Fire fighting and rescue demo thrills Monroe crowd
The Monroe Fire Department staged a Sunday program at the Benkett Building with ladder rescues, a 100 foot aerial display, and a bucket brigade featuring Monona Browntown and Cedarville McConnell teams. About 450 people endured 90-degree heat as volunteers and firemen demonstrated gear, drills, and safety methods.
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Court House
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Madison
Monroe
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Kenneth Rufer
Paul Mueller
Clifford Reasa
Emerson
Josef Benkert
Town of Madison
Robert Silvis
Swiss Colony
Robert Bussen
John Benkert
Benkert
James Bartett
Bartelt
Explorer Post 211
Charles Einbeck
Eric Otteson
Greg Booth
Fritz Lanz
Mueller
Keith Albright
Donald van Wagenen
Bucket Brigade
Wisconsin
Illinois
Water Brigade
Brodhead
Albany
Monticello
Cedarville
McConnell
George Engles
Karl Burkhalter
Hervey Hoesly
Wilbur E. Deininger
Carl Maurer
Watergate Developments Reported by Newsweek and Senators
Newsweek says John W Dean III told Senate investigators that White House pressured Judge Charles R Richey to delay explosive depositions in a Watergate related civil suit. Weicker says Nixon’s handling falls short and hints at withholding information. Dole questions Nixon knowledge of bugging. Bush urges maximum public info. Morton calls hearings a dramatic production and suggests stopping.
Monroe FFA Named State Safety Winner
The Monroe Chapter of the FFA was named one of the top four in Wisconsin for farm safety at the 44th State Convention in Green Lake. A plaque was accepted by president Mark Flannery. The chapter’s safety program includes a safe corn harvest campaign, fire and machinery safety, tractor safety, and farm stead safety.
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Monroe
FFA
Wisconsin Assn
Mark Flannery
Green Lake
Kansas City
Brandt narrowly escapes helicopter crash near Dead Sea
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt survived a gust that nearly toppled his Israeli military helicopter from a 900 foot cliff above the Dead Sea. He and the ramp struck a rock but he was unhurt after the incident near Massada, following a breakfast with Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.
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Jerusalem
Willy Brandt
Dead Sea
Brandt
Massada
Moshe Dayan
Queens Banquet Tickets On Sale For June 28 Event
Tickets for the Dairy Queens Banquet go on sale today for 3.25 each. The event starts with a 6 30 reception in the M Room, followed by the banquet at 7 30 in Monroe High School Gym. Local sale contacts and a June 23 deadline are listed in communities including Juda Brodhead Albany Brooklyn New Glarus Belleville Argyle Monticello Browntown Monroe and more.
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Dairy Queens
Monroe High School
M-Room
Nelson McCammon
Pat Hampton
Ray Montgomery
Tom Phillipps
James Friedli
Rodney Kammerer
Juda
Don Condon
Brodhead
Boyd Atkinson
Albany
Phillip Klitzman
Brooklyn
Roger Klassy
New Glarus
Floyd Haden
Belleville
Lester Moen
Blanchardville
Paulette Opsal
Argyle
Henry Spring
Monticello
Montgomery Electric Co
Browntown
Myron Jeglum
Gene Lumm
First National Bank
Monroe
Wisconsin Youth Deaths Highlight Weekend Toll Across State
Three youths were struck by a car while repairing a motorcycle, joining two Illinois men among Wisconsin's 1973 highway fatalities totaling 433 at this date. Weekend incidents also saw five deaths and a Freeport man die in a Wis. 23 crash near Darlington.
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Herbert Kraft
Freeport
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Wis
Darlington
Lafayette County
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Richard Eichstadt
Jim Friedli
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Robert Bessert
Robert Leopold
Eugene Knoll
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Glenn Dietmeier
Ed Dotzel
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Dole
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National Assn. of
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Lewis Mittness
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