DROWNINGS, DRAFT CALLS AND LOCAL NEWS FROM WISCONSIN
Two Green Bay youths Albert G. Matthews 16 and Michael W. Pleau 15 drowned after falling from a skiff into the East River in Green Bay. Wisconsin draft calls will total about 350 men with induction starting June 14. A Swedish girl Eva RootmaAngered will study at the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped funded by the Janesville Lions Club. Wisconsin inheritance tax law revised lowers taxes for immediate family while distant relatives pay more. Seven nursing homes appear unlicensed in a county survey alongside nine boarding homes failing fire safety standards.
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East River
Green Bay
Albert G. Matthews
Michael W. Pleau
Madison, Wis
Selective Service System
Wisconsin
State Selective Service
LIONS
Madison
Patrick Lucey
State Revenue Department
Wis
Martin Schreiber
Schreiber
Ships Change Course as U S Mines Hit North Vietnam Route
The Pentagon said several merchant ships heading for North Vietnamese ports altered course amid the U S mine blockade. Some may head to Chinese ports to move cargo by land routes. Soviet flagged ships and additional vessels left Haiphong prior to mine activation. In combat, North Vietnamese forces attacked An Loc as U S B 52 strikes intensified, with casualties and equipment losses reported for local defenses.
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Washington
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S
Friedheim
Haiphong Harbor
Tsushima Strait
Japan
Korean
Peninsula
Japanese Defense Agency
Nixon
An Loc
Saigon
Protests Sweep U S as Nixon Vietnam Policy Triggers Actions
U N officials close New York headquarters to tourists amid rising demonstrations against Nixon Vietnam policy. Protests erupt nationwide with campus clashes and a university emergency at Albuquerque. An embargo on nighttime entertainment follows a Saigon curfew shift as clashes kill and wound South Vietnamese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Walter Chilsen
Charles Smith
Nixon
Smith
Chilson
Wausau
U.N
New York
University of New Mexico Albuquerque
Nineteen Area FFA Members Named State Farmers
Nineteen area Future Farmers of America members are among 336 finalists for the Wisconsin State Farmer Degree the highest state honor. Recipients include Larry Buetzer Fred Hasler William Hartwig Mike Klemm and David Welz of Monroe along with other area awardees from South Wayne Brodhead Belleville Darlington Evansville Mineral Point Mount Horeb and more. Awards will be given June 12 to 14 at the State FFA Convention at Green Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
State Organization of Vocational Agriculture
Dale Aebischer
Department of Public Instruction
FFA
Monroe
Larry Buetzer
Fred Hasler
William Hartwig
Mike Klemm
David Welz
Duane Meier
Rudy Kaderly
Larry Lelle
Dean Kaster
South Wayne
Steve Earleywine
Brodhead
Gary Hageman
Richard Gehin
Belleville
Allan A. Abraham
Darlington
George Andrew
Paul Hagen
Darrell Hamilton
Evansville
Steven Gorder
Mineral Point
Gary Sutter
Dave Garfoot
Mount Horeb
American Baptist Assembly
Green Lake
Plans Emerge for June Dairy Month Events at Monticello
Monticello organizers outlined June Dairy Month activities including June Dairy Day set for Saturday June 24 at Monticello with a Swiss style Bier Garten to be built at Green County Fairgrounds. Dairy Day features Queen’s Banquet June 22 at Monticello High School, a kickoff breakfast June 1, and a parade entry from 4-H and Agri-Business groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Dairy Day
Tom Saunders
Howard Voegels
Monticello High School
Dairy Queen Cochairmen
Larry Hawthorn
Robert Faith
Donald McDowell
Madison
FFA
Secretary of Agriculture of
Wisconsin
Peace United Church of Christ
Browntown
Terry Freitag
4-H
Shelter House of the Park
Nelson McCammon
Pipeline decision in Alaska sparks protracted legal fight
Interior Secretary Morton approved an Alaska route for the Alyeska Oil pipeline while environmental groups and Alaska fishing interests vow to press court challenges. Alyeska and seven oil companies will delay construction pending rulings, as Canadian intervention broadens the dispute and Canada condemns the Alaskan choice.
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Washington
Alaska
Interior Department
Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
Canada
U.S
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Alyeska
Morton
Dennis Flannery
Wilderness Society
Friends of Earth and
Environmental Defense Fund
Sierra Club
Nick Begich
D-Alaska
Mitchell Sharp
Vancouver
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Badger
Lake Michigan
Interstate Commerce Commission
George Morin
Manitowoc
Kewaunee
Ann Arbor
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Morin
Steiger
Fond DU Lac
John Race
William Steiger
Race
Chilsen
Rips
Smith Attitude
Navy
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Adm
Philip Beshang
Naval Operations
Wisconsin Democrat
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Times
Society News
Chon Thanh
Quang Tri
AP News
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Eastern Air Lines
Mt. Sorocon
Atlantida
Yoro
USO
Francis L. Sampson
Vietnam
Les Aspin
D-Wis
House
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Sally Farrell
Boston Children’s Medical Center
Sally
Laos
Miles
Hanoi
S Thanh Hoo
Cam Pho
s,Quang Khe
China
Gulf of
Tonkin
Haiphong
South China Sea
Dong Hoi
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Area Ffa
National Association of the
Bier Garten
Fair
Green County Ag
Henry Spring
Ralph Elmer
Chest
Myron Jeglum
Green County Agri- Business
George Hartman
Green County Extension
Tom Wilkinson
Ron Flory
Sunshine
Kellogg
Idaho
Flory
Cecil Andrus
Sunshine Mine
Wilkinson
Associated Press
Federal Appeals Court
David Anderson
Canadian Wildlife Federation
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