Dodgeville grocer linked to mysterious phony money scheme
Frede rick Dresser a 55 year old Dodgeville grocer denies sending unsigned envelopes bearing 3500 dollars to about 40 southwestern Wisconsin residents. Handwriting checked by authorities ties Dresser’s wife to the action. he earlier displayed a sign dubbing him the Mysterious Mad Money Monster and distributed phony $100 notes at a Kiwanis luncheon.
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Dodgeville
Frederick Dresser
Wisconsin
Jesser
Iowa County Dist
James Pope
State Crime Laboratory
Dresser
Kiwanis Club
Mobile X Ray Unit Promotes Free Health Checks
Green County hosts a traveling mobile X ray unit next week offering free adult chest X rays blood pressure readings and diabetes screening. Stop locations include New Glarus Monticello Monroe and Oaktron with some sites not open to the public.
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State Board of Health
Green County
Martha Tschudy
Monticello
Monroe
Monroe Township
Swiss Colony
17Th Avenue
13Th Avenue
18Th Street
Highway 69
Jordan Township
JFK Aides Start Viet Nam Study Mission
Secretary McNamara and General Taylor arrived in Saigon on a special mission for President Kennedy to assess if the Buddhist and student opposition to Ngo Dinh Diem affects the U S backed war against Communist guerrillas. Ambassador Lodge and General Harkins welcomed the visitors at the airport.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paul D. Harkins
Taylor
Ngo Dinh Diem
Radio figure George Frechette dies at 57
George Frechette longtime Wisconsin broadcasting leader died of a coronary thrombosis at Riverview hospital in Wisconsin Rapids. He served as vice president of William F Huffman Radio Inc and GM of WFHR since 1940, and held posts with Wisconsin Network and Wisconsin Valley Television Corp. He leaves wife Caroline and two children.
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Wisconsin Rapids
George Frechette
Wisconsin
Riverview Hospital
Frechette
William F. Huffman Radio, Inc
WFHR
Wisconsin Network, Inc
Wisconsin Valley Television Corp
Wausau
Wsau-Tv
WSAU
Corporation
Caroline
Robert
Jeanne
Gerald
Francis Frechette
Janesville
Third Oconto Crash Victim 58 dies in fogged collision
A third death from an Oconto County automobile crash raises Wisconsin 1963 toll to 621. Arthur Guelig, 58, Route 1 Lena, died from injuries from Sept. 15 collision on U.S. 41 south of Lena. His sister Mary, 63, and father in law Ferdinand LaRue, 76, were killed in the same crash en route to church.
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Associated Press
Oconto County
Wisconsin
Arthur Guelig
Lena
U.S. 41
Miss Mary
Ferdinand LaRue
Church
Tax Cut Debate Gets Under Way In Tense House
The House opened debate on an $11 billion tax cut as Kennedy allies push to pass it this year amid time pressure and fierce opposition from Republicans. Key votes loom, while Senate timing clashes with civil rights debates and Byrd opposes tax cuts without spending cuts.
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Washington
House
U.S
Senate
Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Treasury
Kennedy
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
French NATO aide arrested on spy charges
Paris reports Georges Paques a 49 year old NATO employee is under arrest for passing NATO and French military and political information to a large Eastern power. Officials refused to name the country.
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Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Georges Paques
NATO
Ashland Declares President Day for Kennedy Visit
Ashland Mellen Bayfield and Washburn proclaimed President Day as Kennedy arrives for a Lake Superior airport program and a later speech in Duluth. Mayor Harry Simon noted local enthusiasm while Sen. Gaylord Nelson urged national park plans for the Apostle Islands chain.
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Ashland
Harry Simon
Kennedy
Apostle Islands
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Gaylord Nelson
Land and People
Duluth
Nelson
Simon
Secret Service
Mellen
Bayfield
Washburn
Gov. Reynolds
Corn Picking Area Prepared for National Contest Speaker
Officials of the National Corn Picking Contest pressed for a featured speaker for the October 24 event at the Willis Riemer farm near Albany. Vice President Johnson was sought but Kennedy could not attend due to conflicts in Wisconsin. The field opened with a forage harvester, 32 loads placed in five hours, and a new silage silo to be completed in 10 to 12 days.
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Willis Riemer
Albany
Clarence S. Grundahl
Green County Agricultural Chest
Washington
Johnson
Kennedy
Wisconsin
John Ferguson
Carl Jensen
Clarno
Marvin Malkow
Greek Government Extends Cuba Embargo Orders Ships Stop Cargo
Greece expands its Cuba embargo by ordering all Greek ships to halt cargo moving to or from Cuba, building on a prior decree that banned outbound shipments to the island. The move tightens economic pressure amid ongoing tensions with Havana.
