Tornado devastates Orangeville farm in Marion Walter property
A westward tornado struck the Route 1 Orangeville Illinois farm at 6 15 p m Tuesday damaging every building. Mrs Walter described the chase of livestock and the storm stopping beyond Richland Creek. Roofs were lost on the garage and dairy barn, three other structures demolished, silos damaged, and cattle unharmed though one bull was still missing. Neighbors helped as insurance called it a complete disaster though farm insurance was light.
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Marion Walter
Route 1
Orangeville
Ill
Richland Creek
Walter
Public Highway 69 reconstruction hearing set in Monroe
A public hearing on location and design for Highway 69 reconstruction from the Illinois line to Monroe is scheduled at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Green County Courthouse Monroe. Staff engineers will be at the courthouse 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. to start of the hearing Tuesday for discussion.
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Green County Sheriff's Department
Monroe Police Department
WEKZ
Times
Illinois State Line
Monroe
Green County
Madison
Wis
Division of Highways District
Applegate Road
Illinois
Kenneth Meyer
Hospital bond sale exceeds expectations in Monroe area
Sr. Wilfreda of St. Clare Hospital announced the final sale of bonds totaling 1,141,000 locally. Robert G. French of B C Ziegler and Company noted strong turnout with 142 new investors in the recent issue, on top of 212 from December 1970, bringing bond holders to 354 holding 2,189,000 of 4 million offered.
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Sr. Wilfreda
St. Clare Hospital
Robert G. French
B. C. Ziegler and Company
Green
Stephenson County
St. Clare
Open House at Camp McCoy Highlights Wisconsin Guardsmen
Open House at Camp McCoy Saturday features a weapons demonstration by Wisconsin National Guardsmen from the 115th Transportation unit and armor artillery infantry displays. The program begins at 10 30 a m with a reception by Col Richard A Crecelius, followed by demonstrations including a Cobra helicopter, Sparta Sky Divers Club exhibits, and the 132nd Military Band.
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Camp McCoy
Wisconsin
115Th
Monroe
132Nd
Sparta Sky Divers Club
118Th Trans Co
McCoy
Freeport Man Drowns At Beckman's Lake
A 22 year old Black man from Freeport drowned in Beckman’s Lake near Browntown Thursday morning. The victim’s identity was withheld pending next of kin notification as Browntown Rescue Unit found him in about 10 feet of water after about 45 minutes. Sheriff’s deputies and Coroner Richard A. Wagner sought relatives and the body was taken to the hospital morgue. Dr Rolla E Dyer 84 former U S Public Health Service director died in Atlanta of a heart attack.
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Freeport
Beckman’s Lake
Browntown
Sheriff’s Department
Richard A. Wagner
Hospital
Atlanta
Rolla E. Dyer
U.S. Public Health Service
Eagle deaths in Wyoming prompt renewed search efforts
In Wyoming 48 eagles have died from poisoning electrocution or shooting with more suspected as searchers resume in remote canyons after bad weather. Barbara Dobas of Casper cites evidence of additional deaths and ranchers linked predator control programs.
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Washington
Wyoming
Barbara Dobas
Casper
Wyo
National Audubon Society
William D. Ruckelshaus
Environmental Protection Agency
Jackson Canyon
Sheriff Predicts More Victims Found in Yuba City Orchards
Sheriff Roy D. Whiteaker says more slain transients and farm workers may be buried in canceled graves north of Yuba City. Officers plan to dig today at a site reopened after recent flooding, aiming to recovery further bodies. To date 23 victims have been found hacked and stabbed in crude orchard graves along the Feather River.
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Yuba City
Calif
Roy D. Whiteaker
Feather River
Nixon administration widens attack on May Day critics
Atty. Gen. Mitchell and Deputy Atty. Gen. Kleindienst delivered speeches echoing President Nixon by labeling May Day demonstrators as vandals and urging stern government action. The White House maintains the actions were constitutional and necessary to restore order.
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Washington
Nixon
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Richard G. Kleindienst
General Donaldson denies Vietnam murder charges
Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson claims the Army investigation into alleged civilian killings in South Vietnam is incomplete and calls the charges one sided. He is accused of murdering six Vietnamese civilians and assaulting two others.
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Washington
U. S
South Vietnam
John W. Donaldson
Joint Chief of Staff
Army
Criminal Intelligence Division
West Point
Wisconsin dairy cow designated state domestic animal
In Madison the Assembly Agriculture Committee heard a bill to name the dairy cow Wisconsin’s state domestic animal. Rep. Robert Thompson praised the cow as a major income source, joking about its life and the state’s handling of cattle.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly Agriculture Committee
Robert Thompson
Paynette
Wisconsin
Thompson
Miller elected to Wisconsin hospital personnel board
Harold J. Miller 45 of 1515 23rd Ave is named to the board of directors of the Wisconsin Society for Hospital Personnel Directors. Miller, on hospital staff 15 years and personnel director 7, will serve a one year term. The society formed in 1966 to advance personnel administrations in health care facilities.
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Harold J. Miller
St. Clare Hospital
Wisconsin Society For Hospital
Miller
23Rd Ave
St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing
Philadelphia
Hunter College
New York
Senate to Probe Drug Problem in Armed Forces
Senate subcommittees will study drug addiction among U. S. soldiers and veterans, labeling it an endemic condition. A June 9 policy review and June 15-16 joint hearing will examine treatment gaps for veterans discharged undesireable or for bad conduct.
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Washington
U. S
Senate
Pentagon
Nixon
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Senate Welfare
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Alan Cranston
Calif
Vietnam
Congressional
Air Force
Army
Navy
Alfalfa Weevil Threatens Green County Fields
Green County reports the state's highest alfalfa weevil population per UW entomologist Dr. James Apple, with certain fields severely infected. County agent George Hartman says warnings are needed and farmers must inspect crops, spray promptly, and harvest promptly to protect second-cut hay.
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Green County
James Apple
University of Wisconsin
George Hartman
Hartman
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
County Ag
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Launa) Carter
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