July Heat Drops to Record Lows Across Great Lakes
The Associated Press reports record low July temperatures in Madison Wisconsin. Detroit and Milwaukee set date or regional lows. Pellston Michigan saw a pre dawn 28 degrees while Needles California hit 100 as storms lash Tampa area and Kansas floods worsen across Hays Topeka Russell with heavy rain and high winds. A707 jet windshield and radar dome damaged east of Texarkana during a heavy storm.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Madison
Wis
Detroit
Mich
Milwaukee
Pellston
Needles
Calif
Tampa
Fla
Weather Bureau
Tampa Bay
Hays
Kan
Kansas
Russell
Topeka
North Atlantic
Utica
N.Y
Mid - Atlantic
Minnesota
Texas Panhandle
Texarkana
Stay Off Grass, City Warns Horse and Pony Riders
Police Chief Henry S. Hefty warned horse and pony riders to stay on the streets to avoid prosecution under the city ordinance prohibiting animals on terraces lawns and park grounds. Hefty noted several violations over the holiday weekend and said enforcement will begin.
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Henry S. Hefty
Madison Cheese Market Steady Amid Adequate Supplies
Prices hold firm in Madison Wisconsin cheddar market with demand fair to good and ample supplies. Cheddars range around 3578 to 3854, 40-pound blocks 35 to 38 percent, single daisies 39 to 41 percent, longhorns 39 to 39 percent, and midgets 39 to 41 percent.
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Cheese Mart Steady
Madison
Wisconsin
Rain finally falls after drought grips region
An astonished Monroe worker reports rain easing drought as farmers greet relief. Pastors urged prayers for rain Sunday as showers finally arrive, though nearby sewer plant reports only a sprinkle. Area hopes for sustained moisture to revive parched fields for the growing season.
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Monroe
Sam Kubly 83 Hide and Wool Buyer Dies in Monroe
Sam Kubly 83 of 2231 7th St. Monroe died in a Green County hospital after two weeks of illness from diabetic complications. His death followed injuries from the Palm Sunday tornado that destroyed his Monroe buying station. He was born July 18 1881 in Jordan Township and married Lydia Norder in 1906 and later Bessie Beeck in 1959. He was a longtime farmer and blacksmith and a Moose Lodge member for 40 years. Survived by his wife a son four stepchildren two brothers three sisters two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Services 1:30 p.m. Thursday at St nessy Funeral Home with burial Greenwood Cemetery. Friends may call tomorrow afternoon.
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Sam Kubly
7Th St
Green County
Mr. Kubly
Monroe
Jordan Township
Jacob
Elizabeth Hefty Kubly
Jordan
Lydia Norder
Freeport
Bessie Beeck
Lloyd
Ann Arbor
Mich
Helen Olson
Brodhead
Bernice Brown
Mildred Thurston
LaVern Beeck
Sarasota
Fla
J. P
Charles Kubly
Robert Francis
Washington, D.C
Ida Fox
Waterloo
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Greenwood Cemetery
Four-Hers Prepare For Foods Revue at Monroe Events
About 150 4-Hers in foods and nutrition will judge and display projects at Monroe High School and New Glarus venues. Activities include foods fashion and dress revues from July 9 to July 22 led by Mrs. Bradley Stare and Johnson with district leaders selecting two delegates to the State Fair dress revue.
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Foods and Nutrition
Monroe High School
New Glarus
Franklyn Bradley
Rosmary Stare
Sue Johnson
Harvey Mauerman
Jake Rufener
Erwin Rufener
Daniel Benkert
Paul Hollis
Bonnie Zumkehr
Dianne Riemer
Alice Carroll
Karen Keister
Karen Houlberg
Council Set for Tonight Hearings on Zoning and Street Vacation
City Council to begin at 7 30 p m with two public hearings. One would amend zoning to allow a pharmacy in a residential area at Medical Center request. The other requests vacating part of 9th Street for Dearth Motors garage rebuild in tornado district. Also up for approval is Brandenburg Plumbing bid of 20332 for city garage HVAC.
