Four Chicago area clergymen convicted in draft case
Dedication Sunday For Lake Beckman' BOSTON Baby doctor Benjamin Spock Yale University Chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr and two others convicted of conspiracy to counsel young men to evade the draft A fifth defendant acquitted Spock said his main defense was working against a war he sees as illegal The four plan appeals to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals and potentially the Supreme Court MADISON John P Kle 25 forfeited 25 for improper use of the American flag after flying a peace message on his car flag The same city saw Joseph Wilimovsky resign as a state crime lab operator after a second polygraph request was rejected DOUGLASVILLE Ga A mule train of 70 adults and 30 children moved along I 20 amid threats of more arrests by state troopers in the Poor People Campaign following mass arrests the day before
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Spock
Leonard Boudin
Madison
John P. Kle
Glen Head
N.Y
Monona Grove
Kle
Wisconsin
Joseph Wilimovsky
Atty
Bronson la Follette
Wilimovsky
Board of Governmental Operations
la Follette
Warren P. Knowles
Douglasville
Lester Maddox
Two Families Take Summers On Rock River Island
Dr and Mrs J A Roub spend two months at Gail Roub’s rebuilt year round home on Black Hawk Island near Ft. Atkinson while Gail teaches in Europe. Gail and six students join a two month Florence art study group leaving from O’Hare. The Messmers plan fourth trip to Switzerland while Mamiko Yamada, an American Field Service student from Japan, stays with Evansville hosts learning English slang and experiencing Japanese Western living blends. Two Monroe GIs chat about home news before Army duty resumes.
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Doc
Gert’’ Roub
Gail
Black Hawk Island
Rock River
Ft. Atkinson
Europe
Ft. Atkinson High
Florence
Rome
Venice
Paris
Whitewater State University
Mamiko Yamada
Evansville
Japan
Glenn Maas
Albany Township
Tokyo
Mamino
Mamiko
Beckmans Lake Dedication Set After Noon Ceremony
Preparations for the Beckmans Lake dedication pick up speed with a 2 p.m. program led by Lt. Gov. Jack Olson, featuring the Monroe City Band, a flag-raising, and comments from dignitaries. The 75 acre lake near Browntown will be named for Ray L. Beckman as traffic is directed by county deputies.
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Beckman’s Lake
Department of Natural Resources
New Lake
Yellowstone Lake
Jack Olson
Monroe City
Trickel Farm
Highway 11
Browntown
Herman Stuessy
Olin Flisram
Flisram
Green County Council of the American Legion
Louis Niffenegger
David Robers
Congregational United Church of Christ
Brodhead
Green County Ministerial Association
L. P. Voigt
Ernest Hemingway
Ray L. Beckman
Hemingway
Beckman
Conservation Division
Allan F. Barnard
County Service
Times
Guardsmen Resume Summer Camp Routine Amid Weather Shifts
Veterans recount integrating drills with local units as a 1158th Transportation Co. member from Monroe helps refuel a field hospital jeep at an Indiana Army Reserve gas point. The Monroe unit held its annual NCO summer camp party at the Tee-Pee in Tomah after a day of gas courses and convoy duties.
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Dwight Bump Sr
Richard T. Mogolis
Otto Erzinger
Ronald D. Duerst
Indiana Army Reserve
1158Th Transportation Co
Monroe
18Th Field Hospital
NCO
Tomah
Camp
Father's Day Call in the Lonely Wait
Clair R. Munns offers a sentimental verse urging readers to remember their father before it is too late. The poem contrasts past family laughter with present absence and asks readers to call rather than send gifts.
Western stars pull guns from shows amid violence backlash
Rex Allen, a veteran Western actor, vows never to use guns on screen again at the Midwest Horse Show. Greensboro Daily News dumps Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie citing violence. A St Valentine massacre reenactment in Burnaby BC is canceled after citizen objections. A Western store chain hides toy guns behind counters, offering them only on parental request amid national protests.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Rex Allen
Springfield
Allen
Greensboro, N.C
Daily News
Burnaby
B.C
George Patey
Dayton
Minne
Peaceful toy push spreads across states as stores drop violent toys
Shown across six states and cities, retailers abandon violence themed toys as half the big Minneapolis stores quit selling them and two plan to follow. In Richland Washington seven year old Donnie Einan suggested turning in guns. his father surrendered a .32 revolver while Donnie handed over an air gun and four toy pistols. Tampa police destroy 300 seized guns in investigations.
