Dodgers end Yankee era with four game World Series sweep
Los Angeles dominates New York in a 4 0 series win fueled by strong pitching from Podres Drysdale and Koufax. Mantle homered in game four but the Dodgers held the offense to 25 hits across the series as Gilliam scores on a seventh inning fielder’s choice and Davis drives in the decisive run.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yakees
Dodgers
Yankees
Yankee
Sandy Koufax
Dodger
Johnny Podres
Don Drysdale
Koufax
Ron Perrano
Ski
Whitey Ford
Mickey Mantle
Ford
Big Frank Howard
Mantle
Babe Ruth
Jim Gilliam
Clete Boyer
Joe Pepitone
Gilliam
Willie Davis
Wisconsin weekend crashes claim 11 lives in 1963 toll rise
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin saw eleven fatalities from weekend crashes as warm weather and events drew crowds to highways. Victims include Mary L. Kauth 17 injured fatally, W E Thurston 73, and others across Pierce Port Washington Bruce Richland Center Milwaukee Waukesha Germantown. The toll for 1963 reaches 661.
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Wisconsin
Mary L. Kauth
Route 2
Grafton
Highway 141
Oostburg
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Port Washington
W. E. Thurston
Durand
Pepin County
Highway 63
Pierce County
Highway 40
Bruce
Rusk County
Dale Grubb
Sandra
Ladysmith
Henry C. Gelder
Galesville
Highway 53
Frenchville
Lavern Alvin
Richland Center
Spring Green
Raymond Widder
Milwaukee
Joseph Creech
Waukesha
Mark Shesto
Peter Shesto
Dennis R. Zieleski
Kewaunee
Kewaukee
Tisch Mills
John Streveler
Germantown
Highway 145
Calvary Tool Shed Fire Alarms Monroe Firemen
Firefighters answered a call to the Calvary cemetery tool shed at 1 45 p m. Workmen requested an extinguisher but it could not be sent without sending the fire department to the scene officials said.
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Monroe
Calvary Cemetery
Monroe FFA Team Wins Land Judging Honors at Contests
Monroe FFA Chapter took first place in the tri county land judging contest held Saturday at Platteville State College Farm. Team members were Bill Deininger Russell Block Gene Hartwig and Steve Smith adviser Kenneth Allen. Eleven teams from Green Lafayette and Grant counties competed with LeRoy Pfaff of Lancaster high scorer at 341.
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Monroe
FFA
Platteville State College Farm
Bill Deininger
Russell Block
Gene Hartwig
Steve Smith
Kenneth Allen
Lancaster
Paul Oerlein
Boscobel
New Glarus
Edwin Klassy
Brodhead
Robert Keen
Juda
Gene Taylor
Green
Lafayette
Grant
LeRoy Pfaff
Terry Meythaler
Soil and Water Conservation District
James Schwoegler
George Easton
Jerry Hytry
Abegglen Dies After Yearlong Illness in Monroe
Gottfried Abegglen 60 of 1903 8th Avenue died at 9 10 a m today in St Clare hospital after a year long illness He was born Sept 5 1903 in Iseltwald Canton Bern Switzerland and came to America in 1922 He married Irma Brugger Dec 17 1935 in St John s Church They farmed near Monroe later working as a carpenter A year ago he quit work due to ill health Surviving are wife six daughters Jean Linda Joan Lora Norma Marian Willis all at home two half brothers Walter and Fritz Abegglen a sister Margaret Affolter and a half sister Lydia in Switzerland Funeral services will be 2 p m Thursday in St John s Church Burial in Greenwood cemetery Friends may call at Stuessy funeral home noon Wednesday until 10 a m Thursday.
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Gottfried Abegglen
8Th Avenue
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Abegglen
Iseltwald
Canton Bern
Gottfried
Margaret Bernath Abegglen
Switzerland
America
Monroe
Irma Clara Brugger
St. John’s Church
P. A. Schuh
Abegglen
Heinzelman Lumber and Construction Co
Jean
Linda
Joan
Lora
Norma
Marian
Willis
Walter
Fritz Abegglen
Margaret Affolter
Lydia
Paul H. Olm
Greenwood Cemetery
Stuessy Funeral Home
Wisconsin Easter Seal Society Elects Wells President
Rufus F. Wells of Madison was elected president of the Wisconsin Easter Seal Society, succeeding T. P. Bidwell of Janesville.
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EAU Claire
Rufus F. Wells
Madison
Wisconsin Easter Seal Society
T. P. Bidwell
Janesville
4 H Achievement Pair Named in Albany Brooklyn Area
Yvonne Zimmerman and Roger Ace were named 4H Achievement Girl and Boy for the Albany Brookyn area at a Brooklyn Community building event. Club participants included Oak Corners Dayton Jolly Mixers and Silverview with county wide winners named Nov 2.
