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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times informs readers of subscription rates and delivery policies. Carrier rates in Monroe at 50 cents weekly. mail rates $18 yearly in cities with carriers and outside Monroe. $20 yearly in zones 5 to 8. Subscribers urged to know their delivery boy and report missed papers. Office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 12 noon.
The piece outlines how heroin smuggling linked to American troops in Vietnam could grow despite U S efforts. It cites Chinese bankers in Hong Kong Singapore and Macao financing operations with ties across Southeast Asia and the United States.
Satirical piece listing signs of rising or failing status from wealth to social labels. The piece uses humorous vignettes about wealth, prestige, and social expectations reflecting mid century concerns and epigrams. It names U S Treasury lunch National Brotherhood Week and references Wisconsin locales and personal anecdotes.
In a note to Green County residents Carol Durtschi expresses gratitude for congratulations after being crowned 1971 72 Green County Dairy Queen. She thanks the Ag Chest for the crown and banner and Monroe Evening Times and WEEZ for publicity and photos.
The Weather Bureau reports thousands of farmers in drought hit areas of the northern Great Plains. In Blanchardville, Jesse Johnson 58 dies after his tractor overturns and pins him in a ditch on a town road. Jerome W Schwaiger joins the Ainsworth Insurance Agency staff. A 1921 note recalls John Milligan 46 burned by 2300 volts on Monroe Street. Kiwanis Club to discuss shorter retail hours with Monroe businessmen.
A note from 60 years ago reports hundreds of Central Sharpshooters Association members expected in Monroe for the eighth biennial tournament to begin next week, with the Swiss Rifle Club of Monroe hosting the schuetzenbund. It also cites Dr. Frank F. Smith stating cancer is a germ disease, not caused by other factors.
Seventieth anniversary gathering held July 8 1901 on the lawn between Dr F W Byers and Louis Hirsig homes. Attendees included Hirsig Reger Schuetze Walters Smith Tschudy Grochowsky Gapen Ausdahl Buehler Byers McEthron Honeywell and H A Buehler from Milwaukee.
Highlights from July 8 1951 1941 and 1931 including Marie Blumer Hoesly earning two gold medals at a national tournament and a district 4 H camp lightning incident Monroe school board president Arthur C Benkett and corporate leaders planning a softball park Ber muda contest votes and a Monroe Kiwanis pool park site inquiry.
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