Two Astronauts Enter Final Stage For Shot Tuesday
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A pair of astronauts Virgil Grissom and John Glenn enter the final preparation phase for America's second manned space flight scheduled for Tuesday morning. They undergo medical and psychological tests plus simulated missions as NASA names Liberty Bell 7 the craft.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
America
Grissom
Air Force
Glenn
Alan B. Shepard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shepard
Grossom
The
Cape
Redstone
Liberty Bell 7
Freedom 7
Mercury Astronaut Team
National Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Officers Search For Girl Abducted Near Camp Oconto
Oconto County sheriff reports a 16 year old girl at Camp Oconto Lake Waubee was forced into a red 1960 Pontiac by three youths about 18. An alert went to surrounding counties for the Illinois plated vehicle. The abduction occurred at 8 a.m. today.
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Oconto
Oconto County
Lake Waubee
Lakewood
Robert Schoenbeck
Schoenbeck
Raymond Hogan
Camp Oconto
McCloy Leaves Idlewild for Talks in Moscow
John J. McCloy the U.S. disarmament chief departed Idlewild Airport Friday night for Moscow to start a continuing series of talks to shape the format of a disarmament conference.
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Moscow
New York
John J. McCloy
U.S
Legion Warned Of Home Wars At Wisconsin Convention
WAUKESHA The Veterans Administration official John Gleason urged Wisconsin Legionnaires to confront the Communist threat, proposing a dynamic program to drive communism from the nation. Gov Gaylord Nelson urged members to champion freedom and defend rights, while nominations and elections filled top posts in the Wisconsin Legion and its auxiliary.
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Waukesha
Veterans’ Administration
Wisconsin
United States
John Gleason
Washington
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Lenin
Zurich
Switzerland
Gleason
Carroll College Commons
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Gil H. Stordock
Waupaca
Grand Army Home
King
Frank R. Schneider
la Crosse
Donald P. Skelly
Milton
James Mulder
Oostburg
Charles Martin
Milwaukee
Herman Nimmer
Winneconne
Joseph Treder
Wisconsin Rapids
Willard van Handel
Little Chute
Nile Fuller
Racine
Wisconsin Women’s Auxiliary
Palmer Grabs British Open Lead With 69 At Birkdale
Arnold Palmer shot 69 at the par 72 Birkdale course to surge into a one stroke lead in the British Open with 18 holes remaining. He carded a 54 hole total of 212 after starting tied for second at 143 with Kel Nagle and moved ahead on the outward nine with a birdie filled 32.
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Birkdale
England
Arnold Palmer
Palmer
Kel Nagle
Australia
Japan bans visas for foreign Communists at Tokyo convention
The government said it would not issue visas to foreign Communists invited to attend the Japanese Communist party convention opening in Tokyo on July 25.
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Japan
Tokyo
Japanese Communist Party
New Scenic Walkway Midway Highlight Wisconsin State Fair
Wisconsin State Fair runs August 11 to 20 with Roy Rogers re booking for 15 performances. A new Mallway midway concept lands Royal American Shows on six acres with 36 rides and 12 shows. A bandshell and landscaped walkways will feature fountains and shelters. Cliff Arquette as Charlie Weaver appears with Dale Evans and Roy Rogers in 10 evenings and five matinees.
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Roy Rogers
Cliff Arquette
Charlie Weaver
Mount Ivy
Dale Evans
Girl Scouts Return From Birchwood Camp Session
Forty eight Girl Scouts including seventeen from Monroe completed a twelve day session at Birchwood camp north of Hayward. They enjoyed swimming boating hiking and crafts while camping skills and group singing rounded out daily activities.
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Monroe
Birchwood
Badger Council
Hayward
Susan Urban
Jeanne Gibbons
Lynne Jacobs
Barbara Wuetrich
Louise Lamboley
Diane Kuban
Mary Lynn Condon
Rebecca Trumpy
Marilyn Bainbridge
Betsy Frantz
Sally Simpson
Jane Mitchell
Janet Richardson
Marcia Mahley
Mary Howe
Judy Bernet
Cheryl Whitehead
Medalyn Meythaler
Beth Counselman
Mary Ann Purcell
Marcia Janke
Jan Kitto
Jan Robichaux
Susan Rufener
Mary Nussbaum
Kristine Brugger
Kristine Fritz
Ann Miller
Shrine-KC Clowns Parade in Orangeville Mid-Summer Festival
Knights of Columbus and Green County Shrine Club clowns join Orangeville fire department festival activities this morning. They will solicit funds during the festival program tonight and next Sunday at Recreation Park for crippled and underprivileged children. Clowns also plan to solicit in Monroe Friday night July 21.
