Time Machine Trip to March 1973

 

Kaukauna Times – March 1973

By Lyle Hansen

March 2, 1973

A Kaukauna man was released Monday from St. Elizabeth Hospital after being injured in an Appleton bar fight. Michael W. Blenke sustained head injuries when struck from behind.  Blenke received his injuries when two rival gangs began to fight in the bar. Thirteen persons were arrested of the 50 gang members. 

“Bye Bye Birdie” makes the first of three appearances on the Kaukauna High School stage next Thursday evening. Approximately 70 students are involved in this year’s production.

  

Two Kaukauna cagers, Reed Giordana and Todd Luedtke, were among a group of 13 Fox Valley Association basketball players honored for their performances on the court by area sportswriters. 

March 7, 1973

Berens Clothing store, which has been closed since last fall, will reopen April 2, it was announced Tuesday by Peter Berens, proprietor. 

March 9, 1973

Kimberly coach Jack Wippich was named Coach of the Year for the second season in a row. Kimberly, which has never won a state championship is making its sixth run at the title.

The city of Kaukauna has taken options on about 200 acres of land on the far northside as the first step in the establishing of a long-overdue industrial park for the city.

March 28, 1973

The Kaukauna Jaycees have recently announced the candidacy of Richard J. Berkers for the office of President of the Wisconsin Jaycees to be held May 12, 1973.

 March 30, 1973

Eugene DeBruin, of Kaukauna, name is not on the list of prisoners who may be released from captivity in Laos, according to the Department of State, but his parents are hopeful that more definite word will be received shortly. Eugene DeBruin, who will be 40 years old this Sunday was a civilian crewman on an Air American cargo plane shot down September 5, 1963, while dropping food supplies over Laos. The pilot and co-pilot were killed in the crash, but Eugene bailed out and was captured. A photograph printed in 1966 in a southeast Asian paper showed some crew members and “Eugene looked very thin” his mother stated.