14 Lives Die In Wisconsin Weekend Traffic
The Associated Press reports 14 fatalities on Wisconsin highways over the weekend amid heavy rain. Notable deaths include Linda Rakow 21 Green Bay killed when her car left a Chippewa County road and rolled over near Bloomer. Albert Affeldt 20 Bear Creek died when a vehicle swerved off Highway 76 in Outagamie County near Bear Creek.
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Wisconsin
Badger State
Linda Rakow
Green Bay
Chippewa
Bloomer
John M. Kenney
Elkhorn
la Grange
Raymond DeMoss
St. Paul Park
Minn
Clark County
Granton
Albert Affeldt
Bear Creek
Highway 76
Outagamie County
They Walked in The Rain Welfare Marchers Demonstrate in Madison
Welfare marchers walked from the University of Wisconsin to the Capitol in cold rain to press for restored welfare funds. No clashes occurred with guards as organizers planned further demonstrations including store marches. A Madison clergyman urged Gov Knowles to lead in restoring welfare funds cut from the 1969-71 budget.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
State Street
Capitol
Warren P. Knowles
Manhunt Launched for Gunman After Wisconsin Joyride
State officials and the FBI issued a statewide APB for a light blue 1968 Mustang after a gunman held two teen girls and an auto salesman during a 24 hour joyride in Lake Mills Wisconsin. Victims Jean Blomquist and Debbie Boehm both 17 from Eau Claire and James A Vinar 55 of St Paul were later released unharmed.
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Lake Mills
Wis
FBI
Milwaukee
Jean Blomquist
Debbie Boehm
Eau Claire
James A. Vinar
St Paul, Minn
Sonja Henie Dies En Route Home for Burial
Sonja Henie, world famed figure skater and show business star, dies at 57 from leukemia aboard an ambulance plane returning to Norway from a vacation in France with her husband Niels Onstad. She had battled illness for nine months and will be buried in Oslo.
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Oslo
Norway
Sonja Henie
Miss Henie
France
Niels Onstad
Paris
Onstad
ABA Judiciary Committee Backs Haynsworth for Supreme Court
The American Bar Association Judiciary Committee, a panel of 12 lawyers, issued a second endorsement of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth for the Supreme Court in New York, saying conflicts of interest allegations do not merit a change from its initial endorsement.
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Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Judiciary Committee
New York
Haynsworth
Riots in Belfast as British Troops Clash With Protestants
British troops fired tear gas and engaged with about 1000 rioting Protestants in Belfast. One soldier was slightly wounded as weekend violence left at least three dead and many injured.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Third Soviet Spaceship Lifts Off With Two Veterans
Moscow reports Soyuz 8 launching into orbit carrying cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov and Alexei Yeliseyev. The craft joins Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7 in a record three manned spacecraft aloft at once, aiming to build a space platform and counter U S Apollo prestige.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Vladimir Shatalov
Alexei Yeliseyev
United States
Turner Focus of Senate Graft Probe
The Senate probe into military graft turned to Ma. Gen. Carl C. Turner the Army's former provost marshal accused of using his office to improperly gain confiscated guns from civilian police departments.
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Washington
Senate
Carl C. Turner
Army
Survivor John Lelle in Vietnam air crash near Saigon
Air Force gunner Sgt. John F. Lelle of South Wayne survived a Tan Son Nhut crash that killed six Americans. He helped free two others and spoke to his parents by short wave radio about 24 hours later.
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John F. Lelle
Clark Lelle
South Wayne
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Lelle
Vietnam
Air Force
Tan Son Hut
South Wayne High School
Lockbourn Air Force Base
Ohio
Fairchild Afb
Spokane
Wash
Philippines
Military Pay Gap Pushes Families Toward Welfare
An AP study finds thousands of service members rely on public aid as military salaries and allowances fail to meet rising living costs. Short on base housing and with many lower-rank personnel under poverty levels, Defense officials push for a nationwide survey while welfare proposals debate military coverage.
