Fight Reported at Brooklyn Fifty Motorcycle Riders Roll Through Area
In Brooklyn on Sunday a mob of about fifty motorcyclists confronted Bill Legler Sr at his seed store on Hotel Street. The group demanded beer and attacked Legler and bystanders, injuring Legler, his son Bill Jr, and beheading others with punches and a broken window. Deputies arrived after a ten minute brawl and the riders scattered. Legler blamed a civic group selling beer recently for provoking the clash. Sheriff Roy Vetterli traced the ride from New Glarus to Dayton and then Brooklyn and Oregon with no prior trouble in New Glarus.
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Bill Legler Sr
Legier
Hotel St
Legler
Fritz Wethal
Withal
Bill Legler
Bill Jr
Green County Sheriff’s Deputies
Green County
Roy Vetterli
New Glarus
Dayton
Oregon
Labor Day Walkers Lead Governors Across Mackinac Bridge
Governors Romney of Michigan and Knowles of Wisconsin led about 15 000 walkers across the Straits of Mackinac Bridge in a Labor Day trek. Romney noted the social nature of the walk and his slower time this year, saying no records were sought.
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ST. Ignace
Mich
George Romney
Michigan
Warren Knowles
Wisconsin
Straits of Mackinac Bridge
Knowles
Romney
Traffic Deaths Hit New Labor Day Record
The Labor Day weekend traffic toll reached 666, a record for the three day holiday. The figure far surpassed the 1966 record of 636 and the 1967 total of 606. The National Safety Council had estimated 575 to 675 deaths could occur during the period.
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Associated Press
Labor Day
National Safety Council
Thousands Attend Wilhelm Tell Events In Happy New Glarus
Thousands crowded New Glarus over the weekend to view three Wilhelm Tell productions totaling about 7,000 attendees. The English opening drew 2,600 on Saturday, a Sunday German performance drew 1,400 in rain, and the final English show on Labor Day drew 3,000. Alpine Festivals drew capacity crowds at the high school, with several thousand viewing the Sunday Art Fair.
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New Glarus
Times
Fire crews respond to area car blaze near Hilltop
The Monroe Fire Department was alerted at 7 46 this morning to a car fire near Hilltop restaurant. The auto owned by Oliver Liedschlag ignited by a faulty fuel line and was nearly out when trucks arrived. In a separate note Houston four organ transplant recipients were reported progressing satisfactorily at Methodist Hospital on Monday.
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Monroe Fire Department
Oliver Liedschlag
Houston
Tex
Methodist Hospital
VFW Post Seeks Donations for Vietnam GIs
Monroe VFW Post 2312 launches a program to send rehabilitation materials and cigarettes to hospitalized GIs in Vietnam. Items include model kits and paint by numbers. cash donations accepted at the VFW Clubhouse or Felder's Bar. Committee members include Alvin Riese Fred Felder and Milton Steiner.
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Monroe
Vietnam
Alvin Riese
17Th St
Felder’s Bar
Monroe's Square
U.S
Tee
Fred Felder
Milton Steiner
Edwin Bohula
Monroe Post
Holiday weekend traffic injures three in county and city
Three people were injured in county and city traffic incidents over the holiday weekend per sheriff's deputies. Sylvia Wald, 15, of Skokie Illinois, was struck by a moving car door at New Glarus Woods State Park and treated for back injuries.
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Skokie
Ill
St. Clare Hospital
New Glarus Woods
Norman Faber
Sylvia
Barbra A. Judd
Mt. Horeb
New Glarus
Jerry A. Judd
Glen Flannery
Monroe
Iran Earthquake Devastates Kakhk Leaving Thousands Dead
Survivors wander through rubble as officials report at least 6 000 dead or missing from a quake that damaged 750 square miles in northeastern Iran. In Kakhk only the cracked mosaic-domed mosque remains, threatening collapse as most children are buried in debris.
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Iran
Kakhk
Earthquake Did Not Affect Najat Area
The weekend quake in Iran did not impact the area where Dr. Henry Najat and relatives reside. Najat, a Marand native whose family moved to Tabriz near the Turkey Russia border, came to America in 1957 and settled in Chicago after years in Iran.
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Persia
Henry Najat
Monroe
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Marand
Tabriz
Turkey- Russia
America
Chicago
Aftershock Quake Tragedy Leaves 3500 Bodies Recovered
Swollen bodies, arms and hands protrude from rubble as rescuers press on. Only 3,500 bodies recovered with many still missing. Survivors feel hopeful despair. The Shah and Empress Farah plan to tour the disaster zone Wednesday as royal donations of blood aid victims. Kakhk, near Dasht Kaveer Desert, shelters troops Red Lion and Sun Red Cross personnel and Boy Scouts clearing rubble for rebuilding. An elderly woman and her 3-year-old grandson were pulled from ruins 48 hours after the quake. she read the Koran while he cried for food.
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Farah
Kakhk
Great Dasht Kaveer Desert
Red Lion
Sun Red Cross
Last Rites Held for Mrs Edith Silver Bartlett 97
Mrs Edith Silver Bartlett 97 widow of Albany and New Glarus pharmacist died Aug 31 at St Clare Hospital after a stroke. Born Mt Pleasant 1871 she lived in Madison and New Glarus then Monroe. Survived by few relatives. many relatives attended the service at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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New Glarus
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St. Clare Hospital
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Monroe
Garret E. Mouw
Union Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Edith Silver
Mt. Pleasant Township
Marvin
Josephine Perry Silver
Robert Emmett Bartlett
St. Pat's Imperials Capture Alpine Drum Corps Title
The Imperials of St. Patrick's won the Alpine Drum and Bugle Corps Championship in Monroe marking their second straight victory there. Corps from Milwaukee Racine Kenosha Madison and Cedar Rapids participated and judging was by the Badgerland Association. The Imperials performed a 12 minute, clocked routine without negative points and previously placed tenth in Boston last year in the world open.
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Queensman of
Kenosha
Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps
Kim Babler
Cheese Days
Monroe
St. Patrick’s
Milwaukee
Racine
Madison
Cedar Rapids
Badgerland Drum and Bugle Corps Association
Stanley Neuberger
Imperials of
St. Pat’s
Boston
Mass
September Birthday Doggerel From Clair R Munns
A playful verse fragment notes a September birthday and a rain soaked pup motif. A windy city setting hints at a convention scene with delegates urged to take their seats and the event to come to order.
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