127 To Graduate Here Thursday
Eighth grade promotion certificates will be presented to 127 students of rural and state graded schools in the county at 8 p m Thursday in the Monroe Junior high school auditorium. This marks the final rural graduation here under the policy of attaching schools to high school districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Bonnie Jean Alme
Sandra Amacher
John Ammon
Mary Ammon
Arthur Anderson
Barbara Aslakson
Bonita Babler
Carol Babler
Lawrence Baertschi
Paul Beach
David Beutel
Russel Block
Gordon Blum
Marcia Boeck
Gale Borgemann
Shirley Bowen
Fay Briggs
Peter Buehler
Michael Burke
Barbra Dallman
Virgil Dammen
Gary Digman
Susan Dooley
Rose Drye
Martha Eels
James Erb
Phillip Etheridge
Carol Feldt
Joseph Flanagen
Ruth Ann Fletcher
George Figi
Matthew Figi
Dennis Frehner
Cathleen Gempeler
Roger Gempeler
Gerald Gerber
Duane Grossen
Larry Grossen
Janene Gutzmer
Ronald Gutzmer
Stephen Haag
Eugene Haldiman
Jimmy Hanson
Diane Hartwig
Gary Hartwig
Dwayne Hefty
Ronnie Helland
Norma Hummer
Barbara Hustad
Delores Indergand
Emily Isely
Imogene Isely
David Johnson
Karen Johnson
Roberta Kapke
Trudy Kapke
Sandra Keehn
Hollis Kleier
Phyllis Klitzman
Larry Krattiger
Esther Krause
Barbara Kubly
Harvey Kubly
Delores Lauper
Obert Lee
Sherri Leopold
Richard Lisser
Connie Lowrey
Judith Marty
Paul Marty
Stephen Maske
John Meade
Duann Meichtry
Joyce Mellenberger
Richard Nedlock
Keith Newcomer
Mary Nipple
David Nyhus
Norman O'Dell
Jacqueline Ols
Toni Pederson
Thomas Phillips
Margaret Pink
William Raught
Linda Riemer
Carl Ritschard
Sherri Rosman
Janet Ruef
Gary Rufer
Janet Rufer
Thomas Ruff
Alvin Sacker
Christine Schenk
Allen Schneider
Renee Schuetz
Jamita Schulz
Bonita Schubach
Kent Schwartzlow
Charles Seavert
Allen Sedwick
Cathy Segner
Larry Segner
Gareta Siedschlag
Joan Senn
Anna Mae Smith
Doran Steiner
Shirley Ann Zweeney
David Svendsen
Luann Swenson
Norman Swenson
Dwaine Themann
Marvin Themann
Sharon Thorp
Gary Topp
Daniel Tschudy
Gary Voegeli
Laurine Viney
Linda Wald
Patricia Walters
Linda Weiler
Mary Wendler
Kathleen Wenger
Joan West
Mary Willborn
James Williams
Ruth Yaun
Linda Zweifel
Five Soldiers Die In Tank Mishap At Fort Hood
Five soldiers died when an M48 tank toppled a 30 foot cliff into a creek and burned during a platoon exercise at Fort Hood Texas. A radiol failure forced the platoon commander to transfer to the wrecked tank minutes before the crash. Names of the dead were withheld pending kin notification.
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FT. Hood
Tex
Senior Lab gives Monroe students hands on science chance
Monroe high school runs a Senior Lab program to let students pursue special interests under teacher guidance. In biology three students, under Bernard Keller, study hormone effects on male chicks and embryo development through two projects, documenting results with charts and papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Keller
Monroe
Mike Lamboley
Keller
Lamboley
Deena Speich
Barbara Rufenacht
Times
Monroe High School
Lloyd C. Nielsen
Walter Babula
Pituitary
Speich
Rufenacht
Secret Mission Crash Kills 27
EBERSBURG Germany A four engine US Navy plane on a secret mission exploded and crashed killing all 27 aboard At least 20 bodies were recovered A spokesman in Norfolk said 27 and noted the flight was classified The Air Force Munich and Army Munich spokesmen gave conflicting details about the Constellation based in Rota and flying to Frankfurt
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Ebersburg
Germany
U.S
Spekesman
Atlantic Fleet Air Force Headquaters
Norfolk
Air Force
U.S. Army
Munich
Rota
Frankurt
Turnout Meager For Bond Ballot In Monroe School District
Meager early turnout signals likely all time low for a 975000 school bond issue. By 1 p.m. only 225 voters had appeared at the junior high polling place as polls stay open until 8 pm. Absentee ballots were few with just four cast.
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Monroe
Richland
Browntown
Iliff
Mmes
Myron Stair
Leo Share
Herbert Summeril
William Hogan
William Hartwig
Awalt Lueck
Carl Wyss
Nathan Deininger
Fred Ziltener
Arthur Wagner
Board
Stocks Suffer Sharp Losses In Moderate Trading
New York markets slid in moderate session with volume around 3.5 million shares. DuPont fell more than four points dragging averages, while Polaroid Beckman and IBM shed several points as losses widened then modestly recovered.
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New York
DuPont
Polaroid
Beckman Instruments
IBM
Weather clears for Mercury orbital launch Thursday
Conditions improve for Project Mercury as forest fire smoke and weather threats fade. NASA reports a 60-40 chance of launching astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter on Thursday after heater repairs on the Atlas rocket are completed and verified.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Project Mercury
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
Everglades
Midwest
NASA
Alan B. Shepard ,Jr
Virgil I. Grissom
John H. Glenn Jr
AMA Attacks Kennedy Medical Care Plan as Hoax on TV
The American Medical Association denounces the King Anderson aged care measure as a cruel hoax that would ignore millions needing coverage. AMA spokesmen in Madison Square Garden warn the plan disrupts health services and turns patients into impersonal numbers while stressing voluntary private insurance.
