Tri-County Citizen from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin (2024)

July 16, 1969

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Tri-County Citizeni

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Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Issue Date:

Wednesday, July 16, 1969

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1

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4 1 Star Routt Boxholdtr 1 BEAVER DAM WISCONSIN Apollo 11 Off To Good Start On Moon light launch was believed to be and beaches space machine roared aloft Dodge County Air Tour Will Be July 22 Thursday the menes is shown above in one of Late Bulletins Tornado In REVOKED LICENSES OUND DEAD TEMPERATURES Benjamin Harrison ii (Continued on page 8) of moon soil automatically and get them back to earth before Apollo 11 returns with its hand a small nine rung the first That is IN WANT ADS YOU WILL IND MADISON (UPD A total of 3815 drivers had their licenses revoked for a year in 1968 in Wisconsin after conviction for drunken driving the Motor Ve hicle Division said today Records showed 504 of the dri 'vers taken off Wisconsin high ways were from out of the state THAT Beagle puppies are for sale 1 NEW YORK (UPD The high est temperature reported in the United States Tuesday by the US Weather Bureau exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii was 112 degrees at Buckeye Ariz low was 39 degrees at Redmond Ore Local Patron (or Houtonoidet Letter Carrier Route Local READ THE WANT ADS DAILY area can also be arranged so that farmers can see their own farm from the air Such arrange ments must made at theau" port Tickets are $4 per person Rural or Local Post Office loxltolder mid 1956 when he resigned and Clarence Traeger now county judge and a former DA during the 1940s completed the several months of the term Rasmussen was elected again for two years 1957 59 Kaiser returned to the district office in 1959 after his election in November 1958 and was subsequently re elected in 1960 62 64 66 68 His present two year term expires on Jan 1 1971( but this will now be fill ed by an appointment to be made by Gov Warren Knowles The office of Dodge County District Attorney is listed as "part at a salary of $12 000 per year However attorneys filling this office have had to work more than "half to complete the workload On eb 14 1967 the County Board of Supervisors provided for an assistant district attorney and at that time attorney James Grant of Waupun was appointed to this position' The assistant dis trict salary is now4000 per year Press Secretary Ronald Zieg ler said President Nixon felt the bill should be passed now and at least before the July 31 expiration of a exten sion of legislation authorizing withholding of the surtax from paychecks Bond was set at $5000 and Rabbach is scheduled to return to court on Monday July 21 Traeger also heard two county traffic cases on Tuesday after noon Clyde Merrill Oakfield was found guilty of operating a vehicle while intoxicated Judge Traeger fined him $200 and costs and ordered his driv license revoked for one Leonard leischman Camp bellsport was found guilty of speeding 84 mph in a 55 mph zone He was fined $50 and costs and had his license sus pended for 15 days 1969 Drunken Driving Convictions Clyde Merrill 60 Oakfield 1 WAUPUN Dwayne Schmaltz administrator of the Pardeeville School District for the past four years has been ap pointed coordinator of Cooper ative Educational er i Agency (CESA) 13) it was an nounced Tuesday by Donald Thomas I president of Board of Control RICHIELD Wis (UPD A 24 year old Richfield girl was found dead today an apparent suicide because of the death Tuesday of her boy friend A orities attributed the death of Miss Janice Mehler to carbon monoxide 0 i oning They said she had left a note saying she could not face life without her boy friend The boy friend Delbert leis ner of Menomonee alls was killed Tuesday when a piece of heavy equipment rolled over him at Ind Dwayne Schmaltz Schmaltz succeeds Mil ton Rewey who resigned so that he could return to his home town of Platteville in a school administrative position Rewey was appointed CESA 13 coordin 'ator when it was first organized on July 1 1965 Schmaltz as sumes his new post on July 22 Well Qualified In announcing the appointment of Schmaltz as CESA 13 coord inator Thomas said has been active in the developing and establishment of the Council of Cooperating School Districts consisting of Rio Cambria Ran dolph and Pardeeville schools He is well qualified to continue the excellent work accomplished by Mr Schmaltz has worked in close cooperation with CESA 12 at Portage in the development of this service so is fa miliar with the school district needs that can be provided by such agency cooperation Schmaltz was bom and raised at La Crosse where he grad uated from La Crosse Central High School and in 1952 grad