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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1968
Page
1
The AP wires report the Pentagon named four Navy sailors affected by the Pueblo seizure. One dead, one seriously hurt, two others with lesser injuries. families to be notified before public release. Also notes Army base reconsiderations and other items.
Jurors are drawn for the February term of Green County Circuit Court to convene at 2 p.m. Monday February 26 before Judge Arthur L. Luebke. A panel of 36 petit jurors with 18 on reserve was selected by jury commissioners Mrs. John H. Figs Jacob Bruni and James Larkin. Justice clerk Mrs. Helen F. Myers announced the list and jurors will be notified if and when their services are needed.
William A. Miller 72 a retired Kraft Foods employee and former Monroe bakery owner died of a sudden heart attack at St. Clare Hospital Tuesday Feb 6. He retired from Kraft in 1960 after 26 years and had earlier owned the Monroe Bakery. Surviving are his widow Lydia a son and a daughter and two grandchildren. Memorial services set for Feb 9 at Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
Staff sergeant George Bennis a tower controller in New York was placed on stand by alert on February 1 for Korea He told his Beloit based parents that he must be ready to fly Saturday at 6 am for Karol This temporary duty ends with a May return a replacement will be sent His wife and son remain at Plattsburgh A geographic note links him to Monroe and Beloit while he is a South Beloit graduate His mother Kathleen Schwartzlow is identified and his grandmother is Mrs Adam Schwartzlow Meanwhile Kenosha bus drivers announce a walkout prompting school officials to seek emergency transportation for students
Wisconsin faces a four way Republican ballot in the April 2 presidential preference primary after a nominating committee set six candidates. Nelson Rockefeller and Charles Percy withdrew, while Nixon Reagan Romney and Stassen remain.
City aldermen authorized the continued employment of O R Evans the city assessor as he nears retirement age in March. A public hearing set mobile home fees at 11 50 monthly approved 6 2 amid a resident objection. Another hearing approved discontinuing part of Seventh Ave and Bar T Court. Investments, car payments, traffic signs, bids for rock and curb work, licenses issued, and several appointments were noted as annual reports were presented and police statistics showed increases in cases and accidents.
Russian T34 tanks led a ground assault on Lang Vei camp four miles west of Khe Sanh in northwest South Vietnam. U S and allied forces reported heavy fighting as 300 to 400 South Vietnamese irregulars and Montagnard fighters with American advisers defend bunkers amid artillery and flamethrower fire.
Guest speaker John Koenig describes two week sessions at Wyalusing State Park in August. Activities run 7:30 daily for campers housed in four dormitories with one counselor per three campers. Programs include flag ceremonies crafts archery nature study and camp fires. The first week serves ages 7 to 12 and the second 13 and over.
Madison Assembly Speaker Harold Froehlich calls on Gov. Warren Knowles to reveal his plans for reelection or running for Nelson's Senate seat. Froehlich wants clarity before the April presidential primary and notes Jerris Leonard will seek Nelson's seat, with Knowles as the strongest GOP candidate.
The Green County NFO says the New Glarus collection point yielded about 340 hogs with over half earning the top price of 18.90 per hundred. Members may call Delbert Indergand or the township bargaining coordinator before noon on selling days to record hogs for bargaining. Evansville also hosts a NFO point with cattle sales on Wednesdays.
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