Shrine Concert May 20 To Benefit Shrine Hospitals
Madison plans a Shrine Concert with the Shrine Concert Band and Temple Chanters at the Junior High School Auditorium on Saturday evening May 20 sponsored by the Green County Shrine Club. Proceeds fund the Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospitals. Orville R Evans is general chairman. Tickets cost 1.25 at the door or 1 in advance. Kenneth L Svee will be introduced and give a brief message during intermission. William C Johnson directs the Zor Concert Band and Alexander Samaras directs the Chanters.
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Temple Chanters, of
Madison
Greenn County Shrine Club
Shrine Crippled Children’s Hospitals
Hugo Voelkli
Orville R. Evans
Kenneth L. Svee
Rabban
Commercial and Savings Bank
Waffle
Ruf
Green County Shrine Club
William C. Johnson
Zor
Alexander Samaras
Elkhorn
Cooties Plan Hospital Visit in Madison VA Hospital
At a Military Order of Cooties meeting the group announced a May 16 visit to Madison VA Hospital to see patients. More than twelve members will participate, with biannual visits. Initiation of new members is set for May 28 in the Club rooms. Fred Felder reported on the pancake and sausage supper.
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VFW
Madison
Fred Felder
Accidental deaths verdict in Durand Durand case
A Winnebago County coroner's jury ruled the Mulvain deaths accidental after an inquest into the train collision with their station wagon on State Street Durand New Jersey. The Milwaukee Road crossing had been ordered closed prior to the crash by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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Durand
Winnebago County
Rollin
Robert Mulvain
State Street
Milwaukee Road
Ilinois Commerce
Public Service Commission Orders Crossing Warning Lights
The Public Service Commission ordered automatic warning gates with flashing lights and bells at the three mile and four mile railroad crossings near Caledonia Racine County. Five people have died at the two locations in the past six months.
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Madison
Public Service Commission
Caledonia
Racine County
Homemaker Unit Aids Saigon Orphanage
The Clarno Homemakers Club sends boxes of used clothes toys and toiletries to the Orphanage National near Saigon Vietnam for about 900 children. Nine club members led by President Wilma Reinmann and with officers Harry Ammon and Martha Grenzow pack and plan more shipments through the year.
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Vietnam
Floyd Timm
Martha Grenzow
Elmer Beckman
Clarno Homemakers Club
Saigon
Times
John Bruni Jr
Clarno Club
Wilma Reinmann
Harry Ammon
Beloit to Honor Strong With Honorary Law Degree
Beloit College will award a honorary Doctor of Laws to Robert C. Strong U S ambassador to Iraq at the alumni reunion on May 20. Strong, a 1938 Beloit graduate, will receive the degree during the event.
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Strong
Beloit
Robert C. Strong
U.S
Iraq
Beloit College
Open House Draws 300 at Shepherd of the Hills Church Dedication
More than 300 people attended a Sunday open house at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in New Glarus from 2 to 6 pm. Guest speaker Rev. Herbert Hanson from Janesville dedicated the church and installed Rev. Richard Dargatz as pastor. Rev. Clifford Pedersen, former Primrose and York pastor now at Eleva, served as liturgist with Pastor Dargatz.
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New Glarus
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Richard Dargatz
Herbert Hanson
Janesville
Clifford Pedersen
Primrose
York
Eleva
Wisconsin
Dargatz
Pack Meeting in Monroe Promotes Mountains Theme
Pack 102 sponsored by the Methodist Church held an opening with the group singing. Den 1 gave a mountains talk and awards were presented including Wolf awards to Greg Swenson Keith Kubly and Paul Hughes with Kubly and Hughes also earning gold arrows. Bear awards went to Dave Watkins and Dave Brandenberg while Jeff Albertson earned the lion badge and Chuck Sulzer the silver arrow. Cubmaster Lowell Stuessy and Kendall Albertson announced the next meeting on May 29 with a circus theme.
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Pack 102
The
Methodist Church
Den 2
Den 1
Greg Swenson
Keith Kubly
Paul Hughes
Kubly
Hughes
Dave Watkins
Dave Brandenberg
Jeff Albertson
Chuck Sulzer
Lowell Stuessy
Kendall Albertson
Deadline Sought For Merger Plan In Wisconsin Assembly
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans push for a 1969 deadline to merge the Conservation and Water Pollution programs into a new Department of Natural Resources. The Senate passed the bill 18 to 12. Knowles backs a phased 1968-70 merger, while Democrats seek earlier action. The plan spurs budget, governance, and partisan debate as leaders weigh timetable and bipartisan support.
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Madison
Ww — Assembly
Assembly
Senate
Harold Froehlich
Appleton
Curtis McKay
Cedarburg
Conservation Committee
Paul Alfonsi
Minocqua
Kellett
Conservation Department
Resource Development Department
Department of Natural Resources
Alfonsi
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Conservation
McKay
Huber
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
State Department of Public Instruction
Joint Finance Committee
Platteville soil judging contests set for Friday and Saturday
Preparation is underway for collegiate and high school soil judging contests to be held Friday and Saturday at the Platteville State University Prairie Farm.
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Platteville
Platteville State University
Prairie Farm
Douglas Raps Flag Burning
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas criticized recent flag burning incidents in Milwaukee during Law Day at Marquette University. He said flag burning symbolizes constitutional protest and stressed equal justice under law for all, while voicing concern over intolerance and referencing Indonesia’s mass executions.
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Milwaukee
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Douglas
America
Marquette University
Indonesia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Bryant
Bernie Purcell
Public Service Corporation
John P. Zweifel
Monticello
Associated Students of Whitewater State University
Zweifel
Dwight Zweifel
Flag Burning
Farah
Mallory
REGAL
Esquire Sox
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