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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1971
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times provides subscriber guidance including delivery contact details for carrier and mail subscribers. It instructs readers to know their delivery boy, call if missed, and notify the office to ensure timely receipt.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says small cars crash worse against large cars at 40 to 50 mph and belts failed in many tests. Dr. William Haddon Jr. warns sales of small cars may reach half of new car sales by 1980, urging safer seat belts and reliable anchors to uphold federal Belt laws.
D L Bill Mossman becomes Monroe Chamber of Commerce president with Robert J Hahlen as vice president and James Volkert treasurer. Vernon Schillinger is secretary, with Robert Busen and W L Thayer as co chairs of the retail committee. Grandma Moses dies at 101 after late life painting fame.
A HAL BOYLE column notes shifts in marriage age with most U S girls marrying at 19 while men remain at 21. It also surveys happiness across life stages with 25 to 40 regarded as most rewarding, childhood second, and old age least happy.
Today’s history note highlights Roald Amundsen becoming the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. It recalls Washington’s death in 1799, Alabama’s statehood in 1819, and other 18th–20th century events along with brief notes on stamps, myths, fashion, and a Prairie du Chien police chief obituary.
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