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Knights of Columbus
Green County Shrine Club
Orangeville
Fire Department
Shrine- KC
Recreation Park
Monroe
Chicago Race Riot Surges With Police Fight To Restore Order
Police kept patrols tight as a new wave of racial violence erupted in Chicago. An attack with ax handles left Fred Vaughn Jr hospitalized. two white girls were injured by a home made bomb. Sixty four Negroes were rounded up with many charged for riot related offenses. An emergency control plan and 100 officers were deployed near Harrison High School amid ongoing tensions following the Tolber case.
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Elgin
Fred Vaughn Jr
Linda Rivers
Alice Ramos
Ramos
Harrison High School
Matthew Tolber
Tolber
Union Finishes Contract Outline of UAW Demands
DETROIT The United Auto Workers has completed presenting new contract demands to General Motors and will hear counterproposals from Ford and Chrysler next week. GM officials call the package the most expensive in 25 years of bargaining. UAW counters that costs cannot yet be measured.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Louis G. Seaton
Seat
Woodcock
Seaton
Civil War Surgeon Dr Frederick W Byers Biography
Civil War scrapbook recalls Dr Frederick W Byers born February 10 1837 in Shippenville Clarion County Pennsylvania and early life on a Venango County farm. He taught school at age 17 to fund his education, attended Coopers Town Academy, then left for Iowa in 1857 arriving in Freeport Illinois with little money after the 1857 financial crash.
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Frederick W. Byers
Shippenville
Clarion County
Venango County
Cooperstown Academy
Contest Ends Tonight Miss Universe Finalists Vie For Title
Fifteen finalists remain in the Miss Universe pageant as judges assess 48 entrants from China to Iceland. Competitors discuss perceived strengths, from figures to gowns, while Eleftheria Delutsi of Greece faints after a parade. Other semifinalists include Miss USA Sharon Brown and Miss Wales Rosemarie Frankland.
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Sharon Brown
Minden
Miami Beach
Fla
China
Iceland
Marlene Schmidt
Stuttgart
Germany
Wang Li-ling
Taipei
Republic of China
Susan Jones
Aberdeen
Scotland
Greece
Eleftheria Delutsi
Athens
Rosemarie Frankland
Wales
East Germany
Chile
Gloria Silva
Santiago
Suh Yang-hi
Seoul
Korea
Atida Pisanti
Haifa
Israel
Sweden
Gunilla Knutsson
Ystad
Swe
Adriaana Gardiazabal
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Carmela Stein
Lima
Peru
Liliane Burnier
Geneva
Switzerland
Simone Darot
Paris
France
Kristjanna Magnusdottir
Reykjavik
Fred J. Beach Stricken at 77
Fred J. Beach, 77, Route 1, died at 11 p m yesterday at his daughter's home where he had lived the last five years. He suffered a heart condition born November 9 1883 in Jordan Township Green County survived by daughter Lillian White four brothers and a sister funeral Monday 1 30 p m Shriner Neushwander funeral home with burial at Greenwood Cemetery announced by Rev Paul H Olm.
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Fred J. Beach
Route 1
Earl White
Jordan Township
Green County
Mr. Beach
William and
Etta McNutt Beach
Bertha Klemm
Winslow
Clarno Township
Monroe
Cadiz Township
Beach
Earl
Lillian) White
Clarence
Alfred
Rockford
Jesse
Stanley
Wilbert Ott
Cora Benson
Shriner-Neushwander
Paul H. Olm
St. John’s
Doctor Schmidt leaves estate over 130000
Madison records show the late Dr. Erwin R. Schmidt retired July 1 as chairman of the University of Wisconsin Medical School surgery department left an estate estimated in excess of $130,000. Dane County Court filed the estate records Friday.
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Madison
Erwin R. Schmidt
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Dane County
Maverick Group Eyes Compromise On Credit Refunds
Wisconsin Senate and Assembly debates hinge on a GOP tax bill with a three percent sales tax and a $9 to $12 per person credit refund proposal. Key GOP mavericks split with leaders, while Democrats shift on withholding, affecting eventual passage.
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Maverick Group Eyes
GOP
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
William Moser
Milwaukee
Reuben LaFave
Oconto
LaFave
Assembly
Nelson
Clifford Door
Chippewa Falls
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Chester Dempsey
Hartland
Earl Leverich
Sparta
Warren Knowles
Allen Busby
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Ill
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Weybridge
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