Blazes destroy barn and damage Monroe home
Monroe volunteer firefighters fought two overnight blazes in below zero temperatures. A 36 by 54 foot Leitner barn and milk house burned on Rt. 4 in Sylvester Township. about 800 bales of hay and other equipment were lost. The Logeson home at 2116 13th St. suffered extensive fire and smoke damage from a chair fire. Firefighters saved a second barn and milk house, and Juda and Monticello departments assisted.
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Monroe
Richard J
Dick) Leitner
Rt. 4
Robert Logeson
13Th St
Leitner
Sylvester Township
Monticello
Juda
Leitners
James
Ann) Beer
Beer
Wisconsin
Illinois
Weather and sports brief tease from area paper
Partly cloudy and cold tonight with light snow possible later this week. Bart’s run of excuses fades as Cofield cheers Depaul’s 18th ranking win, with details on the sports pages. Dear Abby on page 6, and topic pages 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 listed.
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Bart
Cofield
Depaul
Compendium
People Today
Area Journal
Prime Minister Miki fights to hold on after setback
AP reports Takeo Miki faces an election setback as opposition talks of a coalition. In other updates China blocks Waldheim for UN secretary general and Kissinger heads to Brussels on a NATO message.
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International Tokyo
Takeo Miki
United Nations
N.Y
China
Austria
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Security Council
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
NATO Alliance
Brussels
Carter
First Wisconsin Swine Flu Case Confirmed by CDC
Government scientists confirm a Wisconsin farm worker in Brodhead had swine influenza A New Jersey 76 after throat cultures. The case, the first confirmed this fall, follows earlier antibody tests and field investigations by CDC epidemiologists and UW experts.
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Atlanta
Wisconsin
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
New Jersey
Don Berreth
Don Harris
Berreth
Concordia
Brodhead
Harris
Bernard Easterday
University of Wisconsin
William Schatz
Story of Monroe ideal Yale gift for Christmas sale
Monroe High School teacher Alan Stauffacher announces limited edition The Story of Monroe It s Past and It s Progress Toward the Present available for Christmas. About 500 copies at 5 each are for sale with bulk rates through Stauffacher. copies also at Monroe Evening Times Ruf s and the Gift Castle. Written by Monroe historian E C Hamilton, the 28 page volume is published by Monroe public schools under Allan Holtshopple. proceeds offset printing costs and fund a self supporting program. This first and final printing serves as a Monroe reference for social studies classes introduced as a collector s item honoring local history.
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Monroe
Alan Stauffacher
Stauffacher
Monroe Evening Times
Ruf’s
The
Gift Castle
E.C. Hamilton
Monrove Public Schools
Allan Holtshopple
Hamilton
Green County
State Historical Society
Monroe Board awards contracts for new school
The Monroe Board of Education awarded four bids for the south side elementary school. General contract went to Corporate Construction Ltd. of Madison for 780800 dollars. Osborns Plumbing and Heating of Beloit bid 77300 dollars for plumbing. Lions, Inc. of Janesville bid 301640 dollars for heating and ventilation. Westphal Electric of Janesville bid 131610 dollars for electrical work.
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Monroe Board of Education
Corporate Construction Ltd
Madison
Osborns Plumbing and Heating
Beloit
Lions, Inc
Janesville
Westphal Electric
Bradley
Larry Sampson
MHS
Swiss Colony Inc
Paul Haen
Sturgeon Bay
UW Whitewater
Janesville Craig
Green County
Burnell Smith
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Rodney D. Frautschy
St. Clare Hospital
Frautschy
Wis
Gilbert J. Disch
Rt. 1
Coates Ave
Dischs
Charlie’s. Frautschy
New Glarus Ems
Ralph E. Datka
Franklin
Times
Tom Mitchell
Judo Fire Department
MAAC
Monroe Arts and Activities Center
Robert H. Rieder
Maac Board of Directors
Logeson
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Japan
George Salvens
Walnut Creek
Calif
U.S. Naval Base
United States
Cording
Paul Mueller
Abby
Jim Wright
Big City
Supreme Court
Detroit
Transportation
Coleman
Plains
Billy Carter
Cross-Roads
Billy
Anchorage
Alaska
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co
Santa Claus
Alvin Rabehl
Ludlow
Hearst
Los Angeles
Patricia Hearst
Superior Court
William Rizzi
Schatz
Jeremy
Robert Graven
Phil Grather
Gravens
Yale
Marne
Monroe High School
Future Business Leaders of America
FBLA
Monroe Area
Ellen Klarer
Carmen Ramum
Shelly Kammerode
Jan Goecks
Patty Scott
Deb Hartwig
Darlene Bertalot
Liz Schwartz
Santa
Marlen Leopold
Marty Rufener
Swiss Cheese Capital
U.S.A
Monroe Board
Charles Bradley
Bradley and
Bradley Architects
Jack Kundert
Bob Ableman
Green Co
Terry Quinn
Dennis Hunt
Wilson Bloom
Delbert Soddy
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