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Washington
New Jersey
California
Associated Press
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Laird
Pentagon
National Council On
Agriculture Department
Skunk Trapped as Dog Hunts Skunks at Argyle Home
Allan Wire of Route 1 Argyle sought sheriff help to remove a skunk from his basement. A deskman suggested leaving the door open hoping for escape, but the family dog instead entered and chased the skunk, leaving the dog suffering from the odor with doors and windows open.
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Allan Wire
Route 1
Argyle
Green
Plant Damaged By Blaze At Green County Cheese Plant
A Sunday morning fire damaged the Green County Pre-Pak Inc. cheese smoke house at 1301 18th Street, with unknown origin. Randolph Yates reported the blaze at 9:43 a.m. and smoke filled the area causing some cheese loss. Monroe Fire Department arrived and confined the fire to the smoke house. Tour in Vietnam and western Pacific for Marines is being cut from 13 to 12 months.
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Green County Pre-Pak Inc
18Th Street
Randolph Yates
Monroe
Smoke House
Washington
Vietnam
Western Pacific
Police log notes multiple minor accidents and a tavern gun incident
Monroe police reported several minor crashes and a tavern disturbance where a patron drew a gun but no injuries occurred. An arrest in Freeport for disorderly conduct and weapon charges followed. Other incidents include vehicle collisions and a found pair of glasses. Israeli jets attacked a guerrilla stronghold near Amman in Jordan.
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Monroe
Freeport
Herman A. Spani
18Th Avenue
Randy R. Goepfert
Route 4
Highway 69 North
Goepfert
Merlin R. Piper
Orangeville
Gayle F
Browntown
Lock
17Th Ave
Scott T. Stafford
22Nd Ave
Isabel E. Kempfert
12Th St
Spring Square
Gary A. Helmeid
14Th Ave
Jordan
Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Amman
Youths Honored for Achievement in Area Programs
Two areas held Saturday night achievement programs recognizing 4-H members for the past year. In Monroe East at Monroe High School, awards were presented by Frances Wilson and others, honoring top juniors from Argus Club, Clarno, Richland, Suburbanites and Juda area groups. In Juda, at Juda High School Gym, Allen Reed and Donita Conway presided as awards were given to boys and girls from Decatur, Fairfielders, Juda Jolly Juniors, Oakley, Spring Grove, and others named Kevin Winkler and Kathy …
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Monroe East
Monroe High School
Kathy Meier
Richland
Frances Wilson
Schmerse
Mike Krauss
Juda-Brodhead Area
Duane Riemer
Joyce Keen
Decatur
Mike Rahberger
Nancy Hartwig
Fairfielders Club
Greg Bagley
Lillian Stuckey
Juda Jolly
Barbara Wunschel
Oakley
Mike Zweifel
Michelle Speth
Spring
Juda High School
Donita Conway
Allen Reed
Kevin Winkler
Kathy
Transplant recipient Mrs. Anick celebrates first anniversary
In Milwaukee AP report Mrs. John Anick marks one year since a heart transplant on Oct 21. The 50 year old grandmother may be the world’s first woman to survive a year after such a transplant and the 12th overall. She reports restored color and vitality and says she dances and swims again.
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Milwaukee
John Anick
Lull in War To Continue For Awhile
Vietnam war lull extends into sixth week as U S officials expect a pause until the winter spring offensive. U S and allied reports note light enemy activity while preparations for a larger campaign are suspected. Paratroopers uncover a weapons stockpile near Saigon and clashes near the Cambodian border result in American casualties. Karl O Jensen, former Monroe officer, seeks cards as he undergoes tests in Wausau Wisconsin after a heart attack.
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Saigon
U.S
3Rd Military Corps
3Rd Corps
Airborne Division
Karl O. Jensen
Monroe
Walworth
Elkhorn
St. Mary's Hospital
Wausau
Wis
Karl 0. Jensen
St. Mary’s Hospital
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