City Council OKs rock blasting for new city hall site
The council accepted the low bid from Rees Construction Co. of Monroe for blasting and excavation at the new municipal building site. Ground breaking is set for 3 p m today if weather allows. The bid totaled 13 984 dollars.
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Rees Construction Co
Monroe
Connors-Chandler
Stanley W. Howe
Ames, Torkelson and Nugent
Madison
Orville R. Evans
City Hall
Planning Commission
T. J. Burgy Jr
Eighth Ward
Burgy
Fred R. Simpson
Fourth Ward
Brodhead
Evans
Board of Public Works
James Mauermann
Park and Recreation
Evan C. Chambers
Fifth Ward
Chambers
Mauermann
1Th Street
Heeb Co
Square
Simpson
Burgy Ambers
Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine Makeup Clinic Set for March 22
The Green County Medical Society polio committee announces a countywide Sabin oral vaccine makeup clinic Sunday March 22 at the Monroe Armory from 11 am to 2 pm. Types I II and III will be given to residents who have not received doses. About 45,000 doses have been administered at prior clinics. A 25 cent donation is requested to cover costs. No further county clinics are planned.
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Monroe Armory
Green County Medical Society
Medical Society
Adult Art Class Plans Exhibit in Bank Lobby
An adult education drawing and painting class will open an exhibit tomorrow at the First National Bank of Monroe. Forty naturalistic works in oils, pastels, and watercolors will be shown by local artists including Mrs. Carl Maurer, Mrs. Nathan Roth, Mrs. Arthur C. Benkett, Mrs. Robert Zach, Mrs. Derwin Huenink, Mrs. Rand Greenwald, Miss Nancy Nalepinski, Nolan Chapin, and Jerry Schmolat, under instructor Miss Joyce Blunk.
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First National Bank of Monroe
Carl Maurer
Nathan Roth
Arthur C. Benkett
Robert Zach
Derwin Huenink
Rand Greenwald
Nancy Nalepinski
Nolan Chapin
Jerry Schmolat
Joyce Blunk
Not Guilty Plea Entered by Ruby Judge Brown Back On Dallas Beach
Ruby entered a plea of innocent to the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald before a jury in Dallas. The indictment dated Nov 26 cites malice aforethought. defense seeks insanity. Supreme Court refused to hear whether TV witnesses are ineligible jurors. Chief defense counsel Melvin M. Belli mentions temporary insanity defense.
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Ruby Judge Brown
Dallas Beach
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Henry M. Wade
Ruby
Oswald
Joe B. Brown
Brown
J. Frank Wilson
Texas Supreme Court
Texas
Austin
Dist. Atty
John F. Kennedy
Melvin M. Belli
San Francisco
Six From Area To Get Graduation Certificates
Six area residents will join 198 Farm Short Course graduates, the largest class since 1949, to receive certificates Saturday at 11 a.m. in the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion. A L Pope of meat and animal science will deliver the graduation address.
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Robert J. Ammon
Thomas C. Prien
Robert F. Timm
Monroe
John Stauffacher
Darlington
Fredrick W. Lauper
Browntown
Irvin J. Bartels
University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion
A. L. Pope
Meat and Animal Science
State Treasurer Cites Cigaret Panic to Explain Revenue Drop
Austin Texas February cigaret tax revenue fell by 1.2 million dollars, blamed by State Treasurer Jesse James on the scare surrounding smoking.
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Austin
Tex
Jesse James
Airman Pulled From C130 Door In Flight Tragedy
Search continues for Airman Gary Beck of McLean Texas who disappeared after a cargo door tore open on a U S Air Force C130 at 19 000 feet above Gatlinburg Tennessee. Co pilot 1st Lt Henry J Clement of Superior Wisconsin helped keep another airman from being sucked out as the plane landed in Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Air Force
Gatlinburg
Gary Beck
McLean
Tex
Beck
Henry J. Clement
Superior
Wis
Hoffa Convicted On Charges In Tennessee Trial
Jurors in Chattanooga find James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, guilty on two counts alleging attempts to fix the jury that tried him in 1962. After 2 hours 50 minutes of deliberation, the panel foreman Hal W. Bullen led the jury as it weighed testimony over six weeks.
