Traffic Deaths Set Record During New Year Holiday Weekend
The extended New Year holiday weekend yielded a record 471 traffic deaths, beating the prior three day and four day records. California led with the highest toll and officials cited alcohol as a likely factor. overall 1964 toll is projected to reach a new nationwide high.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
California Highway Patrol
Kenton
California
Texas
New York
Ilinois
Alaska
Delaware
Hwaii
North Dakota
Rhode
Iland
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming
Safety Council
Seven County Officials Take Oath of Office
Judge Roger L. Elmer swore in seven county officials at 9 30 a m in the County Court Chambers. Louis A. Koenig is new district attorney. Incumbents include Sheriff W E Deininger Coroner Richard R Wagner Clerk Ray E Kundert Treasurer Ralph J Kundert Clerk of Courts Mrs Helen F Myers and Register of Deeds Mrs Helen R Bratzke.
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Roger L. Elmer
Louis A. Koenig
W. E. Deininger
Richard R. Wagner
Ray E. Kundert
Ralph J Kundert
Helen F. Myers
Helen R. Bratzke
Parmer Couple Parents Of Master Monroe’s First New Year
The Parmer family of Monroe welcomes Sherri Lynn born at St Clare Hospital at 5 20 am weighing seven pounds eight ounces. She is the first New Year’s baby for Monroe, daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Parmer of 2011 15th Ave. Sherri has sisters Dawn Corrina and Curtiss and is granded by Arlene Ambrose and Adolf Ambrose.
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Monroe
Sherri Lynn
Richard Parmer
15Th Ave
Kelly Jo Schwartzlow
Theodore Robert Pulfer
St. Clare Hospital
Sherri
Dawn
Corrina
Curtiss
Palmer
Arlene Ambrose
Adolf Ambrose
Student Harrison Crouse pleads innocent in family slaying
Wilmette Illinois University freshman Harrison Crouse 18 is charged with murdering his father Morris 47 mother Norma 47 and sister Sally 16 in their North Shore home. In Chicago Felony Court his hearing was continued to Jan 12. The quiet art and drama major signed no statement and plans to plead not guilty.
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University of Ilinois
Harrison Crouse
Chicago
Crouse
Frank Ferlic
Cook County
Ferlic
Oxford Lane
North Shore
Hliness
George Bernard Shaw
Sally
New Trier High School
Morris L. Crouse
Haskins and Sells
Norma
Northern
Engrav- 2 Co
la Crosse
Chamber of Commerce
Proxmire Repeats Oath as 89th Congress Opens
Senator William Proxmire begins a six year term with a new oath of office as Congress convenes at noon. Wisconsin’s delegation also swears in anew with Rep. Glenn R. Davis returning after eight years. New Wisconsin members Lynn Stalbaum and John Race take oaths for first time.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Wisconsin
House
Capitol
Glenn R. Davis
Davis
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Congress
Bride To Be and Couple Die in Lena Area Crash
A January bride to be from Lena Illinois Miss Eleanor Rowe and Warren residents Mrs Helen Russell and Robert Russell were killed in a head on collision west of Lena on a blacktop road. The accident occurred at 10 am with no witnesses and inquest planned. Burial for all three is set in Freeport at Chapel Hill Cemetery with services in Warren and Lena.
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Lena
Warren
Eleanor Rowe
Robert
Helen) Russell
Robert Russell
Memorial Hospital
Freeport
Chrysler Corp
Belvidere
Gene Burke
Blacktop
Waddams Grove
Russell
Bartell
Curtis Rolfe
Chapel Hill Cemetery
Miss Rowe
Philip Byrd
Scales Mound
Lena Methodist Church
Leamon
Kenneth Rowe
Micro-Switch Division
Minneapolis-Honeywell Corp
Norman
Wayne Gordon
Ill
Albert Krupke
Wadams Grove
All
Russells
Jack
Chicago
Larry
Decatur
Diane
Illinois State University
Jackie Russell
Indianapolis
Stephenson County
Jack Leamon
Wisconsin Motorists Start Safer in 1965
Wisconsin motorists begin 1965 with safety plans from authorities to reduce last year’s traffic death toll of 1,054. Six people died during the long New Year weekend from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday as safety officials map steps to cut fatalities.
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Py Me
Arress
Wisconsin
Knowles Vows Prosperity Rise for Wisconsin
Gov Warren Knowles pledges a business driven agenda to lift Wisconsin with a rising tide of prosperity. He cites education welfare conservation and highway safety as key bipartisan challenges and aims to unite the state’s traditions to spur jobs and private investment.
