Fair Highlights Shared At Green County Event
The Dixon and surrounding communities showcase weddings anniversaries and family stories from locals like the Putnams and Winfreys. Features include candy business notes, Wall of Death motorcycle show, nursing care booths, and crafts by Arvilla Young Juanita Mick and Helen Nobs. The Walshes at Lake Worth promote a mobile home court art and music acts with Cecile on washboard and Jack leading a kitchen band.
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Jack
Cecile Walsh
Lake Worth
Fla
Wisconsin merger plan endorsed for state budget
Gov. Patrick Lucey backs a Joint Finance Committee merger proposal to unite the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin State Universities systems. The plan envisions a four year study and could be included in the pending budget, with Lucey pledging to veto unless a merger bill passes.
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Madison, Wis
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Joint Finance Committee
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin State Universities
Wisconsin broker sells 800 head dairy cattle to Yugoslavia
In Sheboygan Falls Wisconsin David Bachmann of Bachmann and Bartel says his firm signed a contract with the Yugoslavian government to deliver just over 800 Holstein Friesian cows. He calls it the largest bloc shipped to Yugoslavia since Tito took power in 1946. The move marks a shift to specialized dairy farming for Yugoslavia.
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Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Wisconsin
David Bachmann
Bachmann and Bartel
United States
Tito
Yugoslavia
U.S
Toll hits 550 as Wisconsin crash kills quartet
A Milwaukee woman Lorraine Koebel 55 her daughter Kathie Cverko 27 and two granddaughters Jodie Lynn 5 Hollie Ann 2 died in a Wednesday collision on US 45 north of the Illinois line raising the 1971 traffic death toll to 550. Kathie Cverko veered into oncoming traffic to avoid a turning vehicle. Harvey Runderlich 34 of Crystal Lake Illinois was listed in serious condition.
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Milwaukee
New Berlin
Lorraine Koebel
Kathie Cverko
Jodie Lynn
Hollie Ann
US. 45
Illinois
Cverko
Wisconsin GOP noncommittal on Agnew as VP nominee
Key Wisconsin Republican spokesmen declined to say if Spiro Agnew should be Nixon’s running mate in 1972. John Hough of Janesville and Ody J. Fish of Hartland were among officials polled by The Associated Press, with the decision left to President Nixon.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
John Hough
Janesville
GOP
Ody J. Fish
Hartland
Associated Press
Agnew
Lucey backs reform at Taycheedah prison changes
Governor Patrick Lucey supported recent reforms at the Wisconsin Home for Women Taycheedah and the use of disciplinary cells after a July 9 tour. He praised the changes made July 14 and cited discretion for extending a three day limit. Supt Lewis McCauley linked Lucey’s visit to July 15 inmate disturbances causing about $1000 in damage.
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Milwaukee
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Taycheedah
Lucey
Lewis McCauley
McCauley
Legislative Investigating
Large opening day crowd at Green County Fair draws big turnout
A large crowd attended the 117th Green County Fair opening with 1 050 single admissions and 500 season tickets sold. Exhibits and 4 H members filled the grounds as the Tug of War crowned Monroe Machine and Welding first, Blanchardville second, Mt. Vernon third, and Rudy’s Boys of Orfordville fourth.
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Green County
Stubby
Buccaneers
Monroe
Blanchardville
Mt. Vernon
Rudy's Boys
Orfordville
Fairswine
Nixon administration battles deficits and Laos covert war
AP dispatches report mounting questions over official statements on American combat in Laos and growing federal deficits since 1945 46 while Congress debates transit labor reform. Other items note parole decisions for Berrigan brothers and shifts in Nixon allies.
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Washington
United States
Laos
U.S. Board of Parole
Brothers Berrigan
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
Rother
Apollo 15 near moon with new engine ignition plan
Apollo 15 adjusted its path with a one second course change at 10 04 a m CDT to enter lunar orbit about 70 miles above the surface. Astronauts Scott Irwin Worden and commander performed inspections, prepared for a 67 hour moon surface mission at the Apennines region and Hadley Rille.
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Apennines
Hadley Rille
Mt. Hadley
Lunar Equator
Moon
Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Cape Kennedy
Richard Gordon
Endeavour
Irwin
Falcon
Apollo 15 Moon TV Schedule Through Lunar Missions
New York telecasts detail Apollo 15 lunar orbit entry, module landing, and multiple lunar excursions. Networks ABC CBS NBC list time slots for progress and status reports, lunar walks, liftoff, and redocking across Thursday to Monday Central Daylight Time.
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New York
ABC
CBS
NBC
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Arvilla Young
Madison
Juanita Mick
Argyle
Helen Nobs
Becky Chapman
Paul Chapmans
Latteville State University
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Rockford
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University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
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White House
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