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Medical Center
Dearth Motors
9Th St
5Th
6Th Aves
West Business
Board of Public Works
Brandenburg Plumbing and Heating Co
Baptism Row Clouds Luci Johnson’s Catholic Conversion
Washington sources report Rev. James Montgomery re baptized Luci Johnson at her request raising questions from Bishop James Pike who called the ceremony a direct slap at the California Episcopal Church. Vatican notes cited by The Times show confusion over whether the rite was conditional.
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Washington
James Montgomery
Luci Johnson
James A. Pike
Episcopal Diocese of
California
Pike
San Francisco
Our Church
Luci
Montgomery
New York Times
Vatican
the Times
Rome
Miss Johnson
Episcopal Church
Paul VI
Ecumenical Council
The
Holy Office
Times
Glarus Pledges Gift for Village History Hall
The Glarus government of Switzerland pledges $1,000 to New Glarus for a Hall of History to display documents about the 1845 founding of the Swiss colony. Mrs. Trudi Vogel presented the pledge to Waldo Freitag, mayor, at a gathering in New Glarus.
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Glarus
Switzerland
Trudi Vogel
Glarner Hof
Waldo Freitag
New Glarus
Army Seek New Helicopter Units for Vietnam War Gap
The Army plans to form new helicopter companies to replace U.S. chopper units deployed to Vietnam, aiming to keep domestic forces equipped while combat operations continue overseas.
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Washington
Army
South Viet Nam
Wisconsin Toll Rises With July Fourth Weekend Fatalities
Wisconsin recorded 12 traffic deaths over the Fourth of July weekend, raising the annual toll to 443. Among the victims were Donald F. Porter, 30, of Grand Rapids, Mich., in a Juneau County truck crash, and two-year-old Jill Pederson of Buffalo, New York, struck by a car during a holiday visit. The weekend also saw multiple other fatal crashes across the state, including a two-vehicle collision near Beloit that killed Lyman Purdy Jr. and Alice Fessler.
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Wisconsin
Juneau County
Donald FE. Porter
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sauk County
Racine
Jill Pederson
Buffalo
N.Y
Berkman
John E. Ament
Highway 15
Mukwonago
Waukesha County
Lyman Purdy Jr
Beloit
Alice Fessler
Sharon
Louis Boldig
Frederick Boldig
Tigerton
Amy Jo Baeten
Kimberly
Steven Nylund
Rhinelander
Russell Browne
Madison
John F. Schneider
Park Falls
John Becker
Necedah
Eldon Hammond
New Boston
Ill
Adam J. Koby
Milwaukee
Evansville
Ind
Dennis C. O’hara
Chelsea
Mass
Funeral services planned for Louis J. Kramp
Funeral services for Louis J. Kramp AP assistant general manager in charge of relations and services in broadcasting will be held Wednesday at Immaculate Heart of Mary church in Scarsdale New York. He died Monday at White Plains Hospital at age 53 after several months illness.
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New York
Louis J. Kramp
Associated Press
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
Scarsdale
N.Y
Kramp
White Plains
Mexican mother burned in stove fire given 50 50 life chance
Ramona Franco de Portola, burned over 70 percent of her body, waited two months in a 115 degree hut in Sonora for help. Five doctors from Liga International flew mercy missions and found her near Tesاپaca. She is now at White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles with a 50 percent chance of survival. doctors call her ordeal a miracle.
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Los Angeles
Ramona Franco de Portola
White Memorial Hospital
Robert Lawson
Upland
Calif
Lawson
de Portola
Tesapaca
Sonora
Liga International
Humberto
Quiet Fourth Weekend Reported in Green County and Monroe
The Green County Sheriff and Monroe Police noted a peaceful Fourth with four accidents and one injury. James L. Pettersen, 19, Evansville, is in good condition after a cerebral concussion from a single vehicle crash on Cincinnati Street Albany.
