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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1968
Page
1
The GOP platform calls for a smaller U.S. role in Vietnam but not a pullout without a satisfactory settlement. It stresses crime enforcement, urban renewal, home and business ownership drives, private industry incentives for ghettos, and streamlined programs while opposing deficits and inflation.
John Lewis and Donald Ferris reported the completion of their probe into a dynamiting incident at Lake Montesian Monticello. Jerry Klassy 20 Monticello was sentenced to 30 days in Green County Jail after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for placing dynamite in the lake during homecoming.
Deputy Rex Eyler and Patrolman Robert Stalder chased a late model white car with a dead skunk hung from a pole at the jail incinerator. Eyler held the six foot pole as the vehicle sped away, while the jail smelled of skunk and tobacco amid the pursuit.
Nixon calls for a dramatic shift to nonmilitary efforts to end the Vietnam war and backs peace talks at Paris with North Vietnam. He joins Gov. Romney in telling GOP platform drafters to address the issue firmly as Republicans draft their 1968 policy. The platform may advocate a smaller U S role but seek a settlement and tougher crime and poverty proposals.
Green County Farm Bureau Women will award a 200 scholarship to attend the Farm Short Course at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture for 1968 69. Deadline is Sept 20. Applicants must be Green County residents 17 or older Farm Bureau family members with farm experience and future farm plans.
Mrs Frossine Esber of Tripoli Lebanon visits Monroe to meet American grandchildren and three sons living in the United States. She travels with a permanent visa and plans further visits while sharing stories of language barriers, Turkish Greek and Arabic fluency, and her fondness for Green County cheese and American foods.
The Badger Red Cross Bloodmobile will make five visits in Green County with four in August and one in September. Aug 13 Juda High School 3 to 6 p.m. quota 50 pints chaired by Paul Matzke. Aug 14 Monticello Zwingli Church 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Harold Schulz chair, co chair Mrs. Ted Zurbachin. quota 50. Aug 21 Browntown Peace United Church of Christ 3 to 6 p.m. Rev. John E. Masters chair, co chair Mrs. Frank Guttmer. quota 50. Aug 27 Albany High School 8 to 6 p.m. Mrs. Nelson Miller Jr. chair with American Legion Auxiliary. quota 50. Sept 13 Monroe Turner Hall 1 to 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Paul Paulson chair. quota 144 units. Iva Amundson chief nurse, Dr. Leslie G. Kindschi coordinating medical coverage. The drives aim to meet hospital needs. One more day. PRAGUE text and an unrelated Indictment of Jeff Fort follow in the same column.
Julie Hammil seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Hammil South Wayne was badly bitten about the head and face by a year old German Shepherd dog at a friend's home. The dog leaped at her while they walked across the lawn and had to be pulled off. A deep laceration above the right ear required 50 stitches with additional wounds to the face arm and back of the head. The dog had not attacked before and was tied and watched for illness symptoms.
Marine Pfc. John Elsing told his mother during a hoarse call at the U S Navy Hospital in Bethesda Maryland how he sounds after surgery to remove a neck tube. He recalled losing his left eye in the Vietnam attack and said he would accept the loss if it helped gain ground. He added that his right arm remains in a cast but he can walk again and left the hospital for a drive around Washington with his family. His Purple Heart was awarded in Japan and his family plans to visit him in Ward 4B Bethesda.
Reinhold Wiese, 47, Evansville, was injured in an auto accident on County Trunk 14 and taken to St. Clare Hospital with a mild concussion. His wife, Mrs. Wiese, suffered head lacerations requiring stitches. both received care in Evansville. An additional car was involved.
Brief verse noting August birthdays with a cheerful birthday wish. It repeats a seasonal conceit and extends good wishes to readers born in August.
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