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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1971
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times traces its roots to a 1898 inception by Emery A Odell and has long served as a daily paper except Sundays and holidays in Monroe.
The piece argues that Paris peace hopes will not scuttle the Thieu Ky regime and notes limited pressure from doves like McCloskey and Biden. It examines Saigon elections, Minh and Ky as rivals, and questions whether a future government would be less corrupt, citing a banker on corruption as economic necessity.
The Agriculture Department highlights Pears, Bartlett forecast at 539000 tons up 40 percent from 1970, joining plums potatoes peas eggs and peanuts on the September abundant foods list. Baron Theodore d Erlanger, 81, founder of the French School of Choreographic Studies, dies in Paris after fleeing Russia in 1917. Cuban boxer Orlando Zulueta, 43, slain in San Francisco in an early Monday stabbing linked to motorcycle gang members. career record 68-42-14.
An architect from Switzerland Hans Winterberger and his aunt Mrs Frieda Steiner, a California real estate broker, visit Monroe as guests of Mrs Johanna Sulzer to study American homes and buildings. A summer storm in Charleston West Virginia turns streams into torrents battering houses. CHOLERA DROPS WASHINGTON AP hog cholera declines to its lowest June level since eradication program began in 1962. Only four infected herds reported in June, 89 in 1970, 212 in 1969. LEGAL FAT CONTENT WASHINGTON AP hotdogs and cooked sausages stay within fat limits as tested in Q2. 2,582 samples averaged 27.7 percent fat, down from 27.9 in Q1.
A Monroe Wisconsin letter complains about 26 of 90 baseball park lights burned out at Recreation Park during a game against Argyle. The writer urges prompt replacement, noting promises to fix lighting were made over a month and a half ago.
Blackhawk Vocational Technical School district five board meets July 21 to select an architectural firm for long range plans and a central facility. They will consider a resolution to borrow funds to acquire a site and build a vocational technical adult school, with a public hearing set.
Historical entries note events on July 20 including Armstrong and Aldrin landing on the Moon in 1969, Colombia declaring independence in 1810, first baseball admission fees in 1859, Confederate Congress sessions beginning in 1861, World War I draft lottery numbers in 1917, Hitler bombing plot news in 1944, Guam invasion in 1944, and shifts in fall-out shelter programs and arms policy in later decades.
Regular monthly meeting of Joint School Dist. No. 1 Gratiot South Wayne discussed minutes and bills. Budget for Title I was presented. Admission requests denied and tuition policy set. Bids for tires gas milk and insurance reviewed and approved. Adjourned at 12 30.
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