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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1968
Page
1
A powerful March snow storm cripples the Great Plains to the Northeast causing school and plant closures, road blockages, and air travel disruption. Oklahoma faces near mobilization as 8 inches fall and drifts reach 4 to 5 feet, stranding motorists and halting most flights.
Father Henry Kalschauer of St. Victor's Catholic Church will open Lent with a noon devotional at Grace Lutheran Church on Wednesday March 13. The two year old public series runs at 12 05 with a low cost luncheon in the church basement for attendees who stay. Ash Wednesday marked the start and services continue each Wednesday noon during Lent.
Stella Prechel and George W. Clark sue in Circuit Court to stop the city of Monroe Urban Renewal project. They contend the Dec 5 referendum was binding and that council actions Dec 16 exceeded legal authority. They seek injunctions, costs, and eventual withdrawal with reimbursements. The mayor and eight aldermen are named defendants.
Prof Harold Groves, economics chair at University of Wisconsin, spoke to Green County McCarthy for President committee at the Commercial and Savings Bank conference room. About forty people attended, including some high schoolers, to hear Groves discuss Peace Party Vietnam and Sen Eugene McCarthy as a presidential candidate.
Green County Republicans met at the Courthouse to approve a slate of convention delegates and alternates from Lafayette County was announced for publication. The meeting opened with a pledge of allegiance and included three University of Wisconsin students tied to the Nixon for President campaign. Duane Barmore, son of Donald and Mrs Barmore, and two UW students were noted. The group approved $100 to assist Young Republicans attending their convention and endorsed a resolution for printed financial statements to be distributed at each meeting.
The architectural history of Galena Illinois compares favorably to Williamsburg and Newport and historians urge the town be registered as a national historic site soon. Galena hosts 34 properties in the Historic American Buildings Survey the most of any Midwest city.
In a 2 to 1 vote at a special meeting in the Village Hall Browntown remains fluoridation free. The petition of 110 villagers led by Homemakers Center chairman Mrs. Ralph Lueck was defeated. Thomas Binger Jr voted yes while Hubert Rockow and Gayle Burington opposed it.
Little Sugar River Watershed holds its meeting Thursday March 14 at 8 p m in the high school agriculture room. President Elmer Hoesly and guest speakers Lester Goke of Green County SCS and Nathan Klassy deputy zoning administrator for Green County are listed speakers.
Turner Hall hosts the 10th annual Jaycette Charity Fashion Show on Tuesday March 19 with two matinee and evening performances. Proceeds fund Cerebral Palsy projects in Green County, including clinics, hospital support, a Camp Waubeek child, and community programs.
Green County Fair Board buys a refrigerated cheese display unit for the county fair. Cheese will be judged inside the 24 by 8 by 8 foot case set in the northwest corner of the new Exhibition Building. Installation by June, with August Burgi as on site chair.
Pfc David W Knouse 20 son of Mr and Mrs Walter Knouse Route 1 Gratiot was killed in action March 3 in Vietnam after being reported missing last week Confirmation received via Lafayette County Sheriff Kenneth Pratt He graduated Gratiot High School served since September 1967 basic training at Fort Campbell and Fort McClellan assigned to Vietnam November arrived there July He had been employed in Freeport two years before service Surviving are his parents a brother Donald and five sisters Dianne Richel Arleigh Bondele David Lowe Beverly and Nancy Funeral arrangements pending.
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