uated from La Crosse State Uni versity Immediately following graduation he joined the faculty at the Middleton School District where he was an elementary school teacher and principal for 13 years While at Middleton he also attended the University of Wisconsin and received a Mas degree in 1956 Since then he has earned 35 credits beyond his Master's degree CESA new coordinator served in the US Army for two years 1944 46 He is married and In the control blockhouse Petrone said could feel the at liftoff "The guys' monitoring the consoles knew this was the big one the one we worked on for so many years There was static electri city in the air There was not much talking "But certainly each on the inside knew what this meant" It meant the culmination of a program that cost $24 billion and the lives of the Apollo 1 astronauts killed in a fire that swept their cabin during a ground test It also meant tension for three families it be nice to be counting down to said Mrs Joan Aldrin By JOHN SIMS PARIS (UPI) A Saigon dele gation spokesman today said if the Communist side at the Vietnam peace talks "really wants a negotiated settlement this is the time to Referring to the offer by South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to let the Viet Cong participate in jointly controlled and internationally supervised general elections the spokesman said: cannot keep rejecting our offers They must realize this is a fair and generous offer on our part" The spokesman stressed th Saigon and Washington delega tions would give the Commu nists "plenty of time and when the 26th session of the talks takes place Thursday He said many South Vietna mese support the view of Vice! President Nguyen Cao Ky coordinator of the Saigon delegation who has said he would recommend withdrawal from the talks if the Commu nists reject latest offer But the spokesman would not call statement representa tive of official Saigon policy He recalled last riday'! statement by Ambassador Pham Dang Lam of South Vietnam that there were to patience and goodwill but said this did not mean the Saigon delegation was contemplating a walkout latest proposal will be officially presented to the Communists at ses sion So far the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have issued statements the proposal as an order from the US government Allied offi cials do not regard the denunciations as an official response and are awaiting" a more definitive reply Thursday The Saigon spokesman stressed his posi tion that the Viet Cong would be allowed to participate in South Vietnamese elections "The rest is open to negotia he said By WALTER WHITEHEAD SAIGON Gen Earle Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived tonight in Saigon to determine 'whether Americans should de esealate the war because of the four week qld lull in Communist 1 offensive activities' 5 Shortly before he arrived the command reported North 7 Vietnamese soldiers firing anti tank rocket? and machine guns 4 ambushed a US convoy northwest of Saigon killing one and wounding six But it was the only ground fighting: reported Wheeler was dispatched here Tuesday by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird who said he thought the United States has' the toward peace in Vietnam It is job to find out if that assessment is correct Wheeler arrived in a drizzling rain and was greeted by Gen Creighton Abrams the American troop commander in Vietnam and Adm John Schmaltz CESA 13 New Coordinator The countdown was the smoothest in US space history two problems cropped up and neither caused a hold in the count The 363 foot space machine thundered space with a bellow that shook the beaches: It remained visible for long minutes one of the beautiful launches for the the Apollo series The astronauts after reach ing earth orbit tested their color camera One minute of the transmission was received at Cape Kennedy but was not relayed to commercial net works The command ship carries a color television camera and the lunar lander a black and white model said Collins "They finally gave me a tttneaii An air tour of Too Photo Dodge County for rural and city Summer 4 Agent Mary Lem wacirlanre ainll olro nianfi nn PliAR day from the Dodge several planes that will be avail County Airport between tne hours of 8:00 am and 6:00 pm The Dodge County Soil and Water Conservation District is the lander away from the command ship leaving Collins 38 an Air orce lieutenant colonel to fly alone Armstrong and Collins then fly their landing ship to a gentle touchdown on the vast arid Sea of Tranquillity at 4:19 pm EDT Sunday After hours of observation Armstrong is scheduled to slip feet first through hatch step down a ladder and become man on the moon scheduled for 2:21 am EDT Monday Valuable Rocks Aldrin will follow and the two men will spend up to two hours and 40 minutes exploring the lunar surface setting up a geophysical station and