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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1972
Page
1
Rapid City faces 208 dead in the worst flood here in 44 years as 500 are reported missing and 3,000 left homeless. National Guardsmen and volunteers search debris while curfew and emergency water measures strain the city. leaders seek federal aid and health officials inoculate residents.
U S jets ripped a 10 mile stretch of North Vietnam northeast rail to China and set 60 freight cars afire. Two MIG interceptors were downed by Navy Phantoms south of Hanoi while a Navy A6 was lost with two crewmen missing. Ling Chi hydroelectric plant near Hanoi suffered heavy damage from laser bombs.
Marshfield welcomed former congressman Melvin Laird during a weekend stop focusing on the 12 recipients of the Laird Youth Leadership Foundation scholarships. Laird declined to discuss cabinet matters or the Vietnam War, preferring to spotlight the students and present a life membership in American Legion Post 54.
Delegates at the Wisconsin United Methodist Church state convention rejected a proposal to guarantee a minimum salary for pastors. Wisconsin’s 338 ministers are paid individually by local churches, and smaller congregations say they cannot match larger churches' salaries.
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 3 ruling by Justice Rehnquist, upheld private clubs' right to bar black guests. Leroy Irvis, Pennsylvania House majority leader, argued the Moose Lodge in Harrisburg violated liquor-license rules. The decision focused on guest exclusion, not membership, with four Nixon appointees joining the majority.
The 43rd Annual Wisconsin FFA Convention sits at the American Baptist Assembly on Green Lake today through Wednesday. Monroe FFA sends six members including officers and degree candidates Larry Buetzer William Hartwig Mike Klemm Dave Welz Larry Weckerly and Don Sass Fred Hasler is in Switzerland for six months. Kenneth C. Allen attends as chapter advisor. Monroe earns the Farm Safety Plaque as a sectional winner and receives expense paid trips for two to the National Safety Congress in Chicago. Safety themes include corn harvest fire and farmstead safety. The chapter is one of two recommended for National FFA Convention honors in Kansas City mid October.
A rain date of Sunday June 25 is announced for June Dairy Day to be held Saturday June 24 in Monticello. Co chairs Tom Saunders and Howard Voegels discuss shuttle service to downtown and tours of the cheese factory. Community Queen voting runs through June 17 and Green County Dairy Queen will be chosen. Winners of the first week Dairy Promotion Quiz Contest receive $1 coupons. contest runs through June with weekly results.
AP reports the Senate began debate on a 1.7 billion foreign military aid bill that would cut off funds for U S troops in Vietnam after August 31. The roundup also notes Nixon inviting Hirohito to visit the United States and other world events.
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