State Patrol Seeks 75 Recruits to Boost Force
Wisconsin plans 75 new troopers under 1967 authorization, bringing total to 375. Recruits train 13 weeks classroom and 3 weeks field at Camp McCoy, with class of 80 starting in June and patrolling by October. Selection targets 21 to 35 year old Wisconsinites, 5 foot 9, HS diploma. veterans may waive age.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Patrol
Lewis Versnik
Camp McCoy
Tomah
Army
Versnik
Madison Area Death Raises Highway Toll
A rural Madison man LeRoy Marking Jr., 26, of Route 1, Madison, died when his car left the road and rolled over on Madison's far East Side. The death raised the 1968 highway toll to 53 fatalities.
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Associated Press
Madison
LeRoy Marking Jr
Route 1
Knowles to Visit Israel Despite Critics on Six Day Tour
Wisconsin Governor Warren Knowles plans a six day goodwill visit to Israel after rejecting calls to stay home. He travels with six other governors including Massachusetts' John Volpe, with funding from the Israeli government. opposed by Senator Fred Risser who urged him to attend a Lake Michigan pollution conference in Chicago. Knowles aims to attend Wisconsin’s April presidential primary while hinting at possible political moves.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Israel
Knowles
Governors’ Conference
Wisconsin
John Volpe
Massachusetts
Fred Risser
Otto Kerner
Ilinois
Michigan
Indiana
U.S
Gaylord Nelson
Vince Lombardi
Green Bay Packer
Lombardi
Marquette University Medical School
Couple loses home in Bradford Township fire
In Albany Times Special report, Paul and Linda Flesher Howard lost their house on Carvers Rock Road in Bradford Township to a morning fire. Only their pet dog survived. the couple had married last year in Monroe. Firefighters attributed the blaze to a defective chimney or wiring. Linda is staying with her parents in Monroe. Paul is with his grandparents in Janesville.
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Albany
Paul
Linda Flesher Howard
Monroe
Rock County
Linda
Russell Fleher
Robert Tracy and Sons
Janesville
Tracy Farms
Carvers Rock Road
Bradford Township
Rusk Praises U.S. Press on Vietnam War Coverage
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a Senate Youth Forum that the American press is doing a complete and generally objective job covering the Vietnam war. He noted variation day to day and reporter to reporter but praised the able and effective press corps both abroad and at home.
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Washington
American Press
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Senate
Johnson orders 14,600 reservists to active duty over Pueblo crisis
The Defense Department listed over twenty reserve units called to active duty amid the North Korean Pueblo seizure. Johnson directed Defense Secretary McNamara to act, with 14,000 Air Force and guard reservists and 600 others to serve potentially two years. Ground units eyed but not yet mobilized.
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Washington
Defense Department
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
Navy Reserve
Wisconsin
Johnson
Pentagon
Air Force
Navy Air
White House
Army
United Nations
Pueblo
United States
Berlin
John
Clark M. Clifford
Senate
Brodhead Welcomes First City Council Candidate
Bernard Smith filed as third ward candidate in Brodhead while John Pengra will not seek re election. Steve Benton pursues fourth ward seat as Stanley Everson steps back. Mayor Ray Timm seeks another term. Filing deadline January 30. Council pay is 450 dollars yearly, mayor 750.
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Brodhead
Specila
Bernard Smith
Alvin Accola
Smith
John Pengra
Steve Benton
Stanley Everson
Ray Timm
Meyoral
Plot Theorizes North Korean Viet Nam Link Over Pueblo
James Marlow analyzes motives behind North Korea and North Vietnam after the Pueblo seizure. He notes conflicting claims over whether the ship was in international or Korean waters, and compares it to the 1960 U-2 incident while urging clarity on the ship’s location and purpose.
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James Marlow
Washington
Santa Claus
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Korea
Cmdr
Lloyd Mark Bucher
Defense Department
Bucher
White House
Johnson
George Christian
Soviet Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Youth 4-H Camp Includes Convict Guests in Wisconsin
Green County youths at Upham Woods winter camp met guests from the Fox Lake Correctional Institution a prison pastor. they discussed offenses from murder to rehabilitation while lunching unaware of the inmates. The program featured tobogganing and skating with Green County participants named. A second item reports a strong Sicily quake in Palermo killing at least four and injuring around 50 as rescue workers search for victims.
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Green County 4-Hers
Upham Woods
Tri - County
Dells
Wisconsin Correctional Institution At
Fox Lake
Calvin Kraemer
Horst Hart
Green County
Jerry Black
Monroe
Gary Hartwig
Browntown
Larry Hartwig
Bill Hoesly
New Glarus
Joyce Pagel
Monticello
Georgia
Wegmueller
Janet Lawyer
Kaye Luchsinger
Cheryl Saunders
Jody Wegmueller
Bonnie Nuckles
Mary Schmid
Mary Classen
Diane Stoehr
Albany
Chris Kernen
Debra Kleckner
Nadean Streiff
Sally Ritschard
Madeline Bosben
Juda
Beatrice Ackerman
Palermo
Sicily
Nuclear bombs suspected in Greenland crash blanks
AP reports nuclear scientists think one or more of four missing hydrogen bombs ruptured when a B52 crashed near Thule Air Base triggering radiation on ice. Found parts and radiation at the site are described as negligible.
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Washington
Uss
Greenland
Thule Air Force Base
Liz's Limericks By Mrs. Vernon Workinger
A brief poem segment shows playful limericks by Mrs. Vernon Workinger about snowflakes drifting and turning into wintry roads under strong winds.
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Liz’s
Mrs
Vernon Workinger
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