Dodgeville Dam Project Blocked
MADISON The State Building Commission delayed a $350 000 dam plan in Governor Dodge State Park near Dodgeville drawing criticism from lawmakers. Federal funds of about $204 000 were at risk if the project stalled, while officials questioned the need for a lake that would be empty except during floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
State Building Commission
Governor Dodge State Park
Dodgeville
Conservation Department
Mill Creek
Federal Soil Conservation Engineers
State Conservation Commission
The
Building Commission
Laurence Mott
Curtis McKay
Mequon
Jerris Leonard
Milwaukee
Town
Iowa County
Conservation Commission
Reynolds
Howard Koop
Administration
Agent Seizes More Nickels In WAUPUN Jubilee
Secret Service halted the circulation of wooden nickels used to publicize WAUPUN 125th anniversary. An agent seized 120 nickels from the Chamber of Commerce, declaring them counterfeit though the chamber will keep them as souvenirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupun
Chamber of Commerce
Donald Dykestra
Chamber
Dairy Day Parade Opens Juda Gala With Crowning
Parade starts at 1 30 p m with a 25 unit procession through Juda featuring bands from Monroe Juda Albany Belleville Monticello New Glarus and Brodhead. Queen finals and coronation follow the parade with 1964 Green County Dairy Queen crowned by Sandra Weiss. The dairy cattle show with 225 entries judges from Tri State Breeders Co op and local officials highlights the day along with antique car display near the Juda fire station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Dairy Queen
Juda
Queens
Bonnie Zumkehr
Browntown
Kathy McCherry
Belleville
Donna Durtschi
Albany
Janet Dreher
Brooklyn
Ruth
Green County
Sandra Weiss
Madison
I Monroe High School
Monticello
New Glarus
Brodhead
Calvin Kraemer
Feldt
Marlowe Nelson
Tri State Breeders | Co-op
Jerry Apps
Lyle
Nitrate Truck Blast Kills Six in Pocono Mountain Area
A truck loaded with ammonium nitrate exploded near Marshall’s Creek Pennsylvania killing at least six people and injuring about ten. Fire trucks and responders were destroyed. two bystanders, William Paesch and his wife, perished along with hotel owner John Regina’s son. The driver Albert Kuda reported a tire issue before calling for help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalls Creek
Pocono Mountain
Pocono
Albert Kuda
Port Carbon
American Cyanamid Co
Pottsville
Kuda
William Paesch
Baltimore
John Regina
Regina Hotel
Swiss and Cheddar Active on Board at Wisconsin Exchange
Swiss and Cheddar prices rose at the Wisconsin Cheese Exchange with raw milk and pasteurized single daisies and equivalent Wisconsin B and C grade long block Swiss. Sales included one car State brand 40lb blocks at 34 percent, one car Wisconsin B long block at 36, and one car Wisconsin C long block at 39. Bids remained unfilled at close. prices for single daisies and pasteurized daisies largely steady around 37 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange
Wisconsin
Congress Acts To Speed Bills
Congress pushed several pieces of legislation forward in an early summer drive. The House approved a 375 million federal aid bill for cities with transit and traffic issues, with reconciliation set in a conference with the Senate. The Senate finance panel endorsed a 550 million annual pay raise for Congress and federal workers, awaiting Senate action. The House cut 200 million from foreign aid, while Rep. Passman pledged to oppose further cuts. The Senate approved a House tax bill 77 to 2 with amendments, including repeals on cosmetics, handbags, luggage, and the first 100 spent on furs and jewelry, with a conference to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Senate Post Office
Civil Service
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Goldwater Takes Rest As Father of Bride
Sen Barry Goldwater rests at his Arizona hilltop home as he shifts from campaign life to father of the bride. His daughter Peggy, 20, will wed Richard Arlen Holt, 26, at Phoenix Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in a brief 11 minute ceremony. Holt is a Beverly Hills executive with an oil firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Margaret Ann
Richard Arlen Holt
Beverly Hills
Calif
Phoenix Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Turners to Camp at Monroe Fairgrounds Fourth of July
The Monroe fairgrounds will host a tent city during the July 4 holiday as visiting Turners camp there after arriving July 3. Milwaukee junior boys and their parents will stay through July 5 to view fireworks at Twining park while the Monroe Turn and Schwing Club hosts the Midwest Turn Fest. A city band concert, mass drill, prizes, Swiss Maennerchor performances, and a fireworks display are planned, sponsored by the Chamber and city.
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Fairgrounds
Milwaukee
Twining Park
Monroe
Turners
Maennerchor
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Rights Groups Press US Action in South St Augustine
Gov. Farris Bryant flew to St Augustine to inspect a racial revolt as violence surged. A mob attacked civil rights marchers led by Dr. Martin Luther King who appealed to the White House for federal aid. Police clashed with marchers, several hospital cases, and arrests followed while King urged federal marshals protection.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Farris Bryant
St Augustine
Martin Luther King
Bryant
Jacksonville
U.S
King
Swiss Club Picnic at Baumgartner's Grove Sunday
The Swiss Club of Monroe plans a Sunday picnic at Baumgartner's Grove starting 1:30 p.m. Activities include Gemutlichkeit, the Swiss Club Mixed Chorus, Alpine Troubadors, and various musicians and dancers. Andrew Sulzer leads grounds, refreshments are arranged by Mrs. John Untersee Mrs. Fred Richiger and August Schmid, no admission fee.
