Three Injured In Area Traffic Over Weekend
Three persons injured in five county accidents over the weekend include Thomas S. Gibbons of Sterling in fair condition at St. Clare hospital after a high speed crash on Highway 69 near Burgy Flats. Merlyn R. Taylor of Brodhead suffered cuts and abrasions when his car skidded on Highway 11 between McNair Corners and Brodhead. Allen O. Williams of Brodhead had cuts and bruises from a second weekend crash two miles south of Brodhead on Highway 1181.
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Sterling
Iil
St. Clare Hospital
Thomas S. Gibbons
Highway 69
Burgy Flats
Monroe
Merlyn R. Taylor
Brodhead
Brian Willis Riemer
DeWitt, Jr
Riemer
Paul P. Miller
11Th Street
Donald V. Ahlquist
Evans Villa
Miller
Ahlquist
Gene A. Hanson
Mt. Horeb
York Church Yard
Richard Paul Beutel
David W. Smith
Beutel
Smith
Navy Jet Crash At Willow Grove Kills Seven at Picnic
A pilotless Navy F5J Fury crashed near Willow Grove Naval Air Station after failing to land, destroying a day camp bathhouse and killing seven people at a Philadelphia area family picnic. Four children among the dead. 17 injured. The pilot survived.
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Willow Grove
John W. Butler
Boiling Springs
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Philadelphia
Green County Board to Vote on Corn Picking Promotion
The Green County Board meets in the Courthouse at 8 p.m. to seek $1,800 for promotion of the state and national mechanical corn picking contest. Arthur Carter, event coordinator, requested the funds for the Oct. 23 and 24 contest. proposal was referred to committee. The board will also review a merit-system salary schedule for Welfare Department employees.
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Green County
Arthur Carter
More Cabinet Aides Linked to Scandals
The People reports three more government ministers tied to sex scandals. Names are with Lord Denning, who investigates high circle security and past Profumo affair ties. Compromising photographs reportedly involve one minister, possibly two.
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London
the People
Lord Denis
Macmillan
Denning
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Wisconsin Assembly weighs budget tax bill after July Fourth
Lawmakers return from holiday to a cautious start on Reynolds proposed budget tax package. The measure would set Wisconsin state spending at a record 631 million with revenue from sales income and excise taxes forecast to fall short by 7.7 million. Amendments range from technical fixes to a two percent general sales tax. Debate faces printing delays and potential floor hold ups.
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Madison
Reynolds
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Brothers Drown In River Tragedy
Two Mineral Point boys, Robert Clauer 12 and Douglas 9, drowned Saturday in the Castle Rock Flowage of the Wisconsin River. Funeral services for both will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Mineral Point Methodist Church, with Treweek funeral home in charge.
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Robert Clauer
Douglas
Francis Clauer
Mineral Point
Mineral Point Methodist Church
Castle Rock
Wisconsin River
Adams
Prianiicins
Air Force Academy Celebrates Ike Day Golf Course Dedication
The Air Force Academy in Colorado marked Ike Day during a six day visit by former President and Mrs. Eisenhower. The highlight was the dedication of the academy’s new golf course named in his honor.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo.Pi
Ike
Eisenhower
Colorado
Sunday Spurt Surges Holiday Traffic Toll to 553
The long Independence Day weekend produced a record traffic death toll of 553, surpassing 1961’s 509. Safety researchers had expected 550 to 650 fatalities during the 102 hours from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Howard Pyle, president of the National Safety Council, called the weekend costly for deaths and injuries.
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Misseu
National Safety Council
Ee Ee
Howard Pyle
Mrs Preston California Dies in San Francisco
Mrs Arthur T Preston 51 died unexpectedly of a heart attack Saturday night during a brief San Francisco vacation with her daughter Bonnie. Born April 23 1912 in Monroe she taught rural schools and later married in Panama in 1941. Survived by husband two sons Bonnie her parents and siblings. burial set for Friday afternoon in California.
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Arthur T. Preston
Brea
Calif
San Francisco
Bonnie
Preston
Dorabelle Pandow
Lewis A
Bowen Pandow
Monroe
Monroe High School
Green County Normal School
Whitewater State College
Juta
Canal Zone
Panama
California
Planning Group To Review City Building Site Bid
Monroe planning commission will study a $90,000 offer for the municipal site next to the Chandler parking lot. Mayor Evans sent the bid to council and the property committee after an unidentified firm made the proposal for a police and fire station site.
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Monroe
Planning Commission
City Hall
Chandler
Orville R. Evans
Connors-Chandler
Lester M. Johnson
First Ward
Johnson
Siill
Council
Monroe Industrial Development Corp
22Nd Avenue
Lakeside Heights
Johnsons
John Graham Noble
Dr. Noble
Durham
England
Monroe Clinic
Kennedy weighs steps to avert nationwide railroad strike
President Kennedy met with Secretary of Labor Wirtz for an hour to review the railroad labor dispute as an imminent nationwide strike loomed. Negotiators planned new work rules to start by Thursday 12:01 am and unions threatened to strike if enforced. A White House briefing signaled a possible request to Congress for legislation to bar a walkout to protect the public interest.
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Washington
Kennedy
Secretary of Labor
Wirtz
Congress
Labor and Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committees
White House
Freeman OK likely Within 36 Hour Period
Green County ASCS expects quick processing of 17000 acres diverted under federal programs once Secretary Freeman authorizes release. Drouth data reaches Washington and a favorable release decision is expected within 36 hours as ASCS officials discuss procedures for soil bank feed programs and silage potential amid moisture shortages.
