Armstrong quits moon program to take NASA desk post
Neil Armstrong announces he will leave the astronaut corps to lead NASA aeronautics in Washington starting July 1. The Apollo 11 commander parks moon mission hopes and plans to stay active by flying helicopters jets and sail planes. In Georgia a civil rights march to Atlanta honors MLK with coffins symbolizing racial violence deaths in Augusta Jackson State College Kent State.
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Space Center, Houston
Neil Armstrong
Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Astronaut Corps
Armstrong
Perry
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Augusta
Jackson
Miss
State College
Kent State University
Ohio
Laird Says U.S. Moves Cautiously on Weapons Deployment
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird told the Senate Foreign Relations disarmament subcommittee that the United States is deploying weapons carefully to seek a disarmament pact with Russia. He noted the arms race has reached a crossroads while SALT talks in Vienna proceed, with the administration urging only minimal deployment.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Russia
Laird
Soviet Union
U.S
Vienna
Finch to Reschedule Meeting After Hospitalization
Welfare Secretary Robert H. Finch plans to reschedule the mass meeting once he recovers. He had called the session to address HEW employee charges that policy matters drifted, especially civil rights, but was hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital with numbness in his left arm and hand.
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Washington (Ap
Robert H. Finch
Finch
HEW
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Negotiators hold ninth SALT session with lunch invitation
U S and Soviet negotiators met for the ninth SALT session at the Soviet Embassy in Vienna. The session lasting an hour and fifteen minutes was described as businesslike and free of polemics. For the first time in five weeks the Soviet delegation invited the 11 American negotiators to lunch after the meeting.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S
UW Alumni Association Sets Five Scholarships
The Green County Chapter of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association awarded five $150 scholarships to area high school students Ellen Gordee Monroe Rhonda Elmer Albany Joyce Keen Brodhead Marjorie Hill Monticello and John Strickler New Glarus. The association relies on donations and fund raising, with the University Singers February event noted as a recent effort. Members include William Gyure chairman Mrs Harold Snively and Robert Crandall.
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Green County
University of Wisconsin Alumni Association
William Gyure
Ellen Gordee
Monroe
Rhonda Elmer
Albany
Joyce Keen
Brodhead
Marjorie Hill
Monticello
John Strickler
New Glarus
University Singers
Harold Snively
Robert Crandall
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong Step Up Attacks Across Vietnam
The AP reports a spike in North Vietnamese and Viet Cong offensives across South Vietnam and Cambodia to mark Ho Chi Minh’s birthday. In South Vietnam 61 allied positions were shelled, the heaviest in 12 days, with 166 enemy actions and 141 killed per a U.S. communique. Civilian and military casualties listed, and Cambodian activity threatened. In Laos, officials fear retaliation as forces move toward Lomphat and the Bolovens plateau amid cease-fire tensions.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Cambodia
Laos
Mekong
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Pham van Dong
Hanoi
Vientiane
Bolovens
Panhandle
Phnom Penh
Lomphat
Se San
Area Dairy Queens to Begin Balloting May 25
Balloting for community dairy queens starts May 25 with one vote per dairy product purchased for 20 cents or more. Rodney Kammerer named Juda Community Dairy Queen chairman for 1970, succeeding Roland Keen. James Haldiman listed as New Glarus chairman in a corrected notice. Kick-off June Dairy Month Breakfast set for June 1 at Zion United Methodist Church in Juda. June Dairy Day in Blanchardville on June 27 ahead of Green County Dairy Queen selections.
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Rodney Kammerer
Juda Community Dairy Queen
Roland Keen
James Haldiman
New Glarus
Queens
Zion United Methodist Church
Blanchardville
Green County
Blanchardville Dairy Queen
Lafayette County
Cambodian Thrusts Upset Hanoi War Timetable
A Communist source says the Phnom Penh offensive disrupted Hanoi’s schedule in Indochina. COSVN staff fled Cambodia ahead of the attack, disrupted Communist communications, and swept up weapons and food. Viet Cong losses may delay their timetable for years while Saigon’s forces may be stretched across two countries.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Hanoi
Indochina
High Command
South Vietnam
COSVN
Saigon
Monroe Doctors Shine at Wisconsin Medical Meeting
Two physicians from The Monroe Clinic stood out at the State Medical Society of Wisconsin meeting in Milwaukee last week. Dr. Eugene E. Eckstam showcased a gastrocamera exhibit and earned a merit award. Dr. Robert R. Baumann led a program on Drug Eruptions. Sessions ran May 12 to 14 at the Milwaukee Auditorium and the Sheraton- Schroeder Hotel. The event featured x rays, gastrocamera color photos, cytology, biopsy techniques, and fiberoptic examinations.
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Monroe Clinic
State Medical Society of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Eugene E. Eckstam
Eckstam
Robert R. Baumann
Department of
Dermatology
Milwaukee Auditorium
Sheraton- Schroeder
Dairy Desserts Contest Opens in Green County June
The 1970 Dairy Recipe Contest announces a Dairy Desserts category with a June schedule from the first to the twentieth. Three-week winners will be named plus three at large finalists, to advance to a regional bake off on August 12, with a final bake off at the county bank venue.
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Green County
Harvey Goepfert
Monroe
Donald Witt
Monticello
Ralph Baltzer
First National Bank of
Wisc-Tv
Madison
Carol Pregent
NIU students occupy bridge in De Kalb clash injures and 33 arrested
About 200 Northern Illinois University students blocked a principal bridge near De Kalb as police cleared the scene. Dozens were injured and 33 students were arrested for disorderly conduct after dawn clashes following a peaceful march and speeches.
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DE Kalb
Northern Illinois University
Don Crawford
Rhoten A. Smith
University
Alt. U.S. 30
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Green County Agricultural Chest
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Roy Kundert
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Illinois
Nixon
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Monroe High School
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Noreen Haegele
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Barbara Eckstam
Mandy Long
Cindy Ganshert
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