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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1972
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists post office classification as second class, details office hours, contact numbers, and subscriber guidance. It notes Associated Press republication rights and advises mail and carrier subscribers to verify delivery and report missed papers.
The editorial argues rising federal antipollution and safety rules will lift car prices to new highs by 1980, making cars enormously expensive and less driving exciting. Experts warn redesigns will add weight, push bigger engines, and limit urban use, possibly spurring secondhand buys or a motorcycle boom.
A user instruction asks to add six numbers to a circled number under a sign to describe the day. The prompt includes stray characters and unclear format but centers on a numerology mood indicator. It requests numeric input and yields a total describing the day.
A letter urges full funding of the National Cancer Act of 1971 with calls to President Nixon to direct the Office of Management and Budget to appropriate the full authorized sum. A high school band concert celebration, school meal menus for Monroe and Monticello districts, and a note on Kissinger’s secret Moscow trip precede a Washington update about talks with Soviet leaders during Nixon’s forthcoming visit.
Glancing Back recalls April 28 1962 with Alonso Ramirez nearing commercial license after 40 more hours of flight, Monroe High School Chorus performing Adam Loves Eve, and Wisconsin’s 32nd Division returning from Ft Lewis by August 5. Other items include Ridgway’s NATO appointment in 1952, Olympic gymnastics team selection, sheriff candidacy, and local civic actions and deaths.
Ernest Gill of the Californian crew testifies before a senate inquiry that the steamer failed to respond to Titanic distress rockets while ten miles away. Meanwhile, bodies of John Jacob Astor and Isidore Straus are identified and embalmed aboard the cable steamship Mackey-Bennett.
Seventy years ago on April 28 1902 Monroe advances toward establishing a Carnegie Library with a vote pending at the annual school meeting. Charles Michaels of Dodgeville is ill with smallpox as the fairgrounds eating house becomes a pest house and authorities push strict measures to curb the outbreak.
On April 28 events include the 1952 treaty ending war with Japan signed by the U S and 47 nations, James Monroe born in 1785, Maryland ratifying the Constitution in 1788, and Kennedy Macmillan meeting to avoid an early Soviet summit. Cassius Clay refused induction in 1967 era reports note FBI witness seizure of 19 year old Leslie Bacon in March Capitol bombing case.
Fifty years ago on April 28 a civic department program led by Miss Julia Moyer featured Charles A. Gage, a noted Rockford baritone, performing at the Methodist Episcopal Church. Nickel films resumed in Monroe with Redman as manager, contingent on financial viability of the experiment.
A theater group has worked out a plan with Superintendent Creutz and the PTA to coordinate activities and support school programs. The collaboration aims to integrate performances with education and community involvement.
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