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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1969
Page
1
Senate House tax conferees reached a tentative pact on a relief package raising the personal income tax exemption from 600 to 750 dollars. Conference chairman Rep. Mills said action should occur today though the full reform bill was not yet completed after long hours.
Petitions handed to Whitewater State University demanding postponement of discipline for Negro students tied to recent racial clashes. Signed by faculty and white students, they argue if suspensions are justified then all students should be suspended. President Carter was unavailable for comment. A separate item notes the Assembly Education Committee postponed indefinitely a bill for state subsidies to private schools, delaying January debate.
State Patrol reports northern Wisconsin roads slippery to slick in spots due to snow. Southern roads remain in good winter driving condition. Interstate system statewide is in good winter driving condition with snow falling in north central and northern counties.
A congressional subcommittee reports a 75 percent anticipated surplus of trained women teachers at elementary and secondary levels by 1980. Openings will total about 2.4 million while output nears 4.2 million, calling for expanded training and job opportunities.
The Badger Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Turner Hall Monroe Tuesday December 23 from 1 to 6 pm instead of 6 30 pm. Regular donor Carol Nipple Monroe Chamber of Commerce secretary plans to give two more pints for her 2 gallon pin. Her sister Mrs Ralph Brunner also donates regularly. They are daughters of Mr and Mrs Carl Jensen. Their mother Mrs Jensen received blood at St Clare Hospital two years ago. Mrs Nipple says giving blood feels good both physically and mentally. Her husband Lee is a local painting contractor.
US and South Vietnamese forces were alerted as enemy fire intensified around Saigon amid two major anniversaries. Rocket strikes hit Tan Son Nhut Air Base, killing a Vietnamese civilian, wounding 17, and lightly damaging US positions. Elsewhere, clashes near the U.S. 25th Division wounded Americans and left 14 enemy dead. The Viet Cong declared a Christmas cease fire starting next Wednesday.
Congress hustled toward Christmas adjournment amid debates on appropriations and tax bills. President Nixon threatened a veto on the $21.4 billion Health Education and Welfare funding while Congress passed a $69.8 billion defense bill and negotiates a major tax reform package.
Judge Arthur L. Leubke of Green County Circuit Court issues an Amended Memorandum Decision in the Amish case. The order states sentencing is unnecessary, affirms the Green County Court conviction and sentence, and preserves options for appeal as a test case with files kept by Clerk Helen F. Myers.
The Monroe school system ends a two week recess with students teachers and staff returning to classes on Monday January 5 1970. All students are expected to return at the regular dismissal times.
Madison Mayor William Dyke told the Monroe Kiwanis Club that Wisconsin municipalities must unite to overhaul aging revenue distribution rules. He argued the system lacks measures to gauge progress, causing conflict, and urged immediate, orderly reforms. He noted his own term as mayor may end and emphasized society must confront the failing framework now.
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