Works Board Approves Two Thousand Six Hundred Eight Dollars
The Board of Public Works approved a 2608 dollar Motorola bid for a radio tower at City Hall to support the fire department and communications. Four bids for a Water Department four wheel drive truck were opened with Monroe Sales Co. bidding 2372 dollars and Trucks Inc. 2475 dollars. Water Department to review specs. Other items include payment requests for City Garage work after tornado damages, storm sewer installation, asphalt unit setup, and initial landscaping plans for the new City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Works
Motorola
Water Department
Monroe
Evansville
Dearth Motors Inc
Monroe Sales Co
Trucks Inc
Juni-Miller Inc
Walter R. Ekum
Carter Machine Shop
Harold Snively
First Ward
City Hall
Monroe Garden Club
Barr Chosen as Champ Coach for Wisconsin Team
Monroe High School director Stanley Barr is named coach for Wisconsin at the National Junior Champ track and field championships to be held August 12-14 at Rice University in Houston. Monroe’s Mark Winzenried will represent the state. 400 entrants from 35 states compete. The event is NBC filmed for Sports Special and co sponsored by Wheaties and Pepsi Cola.
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Stanley Barr
Monroe
Wisconsin
Rice University
Houston
Mark Winzenried
NBC
Winzenried
Jim Dearth
Wheaties Sports Federation
Pepsi- Cola Co
Bread for blood donors offered by Monticello woman
Mrs Perm Graber of Monticello offers a loaf of her prize winning dairy bread to first time blood donors at Monticello on August 23. The mobile unit will be at Zwingli United Church of Christ from 12 30 to 3 30 p m. The next Monroe visit is set for September 28.
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Monticello
Permin Graber
Route 2
Monroe Evening Times
Orangeville Times Now Has First Carrier Girl
Suzanne C Arn of Orangeville begins her first week as The Monroe Evening Times carrier girl making door to door deliveries in Orangeville. at age 12 she is the paper's first carrier girl in the state, joining other area carriers in Albany New Glarus Brodhead Monticello and more.
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Suzanne C. Arn
Orangeville
Monroe Evening Times
Suzanne
John E. Arn
The
Times
Wisconsin
the Times
Stephen
Michael
Grace United Church of Christ
Jimmy Runans
Albany
Chuck Bigler
New Glarus
Brodhead
Billy Moore
Brodhead City Council Grants Raceway Control
The water and light commission transferred control of the raceway and facilities to the city with state approval. Total bills reached 12721.77 dollars. The meeting covered property line investigations, heating system bids, dam repairs, and a half funded dam cost up to ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodhead
Water and Light Commission
Donald Cleveland
Ties Oil Co
Keith Townsend
Second Ward
John Wish
Decatur Dam
Ryan Construction Co
Power and Light Commission
Roger Lentz
Bethel Lutheran
Green County
John Callahan
Green County Bank
Strategy Talks Set Viet Troop Deployment
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler said a eight hour conference of military leaders in Honolulu settled details for deploying 50,000 more American troops to South Vietnam. He told reporters the group has a sound basis for carrying out the President's decision.
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Honolulu
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South Viet Nam
Wheeler
Maxwell St Day Feature Supports Cheese Days
Shirley Bowen of Monroe's Dairy Queen will run a Cheese Days stand on the sidewalk in front of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce by Maxwell Street Day. She will share Cheese Days songs recordings hats and buttons to promote and fund the festival set for September 18 and 19. Most merchants will stay open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. with sidewalk displays and store sales. The Cheese Days committee named Edwin Rufenacht as cheese display chairman for the September festival.
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Shirley Bowen
Monroe
Dairy Queen
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Maxwell Street
Miss Bowen
Swiss Wheel
Edwin Rufenacht
Narcotics Stolen From Sauk City Drug Store
Sauk City police report a substantial quantity of narcotics missing from Hall's drug store after a night break in. Entry was gained by forcing a front door and owner Earl Hall discovered the burglary on opening. Inventory pending to assess loss.
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Sauk City
Hall
Earl Hall
Three Youths Ready to Enlist In National Guard
Three area youths await physicals to qualify for enlistment in Company B. David Paul Leck of Monroe Neil Truttman of Mr Horeb and Jerry A Phillips of Monroe were among seven contacting the unit after the Green County Fair exposure. The fair drew roughly 1 000 visitors and showcased an M 60 loaned by the Wisconsin Military Academy.
