Weather Brief Notes Light Snow and Freezing Drizzle
Light snow and freezing drizzle fell in central and western Wisconsin as a warmup continued. Temperatures rose toward freezing. mid morning drizzle reported at Eau Claire and earlier at La Crosse.
15 Jan 1970
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1970
Page
1
Light snow and freezing drizzle fell in central and western Wisconsin as a warmup continued. Temperatures rose toward freezing. mid morning drizzle reported at Eau Claire and earlier at La Crosse.
A Great Oval Orbit report from Cape Kennedy describes the Intelsat 3 payload riding a Delta booster into a preliminary orbit. The satellite weighs 642 pounds and must fire a rocket motor Friday to avoid an insurance payoff by an international underwriters group. In Saigon, U S battlefield deaths rose to 98 last week, lifting American KIA since Paris talks began to 17,191.
Nigeria's government refused assistance from France Portugal Rhodesia and South Africa that aided Biafra during the civil war. British and American aid will be accepted, according to government spokesmen.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew met the largest anti American protest of his 11 nation tour in Auckland New Zealand. About 500 demonstrators gathered with eight arrests as leaders vow to keep a vigil outside his hotel during his 42 hour stay before returning home.
A birth control specialist testifying at the second day of Senate hearings on contraceptive pills says women are in a race with laboratory animals to determine pill safety. He adds he would prescribe most current pills only under rare circumstances.
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration would end new medical occupational or job deferments to fix inequities. Medical students would be exempt, and hardship cases may qualify, but new deferrals would largely be eliminated.
The Civil Aeronautics Board warns that U S air travel growth could slow significantly this year as inflation erodes consumer spending. Dedication ceremonies for the Martin Luther King Memorial Center in Atlanta mark today’s nationwide observances of King's birthday with events across the country.
British health officials report 4,185 deaths in six weeks due to the flu epidemic with 2,400 deaths in the week ending last Saturday. They describe the virus as mild, attributing high death toll to widespread spread rather than virulence.
Beloit author Verna King Gruhlke, writer of To Hell With the Kids, spoke at the Monroe Woman's Club meeting about her controversial views on U.S. schools. She criticized educators for ignoring parents and taxpayers, questioned costly building programs, and recalled her 35 year teaching career at South Beloit High School and Beloit Vocational School.
Peter Sager 31 returns to Olten to start a farm land brokerage in Switzerland after managing 200 apprentices in a spinning machines factory. He plans 10 to 100 acre farms, prices up to 400000, notes Swiss youth prefer factory work, and discusses family moves between America and Switzerland.
Dennis A. Roderick pleaded guilty to one count of endangering safety by conduct regardless of life. He faces a 60 day mental exam at Central State Hospital after a Jan 2 shooting into a car with seven people in the Spring Square lot. One of two counts was dismissed. Roderick was remanded for immediate transfer and the hospital will report back to Judge Arthur L. Luebke.
Sheriff's deputies logged a sequence of accidents around Monroe and Brodhead after the snow storm. Injuries included a minor cut to John Verdi after a Farley Feed Co. truck collision near Clarence bridge, with other crashes causing damage but few injuries.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources authorized licensing for Monroe incinerator dump and brush lot to curb pollution. Alderman Harold Snively says operations need no changes to obtain license, and the city may relocate the brush lot to a safer site with transfer of license upon abandonment. Residual ash goes to a non combustible landfill, which should be compacted and covered monthly. a lockable gate and supervised access are required. brush lot burning requires fire authority permission and on site supervision.
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