Monroe City Council Okays Employee Pay Increases and Oversight
The Monroe City Council approved pay raises for city employees averaging 5 percent, with street workers gaining eight cents an hour and a top street wage of 1.88. They also authorized $17,698 to cover five overdrawn accounts and promised a full audit of a $7,132 overdraft tied to the incinerator project. A hearing on elected official salaries is set for Jan. 5, with hikes contingent on reelection.
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Monroe
Police Department
Walter R. Ekum
Monroe Service Station Association
Malcolm Marti
Ekum
Planning Commission
7Th Avenue
Monroe Service Stations Association
Norton Seeks Re election in First Ward
Emmett J. Norton begins circulating nomination papers to seek another term as First Ward supervisor. James C. Volkert also declares for the post, alongside other candidates for the April election including Thomas R. Smith, Olin E. Flisram, and incumbents City Atty. William J. Schmitz and City Clerk Freda M. Bray seeking re election.
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Emmett J. Norton
James C. Volkert
First National Bank
Norton
Monroe Planning Commission
Green County Welfare Board
Board of Public Works
Firestone
Montgomery Ward
Studer Super Service
Wards
Knights of Columbus
Kc-Shrine
Kiwanis
Mary Ann Farrell
North Platte
Neb
Lynn Louise
Platteville State College
Thomas R. Smith
Olin E. Flisram
Smith
Robert Cashman
Cashman
Baraboo
William J. Schmitz
Freda M. Bray
Kosygin Accepts British Visit Invitation
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced that Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin has accepted an invitation to visit Britain. He said Kosygin also wishes to visit Moscow and urged more frequent meetings within the Western Alliance.
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London
Harold Wilson
Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
Britain
Wilson
House of Commons
Kosygin
Moscow
Western Alliance
Leone in Lead in Italian Presidential Ballot
Christian Democrat Giovanni Leone led the Italian Parliament on the first ballot to elect the fifth president of the republic but fell short of the two thirds majority required.
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Leone
Rome
Giovanni Leone
Fog Linked Britain Road Tragedy Kills Twelve
A fog bound day in Britain saw 12 people killed in motor crashes. A pileup on the Great North Road involved over 70 vehicles and claimed a truck driver.
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London
Britain
Great North Road
Kennedy Walks From Hospital to Warm Welcome in Boston
Sen Edward Kennedy left New England Baptist Hospital unaided to a crowd of about 600 in 20 degree cold. He had visited the grave of Edward Moss in Andover before returning to the hospital and then flew to Palm Beach to continue his recovery ahead of the new Senate session.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
New England Baptist Hospital
Kennedy
Andover
Edward Martin
Edward Moss
Moss
Catherine
Joan
Logan International Airport
Palm Beach
Fla
Washington
Senate
Snively Named Director of CD in Monroe
Clifford H. Snively former owner of Snively Town and Country Furniture Store was named Monroe Civil Defense director at a City Council meeting. He succeeds Nat G. Preston who resigned earlier this month. Harold Snively abstained from voting during the confirmation. Salary is $600 a year.
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Clifford H. Snively
Snively
Town and Country
Monroe
Civil Defense
Nat G. Preston
Harold
Monroe Evening Times
Harold Snively
Hodges Resigns and Connor Named Commerce Secretary
President Johnson announced Luther Hodges resignation as secretary of commerce and named John T. Connor as his successor. Connor, 50, has been president of Merck and Co. Inc. since 1955 and aided Johnson during the campaign. Hodges planned to serve four years and will leave the post January 15.
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Washington
Johnson
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce
New Jersey
John T. Connor
Connor
Commerce Post
Merck and Co. Inc
Hodges
Kennedy
Evans Receives High Zor Merit Award in 1964 Ceremonies
Orville R. Evans Sr. of Monroe earned the Zor Shriners full merit award at Madison ceremonies, joining three other honorees. The award completes a three part honor after the camel pin and nameplate, with fewer than 50 of Wisconsin's 5,400 members achieving it.