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David Paul Leck
Monroe
Neil Truttman
Mr. Horeb
Jerry A. Phillips
Guard
Green County
Armory
Wisconsin Military Academy
Lyndon Johnson
Berlin
Thefts at Fairgrounds Investigated by Monroe Police
Monroe police investigate two thefts at the Green County Fairgrounds reported Sunday night into Monday morning. Equipment for a public address system vanished from the Wisconsin Power and Light tent, and camping gear including gas lanterns stoves hoses disappeared from the North Central Public Service tent.
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Monroe
Green County Fairgrounds
Wisconsin Power and Light
North Central Public Service
Bond posted for 37 civil rights protesters in Allendale
A federal government representative posted bond today for 37 civil rights demonstrators arrested in the Allendale County courthouse during a protest over voter registration practices.
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Allendale
S.C
Allendale County
Wilhelm Tell outdoor art fair set for Sept 5 in New Glarus
The fourth annual Wilhelm Tell art fair will be held Sunday Sept 5 in New Glarus Wisconsin with a rain date Sept 6. Amateur and professional artists may join a non juried show from 9 AM to 7 PM in the village park. Entrance is 2 dollars with no commission. The festival features Swiss music flag throwing yodeling and performances of the Wilhelm Tell drama expanded to three shows this year.
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New Glarus
Robert Elkins
Wis
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Capitol
Madison
Milwaukee
New Zealand AFS Student Joins Monroe Family
Chris Wilson, an 18 year old American Field Service student from Feilding New Zealand, arrives to live with the Ken Smiths at 2124 17th Ave. The closely knit Wilson household welcomes her as a sister and daughter, with a plan to study English and History after high school.
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Christine Alison
Chris) Wilson
Feilding
New Zealand
Ken Smith
Sheryl
Chris
Monroe
Field Service International
Gonks
Feilding Agricultural High School
Helen E. Zimmerli
Ken Smiths
17Th Ave
Chris Wilson
Fielding
Manawatu
Christine Alison Wilson
Wellington
North Island
England
Smith
Ken
Jackie
Sheryl Smith
Debbie
Ronald
Kevin
AFS
Monroe High School
Alli
Wagner
Germany
David Schulman
Argentina
Smiths
Chicago
Baledonia Society
Enid
St. John’s Ambulance Association
Clarence
Janice
Mary
Pamela
Pam
Wilsons
Youth's Story Proved in Test Back Page
A 14 year old boy’s account of a young mother’s death at Columbia Park’s 87 foot tower in Fond du Lac was supported by a lie detector test. Sheriff Ray Howard announced Mrs. Suzanne Velasco 20 died after climbing over a railing during a picnic. An informal inquest ruled the death accidental and the boy faces a juvenile court hearing over beer drinking at the event.
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Fond DU Lac
Ray Howard
Suzanne Velasco
Columbia Park
Change Planned In Quota System
Washington House Judiciary Committee approves a bill to end the national origins quota system by July 1 1968. The measure creates a new immigrant preference order and caps admissions at 170 000 per year from present quota countries with a 20 000 limit per nation. Western Hemisphere rules and certain family members remain outside the ceiling.
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Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
Senate
U.S
Western Hemisphere
Seven Youths Leave For Service Induction
Seven county youths left for induction into the Armed Forces this morning while 26 left for pre induction. Mrs. Clara Ritter, Selective Service director, said the totals do not reflect Johnson's requested increases or a Viet Nam buildup. The quota was set prior and remained unchanged. The youths reported at 6 15 a.m. for transport to Milwaukee.
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Clara Ritter
Selective Service Office
Johnson
Viet Nam
Milwaukee
Grease Paint Clinic For Children At Recreation Park
Penny Fitzgerald, active in college theatre technical work, will demonstrate theatrical makeup using grease paint tomorrow at the Recreation Park Playhouse Starting at 1 30 p m she will use children as models to create clown oriental Toby monster straight and old age characters The event welcomes all who wish to learn makeup application.
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Penny Fitzgerald
Recreation Park Playhouse
Miss Fitzgerald
Milwaukee Sues Milwaukee Braves Over Franchise Move
Milwaukee County files suit in federal court charging the Milwaukee Braves, directors, the National League, and member clubs with violating anti trust laws and Wisconsin statutes by seeking to move the franchise from Milwaukee to Atlanta.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
U.S. District Court Today
Milwaukee Braves
National League
Wisconsin
Atlanta
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Barr
Suzanne Arn
Times Family
Maxwell St
National Guard
Dwight Coplien
Fairgrounds
Glarus
Child Welfare Department
Sydney
Australia
Fiji Islands
Hawaii
Frisco
San Francisco
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