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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1971
Page
1
AP News In Brief notes 532 deaths in three day Memorial Day weekend traffic. NSC had estimated 450 to 550 fatalities on streets and highways from 6 p.m. Friday to Monday midnight. The peak Memorial Day toll of 597 occurred in 1969.
Two unions representing 21,000 workers walked out in a midnight strike against Western Union over wages and job security. Public offices closed nationwide and domestic telegrams money orders and overseas cables were halted. Credit Bureau of Monroe still accepts messages and money orders as an independent agency.
The chartered aircraft carrying Audie Murphy and five others was discovered on a rugged Roanoke area mountaintop. Pathologists worked to identify bodies. three may be recognizable by features while three were badly burned. Murphy, famed World War II hero, earned 24 American medals and several foreign honors.
In Istanbul police stormed an apartment freeing a 14 year old girl held by two young terrorists. A three minute gun fight left one hostage taker dead and the other critically wounded while the girl remained unharmed.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development approved an initial 116000 grant to redevelop Monroe's west end hit by the April 11 1965 tornado. Total project costs may reach about 500000 with property reassessment and purchase of nonconforming houses for resale as light industrial or commercial space.
A second barn on the Andrew Buol farm Route 3 Monroe was wiped out by fire Saturday afternoon. Clarence Falk owned the burned barn used for storage and feed. Mutual aid from Browntown supplied a tank truck. Firefighters escaped injury when a Monroe rural pumper rolled back and hit a canvass tank, then freed to safety. Firemen remained on scene nearly two hours.
Sheriff Roy Whiteaker says some orchard sites searched for mass slaying victims were dug as graves then filled without bodies. He hopes to near the last grave and notes 23 bodies found so far. Roy Delong is in protective custody. Corona, 37, is jailed on 10 counts as a quiet prisoner in Yuba County.
A nighttime thunderstorm drenched Monroe with 0.89 inches, lifting May's rainfall to 2.47 inches. Superintendent Lewis Niffenegger notes the 7 am to 7 am measure and that May 1971 remained 4.17 inches below May 1970. More rain is needed to protect croplands from drought and damage.
Despite threatening weather a sizable crowd attended Memorial Day services at Greenwood Cemetery in a program planned by Zilmer- Riley Post No. 84 of the American Legion. The event featured a parade with Boy and Girl Scouts, a high school band, a half hour Symphonic Band concert, a wreath laying, and taps, with speakers invoking patriotism and duty.
A crowd of 1,300 attended a Sunday horse pulling event at the Green County Fairgrounds sponsored by Monroe Lions Club to raise funds for community projects and the visually handicapped. Winners included Robert Ferris Ontario Wis light weight and Steve Lance Watertown heavy weight. Lance also won the overall horsemanship trophy.
Rev. W C Koehler urged graduates to build rather than tear down while linking the call to 2000 year old biblical blueprints. Rev. Robert Platt gave invocation and prayers as the Monroe High School Chorus performed Say Ye to the Righteous and Let There Be Peace on Earth. Commencement for Class of 1971 set for June 4 at 7 30 p m in the high school gym.
Over 200 Green County residents attend the June Dairy Month Kick-off Breakfast. Wisconsin official Art Kurtz urges industry promotion and better communication to address dairy challenges while Waldo Freitag hosts and local dignitaries share remarks.
Memorial Day observance in Albany features dedication of a new Honor Roll of local servicemen living and dead. Speakers inspire a quiet crowd at Legion Park after a misty start, with rituals at Calvary Cemetery and a parade to the park. Rev. C. O. Thronson of the Lutheran Church in the Norwegian Settlement delivered a reflective address.
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