Light Snow Impacts Wisconsin Roads Across State
Snow and slippery spots disrupt travel with Fox River Valley hardest hit. Sheboygan County reports very poor conditions on secondary roads and widespread slick main routes. Snow also noted in Superior Burlington Racine Kenosha and Janesville while Dane County ramps bridges and overpasses grow slick. Traffic toll nears 24 hour end shows 1131 deaths two fatalities Tuesday include Orris McGinnis in Pardeeville and Jack Zalud in Edgerton during a day of winter wrecks.
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Pardeeville
Jack T. Zalud
Edgerton
Rock County
Prices Rise 4.7 Percent in 1969 Fueling Inflation Debate
Government statistics show wholesale prices climbed 4.7 percent in 1969, the steepest rise in 20 years, renewing scrutiny of Nixon policies to curb inflation. AFL CIO economist Nathaniel Goldfinger cautions living costs may continue to rise quickly.
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Nixon
Nathaniel Goldfinger
Afl-Cio
Regular Mailing Plan Reaches POW Families
North Vietnam plans regular mail of packages to U S prisoners of war at one package every two months. Next month’s shipments to Hanoi will be received from families by U S postal arrangements.
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Washington
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Flooding Forces Mass Evacuations Across Four States
Torrents from three days of heavy rain and melting snow sent streams over their banks forcing hundreds of mountain residents to flee in Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky. Three deaths reported in Tennessee authorities said. National Guardsmen evacuated about 200 people along the Cumberland River Kentucky as others fled rising waters and isolated counties in Virginia. Civil Defense and state police erected dikes and sandbags as mines closed in Virginia at river runoff height.
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FHA VA loan rate cap raised to 8 percent
The maximum interest rate for government insured FHA and VA home loans will rise to 8 percent next week, the second hike in a year. Secretary George Romney said the move, from 7.5 percent, aims to maintain mortgage funds amid rising market yields and higher lender points, drawing mixed reactions from industry groups.
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National Association of Home Builders
Petersons Begin Month Long World Trip From O'Hare
Mr and Mrs Arthur Peterson of Rockford and their daughter Alane Sue depart New Year’s Eve from O’Hare for a month touring many countries. Alane Sue, a Pan American purser and Luther College graduate, will accompany them and first stop in London. The family’s Illinois relatives include Ollie and Clara Peterson in Chicago and Mrs Barbara Peterson of Orfordville who will turn 98 on April 15. She is at Skaalen Sunset Home and remains in good health though handicapped by age.
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Ollie) Peterson
11Th St
Albany
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Gladys) Anderson
Monroe
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London
England
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Pan Am
International Stewardess College
Miami
Fla
Luther College
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Ollie
Clara Peterson
Charlotte
Chicago
Skaalen
Stoughton
Mr. Peterson
Barbara Peterson
Orfordville
Skaalen Sunset Home
Julianne Teasdale
Shullsburg
Edgewood College
Madison
Spain
Catherine Moran
Department of Foreign Languages
Jean Burggraff
Sioux Falls
S.D
Edgewood
Court weighs bias in December draft lottery
A federal judge heard claims the December draft lottery was biased against late year births and considered a temporary halt to inductions. Witnesses argued the process favored January births, while proponents said the drawing complied with Nixon directives. A trial loomed as students also prepared образователь Spain trip details.
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Toms River
N.J
Stobdolsky
David Heitzman
Heitzman
Olson
Stodolsky
Green County welcomes 1970 with Stork Derby first baby
The Monroe Evening Times reports Robert John Beverly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beverly, as Green County's first baby born at St. Clare Hospital this year, arriving at 1:38 a.m. January 1. Shelly Marie Holcomb, born January 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Holcomb Jr., is the first baby girl. The annual Stork Derby honors the first New Year births with gifts from local merchants, a tradition since 1946. The Beverly and Holcomb families plan celebrations and moves as they expand to new homes in Monticello and Monroe.
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Monroe Evening Times
Robert John Beverly
Robert Beverly
Route 3
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Shelly Marie Holcomb
Robert C. Holcomb
Route 1
Monticello
the Times
Shirley Brunkow
William Clark
Beverly
Clarence Moyer
Rockford
Moyer
Kenneth Beverly
Freeport
No Monroe Evening Times Tomorrow
The Monroe Evening Times will not publish on New Year’s Day. Publication resumes Friday.
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Monroe Evening Times
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