Wisconsin toll hits 480 in 1968 highway deaths
Four people die in Wisconsin traffic crashes on Wednesday including Rt Rev Msgr John R McGinley 78 of Stevens Point and 6 year old Jay Renk of rural Sun Prairie. Another fatal collision occurs in Janesville injuring a woman and children. Nixon Rockefeller debate clash and Kennedy assassination remarks noted.
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Renk
Wisconsin
Portage County
John R. McGinley
Stevens Point
Dennis Przybylski
Msgr. McGinley
Przybylski
St. Stephen’s Church
Jay Renk
Rural Sun Prairie
Richard Renk Andrandson
University of Wisconsin
Walter Renk
Sun Prairie
U.S. Senate
Wilbur Renk
Helena Schmitt
Janesville
Monroe Youths Summer School Opens Monday
Monroe School System announces summer sessions from June 17 to July 26 with bus transport for enrolled elementary and Junior High students. Early dismissal on June 17 is 9 15 a m with morning activities for remedial and enrichment classes. Driver Education and Beginning Typing run at Senior High. Mrs. Bernard Purcell leads the program. Junior High room 206 and 8 15 a m start times set for different grades.
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Monroe
Ior High
Bernard Purcell
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
A short verse notes foreboding weather and a boy found inside a thicket after a gale. The voice sketches a tense, compact scene with terse imagery and a surprise within the grove.
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Clair R. Munns
Free Speech Risks Raised in Spock Draft Conspiracy Trial
Defense lawyers in the Dr Benjamin Spock draft conspiracy case argue constitutional free speech and assembly rights may be endangered if the five defendants are convicted. The trial includes Marcus Raskin Yale Chaplain William Coffin Jr Mitchell Goodman and Michael Ferber. They face up to five years in prison and fines if convicted of aiding young men to evade the draft.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
Calvin Bartlett
Marcus Raskin
Washington
Leonard Boudin
Spock
North Vietnam Nearer to Talks on Peace Issues
Paris diplomats report North Vietnam edging toward confidential peace talks with the United States while maintaining a holding operation in the Paris conference. Ambassador Xuan Thuy weighs a Harriman proposal to cut propaganda after meetings and limit statements to general descriptions. U.S. officials see cautious encouragement as Thuy agrees to study the plan.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Harriman
Thuy
U.S
Top Ten Planning Visit in Monticello
The Dairy Queen contest top ten girls will greet shoppers at Monticello stores Saturday from 2 to 4 pm. Miss JoAnn Kundert, the Monticello Queen, assists. The lineup includes Laura Anderson, Shaye Babler, JoAnn Boss, Mary Kay Elmer, Judy Ferris, Heidi Hammerly, Patsy Herlein, Linda Keener, Deanne Klitzke, and Sally Marty.
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Monticello
JoAnn Kundert
Monticello Queen
Laura Anderson
Shaye Babler
JoAnn Boss
Mary Kay Elmer
Judy Ferris
Heidi Hammerly
Patsy Herlein
Linda Keener
Deanne Klitzke
Sally Marty
President Praises U N Nuclear Pact at U N
President Johnson lauded the nuclear nonproliferation treaty after the U N General Assembly approved it 95 to 4 with 21 abstentions. Albania and Cuba voted no while those present gave him a standing ovation before the session adjourned. Security tightened in response to Kennedy’s assassination.
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United Nations
N.Y
Johnson
General Assembly
Assembly
Albania
Cuba
Tanzania
Zambia
U.N
South Africa
South - West Africa
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Geneva
Red China
Armand Berard
New York
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Outstanding Teacher Emery Davis Honored in Green County
Emery Davis a New Glarus elementary teacher received the six annual outstanding conservation teacher award in Green County during a program last night at the Green County Agriculture Building. Don Deininger Richland Creek Watershed Association sponsor presented the plaque after Glenn Thompson introduced Davis.
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Emery Davis
Giarus
Richland Creek Watershed Association
Don Deininger
Glenn Thompson
CESA
Davis
Times
Barbara Marty
Myron Jegium
Lester Goke
Soil Conservation Service Office
Willis Riemer
Conservation District Supervisors Committee
Thompson
Cesa 15
Green County Barbershop Chorus
New Glarus
Julie Strickler
Angelika Anderegg
Shirley Escchelkraut
Margie Jelle
Susan Legler
Sheryl Rosenacht
Patti Hoesly
Peggy Hartman
Susan Anderson
Debbie Gmar
Rosemarie Klassy
Richland Creek
Ernest Wegmueller
Robert Faith
Ted Abels
Alfred Baumgartner
Jerrold Zuhlke
David Pick
Cheese Days planned for Monroe in 1959 1969
A new Cheese Days committee held its first meeting at Marco's Supper Club and announced the event will be held the third weekend in September 1959. Bud Schillinger said the board approved. Dick Rote named treasurer. Attendees included Robert Bussen John McInnis Archie Myers Nathan Goetz Robert Rieder Schillinger and Fred Oschner. Camp McCoy hosts 3000 Wisconsin Army National Guardsmen in civil disorder training as Hopeville City police request help to quell rioters.
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Monroe
Marco
Camp Mccoy
Wisconsin Army National
East Germany imposes visa fees and taxes on West Berlin travel
East Germany began collecting a $1.25 visa fee from West Germans traveling overland to West Berlin and new taxes on goods, as Western allies protested. Passports will be required by June 15, with visas stamped on identity cards if no passport exists. West Germany plans higher subsidies to offset losses amid fears for West Berlin’s economy.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Soviet Union
Germany
Europe
Kurt Georg Keisinger
Bonn
Sheep heart transplant attempt ends in death in Houston
In Houston Texas surgeons at St Luke s Episcopal Hospital attempted a last resort heart transplant using a 125 pound sheep heart to save a 47 year old man. The patient died at 1 02 am after the animal heart failed to sustain circulation. No donor could be found. This her attempt followed two earlier human heart transplants at the same hospital with two survivors.
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Houston
Tex
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
St. Luke’s
University of Mississippi Medical Center
National Cardiological Institute
Budapest
Hungary
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