Letter Mailed On Church Unity Forms Case For Union
Dallas report on the Consultation on Church Union five year effort producing mutual convictions for uniting eight major Protestant bodies. An open letter to more than 24 million members argues unity under one Savior, with organizational details to be worked out over at least five years. Denominations include Episcopalians Methodists United Presbyterians Southern Presbyterians Christians Disciples Evangelical United Brethren African Methodist Episcopal and United Church.
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Consultation On Church Union
COCU
Episcopalians
Methodists
United Presbyterians
Southern Presbyterians
Christians Disciples
Evangelical United Brethren
African Methodist Episcopal
United Church
Congregationalists
Wisconsin Guardsmen to Donate 4400 Pints for Viet Nam Blood Drive
Adj. Gen. Ralph J. Olson announced Wisconsin's quota of 4400 pints as part of a nationwide drive totaling 250000 pints from guardsmen. Blood collected in Wisconsin will be shipped to Viet Nam.
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Madison
Wisconsin Air and Army National Guardsmen
Adj
Ralph J. Olson
Wisconsin
Viet Nam
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
HI DIDDLE DIDDLE If cows but knew what you and me Must pay for a quart of milk today Not only would they contented be But downright hilarious I would say.
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Diddle
Lions Sell Light Bulbs Monday Night for Eye Research
Monroe Lions plan an annual light bulb sale next Monday to raise funds for eye research. Rolland E. Karlen announces 17 units and lists captains and members across multiple teams with local volunteers coordinating check-out, check-in, and drive operations.
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Monroe Lions
Monroe’s
Lions
Eye Research
Rolland E. Karlen
Herbert Booth
Henry Tschudy
Frank Kubly
Harold Rufenacht
Marco Bregenzer
Harold Blum
Bill Bruce
Steven Esser
Donald Siedschlag
Edward R. Einbeck
Edwin Rofenacht
William J
Dewey seeks venue shift for Rockford murder case
Attorney for Russell Charles Dewey 25 asks Circuit Court to move the trial out of northern Illinois citing biased public discussion after the death of Susan Brady whose burned remains were found behind the suspect’s grandparents’ home. Dewey contends widespread publicity could deny a fair trial in Rockford Freeport had hosted the trial previously.
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Freeport
Ill
Russell Charles Dewey
Rockford
Dewey
Susan Brady
Roy Lasswell
Illinois
Circuit Court
Lasswell
Susan
FBI
New Puppy Makes Billy Smile Again
Billy Adkins, a 12 year old cancer patient from Cleveland, regained joy after his Lakewood neighbour gave him a six week old male puppy named Cookie. The dog had wandered away three weeks ago and left Billy despondent before this new companion eased his heartbreak.
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Cleveland
Billy Adkins
Cookie
Billy
Lakewood
Monroe to Readvertise Bids for Parking Ramp
The Monroe City Council met in special session to authorize re advertising for bids on the new parking ramp. Wage rate changes delayed progress after an Industrial Commission adjustment, requiring bids to be sought again. Bids now due by 4 p.m. Friday May 20, with publishing in The Monroe Evening Times.
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Monroe
Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Monroe Evening Times
Plunges To Death From Golden Gate Bridge
Ferdinand Peckin Jr. aged 26 died after leaping from the Golden Gate Bridge on Thursday. He is the 302nd suicide recorded at the span.
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San Francisco
Ferdinand Peckin Jr
Golden Gate Bridge
GM Cuts Back Production Prompting Jobless Rolls
GM announced production cutbacks affecting several hundred auto workers with more furloughs possible as the company trims schedules to match current field stocks. Ford sent 10 plants to overtime while Chrysler and AMC kept five day weeks amid the auto safety defect probe led by Sen. Ribicoff.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Chevrolet
Ypsilanti
Mich
van Nuys
Calif
Atlanta
South Gate
Wisconsin AP contest honors high school journalism stars
Kim Babler, 18, Monroe High School, won second in sports writing in the first annual Wisconsin Associated Press high school journalism contest. Winners from Fond du Lac, Waukesha, Milwaukee and Wauwatosa will be honored May 21 at Oshkosh with plaques.