collect ing 130 pounds of some of the VOLUME 16 NUMBER 37 Gen Wheeler In Saigon Checks War most valuable rotks man will has got to said Petrone Smoothest Countdown ever hold step has its own risks After nearly 22 hours on the and dangers moon the astronauts will use lone ascent engine to blast away and fly to a rendezvous with Collins and the in moon orbit They return to a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at 12:51 pm Thursday July 24 Pres ident Nixon will be aboard the carrier Hornet the recovery ship to greet them But the astronauts will have to sit out a three week quarantine period before returning to the rest of the world At a post launch news confer ence Petrone said "this is the big one This is the one been working for eight since the inception of the space program "Every step of the mission Hopeful Of Action On able for the 30 minute flights Photo One of the fanns that will be pointed out in the flight is the Arthur sponsoring the air tour as a com Himes farm Route 1 Rubicon munity activity in soil and water which shows contour strip crop conservation It is 'designed to' pingand contour cultivation acquaint all citizens of the coun The flight route schedule is ty of the land water and air the Clarence Maryott diversion problems and to show how in and surface ditdh Ellory Klatt some cases these problems are diversion channel realignment being solved and "wildlife pond Duane Law moon The crew of Apollo 11 sticking to business and refrain ing from chit chat hurtled into a 119 mile high orbit around earth to By ISABELLE WASHINGTON (UPD When Robert Baker became secretary to Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson in 1956 Baker was worth Seven years later he was a millionaire The government filed a civil7 suit in federal courts here Tuesday demanding Baker give a full accounting of his $17 million net worth and that he be made to return at least part of the money because it was allegedly obtained in a conflict of interest The suit was filed two days before a recently enacted sik year statute of limitations government claims runs put The! Justice Department dries pot concede the statute applies to Baker but filed the suit anyway as a protective' mea sure 'I The limitation dates' from July 17 1963 wien Baker was accused accepting $7500 services on behalf of the US reight Co of New York in its dealings with the government xmxdtt ft 'beaver DAM WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY JULY 16 1969 module out of its housing atop the rocket stage The lunar lanrlpr nanwl rides to orbit on the nose of the gathered trophies Thursday of command ship i next week Civil defense officials esti mated that more than a million Permit Horicon Wis El Salvador And Honduran orces Battling Today On Several ronts Negotiated Settlement Time Ripe If Commies Want Peace Television executives estimated that 25 million more persons watched the launch at home Apollo 11 was not the" only spaceship enroute to the moon earth to check out their The Soviet unmanned Luna 15 systems before blasting away probe launched Sunday was shortly after noon and heading expected to reach the moon for the moon Thursday The ship which 'Moments after leaving orbit emitted" two unexplained radio Apollo 11 was to separate from transmissions just before Apollo the Saturn 5 third stage and launch was believed to be Kaiser Resigns As Dist Atty Of County JUNEAU Wis' John Kaiser District Attorney of Dodge County for over fourteen years announced his resignation Cbunty iProseeutee effective midnight July 3L around Cape from the cone shaped space 38 year old civilian and Aldrin an Air rurce cviuriei crawi Hundreds of dignitaries led into the lunar lander and break By United Press International El Salvador said today its invasion forces captured a Honduran provincial capital and drove an infantry spearhead 45 miles into Honduras in the opening hours of heavy fighting that erupted Monday between the Central American nations Both sides reported battling on several fronts inside' Hondu ras The Honduran Embassy in Washington DC said a 10 hour battle for Amatillo a town near the border with El Salvador left 13 dead and 17 wounded all Honduran civilians The town remained in Honduran hands the report said An El Salvador army spokes man' said their ground forqes late Tuesday captured Nueva Ocotepeque a provincial capital near the Salvadorean border and that the Honduran army garrison there had surrendered 5 Nueva Ocotepeque' is near the Salvadorean border post of El Poy which Honduran planes have attacked since the fighting first broke out Honduras said in retaliation its planes had bombed Ilopango International Airport in the Salvadorean capital of San Salvador along with oil refine ries at Acajutla and La Union and a hydroelectric plant on the Lempa River El Salvador said damage was small but Honduras contended the damage to the refineries forced El