Monroe Daily Newspaper Adopts Early 20th Century Rates
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription rates and office hours. Carrier delivery costs 40 cents per week in Monroe, mail rates vary by region from 12 to 14 dollars annually, with advance payment required. The paper highlights association memberships and staff contact details.
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City
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Davies Winnebago
Illinois
Jo Davies
Bandshell Plans Drive Monroe Park Arts Expansion
Editorial urges full summer program at Twining Park Bandshell with City Band concerts University of Wisconsin Chorus Swiss Chorus Barbershop group and teen rock nights. Readers urged to send program ideas to Ron Barribeau and support dramatic and religious uses to reflect Monroe's cultural growth. Mrs. Adolph Vogel named Americanism chair for VAW Auxiliary and DAR activity noted.
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Monroe Park
Twining Park
Shell
Palm Sunday
Monroe
University of Wisconsin
Ron Barribeau
Park and Recreation
Park Board
Vogel
Adolph Vogel
Army S
David G. Gerber
VAW
DAR
Hahn Hand Lettered First Church Entrance Signage
Robert L. Hahn of Hahn's Signs did the lettering for the entrance to the First Church of Christ Scientist. He also created the reading room signs and church plaques, though his name was accidentally omitted from the project acknowledgment.
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Hahn
Robert L. Hahn
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Planning Committee Plans Madison Bus Tour
Members of a joint state city of Madison planning committee will tour the city Monday to inspect sites for a possible new state office building. The panel, created by the legislature, weighs expanding facilities to meet growing state government space needs.
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Madison
Night club ban set for Vietnam
President Nguyen Van Thieu announced a permanent ban on Vietnamese night clubs and dance halls. He urged austere living during a critical period and set March 1 as a day of prayer for those killed in the recent Communist offensive. Theaters and movie houses are exempt and may reopen when security allows.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
South Vietnam
Illinois visitors see Airman Walter E. Schlaff at Chanute AFB
Walter Schlaff of Illinois visited his son Airman Walter E. Schlaff at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul. The airman attends a 10 week technical school to become a personal equipment technician and will graduate April 9, 1968 after basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
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Illinois
Walter Schlaff
Monroe
Larry Gerdes
Rockford
Chanute Air Force Base
Rantoul
Iil
Walter E. Schlaff
Schlaff
Chanute
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
County To Receive Property Tax Relief
State Assemblyman Joe Tregoning says Green County municipalities will share 502,834.51 in Personal Property Tax Relief this week. Checks totaling 56,591,000 were mailed by State Treasurer Harold Clemens. Relief applies to merchants stock manufacturers materials finished products and livestock taxes from 1967.
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Joe Tregoning
Shullsburg
Green County
Harold Clemens
Tregoning
Farm Auction Items Across Cattle to Tractors near Verona
An auction listing details 52 Holstein cattle with milk cows and heifers, Hereford crossbred yearlings, milking equipment, feed supplies, hog equipment, and a 180 acre farm with 11 room house, barn, sheds, and silos near Verona Wisconsin. Machinery includes Oliver tractors and related gear, plus poultry equipment and trucks. Auction contact Eldon F Schraepfer of Rt. 1 Holandale, Wis, with Bank of Verona as rep.
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Mt. Horeb
Co. Trk
Verona
Co. Hwy. M
Co. Hwy. PD
Farm Loan Service
Wagner
Mueller Embee
Hampshire
Eldon F. Schraepfer
Rt. 1
Holandale
Wis
Blanchardville
H.p
Papec
Freeman
Kools
S&h
Kewaunee
David Bradley
Wards Grain Buster
McC
Oliver
Lindsay
Brillion
J.D
McC Pto
Bowar
Elec
Hyd
Oliver Tractor
Ford Tractor
Eldon H
Olympics Site Awaits Tourists in Mexico City
Mexico prepares for the 1968 Olympic year with hotels expanding and workers building capacity. Tourism officials project $11.2 million annual investment to add 100 000 beds yearly, aiming to attract hundreds of thousands of visitors and showcase Mexico.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Agustin Salvat
National Tourism Council
New Glarus Students Attend Legion Event
New Glarus High School juniors Reggie Duerst Don Erickson Mae Wachholz Barbara Klossner Susan Streiff and Mike Hoesly join Green County officials Joshua Hoesly and Ernest Zentner at Green County Government Day in Monroe. The program, run by the Green County American Legion, aims to teach students about county offices and duties. The students will report back to their classes on the day's activities.
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NEW Glarus
Green County
Monroe
New Glarus High School
Reggie Duerst
Don Erickson
Mae Wachholz
Barbara Klossner
Susan Streiff
Mike Hoesly
New Glarus County
Joshua Hoesly
Ernest Zentner
Green County American Legion
NFO All Commodity Action Urges Strong Hold and Prices
The NFO calls on all agricultural producers to join and follow a three step plan to secure higher prices: block production via grain banks, seal grain eligible for loans, and sign up 50 percent in the Feed Grain Program. They aim for contracts and prices to rise, arguing widespread participation will pressure buyers and lenders.
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NFO
NFO Grain Bank
Peoria
NFC
Powers To Be
Maine
California
Washington
Florida
PCA
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Sara Jo Thompson
Paul Thompson
Eau Claire State University
Richard Hibbard
Beth Bloom
Maurice Bear
Platteville University
Fabian Loeffelholz
Route 4
Darlington
Monica Ann
St. Clare Hospital
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Shirley Lee
Glenn Lee
Frank Loeffelholz
Thea Lee
Ed Norton
Hollandale
Henry Voss
Gwendolyn Marie
Madison General Hospital
Gwendolyn
Cletus Pink
Helen Voss
Amber Sue
Gary Preston
Route 2
Preston
Linda Braun
Amy
Bobby Gary
Taryn Lynn
Deborah Jill
Robert L. Preston
Juda
Frances Braun
Elmer Braun
Brodhead
Lyman
New York
Frank J. Lyman
Frankie Lyman
Ft. Gordon
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Bruce E. Scott
Fred H. Scott
Browntown
Vietnam
Mekonz Delta
My-Tho
San Diego
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Navy
Korea
Adtaker
Legion
Kansas City
Chicago
WIRL
P.O
N.F.O
National Farmers Organization
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