Fire levels Jacobs Bros. market in West De Pere
A ventilating system fire swept through Jacobs Bros. market in West De Pere, burning the 80 by 160 foot masonry building and destroying it. Estimated loss is $300,000. About 25 customers and employees escaped unharmed as flames spread along the floor before firefighters could control the blaze. The fire origin was the back room and search for the cause continues as a ventilator obstruction hindered access. The Henry R. Jacobs family owned the store, located near Highway 41.
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West DE Pere
Jacobs Bros
Peter Herber
de Pere
Herber
Gary Guertz
Green Bay Packer
Arnie Herber
Highway 41
Henry R. Jacobs
Secret Service Seizes Milwaukee Bank Wood Nickels
The United States Secret Service seized 450 wooden nickels from First National Bank Milwaukee as part of ending Monroe's wooden nickel project. Special Agent Sokoll took the tokens, with direc tives issued to surrender future wooden nickels for redemption. Bank president Edward M. Adam said most of the roughly 20 000 tokens in circulation will not be returned and may become collector items. The promotion spurred nationwide mail requests and TV coverage while Carson City begins its own metallic trade dollars to curb silver shortages. President Johnson will have his initials welded onto the keel of a new submarine in a ceremony called laying the eel.
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Midwest
ABC News
Edward M. Adam
First National
Arthur Haug
Jack Brennan
Abc-Tv
California
ABC
Aspinwall
Times
United States Secret Service Today
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First National Bank
John A. Sokoll
U.S. Treasury
Sokoll
Milwaukee
Secret Service Office
Adam
West Berlin
Secret Service
Carson City
Nev
LBJ
Groton
Conn
Johnson
Beloit Youth Receives Life in Beloit Stabbing Case
Beloit 18 year old John P Webster was sentenced to life imprisonment for first degree murder after a county court jury found him guilty in a New Year’s Eve parking lot stabbing that killed Charles Hanson 19 of South Beloit. The jury acquitted him of attempted murder in Larry Marzis’s stabbing. Hanson died from his wounds while Marzis survived.
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Beloit
John P. Webster
Webster
Charles Hanson
South Beloit
Edwin C. Dahlberg
Larry Marzis
Margin
Two Area Mishaps Reported by Deputies
Deputies reported two traffic mishaps in the area. A 16 year old Blanchardville girl driving a student education car collided with a New Glarus vehicle driven by Earl Willoughby at the 4th street and 5th avenue intersection yesterday evening. A separate crash at the Highway 69 and County Trunk south of Monroe involved Larry Hawthorn and Alfred Auler in Clarno Corners.
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New Glarus
Frances M. Dearth
Route 2
Earl E. Willoughby
4Th Street
Sth Avenue
Larry A. Hawthorn
Monroe
Alfred Auler
Peru
Til
Clarno Corners
U.N. Security Council Cancels Cambodian Border Session
The United Nations Security Council canceled its session on Cambodian complaints of border aggression by the United States and South Viet Nam. The session was rescheduled for Wednesday.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
United States
South Viet Nam
California Vote Crucial in Hopes Of Barry, Rocky
California presidential primary sees Goldwater and Rockefeller locked in a high stakes race for 86 delegates. A Goldwater win could seal the nomination, while a defeat might revive a broader field with Scranton and Nixon prominent. Mob scenes and strained crowds followed the California finale as both candidates campaigned across 12 cities.
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California
Barry
Rocky
Wisconsin Alumni Association awards six $50 scholarships
Green Cutting Cooper of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association announced six high school recipients from Green County. James Marty Monroe Karen Houlberg Albany George Brandersburg Brodhead Susan Willi New Glarus William Zimmerman Monticello. Juda had no applicant. Scholarships rely on donations and may rise with future funds.
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Green Cutting Cooper
University of Wisconsin Alumni Association
Green County
James Marty
Monroe
Karen Houlberg
Albany
George Brandersburg
Brodhead
Susan’ Willi
New’ Glarus
William Zimmerman
Monticello
Juda
Subway Guards Plan Rise After New York Attacks
Mayor Wagner convened police and Transit Authority leaders as plans for expanded subway policing and a two way radio network move forward. Bids for short wave radios for a Manhattan line are set to open June 19 amid weekend violence in which groups described as Negro assailants attacked riders and a Staten Island ferry passenger. Police seek a shaved head suspect in the murder of 38 year old Charlotte Lipsik found in her apartment elevator, with an artist's sketch released of a man who assaulted a 19 year old nearby.
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New York
New York City
Robert F. Wagner
Transit Authority
Manhattan
Staten Island
Charlotte Lipsik
Miss Lipsik
Maccabee
Crown Heights
Brooklyn
Negro Areas
Vacation Nears For Area Pupils Parochial School Program Planned
Close of the school year affects Monroe area pupils with only one full day left for elementary students and scattered scheduling changes across districts. Senior High prepares for graduation week while St. Victors conducts eighth grade activities and a graduation Mass with a full program planned.
