Signs of Spring Amid Dry Ground Across Wisconsin
Robins sing and crocus bloom as dry weather persists with highs near 50. Fire hazards rise with widespread grass and brush fires. officials urge caution and burning bans. Dust storms, blown soil, and multiple county fires strain crews amid forecasts hoping for needed spring rains.
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Monroe
Mercury
State Department of Agriculture
Josef J. Benkert
Recreation Park
Benkett
Joseph Urban
Wisconsin
Winnebago County
Waupaca County
Dousman
Waukesha County
Waupaca Weyauwega
Waupaca
Wegauwega
Green Lake
Fond du Lac
Waushara
Little Sugar
Reuben
Mayor Wagner's Wife Dies in New York
Susan Wagner wife of Mayor Robert F. Wagner died at Gracie Mansion in New York City at age 54 after a 10 month illness from lung cancer. Doctors reported she had grown critically ill earlier today.
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New York
Susan Wagner
Robert F. Wagner
Heart Campaign Surpasses Goal At Benefit Show
A charity concert at a junior high school auditorium drew over 400 attendees and surpassed the heart campaign’s $1,650 goal. Local groups and soloists sung for heart research with notable guests including Dr. Robert Smith impersonating Chic Sale and the Green County Barbershop Chorus.
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Walter Kubly
Eileen Wagner
Alpha Zeta
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Ludlow Memorial Library
Kubly
Heart Weekend
Ginger L. Nall
Bonnie Zumkehr
Green County
Leon Rabe
Rockford
Robert Smith
Chic Sale
Roy
Betty Vetterli
New Glarus
Marcia Wells
Hawaii
Lennie Bigler
Clayton Streiff
Bill Kuenzi
Dave Hefty
JoJean Retrum
Roxanne Reynolds
Richard Retrum
Ruth Berg
Miss Wells
Roland McCord
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Heart Association
Robert J. Ruggieri
Barbershop Chorus
David Deininger
Louis Janke Jr
William Logeson
Envoy Returns Home From Moscow to Washington
Foy D. Kohler, ambassador to the Soviet Union, left Moscow today for Washington to confer with President Johnson and Secretary Rusk.
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Moscow
Foy D. Kohler
Soviet Union
Washington
Johnson
Rusk
Ailing General MacArthur Flown to Walter Reed Hospital
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur flew by plane to Washington’s Walter Reed Army Hospital for observation and evaluation of abdominal complaints. An aide said he traveled with his wife and Maj. Gen. Courtney Whitney. the 84 year old commander had undergone a January 1960 prostate operation and remains active.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Courtney Whitney
MacArthur
Lenox Hill
Philippines
Kennedy
Corps of Cadets
West Point
Estes' Friends Start Sentences in Amarillo Case
Two former associates of promoter Billie Sol Estes began serving prison terms Sunday night after pledging guilty to mortgage based charges tied to non existent farm fertilizer tanks. Coleman Mc Spadden and Ruel W. Alexander received 10 and six years respectively, while Harold E. Orr got 10 years and was found dead Friday. Estes himself remains free pending appeals on 23 years.
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Amarillo
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Coleman McSpadden
Lubbock
Ruel W. Alexander
Estes
MacSpadden
Alexander
Harold E. Orr
Orr
Blaze Sweeps Baraboo Hotel in Downtown Fire
The Warren hotel in Baraboo suffered an estimated 60,000 dollars in damage as fire, smoke, and water swept through the three story building in the early hours. All 54 guests escaped unharmed. Owner D. J. Meyers crawled through smoke to alert occupants while Fire Chief Romelfanger noted the blaze began in the basement around 3 15 a.m. and spread to the upper floors but did not reach the roof. The dining rooms on the first floor were heavily damaged.
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Baraboo
Warren
Richard Romelfanger
D. J. Meyers
Romelfanger
Red Cross Starts Countywide Drive in Green County
The Green County Chapter launches its 1964 fund drive through March with a $9,190 goal. City and township quotas total $6,475, Monroe adds $4,000 from United Fund, and townships add $2,715. Funds support blood, water safety, veteran home service, membership, disaster preparedness, and administration.
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Green County
American Red Cross
Vernon Schillinger
Monroe
Red Cross
United Fund
National Red Cross
Secret all jets undergo tests at Edwards Air Force Base
President Johnson and Sen. Russell reveal that 11 or 12 unmanned-manned All jets have undergone extensive testing since 1959. The projects involve Lockheed handling airframe, Pratt and Whitney engines, Hughes fire control, with titanium tech enabling 2000 mph speeds and 70000 foot altitudes. Details remain classified.
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Associated Press
United States
Richard Russell
Johnson
Lockheed Aircraft
Pratt and Whitney
Hughes Aircraft
Edwards Air Force Base
California
General Dynamics of
Texas
Boeing
Missile Policy Critic and Wife Die in Car Crash
Col. John Nickerson, 49, Ft. Bliss, who sparked Army unease in 1957 by criticizing missile policy, dies in a two car collision 11 miles south of Alamogordo New Mexico. His wife 47 also perishes. their sons ages 9 and 12 are injured, along with 16 year old Terrell White of El Paso.
