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Stolen Safe from Holmes Tire and Supply Company

Date: 03 02 1961
Description: Safe robbers escaped with $1,000 in cash, $2,000 in checks, and several wrist watches when they stole a large safe from the Holmes Tire and Supply Company ...
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Dane County Board Budget Submittal

Date: 10 04 1961
Description: Superior Court Judge Roy H. Proctor, center, discusses his final budget proposal with Secretary Arthur C. Nelson, left, and County Board Finance committee ...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Undersheriff Jack Leslie examining the cell lock which Lawrence Nutley managed to thwart in an attempted escape from the Dane County Jail. Nutley and Willi...
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Attempted Jail Break at Dane County Jail

Date: 12 26 1961
Description: Jailer Ralph Chesemore examining the control room buttons that were pushed to unlock a series of doors leading to the Dane County Jail lobby in an unsucces...
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Sauk Slaying Trial

Date: 03 23 1962
Description: William Welter demonstrates for his attorney, Vaughn Conway, how he handed his driver's license to Policeman James Jantz before the shooting started. Willi...
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Breathalyzer Test Demonstration

Date: 05 14 1964
Description: James Cowan touches his nose after drinking beer in preparation for a demonstration of police breathylizer tests and reactions of alcohol on potential driv...
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Sheriff Vernon Leslie Honors Richard Green for Capture of FBI's Most Wanted

Date: 12 23 1964
Description: Sheriff Vernon Leslie, left, presenting an award to Richard Green, 1143 E. Dayton Street, for his part in the capture of Raymond Wyngaard, one of the FBI's...
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Toys Repaired at Oregon State Farm

Date: 12 10 1964
Description: View of two men, with their backs to the camera, are sitting in a workshop at Oregon State Farm painting toys. Pieces of freshly painted, disassembled toy ...
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Bronson La Follette

Date: 08 12 1965
Description: Fifteen images of Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette standing next to a bust of his grandfather, "Fighting Bob" La Follette.
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Bridge Tournament

Date: 11 23 1965
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Bruce Beilfuss, and Elizabeth Lester, one of Wisconsin's first life masters in bridge, are each holding a hand of cards. In...
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Nathan S. Heffernan Family

Date: 08 11 1964
Description: Nathan S. Heffernan, newly appointed State Supreme Court justice, with his family. Seated left to right are Thomas, 10; Michael, 12; Heffernan; Kathleen, 1...

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