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Orville R. Evans Sr
Monroe
Evans
Evans Letter Shop
Madison
Fred A. Hansen
Fond du Lac
Donald F. McNett
Belmont
Dale M. Heywood
Wausau
Winfield S. MacDonald
Sheboygan
Potentate MacDonald
Temple
Zor
Smith Masonic Lodge
Palestine
Council
Princes of Jerusalem
Janesville
Monroe Commandery No
Eastern Star
Kiwanis Club
Wisconsin
Annual Yale Party Set for Monticello
Monticello hosts its annual Christmas party for children on Saturday afternoon. A movie starts at Karlen's Hall at 2 p.m. The event continues with treats after the film.
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Yale
Monticello
Karlen’s
Viet Nam War Casualties Hit Highest Mark
Viet Nam government troops posted their highest weekly casualties in eight months with 550 guerrillas killed while 985 government troops were killed or wounded. Thirteen Americans were killed, and 13 wounded in a Thu Dau Mot bombing. Buddhist hunger strikes and minister resignations shook South Viet Nam as anti Huong protests intensified.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
An Lao
Thu Dau Mot
Phan Tan Chuc
Tran van Huong
Thich Tam Chau
Huong
Buddhist Institute
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Tam Chau
Association of
General Buddhism
Diem
Health Board seeks 7.1 million for anti smoking drive
The State Board of Health asked Gov elect Warren Knowles for 7.1 million in general funds for 1965 67 a 44 rise over the current allotment to fund a cancer control program and a statewide anti smoking campaign. It also sought 725000 to extend aging and chronic disease programs and called for staff additions and eliminations at its Madison and regional offices.
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Madison
State Board of Health
Warren P. Knowles
E. H. Jorris
Carl Neupert
Neuport
The
Health Agency
Amish Thursday Weddings Preserve Old World Customs
The New Glarus Amish sustain Thursday weddings with a visiting bishop officiating. The bride wears a black cap and the groom shaves for life as guests share a noon feast, then merrymaking, with no photographs or keepsakes.
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New Glarus
Carter Lueders
Millard Tschudy
Ohio
Duke of Windsor Undergoes Major Abdominal Artery Surgery
The 70-year-old Duke of Windsor had a 67 minute operation in Houston for removal of a large blister on an abdominal artery. The resection spanned 10 to 12 centimeters with a synthetic tube graft placed. Recovery time estimated at three hours before transfer to the recovery room.
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Houston
Tex
Duke of Windsor
4-H Leaders to Spotlight at Saturday Banquet
Frank Campbell state 4H Club leader will speak at the annual 4 H Leaders Recognition banquet in the high school room Saturday at noon. Campbell a former Rock County agent and assistant director of extension at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Commercial and Savings Bank of Monroe hosts the event with recognition for all leaders and special honors for 5 10 15 and 30 years of service. Mrs R J Douglas Spring Grove Township is the sole 30 year recipient.
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Frank Campbell
Campbell
Rock County
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Commercial and Savings Bank of
Monroe
R. J. Douglas
Spring Grove Township
LBJ Sends Christmas Greeting to Servicemen
President Johnson expresses great pride and deep appreciation for U S armed forces in a Christmas greeting. He thanks service members for steadfast devotion and readiness to defend the nation and notes the hardship of being apart from families during the holidays.
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Washington
President Johnson
U.S
Johnson
Record Cold Pushes East as Storm Rages Across Plains
A massive winter storm with record cold and 95 mph winds swept from the Northwest toward the Great Lakes and Central Plains. Temperatures plunged to 34 below zero in Great Falls Montana, with -22 in Helena and zero visibility from blowing snow. Schools closed across Montana Wyoming Idaho and Washington while highway closures and dust clouds disrupted travel and the winter wheat crop suffered in Colorado.
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Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Pacific
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Falls
Mont
Helena
Minnesota
Washington State
Wyoming
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Dakotas
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Wash
Robert L. Brown Jr
Bellevue
Cut Bank
Havre
Summit
U.S. 12
Livingston
Yellowstone Park
Kansas
Colorado
U.S. 87
Denver
Valley Highway
Adams County
Bear Valley
Colorado Department of Agriculture
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