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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1965

Page

2

Monroe Evening Times Public Notice and Rates

The Monroe Evening Times lists post office registration details for Monroe Wisconsin founded 1898 and notes subscription rates for city carriers and mail in Wisconsin and Stephenson County Illinois with advance payment required. Office hours 8 30 a m to 5 00 p m and contact number 325 5101 are provided.

Associated Press Inland Sleefeeedaten City of Monroe Wisconsin Stephenson County Ill

Editorial sees two Oaktron letters on Monroe strike

The paper notes two reader letters from Oaktron employees about the Monroe plant strike. One defends the union stance and criticizes mockery of workers while the other laments post strike dissention. Neither letter will be published as the column calls for harmony and a future contract.

Oaktron Monroe Times

Miss Post and Mueller Named UW High School Representatives

Patricia Post and Steven Mueller have been chosen by counselors as University of Wisconsin High School Relations Representatives for 1965 66. They will promote UW opportunities, organize displays, booths, news releases, and distribute materials to Mt Horeb High School students.

MT. Horeb Patricia Post Francis Post Horeb Mt. Horeb High School Steven Mueller Clifford Mueller University of Wisconsin Miss Post Mueller Badger Inland Daily Press

Pioneer 6 Launch Reports Fast Trip to the Sun

The solar research craft Pioneer 6, launched Thursday from Cape Kennedy, is sped toward the sun at 63 387 miles per hour, with observers noting its rapid movement today.

Sun Mountain View Calif Pioneer Cape Kennedy

Tribute to Mrs Stoll praised by The Monroe Times

Publication staff of the Wisconsin Anti-TB Association Milwaukee expresses pleasure at the Dec 3 tribute to Mrs Stoll in The Monroe Evening Times. The letter lauds her as the top candidate and praises her work as dean of Christmas Seal managers.

Who Cares for a Tree A Lover of Trees Letter

A letter criticizes city practices of winter tree trimming claiming workers cannot judge tree vitality and that trimming in winter leads to excessive cutting. The writer questions municipal priorities and laments damage to trees in the western town.

Monroe Parking Plea Prompts Downtown Maps

A resident argues Monroe downtown parking is ample near the square with 158 spaces two blocks off and 318 spaces during a later visit. He suggests the Chamber publish a map of available spots and contrasts Monroe with Madison Hilldale’s crowded lots.

Joe Bush Rose Santa Monroe Madison Hilldale Chamber of Commerce

Monroe City Hall area offers ample parking options

The text notes 16 spaces behind city hall and a central square acting as a hub with spokes and cross streets. It mentions 60 blocks and parking lots within three blocks of the square, excluding Kroger and First National Bank lots. It asserts parking is easy in Monroe compared with other towns.

New City Hall Kroger’s First National Bank Monroe

Recovery Held Viewers Captive

Television coverage of the space mission return and Sunday night programs drew strong viewer interest. Cynthia Lowry notes the NBC CBS ABC and NBC schedules, praising the space capsule exit and the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea while critiquing its plot and highlighting Surinam animal rescue footage featuring John Walsh with the International Society for the Protection of Wild Animals.

Cynthia Lowry New York CBS Surinam South America John Walsh International Society For the Protection of Wild Animals Perry Como NBC Roberta Peters Art Linkletter Hollywood Debbie Reynolds Roy Rogers Dale Evans

Wisconsin student named Rhodes Scholar in six state district

Chicago reports William David Knox, 21, Fort Atkinson Wisconsin, a University of Wisconsin senior, was among four seniors chosen from the six state Great Lakes district to study at Oxford University in England. Sell rent buy hire dial 325 5101.

Chicago William David Knox Fort Atkinson Wis University of Wisconsin Great Lakes Rhodes Oxford University England

John Robinson Taken by Death in Platteville

John Robinson age 61 died Saturday in a Hazel Green hospital after a long illness. A former cheesemaker and lumber company employee, he and his wife ran a rest home here from 1950 to October. Survived by widow Ethel Henry a son Milton East Dubuque two daughters Martha Platteville and Loella Taft Madison a brother Henry Lancaster a sister Mrs Arthur Jesse Long Beach Calif and two half sisters Mrs William Hoover West Union Ia and Mrs Robert Celenski Independence Ia and 12 grandchildren. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Karrmann Funeral Home. friends may call.

Platteville John Robinson Hazel Green Lumber Company Mr. Robinson Beetown Ethel Henry Milton East Dubuque Martha Loella Taft Madison Henry Lancaster Arthur Jesse Long Beach Calif William Hoover West Union Robert Celenski Independence Karrmann

Postoffice robber sought as search widens in region

Law enforcement in southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois press on for a lone robber. Postmaster John J. Burkhard notes Monroe post office sees the most letter cancellations. Two elderly women survive a Rock River incident at Janesville.

