Fires Threaten Gas Tanks and Nursing Home in Brodhead
Two major fires and a minor blaze troubled Brodhead over the weekend. Fire Chief Don Edwards and volunteers contained a lumber storage blaze near gasoline tanks and evacuated 19 residents from a nursing home smoke damage reported. A third car fire concluded the weekend. Dairy drawing winners announced by Richland 4-H. prizes from Sentry Food Store.
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Brodhead
Times
Don Edwards
Edwards
Chicago Milwaukee Railroad
Brodhead Convalescense
Herman Kratti
Richland 4-H Club
First National Bank
Karen Hanson
Irene Waelti
John Irvin
Beth Caradine
Monroe
Sentry Food Store
Dedication of Beckman Lake Highlights Conservation Ties
Ray Beckman leads a dedication held for Beckman Lake with attendance from Lt. Gov. Jack Olson, Sen. Gordon Roseleip, and local officials. The event honors Beckman’s lifetime work in conservation and recreation, with thanks to Clarence Bekkett and other project contributors.
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Beckman
Ray L. Beckman
Green County Conservation League
Monroe
Jack Olson
Charles F. (Frosty) Smith
Wausau
Conservation Commissioners
Gordon W. Roseleip
Darlington
Roseleip
Robert Hahn
Times
Larry Lindgren
Ray Beckman
Charles F
Frosty) Smith
Les Voigt
Conservation Department
New Natural Resources Board
Ray
Clarence R. Benkett
John Beale
The
Resources Department
Walter Gould
Blanchardville
Byron Berg
Lafayette County Board
Joseph Tregoning
Stanley Knight
Green County Board
Monroe Evening Times
C. S. Pierce
Eisenhower suffers major heart attack physicians report
The Associated Press notes former President Dwight D. Eisenhower endured a major heart attack Saturday night and is alert and in good spirits. Walter Reed Army Hospital officials released answers to questions from physicians detailing the critical early period after a heart attack and favorable response.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Walter Reed Army Hospital
New Crop Crunch Heard At Campus Job Hunt
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns notes a familiar annual uproar as college students, both girls and boys, flock to the campus in search of work. The piece captures the noisy scramble around available positions and the campus job market mood.
Fire damages upstairs at Kenneth Frydenlund home
Firefighters battled extensive smoke damage to upstairs rooms of the Kenneth Frydenlund residence on Saturday. Several clothing items were destroyed. cause and loss estimate unavailable. A clock in a bedroom stopped at 3 45.
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Albany
Kenneth Frydenlund
Schedule Set for Monroe Summer Playgrounds
The City of Monroe opens morning and afternoon playgrounds at three locations with supervision hours from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tot Lot at Recreation Park begins the week of June 24, supervised by two staffers, with focus on free play mornings and more structured activities afternoons.
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Monroe
Recreation Park
South School
East School
Park and Recreation Department
Jacqueline Marty
Sue Hayes
Debbie Trumpy
Sue Mayer
Miss Trumpy
Misses Marty
Hayes
Miss Marty
Miss Hayes
Twining Park
Wisconsin's Alice in Dairyland 1968 named Roberta Thoreson
Roberta Thoreson of West Allis won the 1968 Alice in Dairyland title at a Saturday coronation in Wisconsin. The 19-year-old UW Milwaukee coed will make about 1 000 personal appearances, report to Madison Tuesday, and begin a paid position with the state Agriculture Department.
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Burlington
Roberta
Robbie) Thoreson
Wisconsin
Dairyland
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
West Allis
Kristin
Bobbie
Pagent
State Agriculture Department
Alice
Kristin Williams
Colgate
Madison
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Brodhead Fuel and Lumber Co
Steve Elmer
Beckman Lake
AP News
New York
James H. Meredith
Harlem
Ralph Poynter
Harvey Nagler
Poynter
Meredith
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
John Young
Powell
Battle Creek
Mich
Clair R. Munns
Supreme Court
Agriculture Department
Tumn
Bobbie Thoreson
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