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New York
The
American Medical Association
Kennedy
King Anderson
AMA
Ribicoff
Madison Square Garden
King-Anderson
Public Service
Boston
Wbz-Tv
Edward R. Annis
Miami, Fla
Reynolds Suit Rebuffed on Wisconsin Reapportionment
A three judge federal panel said they must proceed to redraw Wisconsin's political districts unless the Legislature acts. They dismissed Attorney General Reynolds's petition to force reapportionment unless the suit names at least two aggrieved persons beyond the State of Wisconsin, ruling the state is not a person under the 14th Amendment.
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Wisconsin
John Reynold
U.S
Patrick T. Stone
Kenneth Grubb
F. Ryan Duffy
Circuit Court of Appeals
USDA Moves Estes Holdings Grain Squared in Estes Case
The Agriculture Department will relocate about 42 million bushels of grain tied to Billie Sol Estes from his warehouses over 18 months at no extra cost. Roughly 33.4 million bushels were stored in Estes facilities as of March 31 with 8.65 million in allied houses. A Senate probe will explore how Estes won storage contracts with government payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Department
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
George A. Barnes
Freeman
Barnes
Estes
Senate
Kennedy to Hold White House News Conference
The White House announced President Kennedy will hold a news conference on Wednesday at 3 am Monroe Time. The event is to be broadcast for press coverage.
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Washington
Kennedy
Monroe
White House
Monroe Girl Scouts Launch Blood Donor Phone Drive
Senior Girl Scouts of Troop 217 in Monroe have begun a telephone campaign to gather 200 pledges before the bloodmobile arrives Monday. Recruiter Allen Goecks urged pledges followed by donations at the junior high gym from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. The quota targets 149 pints, with past experience requiring 200 pledges to reach it. Leaders include Mrs. George R. Barry, and volunteers Laura Springer, Carol Summeris, Donna Swiggum, Jean Zimmerman, Beth Counselman, Linda Larson, Janet Richardson, Carol Boethe, and Sally Simpson. county blood bank chairmen are Frederick Blanc and Rev. Paul H. Olm.
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Troop
Allen Goecks
Monroe
Goecke
George R. Barry
Laura Springer
Carol Summeris
Donna Swiggum
Jean Zimmerman
Beth Counselman
Linda Larson
Janet Richardson
Carol Boethe
Sally Simpson
Frederick Blanc
Rev
Paul H. Olm
County Blood Bank
Police Nip Plot To Kill De Gaulle
French police spread a dragnet across France and Algeria for Secret Army Organization killers implicated in a abortive plot to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. At least 15 suspects held in Paris as authorities announced the smashing of the second such attempt in eight months. Police backed by Marseille and Algiers arrests disrupted a conspiracy to kill De Gaulle during his tour with plans to use gas bombs or a high powered rifle.
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Paris
France
Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
Secret Army
de Gaulle
Marseille
Algiers
Paris-Presse
Marsielle
Cooking Stove Blaze Brought Fire Department to Residence
A stove fire in an apartment at 1321 17th Avenue, home of Mrs Mae M Knight, prompted a general alarm but caused no damage. Firemen from the local station arrived and contained the incident before noon.
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Mae M. Knight
17Th Avenue
Chandler seeks Connors land for new fire station site
Chandler public works leader Rex Eyler reports the city has offered 32,500 for two Connors parcels owned by P. J. Connors Jr. and Stephen Connors in Monroe and Phoenix. A 35,000 bid is under consideration to extend the Chandler lot and create parking, with plans placing the station opposite the Post Office on 11th street.
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Chandler
P. J. Connors Jr
Monroe
Stephen Connors
Phoenix
Ariz. Rex. N. Eyler
Board of Public Works
Eyler
Connors
11Th Street
Chessel E. Allen
Veterans Administration
Allen
Conners
Planning Commission
Robert G. Rote
Fullerton Lumber Co
Tornadoes Strike Midwest Towns Roiling Region
Tornadoes touched down across the Midwest Monday night, ripping roofs from businesses, uprooting trees, and injuring dozens in Mitchell South Dakota, Tilden Nebraska, Sheldon Iowa, and Lake Andes South Dakota. A child was swept into a field as a fire siren warned residents after a tornado near Norfolk.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Mitchell
S.D
Tilden
Neb
Sheldon
Iowa
Lake Andes
Mary Jo Hohn
Darlington Youth Wins $1000 Knights Scholarship
Darlington senior Philip McDonald, son of Mrs. Agnes J. McDonald, is among 10 Wisconsin Catholic high school students named to receive $1,000 Knights of Columbus scholarships. He stood out from 1,300 applicants.
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Darlington
Philip McDonald
Agnes J. McDonald
Wisconsin Knights of Columbus
Darlington High School
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JFK
Annis
National Speakers Bureau
Gerritt Mouw
Green County
Red Cross
Allen Goecke
Monroe Recruitment
Reynolds
USDA
Estes Holdings
Franklin
John Barron
Henry H. Marshall
Marshall
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
N. Battle Hales
Department
Walter C. Berger
Berger
Commercial Solvents Corp. of
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