LeMay joins Wallace ticket urging tougher Vietnam policy
Former Air Force Chief Curtis LeMay becomes George Wallace running mate on the American Independent Party ticket and calls for a stronger Vietnam approach. He says the problem is a lack of will to win and hints at using nuclear weapons if necessary. He also downplays talk of peace and emphasizes decisive action.
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Pittsburgh
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
George C. Wallace
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
LeMay
Germany
Wallace
American Independent Party
Shepherds Leader Larry Leopold Rears Registered Targhee Sheep
Larry Leopold of Monroe farms 125 acres with 185 head and holds multiple breed posts including director of the Wisconsin Targhee Association and president of the Wisconsin Southdown Association. He shows two rams and 19 registered Targhee ewes, has 102 ribbons this season, and is active as a 4-H sheep project leader. Leopold’s wife Marlea teaches at Monroe High School.
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Ollie Fine
Evening Times
Larry Leopold
Monroe
Wisconsin Targhee Association
Wisconsin Southdown Association
Wisconsin Suffolk Association
Leopold
Green County
Marlea
Model Plane Show and Barbecue at Monroe Airport
The Green County Pilots Association hosts an air show at Monroe Airport on Sunday Oct 6 with plane rides available. A chicken barbecue runs 11 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. carry-outs offered, proceeds funding dusk to dawn north-south runway lights.
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Green County Pilots Association
Monroe
Highway 59
Kids To Get Rides On Fire Trucks Here
Monroe volunteers will offer free rides on its fire trucks to residents of all ages Sunday afternoon October 6 at Twining Park from 2 30 p m to 5 p m Fire Chief Joe Benkett says rides will move to October 13 if rain occurs Children get ice cream cups Fire Prevention Week posters have been placed in schools plants and stores by local firefighters
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
James Bell
Bell
Wisconsin
Stuart Gordon
Chicago
Commerce Building
Monroe
Twining Park
Joe Benkett
Mexico City Battles End as Army Quietly Reasserts Control
Mexico City's army halted a student uprising in a bloodiest clash around the Plaza of the Three Cultures. Officials reported 25 killed and over 70 wounded in hours of gunfire near Tlatelolco as soldiers swept streets and searched for snipers. IOC convenes amid Olympic security concerns. government vows a decisive cleanup to safeguard the upcoming games.
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Mexico City
Tlatelolco
International Olympic Committee
Fernando Garza
el Universal
Social Security
Marcelino Garcia Barragan
Two Wisconsin FFA Members Named for National Honors
Two local youths, Walter Bauman of Juda FFA and William Deininger of Monroe FFA, are among sixteen Wisconsin members recommended for American Farmers Degrees, the FFA’s top award. Degrees will be presented at the 40th Annual convention in Kansas City October 15 to 18. Deininger, son of Donald and rural Monroe, a former chapter president and treasurer, now farms. Bauman, son of Ben and rural Juda, also farms. Juda FFA advisor Ken Sedbrook and Monroe High instructor Kenneth C. Allen guide the chapters.
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Wisconsin
Future Farmers of America
Walter Bauman
Judo Ffa
William Deininger
Monroe Ffa
FFA
Kansas City
Deininger
Donald Deininger
Monroe
Kenneth C. Allen
Bauman
Ben Bauman
Ken Sedbrook
Juda Ffa
Parkview Homecoming Crowns Diane Harrison and Phil Bolen
Diane Harrison and Phil Bolen were named Homecoming Queen and King for Parkview High School with the theme Up Up and Away. The Parkview Vikings face Juda Panthers at 8 p.m. Friday as the Peace Conference provides music for the homecoming dance after the game. Royal Court includes seniors Pattilu Roy and Dan Palmer juniors Wendy Blador n and Dean Grenawalt sophomores Kim Burtness and Mike D Angelo freshmen Kathy Daniels and David O Leary.
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Orfordville
Diane Harrison
Phil Bolen
Parkview High School
Parkview Vikings
Juda Panthers
Reunion in Monroe After Mexican Fun
JoEllen Gordee, 16, of Monroe, hosts Amanda del Rio from Mexico City who spent two months in Mexico under the International Fellowship program. The pair’s Monroe visit follows their summer abroad, continuing a cross border exchange. Amanda has prior familiarity with the United States.
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Amanda del Rio
Mexico City
Monroe
JoEllen Gordee
Amanda
MHS
JoEllen
del Rio
Times
Helen E. Zimmerli
Jim Gordee
United States
Move Over Rover in Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
Amanda travels from Frisco to New York City with her parents and adjusts to Midwest life in a new adventure. JoEllen stays at the Del Rio home during school vacations and learns Spanish with Amanda as they share laughs and misunderstandings. The piece showcases teenage travel, language learning, and small town school life.
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Frisco
New York City
Midwest
JoEllen
del Rio
Amanda
Mexico City
Monroe
MHS
Orangeville Fair and Homecoming Weekend Planned
Orangeville Community School will not hold classes Friday for the fair and homecoming events. A large volunteer panel names department superintendents for exhibits, a garden tractor pull contest starts at 2 30 p m at the high school, and parade entries include Freeport Masons with Model T models.
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Orangeville
Orangeville Community School
Jessie Coomber
Roy Wagner
Joyce Rackow
Irene Moyer
Anna Teuscher
Clifford Scheider
Jerome Lapp
Herman Busjahn
Ann Capps
Gordon Wendtlandt
Lyle Scheider
Raymond Maaske
Delton Davis
Fair Board
Farmers Day Committee
Freeport Masons
Orangeville High
Special Street Work Planned This Fall in Monroe
Monroe city engineer Nathan Klassy announced streets to receive special seab oating treatment this Fall. The work covers sections on 30th St 11th Ave 19th St 15th Ave 17th St 16th St 25th Ave 28th Ave and the Airport hangar apron area. Start possible Friday weather permitting. Traffic will be rerouted to allow the seaboating to cure and loose pea gravel will be swept up and reused. Signals are being installed at the IC railroad intersection with Highway 69 to permit removal of temporary stop signs soon.
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Nathan Klassy
Monroe
30Th St
Highway 69
11Th Ave
19Th St
16Th Ave
15Th Ave
25Th St
17Th St
17Th Ave
10Th St
6Th St
16Th St
20Th Ave
25Th Ave
13Th St
28Th Ave
18Th St
Klassy
IC Railroad
Wainwrights Involved In Florida Car Crash En Route South
Mr and Mrs C M Wainwright spent summer in Monroe and were traveling from Florida to Key West when their two car collision occurred in Marathon. They reportedly escaped injury though extensive vehicle damage was noted. They had recently visited Warren Illinois and Sea Isle Mimi Beach in Florida before heading to Sun City Arizona.
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C. M. Wainwright
Monroe
Marathon
Fla
Key West
Wainwrights
Warren
Ill
Florida
Wainwright
Sea Isle
Mimi Beach
Sun City
Ariz
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Max Otto
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin Department of Philosophy
Max C. Otto
Association
Elkhorn
Lafayette Coum
Josef J. Benkert
Pfister
Independent Insurance Agents of
Benkert
Mac
Neal R. Baer
Independent Insurance Agents
Benkett
Southern Wisconsin
Northern Illinois Firemen’s Association
Margaret
Mexico
Dea
Bolen
Clair R. Munns
Rover
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