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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1968
Page
1
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan may rely on diminished capacity a controversial defense to reduce first degree murder penalties. His attorney reserved new motions within 35 days under California law after Sirhan pleaded innocent.
Manila was shaken again by a fresh tremor about 39 hours after Friday’s pre dawn quake that leveled a five story apartment building and killed at least 85. Officials feared the toll would rise as rescue crews labored through rubble.
Warren residents await the Jo Daviess County Fair and 4-H shows in August with the Sesquicentennial Pageant It will be staged Friday through Sunday August 9 to 11. The fair features free grandstands and daily events including 4-H judging, animal shows, thrill acts, and teen dances with a full schedule from August 6 through 8.
Daily doggerel by Clair R. Munns reflects on two weeks vacation contrasting with two weeks on a diet. The light verse humorously ponders endless breaks versus dieting effort.
About 60 people attended a Thursday night forum to discuss juvenile issues including drinking and driving and a curfew. Danny Markham chaired the meeting with parents, organization representatives, city officials, Sheriff Roy Vetterli, and juvenile court worker John Walter present. Attendance was reportedly by invitation.
The Badger Bloodmobile will visit Juda High School on Tuesday August 13 from 3 to 6 pm. Walk ins are welcome. The quota is fifty pints, with Miss Dolores Feldt in charge and Paul Matzke as chairman. Agreement seen in Bratislava as liberal and orthodox Communist critics reach a declaration of principles to allow continued liberalization in Czechoslovakia.
Members of the TOPS Celery Munchers meet weekly at Our Savior's Lutheran Church to discuss weight loss goals and share exercises. The group, chartered May 21, reports 145 pounds lost in ten weeks, with one member shedding 29 pounds. Meetings resume in August with 18 members aiming to lose 75 pounds.
Midshipman David G. Deininger narrowly avoided the Manila earthquake by leaving Manila at 3 a.m. Friday for Japan and San Francisco he then returned to Monroe to spend August with his family. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W E Deininger and part of a 60 day training to the Phillipines Vietnam and Japan before resuming naval duties at Annapolis.
Dr and Mrs Rob ert Holland and their children Helen Jonathan and Heather returned to Bangkok after a 22 hour flight marking a world trip from Southern Europe to Asia They hosted a Christmas party with North Dakota friends whom they have met since 1957 and a Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs Holland s mother and sister Mrs Burgi and Mrs Howarth in St Cloud Minnesota A festive home with a Christmas tree Santa Claus and a sleigh like bush buggy car completed the holiday scene at their Bangkok home.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Barr of DeKalb Illinois lost their trailer home in a July fire after moving to Monroe for medical care. They will relocate to a new mobile home on the same lot at 1502 11th Ave around August 25. The couple, aged 77 and 73, were treated for burns and shock and returned home with their daughter. Their son serves in the Army reserves in California. four grandchildren are mentioned.
Mary Zupane sixteen daughter of Dr and Mrs Edward Zupane of Monroe and member of Senior Girl Scout Troop 217 will represent the Badger Council of Girl Scouts at the National Senior Girl Scout Roundup to be held August 5 to 17 at Camp Hilaka West Richfield Ohio. She will fly from Milwaukee with her parents and will be in the science group joining 277 other Girl Scouts from the United States Hawaii and Alaska. Canadian guides will join the group and the event features a Case Reserve University field trip and forums on business education and science with the theme After Tomorrow.
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