Teen-ager Guilty of Murder in Yonkers Center Fire
An 18 year old, Thomas Ruppert, is convicted in Westchester County Court of 24 counts of first degree murder and arson for the December 20 1965 Yonkers Jewish Community Center fire that killed nine children and three adults. The jury deliberated 24 hours before sentencing was set for next Friday.
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White Plains
N.Y
Yonkers
Thomas Ruppert
Westchester County
Robert Dempsey
Eleanor Jackson Piel
Ruppert
Grasslands Hospital
Valhalla
Robert
John Rumelhagen Taken by Death in Lena Illinois
John Rumelhagen 86 died Thursday night June 1 in a Moline hospital. Burke Tubbs Funeral Home Freeport is in charge. Born December 4 1880 in Stephenson County he married Mettie Heil er on April 14 1944 in Lena. Survived by his widow a sister Mrs Ben Dor man of Freeport and two step children. Five brothers and four sisters preceded him in death.
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Lena
Ill
John Rumelhagen
Moline
Burke-Tubbs Funeral Home
Freeport
Mr. Rumelhagen
Stephenson County
Mettie Heiler
Ben Dorman
Cedarville Firemen To Open House With New Rural Fire Truck
Cedarville Illinois volunteers invite the public to see a new fire truck with a high pressure fog device at an open house. The Cedarville Fire Protection District station hosts the display. Elmer Hybarger serves as fire chief and the department numbers 25 volunteers.
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Cedarville, Ill
Cedarville
Elmer Hybarger
Census shows African Americans 11 percent of U S population
The Census Bureau reports that Negroes accounted for 11 percent of the United States population as of July 1. The data reflect demographic distribution across states and areas, highlighting minority representation in the national total.
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Washington
U.S
Census Bureau
This Class May Be the Last for Green County Teachers College
Graduation exercises honor the June 1967 class of 20 graduates at Green County Teachers College amid plans to phase out the school by legislation. President A R Schilling notes 57 percent of local elementary teachers are alumni. Rev Calvin Fisher delivers the address as the program includes solos and a class president's response.
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Green County Teachers College
Mary Louise Pick
Kathryn Block
Neva Benfer
Maryann Purcell
Leah Loeffel
Sharon Arnold
Bethany Matzke
A.R. Schilling
Green Country Teachers College
Green County
Teachers College
Calvin Fisher
St. John’s Church, Monroe
Mort Armstrong
Lucinda Duerst
Cathy Hanna
David Lueck
Charles McGinnis
Edith Milestone
Jerry Myhre
John Schiesser
Kurt Schilling
Janet Schliem
Gean Slinde
Native of Monroe Honored by School for Fashion Careers
A Monroe native, Carolyn Benkett Bishop, new home furnishings editor of CO-ED Magazine, was honored at the 30th annual Tobe-Coburn School luncheon in the Waldorf Astoria New York. She was one of three T Award winners for demonstrated capacity and future growth.
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Monroe
Carolyn Benkett Bishop
Tobe-Coburn School
Seft
Waldorf Astoria
New York City
Arthur C. Benkett
17Th Ave
Tobe-Coburn
Lloyd Bishop
Carolyn Benkett
Couple Finds Baby Alive in Suitcase in San Francisco
A 7-pound boy found alive inside a suitcase abandoned near Glen Park. Mrs Hubinsky witnessed a motorist place the bag in the trunk and drive off. the infant was discovered by her husband thirty minutes later. The child, in excellent condition, is being considered for adoption by the Hubinskys.
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San Francisco
Frank Hubinsky
Glen Park
Judge Arthur W. Kopp Dies at 92 in Platteville
Longtime Wisconsin jurist and former Republican congressman Judge Arthur W. Kopp died in Platteville at 92. He served as Circuit Court Judge from 1943 to 1955, was Grant County district attorney, and represented Wisconsin in Congress from 1909 to 1913. Surviving are his son Roy, two daughters, three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Arrangements are pending at Thomas Funeral Home.
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Arthur W. Kopp
Platteville
William Howard Taft
Platteville Municipal Hospital
Wisconsin
Kopp
Wisconsin Bar Association
Grant County
Congress
Big Patch
Platteville Normal
Muscoda
University of Wisconsin
Roy Kopp
Board of Regents of State Universities
Emily Kopp
Chicago
Earl Greenwood
Houston
Tex
Thomas Funeral Home
Emmy Awards Slated For TV This Sunday
Hollywood reports the television academy will present its 18th annual honors at hotel ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. ABC will telecast the color broadcast from 9 to 11 p m EDT. Winners in 23 categories receive about 50 gold statuettes for excellence in the past TV season.
