Yearend Highway Congestion Triggers Multiple Accidents
Deputies report a weekend surge of crashes tied to heavy traffic in mild November weather. A deer struck a Brodhead squad car. three-vehicle wreck near Monroe injured Jill Thomm, Paulie Risser, and William Rieder Sr. A Monticello one-car crash injured James Myers and Gregory Holcomb. Meier and Davis also injured in separate incidents.
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Frederick Bernstein
Brodhead
Monroe
Green County
Rieder
Monticello
James R. Myers
Gregory R. Holcomb
John W. Meier
Route 1
Donald W. Davis
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Davis
Glen R. Sterkowicz
Lena
Sherill P. Heid
McConnell
Thomas C. Holmes
Sherill Heid
Allen L. Bredeson
Rockford
Ill
Umpire Analogy Heads Banquet Honoring Local Officers and Athletes
Justice Robert W. Hanson of Milwaukee saluted Ervin L. Goecks and area lettermen at a Monroe Eagles Club banquet. He praised Goecks for leadership in youth work, Civil Defense, and police service, urging reverence for law as the rule of the game.
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Robert Hansen
Milwaukee
Ervin Goecks
Monroe
Civil Defense Auxiliary Police
Goecks
Henry S. Hefty
Wilber E. Deininger
Times
Larry Lindgren
Robert W. Hanson
Eagles
Ervin L. Goecks
Judge Hansen
Reader’s Digest
Department
Fos
Abraham Lincoln
Hansen
Pentagon
Vietnam
United States
Sam Remus
Larry Davis
Jim Larson
Clarence Bruess
Davis
Larson
Bruess
Madison Wiscon sin Lawmakers Open Fall Week on Aid and Housing
Madison legislators enter the fifth week of the fall term facing persistent issues including school aid and open housing. The debate centers on funding and policy changes as sessions continue.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Veterans Day Banquet Highlights War, Peace Debates
Coplien spoke on the Vietnam war and domestic issues including tax increases and debt, opposing war protests. Kubly traced Veterans Day history and noted 3.4 million serving, 460,000 in South Vietnam, stressing free world leadership and nation independence. About 110 attended the VFW event.
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Monroe
Dwight Coplien
Glenn L. Kubly
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Club
Coplien
Vietnam
Supreme Court
Kubly
Korea
Congress
United States
South Veitnam
Southeast Asia
Safety First In Optimist and Pessimist Verse
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns presents a playful contrast on risk and preparation. The brief poem jokes that an optimist relies on suspenders or a belt while a pessimist distrusts single safeguards and uses both, ending with a humorous note on faith.
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Clair R. Munns
Gallup Sees Vietnam War as Hardest Polling Issue
Milwaukee pollster George Gallup says Vietnam is the most complex issue affecting the 1968 election. He notes third party bids by Wallace and a peace candidate could cloud outcomes, with public opinion shifting amid presidential race uncertainties. Gallup plans to gauge early reactions to Eugene McCarthy's potential challenge to Johnson.
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Milwaukee
George Gallup
Thomas E. Dewey
Harry Truman
Gallup
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Johnson
Last Man's Club Of WW2 Gathers For Final Reunion
The Last Man's Club of World War II Overseas met on Saturday, November 11, at Monroe Country Club for its annual gathering. The group, formed 16 years ago, counts 14 original members still living. all were present except Har Old Heimann, serving in Vietnam on a civilian assignment. Attendees included Dr. David Ruehlmann now in Kenosha, Frank Heinzelman of Janesville, Robert C. Rote of Minneapolis, and Monroe members J. T. Duke Etter, Kenneth Stuart, Doran Zwygart, Harvey Trumpy, Wesley Dodge, Dr. Wayne Fencil, Edwin Rufenacht, Robert Tschudy, Rudi Reger, and Alvin Babler.
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Monroe Country Club
Harold
Cap) Heimann
Vietnam
David Ruehlmann
Kenosha
Frank Heinzelman
Janesville
Robert C. Rote
Minneapolis
Minn
Monroe
J. T
Duke) Etter
Kenneth Stuart
Doran Zwygart
Harvey Trumpy
Wesley Dodge
Wayne Fencil
Edwin Rufenacht
Robert Tschudy
Rudi Reger
Alvin Babler
Legion Event Honors Heroes at Veterans Day Dinner
The American Legion Zilmer Riley Post No 84 held its Veterans Day dinner with 85 in attendance. Third District Commander E L Niffenegger awarded 50 year membership cards to 31 members. Rev Gerritt Mouw gave the main address reflecting on Armistice Day and history.
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American Legion
Zilmer Riley Post No. 84
Legion
Third District
E. L. Niffenegger
Emil Boesch
Roy Chesebro
Robert Hardell Sr
William Haren
Andrew Heinzelman
Fred Kohli
Ralph Lindsay
Amos Mahlkuck
Sam Pickett
Nat G. Preston
H. O. Schulz
Jerome Schwaiger
Peter Solomon
Ernest Waeffler
William Walters
Albert D. Geigel
Harry Young
Charlotte Young
Walter Wenger
Adolph Vogel
Arthur H. Tschudy
Leon Schmidt
Charles Niles
O. N. Johnson
Frank Haren
George Grant
Albert O. Fristch
Fred Flick
John J. Burkhard
Napa
Calif
George Bloom
Arthur W. Bienema
William A. Miller
William Eberhardt
Alfred Henning
Auxiliary
Gerritt Mouw
Thieves Seize Massive Saferoom Haul In London
Police said thieves used thermal lances to blast open the Stratford East London national co operative store chain headquarters pocketing as much as 1 million pounds 2.8 million dollars. The master safe and deposit boxes were burned and rifled during a weekend raid.
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London
National Co-Operative
Stratford
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Samuel Remus
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Belleville
Johba Zentner
Montrose
Exeter
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Last
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Mouw
Weimar Republic
Thomas W. Kirkman Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Royal Oak
Mich
Detroit
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