Burkhalter Son Wounded In Action Evacuated To Guam Hospital
Rural South Wayne residents the Burkhalters learn their son Marine Pfc Gary L Burkhalter is wounded and evacuated to a Guam hospital as of July 4 he reports he is off the very seriously ill list and expects evacuation to the States within weeks in a long distance short wave radio call from Vietnam through a Guam station to his family in Wisconsin. The AP dispatch notes Pope Paul VI ban on birth control pills in Italy and Nixon’s July Fourth return to Washington.
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Lloyd L. Burkhalters
South Wayne
Pfc
Gary L. Burkhalter
Guam
Vietnam
United States
California
U.S.M.C
U.S. Naval Hospital
Apo San Francisco
Calif
Driven Snow Cast Rehearsals Show Ham Filled Chaos
The Pure as the Driven Snow cast under Kent Duit rehearses for July 12 and 13 performances. Cast mates provoke backstage chaos with wisecracks and stage mishaps while tickets are sold July 4 at Twining park and at local shops or through cast members.
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Kent Duit
Twining Park
Schuetze’s
Ruf’s
Six in One Family Seven Are Dead In Chicago Blaze
Seven killed in a Chicago South Side fire on a three story brick building. Six children among the victims include Michael Warren and Robert Earl Warren, ages 7 and 9. Three injured include Prince Warren Sr and Emma, with Lt. Collins Brown treated and released. Fire marshal investigates cause as flames spread from about 3 to 4 am.
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Chicago
Michael Warren
Robert Earl Warren
Margaret Lynn Warren
Prince Albert Warren Jr
Samuel Charles Warren
Prince Warren
Donald Barber
Prince Warren Sr
Emma
Collins Brown
Warrens
Brown
Thomas Deneen
Fourth Division
Charles Katz
Man Detained On Check Forgery Charges In Green County
Special Investigator John Lewis reports Floyd J. Pivot, 52, of Dane County, was apprehended in St. Joseph Missouri with detainers issued for check forgery. Authorities say at least nine Green County businesses cashed forged checks imprinted Auto Beautification and bearing Marvin Raven's signature.
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John Lewis
Monroe
Floyd J. Pivot
Dane County
St. Joseph
Green County
Marvin Raven
Storms raise Ohio death toll and floods sweep regions
The death toll rose to at least 33 in northern Ohio as searches continued for victims of Friday storms and floods. At least five people remained missing, with emergencies in Norwalk Wooster and Vermilion.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Ohio
Lake Erie
Norwalk
Wooster
Vermilion
Sign mangling beef prices targets shoppers in Salina
In Salina Kansas a local supermarket posted a sign aimed at customers upset by rising grocery costs. The placard states if beef seems high then cigarettes cost six dollars fifty nine a pound.
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Salina, Kan
Salna
Wisconsin Highway Fatalities Rise to 495 in 1969 Holiday Period
During the extended Fourth of July weekend Wisconsin reported 495 highway deaths, mostly on two lane state and county roads, up from 1968. Notable fatalities included Dr. Edwin W. Kuehn and his son in Shawano County, Barry Steinke near Sheboygan, and several others in Sauk, Richland, Pepin, Juneau and Fond du Lac areas. Five deaths occurred Friday.
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Wisconsin
Shawano County
Edwin W. Kuehn
Oostburg
William
Dennis Buelow
Kathryn E. Hilbert
Robert Hilbert
Fond du Lac
Sheboygan Falls
Patrick Kralewski
Durland
Pepin
Rita Larson
New Lisbon
Juneau County
Jeffrey Rogstad
Richland Center
Herman Leiblein
Kewaunee
Two Creeks
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Nixon
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Kathleen Costello
Wally Crolle
Carol Dietel
Marcia Wenger
Ray Gura
Ernst Hoffmann
Rick Wiegel
Jim Parquette
Fred Roethlisberger
Fritz Wenger
Peter Besrutschke
Ali Alipasa
Werner Kurhnis
Fred Schoen
Times
Girl Turners
Swiss American Gymnastic Association
Mary Zuhlke
Katz
Green County Sheriff's
Mary E. Gobert
Route 1
Michael R. Hesgard
Route 4
Highway 81
Hesgard
Herman A. Tschudy
Haddinger Road
Stephen G. Sarrow
Footville
Richard J. Walsh
Steven J. Miller
Brodhead
Highway 11
Hazel L. Moore
Leonard L. Moore
Gary A. Johnson
Route 3
Henry R. Pick Jr
David L. Nichols
New Glarus
Dayton
16Th Street
15Th Avenue
Robert E. Fraley
Freeport
Ill
Louis F. Scherer
Fraley
Highway 69 North
Kenneth F. Bissell
Dakota
Michael D. Moen
14Th Avenue
AP News
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Wayne County
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
China
Ann Arbor, Mich
University of Michigan
Air South
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Saigon
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New York
Jehovah's Witnesses
Yankee Stadium
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
THE
Associated Press
Barry L. Steinke
Sheboygan County
Hoover
Congress
House
Nader
Agriculture Department
Ralph Nader
Edward Steinke
Baraboo
Jeanne Biverski
Reedsburg
Sauk County
Lois Dosch
Richad Center
Richland County
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