Greg Wuetrich Leads Monroe Road-e-o Victory
Greg Wuetrich won the Monroe Jaycees Safe Driving Auto Road-eo with 236 points to Bill Spring's 231. The win earns a state final berth in Plymouth on July 13 and a shot at national honors in Ann Arbor July 30 to August 3 with substantial scholarships and prizes.
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Monroe
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Monroe Jaycees
Monroe Lincoln - Mercury
Monroe High School
Chuck Ekena
Wisconsin
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
United States
Lincoln - Mercury
Ford Motor Company
District of Columbia
Lincoln-Mercury Division
U.S. Jaycees
Folk singer Jimmie Rodgers leaves Los Angeles hospital
Folk singer Jimmie Rodgers 34 rode in a wheelchair from St. Vincent's Hospital after three brain operations in seven months to repair a head injury suffered last December. Doctors said the surgery outcome was excellent but could not predict a return to his career. Rodgers has sued police alleging manhandling and an $11 million damages claim.
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Los Angeles
Jimmie Rodgers
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Rodgers
Colleen
San Diego
Rodger
Henry W. Dodge
Walter J. Bober Purchases Badger Paint Store
Walter J. Bober has purchased the Badger Paint Store in Monroe and will keep the same name. The east store, formerly Griener’s Hardware, becomes Badger Paint on Aug 1 with remodeling and expansion toward the alley. Bober, Chicago native, and wife Lucille have five children, and he previously worked at Biltmore Paint Co. in Chicago.
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Walter J. Bober
Badger
Bober
Greiner
Geiger Hardware and Implement
Wenger and Kramer
Badger Paint
Monroe
Chicago
Biltmore Paint Co
Rober
Lucille
Thomas
Kodak Co
Rochester, Minn
William Mary
Wisconsin Holiday Toll Hits 559 With 23 Deaths in Weekend
The July Fourth holiday weekend in Wisconsin left at least 23 dead in highway crashes. A fatal three car wreck in Wood County claimed Herman Frueh and Mildred Batteron plus her 14 year old son Glen. The total Wisconsin highway deaths for the year reached 559, surpassing last year’s pace. A witness reported flames and an explosion before the Wood County collision near Marshfield.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Wood County
Herman Frueh
Marshfield
Mildred Batteron
Clarence Kaas
Cleveland
Manitowoc
Kaas
Frueh
American Automobile Association
Local pork producers eye nickel for profit program
Green County swine producers plan outreach to farmers to join a voluntary five cent per hog checkoff on market hogs two cents on feeder pigs and ten cents on purebreds funds for pork promotion research and education. Local leaders William Zuhlke and Clinton Zettle head the group. A 20 percent county membership is needed to affiliate with the state organization. President Zakir Husain begins a 10 day goodwill visit to the Soviet Union.
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George Hartman
Green County Swine Producers Association
Green County
Hartman
William Zuhlke
Clinton Zettle
Lafay ette County Fair set for July 17 to 21 at Darlington
The 112th Lafay ette County Fair runs Wednesday through Sunday July 17 to 21 in Darlington. Entry Day July 17 features a tractor pulling contest and stock car racing highlights include an 1200 purse on July 18. Harness racing and a 4H Dress Revue July 22 round out the schedule. many officers and judges are listed.
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Darlington
Lafayette County
New York
Ted Mack
Jerry McKeon
Howard Teasdale
Cletus Bainbridge Jr
Elmer Virtue
Lyle Atkinson
Ervin Heins
Lou Martin
Charles Hartman
Elmer Kohlstedt
Richard MceKnight
Joan Behm
Gene Rohrbeck
Byron Berg
Walter Gould
Cecil McWilliams
Ken Schreiter
Laverne
Salvation Army Truck to Visit Monroe and Judo
The Salvation Army truck will visit Monroe and Judo on Wednesday July 10 with two July pickup dates, July 10 and July 24. Call Wilma Heimann at 325-4215 to arrange home pickups. Articles should be delivered by 1 p.m. to the courthouse square or to the Salvation Army storage garage at 1917 12th St.
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Salvation Army
Monroe
Judo
Wilma Heimann
Courthouse Square
1917
12Th St
Nomination Papers Deadline for September Primary Set Tomorrow
The filing deadline is 5 p.m. tomorrow at the county clerk's office in the Court house. Frank Wyss of Attica filed first for County Treasurer shortly after 10 a.m. today. Incumbent Coroner Richard A. Wagner and Clerk Ray E. Kundert had already filed.
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Frank Wyss
Attica
Richard A. Wagner
Ray E. Kundert
Vandalism Concerns Rise Over Fourth of July in Monroe Area
Police report rapid blotter growth at night with youths causing drunkenness, disorderly conduct and beer possession charges. Beekman’s Lake near Browntown to close 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. due to vandalism while Green County Sheriff assists. 130 camping units reported at Yellowstone Lake weekend.
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Monroe
Beckman’s Lake
Browntown
Dwight C. Coplien
Coplien
Green County
Jim Huntoon
Huntoon
County NFO Plans Meeting Thursday
The Green County National Farmers Organization will meet at 8 30 p m Thursday July 11 in the Agricultural Building Monroe. The session was postponed from the first Thursday of the month for the July 4 holiday. Hostesses will be Monroe township NFC members Mrs Bill Hartwig and Mrs Delbert Indergand in charge.
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Green County National Farmers Organization
Monroe
Monroe Township
NFC
Bill Hartwig
Delbert Indergand
Green County GOP to Discuss Fair Booth and Coordinator Pick
The Green County Republican executive committee will meet tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the First National Bank Community Room to plan a booth at the Green County Fair and select a county coordinator for U.S. Senate candidate Jerris Leonard. Chairman Dr. Jack Robilette will lead the session.
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Green County Fair
Jerris Leonard
U.S. Senate
Green County
Republican Executive Committee
Jack Robilette
GOP
First National Bank
Wishing Star Glimpsed In Night Sky
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns portrays a night scene where shadow and light mingle. The speaker spots a bright point in the heavens and wonders if it is a Wishing Star guiding a silent hope.
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Clair R. Munns
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