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Green County Sheriff’s Department
Monroe
Sheriff's Department
Twining Park
Dwight C. Coplien
Vernon
Bud) Schillinger
Chamber of Commerce
James L. Pettersen
Evansville
St. Clare Hospital
Nelson Proposes Wildlife Incentives for Farmers
Sen. Gaylord Nelson proposes incentive payments to farmers who convert croplands to wildlife habitat and open lands for hunting and recreation. The plan, tied to the omnibus farm bill, would add state supervised and federally financed payments for habitat programs alongside cropland retirement and cost sharing.
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Washington
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nelson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Wisconsin
Fish and Game
Small Wildlife Service
Tougher Laws Sought After Juvenile Rioting
Officials call for tougher penalties after rioting by beer drinking youths in five resort towns over the Fourth of July weekend. Geneva-on-the-Lake Mayor Finley says he will draft ordinances with higher penalties for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest to deter future disturbances.
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Associated Press
Wilson W. Finley
Geneva-on-the-Lake
Ohio
Finley
Blood donors sought in Green County two Mobile Unit visits
The Red Cross Bloodmobile schedules two visits in Green County within two weeks. On Monday July 12 at Peace United Church of Christ Browntown from 2 to 5 p.m. a 47 pint quota. Rev. John Masters leads with Mrs. Frank Guttmer. On Tuesday July 13 at Bank of Brodhead from 2 to 6 p.m. a 75 pint quota. Tony Williams chairs with Mrs. Lehnherr. Dr Benjamin H Brunkow of Monroe arranges volunteer medical coverage.
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Red Cross
Green County
Peace United Church of Christ
Browntown
John Masters
Frank Guttmer
Bank of Brodhead
Tony Williams
Lehnherr
Benjamin H. Brunkow
Monroe
Red Cross Blood Program
Youth Leaves For Pilgrimage To Washington D C
William Flaherty son of Mr and Mrs Orville Flaherty 1519 7th St is on the 16th annual Odd Fellows Rebekah Nations Pilgrimage for Youth He left Janesville yesterday with 35 students and three adult counselors from Wisconsin The charter bus started from Eau Claire and after 3 pm refreshments headed east They will visit Mt Vernon Annapolis Baltimore and points in Pennsylvania before reaching New York City for six days including a UN visit and a day at the World’s Fair They return via Canadian points arriving Eau Claire July 22 Mrs Hans von Allmen and Mrs Orville Flaherty with Beverly accompanied William
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William Flaherty
Orville Flaherty
7Th St
Odd Fellows-Rebekah Nations
Esther Rebekah
Mt. Vernon
Annapolis
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
New York City
New York
Combined Attack Near Saigon Sees No Major Contact
More than 1,000 American troops joined Vietnamese and Australian forces for a second joint operation against the Viet Cong near Saigon. As in the first mission, the U.S. spokesman said there was no significant contact with the enemy.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Record Fourth of July traffic toll hits 542 deaths
The three day Independence weekend ends with about 542 traffic deaths, nearing the four day 557 set in 1963, and a warning from Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council to drivers. California, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Texas account for over one third of fatalities. no deaths reported in Rhode Island Delaware Alaska or DC. Boating and non boating incidents add 35 deaths and 119 drownings.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Pyle
Safety Council
California
Missouri
New York
Ohio
Texas
Rhode Island
Delaware
Alaska
District of Columbia
Newlanders Project to Start Soon Near Browntown
Contracts signed for a 74 acre lake near Browntown with construction planned this summer. Ray L. Beckman of the Green County Conservation League says work will begin soon at the lake site west of Zanders Lake.
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Browntown
Ray L. Beckman
Green County Conservation League
Zanders Lake
Bond holdings rise in U S Savings Bonds in June
Public holdings of U S Savings Bonds increased by 61 million in June. The total outstanding for Series E and H bonds reached a record 48.795 billion. Cash sales in the month amounted to 362 million.
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Washington
U.S
Treasury
43 Believed Killed In RAF Plane Crash
A Royal Air Force four engine transport plane with 43 aboard crashed in a field near Dorchester Oxfordshire. Firemen reported no survivors with the plane disintegrating as shown by a spokesman. A witness described an orange ball of fire seen from a garden.
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London
Royal Air Force
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Fire Brigade
RAF Transport Command
Dorchester
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