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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1965
Page
8
Partly cloudy and warmer with a chance of showers. Highs in the mid 80s today. Fair and cool tonight and tomorrow. Since Tuesday at 1 p.m. highs reached 80 and a 0.91 inch precipitation total. Sunrise 5 20, sunset 8 49.
Raymond Fetzer Keener of Chatsworth Ga fined ten dollars for speeding in a Monroe police report noting the forfeiture of the amount.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hilfick er of 1923 13th Ave announce the birth of a daughter on July 6. Mr. and Mrs. David Pagel of South Wayne welcome a son born July 6. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindemann of Beloit record a daughter born July 6. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Barr of 818 26th St welcome a son born July 6.
A hospital roster lists patients and dismissals by last name and hometown. Names include Mrs Andrew Lovejoy Roscoe Brian Meier Scott Norton Jeffery Benson Rockford Linda McWilliams Durand Oscar Meinert Davis Royal Bain Dixon Robert Van Zile Kenosha Karl Stein Brodhead LeRoy Haag Mr Horeb Mrs Merlyn Krenek Kansasville Mrs Alvin Haag Mr Horeb Robert Smith Janesville Karen Stromann Brodhead. Surgical includes Winfred Glover Woodstock and others. dismissals include Harker Chapman James Petterson and several spouses and relatives.
City officials discuss a proposed matching fund plan to aid local recovery efforts after the Palm Sunday tornado. Support comes from Eighth Ward ally T. J. Burgy Jr with concern from City Atty. Schmitz about legal exposure.
Sources said today that any decision to attack antiaircraft missile sites near Hanoi and its chief port would rest with President Johnson.
City Council votes to permit Madison taverns to remain open during election day hours. Decision aims to ease access to voting and local commerce.
The Green County Holstein Breeders hold a twilight barn meeting at 8 p m tomorrow on the Permin Graber farm five miles west of Monticello. Kay Haden and community queens are expected to attend with Assemblyman Fred Galli as guest. Montgomery to show slides and Steven Mitchell will read. Ed Oliver urges members to attend and a fall picnic may be discussed.
The council okayed curb and gutter work payments to Yeske Co totaling 13 480.28 for 1964, final payments to Janesville Construction for pool expansion, and to R T Madden for rechanneling Thunder Creek. It accepted W J Kennedy for 45 297 to surface 6 300 tons of hot mix, granted licenses, and set a July 12 urban renewal meeting after the tornado.
No public hearing appearances were made on vacating the stretch of 9th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues to allow Dearth Motors to rebuild in Monroe’s west business district. A first reading ordinance proposes extending copper headed meters to align with other meters. 12 minute meters would stay but not be enforced after 5 pm or on Sundays or holidays. A public hearing is set for 7 30 p.m. Tuesday July 20.
News items span visitors to Unity from Frank and Mrs Sandley and to Monroe from Jess Purdue and family. Guests include Potts and relatives from Jefferson City and Milwaukee. Vacation closures announced for Monroe Laundry and BB Cleaners. Moose Lodge members attend funeral of Sam Kubly. WSWS convention in Camp Lucerne features several local women.
The monthly Red Cross First Aid meeting will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Green County Jail with instruction and turnout expected from local volunteers.
Kenneth Hartwig of Route 1 Monroe reports a black male German Shepherd type dog found on his farm. He asks the owner to pick it up promptly. sheriff deputies confirm the find and looming reunification effort.
Renee Grayce Wilde, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duane W. Wilde of 1614 1lth Street, was born June 27 at St. Clare Hospital. Maternal grandmother is Maureen O Connor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul O Connor. Paternal grandparents Walter and Donna Wilde of South Wayne celebrate the baby born on their 25th wedding anniversary.
Mr and Mrs Gene Draeger and their family left Belleville for Milwaukee. Draeger formerly worked with Wisconsin Gas Co and will take a new post with the Oster Co.
Monticello fire units were dispatched Monday evening to the Ralph Zimmerman farm to extinguish a grass fire. No injuries reported and cause under investigation.
Parents Dr and Mrs Robert Robocker of Auburn California announce the birth of a daughter on July 4. The mother Evelyn Wolf is from Port Huron Michigan, maternal grandparents Edwin and Mrs Wolf of Monroe. A 19 month old sister Ann Elizabeth also survives. The family has ties to Monroe and visits there.
