Day Care Center Sought to Aid Working Mothers in Monroe
A planning group forms to study a Monroe Day Care Center for children of working mothers. Community and industrial leaders, with guidance from Mrs. Nancy Travis, discuss licensing, space needs, staffing, and costs and note many local women could use such care. A future planning meeting aims to form a legal corporation to organize both public and private services.
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Monroe
First Methodist Church
Nancy Travis
State Department of Youth Welfare
Alvin Zuhike
Church Commission On Christian Social Concern
Eileen Wagner
Marvel Klecker
Ervin Goecks
Westside
Gene Ehle
Oaktron Industries Inc
Oaktron
Travis
Date Change For Monroe Children's Choir Festival
The Monroe Woman's Club postponed the February 26 Children’s Choir Festival to April. Co chairs Mrs. Donald Springer and Mrs. Frank Stiles lead the Music Department. Over 300 area children are registered to sing, directed by Mrs. Clarence Seaton.
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Woman’s Club of
Monroe
Sherman Hodgson
Lake Drive
Donald W. Springer
Frank Stiles
Department of Music
Springer
Clarence Seaton
Madison
Wisconsin Cheddar Cheese Market Holds Steady
Madison report notes stable Wisconsin cheddar market with improved post holiday shipments. Demand fair, supplies adequate. US weekly American cheese production up seven percent nationally and two percent in Wisconsin to an estimated 238 million pounds. Wisconsin Swiss prices unchanged. Buying interest rose after holidays. Market undertone unsettled with ample supplies.
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Madison
Agricultural Marketing Service
Wisconsin
Bus Sends Veterans To Madison Hearing On VA Plan
Edward Niffenegger Jr reports a chartered bus will take local veterans and wives to Madison for the Kellett Commission hearing. The ride departs 7 a.m. from the Legion Hall with at least 40 veterans expected. private cars may also travel. The hearing begins 8:30 a.m. in Room 113 South of the State Capitol with about 1,800 attendees anticipated to oppose the plan to move the Department of Veterans Affairs under welfare and social services. The Green County Conservation League will oppose remaking the Wisconsin Conservation Department into a Natural Resources Department.
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Edward Niffenegger Jr
Monroe
American Legion Third District
Madison
Kellett Commission
Niffenegger
Legion Hall
Eugene Hotel
Kellett Group
State Capitol
Commission
Department of Veterans Affairs
Green County Conservation League
Wisconsin Conservation Department
Natural Resources Department
Freezing Rain Possible Tonight In Green County
Shivering under a blanket of dirty snow residents brace for freezing rain and possible more snow. The forecast calls for a mix of light snow and rain tonight with 1 to 3 inches possible in places.
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Green County
Wisconsin
State Highway Department
Plains
Midwest
Montana
Arizona
Rockies
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Utah
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Iowa
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Superior - Duluth
Eau Claire
Wausau
Park Falls
Madison
Beloit - Rock
Veterans Oppose State Plan Mixed Opinions At Kellett Hearings
In Milwaukee the Kellett Committee prepared for its third hearing on plans to reduce 85 state units to 13 departments and four agencies. Conservationists and veterans groups voiced complaints at Eau Claire and Green Bay hearings, while some praised potential efficiency gains. Mayors Brown and Rand opposed merging the Commission on Aging into social services. Dr. Stewart Briggs protested the absence of physician members on the social services board. Leo P. O’Brien condemned the merger as harmful to veterans programs, though Sen. Taylor Benson cited a $1.7 million veterans budget. Richard Hemp warned the Conservation Department’s independence should remain intact amid possible changes.
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Milwaukee
Kellett Committee
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Chambers of Commerce
League of Women Voters
Commission On Aging
Department of Social Services
Joseph Brown
Sheboygan
Robert J. Rand
Manitowoc
Stewart Briggs
Wisconsin
American Academy of Pediatricians
Veterans, Welfare and
Leo P. O’brien
Taylor Benson
Franksville
Veterans’ Department
Richard Hemp
Mosinee
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Conservation Department
Telethon Aims to Kick Off March of Dimes Fund Drive
Green County March of Dimes chapter plans January fund raising with a Madison telethon from 10 15 p m to 2 30 p m Sunday January 8 on Channel 27 WKOW. Richard Newcomer chairs the drive with events at Marco's Supper Club January 26 and a Mothers March January 30. John Schermerhorn hosts. Elroy Crazy legs Hirsch will appear in an iron lung. Government proclaims January March of Dimes month.
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Green County
National Foundation Today
Richard Newcomer
Madison
Marco’s Supper Club
Park Motor Inn
Channel 27
WKOW
John Schermerhorn
Elroy
Crazylegs
Green
Monroe
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Knowles
United States
Camp deadline for Upham Woods winter session
Monday noon January 9 is the absolute deadline to apply for the Upham Woods winter camp. Green and Sauk County youths aged 14 and older will attend January 13 to 15 near Wisconsin Dells with 23 slots per county.
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Upham Woods
Calvin Kraemer
Green
Sauk County
Wisconsin Dells
Green County
Kraemer
NFO Meeting Elects Lamont Zimmerman President
Lamont Zimmerman was elected president of the local National Farmers Organization at a four hour meeting in the Agricultural Building. He succeeds Ambrose Wenger who did not run again. The milk holding action and officer elections dominated the session with 54 of 86 votes cast.
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Farm Group
Green County
National Farmers Organization
Lamont Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Ambrose Wenger
Ollie Fine
Evening Times
NFO
Juda
Postville
Wenger
Dairy Board
Leon Baumgartner
Brodhead
Leslie Pinnow
Dennis
Ann
Jane
Julie
Delbert Indergand
Monroe
Paul Stefanik
Albany
Abert Nyhus
Blanchardville
Ben Riemer
Harold Hoesly
New Glarus
Dwight Bump
Burnett Kubly
Tom Saunders
Monticello
Burnett Burkhalter
Winslow
Aurora, Ill
NFC
Donor Pilgrim Bus Crash Kills At Least 83 in Philippines
A convoy of two buses carrying Roman Catholic pilgrims plunged into a 300 foot ravine on a mountain road 45 miles south of Manila. At least 83 dead and about 60 injured as rescue teams struggled on the rugged terrain. The Epiphany procession bound for Ternate Cavite Province was halted by brake failure, with many bodies reported at four medical centers.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
U.S. Marine
Philippine Air Force
U. S. Navy
U. S
Ternate
Cavite
Janeen Carol Crowned Miss ’67 First New Year Baby
Janeen Carol Everson, born at 12:50 PM at St. Clare Hospital in Brodhead, becomes the first baby of the new year. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Everson.
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Janeen Carol
St. Clare Hospital
Dale Everson
Brodhead
Rally In The Market Booms In Fourth Straight Session
New York stock market extended gains into a fourth straight session as investors push prices higher and trading activity remains robust this afternoon.
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New York
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Allie Holtshopple
Wilbur Deininger
Dean Perry
Norman Huber
Bernard Gibbons
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Telethon
March of Dimes
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