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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1968
Page
1
Near the Cambodian border north of Saigon, about 400 North Vietnamese troops attacked 150 U S air cavalrymen. At least 25 Americans were killed and 52 wounded in what officer call the heaviest single battle toll for the 1st Air Cavalry Division this year.
Israeli warplanes attacked east and west of Irbid in Jordan during a 90 minute raid. One Super Mystere jet did not return, and the pilot was reported rescued after parachuting into Jordan. The strike marked the third such attack this week with Israeli losses.
Col Roland H. Shamburek of the U S Army Medical Corps, former Monroe resident, is named 1968 recipient of the John Shaw Billings Award. The honor includes a scroll and 500 dollar honorarium for a military surgeon under 41 showing executive medicine promise.
The Monroe City Council approved a public hearing for a $12 monthly trailer fee in 1969, to be held at 7 30 p m during the regular meeting on Tuesday December 17. Aldermen also set a parking hood policy for tradesmen with a $2 deposit and ten cents per hour while meters run.
On Wednesday December 11 the Monroe High School Concert and Symphonic bands present a Winter Concert at 8 p.m. in the Junior High Auditorium. The Concert Band opens with Overture for Winds by Charles Carter and features two cornet solos Voluntary for Two Trumpets and Band by Henry Purcell. They perform High School Cadets march and All Through the Night in modern harmonic setting, closing with Mozart Impressario Overture. The Symphonic Band performs Water Music Movements by Handel, Jubilee concert march, Viva Mexico fifth movement, and Chester Overture, concluding with The New England Triptych.
President Johnson proclaimed a treaty in effect that provides for the rescue and recovery of astronauts who land outside their own country. The pact, signed last April by the United States Great Britain and the Soviet Union, has since drawn more than 75 countries.
In Alcamo Sicily Franca Viola 20 wed Giuseppe Russi 25 to defy a centuries old practice. Police protected the church after threats and Russi obtained a pistol permit with the marriage license. Franca had refused a rich suitor who kidnapped and raped her two years earlier, facing mob pressure and danger.
John J. Griffo 64 of 810 East Shawnee Street Freeport died last night at St. Clare Hospital after a heart attack. A former operator of Monroe Manor Nursing Home and Highway Club he was born October 23 1904 in Chicago. Survived by wife Frances daughter Virginia Stureivant two grandchildren and brother Dr Peter Griffo. Visitation Thursday after 2 pm. Last rites Friday at 9 am Schwartz Funeral Home and 9:30 am St Marys Church. Burial in Chicago.
Moore Business Forms Inc plans a July 1969 expansion adding 50 000 square feet to the Monroe plant bringing total space to over 130 000 square feet. Plant manager D K Christianson cites rapid industry growth and upcoming automation changes shaping training and new careers as the company expands operations and salaries rise.
Mrs Ariane Sheppard, 39, filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court alleging neglect to duty and extreme cruelty. A court order to keep Sheppard from contact was sought, with threats of violence cited by her attorney. Sheppard, previously sentenced for the murder of Marilyn Sheppard, remains at large.
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