Flood Control Group Plans Major Wisconsin Watershed Project
Residents within the Upper Little Sugar River Watershed will elect a 11-member board Tuesday to seek federal aid under Public Law 566 for a large flood control and recreational project. The plan covers Green and Dane County towns and villages including Albany Monticello and New Glarus, with structures, channel work, drainage, and wildlife areas to benefit 60,000 to 70,000 acres.
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Green County
Monticello High School
Little Sugar River
Albany
Exeter
Mt. Pleasant
New Glarus
Washington Townships
Primrose Township
Dane County
Monticello
Adams
York
Monroe
Sylvester
Zanders Lake
Wisconsin
Washington
Edwin H. Klassy
Herman Pluss
Wilbert Dehmer
Raymond Duerst
William Moser
Peter Bakker
Donald Witt
Robert Hoesly
Morris Marty
Primrose
Anthony Beutler
Ole Berge
W. Township
Carl Schlittler
Roland Ritschard
Walter Althaus
Ernest Bachelor
Emil G. Voegeli
John C.elmer
Clarence J. Hoesly
Waldo Freitag
Walter Streiff
Delmar Zentner
Swiss Valleys
Sam Klassy
Albert Nyhus
Klassy
Browntown
Pipeline workers strain Monroe housing market
About 500 to 600 natural gas pipeline workers and their families converge on Monroe causing housing shortages. R H Patton Co. of Lubbock leads the project from East Dubuque to near Indian Ford with crews based at Monroe Power Clinic. Mobile homes house about 30 percent, while some workers seek homes as far as Freeport.
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Monroe
R.H. Patton Co
Lubbock
Tex
East Dubuque
Ill
Indian Ford
Clint Schell
Truman Clayton
Monroe Power Clinic
8Th Avenue
Freeport
D. J. Huenink
Green County
Argyle
Darlington
Albany
Mid-America Pipe Line Co
Iowa County Jurors Acquit Woman Worker
Iowa County Circuit Court jurors Friday acquitted Mrs. Arlene Sommers of Mineral Point on a charge of embezzling $6,000 from a Mineral Point cleaning and laundry firm where she formerly was employed.
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Vuvue Ville
Lowa County
Arlene Sommers
Mineral Point
Wisconsin bass hunting license fees rise one dollar
Hunting licenses go on sale Monday at county clerks offices with new fees: resident big game five dollars small game four dollars fishing three dollars. The ten dollar sportmen license stays the same. Non resident students may buy resident licenses. armed forces free licenses end. Settler licenses available only via Madison office or area law enforcement. Goose hunt applications due by September 15. Boat registrations exempt for sailboats 12 feet or shorter and out of state race boats.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wisconsin Conservation Department
U S to Send 40 000 Troops to Strengthen European Units
Tonight’s Lions Club banquet marks the club’s 10th anniversary in the high school M Room. Clarence L Strum, past international president of Lions, is a partner in A Strum and Sons wholesale foods and a charter Lions member from Manawa Wisconsin. He has held district roles and served on the International Board executive committee. He is CARE vice president and led Lions funds for Hungarian refugee aid.
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Lions Club
Clarence L. Strum
Manan
Lions
A Strum and Sons
Wholesale Foods
Manawa
Wis
International Board of Directors
CARE
Lions Clubs
Force to Be Assigned to German Area in Europe
Secretary of Defense McNamara announced about 40 000 additional regular Army troops would be sent to Europe in the immediate future most to Germany to bolster forces amid the Soviet threat to West Berlin. Dependents travel to Europe suspended starting Oct 9 affecting several countries. West Berlin exempt. The reinforcements aim to boost the 7th Army and NATO commitments with 3 000-Men added to three German divisions and an estimated 250 000 troops in Germany.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
Germany
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Pentagon
Belgium
Denmark
France
West Germany
Greece
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Turkey
United Kingdom
Defense Department
7Th Army
U.S
George H. Decker
Atlantic
Lauris Norstad
George Hi. Decker
National Guard
Strategic
United States
Premier Khrushchev Rejects Atmospheric Nuclear Test Ban
Soviet Premier Khrushchev formally rejected the U.S. and Britain call for a ban on earth atmosphere nuclear tests. He urged a broad world study of major problems to avert nuclear war and condemned the Western bid as isolationist and dishonest. Kennedy and Macmillan had urged an unrestricted test ban.
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Wascuw
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
U.S
Soviet Union
Macmillan
Two Girls Hurt in Auto Collision on Square
Two Browntown girls both aged 12 were injured when struck by an auto driven by William E. Linder of Boscobel on the southwest corner of the square. Kathleen Wells suffered a broken left wrist, abrasions, contusions, and a severe bruise. she was reported in satisfactory condition and to be released soon. Terry Theiler received a thigh bruise and was released.