Police Lt. Thomas E. O Neal faces charges after firing on a suspect in a Los Angeles police station. He admits distress over his daughter's rape and is suspended and booked on assault with intent to commit murder. Carl E Norman, 21, Reseda, hospitalized in serious condition, was wounded. O Neal’s daughter Shirley Diane, 19, has been in psychiatric care since the attack. Five youths now charged with forcible rape.
Washington groups seek Congress to authorize deductions from milk checks to fund a federal dairy promotion campaign similar to the wool program. The Dairymen's League Cooperative Association proposes mandatory deductions from farmers’ milk payments, while voluntary contributions already support the efforts through the American Dairy Association.
Herbert T. Johnson spoke on his fishing trip to Canada at the Monroe Rotary Club noon meeting at Marco's Supper Club. It was the first meeting of the year under new officers led by President George Clark. Committee chairs and members were announced and Frank Menehan joined District 625 finance committee by order of District Governor Claire Thomas.
Three Monroe girls Joan Peters Kay Olm and Bobbie Benkert join twenty youths at Geneva Point Camp New Hampshire for two work group sessions beginning June 28 and July 10 They travel from Chicago to New York City then Meredith New Hampshire and will work five and a half hours daily with weekend excursions before returning July 24 to New York for an overnight stay with relatives.
The 1965 Green County ASCS elections require petitions by tomorrow. Ballots will be mailed July 26 with voting by mail or in person until August 9. On August 11, votes are counted to crown the township committee chairman.
An early morning blast hit western downtown Chicago with windows shattered in offices and cars damaged. Fire Marshal Mullin and arson squad member Burns said the explosion was definitely from a bomb and likely filled with black powder. Richard McGathey, Masonite Building engineer, reported being knocked down on the 2nd floor.
Two accidents were reported by the Green County Sheriff's Department. Robert Smith 27 Evansville slid on a wet roadway five miles west of Albany on County Trunk C and went over an embankment. James Wegener King Manistique Mich. had a dented trunk when a trailer broke loose from it near New Glarus on Highway 69. The trailer tongue broke off and the trailer ran into a ditch.
Committee reports from Moose Lodge in Moose Hall covered slow pitch team work Jack Marty new membership drive and Ted Schmiedlin land judging and smorgasbord set for July 15. A new pool table and ping pong tables were shown to 35 members. Plans were made to attend the funeral of veteran member Sam Kubly and the meeting closed in his memory.
About 3,400 U.S. Marines landed on central Viet Nam beaches today, with 4,600 more due in the next week. The troop buildup brings American forces in Viet Nam to nearly 60,000 men, according to a U.S. spokesman.
The U S Treasury posted total cash receipts for the fiscal year ending last Wednesday higher by about 4 billion dollars than the prior year, according to the New York Times.
Monroe youth David C. Wartenweiler sixteen suffered injuries as a passenger in a two car collision at the 15th Ave and 17th St intersection. He was treated and released by a local physician. The other drivers were Gerhard M. Ripp and Bill A. Buehler both involved in the crash.
New York traders saw a second-session Dow Jones drop as post rise caution dampened activity. Towmotor and Caterpillar fell while GM and Chrysler slid, with the 60 stock AP average off 9 and the Dow down 3.34 at noon amid broad declines across industries.
USDA market data shows hogs steady to weak with mixed weights trading around 24.25 to 25.50 per cwt and sow prices near 20 to 21.5. Cattle and calves strong with prime loads up to 29.00 per cwt and high choice ranges near 27.5 to 28.75 for select weights. Sheep and lambs remain active with spring lambs 23.50 to 25.00 per cwt and ewes steady.
Carpenter Curt Moberg 33 wins a yearlong trial reconciliation with wife Cecelia 29 after she drafted a 31 point ultimatum. He must cooperate in everything, give up hunting, pay bills on time, let wife handle finances, earn 125 dollars weekly, and keep open door to relatives. Court dropped divorce hearings after judges noted reconciliation and attorneys said the couple are happy.
Rothwell inaugurated for a second four year term as state superintendent of public instruction on Tuesday and named vice president at large of the National School Public Relations Association. He said he would assist other state departments in public information programs.
Gov Warren P. Knowles vetoed a measure that would extend state retirement and insurance coverage to 964 civilian National Guard employees. The action leaves the proposal without approval and awaits further legislative action.
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