Preliminary approval of Amish school PE exemption bill
The Wisconsin Assembly gave preliminary approval to a bill exempting Amish children from physical education classes by a 52 to 43 vote. Final passage was delayed after Assemblyman Paul Alfonsi objected. Proponents cited a New Glarus dispute. critics warned of dangerous precedent and noted local boards settled issues.
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Madison
Assembly
Paul Alfonsi
R-Minocqua
Kenneth Merkel
R-Brookfield
Frederick Kessler
Milwaukee
New Glarus
Merkel
Alfonsi
J. Curtis McKay
R - Cedarburg
Joseph Sweda
R-Lublin
Wisconsin Cheddar Market Holds Steady Amid Demand
Madison Wisconsin cheddar market stays steady with fair to good demand and ample supplies. American cheese output for the week ending Feb 23 is 24,250,000 pounds, up 2 percent from last week and 21 percent higher than a year ago. Wisconsin Swiss prices unchanged and high grades steady while lower grades vary.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Agricultural Marketing Service
Green County Republicans back Viney for UW Board post
At a Monroe caucus the Green County Republican Club elected Dr J W Robilette as chairman and endorsed Monroe attorney Joseph D Viney for the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents vacancy. The meeting drew over 50 members as GOP enthusiasm targets 1967 progress and a possible regular club schedule.
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Green County
Monroe
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
J. W. Robilette
Republican Club
Marlin J. Meythaler
Mexico
Meythaler
Rolland E. Karlen
Karlen
Madison
Ted Chase
Sun Prairie
GOP
Re- University of Wisconsin
Joseph D. Viney
UW Board of Regents
Viney
Gov
Two Amendments Offered To Soften Kellett Group's Bill
In Madison two amendments were introduced in the Senate to soften the Kellett bill as lawmakers prepare for next week's battles over state government restructuring. The proposed changes target merging conservation and water pollution control programs and preserving five retirement funds separate. The amendments will be debated on Tuesday during floor action on the Kellett Bill.
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Madison
Senate
Kellett
Senate Conservation Committee
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Reuben LaFave
Roconto
LaFave
United States
SDS Loses Campus Status After Antiwar Protests
The University of Wisconsin Student Senate suspended the Democratic Society SDS on campus after 19 arrests linked to antiwar protests. The Wisconsin Student Association voted 19 to 11 to lift SDS registration and bar it from campus activity. SDS president Henry Haslach Jr. denounced the move as blind retribution.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Student Association
Senate
Students For A Democratic Society
Henry Haslach Jr
SDS
Antenna causes city power outage near Marco's Supper Club
A television antenna on Marco's Supper Club toppled onto a 12,000 volt line, triggering a half hour outage centered around the Square and extending up to five blocks. Wisconsin Power and Light crews isolated the fault by 11 34 a.m. and expected full restoration before 1 p.m. Fire and police departments aided the operation. The cause of the fall was not yet known.
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Jack Foster
Wisconsin Power and Light
WPL
Foster
Arthur L. Sullivan
Marco
Evening Times
Monroe Evening Times
Associated Press
Daily Cardinal Defends Independence From State Leaders
The University of Wisconsin student paper the Daily Cardinal says governors and top legislators receive free subscriptions yet do not read issues they criticize. In a Thursday editorial the Cardinal states it is financially independent and student owned and operated, and legislators cannot underwrite or own it. The piece follows a dispute sparked two weeks earlier by a sex research lecture report containing a four letter word.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Daily Cardinal
the Cardinal
City Clerk Opens Absentee Ballots for Monroe Voters
City Clerk Freda Bray reminded Monroe residents that the City Hall will accept absentee ballots from 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow for those not in Monroe next Tuesday. A special election is set for Tuesday to nominate a Republican candidate to face the Democrat in the April 4 election for the Green Lafayette Assembly seat left vacant by G. Fred Galli.
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Freda Bray
Monroe
Green - Lafayette Assembly
G. Fred Galli
Forage Winners Named Farmers Program Termed a 'Success'
Five farmers won top honors in forage competition at a Belleville farm institute held at the High School. Winners included Alvin Shultz first crop hay, Donald Juene man second crop hay, Henry Best third crop corn, Wittwer Bros hay silage, Herm an Hodel corn silage. The event drew more than 600 people and was sponsored by the Belleville Community Club with extension agents from Green and Dane counties. A special women’s program and a spring flower demonstration complemented the event.
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Ollie Fine
Evening Times
Belleville
Alvin Shultz
Donald Jueneman
Monroe
Henry Best
Wittwer Bros
Herman Hodel
Kenneth Kramer
Belleville Community Club
High School Vocational Agricultural Department
Green
Dane Counties
Farm Institute
Ann Moore
Ruth Tuten
Madison Vocational School
Myron Jeglum
Green County
Fred Stuessy
Business Men’s Association
Dairy Queens
Robert R. Spitzer
Murphy Products, Inc
Burlington
Belleville Ffa
Daily Doggerel by Clair R Munns
A short verse shows Clair R. Munns portraying a quarrel where a vehement husband storms in and his wife orders him to march. The husband exits in a subdued state illustrating a reversal of force after a tense confrontation.
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Clair R. Munns
Teens Shot to Death in Illinois Park
Two 14 year old cousins Wayne Mullendore and Ronald Johnson were found shot to death in a rockford Illinois park pavilion. Police received an anonymous tip from a woman who told deputies where to find the bodies.
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Rockford, Ill
Winnebago County
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Ronald Johnson
Herb Brown
Wilson Junior High School
Brown
Levings Park
Joseph Mullendore
Newhouse Buys Cleveland Plain Dealer for 50 Million
Samuel I Newhouse reportedly purchases the Cleveland Plain Dealer for 50 million dollars marking the highest price paid for a single newspaper in American journalism history.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Samuel I. Newhouse
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Climax Is Near Basketball Player Enthusiasm
A Monroe basketball player prepares for a late practice with focus on technique and routine. He envisions Friday’s challenge while reflecting on last week’s game and the steps to improve his shot form.
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Monroe
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Lois) Hodgson
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Eileen) Wagner
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Joseph Tregoning
Shullsburg
R. J. Douglas
Kellett Group
August H. Burgi
Swiss and Limburger Cheese Producers’ Association
Galli
Foreign Type Cheesemakers Association
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