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Hoffa
James R. Hoffa
Teamster Union
Chattanooga
Tenn
Teamsters
Hal W. Bullen
International Teamsters Union
Nashville
U.N. Security Council backs Cyprus peace force plan
The U N Security Council voted to have Secretary General U Thant form a Cyprus peace force and appoint a mediator to push a settlement. The Soviet Union supported the plan despite reservations about force control, while France also backed it after initial doubt. In Athens, Greek protests grew as U S 6th Fleet exercises continued nearby.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Cyprus
Soviet Union
France
Roger Seydoux
Russia
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Security Council
Fedorenko
Athens
Johnson
U.S
United States
Johnson-Al Capone
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Aegean Sea
Rhodes
U.S. Information Agency
Conulate
U.S. Coast Guard
Courier
Voice of America
George Papandreous
Papandreou
Tractor Upset Kills Chetek Farmer Bill Murray
A Chetek Wisconsin farmer, 32 year old Bill Murray, died after a tractor overturned during a Monday logging operation and he died Tuesday from injuries suffered in the accident.
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Chetek
Wis
Bill Murray
Presses Still Jammed Torch Book Orders Reach 3 Million
The Torch Is Passed, AP’s memorial to President Kennedy, has orders near 3.1 million. More than 100000 weekly requests keep arriving as AP leased wire reports announced the book on December 5. The 100 page volume features Karsh portraits and a 35 000 word narrative recounting the tragedy.
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New York
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
United States
Canada
Kennedy
Karsh
Rockefeller and Goldwater intensify NH primary push
Rockefeller and Goldwater campaigned in New Hampshire accusing the Johnson administration of vacillation while pledging to fight for free enterprise. Rockefeller opened a final drive and Goldwater urged a rebirth of principle and individual worth, as Scranton blasted Democrats in New York and Nixon urged embargo on Cuban firms.
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Washington
Rockefeller
Sen
Goldwater
Johnson
New Hampshire
Granite State
Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
Charlton H. Lyons Sr
GOP
Nashua
Pennsylvania
Scranton
Economic Club
New York City
Democratic Party
Richard M. Nixon
Cuba
United States
New York Building Congress
PSC rejects rehearings on employee telephone service order
The State Public Service Commission refused two applications for a rehearing of its order that ends free and below cost telephone service for current employees and retirees of telephone companies.
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Madison
State Public Service Commission
State Hit by Snow and Moisture Forecast
Snow swept northern Wisconsin with 1 to 16 inches, offering moisture for dry farmland while forecasting heavy snow and hazardous driving statewide. Snow may reach Monroe by evening and spread tonight, with a band expected to produce four inches or more in the southwest to northeast. Temperatures to drop tonight as ice loosens on area rivers after recent warmth.
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Wisconsin
Monroe
Sugar River
Little Sugar River
Withhold Cuts Start Thursday Affects Millions of Americans
Federal tax cut benefits will appear in paychecks starting Thursday with a 14 percent withholding instead of 18 percent. Employers report minimal adjustments to payroll systems, noting quick changes and few issues. Major firms like General Motors with 640,000 employees implemented the update smoothly.
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New York
Manley Eubank
Raleigh
N.C
Eubank
North Carolina
General Motors Corp
Scooter McLean Dies of Cancer at 48 in Ann Arbor
Ray Scooter McLean, 48, backfield coach for the Detroit Lions, died of cancer today at University Hospital in Ann Arbor. He joined Detroit in 1959 after eight years with the Green Bay Packers and was a Chicago Bears star halfback in the 1940s alongside Lions coach George Wilson.
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Scooter McLean
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ray
Scooter) McLean
Detroit Lions
National Football League
University Hospital
McLean
Detroit
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
Lions
George Wilson
Reynolds to Head Wisconsin Democratic Favorite Son Slate
Gov Reynolds announced he will head a Democratic slate of 46 delegates pledged to President Johnson for the April 7 Wisconsin primary. Republican leaders tapped Rep John Byrnes as their favorite son to lead uncommitted delegates. The move bypasses the primary as intraparty factions clash over control of the delegation.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Reynolds
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Byrnes
Johnson
Sheboygan
Sen
Nelson
Louis Hanson
Nelson-Hanson
Patrick Lucey
Lucey
Hanson
Atlanticity
Stock rise slows as profit takers move in
New York investors pushed for a fourth straight advance but prices moved irregularly with heavy trading. Blue chip gains from Tuesday faded as profit-taking appeared among several prominent stocks, dampening the session.
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New York
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17Th Street
Vaccine Makeup Clinic
Armory
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Dorothy
Milwaukee
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USAF
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Frances Tucker
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