Ed Gein courtroom recess during 1957 murder case hearing
Spectators crowded the Ed Gein hearing in Waupun Circuit Court as the 10 year old murder charge was recessed to this afternoon. Gein, who has been housed at Central State Hospital since 1957, appeared with attorney William Belter and was described as well dressed.
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Wautoma
Ed Gein
Gein
Plainfield
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Robert Gollmar
Bernice Worden
Geins Shed
William Belter
Weushara County
Richard Hotchkiss
No. 2
Mud At New Northside School Faces Early Hurdles
Principal Tony Serpe reports smooth move of Mud Only problem at Northside Elementary with 402 students served lunch, 527 total. The new building features film, audio visual, and a two way public address system though the grounds remain muddy and unsodded.
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Northside
Times
New Northside
Tony Serpe
Northside Elementary
Serpe
West Clarno
Allen Holtshopple
Suspect Is Shot During Gun Fight
Richard Harold Davis 30, linked to a Pecatonica bank robbery, was wounded in a gun battle with Arizona deputy sheriff John DeSanti after abducting him. DeSanti was shot multiple times. Davis and the deputy exchanged fire near Peoria and Phoenix as Davis fled with a hostage. Davis faces charges for last fall’s theft of travel checks.
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Pecatonica
Ill
Arizona
Richard Harold Davis
Freeport
Fond du Lac
Phoenix
John DeSanti
Wickenburg
Ariz
DeSanti
Davis
Trusty
Globe
Peoria
No. 1
Miss Eartha Kitt Spars White House Over Vietnam Talk
Eartha Kitt defends her antiwar remarks at a White House luncheon amid criticism from guests. She says the audience supported her stance and that 1,900 letters mostly condemned her conduct while praising her courage. She respects Mrs Johnson and sees no need to apologize.
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Los Angeles
Eartha Kitt
White House
Miss Kitt
Lyndon Johnson
Liz's Limericks By Mrs Vernon Workinger
Liz's Limericks appears with verses by Mrs Vernon Workinger of Route 1 Browntown. Editor note says Clair Munns of Daily Doggerel is ill with flu and absent. The poem jokes about skirts rising and hoes in town as a satirical verse about fashion norms.
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Liz
Mrs
Vernon Workinger
Clair Munns
Doggerel
Route 1
Browntown
Scott Stafford Hurt in Mishap
Scott Stafford, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Stafford of Monroe, was admitted to St. Clare hospital with a fractured left leg after a collision between a car driven by Ira A. Wire of Winslow and his motorcycle at the 15th Street and 17th Avenue intersection yesterday afternoon. He is in satisfactory condition. Wire’s car suffered minor damage and Stafford’s motorcycle was a total loss.
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Scott Stafford
Rodney Stafford
10Th St
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Ira A. Wire
Route 1
Winslow
Stafford
15Th St
17Th Ave
Milestones Home Fire Damages Minor Electrical Short
Monroe volunteers responded to the Glenn L Milestone residence at 1 a m to extinguish a basement fire caused by an electrical short at the end of a freezer. Fire chief Josef Benkert reported minor damage.
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Monroe
Glenn L. Milestone
22Nd St
Josef Benkert
United Fund Elects Kubly President in Monroe
Alvin Kubly was elected president of the United Fund of Monroe at a directors meeting in the First National Bank Community Room last night. Three new directors were named Leon ard Haney Rev Gerritt Mouw and Mrs Donald Springer. Officers include Jake Fennan first vice president Dr Wayne Fencil second vice president Mrs Springer secretary and Michael Johnson treasurer. Johnson presented the 1967 campaign audit and outgoing president Ray Kaskey thanked the 1967 officers.
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Alvin Kubly
United Fund of Monroe
First National Bank
Leonard Haney
Gerritt Mouw
Donald Springer
Jake Fennan
Wayne Fencil
Kiwanis To Hear Gaumnitz Speak On the Pound Devaluation
Dean Gaumnitz of the University of Wisconsin will address the Kiwanis Club of Monroe at the Swiss Wheel Restaurant on Thursday noon about The Devaluation of the Pound and Its Effect On Us. William Park won last week’s attendance prize. Robert Rieder will prize this week. Francis Schott seeks bowlers for three Kiwanis State Bowling teams. Lions Kiwanis bowling and curling meets dates to be announced. Fire damages Fort Atkinson First Methodist Church with extensive losses.
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Dean Gaumnitz
University of Wisconsin
Kiwanis Club of
Monroe
Swiss Wheel
William Park
William Rees
Robert Rieder
Francis Schott
Kiwanis
Year's Traffic Toll Reaches 49 Mark
The death of Lester A. Demand, 63, of Horicon raised Wisconsin's 1968 highway death toll to 49, one fewer than the 50 on the same date a year earlier, after his car swerved off a street in Horicon and struck a stone wall.
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Associated Press
Horicon
Wisconsin
Lester A. Demand
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Janesville
Donna Schwartz
Beekeeper’s Associatin
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N.Y
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Donna
Wisconsin Tavern League
Green County
Marilyn’s
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Thomas Flynn
Brodhead
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Gaumnitz
Fort Atkinson
First Methodist
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