Green Lake County flagged for hunger as hunger report shocks officials
Green Lake County officials expressed surprise at being named by a national hunger investigation as one of 12 Wisconsin counties in urgent need of emergency food programs. Chairman Marvin Knecht questioned the basis, noting little local need for aid and stressing distrust of federal handouts. The report uses 1967 census data and other stats and cites infant mortality concerns, income levels, and aging residents, with field trips criticized. Continued on Page 16.
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Berlin
Marvin Knecht
Green Lake County
Citizens
Wisconsin
Congress
Knecht
Franklin Jahnke
Markesan
William Steiger
R-Wis
Lake County
Agriculture Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Board
Sawyer
Crawford
Towa
Juneau
Richland
Vernon Thompson
Main Street Mishap Takes Woman's Life
A 41 year old Milwaukee woman, Mrs. John Otto, died from a punctured lung after an Oshkosh auto crash on North Main Street and East New York Avenue. Her husband Bernard Radig suffered a bruised forehead. another driver, Jerry Stadler, was treated for a lacerated lip. Five traffic fatalities in 1968 in Winnebago County are noted, with Mrs. Otto's death marking the second Oshkosh fatality that week.
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Milwaukee
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
John Otto
Richard Mueller
Bernard A Radig
Gehres Court
Otto
John
Radig
Lois
North Main Street
New York Avenue
Jerry R. Stadler
Antigo
Stadler
Mercy Medical Center
Otte
Charles D. Whitney
Monroe St
Jackson Street
West Bent Avenue
Ottos
Lake Rest
Sterling
Walter
Anna Weytauch
John H. Otto
Marquette University
Max Fox
Calvary Memorial United Church of Christ
Marsha
Pamela
Laurie
Gary
Weekend Toll Rises With 20 Deaths In Wisconsin
Weekend highway accidents on Wisconsin roads claimed at least 20 lives, eight teenagers among the dead. The toll for 1968 reached 385, up from 307 a year earlier. Vere Sankey died in a Sunday night crash on Highway 10 in Pepin County.
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Wisconsin
Pepin County
Vere Sankey
Public Services in France Hit by Nationwide Strikes
Paris faced a sweeping labor shutdown as unions say 5 to million workers walked out. Public services halted, markets emptied, airports closed, trains idle, and chaos spread across the country amid demands for wage hikes and shorter hours. De Gaulle mobilized forces as universities and factories were seized and ports shut, signaling a severe challenge to government authority.
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Paris
UPI
France
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Romania
Marseilles
le Havre
U.S
Dr Spock Trial Today in Anti Draft Case
Dr Benjamin Spock and four others go on trial in U.S. District Court on charges of conspiring to counsel young men to evade the draft. The defendants include Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr and Harvard student Michael Ferber, facing up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The case centers on protests including a meeting at Arlington Street Church and a demonstration at the Pentagon.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
U.S. District Court
Spock
William Sloane Coffin” Jr
Yale University
Michael Ferber
Harvard University
Mitchell Goodman
New York
Marcus Raskin
Institute For Political Studies
Washington
Arlington Street Church
Pentagon
Leonard Boudin
Unitarian Universalist
U.S. Justice Department
Bridge game price hike hits New Haven rail riders
New York UPI reports New Haven Railroad commuters face a 66 percent rise in bridge play costs. For about a decade players paid 15 cents per trip for cards scoring sheets and a lap board. The new rate makes it 25 cents per person or a dollar per board. Conductors cite higher card costs and tax increases as the reason.
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New York
UPI
New Haven
Harriman Urges Hanoi To End Propaganda In Talks
Paris UPI W Averell Harriman urged Hanoi to halt propaganda and begin substantive Vietnam talks. He spoke after meeting Saigon’s Bui Diem, with Cyrus Vance present, saying Washington and Saigon agreed Hanoi must choose immediate negotiations. They discussed a new South Vietnamese government led by Tran Van Huong.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Hanoi
Vietnam
Harriman
Saigon
Washington
Bui Diem
Cyrus Vance
Xuan Thuy
Diem
Thuy
Tran van Huong
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Rockefeller Sees Reagan as Possible Running Mate
Rockefeller indicated he would accept Ronald Reagan as a vice presidential running mate if nominated. Reagan, touring the South, urged limits on Paris peace talks to curb delays. Other items: Salinger charged Humphrey with political statements on USS Pueblo crew return. ADA reaffirmed support for Eugene J. McCarthy.
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United Press International
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Rockefeller
Dream
New Orleans
Issues and Answers
ABC
Pueblo
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
North Korea
ADA
Americans For Democratic Action
Sen
Eugene J.mccarthy
McCarthy
Kennedy Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Madison Square Garden
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Valhalla
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Associated Press
Dr. Spock
Francis J. W. Ford
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