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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1975
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times is published daily except Sundays and major holidays by Monroe Publishing Co Inc. at 901-903 16th Ave Monroe Wisconsin 53566 with William Johnston Jr Adv and Rob Maurer Prod Supt Joan Gempeler Office Mgr listed.
Wisconsin health officials report alcohol involvement in 60 percent of drivers killed in 1974 traffic accidents. Tests on 300 autos and trucks, 29 motorcyclists, and 177 others show many exceed .1 percent blood alcohol, with higher shares on weekends and holidays.
On June 4 1965 the Robert Zumkehr memorial award was presented to Gary Blackbourn during ceremonies in the high school gym. Miss Marcia Kundert was named outstanding vocal student and six Monroe High School students received previously unrevealed scholarships: Bruce Wagner David Lysser Donna Swiggum Richard Schwarze Sharon Hinebaugh and Carol Summeril. In a 1955 note five county girls will appear in Boscobel for the first round of judging in the Alice in Dairyland contest with winners to compete at Portage. Participants are Donna Seffrood Beatrice Ruch Shirley Leopold Monroe Jane Teneyck Brodhead and Kathryn Chambers Juda.
A collage of 1945 notes reports four U.S. jet pilots freed from two years in Red China adjusting to liberty. Other items note the June drive nearing its goal, industry mood on cheese, Roosevelt administration plans, a farming accident, rural graduates ranks, and local election-era events in Monroe and Green County.
Sixty years ago today a bashful Orangeville man applying for a Freeport marriage license could not recall his bride's name at the county clerk's office. A Wisconsin law now bans giving away cigarettes without a $5 license and punishes such acts as a public offense. An 1905 bulletin from the Wisconsin livestock sanitary board addresses dairy cattle tuberculosis prevention and zoonotic risks to dairy product users as Milwaukee's exposition building burned down.
On this date events include the 1942 Battle of Midway starting, the capture of King Charles I in 1647, the 1805 peace with Tripoli, Belgium's first king in 1831, Henry Ford's 1896 Detroit night drive, and Argentina's 1943 coup. Birthdays noted for Rosalind Russell and Robert Merrill.
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