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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1972
Page
1
A Duluth Minnesota couple Mrs Eugene Lyttle and daughter Maria 20 died when a camper driven by Mrs Lyttle left Interstate 94 east of Eau Claire and overturned. Six other relatives were injured as Wisconsin toll rises to 704 this year.
Russian buyers return to Green County to purchase 25 Brown Swiss bulls five Holsteins and 2000 angora goats from Voegeli Farm Nelsland Farm and the DeBruin herd in Sylvester Township and other local breeders. Howard Voegeli will assemble stock for quarantine before shipment with Dr Victor Lishchenko and Dr A I Navetny in support. S: C T Barnes Jr coordinates the U S order as director of International Marketing Service Holstein Friesian Service Inc Brattleboro Vermont.
Eleven people were injured, two critically, when tons of steel beams collapsed onto vehicles under a highway underpass east of Sacramento. Two cars and a truck were crushed on U.S. 50 as beams fell late Thursday. three workers at the site were unharmed.
President Nixon, renominee at Miami Beach, vows a larger victory in 1972 and a "breakthrough for peace" with China and the USSR. He campaigns across the country, stressing defense strength and antibusing while challenging Sen. George McGovern on key issues and aiming to win twice as big as 1968.
Clayton Arthur Merritt 40, of Rockford Illinois died at 4 p.m. Wednesday August 23 in Rockford Memorial Hospital after being transferred from St. Clare Hospital weeks earlier. He was a carpenter with Ames and Ketchum and a Korean War Navy veteran. Surviving: three sons John David Daniel all of Chana Illinois a daughter Kathleen a brother George H LaPine Ore and two sisters Frances Foss Rochelle and Betty Vincent Wolf Lake. Funeral services are set for August 26 at Delehanty Funeral Home Lowes Park with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Monroe Lions Club members donate the shelter house in Lincoln Park to the City of Monroe and hold a public dedication Monday at 7 15 p m in the park. The 7 30 ceremony features The Star Spangled Banner and presentations by Lions leader Charles Mathias to Park Board president Lee Mitchell and to Park and Recreation director Donald Barribeau. Mayor Clifford Reasa will speak. The steel building sits on a concrete foundation and cost about 3000 dollars. Landscaping was donated by Monty Chesebro. Club fundraising included a water dip stand at the Green County Fair and annual Light bulb sale plus minstrel shows. Delbert Krupke is 1972 73 club president.
Registered nurses and aides are sought to staff the Badger Red Cross Bloodmobile in Monroe at the National Guard Armory on Wednesday Sept 6 from 1 to 6 pm. Volunteers may work 12:30 to 3:30 pm or 3 to 6 pm. Call Mrs Rudolph F Reger at 325 7464 to volunteer. The visit quota is 150 pints with 21 pints needed as replacements for specific patients including Marion Wheeler Albany and others hospitalized at St Clare Hospital. Donor appointments encouraged via Mrs Daniel Lynch at 325 9785.
Carl and Mrs. Anderson of Wasco Oregon farm 2 025 acres in the high desert east of the Cascades. They run winter wheat on dry land with about 9 inches of rain annually and keep around 80 head of Angus cattle. The couple recalls horse days, notes a growing yield year and plans a trip to Hawaii after Labor Day.
Green County officials and trustees recommended condemning the pre 1900 hospital buildings and converting the Green County Hospital to a nursing home with the Pleasant View program. State fire code changes prompt plans for a new facility, with bids and an appraisal to follow.
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