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Alamogordo
N.M
John Nickserson
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Army
Here
U.S. 54
Nickerson
Nickersons
H. J
Danny
Terrell Adam White
el Paso
Monroes New Police Fire Station Excavation Set
Excavation for Monroe s new police and fire station is set to begin pending City Council approval. Rees Construction Co is low bidder at 13984 for blasting and removal of rock at the Connors Chandler site. City engineers surveyed the lot as bids on removing two city homes near the Armory were opened. A council vote will accept blasting bids and hold a hearing on airport administration policy with possible delay to study proposals.
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Monroe
Rees Construction Co
Rees
Connors-Chandler
Harvey Elmer
Nathan Klassy
Board of Public Works
Armory
Chandler
Green County Pilot’s Association
Crash Into Alpine Peak Kills 83 Near Innsbruck
An International Eagle Bristol Britannia crashed on Mt Gamslahner Spitz near Innsbruck killing 83 aboard. Rescue teams recovered bodies from a 2000 yard debris field as pilots weathered unclear conditions and altimeter concerns.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Mt. Gamslahner Spitz
Gamslahner and
Glungezer Peaks
F106B Pilot Killed As Jet Crashes Into Wisconsin Home
A disabled F106B fighter jet from Duluth Air Force Base crashed near Middle River, Wisconsin, killing pilot Capt. Kenneth C. Hite and injuring passenger Col. Earl L. Bastian. Julieann Nordlund, 45, was rescued from the burning home and was listed in fair condition. The jet clipped the house, then crashed along a highway, narrowly missing vehicles and utility poles.
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Superior
Lawrence Nordlund
Air Force
Earl L. Bastian
Nordlund
Hite
Bastian
Middle River
Wisconsin
Douglas County
Robert Bartley
Mary Lidell
Col. Bastian
343Rd
Wisconsin Bar poll questions Supreme Court candidates
Gov. Reynolds denounces a state bar poll rating three candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court as a popularity contest. The bar mailed ballots to 5,040 attorneys evaluating Horace Wilkie Howard Boyle Jr. and Harry Larsen, with results due Friday.
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Madison
Supreme Court
Reynolds
Wisconsin
High Court
Horace Wilkie
Howard W
Greek Premier Called In As King Paul Illness Worsens
King Paul of Greece was reported to have another medical complication. Premier George Papandreou was summoned urgently to Tatoi Palace where the monarch lay. Doctors said the 62 year old, recovering from a stomach ulcer operation, now suffers a blood clot in the left lung.
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Athens
Greece
Paul
George Papandreou
Tatoi Palace
Cadet Teachers In Area Schools
Seniors of Green County Teachers College are doing cadet teaching in area schools through March 26. Eleven cadet teachers in Green County and two in Rock and Lafayette Counties will practice teach. Assignments list student names, host schools and teachers, and grade levels with multiple placements in Monticello Albany Juda and surrounding districts.
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Green County Teachers College
Green County
Rock
Lafayette
Joan Lange
Monticello
Doris Zentner
Nedra Kohl
Albany
Alice Zimmerlin
Don Sorn
Pauline Wittenwyler
Kathy Block
Virginia Zweifel
Gordon Stearns
Ruth Zentner
Neale Scott
Colletta Elmer
James Looze
Glenn Pfister
Tom Daly
Anna Schneider
Paul Schneider
Hazel Kundert
Nathan Zimmerman
Juda
Lucille Alexander
Joe Lewis
Thomas Keegan
Wreck of Paradise Airlines Constellation Kills 85 Near Genoa Peak
Air searchers found the four engine plane wreckage on Genoa Peak east of Lake Tahoe. All 85 aboard perished including 81 passengers en route to Nevada casinos and resorts. A doctor at the scene confirmed there were no survivors.
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Tahoe Valley
Calif
Sierra
Lake Tahoe
Paradise Airlines
Constellation
Nevada
San Jose
Genoa
Nev
Associated Press
California
Genoa Peak
Henry Norris
Oakland
Monte Martin Salinas
Monte Mar
Monterey
Eastern Air Lines
New Orleans
Lake Ponchartrain
British Eagle Airways
Knowles to Attend Wisconsin GOP Caucus
Warren Knowles Republican candidate for governor will be among special guests at the county GOP caucus at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Courthouse. Lt. Gov. Jack Olson, Wilbur Renk and other county candidates are also expected, with Robert Zimmerman and Robert L. Loertscher among those attending.
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Warren Knowles
Wisconsin
Jack Olson
Wilbur Renk
U.S. Senate
Robert Zimmerman
Robert L. Loertscher
Madison
Green County
Polar Bear Fuzzy Dies From Sniper Bullets at Tacoma Zoo
At Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma Washington the 600 pound polar bear Fuzzy was killed by a sniper. Patrolman heard shots Friday night and a keeper found the bear Saturday morning. Veterinarians could not save him. one bullet hit the brain and another the lungs.
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Tacoma
Wash
Fuzzy
Point Defiance
Cecil Brosseau
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Walter Reed
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Senate Armed Services Committee
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Williams
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