Air France Caravelle Crash Kills 95 Off Riviera
An Air France Caravelle crashed into the Mediterranean near the Riviera killing all 95 aboard including General Rene Cogny. The message Fire aboard preceded the wreckage found 12 miles off the coast. In separate items Wallace gains Supreme Court momentum on ballot access.
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Nice
France
Air France
Mediterranean Sea
Rene Cogny
North Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Ajaccio
Corsica
Riviera
Solbran and Wyss Win Election Here
In Green County primaries Matt Solbraa won the sheriff nomination by defeating Roy Vetterli 2 477 to 1 734 capturing 27 of 34 precincts. Frank Wyss edged W E Deininger and Walter Kubly to clinch the county treasurer nomination with 1 862 votes to 1 561 and 767 respectively. No Democratic opposition looms for both offices. Voters turnout was light with 2 229 of 4 646 registered casting ballots under 8 p m polls closing across all precincts.
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Attica
GOP
Green County
Matt Solbraa
Roy Vetterli
Solbraa
Vetterli
New Glarus
Clarno
Decatur
Jefferson
Belleville
Solliran
Frank Wyss
W. E. Deininger
Walter J. Kubly
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
A light verse cautions against overreaching curiosity and open mindedness until it erodes judgment. The author humorously warns that brains should not spill from overthinking.
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Clair R. Munns
Marti Named Chair for Poppy Sale September 27
Werner Marti was named chairman of the annual Buddy Poppy sale by VFW Post 2312 commander Milton Steiner. Mrs. Walter Marty was named auxiliary chair. Poppies will be sold on Monroe streets Friday September 27 to aid disabled and needy veterans and orphans in the Eaton Rapids National Home.
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Werner Marti
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Milton Steiner
VFW
Walter Marty
Monroe
New Disney Commemorative Stamp On Sale Thursday
The Walt Disney commemorative stamp designed by two Disney staffers will be sold at the Monroe Post Office beginning Thursday September 12. An initial printing of 120 million stamps backs the release, with the first day sale held in Marceline Illinois where Disney spent his boyhood.
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Walt Disney
Monroe
Disney
Open House Tomorrow Shows Octagonal Landmark
Green County Republican Women plan a special tour of Mrs. Margaret Loveland’s 108 year old octagonal house, restored with 13 rooms originally and now eight sided after updates. Loveland led planning painting wallpapering and coordinating trades with locally sourced furnishings for the home tour.
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Helen E. Zimmerli
Green County Republican Women’s Club
Margaret Loveland
Israel wedding invitation for Brodhead family
The Ben Zimmerli family of rural Brodhead received a Tue Sept 17 wedding invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Amir Beit Shearim and Mrs. Nizan Balfiria h for their children Ofra and Avinoam to be held at 5 p.m. in Moshav Beit Shearim. The Hebrew English folder noted past ties with Miss Amir who stayed with the Zimmerlis in 1962 through the IFYE program.
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Ben Zimmerli
Brodhead
Israel
Amir
Beit
Shearim
Nizan
Balfiriah
Ofra
Avinoam
Moshav
Miss Amir
Zimmerlis
IFYE
Israel Army
Israel Department of Agriculture
Blanchardville GOP and Democrat turnout in primary races
In Blanchardville voters cast 91 Republican tickets and 60 Democrat ballots. Sheriff Kenneth Pratt faced no opposition for nomination on the Democrat side while Eugene Thompson led the Republican ticket for county clerk with 50 votes and Regina Carpenter 20. Edward Thompson won the Republican nomination for sheriff over Richard Hawley with 66 to 14 votes and will face Pratt in November. Prague government pledges due process of law amid Soviet occupation and appeals for refugees to return.
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Blanchardville
Kenneth Pratt
Eugene Thompson
Regina Carpenter
Edward Thompson
Richard Hawley
Thompson
Green County Opposes SCS Cuts and weighs highway bill
The Green County Board of Supervisors opposed Senate Bill No. S-2658 allowing higher axle weights and vehicle widths on Interstates citing safety and highway wear concerns. They urged more study, retention of SCS funding, and distribution of resolutions to state officials amid other budget actions and local planning issues.
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Dina Speich
Green County Board of Supervisors
Senate
SCS
Willis Riemer
Agriculture, Committee
Green County
Riemer
Wisconsin Soil and Water Conservation
C.S. Pierce
Wisconsin Primary Results Signal Tight Governor Race
Governor Warren Knowles won the Wisconsin GOP primary with over 56 percent as Bronson La Follette and Gaylord Nelson advance in the battle for the state’s top posts. Attorney general and party battles highlighted a small turnout of 482,000 across 3,300 precincts. Additional races included Richard Cudahy facing Robert Warren for the Democratic nomination and Jerris Leonard contesting Nelson for the Senate seat.
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Milwaukee
Bronson C. la Follette
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jerris Leonard
State Senate
Gaylord Nelson
la Follette
Robert M. la Follette Sr
Philip
Richard Cudahy
Robert Warren
Green Bay
Cudahy
Kennedy
Racine
Jay Schwartz
Eau Claire
Paul L. Kelly
Roman Blenski
Warren
Brown County
William Dieterich
Hartford
Supreme Court
Priest Named for St Victor's Church in Monroe
Rev. Lawrence Kieffer, current pastor of St Ignatius in Mt. Horeb, is named new pastor at St. Victor's Monroe succeeding Father E C McCollow who moved to West Bend. He begins Sept 19 after 15 months in Mt. Horeb and prior service at several Wisconsin parishes. He was ordained in 1950 and holds a master’s in guidance counseling.
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Lawrence Kieffer
St. Ignatius Catholic Church
Mt. Horeb
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
Monroe
Father E. Co. McCollow
West Bend
Wis
Mineral Point
Kieffer
Madison
Gretiot
South Wayne
Potosi
Boscobel
Sauk City
St. John’s Catholic Church
D.C
Henry Kalscheuer
St. Victor’s
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