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Monroe
Recreation Park
Monroe Country Club
St. Victor’s
Joseph Ganshert
E. C. McCollow
McCollow
MadisonWisconsin Cheese Market Steady As Supplies Abundant
Wisconsin cheddar cheese market shows steady to greater supply with more than ample availability. Prices list cheddars at 34 to 38 percent, 40 pound blocks at 35 to 38 percent, single daisies 3734 to 39, long horns 3612 to 372, and midgets 372 to 40.
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Cheese Mart
Madison
Wisconsin
All Year Swim Pool Study Group Named Joint Project Likely
Mitchell Park Board president and Rodney O Kittelsen Board of Education president announced a joint city and school district study group to evaluate a proposed year round indoor outdoor swimming pool at the senior high building. The committee will review feasibility and is in response to overcrowding in Recreation Park during summers.
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Mitchell
Park Board
Rodney O. Kittelsen
Board of Education
H. L. Fenton
John Usher
Shastri Named India's Leader
New Delhi India Congress party named Lal Bahadur Shastri by acclamation to replace the late Nehru. He pledged to pursue a united socialist India and said socialism is our objective. Shastri 59 welcomed Morarji Desai’s support after a five day leadership contest.
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India
Congress
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Nehru
Shastri
Congress Party
Morarji Desai
Germ War Charges Against U S By Cuba Reported
Fidel Castro accused the United States of germ warfare after reports of a Friday incident in Sancti Spiritus Las Villas Province. Castro described falling shining objects that dissolved into a gelatinous substance akin to bacterial culture material. The United States denied the claims.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Korea
South Viet Nam
Six To Receive Music Trophies Moritz Rosa Top Winners
Monroe high school students will receive gold cup trophies for instrumental music at Awards Day in the high school gym Thursday. Top honor goes to Fredric Moritz with 72 points, followed by Fredric Rosa with 71, and Sandra Fritz with 62. Other winners include Becky Houser 57, Vicki Neuberger 42, Phyllis Mohns 41, with many earning gold lyre and silver lyre pins for extra work and public appearances throughout the year.
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Allan F. Barnard
Monroe High School
Becky Houser
Vicki Neuberger
Phyllis Mohns
Fredric Rosa
Fredric Moritz
Sandra Fritz
Times Star
Alvin Moritz
Moritz
Fredric C Rosa
Russel H. Fritz
Daugher
Bessie L. Houser
Stanley Neuberger
Clarence Gissing
George Raymer
William Flaherty
Kristine Brugger
Becky Trumpy
Richard Schwarze
Virginia Theiler
Urs Garner
John Wegmueller
Diane Liedschlag
Marcia Mahle
Judy Hefty
Wayne Moore
Philip Peterson
Jane Huffman
Jon Moritz
Walter Minder
Patricia Stauffacher
Larry Krattiger
Barbara Ausmus
Susan Reger
Cathy Gempeler
Barbara Wegmueller
Carol Summeril
Fitch Wins In Clash Over Polaris Corp Control
A battle for control of the $40 million Polaris Corp. ends with Eliot G. Fitch prevailing and former protege John H. Kelly resigning as president.
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Fitch
Milwaukee
Polaris Corp
Eliot G. Fitch
John H. Kelly
Johnson outlines aims of Honolulu talks on Southeast Asia
President Johnson said the Honolulu talks aim to boost American efficiency in countering the Communist tide in Southeast Asia, with Laos and South Vietnam crucial to the region’s future. He cited peace, pledged to keep the U S word, and declined to discuss broader Southeast Asia issues pending the talks, noting no plans to push war into northern Vietnam. He also affirmed aerial surveillance of Cuba and addressed concerns about equipment in South Vietnam, stressing confidence in the gear and crews.
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Washington
Johnson
Honolulu
Southeast Asia
Laos
South Viet Nam
United States
Eisenhower
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
Cuba
Atty
Kennedy
Senate
New York
Stock Market Sags as Rails Decline
New York late trading saw a mixed session with a irregular market decline led by losses in rail stocks. New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad fell about a point after Justice Department objections to their merger. Southern Pacific rose nearly a point as volume reached about four million shares.
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New York
New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad
Justice Department
Southern Pacific
Firemen Extinguish Lawn Mower Blaze at Residence
Monroe firemen were called to the Rev. Wesley T. Burns residence at 1104 22nd Street to extinguish a lawnmower blaze shortly after 1 p.m. today. The mower was near the house when the fire started.
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Monroe
Wesley T. Burns
22Nd Street
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