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Cuba
Athens
Greece
Braves Stay in Milwaukee as Owners Reassure Fans
Milwaukee Braves president John McHale announced the club will remain in Milwaukee “as long as we are welcome,” after offers from Atlanta and San Diego and interest from Toronto and Dallas–Fort Worth. The move to quell confusion cited the team’s Milwaukee base and urged local support while noting no league-m office contact about relocation.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Braves
Braves
John McHale
Naional League Baseball Club
Atlanta
San Diego
Boston
McHale
Toronto
Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth
Bill Bartholomay
League
James Mulvaney
C. Arnholt Smith
Arthur Montgomery
Recreation Authority
Montgomery
John Doyne
Beloit Gambling Debt Sparks Church Robbery
A man robbed St. Luke's Catholic church collection at Gary Indiana after midnight, taking 2200 dollars. He claimed the money was to pay gambling debts in Beloit and apologized to Msgr. H James Conway for the hold up.
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Gary
Ind
St. Luke’s Catholic Church
Beloit
H. James Conway
Cheese trade steady in Madison market reports
Wisconsin cheese market shows steady demand with fair to good interest. Supplies of 40 pound cutting blocks and longhorns tight while cheddars hold at 35 to 38 percent, 40 pound blocks at 35 to 38 percent, daisies at 38 to 40, longhorns 33 to 912, and midgets 37 to 42 percent.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Hoffland Youth Killed in Crash near Shullsburg
Richard Hoffland 19 of Madison Darlington was killed when his car Honda rolled after hitting a wooden utility pole on Highway 11 three miles west of Shullsburg. Donald Jansen 24 Benton and his wife Ruth and brother Darrell Jansen 19 Benton were injured. Jansen released after treatment. Hoffland served as East Side High senior class president and football hockey player. Surviving parents two brothers and grandmother. Funeral Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Madison with visitation at Gunderson Funeral Home Madison.
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Lafayette County
Richard Hoffland
Darlington
Julius Hoffland
Madison
Highway 11
Shullsburg
Donald Jansen
Benton
Jansen
Ruth
Darrell
Hoffland
Trinity Lutheran Church
Gunderson Funeral Home
Monona Drive
East Side High
Darlington Swiss Cheese Co
Raymond Schwartzs
Thomas
Lynn
Thomas Swenson
Fennimore
Greene to Head Marines as Shoup Ends Term
Lt General Wallace M. Greene will become commandant of the Marine Corps on December 31 after Gen. David M. Shoup declines a second term. Greene has led Marine Corps staff in Washington since 1960 and served in World War II in London and Pacific campaigns. Born Burlington, Vermont, December 27, 1907, he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1930.
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Washington
Wallace M. Greene
Marine Corps
David M. Shoup
White House
Kennedy
Shoup
Greene
London
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Tinian
Burlington
United States Naval Academy
Vehicle Safety Check Reveals Low Seat Belt Use
State Patrol inspected 280 vehicles in Monroe. 250 lacked seat belts, 17 had belts but unused, 13 had belts in use. Tickets issued for driver license or registration issues and numerous mechanical and safety violations.
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Monroe
Governor Reynolds Vetoes Liquor Stamp Elimination Bills
Madison Wisconsin Governor Reynolds vetoed bills ending liquor stamp requirements and raising apprentice education standards. He warned stamp eliminations would cost about 2.5 million dollars in 1964 68 and hinder tax inspection of bottles. He also rejected raising barber apprentice education to a 10th grade, criticizing skill gains.
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Madison
Reynolds
Wisconsin
Kennedy signs $236.4 million bill for medical dental schools
President Kennedy signed a three year measure totaling 236.4 million dollars to aid the creation of new medical and dental schools and to support student attendance. He called the program the first major initiative cleared by the 88th Congress and linked the bill to preventing a potential serious shortage of physicians and dentists in the coming decade.
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Washington
Kennedy
Capitol
Senate approves historic limited nuclear test ban treaty
The Senate ratified the Mos cow pact by an 80 to 19 vote after weeks of hearings and debate. Ratification drew 55 Democrats and 25 Republicans in support, 11 Democrats and 8 Republicans opposed. President Kennedy praised the vote as a step toward peace. Opponents warned the pact could weaken national security and cede leverage to Soviet high yield weapons.
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Washington
Senate
Proxmire
Nelson
Clair Engle
Calif
Kennedy
Mike Mansfild
Montana
White House
Mansfield
Moscow
United States
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
D-Miss
Strom Thurmond
DSC
Russell
Barry Goldwater
Cuba
Madison Rights Fee Fails To Obtain Bail
Madison man Owen H. Reierson, 24, pleaded innocent to a disorderly conduct charge for breaking into a civil rights demonstration wearing a swastika armband and berating participants. He was unable to post $100 bail and faces a Friday trial after police seized him Sunday on Capitol Square as he called demonstrators “Black person lovers” and tried to disrupt the event.
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Madison
Owen H. Reierson
Reierson
Capitol Square
William Buenzli
Buenzli
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Miss Anderson
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Chandler
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Mt. Horeb
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Henry Reynolds
Robert Zimmerman
Academy Chapel
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Air Force of the Future
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