Maxwell Street Days Returns to Monroe for Aug 2 3
Monroe merchants announce Maxwell Street Days on Friday and Saturday August 2 and 3. Parking meters will not be charged in the parking ramp during the event as bargains draw shoppers to sidewalks and storefronts. The two day sale will feature inside and outside discounts with notices in the Monroe Evening Times and the Monroe Trade Journal.
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Maxwell Street
Monroe
Monroe Evening Times
Monroe Trade Journal
Roof Painters in the County Warn Residents
Sheriff Roy Vetterli cautioned residents to beware transient roof painters charging well above estimates. Authorities advise using local or established contractors to avoid overcharging by temporary workers.
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Roy Vetterli
Karl Arnsmeier Wins Demolition Trophy at Green County Fair
The 114th Green County Fair drew large crowds as 121 cars entered the Demolition Derby. Karl Arnsmeier of Judo driven by Green County House of Monroe and Mece Nett Chevrolet of Darlington won the Demolition Derby plus 420 dollars and the heat trophy.
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Helen Zimmerli
Glenn Langston
Pat Lunda
Jack Fernan
Bert Cover
King’s
Red Cross
Bob Zaborski
Monroe
Fair Association
Nixon leads Rockefeller in Gallup GOP poll
In a nationwide Gallup survey Nixon tops Rockefeller 60 percent to 23 percent with Reagan at 7 percent as the last pre convention poll. The findings were released from Princeton New Jersey noting Nixon holds a 5 2 edge over Rockefeller among Republican voters last week. George Gallup announced the survey is the final before the Miami Beach convention.
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Richard M. Nixon
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Gallup
Nixon
Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Gallup
Miami Beach
Concert in Twining Park Features Vaclav Nelhybel Work
The Monroe City Band will perform Nelhybel's Chorale with the Symphonic Band at the Band Shell in Twining Park tonight at 8 p.m. Special acts include Men Turners and Junior Boy Turners directed by Fritz Wenger and David Wald. Featured soloists include Robert Buehler and a cornet trio of Hollis Schilt Fred Moritz and Ken Krattiger.
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Vaclav Nelhybel
Monroe
Band Shell
Twining Park
Men Turners
Fritz Wenger
Boy Turners
David Wald
Karl Wenger
Jerry Soddy
Nicky Stokes
David
Peter
Mark
Steven
Woman Killed In Area Mishap Near Evansville
A car struck a Chicago and North Western freight train near Highway M three miles southeast of Evansville on July 28. Mrs. John Spanton, 20, died in Madison General Hospital at 2 p.m. Her husband and two children were injured. she was a lifelong Evansville resident. Funeral plans pending. The Wisconsin 1968 traffic toll rose to 637.
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John
Vicki) Spanton
Madison
Chicago and North Western
Mr. Spanton
Carol Lynn
John Michael
Spanton
Madison General Hospital
Robert Jensen
Jody Bullard
John Bullard
Boscobel
Dennis Bullard
California
Lawrence Bullard
Madge Robinson
Roderick- Ward
Wisconsin
Arrangements Pending Harnish Killed in Plane Crash
William Harnish a 35 year old Chicago man son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Harnish of Winslow was killed Saturday night July 27 in a single engine plane crash near Lombard Illinois all three occupants died Julius Head 41 of Chicago and Lawrence Johnson 45 of Lombard also perished Federal authorities are investigating the crash in a cornfield near Lombard the engine quit as the plane neared Mitchell Field witnesses told investigators the plane nosed down and struck the ground scene west of Swift Road and North Ave in Bloomingdale Township DuPage County sheriff's police said Johnson was in the pilot seat. The crash hindered recovery in tall corn The 32nd Red Arrow Division will hold its 49th Annual Reunion August 31 to September 2 at Hotel Northland Green Bay Reservations to Division Veterans.
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William Harnish
Chicago
Ralph Harnish
Winslow
Lombard
Julius Head
Lawrence Johnson
Lombard Ais
Engie Ap
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North Ave
Bloomingdale Township
DuPage County
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Glendale Heights
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Hotel Northland
Green Bay
32Nd
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Pope Paul VI bans birth control pills worldwide
Pope Paul VI announced a global ban on the contraceptive pill and all mechanical and chemical birth control methods for Roman Catholics, stating every act of marriage must be open to life. He allowed therapeutic pill use, urged priests to show understanding, and reaffirmed traditional church teaching despite calls for liberalization.
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Paul VI
Paul
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