Helicopter crew testifies on My Lai massacre sights during Calley court martial
Lt Hugh Thompson and gunner Lawrence Colburn testified they saw civilians dead and wounded in a ditch at My Lai. They described an unidentified captain firing on a wounded woman and removing a child from the pile of corpses.
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FT. Benning, Ga
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Hugh Thompson
Decatur
Lawrence Colburn
Auburn
Wash
Allen Named State Teacher of Year
Ken Allen vocational agriculture teacher at Monroe High School is Wisconsin Teacher of the Year as announced by State Superintendent William C. Kahl. Nominated by the Monroe Education Association, Allen is noted for a nationally recognized FFA program and multiple state and local honors. He is a Livingston native and a former Navy veteran who recently underwent heart surgery and plans to resume teaching. He and his wife Lucille have three children and live on a farm near Browntown.
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Ken Allen
Monroe High School
Wisconsin
William C. Kahl
Larry Larson
Monroe Education Association
MEA
National Selection Committee
Washington
Look Magazine
Allen
Livingston
Grant County
Navy
University of Wisconsin
College of Agriculture
Belmont
Wis
Monroe
University
Ivan Zettle
Wisconsin Vocational Agricultural Teachers’ Association
FFA
October Cost of Living Continues Upward Trend
Government data show October living costs jumped six-tenths of one percent, the largest monthly rise in six months, erasing hopes inflation is easing. Average pay fell 33 cents weekly to 121.03 dollars as purchasing power dropped 2.5 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Yule Shopping Tips Highlighted In Monroe Edition
The Monroe Evening Times promotes holiday guidance with Section B listing Santa’s visit schedule on Monroe Square November 27 at 2 PM via Fire Truck. Section C provides gift ideas for men women and children and urges early shopping.
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Monroe
Santa Claus
Santa
Monroe's Square
Monticello Soldier Killed in Vietnam
Pfc. Roger Ritschard 20 of Monticello died in Vietnam from a booby trap. He served with Co C 1st Battalion 501st Infantry 101st Airborne, joined in april, basic completed June 26, and had been in Vietnam since Sept 20. He is survived by parents Donald and Evelyn Ritschard, siblings, and grandparents.
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Monticello
Roger Ritschard
Donald Ritschard
Vietnam
Pfc
Ritschard
Donald
Evelyn Schuetz Ritschard
Monticello High School
Carnes Corp
Verona
Susan
Vickie
James
John
Jeffrey
Daniel
Nixon Hears Good Bad Economic News
President Nixon seeks to expand the economy and curb inflation. The Federal Home Loan Bank plans to pump over 1 billion dollars into the slumping mortgage market to cut rates next year, while the Committee for Economic Development urges voluntary wage and price guideposts to fight inflation.
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Federal Home Loan Bank
Committee For Economic Development
Washington (Ap
Nixon
National Commission On Productivity
Business Research Organization
Firemen's Thanksgiving Dance Tickets Still Selling
Ticket sales for the annual Firemen's Thanksgiving Dance in Turner Hall Friday night Nov 27 are strong. Fire chief Joe Benkert urges return or payment at the door. Band Vern Meisner and his Band from Whitewater will provide music and funds support volunteer firemen.
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Turner Hall
Joe Benkert
Benkert
Clark's
Benkett’s
Vern Meisner
Whitewater
Possible New Commando Raids After POW Rescue Attempt
Washington reports consider additional commando missions to free American prisoners after the Son Tay raid near Hanoi. Pentagon sources say defense officials did not rule out future raids while defending the previous operation as a show of dedication to prisoners.
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Washington
United States
Hanoi
Pentagon
Defnese
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Nixon
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Robert Dole
R-Kan
White House
U. S
Panhandle
Saigon
Manor
Son Tay
USS
U.S
First North Vietnam raid not the first or last
AP reports the weekend commando raid into North Vietnam was part of a long pattern of such operations dating to the 1950s. Dozens of escape attempts occurred, but no prior rescue mission is known to have succeeded. Raids often used unmarked helicopters and sterile gear to avoid identification.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
1St Air Transport Squadron
United States
POW Program Planned by Fellowship at St Johns UCC
The Youth Fellowship of St John s United Church of Christ plans a Sunday 7 30 program on Prisoners of War with a briefing team from Arnold Air Society and Angel Flight. The event promotes a letter writing drive to urge neutral POW inspections and reunification efforts with Mrs Jerry Singleton delivering letters to Paris. A five minute film Does Anyone Remember Me will be shown and refreshments offered.
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Youth Fellowship of
St. John’s United Church of Christ
Fellowship Hall
Arnold Air Society
Angel Flight
P.O.W
Air Force R.o.t.c.’S
University of Wisconsin
National League of Families of Prisoners of War
Washington
D.C
Paris
Jerry Singleton
Madison
Monroe
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AP News
National Press Club
Mary Hazel Whitley
Monday
Robert H. Whitley
Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery
Pacific Ocean
San Diego Bay
San Francisco
Whitley
Holland
East Pakistan
Vatican City
Paul VI
Manila
Vatican
Dacca
Ganges Delta
Amsterdam
Jean Mayer
Monroe Pound
Times
Steve Mitschele
Herman Ritschard
Fred Schuetz
Route 3
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Preston Martin
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp
Treasury Department
Asst
Murray L. Weidenbaum
Charles Koch
Jerry Gentz
John McLelland
Mike Einbeck
Richard Nelson
Robert Ostby
Fritz Graber
Nathan Dittmar
Robert Rufer
Hans Koch
Lester Bacon
Associated Press
Laos
Cambodia
P.o.w.s
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