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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1972
Page
1
William Judson, 19, of LaCrosse, died at a Lewiston hospital from head injuries after an expert slope crash at Sugarloaf Ski Area in Kingfield. He veered off the trail and struck a tree, dying several hours later.
The 21 member Badger Bottle Diggers of Eau Claire, a mixed age club, keep busy trading bottle finds and planning club digs despite winter snow keeping them from scavenging. Mrs Edward Vinton cites social talks with bottle friends and memories of last summer’s digs and a picnic event.
Seven Benton students expelled for long hair will attend classes while the school board pursues legal action. Board President Thomas Dawson says the attorney will seek a declaratory judgment upholding the dress code or appeal state Superintendent William Kahl’s order to readmit the boys. Kahl calls the initial readmission not a clear dress code violation. The dispute pits state authority against local control in dress code enforcement.
FBI says Joseph Rily Diffie surrendered at his Whitehall area home. Mr and Mrs Paul Edward Matthews were captured in Forreston Illinois on warrants for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. Part of a $50 000 ransom recovered tied to dentist Donald Alm’s missing son Stephen 17 who was abducted.
Author Clifford Irving and wife Edith admitted a federal conspiracy to defraud a publisher with a fake Howard Hughes autobiography. Government dropped a mail fraud count. They and researcher Richard Suskind faced state grand larceny charges later. Sentencing for the federal charge set for June 16. up to five years and $100,000 fine. They remain free on bail.
A springlike weekend gave way to a late Sunday storm bringing up to two inches of snow in Green County. Blizzard conditions snarled travel as highways iced over and crews worked from 5 a.m. Water across roads and frozen culverts worsened flooding risk. foam on Sugar River and high water near Albany were noted. Forecasters expect end of precipitation tonight with a chance of Thursday showers and warmer temperatures by Monday.
In Madison, attempts to fund private and parochial school aid and to legalize birth control device sales to unmarried people failed as the Wisconsin Legislature adjourned. The parochial aid measure failed 19 to 13 in the Senate. the birth control bill failed 53 to 42 in the Assembly, both short of a two thirds vote.
The seventh annual Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2312 Awards Night Banquet honored Voice of Democracy contest winners, Monroe Bicycle Court members, and Ernest Waeffler with a surprise plaque. About 120 attendees heard remarks by Post commander Werner Marti and others. Carol Baumann won first place with a $25 prize and a medal.
Thirty one exchange students from Monroe High School depart Thursday at 7 a.m. for Cheyenne Wyoming to reunite with Cheyenne East peers. The group includes 16 girls and 14 boys guided by advisors Fred Simpson and Mrs William Spoerry for a 10 day stay with host families. They tour schools and sites across several states, returning March 26 after a cross country bus journey and a Cheyenne reunion.
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