Taxpayers Group Elects Officers For Coming Year
The Monroe Taxpayers League elected officers at a frigid session in Green County Agricultural Building. August Burgi named president tentatively, with John Wagner vice president and Mrs. Erna Rottler secretary and George Clark treasurer. Directors include Vic Schiller and Herman Stuessy. The next meeting is February 7 at 8 p.m. Plans to lobby HUD and Wisconsin legislators over urban renewal were discussed.
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Monroe Taxpayers League
Green County Agricultural
John Wagner
Erna Rottler
George Clark
August Burgi
Vic Schiller
Monroe
Herman Stuessy
League
Wegner
Sesson
David MacDougall
Janesville
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Wisconsin U. S
Gambling clubs stunned as zero removed from roulette
Britain’s House of Lords ruled roulette with a zero illegal and Scotland Yard warned clubs to ban the zero. Detectives said prosecutions will follow any use of the zero, signaling possible bans on baccarat blackjack and craps. The British Gaming Association called an emergency meeting to discuss the ruling and its impact.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
House of Lords
Cheminy
First Baby of 1968 Born in Green County at St. Clare
The first baby girl born in Green County in 1968 arrived at St. Clare Hospital in Stockton. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Foat of Stockton, born yesterday January 3 at 11 09 a.m. The family, though not a winner of the county promotion, celebrates the arrival as their own Miss 1968.
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St. Clare Hospital
Stockton, Ill
Green County
Howard Foat
Stockton
Wisconsin News Briefs From Milwaukee To Madison
A 16 month old girl died after apparently drinking whisky poured by her mother. Governor Knowles says he is fit but not ready to announce 1968 plans. A widow sues Air America over a Vietnam crash that killed her husband and others. A man pleads innocent to a murder charge in a Dec 6 shooting. New Year weekend fatalities totaled 376. a Chicago comedian threatens protests if Chicago is not favored for the Democratic convention. Asian influenza confirmed in Wisconsin with three UW students ill. Turn to No 1 Back Page.
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Milwaukee
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
Newsweek Magazine
James Selk
Selk
Wisconsin State Journal
Chicago
Ruth V. Beattie
Whitewater
Wis
Wisconsin
Air American
South Vietnam
Beattie
Arthur
Wis. State University
da Nang
Kenosha
New Munster
Martin C. Kuehn
George Smith
Lake Geneva
Kuehn
Smith
Marcia
State Laboratory of Hygiene
Donald Nelson
University of Wisconsin
Juneau
Depth of Frost Now Six Inches In Green County
Frost depth in Green County reached six inches with sod turned, as temperatures dropped to 20 to 25 below in southern Wisconsin. Ice thickness near Albany’s Sugar River dam neared 10 inches, while other areas reported clear highways but icy town roads and slipping snow packs.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Sugar River
Albany
Nathan Marti
Green County Highway Department
Oklahoma
Appalachians
Williston
North Dakota
Midwest
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Brodhead Council Grants $25 Month Pay Bump
The Brodhead City Council approved $25 per month raises for most city workers at Tuesday's meeting, with Alvin Accola getting $50 monthly to reach $7,050 yearly. Police car bids were opened but no action taken pending option clarifications. Stanley and Lawrenz of Beloit were hired to repair sludge pump pipes at the disposal plant as the city plans further health standard improvements. Archie Schneider of Monroe inquired about car wash rules, suggesting sites on East Exchange or North Center, one owned by Alice Condon and the other a former Northside Grocery building. he aims to build a 30 by 42 foot facility.
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Stanley and Lawrenz
Beloit
Department of Health
Madison
Archie Schneider
Monroe
Brodhead
East Exchange
North Center
Alice Condon
Northside Grocery
Two Injured in Crash. Susi Douglas Critical at St. Clare
Two persons were injured in a morning car truck crash southwest of Brodhead on Highway 118. Susi Douglas 17 suffered head injuries and was in critical condition at St. Clare Hospital while her brother Scott 18 had chest injuries in serious condition.
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Susi Douglas
Route 1
Juda
Francis E. Saunders
Brodhead
Miss Douglas
Scott
St. Clare Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Roger Douglas
Sheriff’s
Village Board Sets Meeting on Jan 8
ORANGEVILLE Times Special reports the village board postpones the January meeting to Monday Jan 8 at 7 p.m. in Village Hall due to New Year’s Day.
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Orangeville
Old Gray Mare Still Kickin in 1968 Mood
Verse by Clair R. Munns notes the old horse still kicking and the speaker feeling fine. In sixty eight the habit of bustling or dusting returns, but the speaker jokes that little dust is raised still.
Eddie Mathews To Speak At Kantro Night Dinner
Eddie Mathews the former Milwaukee Brave and Houston Astro will headline the Kantro Night fundraiser at Marco's Supper Club next Thursday in Monroe. John Schermerhorn will MC, with UW coaches and local boosters attending. proceeds support March of Dimes birth defect research and care.
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Eddie Mathews
March of Dimes Kantro
Marco’s
Mathews
Milwaukee Braves
Houston Astros
National Foundation
Monroe
John Schermerhorn
Madison Television Fame
Madie Stauffacher
Madison
Americans Barred From Excavations On Thera Site
Dr. James W. Mavor Jr of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute says Greek authorities banned the American group from further work at the Thera island site in the Aegean Sea. He cites a minor incident and rising nationalism as factors, noting Prof. Spyridon Marinatos insisted on cutting off the Americans.
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Woods Hole
Mass
Atlantis
Thera
Aegean Sea
Greece
Plato
James W. Mavor Jr
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
University of Athens
Mavor
Marinatos
Fire Near Brooklyn Destroys Farm Storehouse
A fire on the Otto Gransee farm in Brooklyn Township last night destroyed a former hog house now used as a lumber storehouse. Brooklyn and Evansville fire departments reported the blaze began around 7 05 p m, believed to stem from a heating stove, destroying 2 500 board feet of lumber and tools.
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Otto Gransee
Brooklyn Township
Brooklyn
Evansville
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Times
Ollie Fink
AP News
Sion
National Safety Council
Dick Gregory
Johnson
Democratic Party
Gregory
Brodhead Council
Alvin Accola
Highway 118
Russell Becker
Town Center Road
Everett V. Chase
Ten Eyck Road
Emmaline F. Schneider
Gary L. Brown
18Th Ave
Barbara A. Stark
Orfordville
Advance Transformer Company
Clair R. Munns
Kantro
Bob Wrabel
Island City
James Maher
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