Salvador to impose nationwide gas rationing Salvadorean army officials said eight Honduran planes were shot down Tuesday They said five were downed over El Salvador tand one damaged Honduran plane managed to land in Guatemala where the pilot was arrested Honduras said its forces had knocked down four Salvadorean planes one a World War II vintage" P51 into an upper class suburb of Teguci galpa Hernan Lopez Callejas Hon duran minister in Mexico quoted Nicaragua Radio that 126 Honduran civilians were killed in the first Salvadorean attacks on border towns John Kaiser In addition to serving as Dodge County District Attorney Kaiser was president of the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association in 1965 and presently is serving that organization as State Director of the National District Attorneys Assn Since ne nas oeen associ ated in the practice of law with lorian Klink under the firm name of Kaiser and Klink 115 Main St Juneau Kaiser 7 in making the an nouncement stated he has no clans other than de vote his full' to time to the private practice of law Kaiser was first elected to the office of Dodge County's district attorney in the fall election1 of 1950 and served two two year 7 terms 1951 55 He stepped out of county politics for a period of four years during which time Rrnrp Rasmussen Beaver Dam JUNEAU rA Watertown youth was district attorney 1955 to Warren Rabbach 21 appear ed before Judge Clarence Trae ger in Branch 2 County Court here this morning to face three counts of burglary by Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon Johnson watched the liftoff 'the cape President Nixon wbo Tuesday night told the astronauts by telephone that they were embarking on "the greatest adventure man has ever watched on televi sion in the White House should in my judgment put a man on Mars by the end of this century" said Agnew Johnson called it an vor to bring peace to man The mission of Apollo 11 begins its climax Saturday when the ungainly space ng norcmo tv hi otfMt rrnwd window to look when an drops into orbit around the riuiib If all goes as planned ever jammed the roads insulation shield was jettisoned moon On Sunday Armstrong a 'v AL rnnna 0QirAAtMlz4 mtrilton an i AIHrin AriYucfrnntf and Aldrin before and DeacneS dawn Monday will beebme the Kennedy when the 3242 ton craft firct mon ever tn cat font nn the snacfi machine roared a Oil CAPE KENNEDY (UPD Apollo 11 carrying three astronauts and the dreams of humanity' blasted off for the moon today on a historic voyage to place the footprints of man in the dust of an alien world 7 looking called command pilot Neil A Arm strong as he and his crewmen 'MtAhaal Aniline and TTdwin Aldrin plundered into space gently pull Jthe lunar landing an effort to scoop up samples exactly on tune at 9:32 am EDT the ctilniination of eight years of toil is the big said Launch Director Rocco Petrone after the perfect liftoff first step has been started Dodge County son diversion and waterway1 1 Lowell Keeseville community Lenius and Peterson group ditches Mud Lake Wildlife McCain the Pacific comman Area Astico County Park Cala der who had flown in earlier in 1 mus Creek watershed joins Bea the day ver Dam River rip rapping Bea 'Wheeler will spend four days ver Dam Lake city of Beaver jn Vietnam He made no' Dam Eugene Voigt waterway statement to reporters and and Nehls wildlife pond answered no ouestions before A personal tour ot a specinc he climKed into a black limousine with Abrams and McCain and drove away for an of informal discussions US military spokesmen said wiicvicr wuuiu iiiaivc iiu bluic a ments to newsmen nor enter dlllT UeinUnUS tain questions from reporters assignment: Accounting Of (Continued on page 9) Bakers Worth charge Youth With Three Buglqries WASHINGTON (UPD The A VAI White House urged the Senate VVCSl Al vQ today to speed approval by the end of July on extension of the CIaIa income surtax but Democratic jQ0 leaders said the bill would not even be considered before next month Prtss International rour persons were injured when the trailer home they were in was flipped over in Barron County in the midst of violent weather that stretched across the northern half of Wis consin Tuesday At different times in the aft ernoon and evening all counties north of a line from Red Wing Minn through Eau Claire Marshfield Shawano to Stur geon Bay on Lake Michigan were put under tornado watches or severe thunderstorm warnings Almena Mrs Gary Boe decker her one year old infant and Mrs Dan' "Hubbard and Theresa Carlson 12 friends of the Boedeckers were injured when a twister overturned the house trailer they were in Tues day afternoon Boedeckpr was not home at the time Barron County Undersheriff Jerry Johnson said the injuries were not serious but the home i was extensively damaged (Continued on page 9) I I 7 I A s'3 'J 7 A 1 I.

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