Monroe Ambassadors Welcome Readers and Local Sports Notes
Jim Timms praises Monroe's friendliness and busy square while recounting a Beloit Cheesemakers game. He notes graduation will thin the team and congratulates Cheesemakers wrestlers Greg Roth Beem and Frank Doherty, with Beem and Roth expected back next season under coach Bill McCreary.
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Beloit
Edgerton
Lee Mitchell
Purple Knights of
LaMont Weaver
Monroe Club
Greg Roth
Rich Beem
Frank Doherty
Beem
Roth
Bill McCreary
Cuban Cutter Seizes US Treasure Hunter
A Cuban patrol boat seized the American treasure hunting craft Jocelyn-C and its five crew members off La Isabela while the U S Coast Guard Steadfast watched offshore. Captain Sten Carlson of East Orleans led the expedition seeking sunken Spanish gold with repairs completed in Fort Lauderdale.
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Miami
Jocelyn-C
Cuban
la Isabela
U. S. Coast Guard
Steadfast
Cuba
Atlantic
Cua
Bahamas
Sten Carlson
Orleans
Mass
Jocelyn- C
Washington
Sub Mar
Fort Lauderdale
Cay Lobos
Old Bahama Channel
Cape Cod Arbor
Carlson
Caribbean
Pat Fitzsimmons
Joe Campbell
Monroe Peace Corps Worker Speaks at Day of Prayer
Monroe native and Peace Corps volunteer Donald Weir to be main speaker at World Day of Prayer service at Grace Lutheran Church on Friday March 6 at 2. The event features local organizers Mrs. Callahan and Mrs. Blanc with prayers by Fred Roth and Mrs. OBel. Robert Rieder will sing and a tea will follow in Fellowship Hall.
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Donald Weir
Monroe
Peace Corps
Grace Lutheran Church
Wisconsin
Mach
Tonga
Niuafo’ou
Tin Can Island
Weir
John Callahan
St. Victor's Catholic Church
Roger Blanc
Grace Lutheran
Fred Roth
Clarne Ziona
Eugene O'Bel
Will
St. Victor's
Fellowship Hall
Don Weir
S. S. Monterey
Volcanic
Ninafo'ou
Easter Seal Campaign Opens 51st Anniversary
The 1970 Easter Seal campaign marks the 51st anniversary of Easter Seals service to the crippled. National and Wisconsin drives run through Easter Sunday March 29 to raise funds for rehabilitation facilities and therapy programs.
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Wisconsin
Elyria
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Edgar F. Allen
National Society
Allen
Easter Seal Society
Wife Arrested in Connection with Shooting
LaVerne Stordock, 44, was shot to death at his home on Sunday March 1. His wife Susan Stordock was arrested on a first degree murder charge and was due for arraignment. Stordock was an investigator for the Wisconsin Medical Board and formerly Beloit detective.
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Qiregon
LaVerne Stardock
Susan
James C. Bell
Ounty
Clyde Chamberlain
Stordock
State Medical Board
Beloit
Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office
Medical Board
Orientation Set for Monroe Area Students
Students entering Monroe High School in the fall and their parents are invited to an orientation tomorrow evening March 3 at 7 30 in the Lecture Hall. Principal Ben Campa and guidance staff James Haas and John Reese will present information on the guidance program and extracurricular activities. Students will also visit future teachers and classrooms.
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Monroe High School
Ben Campa
James Haas
John Reese
Kellett Commission Urges Tax Shift to Aid Wisconsin Schools
The Kellett Commission proposes a $109 million annual shift of school funding from local property taxes to state support. It calls for a State Education Board, tuition based on ability to pay, and continued UW Green Bay and Parkside as experimental colleges. The panel also urges good faith bargaining, vocational funding, and expanded special education grants.
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Madison
Kellett Commission On Education
Neenah
William Kellett
Kellett
Commission
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Parkside
University of Wisconsin System
University of Wisconsin
Dissident youths threaten Isla Vista rampage after Guards exit
In Isla Vista California youths vow to resume a destructive rampage when National Guardsmen withdraw. A girl states they have nothing against the Guard but warn residents to be ready as they leave. The report ties the threat to college community unrest and police tensions.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Isla Vista
Devitt Seeks Republican Nomination for Lt Governor
State Senator James C. Devitt of Greenfield announces his bid for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor. He cites legislative leadership, urban rural district experience, and a role in anti crime and law enforcement bills as he presents a plan to bridge the executive and legislative branches.
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Devitt
Madison
James C. Devitt
Senate
Assembly
Milwaukee
Waukesha
Racine
State Assembly
America
Greenfield Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Lake Michiga
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Cadette Girl Scout Troop 211
Monroe Public Library
John Kundert
Tom Burkhard
Keith Ellingson
Linda Dischler
Debbie
Dianne Marty
Carrie Vance
Times
John Wilkinson
LA Crosse
Gateways Transportation Co
Robert Rieder
Monroe Area
AP News
Los Angeles
Earth
Demos
Hubert H. Humphrey
Indiana
Matthew E. Welsh
Welsh
Laos
Vientiane, Laos
Muong Soui
Sala
Brandt
Bonn
Willy Brandt
East Berlin
Willy Stoph
Britain
Harold Wilson
Ulbricht Lahm
Gerhard Schuessler
Stoph
Saigon
Tran Ngoc Chau
South Vietnamese Supreme Court
Chau
Abraham Ribicoff
D‘onn
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Green County
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Lee Nipple
Walter Babula
Arthur Roethe
Monroe Land Co
Kieth Seward
Chamber
Don Christianson
Carol Nipple
Bob Dearth
Ron Tschudy
Boyd Elliott
Jim Gordee
Jack Kundert
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