Final Property Payment Slated for Badger Camp
The Times reports the final $47 000 payment for 723 acres near Prairie du Chien to fund Wisconsin Badger Camp for the retarded and handicapped will be made by March 1. Honey Sunday Banquet at Platteville State University aims to raise funds with a $15 000 pledge and a $4 per person price. Wayne Stroessner urged reservations by Feb 14 as Monroe and area groups push donations and labor to develop the camp.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Courier-Press
Siren Tests Scheduled For Wednesday
Civil Defense warning systems to be tested Wednesday at noon. The monthly test begins with the storm warning followed by attack alert. All five sirens are tested each Saturday at noon.
Goodell Seeks One Year Vietnam Troop Withdrawal Plan
Senator Charles Goodell told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he supports a bill to force complete U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam within one year. He cited administration secrets on timing and warned the price in lives and money could reach 5,000 to 20,000 American deaths and 40 to 60 billion dollars over three years.
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Richard Holyoke Succumbs in Monroe at 17
Monroe High School senior Richard Dick Holyoke aged 17 died at 6 45 p m Monday February 2 in St Marys Hospital Rochester Minn He had been hospitalized multiple times at St Clare Monroe and in Rochester in the past six months He was born April 6 1952 Survived by his parents two brothers grandparents and other relatives Arrangements are pending at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home Monroe
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Dick) Holyoke
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Dorothy) Holyoke
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Cold Grip Expected To Ease Up Locally
The Monroe sewage disposal plant logged 18 below zero at 7 am Tuesday with similar lows across the area. The Times thermometer marked 14 below as the coldest period, while midnight readings reached 10 below amid Siberian wind chills. The cold is expected to ease with a warming trend tonight. Britain joined the United States in resisting UN pressure for a ban on nonfatal riot control gases.
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Three Monroe youths to receive Eagle Scout honors
Three Monroe teens Bob Gordee Charles Will and John Zupane will be awarded Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor and family dinner at Immanuel United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall February 7. Gordee 15 has held multiple troop roles and attended the 1969 National Jamboree. Troop 113 will name Richard Schwartz as scoutmaster February 28 with Mike Connors as assistant.
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Faculty Backs Demand For Black Social Center At Platteville
At Platteville State University a special faculty meeting swiftly endorsed the push for a black social center or black house and agreed to discuss 17 additional demands. The action followed a presentation of 18 items to president Bjarne Ulisvik who said he would recommend establishing a Negro center on a trial basis.
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Petersons’ world trip contrasts India poverty with eastern go go go cities
Rockford couple Mrs and Mr Arthur Peterson and daughter Alene completed a swift world tour visiting London Beirut Tehran New Delhi Bangkok Hong Kong Tokyo and Honolulu. Arthur noted India’s poverty and beauty while contrasting it with busy western cities. Alene continued on to Honolulu and New York City after the trip.
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Argentine death toll in train crash tops 236
The Argentine government raised Sunday's train crash death toll to an estimated 236, with 110 injured hospitalized. Officials said the figure is provisional as investigations continue. In desegregation news, Southern districts reported limited progress as five Florida counties closed schools and Alabama faced bomb threats with no explosives found.
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Congress Faces Possible Rail Shutdown Threat
An administration official said the White House plans to seek special legislation from Congress unless a voluntary wage settlement stops a nationwide rail shutdown. Asst. Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery warned action in the next few days is needed.
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Senate panel ends Carswell hearings amid civil rights protests
The Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped up its hearings on Judge G Harrold Carswell’s Supreme Court nomination. Civil rights leaders urged recall to confront his segregationist record, with Joseph L Rauh Jr. arguing that a worthy nominee would return to testify.
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Israelis retaliate after hit and run attack on canal
Egyptian warplanes struck along the Suez Canal injuring no one but causing slight damage to an Israeli emplacement north of Eltara. Israel answered within an hour by pounding Egyptian positions at both canal sectors and targets at the Gulf of Suez, according to the military spokesman.
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Demonstrators Block Milwaukees Plush Suburban Mall
About 250 protesters braved near zero cold to close a major suburban Milwaukee shopping center. Demonstrators chanted close it down as police moved through halls and locked doors before they arrived at each store.
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Settlement Rejection Seen in wage talks nation wide
Labor sources said the General Electronic Co wage settlement after a three month nationwide strike faced possible rejection by voting union members. A spokesman indicated there may not be enough votes to approve the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers agreement, calling it unpopular in the country.
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Union Local Records Scrutinized in Yablonski Case
A federal grand jury in Cleveland resumes examining a La Follette Tennessee union local’s records as part of its probe into the slayings of UMW insurgent Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. The panel had issued conspiracy indictments against three Cleveland men Paul E. Gilly Claude E. Vealey and Aubran W. Martin in an alleged murder for hire plot.
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Legault Improves After City Shootout
County Traffic Officer Blaine T. Legault, 24, shot Friday in a shoot-out that left one man dead, was reported improving though he remained in critical condition.
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Blaine T. Legault
Knowles Signs Drug Law in Wisconsin
Governor Warren P. Knowles signed the drug measure promising it will curb grim waste of talent and curb the growing menace of drug abuse. He called the law an effective legal tool as he affixed his signature.
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Britain Mourns Bertrand Russell at 97 in Wales
Bertrand Russell, renowned philosopher and controversial public intellect, died Monday night at his North Wales home aged 97. He reportedly suffered influenza. Edith, his fourth wife, was present when he collapsed.
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Republicans Seek Dyke for Lieutenant Governor
Madison reports Mayor William Dyke is increasingly named by Republicans as a potential contender for the lieutenant governor post as speculation grows.
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