Harness Event Draws Top Trotters and Pacers at Elkhorn Meet
Sixty of the region’s top trotters and pacers are slated for the Elkhorn Early Race Meet on Sunday June 19 at the Walworth county fair grounds. Eight mile dashes offer $100 purses, led by notable entries such as Flashing Comet Nighty Night Uncle John C and Diomar. Earthquake Mt Cinn Abbey Congressman Jim and Sterling Lad are among contenders in the free-for-all. O'Brien notes large fields for green horses and a mix of familiar and new names.
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Illinois
Elkhorn
Walworth County Fairgrounds
Perry O’brien
Janesville
Wisconsin Breeders and Harness Horse Association
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West Allis
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Lake Geneva
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Pete Casagranda
Harold Halverson
Beloit
Diomar
Waunakee
William Marquis
George Conley
Harvard
Ill
John Morrissy
Mt. Cinn Abbey
Wilmer Lemke
Fort Atkinson
Congressman Jim
Roy Kline
Sharon
Bob Deckert
Milwaukee
Breeders Association
American Legion Post
Girls Softball Schedule Begins This Friday
The girls softball program for grades 4 through 8 starts Friday at 10 a.m. at Twining Park. Current registrants and interested players should attend. the eight week program runs Fridays at Twining Park.
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Twining Park
Copying machine shut at Milwaukee airport over ID fraud
A coin operated copying machine at Milwaukee municipal airport was shut down this week after authorities learned it was used to duplicate state identification cards for teenagers. The action highlights concerns over security at local facilities and underlines ongoing efforts to prevent identity fraud among youth.
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Milwaukee
Rain Postpones Monroe Softball Games and Recreation Park Action
Rain yesterday forced the postponement of all Monroe slow pitch and fast pitch softball games. Sunny weather today should restore the diamonds for tonight. The Monroe Jaycees postponed their stag night, while Badger Booster Day at Monroe Country Club proceeded indoors amid damp conditions. Windy Acres prepared for a Wednesday night businessmen league, with indoor table tennis and cards if needed. Dick Dodgeville, a former state standout, is noted for past basketball and baseball success and a pitching star at Whitewater State, with South Wayne hosting a Friday 8 p.m. game featuring Stephens versus Schliem.
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Monroe Jaycees
Recreation Park
Jaycees
Badger
Monroe Country Club
Windy Acres
Home Talent playoff clash Wiota vs Dodgeville set for Friday
The Wiota and Dodgeville baseball playoff tilt for first half honors is scheduled Friday night at the lighted South Wayne High School diamond. Game time is 8 p.m. with a large crowd expected. Wiota may start Bill Mullen or Jerry Schliem, a South Wayne graduate who played multiple sports at the high school and Platteville State. Keith Burington of Wiota, a Browntown native, also stars and plans a Wisconsin sophomore year after earning秋 letters in basketball and baseball. Dodge Point counters with Dick Stephenson.
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Mineral Point
Stephens
Wilson
Monroe
Whitewater State
Whitewater
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Schliem
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Wiota
South Wayne High School
Wiodta
Bill Mullen
Darlington
Jerry Schliem
Jerry
Platteville State
American Junior Legion
Browntown
Keith Burington
Viota
Wisconsin
Keith
Green County Highway Department
Dodge Point
Dick Stephenson
New Glarus Plans Recreation Program Kickoff
New Glarus announces a year through recreation director Kenneth Roth with 221 children registered. Arts and crafts, games, hiking, swimming and a Friday events day are planned plus junior and senior lifeguard and lifesaving classes beginning tonight. The pool schedule runs daily 1:30 to 4:40, evenings 7 to 8:30, with Saturday close. Little League games slated for Monday and Tuesday at 6:30 after school.
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Times Special
Kenneth Roth
Roth
Jane Martinson
Kent Anderson
Unclear Text Draft Mentions Wayne or Bob Able Man
Fragmentary note discusses participants and co chairs Wayne and Bob Able Man, indicating decisions about winners at Monroe and possible substitutes.
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Monroe
Wayne
Bob Ableman
Dragway Races at Byron Sunday Feature
A best of three nitro fueled super stock match race headlines Sunday's Rockford Dragway program in Byron Illinois. Arnie Beswick of Morrison drives the Pontiac El Tiger against John Farkonas of Chicago in a 1965 Plymouth. Time trials start 9 a.m. with races at 2 p.m. on Highway 2.
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Byron
Ill
Arnie Beswick
Morrison, Ill
Midwest
Chrysler Corporation
John Farkonas
Chicago
Beswick
Farkonas
Rockford
Milz Hammil Pace Victories in season opener
Browntown beat FFA 3 1 in a Tuesday softball opener with three runs in the final inning. Woodford defeated the Gladiators 11 1 as Milz hit a home run in two hits and Hammil earned the win with six strikeouts.
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Steffer
S. Pickett
Gordon Blum
Haldiman
Deininger
Ammon
Phillips
Hammil
Airlines Scramble as War Demands Curtail Summer Service
Viet Nam war demands force major U S carriers to cut passenger service during peak season. Accelerated military needs delay delivery of new jets, leaving airlines short of equipment. Eastern Air Lines temporarily canceled about five percent of flights in its 102 city system as 68 new jets were delayed.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Winzenried Breaks 440 Dash Mark at Stagg Relays
Mark Winzenried of Monroe, a notable junior from the Kegonsa Track Club Madison, ran 47.9 seconds in the 440 at the Alonzo Stagg Memorial Relays. He previously set a Wisconsin Class B 400-yard record with 47.8 seconds, and in the state meet he won the 440 and the 220 in 22.3 while placing fourth in the long jump.
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Wisconsin
University of Chicago
Alonzo Stagg
Monroe
Kegonsa
Madison
Bill Kurtz
Stoughton
Marquette Stadium
Milwaukee
WIAA
Winzenried
William A. Winzenried
Boat Owners Asked To Just Stay Patient
Wisconsin Conservation Department operates a 24 hour machine to produce up to 4000 new plastic boat registration certificates daily. Despite the April 1 start, few arrests occur for missing certificates. Most boaters should have certificates by August 1 as backlogs are cleared. 225000 certificates are expected to be issued eventually.
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Conservation Department
O. G. Grant
Grant
Pony League set to begin Monday with nine teams
Pony League boys baseball starts Monday June 20 with seven players required to play and up to twelve to thirteen year olds can be added. Bases and pitching distances follow Pony League rules. Teams One through Five with listed captains and rosters. schedule sets June 20 Team 1 versus Team 2 through June 23 Team 2 versus Team 3.
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John Prien
Team
Jim Bosanny
Fred Dearth
Curt Phillips
Mike Molitan
Dave Spoerry
Mark Williams
Dennis Blum
Steve Kohl
Bob Holyoke
Ray Heinzelman
Dave Hanson
Dale Hexom
Steve Hennager
San Rech
Greg Smith
Curt Leizinger
Tommy Wuetrich
Randy Goodman
Russ Schutte
Nick Kessenich
Kim Krebs
Gary Hendrickson
Mike Mann
Mike Wandfluh
Steve Wandfluh
Dave Waage
Jim Stauffacher
Mike van Wagenan
Johnny Bauman
Tom McGinnis
John Robertson
Dave Gruenewald
Joe Ripp
Jack Murray
Mike Is
Seattle Library Board Rejects Sambo Removal Request
The Seattle Library Board rejected a demand by a Negro group to remove the book Little Black Sambo from city library shelves, allowing continued access to the children's title in Seattle.
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Wash
Seattle Library Board
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