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Hollywood
Television Academy
Los Angeles
New York
ABC
Wisconsin braces for Guard realignment impact
The Wisconsin National Guard says a week to ten days are needed to assess the effects of a Defense Department plan eliminating about 1300 reserve units and moving the 32nd Infantry Division. An detached brigade may be formed in Wisconsin at 90 percent combat strength. Governor Knowles released the statement in Maj. Gen. Olson’s absence.
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Madison
Wisconsin National Guard
Wisconsin
Defense Department
National Guard
Ralph J. Olson
Warren P. Knowles
Olson
Indianapolis
Army guard reorganization may retire famed divisions
Indianapolis report outlines a proposed national guard shake up that could erase historic divisions including Thunderbirds Red Arrow Lone Star and Empire as part of the broader reorganization. The article notes the fate of these units depends on the plan's passage and implementation details.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thunderbirds
Red Arrow
Lone Star
Empire
U.S. Army
National Guard
Prosecution Witness Describes Waukesha Slaying Context
A witness testified she heard screams around April 15 as two Waukesha County women were believed slain, and that her husband urged her not to call police. The case ties to Robert D. Kramer, with victims Sharon Malone and Cheryl Ann Packard found dead April 23 in New Berlin.
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Waukesha
Waukesha County
Harold Lardinois
Brookfield
Robert D. Kramer
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Rapids
Lardinois
Bobby
Russell E. Dobbertin
Hartland
Kramer
Sharon Malone
Cheryl Ann Packard
New Berlin
Does God Forsake Us? Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
Perspective verse asks if God forsakes or stays away and answers with a rebuttal. The poem probes personal doubt, challenging the idea of divine absence by asking who moved and urging faith despite distance.
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Clair R. Munns
Levy Faces 11 Year Term After Court Martial
Army Captain Howard B. Levy, 30, Brooklyn born dermatologist at Ft. Jackson Army Hospital, convicted by court martial of disloyalty and disobedience. He faces up to 11 years in prison for disobeying orders to train Green Beret medics and for statements opposing U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Columbia
S.C
Howard B. Levy
Levy
Ft. Jackson Army Hospital
U.S
Vietnam
Wilson Ends Washington Visit With Johnson on Middle East Tension
Prime Minister Harold Wilson winds up a brief Washington visit agreeing with President Johnson on the urgency of preventing a Middle East war. The potential conflict could rapidly widen according to warning and shared concern between leaders.
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Washington
Harold Wilson
Britain
Johnson
Middle East
Local remedies and superstitions shared by Apple River residents
Louis Upman recalls wartime cures and folklore as eight children crowd memories of home remedies. He notes salt water antiseptic, butter on bumps, beef gall poultice, and belief in luck and doctors shaping outcomes amid wartime anxieties and community tales.
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Louis Upman
Apple River Canyon
If You Ask Me. by Dick Campbell
Readers discuss superstition and remedies with short anecdotes from Mrs Edwin Wolf and Stanley Beach. Mrs Wolf says she prays but is not very superstitious while remedies like mud for bee stings are used. Beach recalls rabbit's feet and a past car accident, noting rest as a home remedy.
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Dick Campbell
Stanley Beach
Superstitions And Home Cures In Local Talk
Mrs. Mary Upman speaks of premonitions and old wives tales. she recalls a telephone ringing before a relative’s death and a sense of events to come. Tim Gavigan, retired, denies superstition and home remedies, contrasting her views with his own.
Elsie Beach Expresses Fear of Black Cats
The statement notes Mrs. Elsie Beach describing a superstition about black cats causing bad luck when seen. She recalls rural living with eight children and incidents of injuries among the family influenced by the belief.
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Linda Webb
Robert Zweifel
Radke
Washington, D.C
Army
Woodward and Lothrop As
Carolyn Bishop
Konp
State
Dobbertin
Miss Malone
Sussex
David Ludwig
Colorado
Juda
Tom Keegan
Times
Upman
Mrs. Edwin Wolf
Mrs. Mary Upman
Tim Gavigan
Gavigan
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