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Yvonne Zimmerman
Roger Ace
Albany-Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Miss Zimmerman
Rodney Zimmerman
Juda
Oak Corners
Roger
Emery Ace
New Glarus
Dayton
Albany
Brooklyn Badgers
Jolly Mixers
Silverview
Monroe East Area
Juda- Brodhead
Roy Thickpenny
Ruth Hoesly
Sandra Keehn
Wilbur Hoesly
Judd Nelson
Dean Nelson
Helen Louise
Harold LaVern Loomis
James Fahey
Dayton 4H Club
Canadian Exchange Group
Steven Mitschele
Silverview Club
Viggo J. Peterson
Lutheran Church
Helen Louise Loomis
Harold la Verne Loomis
Brooklyn Badger Chorus
Irene Colvin
Dayton Club
Ardis Briggs
Reynolds Plans Bold Appointments Run to Bypass Senate Hurdle
Gov. Reynolds announced a new tactic to place most of 81 state appointments before a Republican Senate. He will name replacements now and swear them in to force confirmation or court action on his appointive power. He plans to announce many picks before a Japan trip.
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Madison
Reynolds
Senate
Supreme Court
Patrick J. Lucey
State Investment Board
State Department
Japan
Murrow Recovering After Lung Removal
Edward R. Murrow aged 55 and former broadcaster and U S Information Agency director was reported in very satisfactory condition after left lung removal. He is recuperating at Washington Hospital Center following a three hour operation on Saturday. Tests indicate the lung tumor was malignant.
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Washington
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Murrow
Washington Hospital
Gonstead Wins Wilmot Feature in Lotus 23
Curt Gonstead driving a Lotus 23 won the 20 lap Wilmot season finale. He posted the fastest lap of 44.7 seconds and won by 22 seconds over Erick Erickson of Chicago with E. H. Hill of Chicago third. He may race at Indianapolis Speedway next Sunday if repairs finish. His car overheated near the end of the event.
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Curt Gonstead
Monroe
Wilmot
Gonstead
Erick Erickson
Chicago
E. H. Hill
Indianapolis Speedway
Flora Wrecks Cuba Crop Areas As Storm Moves North
Hurricane Flora battered Cuba for a fourth day, wiping out about half the island’s sugar, rice, coffee, cotton and cocoa crops. The 100 mile an hour storm crossed south near Santa Cruz Del Sur and pushed toward Camaguey, with Cuba’s sugar industry already at a 30 year low and deaths mounting in Jamaica and the Bahamas threatened by the track.
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Fla
Flora
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Santa Cruz del Sur
Camaguey
Castro
Bahama Islands
Florida
Bahamas
Oriente
Caribbean Sea
Truman Confesses World Series Doubt About Yankees
Former President Harry S. Truman admitted he thought the New York Yankees would win the World Series but said he has been wrong before and that being wrong again is not surprising.
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NEW York
Harry S. Truman
New York Yankees
Glazner Scouts win traveling trophy at Valley District Camporee
New Glarus Woods State Park hosted the Valley District Camporee with 155 Boy Scout campers and 35 leaders from eight troops. Woodford WIo ta Troop 130 finished second. Brown Town Troop 109 third. Troop 114 Monroe fourth. Flaming Arrow Patrol 113 won first. Eagle Patrol 101 second. Mohawk Patrol 109 Browntown third. Cub Scouts and 75 parents attended the campfire event led by Dewey Dwyer, with 50 Cub Scouts from Gratiot and Monroe packs. Registration began Friday and events closed Monday noon.
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New Glarus
New Glarus Woods
Woodford - Wiota
Browntown
Monroe
Woodford Viota
Monticello
Albany
Order of the Arrow Boys
Flaming Arrow
Eagle Patrol
Gratiot
Dewey Dwyer
Valley District
Mound
Valley
Mrs. Minnie Bowers Dies at 94 in St. Cloud
Mrs. Minnie Bowers 94 died in St. Cloud Minnesota after a long illness. Widow of Lucius L. Bowers she lived in Monroe years ago with her daughter Mrs. R W Blaha now of Chicago. She was born in Pommmern Germany and was active in Eastern Star and Palestine Shrine Club. Survived by sister Miss Amelia Holt granddaughter Mrs Alan Hegge and great granddaughter services Wednesday at Waite Park Methodist church Colbert funeral home in charge.
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Minnie Bowers
St. Cloud
Minn
Blaha
Amelia Holt
Alan Hegge
Waite Park Methodist Church
Colbert Funeral Home
Guard Leads East Germans Across Iron Curtain
A former East German border guard assisted two men to flee to West Germany on Sunday. Police described a dangerous crossing under heavy rain with the trio crawling nearly two miles through a mined zone.