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Gov. Knowles
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
Knowles
George R. Currie
State Supreme Court
State Senate
Gover
Johnson Speaks At Scouting Event In Monroe
Six Monroe Eagle Scouts were honored at a father son banquet at Monroe Country Club with an address by William S. Johnson of Wisconsin Power and Light. The event reflected on high goals for youth and noted that 17 Grant Council scouts earned Eagle this year.
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Grant Council
Monroe Country Club
Monroe
Ronald Eckstam
Mike Connors
Steven G. Schwartz
Kurt Adam
David G. Deininger
Bill Kubly
Dave Walsh
Rick Bahr
Dick Barry
Times
Ollie Fine
U.S. Grant Council
William S. Johnson
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Madison
Johnson
Eagles
Gene Madison
Philip Hardinger
Lowell Markwardt
Richard Rhyner
Richard H. Bahr
James C. Plymire
Mrs Kesler 69 Dies in Janesville
Mrs. Harry Kesler aged 69 of Janesville died early yesterday. She was born in Monroe in September 1895 to Fred and Ellen Sickinger and married Harry Kesler in Monroe in June 1920. Survivors include her husband two daughters three brothers two sisters and four grandsons. Funeral services set for Whitcomb Funeral Home Janesville at 9 30 am and St Marys Catholic Church at 10 30 am.
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Harry Kesler
Janesville
Monroe
Fred
Ellen Sickinger
Thomas Burner
Robert Tier
JB. Sickinger
George
San Francisco
Louis
Western Springs
Til
Luther Glass
Bernadette Montgomery
la Grange
Ill
Whitcomb
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Berlin Wall Closes After Holiday West Berlin Visitation
Berlin halted access Sunday night as about 850000 West Berliners visited relatives in East Berlin during the holidays. The quarter of a million additional visitors over two weeks last year set a retrieval benchmark, with four seasonal visiting periods now allowed under September agreements.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Robert Wyss Taken by Death
Robert Wyss 88 of Route 4 Monroe died at 4 30 a m in Green County hospital after a week as patient. He was born Oct 16 1876 in Canton Bern Switzerland and came to America in 1890. Survived by two sons Walter and Ned, two brothers, three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services Wednesday at 2 p m at St nessy Funeral Home burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Robert Wyss
Route 4
Monroe
Green County
Mr. Wyss
St. Clare Hospital
Green County Hospital
Canton Bern
Switzerland
John and
Rosetta Shenk Wyss
America
Wyss
Monticello
Ill
Louisa Kubly
Immanuel, Eub Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Hendrickson and Granberg Wed in Green County 1964 Licenses
David James Hendrickson 21 and Minnie La Evie Granberg 17 both of Route 1 Blanchardville were issued marriage licenses in Green County in 1964 and planned to marry at Yellowstone Lutheran Church. The county raised license fees to five dollars effective today the first day of 1969.
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Green County
David James Hendrickson
Minnie la Evie Granberg
Route 1
Blanchardville
Yellowstone Lutheran Church
Johnson to outline tax cut and budget in State of the Union
President Johnson prepares a televised State of the Union address outlining a Great Society blueprint and a preliminary federal budget likely under 100 billion dollars. He may propose a near 2 billion dollar tax cut starting July 1, with foreign policy to receive measured attention.
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Washington
Johnson
State of the Union
Congress
National Presbyterian Church
White House
Senate
House
Texas Ranch
National City
Market Unsettled for Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese
Wisconsin cheddar market unsettled as demand holds steady and supplies stay ample. Prices show varied quotes with cheddars around 377s-49, 40-pound blocks at 38%4, and 40%4-41 ranges for long, midgets, and single dai horns noted in the fragment.
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Wisconsin
Ford, Long Get New Top Jobs, Sessions Begin
Washington headlines the start of Congress with leadership battles and Johnson plans for a great society. House Republicans oust Charles Halleck and name Gerald Ford as floor leader in a 73 to 67 vote. Senate Democrats elect Russell Long as majority whip after two ballots.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House Republicans
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
U. S
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Long
Pastore
Monroney
Philip A. Hart
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Thomas W. Kuchel
California
Sen
Lever
Senate House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New Features Debut in Monroe Evening Times 1965
The Monroe Evening Times announces a refreshed look with two new comic strips Ben Casey and Priscilla's Pop plus Out Our Way for families. A Friday daily crossword is promised and readers are urged to subscribe to avoid missing the evolving pattern in the paper.
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Monroe Evening Times
Ben Casey
Priscilla
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