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Green County
ASCS
Freeman
Drouth
Green
Washington
Don._Siedschlag
Madison
Swiss Look From Canton Shields Brings Swiss Themed Square to Monroe
Monroe installs 24 colorful shields on light poles celebrating Swiss cantons plus American and Swiss flags. Elsmere Howe of Monroe crafted the shields financed by the Chamber of Commerce. A second Welcome to Monroe sign by Lester Bishop joins the first along Highway 69 North with two more planned at other city entrances.
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Monroe
Switzerland
Elsmere Howe
Monres
Bu Dewey. Dwyer
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon
Bud) Schillinger
Chamber
Lester Bishop
Highway 69
Boy’s game ends in tragedy in New Rochelle garage
A 77 year old boy who left home Saturday to play hide and seek was found dead in an abandoned refrigerator in a neighborhood garage. Police identified the victim as Charles Eliott.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
Charles Eliott
Monroe Team Takes Third at 25th National Turnfest Milwaukee
The Monroe Turn and Schwing Club earned third in team competition and collected multiple honors at the 25th National Turnfest of the Swiss American Gymnastic Association held Milwaukee July 4 to July last. Notable: Nancy Krattiger won Class B apparatus and arbor track and field for women. Richard Wild led men in track and field with Ruef and Kummer following in placings. Judges from Monroe included Ruef Wu thrich Wuethrich Lehr and Gissing.
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Monroe Turn
Schwing Club
Baertschi
Ammon
Monroe
Jack Ruef
Marvin
Mike) Wuthrich
LeRoy Wuethrich
Ernest Lehr
Clarence Gissing
Milwaukee
Rioting Youths Turmoil Follows Grand Prix Race
Rioting youths in Garnett Kansas marred the final day of the Grand Prix sport car races. A policeman died of a heart attack amid the unrest while over 100 people were treated for injuries. Officers jailed 26 of about 1500 youths as drivers condemned the disruption.
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Garnett
Kan
Kansas
Heer
Eau Claire Pilots Fight WKBT Tower Construction
Circuit Judge Richard W. Bardwell refused to dismiss the lawsuit filed by four Eau Claire pilots. The suit seeks to halt construction of a 1,625-foot tower for WKBT TV of La Crosse citing concerns over impact and compliance.
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Madison
Richard W. Bardwell
Eau Claire
Wkbt-Tv
la Crosse
Oregon Farm Escapee Nabbed in Minnesota
Richard Lee Roggenbuck, 32, one of three escapees from the Oregon Wisconsin prison farm, was captured after a wrecked car and boat attempt. He had been sought since an assault on University of Minnesota student David Anderson 22 and his 19 year old date, who were abducted to Maple Plain. Anderson was beaten and the girl escaped after ramming the car.
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M Jconsin
Richard Lee Roggenbuck
Oregon
Wis
Roggenbuck
David Anderson
University of Minnesota
Anderson
Maple Plain
Two More Die In Kettle Moraine Tent Fire
Two more victims die in a tent blaze that killed three others in Kettle Moraine State Forest near Dundee. Steven Williams, 5, and Ronald Jones, 8, died from burns. Steven's mother and an infant in critical condition. Ronald's mother in fair condition.
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Milwaukee
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Dundee
St St. Marve
Steven Williams
Markham
Ill
Ronald Jones
Benson
Steven
Larry Williams
Ronald
Patricia Jones
County 4 H Members To Visit Manitoba Canada
Five Green County 4 H members depart Janesville for Manitoba Province Canada for a week long exchange. Participants include Patricia Ann Pinnow Linda Carroll Audrey Beach Phillip Ringhand and James Fahey. They will live with Canadian families near Winnipeg to study family life and cultural practices. Departure was moved from Saturday to Tuesday.
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Green County 4-H
Janesville
Manitoba
Canada
Patricia Ann Pinnow
Linda Carroll
Audrey Beach
Phillip Ringhand
James Fahey
Winnipeg
14 Die in State Holiday Mishaps
Fourteen people were killed on Wisconsin highways during the long holiday weekend, lifting the 1963 traffic toll to 391. The list includes Elmer L. Grimshaw of Camp Douglas, Jo Ellen Schadweiler of Wisconsin Rapids, Olaf Bortmen of Neillsville, Jerome S. Milek of Independence, Paul J. Blaha of Chippewa Falls, and Frank Kesan of Conrath among others. Victims already named include James W. Miller, William F. Barry, Leonard Hill, Edith A. Johns, Francis J. Tilch, and three Minneapolis residents.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Elmer L. Grimshaw
Camp Douglas
Juneau County
Wisconsin Rapids
Jo Ellen Schadweiler
Leonard Schadweiler
Highway
Olaf Bortnen
Neillsville
Granton
Clark County
Jerome S. Milek
Independence
Paul J. Blaha
Chippewa Falls
Wautoma
Frank Kesan
Conrath
Rusk County
James W. Miller
Shorewood
William F. Barry
Decatur
Ill
Leonard Hill
Green Bay
Edith A. Johns
Oshkosh
Francis J. Tilch
Medford
Minneapolis
Stephen A. Bettke
Peter Skrypec
Esther
Review Board Plans Meeting Wednesday
The Monroe Board of Review met briefly this morning in City hall and adjourned until 10 a.m. on Wednesday when questions about assessments will be heard. The tax rolls were open for public inspection last week and the board will hear complaints if adjustments are justified. Members include Mayor Orville R. Evans, City Atty. William J. Schmitz, Aldermen L. M. Johnson and Fred R. Simpson, City Assessor Philip H. Darling and City Clerk Freda M. Bray.
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Monroe
Khrushchev Talks With Spaak in Kiev on East West Tensions
Premier Khrushchev conferred today in Kiev with Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak about easing East West tensions amid ongoing Cold War strains.
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Spaak
Moscow
Khrushchev
Kiev
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
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Doc) Kearns
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