High Court Upholds Groppi's Conviction
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds the 1967 resisting arrest conviction of Rev. James Groppi, a white civil rights leader. The 5-2 decision rejects his venue-change claim, but Justice Heffernan dissented, urging a new trial. The ruling cites that resisting an officer is a misdemeanor and venue changes are limited to felony matters.
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Madisonary
James E. Gropps
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Milwaukee County
Groppi
Wisconsin
Browntown Faces Water Shortage After Leak Seeks Location
Browntown confronts a water crisis as workers probe a main leak affecting households including the school. Mayor Hubert Rockow said the single well pumps to a reservoir, with parts of the village lacking water and residents hauling water in milk cans. Surface water is unlikely due to frozen soil and rock drainage. The last outage was two years ago and lasted two days.
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Browntown
Hubert Rockow
Rockow
Expansion Plan For Moore Plant In Monroe
Moore Business Forms Inc. has completed excavation and removal for a 50,000 square foot addition to its Monroe plant. A construction contract will be let soon with work to start in spring and finish by July. The expansion raises total Monroe space to over 130,000 square feet and precedes other Central Division plants. The firm plans to hire more workers and accelerate training to support rapid business forms growth.
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Monroe
Moore Business Farms, Inc
D. K. Christianson
Christianson
Moore
Moore Business Forms, Inc
Proxmire to Speak at Monroe High School Assembly
United States senator William Proxmire will visit Monroe on Wednesday February 12 for a 2 15 pm general school assembly in the high school gymnasium. Principal Lee Olsen says the event is open to the public with a Q A session and about 900 students are expected to attend.
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Walliam Proxmre
Monroe
Lee Olsen
Sen, Proxmire
Olsen
United States
Brodhead Council Approves Water Main Plan and Updates
Brodhead city council approved about 21 000 for a northern water main project this year and slated a 14 block southern section for 1970. Fire hydrant replacements and a new plug were requested for downtown supply. a meeting with Lakeland Engineers and Universal Foods was set to discuss sewer usage and pollution controls.
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Brodhead
Meienburg
West Sth Ave
Donald Edwards
Max Koletske
Lakeland Engineers
Univeral Foods
Milwaukee
Universal
Goldenrod Creamery
Calvin Wickline
Ray Timm
In the Market for an Automobile Monroe Classifieds Ad
In the Monroe Evening Times Classified Pages readers are invited to find new and used cars trucks trailers and more. Place your ad by calling 325 5101 to sell or buy promptly in the local classifieds.
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Monroe Evening Times
Monroe High class learns fowl play amid crow and cornish hens
In Monroe, an adult farmers class enacts a staged roast as Kenneth Allen, vo ag instructor, serves crow while ribbing Nixon’s election. Dean Signer watches, amid rumors the meat is crow, not crowed stories, as the session continues with a local Albany Advisor spotlight. Stocks in New York show selective moves as trading stays active.
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Dean R. Signer
Monroe
Kenneth C. Allen
Monroe High School
Times
Vo-Ag
Allen
Albany
Advisor
Monroe Evening Times
Helen Zimmerli
Merli
Signer
Dean Signer
Nixon
Texan Finds Minnesota Snow A Challenge To Living
An AP dispatch recounts a Texan’s arrival in Minnesota amid record snow. The piece details 100 inches of winter in the southwest, 54 inches in Minneapolis St Paul through January, widespread isolation, and local stories from the Sankey family near Lake Wilson and other communities as buses, schools, and farms cope with ongoing blizzards and rescues.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Chamber of Commerce
Hammeriock Wat
Pine Forest
Twin Cities
St. Paul
Les Sankey
Lake Wilson
Sankey
Buffalo Ridge
Loreen
Brenda
Sankeys
California
Electric Auto Mars II Display Arrives in Monroe Schedule Set
The Mars II electric auto arrives in Monroe at 2 p.m. and will be shown by Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Officials led by Mayor Walter R. Ekum welcomed the vehicle on the north edge of town. A detailed display schedule follows for the next days at schools and WP&L offices. The car, first unit from Electric Fuel Propulsion Co. of Ferndale Michigan, runs on batteries with a quiet motor and 60 mph top speed.
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Monroe
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Walter R. Ekum
Power Company
Electric Fuel Propulsion Co
Ferndale
Mich
Black Hawk
Gratiot
South Wayne
Juda High School
Monroe Kiwanis
Wp&l
Square
Albany High School
St. Victor’s School
Rotary Club
Monroe Jr. High School
Northside Elementary
Monticello Jr. High
Monticello Sr. High
Monroe Sr. High
Sirhan Sirhan to testify on income not Kennedy murder case
The defense plans to call Sirhan Bishara Sirhan to testify about his family's low income as part of a motion to quash the murder indictment. His mother, Mary, also testified about economic conditions. Sirhan was jobless at arrest, and his mother works as a housekeeper.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Grant B. Cooper
Mary
Two Mishaps Reported in Green County
Sheriff's deputies logged two mishaps on Monday in Green County. A school bus driven by Allen E. Wire backed into a bridge railing near Jordan Center causing scratches but no injuries. The bus belonged to Argyle Public Schools. A car driven by Martin Huyenan lost control south of Brodhead, damaging a fence with roof and windshield damage but no injuries.
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Green County
Jordan Center
Allen E. Wire
Argyle
Argyle Public Schools
Martin Hyenan
Brodhead
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