Fire destroys Weyauwega hotel a landmark
Na Green learned of the blaze at a New London tavern meeting. The three story brick Weyauwega hotel, built in 1899, burned, destroying the inn and much of its contents. The Greens had listed the property for sale at 140000. insurance was not yet clear. The fire drew smoke from near the boiler room, and the building was a longtime tourist and year round stopover.
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New London
Na Greens
Archie Duranceau
Lawsonia
Civil Rights Bill To Pass Assured By JFK
President Kennedy assured senators and House members that violence and disorder could swell nationally unless swift progress toward integration is made. Southern leaders warned against bills that would threaten property rights, while Byrd urged no violence yet hinted at filibuster. Ervin criticized the administration for unkept promises and Humphrey sought a conference with Republicans before bills move forward. Kennedy planned meetings with labor and religious leaders to discuss the civil rights issue.
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D-Ga
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National Press Club
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D-N.c
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
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Kenedy
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Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Kennedy
White House
Unions Agree On Extension In Rail Dispute
Rail labor and management remain at an impasse as a federal deadline nears. Unions say they will strike if new work rules take effect, which would cut about 40,000 fireman jobs on freight and yard trains. Wirtz held talks with negotiators but no progress reported. The dispute involves five unions representing 200,000 on train workers.
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Wirtz
Pine River district votes to join regional school plan
In a 45 to 14 informal ballot the Pine River district favored building a new school with Brushville Glendale and Clark's Mills rather than keep the current Pine River School and risk solo construction. Edgar Frater presided Harold Renner chaired the meeting Wild Rose Supt Jerry La Fleur answered questions. A joint four-school committee will meet later this month with Mrs Frederick Rawson chairing the Pine River committee. No final decision before Wild Rose annual meeting. Kenneth M Stuckey of Dundee IL to speak at Pine River Congregational Church Sunday. Pine River Homemaker poluck picnic at George Peck home Thursday noon.
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Harold Renner
Wild Rose Supt
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Frederick Rawson
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Wild Rose
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Dundee
Pine River Congregational Church
Poluck
George Peck
Cool Front Drops Wisconsin Temperatures Across State
A cool air mass moved in from the north as Wisconsin cooled after heat and humidity. Racine hit 88 degrees, then plunged to 45 overnight, with Park Falls 34 and Wausau 36 as other early lows. Milwaukee and Beloit reached 85, Madison 82, while Park Falls recorded 0.37 inches of rain in the 24 hours ending dawn.
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la Crosse
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Tex
Montpelier
First Intercontinental News Dispatch Sent by Satellite
CHICAGO United Press International dispatch from Rio de Janeiro marks the first computerized news story sent across continents via an earth satellite. Radar trouble at Goonhilly Downs delayed the third leg, forcing a cable completion from England. The transmitted text demonstrated automatic typesetting across networks.
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United Press International
Rio de Janeiro
Radio Corporation of America
England
Goonhilly Downs
UPI
Fin Rio
Fete Planned at VFW Clubhouse in Berlin
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Past Post Commanders Club to sponsor a spanfaerkel feed at the VFW Clubhouse at 6 p.m. Wednesday. Proceeds will buy new uniforms for the VFW firing squad. Also listed are marriage licenses for Dennis L. Hartman and Lynne Ann Thrasher in Green Lake County and for Robert A Lehman and Short Lynt Walker in Berlin.
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Past Post Commanders Club of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
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VFW
VEW
Green Lake County
Dennis L. Hartman
Ripon
Lynne Ann Thrasher
Green Lake
Robert A Lehman
Short Lynt Walker
N. Wisconsin St
Baptist Assembly Plans 20th Anniversary Theme At Green Lake
GREEN LAKE The American Baptist Assembly marks its 20th anniversary with a summer program. From 1944 to 1962 attendance grew from 3,090 to 31,900 and property spending surpassed $2 million. Major conferences, Founders Week, and a new program director, Dr Joseph Hanson, shape the season.
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American Baptist Assembly
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Richard Holland
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John Magen Peck
Joseph Hanson
J. E.dollar
Wisconsin Weather Summary June 11
Fair and cool to night with frost in west and north. Low in the 20s to northwest, 38 to 48 southeast. Wednesday little temperature change with highs 32 to 62 north and 60s south. Winds light northwest tonight, northerly 6 to 12 mph Wednesday. Thursday outlook higher clouds and warmer with possible thundershowers northwest half. Fox River gauge 14% inches above crest, down 3% since Monday. Maximum 80 and minimum 56 Sunday 8 p.m. to Monday 8 p.m. Precipitation .01 inch.
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Bockstaff Observatory
Princeton High Holds Graduation
Princeton High School held its graduation for 44 seniors in the school gym on June 7. Salutatorian Michael Resheske and valedictorian Carol Bednarek led the ceremony with speeches. awards covered DAR citizenship, honor society pins, and multiple club and service recognitions for Gary Bentilla, Beatrice Krueger, Dennis Novak, and others.
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Carol Bednarek
William Hansen
Utility Tool and Body Co
Clintonville
Sup. R. E. Calhoun
Earl Hueister
DAR Good Citizenship
Jo Ann Krahn Natons
Societ
Gary Benfilla
Karen Grunewald
R.L Wheeler
Rotary Club
Dennis Novak
G J Knaack
H. O. Giese
Frank Giese
Lions Club
George Knollenberg
Paul Ludwig
Gary Bentila
Harold Swanson
Princeton Woman's Club
Beatrice Krueger
Anniversary Exhibit by Green Lake Historical Committee
Historical committee chairman John Dawson will display a pictorial anniversary exhibit in the administration building. A complete story of Green Lake can be found in the book Green Lake in Color, edited by John Thatcher.
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Wallace Arrival Tamps Down Campus Tensions in Alabama
President Kennedy urged Governor Wallace to leave the campus and resolve the standoff in court. Wallace insisted his presence kept peace as state troopers and National Guardsmen arrayed near Foster Auditorium and armory to deter unrest. Rebels, dynamite found, and armed groups reported as officers prepared for potential clashes.
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No Easy Task Living up To Title of Mrs
Madison AP reports the State Motor Vehicle Department missed occupation details on a woman applicant for a driver's license. Director John Thompson notes the form was returned blank for occupation, the caller claiming Mrs suffices. The woman listed many roles in lieu of occupation.
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State Motor Vehicle Department
John Thompson
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New London Board to Hear Move of Rural Schools
New London Iowa board of education will hear a report on moving two unused rural school buildings to Lincoln School to ease crowded conditions at the elementary school. Lloyd Qualley will report on space issues for next year’s kindergarten class and state air adjustments affecting the 1963-64 term.
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New London Board of Education
Lincoln School
Yas
Lloyd Qualley
Qualley
Sugar Bush
Freund Visits Hong Kong on Way to Burma Postponed
Freind and Howard Brown are blocked by Burra border closures from Waukau and New Zealand respectively while traveling via Hong Kong. Freund, staying in a modest hotel, plans six weeks more abroad, earning funds by selling cod liver oil with Chinese salesmen, and writing home about life and American travel costs. He expects no home before Christmas and hopes to reach India, then France to contact relatives before enrolling as a sophomore at Whitewater State College.
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Howard Brown
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Malayan
India
Freund
Shell Oi Company
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