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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
1
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson recalls mornings and long hours as arduous after five years in the White House. She also notes the relief of leaving behind constant deadlines and 18 hour days in a taped interview with Howard K. Smith.
Aboard the Yorktown Apollo 8 crew lands in the Pacific after a six day mission. Astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders report condition okay and describe a precise 5 000 yard recovery and a dramatic, high speed reentry seen as a historic lunar voyage.
Freezing rain created dangerous driving conditions in Monroe with icy roads described as the worst in memory. Main roads covered in slush, secondaries glazed, and highway crews salting through the night. Police report multiple accidents, including a police car collision and several three car crashes on icy streets as N. 12th St and 16th Ave towns struggle to cope.
Patrolman Thomas Forsyth a 36 year old Rockford officer used heavy jail keys to stop an escape attempt by Charles Ray Smith 19 of Rockford at the Rockford City Jail. Smith lacking Marine Corps duties attacked waiting outside his cell to call a contact. Both men were treated at a hospital. Smith charged with aggravated battery and attempting to escape.
Under sheriff Loran Frazier dismisses reports of a roaming abominable snow man as a prank. He says the so called creature is a bearded 6 foot 4 Milwaukee man living in Waupaca County who performs in a costume. Fremont witnesses know the performer but won’t reveal his name. He warns Wisconsin not to become a laughing stock.
Butter unsettled with scores 93 AA 67 percent and 92 A 67 percent while 90 B 87 and 89 C 60 percent appear. Cars at 9 B 67 and eggs steady with grade A whites 80 percent plus mediums 45 percent standards 41 percent checks 28 percent.
Des Moines police charged Anthony Erthell Williams a 24 year old fugitive with murder after guiding detectives to the frozen body of 10 year old Pamela Powers missing since Christmas Eve. Williams surrendered in Davenport and was arraigned under guard as police checked the cause of the child’s death. Williams previously served at a Des Moines church as assistant minister and organist and had a history of mental illness and prior charges.
The Monroe Evening Times announces the 22nd annual Stork Derby to begin at midnight on New Year’s Eve 1968 for the first baby born in 1969. Merchants pledge gifts for both first boy and first girl, with names Master 1969 and Miss 1969.
Washington Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman announced that federal price support levels for dairy farmers will be continued next year at current rates. Manufacturing milk support for the year starting April 1 will be 4.29 per hundredweight, about 87 percent of parity. Minimum bottling milk prices stay at current levels with a 20 cent temporary boost, and the April 1968 expiration for bottling milk is removed, making minimum prices per marketing order permanent. Freeman stressed dairy income stability to prevent production declines and ensure adequate milk supply, noting potential 35 to 30 cent drops if the programs expired. Government purchases of dairy products have fallen versus last year. Details on CC C purchases to implement the next price support cycle will follow.
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