Modern Minstrel Show Plans Promised This Spring
A new Modern Minstrel Show at the Junior High School Auditorium in March aims to raise funds for community projects. Four performances are set for March 24, 25, 27 and 28 with a 2 p.m. Sunday matinee. Proceeds support the visually handicapped and Twining Park lighting, with past grants funding the park’s Swiss style outdoor theater rebuilt after the 1965 tornado.
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Lions Club
Charles Mathias
Archie Myers
Forrest Kubly
Chuck Figi
J. T
Duke
Etter
Robert Smith
William Gyure
Monroe Lions Club
Monroe City Band
Twining Park
Israel Rejects Peace Offer Under Jarring Mediation
Israel's cabinet rejected Gunnar V. Jarring's peace proposals, while Egypt reportedly responded positively per Al Ahram. Proposals urge Israeli withdrawal from Sinai and Suez and UN patrols to protect shipping. Israel objects citing need for a peace treaty and mistrust of UN troops. Tito's Cairo visit links to broader pressure. two Israeli skirmishes with Palestinian guerrillas occurred as tension rises.
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U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Jerusalem
Jarring
Cairo
al Ahram
Egypt
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Sinai
Strait of Tiran
Golda Meir
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Anwar Sadat
Nixon
Edward Heath
Middle East
Belgrade
Tel Aviv
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Two Rail Unions Sign Pacts Dim Rail Strike Threat
Washington AP report states the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks reached a labor agreement with railroads after an all night session led by Assistant Secretary of Labor W. J. Usery Jr. The United Transportation Union remains undecided about a strike as the March 1 deadline nears.
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Washington
Labor Department
Brotherhood of Railway and
Airline Clerks
W. J. Usery Jr
United Transportation Union
UTU
Seven meningitis cases at Great Lakes Naval Base rise in 11 days
At Great Lakes Naval Base 8500 seamen in training report meningitis with seven total cases in 11 days. One sailor, Thomas K. Deeds of Jumping Branch WV, died Feb 7 from spinal meningitis. Six others receive hospital care or observation. officials call it a sporadic pattern with no quarantine planned.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Great Lakes Naval Base
Recruit Training Command
Thomas K. Deeds
Jumping Branch
W. VA
Naval
Madison Mayor to Speak at GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
Madison Mayor William D. Dyke will headline the Green County Republican Club Lincoln Day banquet in Monroe tonight. The event at the Country Club begins with a 6 30 social hour and 7 30 dinner. Dyke, seeking a second term, has prior talks with the Green County Republican Women's Club.
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William D. Dyke
Madison
Monroe
Green County Republican Club
Country Club
Green County Republican Women’s Club
National League of Cities Committee
Brodhead Man Becomes County's First Fatality
Lawrence Swenson 70 of Brodhead died from head injuries after a two vehicle crash at Highways 11 and 104 in Brodhead. Charles Hallmark suffered knee and rib injuries. Swenson was a retired farmer with a long Midwest life and surviving family. Funeral arrangements set for Feb. 16 at Newcomer Funeral Home Avon Cemetery burial planned.
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Fiitcher
Lawrence Swenson
Brodhead
Green County
Highway 11
Charles E. Hallmark
Orfordville
Swenson
Hallmark
Mr. Swenson
St. Clare Hospital
Rockford, Ill
Carl Albert
Anna Stork Swenson
Afton
Avon
Capital Plastics
Newcomer Funeral Home
Amos Shimko
United Methodist Church
Avon Cemetery
Helicopters Downed in Laos Campaign as U.S. Faces Heavy Losses
AP dispatches report 15 U.S. helicopters shot down in the Laos operation, with three killed and three wounded in recent downings. Field tallies show higher losses and a large North Vietnamese stockpile found near the Ho Chi Minh trail. Cambodian and South Vietnamese forces report heavy fighting, air strikes, and civilian casualties tied to the overall border drive.
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U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
CIA
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Highway 9
Lao Bao
Long Cheng
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Thailand
Jaycettes in Monroe mark 1953 charter with civic work
The Monroe Jaycette chapter since 1953 celebrates Jaycette Week Feb 14 20. Officers include Mrs Leopold president and Mrs Wake first vice president. The group has 33 members and funds civic projects, supports the Clinic for the Handicapped, Green County Special School, and Day Care Center activities.
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Monroe
U.S
Wisconsin
Leopold
David Wake
James Bartholf
David Ambler
Larry Vance
Robert Heitz
Art Carter
David Smith
Kenneth Norder
Green County Special School
Mort Armstrong
U S Forces in Vietnam Decline as Nixon Cuts Continue
AP News In Brief reports U.S. forces in Vietnam fell by 2,100 last week to 332,900 with 1,555 more troops being prepared for withdrawal as part of Nixon’s sixth round of reductions aimed to reach 284,000 by May 1.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Apollo 14 Astronaut Mitchell Grows Beard in Quarantine
Edgar D. Mitchell in quarantine at Space Center Houston Lunar Receiving Laboratory grows a beard after being egged on by his two daughters. He has not shaved since the January 31 launch and has no definite plan to shave yet.
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Space Center, Houston
Edgar D. Mitchell
Lunar
Space Agency
Mitchell
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