Christmas Eve Lull Possible In Viet Nam War
Washington reports a potential 12 hour Christmas Eve truce proposed by the Communists with a similar 12 hour side ceasefire by the United States and South Vietnam if the other side refrains from action. Officials stress the situation remains speculative and no formal ceasefire is expected. The idea echoes past lull efforts amid ongoing fighting in South Viet Nam and strikes on the North.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South
White House
Joe Laitin
State Department
U.S
Dean Rusk
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
Brink
Pleiku
Tax Bills Scheduled For Mailing Dec 30
City treasurer Eleanor B. Frederick announced that tax bills will be mailed on Dec. 30. Taxpayers who wish to pay before Jan. 1 may visit the new treasurer’s office in the municipal building to make payments.
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Eleanor B. Frederick
Miss Frederick
Monroe High Chorus to Sing on TV Christmas Show
The Monroe High School Mixed Chorus airs on WREX channel 13 Saturday 8 to 9 a.m. Their segment includes Fum Fum Fum Sing Gloria and Lift Up Your Heads under director Jack Close with Christi Ault at piano.
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Monroe High School
WREX
Channel 13
Monroe Chorus
Wisconsin
West High School
Harlem
Guilford
Rockford
Aquin High School
Freeport
Bellvidere
Illinois
Janet Buehler
Kathleen Wells
Barbara Kubly
Beverly Alm
Katherine Davis
Monroe
G. F. Handel
Jack Close
Christi Ault
Madison Forecaster Predicts Mild January Ahead
Madison area residents hear from Herman W. Sachtjen, the unofficial seasonal forecaster, that January will be mild with light snow the next four days and more clouds than sun. He predicts heavy snow and the first blizzards between mid February and early March.
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Madison
Herman W. Sachtjen
Sachtjen
Capitol City
Treasurer Kundert Hospitalized After Illness
Ralph Kundert Green County treasurer is seriously ill at St. Clare Hospital after a sub ar a chnoid hemorrhage last evening. His son Fred and family traveled from Neenah. He became ill around 8 30 while playing Santa Claus for the Christmas program at Green County Teachers College and was rushed to hospital by ambulance.
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Ralph Kundert
Green County
St. Clare Hospital
Fred
Neenah
Kundert
Route 3
Monroe
Green County Teachers College
Fire crews respond to Roy's Sanitary Dairy smoke call
The Monroe Fire Department answered a 5 33 am alarm at Roy's Sanitary Dairy on the west side of Monroe. Fire Chief Josef J Benkert said no fire was found and smoke likely came from a roof mounted fan. An inspection found nothing burning and wiring was checked by an electrician. No damage occurred. Additional call to Bauman's Ace Hardware at 1 45 pm yielded no details.
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Monroe
Roy
Josef J. Benkert
Benkert
Bauman
Ace Hardware
Three Farmers Protest Planned Highway Bypass
Three Monroe area farmers voiced opposition at a public hearing on Highway 11 81 relocation, fearing loss of high yielding land. They were Harley Altman Otto Munz and Roger Stauffacher with more than 70 attendees. Officials avoided discussing specific properties, focusing on feasibility and community impact of the proposed reroute.
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Monroe Area
State Commission
New
Harley Altman
Otto Munz
Roger Stauffacher
Commission
A. L. Fiedler
William Kertula
William Steuber
B. O. Binney
Fiedler
Monroe
Highway Commission
Steuber
C. S. Pierce
Edward Bidlingmaier
Highway and Bridges Committee
Kenneth Meyer
Emmanuel Fuchs
Chester Pinnow
Sylvester
Carl Jensen
Clarno
Walter Ekum
Orville Evans
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
William Marvin
Traffic On
Former Monroe serviceman writes home on war in Viet Nam
Specialist 5 Gilbert B. Pilz, nearing 18 years of service, describes the Viet Nam conflict as a dirty war in letters to his Freeport sister. He recalls grim tactics encountered, including improvised booby traps and brutal river fighting, urging readers to send mail.
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Monroe
Viet Nam
Freeport
Gilbert B. Pilz
England
Korea
Okinawa
Pilz
Cyrus Crothers
Free
Monroe OKs long term church museum lease
Monroe city council unanimously approved a long term lease with the Green County Historical Society for the former Universalist Church building to become a museum in 1966. The seven year city lease at $1 a year can extend eight more years, with the society handling interior work and a curator while the city covers infrastructure costs and fuel. The agreement includes a 25 percent share to the city if museum income exceeds $3,000 annually and adds a city council member as a voting director of the society.
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Monroe
Green County Historical Society
Universalist
Society
Unitarian-Universalist
Industrial Commission
Robert Tschudy
Tschudy
Historical Society
Harold Snively
Jerry I. Coplien
T. J. Burgy Jr
Snively
Evan Chambers
Mobile Home Fee Hearing Sets Pay Hike For Staff
City council approved a one year extension for Police Chief Henry S Hefty bringing his service to twenty five years and authorized two new patrol cars at 4152 70 Rambler Monroe. The session raised city salaries across the board about five percent and set a 12 tax mobile home parking fee with school service justification. Additional measures included a first reading for a $300 annual raise for the city engineer and safety steps to protect school children with new loading zones and stop signs on key streets.
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Henry S. Hefty
Hefty
Rambler
Monroe
Marty Ripp
Dearth Motors
Behring Motors
Monroe Sales Co
Walter R. Ekum
Water Department
Council
Water Board
Board of Public Works
Fred R. Simpson
Judiciary Committee
Hilton Kirchner
Finance and Taxation Committee
General Fund
Kirshner
New City Garage
14Th
15Th Street
16Th Ave
13Th St
Two Groups Approve Plan For Additions
The City of Monroe moves forward with a $1 million downtown addition to Monroe Clinic and a 212 car parking ramp. Aldermen unanimously approve a binding agreement to start by March 1 1966 and purchase land west of the clinic, with a $150,000 liquidated damages clause. The project anticipates multiple floors and space for more physicians, with Ward property purchase to provide ramp access after lease expiry.
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Monroe
Stoldt
Monroe Clinic
Montgomery Ward Farm
10Th St
Ward
Montgomery Ward
11Th St
Finance and Taxation Committee
City Atty Seeks Key To New Municipal Building
City Attorney William J. Schmitz asked the City Council for a Christmas gift a key to the new municipal building to avoid sneaking in through the police department. Alderman Burgy offered a nonworking key, which was returned to City Engineer Harvey Elmer. Schmitz declined. The meeting highlighted eight years of service and the year 1965 as busy and eventful with strong cooperation.
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Simpson
Monroe
William J. Schmitz
Schmitz
T. J. Burgy Jr
Harvey Elmer
Walter R. Ekum
Carriers To Collect Earlier This Week
Carrier boys in Monroe will collect earlier this week due to Christmas. Payments by the week will be collected tomorrow and Friday instead of Friday and Saturday. They will distribute calendars to subscribers tomorrow morning as a Christmas thank you for kindness and cooperation during the year.
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Monroe Evening Times
Carrier Boys
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Paul L. Frenzel
22Nd St
Frenzel
Times
Monroe Hall
Gilbert Pilz
Ward Co
Atty
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