Diplomas Awarded to Monroe High Class of 1971
Two hundred nine students of Monroe Senior High School were honored at graduation. Citizenship Award recipients were John Zupanc and Carrie Gyure. Diploma presentations were made by Rodney O. Killelsen as the school notes quoted reflections on war, medicine, and social progress.
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Monroe
John Zupanc
Carrie Gyure
Lee Olsen
Olsen
Ben Campa
Monroe High School
Campa
John Bauman
Jody Wegmueller
Rodney O. Killelsen
Board of Education
Extension of Draft Likely in Congress for Two More Years
Congress appears poised to extend the military draft for two additional years as two Senate votes favor prolonging the program. Final action may slip past June 30 amid many amendments and dispute over funding for Indochina operations. House already approved a two-year extension.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
U.S
Indochina
House
U. S
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Joe E Lewis Dies at 69 After Nightclub Career
Joe E Lewis, a legendary nightclub and casino star known for a gravel voice and alcohol dark humor, died at Roosevelt Hospital at age 69 after diabetic coma. He headlined in Las Vegas and New York for decades, earning about $400,000 a year during much of the postwar era.
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New York
Joe E. Lewis
Lewis
Roosevelt Hospital
Las Vegas
Copacabana
NFO Ends Marketing Vacation on Corn trade
National Farmers Organization president Oren Lee Staley says the group ends its marketing vacation on corn. He reports corn prices rose about ten cents per bushel during the pause and calls for members to block production for block bargaining.
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Corning, Iowa
Oren Lee Staley
Militant National Farmers Organization
NFO
Staley
Act of Sympathy from PS 129 Children Honors Slain Officers
A Harlem class of 13 handicapped pupils from Public School 129 wrote a letter to the precinct house of two slain policemen. The officers hosted the youngsters age 6 to 12 who affixed thumb prints to badges and toured the West 126th Street station.
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New York
Harlem
West 126Th Street
Explosion Kills Five In Wreck Of Dynamite Truck
In Waco Georgia five people died and 27 were injured after a dynamite laden truck of 400 cases exploded following a collision with a car. The blast wiped out two vehicles a fire engine and an ambulance and blew a crater across U S 78. Witness A W Fielding a 25 year driver said the other car cut left and kept coming. The incident left a three football field sized wasteland with broken windows in Waco and Bremen.
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Waco
Georgia
U.S
Bremen
A. W. Fielding
Fielding
Boyish Ex-Combat Pilot Foils Airliner Hijack
A former combat pilot talks a hijacker womanizing? No. A boyish ex pilot disarms ailing miner Glen Riggs who seized a United Air Lines jet aiming for Israel. The hijacker held a gun to Flight Engineer Greg Colliton 50 to 60 times before being disarmed after the plane landed.
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Washington
United Air Lines
Israel
Glen Elmo Riggs
Ashford
W.va
Greg D. Colliton
Hermosa Beach
Calif
25th body unearthed as search extends in Yuba City
Infrared aerial maps guide officers through Feather River orchards where 25 men, mostly middle aged drifters and farm workers, have been found slain in recent weeks. Sheriff Whiteaker plans weekend digging to exhaust all leads on this serial slaying case with Juan Corona jailed on murder charges.
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Yuba City
Calif
Feather River
Sutter County
Roy Whiteaker
Jack Sullivan
Juan V. Corona
Yuba
Whiteaker
Bill aims to establish recycling centers stalled in committee
In Madison Wisconsin the Assembly Environmental Quality Committee moved a bill to create metal and glass container collection centers for recycling. The measure directs county resource agents to establish centers but lacks funding authorizations, leaving net operating costs to counties.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly Environmental Quality Committee
Washington Chief Defends Mass Arrests
Police Chief Jerry V. Wilson says he alone ordered the mass May Day roundup and would do it again if needed. He notes 7 000 arrests exceeded his 2 000 target as he protected government operation during a major antiwar protest.
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Washington
Washington (Ap
Jerry V. Wilson
Associated Press
Wilson
Chief Wilson
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