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Eschwege
Germany
Iron Curtain
West Germany
Staley Warns NFO Reads to Start New Holding Actions
Wisconsin Rapids The National Farmers Organization president Or en Lee Staley told 1 200 delegates at the Wisconsin NFO convention that holding actions will resume unless master contracts with processors continue. He said producers are joining in increasing numbers and opponents realize they must act now or never. Robert Manke Ed Graf and Roland Water were nominated to the national board.
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Wisconsin Rapids
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
NFO
Staley
Wisconsin Nfo
Robert Manke
Arlington
Ed Graf
Tomah
Roland Water
Elk Mound
Mrs. Celeste Haren DeMars 61 Dies in Monroe
Mrs. Celeste Ann Haren DeMars, 61, spouse of the late Dr Raymond N DeMars, died at St Clare hospital after influenza and heart complications. She taught in Dixon and Milwaukee and was a St Victor Catholic Church member. Survived by brothers Frank M and William C Haren and sister Mrs Paul V Hodges Sr. Burial in Calvary Cemetery follows services at St Victor's Church on Wednesday.
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Raymond N. DeMars
Celeste Haren
St. Clare Hospital
DeMars
Frank M
William C. Haren
11Th Street
Celeste Ann Haren
Monroe
Daniel H. and
Anna McCorry Haren
Monroe High School
Milwaukee Normal
Dixon
Milwaukee
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
T. A. Dempsey
Brookfield
Altar Society
Paul V. Hodges Sr
Denver
Arthur
France
George B. Erwin
Florence Haren
Christina Arrives at Lesbos With Mrs. Kennedy Aboard
The yacht Christina reached Lesbos today, the birthplace of Sappho, during an Aegean cruise carrying Mrs. John F. Kennedy.
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Lesbos Island
Greece
Christina
John F. Kennedy
Aegean
Sappho
Richard Weaver longtime Monroe grocer dies at 62
Richard Weaver 62 a former Monroe grocer died at 1 05 pm yesterday at Memorial Community hospital Edgerton after a yearlong illness a heart attack was the cause He owned a neighborhood grocery at 13th Street and 20th Avenue He lived in Beloit Juda and Woodstock before moving to Monroe in 1931 He was married to Ilah Brown in 1928 and survived by his wife a son Eugene two sisters and two grandchildren Burial will be in East lawn cemetery Beloit Funeral services set for Wednesday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home Friends may call there tomorrow afternoon.
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Richard
Dick) Weaver
Monroe
Memorial Community Hospital
Edgerton
Mr. Weaver
Weaver
Ralph
13Th Street
20Th Avenue
Monroe Clinic
Milton Junction
Stoughton
Rollins Street
Sharon
Walworth County
James Samuel
Luella Chilson Weaver
Rockford
Ilah Brown
Beloit
Weaver’s
Union Presbyterian Church
Eugene
Fond du Lac
Inez Weaver
Juda
Ruth Latham
Woodstock
Ill
James S
Benjamin
Canton
Fred
Denver
Margaret
Shriner- Neushwander
Shriner- Neushwander Funeral Home
Eastlawn
Funeral Home
Barn Fire Destroys Garveille Farm Barn Near Brooklyn
Four fire departments battled a late Saturday blaze at the Garveille farm two miles southwest of Brooklyn off Highway 92. Loss pegged at about 20 000 dollars. The barn held 2800 bales of hay and 400 bales of straw. Farm owner Irving Garveille is Brooklyn police chief. Mrs Hollis Ruck and four children live in the farmhouse. Earl Keehn of Cooksville first reported smoke as they left the Ruck home. Fire Chief Maurice Smith coordinated Verona and Belleville crews.
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Garveille
Here
Highway
Irving Garveille
Hollis Ruck
Earl Keehn
Cooksville
Maurice Smith
Verona
Oregon
Belleville
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Albany Club
Darrell Bollig
Wayne Houlberg
Bonnie Ringhand
Karen Houlberg
Russell Ace
Jane Dieder
Richard Thickpenny
Gerald Weiss
Barbara Fahey
Lynn Berge
Russell Visger
Lloyd Johnson
Joann Lange
Diane Gould
Phillip Ringhand
Paul Fahey
Glen Houlberg
Marlon E. Visger
Linda Trumpy
Ardis Grunner
Georgiana Miller
Ann Keehn
Gary Clemens
Beth Ann Trumpy
Junior
Billy Johnson
Dean Houlberg
Stanley Keehn
Richard Miller
LuAnn Marty
Jane Fahey
Donna Beyer
Corrine Bartels
Ken Schindler
Allen Zimmerman
State Senate
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Masonic Temple
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Robert Kingdon Jr
Carl Gant
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LaCrosse
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