Death claims famed comic Bert Lahr at 72 in New York
New York UPI reports Bert Lahr, famed for the wizardly cowardly lion, died early today at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital at age 72 from a massive intestinal hemorrhage. He was filming The Night They Raided Minsky's when stricken, after battling pneumonia. Born Irving Lahrheim in New York, he rose from vaudeville to Broadway and burlesque before gaining fame in The Wizard of Oz.
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New York
UPI
Bert Lahr
Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital
Minsky’s
Lahr
Yorkville
Irving Lahrheim
Victor Moore
America
Cable Car Crash Strikes San Francisco. 43 Hurt
A rainy night cable car on a steep hill derailment caused a fiery crash injuring 43 passengers including six children. One car struck a family vehicle, starting a blaze and sending occupants to hospital. three remain in critical condition. Fire and rescue crews battled the wreck, as witnesses recalled a muffled explosion and a ball of fire.
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San Francisco
UPI
David B. Taylor
Hearing Monday on Upper Fox River Pollution
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will hold a public hearing Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Winnebago County Courthouse lounge to review 51 potential pollution sources in the Upper Fox River drainage across Adams to Waushara counties. An examiner from Madison will lead testimony on reducing pollution and abatement options. fines up to 5000 dollars may be issued after findings. Continued on Page 16, Col. 8.
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Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Division of Resource Development
Winnebago County
Fox River
Adams
Calumet
Columbia
Fond du
Francis H. Schraumnagel
Madison
Department of Natural Resources
Wolf River
Oshkosh
Neenah Man Top Teacher Honored in State Review
Edward Mueller a Horace Mann Junior High physical science teacher in Neenah has been named Wisconsin Teacher of the Year and is eligible for National Teacher of the Year honors. Mueller began with the Neenah Joint School District in 1959 as the search process considers candidates through local and district levels with criteria emphasizing education, dedication, and strong student impact.
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Edward Mueller
Horace Mann
Neenah
Wisconsin
Mueller
Council of Chief State School Officers
Look Magazine
Johnson
Presidential Scholars Commission
State Department of Public Instruction
Cooperative Educational Service Agency
Smash Attempt to Cut Saigon Food Supply
U S troops and South Vietnamese Marines smashed a Viet Cong effort to disrupt Saigon food lines in the Mekong Delta. The Viet Cong reportedly suffered at least 199 killed as U S forces pressed a major assault around Saigon area. Casualties for American and South Vietnamese were not yet released.
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UPS
U.S
Mekong Delta
America
Long Binh
Cochien River
Highway Four
Delta
U.S. Navy Army
Col
J.P. Alexander
U.S. Army
South Vietnam
Pontifical Requiem Mass for Bishop Bona
Bishop Stanislaus V. Bona of the Green Bay Diocese will lie in state at St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay for a pontifical requiem Mass on Wednesday Archbishop William E Cousins of Milwaukee will preside The 79 year old churchman died Friday night at St Vincent s Hospital after four weeks in the hospital and a period on the critical list He headed the 16 county diocese since 1945
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Wis
UPD
Stanislaus V. Bona
St. Francis Xavier
St. Vincent's Hospital
William E. Cousins
Milwaukee
Bona
Rich Diet Ends With Grand Theft Charge In Chicago
CHICAGO UP I police say Versa Calloway 22 swallowed a diamond ring valued at 150 dollars prompting grand theft charges. The incident details remain under police review and investigators seek further evidence.
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Chicago
UPI
Versa Calloway
Wisconsin Road Toll Rises With Weekend Deaths
The 1967 Wisconsin highway toll reached 1,037 today as seven deaths were logged over the weekend and two more this morning. Victims include Truman Hagen Manitowoc killed after his station wagon struck a culvert railing on Highway 141 18 miles north of Manitowoc. Other cases involve Ellsworth Schneider 27 Brodhead. John Fuenger 22 rural Cashton. Elizabeth West 10 Superior. Kenneth West Madison area. Thomas W. Brickwell 19 Downers Grove chest injuries from a crash on U.S. 12. Steven Sanden 19 rural Rio. Mrs. Martin Prasnicki 37 Gilman. Leroy H. Peterson 33 Sturgeon Bay. and James Arnold 15 Janesville, all from various interstate or state roads and crashes.
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Manitowoc
Green County
Brodhead
Ellsworth Schneider
John Fuenger
Cashton
Monroe County
Elizabeth Westand
Fort Atkinson
Steven Sanden
Rio
Manston
Martin Prasnicki
Gilman
Boyd
Chippewa County
Leroy H. Peterson
Sturgeon Bay
Szopinski Sentenced To Waupun
John A. Szopinski Jr. of Ripon was sentenced in Fond du Lac County Court to five to 20 years at hard labor in Wisconsin State Prison at Waupun for second degree murder of his wife Marjorie. He pleaded guilty and is eligible for parole in two years, subject to a psychiatrist’s recommendation.
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Fond DU Lac
John A. Szopinski Jr
Ripon
Wisconsin
Waupun
Marjorie
Eugene McEssey
Szopinski
George W. Arndt
Neenah
Taycheedah
Tim Mannix
State Department of Health and Social Services
Oshkosh Youth Dies After Nov. 24 Injury
The 19 year old Oshkosh youth John C Stadler died at Mercy Hospital from a severe head injury suffered in aOne car collision on Witzel Avenue on November four. Driver Walter H Diener 19 of Oshkosh was treated for facial cuts and released. Stadler was a sophomore at the time.
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Oshkosh
Mercy Hospital
Winnebago County
Art C. Miller
John C. Stadler
Leonard Stadler
Fifth Ave
Witzel Avenue
Walter H. Diener
New York Ave
Diener
Campbell Road
Stadler
Body of Cardinal Spellman Lies in State in New York
In St Patrick's Cathedral New York Cardinal Francis Spellman lies in state after a solemn requiem Mass as mourners pass the catafalque. Archbishop Maguire administers the archdiocese pending a Papal appointment while security crews guard the African mahogany coffer until Thursday funeral services. The Pope and President Johnson send condolence messages as race relations and succession talks unfold.
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New York
Francis Cardinal
Spellman
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Catafalque
John F. Maguire
Maguire
Paul VI
New York City
United States
Francis Cardinal Brennan
Vatican
Rome
Johnson
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