Rockefeller Edges Nixon in Massachusetts Primary
Rockefeller wins Massachusetts Republican write ins gaining 34 delegates on first ballot at the RNC. McCarthy leads Democratic votes with 72 delegates. Final precinct returns show Rockefeller ahead of Volpe and Nixon, with Nixon third among Republicans. Rockefeller says he is pleased and heartened by the result.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Massachusetts
Rockefeller
Eugene J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Robert F. Kennedy
John A. Volpe
Volpe
Nixon
Reagan
Kennedy
Democratic
Johnson
Humphrey
Sen. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
County Democrats To Meet on May 8
Election of delegates to the State Convention will take place at the meeting of the Green County Democratic Party at 8 p.m. Wednesday May 8 in the Directors Room of the Commercial and Savings Bank. Members are urged to attend the important meeting. Membership dues for 1968 should be paid, Mrs. Harry W. Williams secretary.
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Green County
Democratic Party
Commercial and Savings Bank
Harry W. Williams
Disturbance at Wells Street Junior High prompts lax reporting
Fire men and police say Wells Street Junior High School officials were lax in reporting a student disturbance that led to overturned furniture and two fires at the predominantly Negro school. The incident reflects ongoing student protests on Milwaukee's North Side over issues from Negro history to cafeteria menus.
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Milwaukee
Wells Street
Northside School Open House Slated For Sunday May 19
A public open house at the new Northside Elementary School is set for Sunday, May 18, from 1 30 to 4 30 PM. The event features a flag raising by the V F W color guard, a Junior Band performance, an art show by city elementary students, with usherettes from the sixth grade and demonstrations in the library and rear projection rooms. Refreshments will be served in the cafeteria.
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Northside School
Northside
V.F.W
Joseph Kieralde
Mary Winn
Signs of Strain on May Day Across East Europe
AP reports May Day 1968 showed strain in the Communist world as Soviet led parades and speeches condemned imperialism. In Prague Dubcek faced celebratory flowers while a boy in the crowd asked his father for the truth to spare future generations.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
Moscow
East Berlin
United States
Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Court Case Decision Is Due Before May 8
Judge Arthur Luebke will issue a ruling in a taxpayers suit against Monroe to halt the Urban Renewal program on Monroe's west side before May 8. City Atty William J Schmitz cited court backlogs delaying the May 1 deadline.
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William J. Schmitz
Arthur Luebke
East Mt Pleasant Homemakers Plant Arbor Day Crab at Lake Montesian
The East Mt Pleasant Homemakers Club of Green County selected a pink flowering crab tree for Lake Montesian at Monticello’s Lake Park entrance. On Arbor Day, April 26, members Mrs. Edwin Kernen Mrs. David Seeholzer and Mrs. Wilbert Christen planted the 5% ft tree, coordinating with village president John Stenbroten and Monticello Community Club chief Karl Freitag.
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Monticello
East Mt. Pleasant
John Stenbroten
Karl Freitag
Thomas Brusveen
Edwin Kernen
David Seeholzer
Wilbert Christen Jr
Long Service David M Woods Retires From SCS After 33 Years
David M Woods soil conservation technician at Green County SCS retires after 33 years seven months. He and his wife Georgia plan to farm a 300 acre spread seven miles northwest of Monroe raising Hereford cattle. Woods started at LaCrosse Research Station in 1930, served four and a half years in WWII, then worked in LaCrosse Clark County Lancaster before moving to Green County in 1948. He has two daughters, one in Madison and another 17 at home, and has received multiple honors for his work.
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David M. Woods
County
Soil Conservation Service
Woods
Monroe
Green County
LaCrosse
U.S. Army
Clark County
Lancaster
Georgia
Robert Richardson
Madison
Dianna
James Schwoegler
SCS
Viet Nam story tied to Hill 488 and Medal of Honor tale
The May Reader's Digest features Sgt Jimmie Earl Howard and fellow Hill 488 survivors in a real life drama recounting their actions in Vietnam. Howard was awarded the Medal of Honor after a White House ceremony with President Johnson. The piece links parade memories from Monroe to national recognition.
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Monroe
Jimmie Earl Howard
Sgt. Howard
Vietnam
Reader's Digest
Lancelpl
Ricardo Binns
Hill 488
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
War Fund Needed at Home Says Reverend Abernathy
Rev Ralph David Abernathy, head of the Poor People’s Campaign, urged Secretary of State Dean Rusk that funds spent in Vietnam be redirected to address U S poverty. He quoted Lincoln on national unity, and said workers would return in about 10 days seeking action and federal aid. A Oklahoma Indian woman, Martha Graff, appealed for relief as she told Rusk families often eat once a day and send hungry children to school.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Poor People
Dean Rusk
Vietnam
U.S
Abernathy
Rusk
State Department
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abraham Lincoln
SCLC
Martha Graff
Guidance Group Invites Staff to May 10 Session
Invitations issued for an informational meeting with Green County Guidance Clinic staff to be held Friday noon May 10 at the Swiss Colony Inn Rathskeller in Monroe. Lawyers doctors clergy law enforcement welfare and school personnel and nurses are urged to attend to learn current functioning and future plans. Reservations by phone at 325 3481 or in writing to the Green County Nurses’ Office Court House Monroe.
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Green County
Guidance Clinic
Swiss Colony Inn Rathskeller
Court House
Monroe
Amos Johnson
Allan F
Naomi) Barnard
Martha Tschudy
April In Wisconsin Warmer And Wet, Weather Bureau Reports
April in Wisconsin is among the warmest since 1960 and one of the wettest since October, according to the Weather Bureau. The report notes higher temperatures across the state and above average rainfall levels for the month.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
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