Firing of UW Head Sought by Roseleip Senator Calls For Conference
Senate hearings open on strict gun control proposals after Kennedy assassination. Attorney General Ramsey Clark testifies urging federal registration and licensing of all gun owners as part of the Johnson administration’s plea. Public response shows a sharp shift toward stronger controls.
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Roseleip
Washington
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Johson
Associated Press
Kennedy
Dairy Queens Named in Monticello and Juda Pageant
Monticello and Juda crowned Dairy Queen honorees last night as part of county judging. Heidi Hammerly and Benny Klopfenstein were named Dairy Queen in their communities, with Monticello’s ceremony held at the school gym due to weather. Judges included Merton Colney, Dan Webber, and Barbara Wegmeller, as JoAnn Kundert passed the crown and delivered a farewell speech.
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Monticello
Juda
Albany
Heidi Hammerly
Ralph Hammerly
Benny Klopfenstein
Merlin Klopfenstein
Route 1
Brodhead
Henry V. Baebler
Merton Colney
New Glarus
Dan Webber
Barbara Wegmeller
Monroe
Edelweiss beds bloom for Prei sigs Alpine flowers
Mr and Mrs Emil Preisig of Clarno report their Edelweiss beds are budded and ready to bloom after seed growth They welcome observers of their velvety alpine blooms Janet Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs Williams Browntown sails from New York June 21 aboard SS Waterman to Rotterdam planing a summer with the Schafer family in Mengs berg Germany as a Monroe delegate in the Americas Abroad AFL program Janet ferries to Back Page state news Roseleip targets University of Wisconsin leadership calling for Harrington removal and a revised board to curb perceived left wing subversion and campus trouble He warns of a 1969 bill to abolish the Board if not acted upon
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Emil Preisig
Clarno
Edelweiss
Pressigs
Jack Williams
Browntown
High Seas
Waterman
Rotterdam
Netherlands
New York Harbor
Milwaukee
New York
Hienrich Schafer
Mengsberg
Germany
Monroe
AFL
Janet
Gordon W. Roseleip
Darlington
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Fred Harvey Harrington
Roseleip
Lions Club
Brodhead
Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Harrington
University of Wisconsin
Kundert Heads Green County Historical Society in Reorganization
Kundert of Commercial and Savings Bank was elected president of the Green County Historical Society at a Wednesday noon meeting at the Swiss Wheel Restaurant succeeding Orville R. Evans who resigned due to city and business duties. Joe Urban of WEKZ was chosen vice president and Anna Blum Monroe was re elected treasurer. Mrs. Orville Evans was named secretary to continue joint projects and inventory work. The society will host next year’s South Central District meeting and the Green County president will serve automatically as district president. Xavier University selects Norman C. Francis as president becoming the first Black and first lay leader of the Roman Catholic institution.
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Yonn Nunert
Commercial and Savings Bank
Green County Historical Society
Swiss Wheel
Orville R. Evans
Evans Letter Shop
Joe Urban
WEKZ
Anna Blum
Monroe
Green County Society
Green County
Bard of Directors
Bayou Queen voyage aims to cruise Mississippi Bayou
Roy Robichaux a Monroe dairy executive and Leo Scheberle Bank of Brodhead vp attempted the Bayou Queen a two 55 h p powered houseboat journey 1400 miles down the Mississippi and up into bayou country starting May 27 from a Dubuque marina with 14 days en route to Lafayette amid motor troubles and navigational alerts with a new power pack and a reverse lock episode. Ziggy Elman jazz trumpeter dies at 54 after long illness, famed for And the Angels Sing and collaborations with Johnny Mercer.
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Roy
Roy Robichaux
Monroe
Leo Scheberle
Brodhead
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Dina Speich
Mississippi River
Bayou Country
H.p
Robichaux
Louisiana Territory
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Acadia
Nova Scotia
Bank of Brodhead
Ahuafalaya
Lafayette
Dubuque
Marina
Ziggy
OS Angeles
Harry
Ziggy” Elman
The
Elman
Johnny Mercer
Hall of Fame in verse about Columbus
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns presents a rhymed reflection on Christopher Columbus. The poem notes his voyage in fourteen hundred nine ty two and his fame, touching on his uncertain start and arrival, then his return with companions and the idea of discovering a land of milk and honey on borrowed money.
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Columbus
Dairy Month Recipe Contest ends with Wells win
The fourth weekly winner in the June Dairy Month Recipe Contest is Mrs. Victor Wells of Route 3 Monroe for Cheese and Bacon Wafes. A Tasting Bee Friday June 28 at First National Bank of Monroe will judge the finalists. Honorable mentions go to Mrs. Lester A. Witt and Miss Jane Wells.
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First National Bank of
Monroe
Victor Wells
Route 3
Lester A. Witt
Route 4
Jane Wells
Frank C. Stiles
Hart D
Mary Alice) Hart
Green County
Jack
Carol) Pregent
Janesville
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Wells
Donald Witt
Monticello
Firemen Stage Surprise Disaster Drill At St. Clare Hospital
Monroe volunteers joined a hospital disaster drill at St. Clare Hospital on Wednesday morning June 26. Fire Chief Josef Benkert and the Monroe Fire Department coordinated with Dr. James Weir and Harold Miller to simulate a mass casualty event with 18 firemen as casualties arriving by carrier and wagon. The exercise tested emergency procedures including controlled access, casualty intake via emergency entrance, and communications with families. The drill highlighted needed revisions to the disaster program and coincided with Fire School preparations for August 25 at the Monroe Fairgrounds.
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Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Harold Miller
Miller
James Weir
Josef Benkert
Ieman
Benkert
Monroe Fairgrounds
Speaker Seeks Return to Basic Farm Boy Thinking
Robert Spitzer president of Murphy-Products urged enforcing current gun laws rather than new measures. He criticized Wisconsin officials for permitting an underground newspaper and called for a return to farm boy thinking in farming. Delegates re elected R De Witt Mallory as president as the convention closes with a cattle sale at State Fair Park.
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Wisconsin
Murphy — Products
Robert Spitzer
Burlington
Holstein- Friesian Assn. of America
Spitzer
Nixon For President
University of Wisconsin
R. de Witt Mallory
Bradford
State Fair Park
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