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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1972
Page
1
Wisconsin records 723 highway fatalities for 1972 after a young man dies today and 15 motorists hurt in weekend crashes, including a Milwaukee expressway pileup.
Two inmates escaped Green County Jail over the weekend with two suspects still at large. Rodger Bernstein a 55 year old sheriff's dispatcher was assaulted while securing Delbert Soddy 21 and Michael LaBelle 19 in their cells. A second escape saw Roger Lee Thoraldson not yet captured after sawing through a screen while held in maximum security. Thoraldson linked to Washington state larceny and forgery charges.
Weekend shootings and bombings in Northern Ireland leave a British army sergeant and at least six others dead. The Provisional IRA declares it will intensify its campaign amid claimed Catholic support, while police and officials dispute that claim. Total deaths in three years reach at least 538 with 325 in the current year. An IRA gunman shot the sergeant at a post.
A 27 year old rural Monroe man John Virgil Schwartzlow was arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of 16 month old Christopher Alan Martin the child of Leo and Shirley Martin. The infant died from brain injuries after an incident at the Schwartzlow home Saturday afternoon. Bond set at 2500 with hearing continued to Thursday. Christopher was born April 3 1971. Services planned Tuesday at Stnessy Funeral Home with burial at Calvary Cemetery.
President Nixon updated Defense Secretary Melvin Laird on plans for an all volunteer army during a visit to the Western White House. Nixon and Mrs. Nixon hosted a poolside reception for about 400 entertainment figures at their San Clemente home as the Vietnam War coverage highlighted U.S. air raids and ground battles in the Hanoi Haiphong area.
Vic Auer of North Hollywood won silver with 598 as an Olympic record tied at 599. Mark Spitz led American swimmers with a 2 02 11 in the 200 meter butterfly heats, beating the old Olympic mark by over four seconds.
Representatives of the Monroe Education Assn and the Monroe Board of Education signed a contract after 11 negotiation sessions begun last January. The agreement boosts base pay by 100 dollars and raises most extra duty pay by 2.5 percent, with the district paying 80 percent of health insurance premiums. Beginning BA pay rises to 7485 dollars, with MA plus 12 years at 12470 dollars top, and total district costs estimated around 50 thousand dollars more than last year. The current mill rate remains at 18.70.
Prince William of Gloucester, cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, died when his light Piper Cherokee clipped a tree near Halfpenny Green Airport and exploded on impact. His co pilot also perished in the crash during an air race. He was 30 and ninth in line to the throne.
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