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Kim Babler
Monroe High School
Wisconsin Associated Press Association
Babler
Myron J. Babler
High School Bulletin
Fond du Lac
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Waukesha High School
Mary Lynn Sterr
Goodrich High School
David Riemer
Riverside High School
Gary Beezley
Milwaukee Lutheran High School
Oshkosh
Truck Length Provision Sparks Statewide Debate
A heated clash over a 65 foot truck length provision emerged from a Beaver Dam restaurant, where Assemblyman Jerome Blaska and highway committee members discussed adding the measure to a compromise funding package for accelerated highway construction. The proposal drew swift opposition, with the committee recommending rejection and prompting renewed calls for investigation and public scrutiny as lawmakers reconvene.
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Madison
Capitol
Beaver Dam
Jerome Blaska
D-Sun Prairie
John Varda
Green Bay
Varda
Wisconsin
Gerald Emmer
State Department of Administration
Emmer
Alaska
Barda
Blaska
Warren P. Knowles
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Senate
Assembly
Robert Huber
Dwest
Roconto
Richard J. Lynch
Milwaukee
Casimir Kendzierski
Dmilwaukee
Frank Panzer
Brownsville
Everet Bolle
Manitowoc
Willis Hutnik
Ladysmith
Kenneth Kunde
D-Sheboygan
Elmer Nitschke
R-Beaver Dam
Jerome
Memorial Day Speaker Planned for Greenwood Cemetery
Rev. Calvin P. Fischer of St. John’s United Church of Christ will deliver the Memorial Day address at Greenwood Cemetery on May 30. Monroe and Green County honor the fallen with a 65 piece cadet band, parade, wreaths, and taps led by Monroe High School and National Guard squads. Parade marshals Edward Doyle and P. J. Connors return to duty. Gates open 7:15 a.m.
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Calvin P. Fischer
St. John’s
Green County
Allan F. Barnard
Lincoln School
Monroe High School
National Guard Co. B
Patriotic Organization
Robert Hendrickson
Robert Alder
Edward Doyle
P. J. Connors
Flisram
Yoke Machine From Hell Not an Egg Factory
Kansas City reports Dr R George Jaap a poultry geneticist at Ohio State University urged at the Poultry Breeders of America convention that hens could lay shellless yolk eggs. He argued removing shells would let a hen produce more egg yolks and perhaps more than one egg daily, challenging the egg a day barrier.
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Hell
R. George Jaap
Poultry
Ohio State University
Poultry Breeders of America
Dr. Jaap
Jaap
Wisconsin A TB Drive Tests Rock County Residents
A six month drive by the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association tested about 60,000 of Rock County’s residents with twenty people hospitalized for tuberculosis. Ages ranged from 3 to 93 and schools were reached by two mobile vans in cities including Janesville Beloit Clinton Edgerton Evansville and Lima Center.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Rock County
WATA
Jefferson County
Janesville
Beloit
Clinton
Edgerton
Evansville
Lima Center
Brady Found Guilty Of Moors Slayings
Ian Brady convicted of three murders in the Moors case in Chester England. Myra Hindley found guilty of two killings. The all male jury sentenced Brady to life imprisonment for the slayings of Leslie Ann Downey, 10, John Kilbride, 12, and Edward Evans, 17.
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Chester
England
Ian Brady
Britain
Brady
Myra Hindley
Lesley Ann Downey
John Kilbride
Edward Evans
Man Driven To Shoot Himself Over Juice Loans
In Chicago a coroner jury ruled that Anthony Franchina died by his own hand amid pressure from juice loan debt to a Chicago crime syndicate. His widow Dorothy Franchina testified of threats and torture and of the loans unrelentingly pursued after she lost her job.
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Chicago
Dorothy Franchina
Anthony Franchina
Franchina
Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
Charles Siragusa
Commission
Schwandt Dies in La Crosse School Chief Collapse
Henry C. Schwandt 54 longtime superintendent of schools at La Crosse collapsed and died today apparently from a heart attack. The death in Sheboygan area surroundings was reported by local officials.
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Joe Marty
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Gary Ruge
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Edward Zwicker
August Burgi
James Walsh
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John Ammon
George Geiger
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Richard Theiler
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Delbert Krupke
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