AP News In Brief Roundup of Vietnam Toll and Politics
U S casualties topped 400 killed and 2 500 wounded last week amid sustained fighting as allied forces counted about 4 500 enemy deaths. Gallup reports President Johnson at a record low 35 percent approval with 52 percent disapproval. Soviets test missiles sparking talks on defense and offense. Dirksen backs Fortas for chief justice with limited involvement. Audie Murphy declares bankruptcy and Vietnam-linked losses noted. Agnew touts law and order in Oshkosh campaign stop. Miss Iowa Susan Thompson awaits Vietnam-bound father’s departure as Miss America pageant continues.
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Saigon
U.S
Hobby sparks a home antique shop opening on 9th Street
Mrs Harold Rottler recalls buying antiques from childhood and turning her home into a shop at 2412 9th St. She preserves heirlooms, uses many items daily, and only sells chosen pieces while grandchildren enjoy setting the table with cherished finds. Family helped build the collection over holidays and gifts.
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Boyd Elliott
Monroe
Erna
9Th St
Harold Rottler
Times
Harold
Erna) Rottler
Boyd
Dolly) Elliott
State Legislators Facing Few Races
Wisconsin lawmakers head to primary with 24 Assembly incumbents challenged and two of 13 senators facing opposition. Leadership remains secure for Froehlich Nitschke Martin Huber Obey Nikolay as veterans focus on seats of McKay Leonard Warren and potential successors in Ozaukee County and Whitefish Bay districts. In New York, a broad stock market rally gains momentum.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assembly
Senate
Harold Froehlich
Elmer Nitschke
Beaver Dam
David Martin
Neenah
Nitschke
Martin
Robert Huber
West Allis
David Obey
Wausau
Frank Nikolay
Abbotsford
J. Curtis McKay
Cedarburg
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
U. S. Senate
Robert
Patrick Crooks
Myron Lotto
Green Bay
Leonard
Walter Chilsen
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Ernest Keppler
Sheboygan
Chilsen
Lorge
Keppler
Monroe Native Promoted to Colonel in Army Medical Corps
Roland H. Shamburek formerly of Monroe and Milwaukee has been promoted to colonel in the U S Army Medical Corps. The ceremony occurred at the Office of the Surgeon General in Washington D C with the promotion insignia presented by Maj Gen Phillip W Mallory and Mrs Shamburek. Shamburek, chief of the Aviation Branch in the Directorate of Plans, is the son of William and the late Mrs Shamburek and a Monroe High School graduate of 1946 who earned a B S degree from the University of Wisconsin.
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Monroe
Roland H. Shamburek
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Washington, D.C
Army
Phillip W. Mallory
Shamburek
Gladys I. Gibbons
John R. Gibbons
Bernard J. Lee
Col. Shamburek
William Shamburek
N. 59Th St
Milwaukee
Browntown
Directorate of Plans, Supply
Adell
Sheboygan County
Wisconsin
Monroe High Students Return From Latin America Visit
Three Monroe High School students spent the summer in Latin American countries under the International Fellowship Inc. program and have returned home to resume classes. JoEllen Gordee faced minor issues including a lost glasses and a suitcase, while Gerard Stricker and William Henkleman arrived after summers in Bogota, Colombia and Manizales, Colombia respectively.
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Monroe High School
JoEllen Gordee
Mexico City
JoEllen
Chicago
Montreal
Janesville
James Gordee
Gerard W. “Jug’’ Stricker
J. Daniel Stricker
Bogota
Columbia
William “Bill” Henkleman
John Sztekla
Manizales
Colombia
International Fellowship Inc
Buffalo
N.Y
Alan Stauffacher
Monroe High
United States
Monroe
Latin America
Beers Named Director of Firm A O Smith Corp
William O Beers former Monroe resident and president of National Dairy Products Corp becomes a new board member at Milwaukee based Firm A O Smith Corp his election makes nine directors Beers 54 has led National Dairy since 1968 and previously held Kraft Foods posts in New York City He chairs various commerce and education groups and farms polled Hereford cattle in Monticello Wisconsin.
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A. O. Smith Corp
William O. Beers
National Dairy Products Corp
Monroe
Beers
National Dairy Products
Kraft Foods Division
Platteville
Wisconsin
U.S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce
Agri - Business Industries Advisory Committee
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Boulevard Bank of Chicago
University of Wisconsin Alumni Foundation
Foundation
Monticello
Lena
Illinois
University of Wisconsin
Sigma Delta Chi
Veteran Postman George Walker Dies at 89
George C. Walker 89, a Spanish American War veteran and Monroe postal clerk, died at 12 35 p m Wednesday Sept 4 in the VA Hospital Madison after a period at White Haven Nursing Home He retired from the Monroe Post Office in 1942 after 38 years service He was born July 31 1879 in London later living in Albany Green County and Monroe He married Sarah Ann Preston March 28 1900 in Chicago He served as private in Company H First Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers and was mustered out Oct 19 1898
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George C. Walker
Madison
White Haven Nursing Home
14Th St
Monroe
Nathan
Walker
Co. H
Wisconsin Infantry of Volunteers
Camp Harvey
Wis
U.S
Regimetal
Mr. Walker
London
England
Pharmacy Sold On City's Square
Announcement by Keith Wainwright that Wainwright Pharmacy on the Square is sold to David J. Brinkmeier and Robert Prain. They operate at The Medical Center and will run both facilities with Wainwright staying on. The Wainwright family, long tied to the Monroe business, keeps the name for now.
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Keith Wainwright
Wainwright Pharmacy
David J. Brinkmeier
Robert Prain
Prain
Brinkmeier
Wainwright
C. M. Wainwright
Sun City
Ariz
Wisconsin
Monroe
Beaver Dam
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
ClaiR Munns laments heated talks and brief sparks of wit that fade as debates end. The verses question why lively exchanges collapse into quiet afterthoughts and why clever retorts vanish in the moment.
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Clair R. Munns
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