Dances Planned For Young Folks
The Parks and Recreation Department hosts a junior high age dance at Monroe Community Center from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Admission is 35 cents for Monroe junior high students only. 97 teens attended the prior event on June 22.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Monroe
Frames of Mind
Green Bay Area
Blue Star
Chateaus
Evansville
Jay Walkers
Rising Sons
Green County
Traffic Safety In Crossfire Hinders Wisconsin Hearing
Compromise talks on traffic safety stalled amid charges that a state senate appointment was a political payoff. Senator Gerald Lorge denied the allegation and called for an attorney general inquiry, while Assemblyman David Obey reported the rumor, delaying a plan to set a statewide 21 age limit for beer.
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Madison
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Sorge
David Obey
D-Wausau
Eompromise
Warren P. Knowles
Senate Assembly Committee
Knowles
Underground Telephone Cable Lays 50 Miles in Monroe Area
More than fifty miles of underground telephone cable for United Telephone Company, Monroe, begins at Monroe and runs four miles west of South Wayne. Howald and Foye, Inc., of Sheboygan, haul a caterpillar trenching machine. three miles of cable laid daily on highway rights of way with air checks for insulation damage.
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United Telephone Co
Monroe
Lewis Hall
Highway 11
Browntown
Times
United Telephone Company
South Wayne
Juda
Albany
Fronticello
Howald and Foye, Inc
Sheboygan
Wisconsin faces sizable teacher shortage this fall
A Wisconsin education official says the state still suffers a considerable teacher shortage with between 400 and 500 teaching positions expected to be unfilled this fall.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wrong Diet With Rioters Under Fire
Daily Dagaerel by Clair R. Munns mocks rioters for indulgent dieting replacing action. The poet warns excess sweets and lack of beef reflect their idle agitation and moral missteps during unrest.
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Daily
Dagaerel
Clair R. Munns
Cheese Days Contest to Boost Swiss Costume Interest
Cheese Days organizers plan a Swiss costume contest replacing the children’s parade this year with categories including a family with the most children in Swiss garb. Bleachers may be moved for reserved seating at the Sept. 16–17 event. Jaycees to sell promotional materials and hats. 2,700 Cheese Days songs recorded with Madison studio backing, ready in about two weeks.
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Martha Bernet
Rudy Burkhalter
Sauk City
Madison
Jack Kessenich
The
Jaycees
Kessenich
Green County Fair
Nathan Goetz
Robert Soderholm
Residents Warned Against Fraud Here Turn to No. 1
Sheriff Roy Vetterli warned area residents to be alert for fraud by transients. Reports include roof painting offers at excessive prices and theft by fraud. Several hundred transients camped in the northern Illinois area at this time.
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Roy Vetterli
Dlinois
Last Moments of Six Fliers Highlight New Orleans Crash
Delta Air Lines DC8 crash near New Orleans International Airport killed 19 people including nine Juda Wisconsin girls. Cockpit tape captured Capt. Bud Watson and Capt. Morton urging power as the plane stalled during a training approach. Ground witnesses described a low, out of control descent ending in a fiery wreck.
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New Orleans
Delta Air Lines
Wisconsin
Jim
Maurice E
Bud” Watson
Juda
Wis
New Orleans International Airport
Watson
Harahan
James W. Morton
Covington
Delta
George Piazza
David E. Posey
Metairie
Wilson
Walter Evans Jr
St. Rose
Evans
Breeding
Vehicle Crash Report Highlights Countywide Injuries
Deputies investigated multiple mishaps with injuries across the county. Theodore Gobeli of Browntown suffered scrapes and bruises after a motorcycle hit a ditch following an intersection collision with a car on Highway 11 near Monroe. Roger A. Riesen of Route 2 Browntown had scrapes to the car from the same incident. Paulette Warren, 20, also Browntown, was hospitalized after a car went off the road near Scott's Fruit Farm. Jasper Williams of Route 1 Browntown drove the car in the same accident. Another crash on Primrose Center Town Road east of County Trunk 6 injured one person in a car-vs-pickup collision involving Rosella Elmer and Emil Mueller, with damage to both vehicles. Further details were incomplete.
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Theodore L. Gobeli
Browntown
Roger A. Riesen
Route 2
Sheriff's Department
Monroe
Paulette Werren
Jasper Williams
Scott’s Fruit Farm
Sheriff's
Primrose Center Town
Rosella Elmer
Belleville
Emil Mueller
Piedmont 727 Crash Shared Prior Accident Record
The Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 known as the Manhattan Pacemaker had a prior collision when struck by a car on May 25 while towed from Winston-Salem airport. The crash near Hendersonville killed 82. The plane had gear trouble and a nose wheel warning light earlier, with $25,000 in damage and a week out of service.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Piedmont Airlines
Hendersonville
Smith Reynolds
Pure and Simple Harassment Claims Tied to Bank President
West Side Bank President Ard Meister called charges of illegal lobbying in the Madison John Doe probe harassment pure and simple in a statement issued today. The remarks frame the probe as undue pressure on his institution amid ongoing inquiries.
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Pure and Simple
Milwaukee
Howard Meister
West Side Bank
Madison John Doe
Noted Swiss visitor enjoys Monroe area despite language gap
Marcel Baur 28 from Rafz Canton Zurich visits with his aunt and uncle in Monroe. He toured Expo 67 in Canada and travels by bicycle and motorcycle when possible. He speaks little English, enjoys swimming at Zander's Lake, and likes Monroe's honest climate though not hot weather.
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Switzerland
Marcel Baur
Rafz
Canton
Zurich
Leonard Disch Sr
12Th Ave
Canada
Montreal
Marcel Doe
Marcel
Zander’s
Green County Ag Chest Forms Cheese Days Planning Group
The Green County Agricultural Chest formed a committee to work with the Cheese Days organizers for the festival on September 16 and 17 in Monroe. Members include Myron Jeglum Marvin Liedschlag Werner Zimmerman Arleigh Frautschy and Fred Oschner.
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Green County Agricultural Chest
Ag Chest
Myron Jeglum
Marvin Liedschlag
Werner Zimmerman
Arleigh Frautschy
Fred Oschner
Nuclear plant permit issued near Manitowoc Wisconsin
Atomic Energy Commission grants construction permit for a nuclear power plant northeast of Manitowoc Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson confirms on Wednesday. The move signals progress on the facility planned in Manitowoc County and involves federal approval for initial building work.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Manitawoc
Wis
Gaylord Nelson
D - Wis
Witman brothers swap roles to spare younger in Vietnam
Lance Cpl. Larry G. Witman of Mannheim, 21, heads to Vietnam to take the place of his brother Gary, 20, who is stationed on Okinawa. Larry agreed to a six month extension to his enlistment so the last male heir will not be sent to the war zone.
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Lancaster
Lance Cpl
Larry G. Witman
Manheim
Vietnam
Larry
Gary
Okinawa
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Ollie Fine
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Queens
County Dairy Queen
Floral Hall
John Mahlbuch
Don Witt
Shields
Cpl. Witman
Brother
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