Wisconsin Illinois Green County House John J. Burkhard Monroe Rock River Janesville

Freight train collision claims one life in Illinois

A collision of two Illinois Central freight trains leaves one dead and another missing. Coach Don Huddleston presents 21 major letters to players as Brigadier General Ralph Maxwell Immell of the Wisconsin National Guard is nominated to brigadier general in the adjutant general's department of the U S guard.

Illinois Central Don Huddleston Ralph Maxwell Immell Wisconsin National Guard Adjutant General’s Department Guard of the United States

Santa Arrives on IC Train as Town Marks TB Test Boost

Forty years ago on December 20 1925 a Santa arrival on the IC train was noted while a mass meeting was planned to promote an area bovine tuberculosis test. Brick cheese priced at 22 cents a pound this week.

Santa

Complaint filed over Orangeville dam endangering land and plant

Fifty years ago on December 20 1915 residents complained the Orangeville dam was too high causing land inundation and threatening the electric light plant. Monroe city government spent about 2164 yearly for health and sanitation per census. New spring found at the Waukesha resort. Plans advanced to straighten the Pecatonica River bends east and west of Freeport.

Orangeville Monroe Waukesha Pecatonica River Freeport

Humphrey to Lead U S Delegation at Marcos Inauguration

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will head the American delegation at the December 30 inauguration of Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos. The move signals continued U S ties with the Philippines amid the transition.

Washington Hubert H. Humphrey Ferdinand Marcos

Kohler Ends Long Labor War With New One Year Contract

Kohler Co employees return to work as United Auto Workers Local 833 ratifies a one year pact ending an 11 year dispute. The agreement includes a 3 percent wage boost for day workers, 13 cent hourly increases, enhanced life and health insurance, and a ninth holiday. The contract retroacts to Oct. 8 and takes effect Jan. 10.

Kohler Wis Kohler Co United Auto Workers Local 833 Local 833 Charles W. Connardy Jr Sheboygan Falls Kehler Co National Labor Relations Board NLRB UAW Conrardy Sheboygan

Pizza-Eating Parrot Returns Home Weary and Quiet

Milwaukee parrot Crickets the Mexican yellowhead is back with his family after 11 days on the loose. He did not speak on return, appearing tired and cautious while residents report he enjoys pizza and sunflower seed. The 16-year-old bird was recaptured after being sighted in an orchard by three youths.

Milwaukee Yellowhead Robert B. Laughlin

Last Rites Held For Mrs Berget

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Bessie Berget 72 of Wiota who died Saturday in Memorial Hospital Darlington at West Wiota Lutheran Church. Rev. William Simpson officiated with burial in West Wiota Cemetery. Surviving children include Genevieve Anderson Vivian Wong Vernon Donald and two sons, plus siblings and ten grandchildren. A son Wilbur died in 1945 in Germany and was fatally injured in a traffic accident.

Bessie Berget Wiota Memorial Hospital Darlington West Wiota Lutheran Church William Simpson West Wiota Hanson Funeral Home South Wayne Berget Bessie Olson Alvin Berget Genevieve Kenneth Arlene) Anderson Gratiot Burnell Vivian) Wong Mineral Point Vernon Donald Albert Olson Norman Clarence Clara) Johnson Wilbur Germany

Secrecy ban in juvenile courts debated by Milwaukee judge

Milwaukee County Judge F Ryan Duffy Jr urged ending secrecy in juvenile courts. He argued public naming of delinquents would deter crime and that youths under 18 should face consequences, advocating revealing names starting at age 16.

Milwaukee F. Ryan Duffy Jr Duffy

Court debate on harsher penalties for juvenile violent crime

The panel clashed over making punishments more severe for the juvenile criminal defined as a youth who commits violence. Ernest Harre of Milwaukee County Welfare opposed publishing youths names, arguing publicity boosts their status and fuels illness without proving lower crime rates.

Ernest Harre Milwaukee County Welfare Department

Negro Students Slated For Exchange Program

Rufus King High School Milwaukee and Kaukauna High School plan an integrated student exchange. Four Rufus King Negro pupils start a four week study at Kaukauna near Appleton on Jan 24, then six Kaukauna white pupils will stay in Milwaukee four weeks and attend Rufus King. Pupils will perform in the historical drama In White America at both schools.

Milwaukee Rufus King High School Kau- Kauna High School Rufus King Kaukauna Appleton America

Classified Ads Help Daily Problems for Thousands

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