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Monroe
Baumgartner
Linda Hartwig
Keith
Mike Zweifel
Beverly Guttmer
Alpine Troubadors
Andrew Sulzer
John Untersee
Fred Richiger
August Schmid
Senators back levy repeal on luxury goods tax
Democratic Senators Gaylord Nelson and William Proxmire joined the Senate majority Thursday to repeal the 10 percent excise tax on furs jewelry luggage and cosmetics, with exceptions for furs and jewelry. The move affects costs on luxury items and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gaylord Nelson
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Senate
Scranton Also Loses Goldwater Total as Delgates Shift
Barry Goldwater’s first ballot strength slips eight votes while Gov. William Scranton’s drops seven in an AP survey of Republican presidential nominat ing delegates. Goldwater holds 686 votes 31 above the 655 needed on first count opened July 13 at San Francisco. Scranton now has 131 first ballot votes as he campaigns in Michigan for second-ballot support from 45 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barry Goldwater
William W. Scranton
Associated Press
Goldwater
San Francisco
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Florida
Tennessee
New Jersey
West Virginia
Michigan
Scranton Proposes Five Points to Meet Automation
Scranton blasted the Johnson administration and GOP ostriches for delaying automation. He outlined five policy aims to boost competitiveness and jobs: ease automation restrictions, expand retraining, retool education, increase federal funding, and create a national clearinghouse to match workers with jobs.
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Detroit
Scranton
Johnson
Lone Prairie
Wisconsin to Test Military Traffic From Guardsmen Convoy
The Wisconsin 32nd National Guard Division breaks camp with about 1 000 vehicles expected to clog highways 12 16 and 21 around the Tomah area. Illinois 33rd National Guard Division caravan of 133 vehicles will pass Beloit at 7 a.m. en route to Camp Ripley Minnesota using highways I 90 12 73 10 and 12. Overnight stays planned in Eau Claire before Sunday departure on I 94.
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Madison
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
State
Camp McCoy
Tomah
Ilinois
33Rd National Guard Division
Camp Ripley
Minn
Illinois
Beloit
Donna Swiggum Prepares for Turkish Summer Abroad
Donna Swiggum departs from Chicago via flight to New York and then sails on the Sevens Seas to Rotterdam where she joins American Field Service participants for a two month Turkish language study and homestay with the Orhan Duran family in Istanbul. She travels with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Swiggum and sisters Mary and Carol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Swiggum Teft
Donna
Chicago
Mrs
Glen A. Swiggum
Mary and
Carol
Kidnap Suspect Ordered to Undergo Mental Examination
Margaret Ruth Converse a 19 year old Beloit woman faced a federal judge on charges of kidnapping infant Kimberly Jo Wulf. A sanity exam was ordered at a federal prison for 60 days after her arrest in Beloit following a tearful appearance. Converse without a permanent address had previously lived in Jackson Michigan and Adrian Michigan where she had two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Margaret Ruth Converse
U.S
Kimberly Jo Wulf
Shirly Wulf
Beloit
Miss Converse
David Rabinovitz
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Robert Kay
Kimberly
Jackson
Mich
Adrian
State Okays Purchase of Downer's Property
The Building Commission approved spending 10 million dollars to buy Milwaukee Downer College property to expand the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Provost J Martin Klotsche said the 43 acre tract and 13 buildings will allow an expansion to 25 000 students by 1978. Milwaukee Downer has merged with Lawrence College at Appleton.
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Madison
State Building Commission
Milwaukee-Downer College
Wisconsin - Milwaukee
J. Martin Klotsche
Uw-M
Milwaukee - Downer
Lawrence College
Appleton
Dulles Sees No Likely Explosion in Mississippi Case
President Johnson orders Meridian Naval Air Station sailors to join the search for missing civil rights workers Schwerner Goodman and Chaney in east-central Mississippi. Dulles says no probable explosion, while civil rights leaders press for federal action and marshals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Miss
Allen Dulles
U.S
Mississippi
Johnson
Meridian Naval Air Auxiliary Station
FBI
Michael Schwerner
Andrew Goodman
New York City
James Chaney
Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Aaron Henry
Clarksdale
Charles Evers
Jackson
White House
Henry
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Evers
Medgar Evers
Meridian
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Congress
Rep
Arthur Winstead
Dmiss
House
Dr Ward of Dubuque Named AMA President-Elect
A 59-year-old Dubuque plastic surgeon, Dr Donovan F Ward, was chosen as president-elect of the American Medical Association in San Francisco. He emphasized strengthening the family doctor role while maintaining ties with general practitioners and outlined plans to support the family physician alongside specialists. He leads the surgical section at Finley Hospital in Dubuque.
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Dubuque
American Medical Association
Donovan F. Ward
AMA
San Francisco
Dr. Ward
Finley Hospital
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Jim Bakken
Bride
South
Gop
Ostrichs
Donna Swiggum
Turkey
Downer
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