Wisconsin weekend toll climbs to eight deaths
The state reports eight weekend fatalities and 372 for the year with multiple new deaths. Robert A. Frost, 18, of Rudolph, died in a hit and run on Business U.S. 51 near Plover. Mrs. Jane Dopson, 51, and her daughter Cheryl, 9, died in a Monroe County car crash. Michael Johnson, 23, of Omro, died in a two car collision near Oshkosh. Additional deaths include Mrs. Arnold Kobernick and four others in separate Saturday night incidents.
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Robert A. Frost
Rudolph
U.S
Plover
Jane D. Dopson
Ontario
Cheryl
Monroe County
Michael Johnson
Omro
Oshkosh
Arnold Kobernick
Sparta
Camp McCoy
Dennis Wood
Barron
Daniel Kirschner
Mindoro
Gary McCrellins
Portage
Thomas Long
Durand
Ill
Wisconsin waters claim six in weekend drownings
The weekend saw six drownings across Wisconsin including a 2 year old in a Jackson County pond and youths in Granton Lake Arbutus and other sites. Authorities listed victims as Brian Peterson 2 of Melrose Bradley Garbisch 13 of Granton Steve Bass 25 of Lyndon Station George Leandry 21 of Marinette Roger Cornwell 21 of Waureka and Emil Gehrig 63 of Oconomowoc with ongoing recoveries and investigations.
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Jackson County
Wisconsin
Brian Peterson
Melrose
Emmett Peterson
Bradley Garbisch
Granton
Lake Arbutus
Ronald Garbish
Black River Falls
Michael Anderson
Neillsville
Steve Bass
Lyndon Station
Adams County
George Leandry
Marinette
Peshtigo
Roger Cornwell
Waureka
Wisconsin River
Kickapoo
Emil Gehrig
Oconomowoc
Fowler Lake
Waukesha County
Froehike urges co op hospitals at Stevens Point dedication
Robert F Froehike assistant secretary of defense for administration urged community based cooperative hospital ventures to curb rising costs during the dedication of a 6.8 million addition to St Michael s Hospital in Stevens Point He noted public demands for better care and lower costs and said he is being listened to in Washington as he supports local health care reforms Froehike is a leading candidate for Army secretary and is a close ally of Melvin Laird
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Melvin Laird
Army
Laird
Wisconsin
Stanley Resor
Waubeka Flags Day marks 55th annual ceremony
In Waubeka Wisconsin about 400 people gathered at the schoolhouse where Barnard Cigrand began Flag Day in 1885. Marcus Schwab of Appleton urged Americans to honor the flag as a parade with 25 bands moved along Cigrand Avenue.
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Barnard Cigrand
Marcus Schwab
Appleton
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Farm Bill Threatens Barron County Largest Employer
An Assembly passed bill aimed at curbing corporate farming could force Jerome Foods Inc of Barron to sell its farms, risking Barron County losing its largest employer. The measure, backed by rural lawmakers and agriculture groups, targets large non-farm corporations buying farms for tax write offs.
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Jerome Foods, Inc
Barron
Violence erupts in Albuquerque crowd clashes injure 13
Police moved into Roosevelt Park at 3 to 4 a.m. to arrest about 30 holdouts among roughly 500 youths after a day of disorder. A state of civil emergency imposed, curfew 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., and police HQ was stoned as looting and arson damaged local businesses.
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Roosevelt Park
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Thai driver Sophon Prateepaplin tours world with Hollands
Sophon Prateepaplin, 33, from Ayuddhya Siam, travels with Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Holland and children Heather and Jonathan on a round world trip visiting Hong Kong Taipei Taiwan and Japan before returning to Bangkok. He keeps a diary and plans four dozen film rolls for a pictorial tie in with the adventure.
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Monroe
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Jonathan
Dr. Holland
Harvey H. Holland
Hollands
Wanna
Sophon
Holland
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Frisco
Hong Kong
Taipei
Taiwan
Japan
Yokohama City University School of Medicine
Salt Lake City
Prateepaplin
Rama VI
Seven slain in Detroit dope pad execution style
DETROIT AP Seven persons were shot to death and an eighth wounded critically in what homicide officers call execution type slayings in a suspected narcotics dwelling on Hazelwood Street near 12th Street. Four women were found tied with arms behind them in the first floor living room. Police found heroin and about a dozen guns in the house as detectives investigate a narcotics underworld power struggle amid about 25 narcotics connected homicides this year.
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Detroit
James Barron
Groppi Arrested Near Yale Amid Commencement Unrest
Rev. James Groppi, a militant civil rights priest, was arrested near Yale University during clashes as about 350 demonstrators failed to break a police line. Five people were taken into custody as striking university employees threatened to disrupt the commencement.
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New Haven, Conn
James Groppi
Yale University
Father Groppi
Yale
Record nonuplets birth noted as largest ever
AP reports Geraldine Brodrick gave birth to nine babies with four surviving. Three remain at risk as the largest multiple birth on record draws attention amid rising mass births linked to fertility drugs.
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Sydney
Australia
Geraldine Brodrick
Wisconsin postmasters named for six communities
Postmaster General Winton Blount appointed six Wisconsin postmasters on Monday. Names announced include Vincent E. Olson for Brodhead, Mrs Edith S. Bartlett for Nashotah, Williard C. Mortenson for Stanley, Charles J. Freeberg for Frederick, Mrs Katherine V. Elise for Pence, and Mrs Marion R. Wuade for Manchester.
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Wisconsin
Winton Blount
Vincent E. Olson
Brodhead
Edith S. Bartlett
Nashotah
Williard C. Mortenson
Stanley
Charles J. Freeberg
Frederick
Katherine V. Elise
Pence
Marion R. Wuade
Manchester
Marijuana concerns grow in second part of series
The article outlines marijuana as the widely known drug, its forms hashish and cannabis, and its illegal status except for research. It describes effects including perceptual changes and danger, notes street names, stresses rising raids on campuses, and urges parental awareness and community action.
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