Wisconsin Passes July Fourth Toll Record On Road Deaths
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin recorded 26 traffic deaths over the July 4 weekend, raising the 1966 total to 457, five more than last year. The toll included multiple fatal crashes, many with young victims, as authorities noted most deaths involved single-car accidents and extended from Friday evening to Monday midnight.
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Superior
Wisconsin
George Cloudy
Blanche Linden
Laurie Harris
Nancy Gibson
Janesville
Waupun
Rock River
Mary C. Beaudry
Hudson
Marilyn Williams
St. Paul
Minn
Lawrence W. Sollman
Oscelola
Webster
Burnett County
Duluth
Humbird
Clark County
Lee Boyer
Joseph la Fortune
Marvin G. Miller
Fond du Lac
Highway 175
Benjamin Hopinkah
Black River Falls
Herman W. Griese
Grand Forks
N.C
Cedar Park
Browns Lake
Racine County
Russell Sandborn
Gays Mills
Gays
Donald Bender
Record July Fourth traffic toll hits 567 deaths nationwide
During a three day observance traffic crashes killed 567 people nationwide with drownings and boating accidents pushing total accidental deaths to 834. The National Safety Council warned the toll could exceed prior records as officials noted legislative progress for road safety.
Frauchiger Injured By Firecracker Here
David Frauchiger a 15 year old from Monroe entered St. Clare Hospital at 11 05 last evening after a cherry bomb exploded in his hand. He sustained contusions and lacerations to multiple fingers and is reported in good condition.
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David Frauchiger
Ralph Frauchiger
Route 2
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Endorsement Sought On Vietnam War Conduct
Democrats at the national governors conference reached consensus to pursue a resolution endorsing the President's conduct of the Vietnam War.
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Los Angeles
Viet Nam
Lore Haatek from Wien Visits Here Three Weeks
Lore Haatek of Vienna Austria has stayed three weeks with Mrs John McGuire and family. She learned English with a German English dictionary and enjoyed hamburgers color television and meeting Miss Hannah Bindschaedler who helped with a World War II clothing drive.
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Lore Hnatek
Wien
Vienna
Austria
O’hare
Chicago
John McGuire
Nancy Kundert
Rotary Club
Lore Haatek
America
Mrs. McGuire
Haatek
Lore
Kundert
Salsburg
Innsbruck
Switzerland
Russia
England
France
United States
Urban Renewal Plan Report Slated Tonight
Mayor Walter R. Ekum announced a complete report on Monroe's Urban Renewal project status will be given to news media tonight. The press release about federal aid participation will be distributed to newspapers and radio representatives at the City Council meeting at 7 30 p.m. in City Hall, with 15 to 20 resolutions expected for consideration.
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Walter R. Ekum
Monroe
Music Lifts City Fourth of July Concert Despite Incomplete Bandshell
The City Band played traditional and popular tunes to celebrate Independence Day in Monroe with thousands attending from parked cars on surrounding streets. Fireworks sponsored by the City and Chamber of Commerce followed a largely peaceful weekend despite local accidents and vandalism reports. A damaged mailbox, destroyed Swiss Colony sign lights, and damage to a yard light and a flower pot were noted around Monroe.
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Times
City of
Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Leo Johnson
Carl A. von Arx
Route
Bloodmobile Visits Set Across Green County for July
A Badger Bloodmobile stop in Monroe on July 18 seeks eighteen pints of A positive blood for a 20 year old Appleton open heart surgery patient. Quotas: Monroe 115 pints Juda 530 pints Browntown 50 pints with local organizers and medical coverage arranged.
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Appleton
Wis
Badger
American National Red Cross
Monroe
United Church of Christ
Browntown
John E. Masters
Green County
James R. Weir
Giant Catfish Highlight At Yellowstone Lake Trip
Milfred Isely of Gratiot caught a 31.2 pound catfish at Yellowstone Lake during a three day holiday crowd of about 10 000 people. Clarence R Benkett district game manager said 430 campers filled the lake area with many visitors engaging in swimming waterskiing boating and fishing.
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Zanders Lake
Yellowstone Lake
Clarence R. Benkett
Browntown
Bluegill
Benkett
Milfred Isely
Gratiot
Yellowstone
Lafayette County
Benkert
Foods Revue by Green County 4-Hers at Monroe High
Green County 4 H members will hold a Foods Revue tomorrow at the Monroe High School gymnasium with registration at 8 30 a m. 4 H home economics agent Mrs Sue Sass notes judging after registration and a mailed schedule and layout map have been sent to project members. Winners with blue ribbons will display at the Green County Fair July 27 31.
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Green County
Monroe High School
Sue Sass
Market Rise Wiped Out As New York Stocks Slip
An early advance on the New York market was erased with trading uneven and moderate in activity as stocks moved lower through the afternoon.
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New York
19 Ton Rocket Vaults into Orbit
CAPE KENNEDY Fla America s heaviest satellite a 29 ton rocket stage like that which one day will propel astronauts to the moon vaulted into orbit today It was filled with 10 tons of liquid hydrogen in an engineering test to determine if this high energy fuel has at last been harnessed for space use The 17 story tall Saturn 1 rocket most powerful ever fired by the United States thundered off its launching pad at 1053 a m EDT on the 16 million pounds of thrust and trailed a plume of fire more than 500 feet long as it darted into the sky Eight minutes later NASA announced that the 92 foot second stage had ignited with a 200 000 pound thrust burst and drilled itself into an orbit about 118 miles above the earth.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
United States
Brodhead Man Suffered Facial Injuries In County Crash
A Brodhead man Keith Schwartzlow aged 22 sustained facial fractures and lacerations when his car hit a culvert abutment on Decatur Road, three miles northwest of Brodhead. He was treated at St. Clare Hospital and released.
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Sheriff's Department
W. E
Doc) Deininger
Twining Park
Keith Schwartzlow
Brodhead
St. Clare Hospital
Schwartzlow
George Schwartzlow
Decatur Road
Monroe
Frank Digman
Howard Striepling
Milwaukee
Sheriff’s Department
E. O. Wells
Howard G. Striepling
Elton Segner
Route 1
Monticello
Russell J. Wirth
Juda
Highway 59
Prien School
Segner
Afterthought Independence Day Verse by Clair R. Munns
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns reflects on July Fourth fading into the past. It imagines eternal freedom arriving and lasting for generations.
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Clair R. Munns
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