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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1975
Page
1
The House failed to override President Ford's veto on an emergency jobs bill, paving the way for a cheaper Ford backed measure in Congress. The May vote was 277 to 145 against override, with the new plan totaling about 1.6 billion for 300,000 public service jobs and 412 million for 760,000 youth jobs through July 1976.
Senate defeated a Gravel amendment to reduce 200000 troops from 485000 overseas. House backed extending the Voting Rights Act through 1985 by 341 to 70 after GOP tweaks failed. Ford plans to announce his bid for a full term by month end. Church criticizes CIA terminology over assassination plots. North Korea moves armored forces toward the DMZ. Pentagon observers cautious.
President Anwar Sadat reopened the Suez Canal declaring it a tributary of peace and prosperity. He urged liberating Arab lands and preserving Arab rights while confirming Israeli cargoes may pass per a disengagement pact.
Wisconsin Senate votes 23-8 to close Mendota Mental Health Institute in Madison effective Jan 1, 1975, after debate over budget implications and potential transfer plans to Winnebago and Central State Hospital. Amendments to delay closing and transfer programs are rejected. other budget actions include tax formula decisions and funding shifts for UW Extension.
Officials announce sweeping measures to end apartheid in South West Africa removing whites only signs and admitting all races to hotels restaurants and public buildings while observers view it as part of detente in the region.
Monroe City Band opens its 26th summer concert series with Heritage of Music in American History featuring works from 1901 1904 1931 and 1939 plus contemporary pieces. Monday 8 p.m. Twining Park Bandshell public invited Mrs Michael Olson sings Swiss Singers led by Mrs Wolfgang Koehler join in. Allan F Barnard directs. Stan Neuberger hosts. Monroe Dairy Queen contest remarks by Mrs Roger Stauffacher.
Robert D. Jones aged 14 of Winslow Illinois died after a bicycle collision on Wis. 11 near Cadiz Township. He passed away at St. Clare Hospital at 6 30 p m. Driver Richard Olson 21 of Darlington reported seeing the boy on the pavement as sun glare affected visibility. Coroner Richard Wagner said the case remains under investigation and cause of death has not yet been determined.
Robert Dean Jones born May 29 1961 Maquoketa Iowa son of Dale and Dorothy Jones spent life in Green County He moved from Albany to Martintown and was a Monroe Evening Times carrier boy He survived by his mother father two brothers a sister and several grandparents A memorial fund is being established with funeral at Martintown Church June 7 burial in Union Cemetery South Wayne.
A two vehicle crash near Monroe at 9:03 this morning left five people injured, four of them hospitalized. Rudy Ammon of Rt. 3 drove a three quarter ton pickup from a farm driveway onto Jeffery Road, where it was struck broadside by a southbound car carrying Ervin Bech tolt, 17, and three teenage passengers. Both vehicles were totaled and the injured were transported to St. Clare Hospital. Further details were unavailable.
Graduation at Monroe Senior High will be held this evening at Holyoke Field. Attendees should bring lawn chairs or cushions and be prepared to move indoors to the gymnasium if rain arrives.
Severe storms brought funnel clouds hail and strong winds across southern Wisconsin causing downed trees and power lines and minor damage to a farm building in Milton Junction no injuries reported. Hail up to three inches fell in some counties with 1 000 power outages and several counties placed under warnings as temperatures swung from 79 to 54 degrees.
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