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Sota
Missouri
California
Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Minneapolis
Richland
Wash
Donnie Einan
Duane
Einan
Donnie
Tampa
Fla
Winter Was Very Mild Airman and Family Give Turkey Report
ARGYLE Times Special Airman First Class James D. Meyer and his wife Margaret Alm Meyer report life in Yalova Turkey near Karamus Sel Air Station Tusloy. They describe climate vegetation and local customs detailing summer heat and winter snows as well as daily life roles of Turkish men and women.
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Argyle
James D. Meyer
Charles Meyer
Margaret Alm
Ross Alm
Yalova
Turkey
Karamus Sel Air Station
Tusloy
Sea of
Marmara
Istanbul
Meyers
U.S
Attica Store Owner Seeks County Treasurer Nomination
Frank Wyss 51 owner of the Attica Store and farmer announces a Republican bid for county treasurer. A lifelong Monroe County resident and Monroe High School graduate of 1934, Wyss plans to sell his Attica store this summer. He and his wife Dorothy Broders have three children Patricia Waterman Ray and Terry and one granddaughter.
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Frank Wyss
Attica
Wyss
Albert Wyss
Monroe
Monroe High School
Albany
Dorothy Broders
James
Patricia) Waterman
Jack Nye
Ray
Terry
Albany High School
Janesville
Conservation teachers share dreams for Richland watershed
Don Deininger and Don Siedschlag spoke at the Outstanding Conservation Teacher Award ceremony about restoring the Muddy Richland and Pecatonica areas. The piece praises the Richland Creek Watershed for progress and urges further local action to protect waterways and lowlands.
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Martin Luther King
Don Deininger
Don
Muddy Richland
Joe Urban
WEKZ
Mr. Urban
Richland
Pecatonica
Lafayette
Green Coun
Don Siedschlag
Richland Creek
Susi Douglas Makes Progress in Rehabilitation
Susi Douglas 17 of Juda has been moved from St. Clare Hospital to University Hospitals Madison for intensive rehab. Since April she has improved enough to pursue occupational therapy and begin studies. She can converse, recall is returning, and some movement in fingers with assistance. doctors aim for discharge in about six weeks. Her brother Scott, also injured, has returned to Brodhead High School.
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Susi Douglas
Roger T. Douglas
Juda
St. Clare Hospital
University Hospitals
Madison
Susi
Brodhead High School
Douglas
University Hospital
Scott
General Merrill Twining Visits Sister in Monroe
Gen Merrill Twining U S M Ret arrived yesterday from Fall Brook California to visit his seriously ill sister Mrs Howard W Chadwick in St Clare Hospital. He will leave Monday and is joined by brothers Radnor Pennsylvania and Clarence Twining of Portland Oregon who arrived Tuesday. Clarence leaves Monroe Thursday and Mrs Chadwicks son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs William Chadwick due to arrive from Billings Montana June 5. Father’s Day declared in Wisconsin by Governor Knowles office designating Sunday.
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Merrill Twining
U.S.M
Fall Brook
Calif
Howard W. Chadwick
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Twining
Radnor
Clarence Twining
Portland
Ore
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North Vietnam
Helen
Fritz Messmer
22Nd Ave
Paul Joseph Dubach, Jr
Warren
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
Jo Daviess County
James T. Furlong
Marlo Specht
Furlong
Dubach Boy
Dorothy Legler
Switzerland
O’hare
Swiss United Society Group
Milwaukee
Swissair
Zurich
Messmer
America
Canton Thurgau
Winterthur
Messmers
Austria
Olson
Smith
Roseleip
Sgt. Bump
Clair R. Munns
Margaret
Progressive County
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