Five Fatalities Mark New Year on Wisconsin Roads
The state ends 1967 with a record 1148 deaths and starts 1968 with five fatalities in two days. Victims include Donald Ruland 23 Madison killed on Dane County Highway AB. Rohland Kuhlow 45 Waterloo died near Portland. James Gaunt 16 Milwaukee injured earlier then died. Eugene Witkowski 37 Elkhorn killed in collision with a train at Elkhart Lake. Lyle Sergent 22 Cameron died after a curve on Highway 52 south of Chetek. Additional weekend deaths include Michael Carafel 19 Green Bay and others. Robert Habeck 10 injured fatally crossing Highway 29 near Kewaunee.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Donald Ruland
Madison
Dane County
Dunn
Rohland
C. Kuhlow
Waterloo
Dodge County
Portland
Kuhlow
Watertown
James Gaunt
Milwaukee
Eugene Witkowski
Elkhorn
Elkhart Lake
Lyle D. Sergent
Cameron
Chetek
Barron County
Michael Carafel
Green Bay
Robert Habeck
Kewaunee
Highway 29
Royce C. Lipp
West Allis
Thomas E. Kenas
Brandon
David L. Olson
Kenosha
Oscar Fiekke
Baldwin
First Girl Still Uncertain in Stork Derby at St Clare
The Monroe girl winner of the Stork Derby remains undecided as Four Center at St Clare Hospital reports the first baby of 1968 may be a girl. The year opened with several newborns including the first Green County baby, Douglas Allen Wirth weighing six pounds 15 ounces, born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wirth. Another birth at New Year’s Day arrived just after the cut for the title. Twenty three Monroe merchants offer prizes for newborns.
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Douglas Allen Wirth
Monroe
Green County
St. Clare Hospital
Russell Wirth
Route 2
Delbert Metcalf
David Pick
Brian Keith Gray
Gerald Gray
Brodhead
Janeen Carol Everson
Dale Everson
Douglas Allen
Cal Broughton Stricken at 72
Albany Times Special reports Cal Broughton, 72, a famed Shropshire sheep breeder and judge, died at 1 30 p m Saturday after a heart attack. He chaired Magnolia Township and served on the Rock County Board. A Mason, past president of the Shropshire Registry Association, he was born Aug 19 1895 and married Georgia Smith in 1916.
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Albany
Cal Broughton
A. Broughton and Sons
Shropshire
Broughton
Magnolia Township
Rock County
Arthur Broughton
Broughton Shropshires
Fire destroys farm barn near Belleville on New Year’s Day
A blaze started by a blow torch to thaw frozen water pipes destroyed the Willis Miller farm barn on Route 2, Belleville, around 10 am New Year’s Day. Miller and animals were evacuated. New Glarus and Belleville fire units fought the fire, with water hauled from New Glarus. The barn was a total loss with no damage estimate given.
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New Glarus
Willis Miller
Route 2
Belleville
Resolutions by Clair R. Munns
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns humorously critiques New Year resolutions. The speaker recalls past promises kept and jokes about the ease of breaking them, noting how perspectives shift and resolve becomes amusing rather than binding.
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Clair R. Munns
Funeral Wednesday for pilot Roy True succumbs to crash injuries
Roy True 50 Beloit dies at Madison General Hospital from injuries suffered in an emergency airplane landing on December 31. He had flown from Rock County Airport to his private field on the state line, after brain surgeries. Surviving wife Evelyn, two daughters, four brothers, two sisters, and one granddaughter. Services set for January 3 at Stnessy Funeral Home Monroe with Beloit Nazarene Church pastor officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery Monroe.
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Roy True
Beloit
Madison General Hospital
Beloit Hospital
Mr. True
State Line Road
Rock County
Evelyn
True
Monroe
Darlington
Theo
Church of the Nazarene
ACPA
Eldon Isley
Valerie
Warren
Manitowoc
Francis
Iowa
Norman
Hanover
Ill
Winifred
Galena
Melvin Jerry
Harold Dell
Blue River
Melissa Kay Isley
Stnessy Funeral
Vernon Fredrickson
Beloit Nazarene Church
Heart Transplant Success Reported in Cape Town
Dr. Christian Barnard and team performed a five hour heart transplant replacing a 58 year old Cape Town dentist's damaged heart with that from a donor who died of brain hemorrhage. The hospital said the operation was successful and the patient's condition satisfactory.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christian N. Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Louis Washkansky
Philip Blaiberg
Clive Haupt
Haupt
Blaiberg
Washkansky
Fish Hook Beach
Jill
Israel
Haifa
Brooklyn
N.Y
Adrian Kantrowitz
Australia's first quintuplets see mother for second time
Mary Braham, 34, and her quints are reported doing well after birth at Brisbane Women's Hospital. Baby weights are Annabel 3 lb 14 oz Richard Faith Geoffrey 3 lb 10 oz and Caroline 3 lb 5 1 2 oz. The family awaits further weigh-ins as doctors monitor the newborns.
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Brisbane
Australia
Mary Braham
Richard
Faith
Geoffrey
Caroline
Services on Thursday Ray Silver Sr. 77 Dies at Monticello
Ray T. Silver Sr. 77 a retired farmer and longtime Green County supervisor died at 1 30 p m Sunday Dec 31 of an acute heart attack at his home in Monticello He was active in the Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association serving as director and vice president He also led in Mt Pleasant Mutual Insurance Company as director secretary and president A former Silver School board member and Mt Pleasant Township chair he served many years on the County Board of Supervisors He was born Nov 4 1890 on the Silver Homestead Mt Pleasant Township son of Truman O and Phoebe Helen Strunk Silver He married Mabel Ann Carroll Feb 4 1920 at Belleville who died Apr 4 1948 He married Anna Stauffacher Jun 5 1949 in Monticello and had lived in Monticello since 1957 He is survived by his widow three sons Ray T Jr William Artemus all of rural Monticello a daughter Mrs James Curran Brown Turn to No 3 Back Page.
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Green County
Silver
Wisconsin Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers Association
Mt. Pleasant Mutual Insurance Co
Insurance Association
Silver School
Mt. Pleasant Township
County Board of Supervisors
Truman O
Phoebe Helen Strunk Silver
Ray T
Silver Rural School
Monroe Business Institute
Belleville
Mabel Ann Carroll
Monticello
Anna Stauffacher
Anna
Ray T. Jr
William
Artemus
James Curran
Brown
Rites Planned for Herbert Sickinger Former Monroe Fire Chief
Herbert L. Sickinger 86 a Monroe resident and former fire chief died Sunday at White Haven Nursing Home. Born August 12, 1881 he served the city fire department 54 years including a term as chief from 1948 to 1955. He also worked 47 years with Milwaukee Road retiring as a clerk and was active in hunting fishing and gardening. Survived by daughter Mrs Josephine Johnson and sister Mrs Eva Galusha. services January 3 at Newcomer Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Monroe
Herbert L
Bert) Sickinger
White Haven
Milwaukee Road
Mr. Sickinger
St. John’s Church
Ida Pandow
Sickinger
Woodmen of the World
Paul
Kathryn M.) Neubauer
Art
Frank
Fred Sickinger
Harry
Elizabeth
Newcomer Funeral Home
Milton G. Petzold
Greenwood Cemetery
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Shawano County
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Bereen
Wausau
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Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Ray T. Silver
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Vember
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