Berlin
New Berlin High School
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
Gary Wroblewski
Patrick O'Halloran
Woman Dies After Claim of Husband Shooting
A 59 year old man was jailed as authorities investigate the death after Mrs Harold Hazen died from a .22 caliber abdomen wound at Wautoma Memorial hospital. Undersheriff Arthur Schley said the dying woman claimed her husband shot her during a drunken rage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wautoma
Arthur Schley
Harold Hazen
Wautoma Memorial Hospital
Schley
Atlantic Storm Casts New Doubt On Orbit Attempt
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A brutal Atlantic storm disrupts the planned orbital flight of John H Glenn Jr NASA keeps the Wednesday launch date despite rough seas. Winds near 35 knots and 10 foot waves threaten the recovery zones while forecast showers ease by Wednesday in Cape Canaveral region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Central Atlantic
John H. Glenn Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bermuda
Glenn
NASA
Grand Turk Island
Monroe
Romney Granted Campaign Leave For Michigan Gubernatorial Bid
Detroit directors of American Motors Corp. grant George Romney a leave of absence to seek the Republican nomination for Michigan governor. He resigns as chairman. Richard E. Cross becomes chairman and Roy Abernethy becomes president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
American Motors Corp
George Romney
Michigan
Richard E. Cross
Roy Abernethy
Outer Space
Tiros IV
Glenn
John A. Powers
Monroe
Romney
Cross
Abernethy
Romney Board Names New Leaders and Grants Leave
Detroit directors vote to elect a vice chairman who will take leave and remain a director without pay. Cross becomes chief executive officer and board chairman, Abernethy adds chief operating officer duties and president, while other details remain unchanged.
Won Cartooning Fame Ding Darling Dies At 85
J N Ding Darling, 85, famed Des Moines Register cartoonist and conservationist, died in a Des Moines hospital from a heart ailment. Pulitzer winner in 1924 and 1942, he led wildlife efforts and chaired National Platte Week with Walt Disney. His career included a shift from high salary to head of the U.S. Biological Survey and founding the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
J. N
Ding) Darling
Des Moines Register
Darling
Norwood
New York Tribune
New York Herald Tribune
U.S. Biological Survey
Washington
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Khrushchev Proposes 18 Nation Disarmament Summit
Soviet Premier Khrushchev calls for an 18 nation disarmament conference in Geneva starting March 14. The proposal was delivered to President Kennedy via a letter to the State Department and Tass reported the plan amid expectations the West would reject it. Also note Scout Sunday observances and local school details from Monroe High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Khrushchev
Geneva
Tass
Kennedy
State Department
Johnson
Monroe High School
Green County Hospital
Soviet Proposes Summit Sessions
Washington reports the Soviet Union calls for disarmament focused talks at the start of the Geneva talks. There is little chance Kennedy will meet Khrushchev at the outset of the March 14 discussions. If progress on translating principles into action occurs, a summit possible later, with Geneva group due to report June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Khrushchev
Geneva
Tass
Kennedy
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Geneva Group
Renk’s Wife Among 23 Excused from Jury Duty
Twenty three persons were excused in the initial examination of prospective jurors for the first degree murder trial of three Chicago area men accused of killing a Sauk County policeman on August 21. Mrs. Wilbur Renk of Sun Prairie, wife of the gubernatorial candidate, was among those allowed to withdraw after saying she and her husband know one of the defense attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Chicago Area
Sauk County
Wilbur Renk
Sun Prairie
Powers Back From Soviet Capture in Berlin Spy Swap
Francis Gary Powers returns to U S soil after a Berlin exchange that freed him from a Soviet prison. The U S weighs a CIA inquiry while questions focus on the May 1 1960 incident and what Powers disclosed. Also involved in the swap are Rudolf Abel and student Frederick Pryor, with legal affairs and clemency under discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Berlin
Rudolf I. Abel
Powers
West Berlin
Makinen
Powers’ Return
Pryor
Michigan
Stu
Central Intelligence Agency
James Britt Donovan
New York
Abel
Frederic Pryor
Marvin W. Makinen
Ashburnham
Mass
Kiev
Donovan
East Berlin
United States
Lockheed
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ann Arbor
Mich
Eight Americans Die In Viet Nam Air Crash
Searchers found burned wreckage of a Vietnamese C47 transport aircraft 80 miles northeast of Saigon on a leaflet dropping mission. The plane carried 10 men eight Americans and two Vietnamese. Nine bodies were recovered with the wreckage. rescue teams assume the 10th also perished. All Americans aboard were U.S. Army and Air Force personnel. Names withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army
Air Force
Last Snowfall Forecast Fails To Dampen Indian Formula Faith
Fred Ties of Brodhead predicts winter patterns using an old Indian formula despite a recent snowfall. The piece notes how his forecast aligns with past methods and suggests continued confidence among followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ties
Brodhead
Ties
Los Angeles Hit By New Rainstorm
Southern California faced heavy rain for the sixth straight day with cloudbursts causing flooded streets up to seven feet deep. Flash floods hit the Hollywood Hills and a Beachwood Drive house was torn from its foundation and swept into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Hollywood Hills
Beachwood Drive
Starm Deem Saware Wara
F.M
Tinker) Ties
Leo
Fred
Washington
Rain floods Los Angeles as storm drains burst open
A Southern Storm drops heavy rain in Los Angeles causing drain covers to pop open from pressure. Seven feet of water flooded Sunset Boulevard at Sunset and Pacific Coast Highway, four feet on Vermont Avenue near 88th to 90th streets, with water rising over car roofs in some areas. Police flood control said major Hollywood streets were awash after nearly eight inches of rain since last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Hollywood Hills
Beachwood Drive
Sunset Boulevard
Pacific Coast Highway
Vermont Avenue
88Th
90Th
Hollywood
Stock Price Changes Hold Narrow Range
New York stock market prices held to a narrow range in quiet semi holiday trading. Volume was about 2.8 million versus 3.37 million on Friday. Banks and institutional buyers observed Lincoln's birthday as gains and losses were mostly fractional. Chrysler rose a quarter point while Ford slipped one eighth after reporting lower 1961 earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lincoln
Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Dairy policy clash over milk quotas and price support
Thomson and Laird condemn dairy policy shifts as debates over extending the $3.40 price support continue. They cite 1960 balance, prod uction cuts, and a shortfall in commercial milk sales versus rising output. Proxmire warns of grave dairy income prospects if Congress acts slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Thomson
Freemen
Melvin Laird
Marshfield
Stevens Point
Freeman
Sen
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Lowell
Wis
Laird
Farm Chimney Fire Triggers General Alarm
A chimney blaze at the Don ald R. Barmore farm residence on Route 2 Monoe led volunteers to a general alarm Saturday afternoon. Firefighters cleared the chimney and reported only minor smoke damage.
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Donald R. Barmore
Route 2
Monoe
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Frank Condon
Leonard Long
Jim James
Greg Condon
Ralph Kletzin
Times
C.A. Booth
City
Richard Gobeli
Craig Ruhlmann
Gregg Williams
Dennis Keen
Alden F. Elmer
Ralph Baltzer
Ding’ Darling
CIA
Leland H. Johnson
Lutheran Church
Grace Lutheran Church
Frederic L. Pryor
Reds
Adolf Abel
Renk
Viet Nam
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