30 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1967
Page
1
Wisconsin’s grim 1967 high death toll stands at 1 139 with deaths including Mrs Kai Evans 23 of Lancaster who died from head injuries from a July 26 crash on Highway 35 near Grant County. The Madison hospital fatality adds to the year’s toll.
New Year mood mix as homes debate celebrations while a Philadelphia man fatally shoots his wife shortly after childbirth. Garrison subpoenas three witnesses in Kennedy assassination probe as deferential questions rise with the Warren Commission findings. In Saigon bitter fighting continues and Marines suffer casualties as a 36 hour cease-fire is announced ahead of the plan.
The Monroe Evening Times calls for the first baby of 1968 in Green County with prizes from 23 Monroe merchants. Births must occur at St Clare Hospital Monroe and be reported with time and physician names. prior year titles were Master 1967 Brian Keith Gray and Miss 1967 Janeen Carol Everson.
Milwaukee rioting in late July was named the top Wisconsin news story of 1967 in the AP poll. The Kellett plan to reorganize state government ranked second. The piece notes widespread protests and government action, with National Guard deploying in Milwaukee.
Lee Rupnow 18 son of the Everett Rupnows was discharged from St. Clare Hospital Monroe after a farm accident. He suffered a badly bruised hand with a broken bone while helping in the barn releasing a cow from a stanchion.
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien announces new stamps: a one-cent Jefferson likeness to go on sale January 12 and a ten-cent air mail stamp to be issued January 5. The air mail design features fifty stars arranged like landing lights.
The Monroe Evening Times will not publish on Monday January 1 due to New Year’s Day. The omission allows staff to spend time with families and enjoy the day’s football climaxes.
On Monday January 1 a legal holiday ends all mail service at the Monroe Post Office including city and rural carrier deliveries. Lock box service remains normal and special delivery is provided. Other area post offices do not collect or dispatch on holidays.
Mr and Mrs B H Lynch and sister in law Mrs L A Koenig plan a southwest trip to visit the Kramers then proceed to Tucson Ariz to spend the winter with son Lt Col Burton Lynch Jr and family recently returned from Germany Col Lynch who is retired dentist suffered a heart attack two weeks after their Europe departure They will stay at Blue Bell Apts Tucson until buying a house Also Monroe family leaves Jan 6 for Kansas City and Houston to visit relatives a Mercedes Rio Grande Valley gathering includes Emory Kramer Sylvia Howard and Mrs E Bodwell 91 Those then travel to Wellsville and Mesa before turning to No 2 Back Page.
The USDA recommended reestablishing a Federal milk marketing order for the Chicago area and merging five nearby orders with it. The Quad Cities-Dubuque area order remains unchanged. Public hearing evidence supported a new Chicago order with market wide pooling and zone pricing to equalize price and transport costs.
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