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Browntown
William E. Linder
Boscobel
St. Clare
Kathleen Wells
Wilbur Wells
Terry Theiler
Willis Theiler
Elkhart Lake Driver Killed in Trial Race
Charles Henry of Bellevue Ohio died when his Porsche overturned during practice for this weekend’s sports car races at Elkhart Lake. The car belonged to Susie Dietrich of Sandusky Ohio and Henry had been entered in one of six races scheduled today.
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Lahart Lams
America
Charles Henry
Bellevue
Ohio
Susie Dietrich
Sandusky
Henry
De Gaulle Escape From Bomb Plot Shocks Paris
Paris president Charles de Gaulle escaped a planned assassination Friday night as his motorcade drove through a wall of flames from a plastic bomb that failed to detonate. Interior Minister Roger Frey said the attack was organized by a right wing European group opposing Algeria policy, with one man arrested and two generals detained. De Gaulle, unhurt, termed it a bad joke in poor taste.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Fendi
Roger Frey
Algeria
Frey
de Galle
OAS
Carla To Strike Inland Tomorrow
NEW ORLEANS officials warn of Hurricane Carla moving north from the Gulf toward coastal Texas and western Louisiana. Winds reached 135 mph, evacuation urged for coastal communities, with warnings from Freeport Texas to Grand Isle Louisiana as Carla heads inland along the upper Texas coast.
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New Orleans
Carla
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
Weather Bureau
Grace Church to ring Bells of Peace at 2 p.m Tuesday
Grace Church will host the Bells of Peace carillon ceremony at 2 p.m Tuesday joining more than 7 000 communities nationwide. Rev James Plymire says the Grace church bells will symbolize hope for world peace as the 183 bell carillon donated to the US Air Force Academy by the Leyden Chiles Wickersham Post of the Denver American Legion is dedicated with participation from government officials and Legion delegates.
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Aurc
Monroe
James Plymire
Weemuren Neve
Grace Church
United States Air Force Academy
Leyden-Chiles-Wickersham Post
American Legion of Denver
Colo
American Legion
National Legion
Denver
Pickets End Fisher Body GM Standoff in Janesville
About 3,700 workers idled as pickets encircled the Fisher Body Co plant in Janesville, demanding action after a department dispute. Harvey Kitzman of Detroit arrived as regional UAW director and ordered men to return to work, but jeers and jeers drowned him out. The nearby Chevrolet plant also halted operations for about an hour before workers resumed duties. Lou Adkins, an international UAW representative, urged a return to work amid taunting from the crowd.
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Janesville
Fisher Body Co
General Motors Corp
Harvey Kitzman
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Kitzman
Fisher
Chevrolet
Lou Adkins
International
United Auto Workers
Adkins
Cheese Factory Worker Electrocuted At Iowa County Plant
Tietus Roberts 43 cheese maker at Pine Knob Cheese Factory six miles northeast of Highland Iowa County was electrocuted by a short circuit while operating an electric press yesterday at about 4 pm He was alone at the time Surviving are his wife Grace Hanson a son Vonnie 13 and three daughters Joy 10 Tari 8 and Lou Ann 6 The family lived above the factory at Avoca Funeral services set for 1 pm Monday at Luloff Funeral Home Dodgeville with calling after 2 pm tomorrow.
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Tietus Roberts
Pine Knob
Highland
Iowa County
Grace Hanson
Vonnie
Joy
Tari
Lou Ann
Avoca
Luloff
Dodgeville
Local disputes delay GM pact
Walter P. Reuther warned negotiations with General Motors could drag on indefinitely if shop committees and plant managers fail to agree on working conditions. He said the 10 a.m. Monday strike deadline remains in effect, with unions authorized to strike if unresolved. Seaton echoed the need for settlements on non economic issues before endorsing the national package. Wildcat strikes have eased as most plants operate on a five day week.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
General Motors Corp
UAW
United States
Reuther
Louis G. Seaton
Seaton
Leo Hauri joins City Police Force
Leo Hauri becomes patrolman for Monroe Police Department, raising force to 13 with one more hire anticipated in two weeks. A 24 year old married father of two, he was a Dearth Motors mechanic for three years and is a 1955 Monticello High School graduate who studied agricultural education at Platteville State College. He has eight years in the National Guard as a staff sergeant.
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Ney W. Hauri
Monroe
Henry
Hauri
Dearth Motors, Inc
Monticello
Platteville ‘State College
National Guard
Sargeant
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