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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1972
Page
1
In Wisconsin Wallace trails Democrats with a 34 percent share in 1964 and plans heavy campaigning. Humphrey and Jackson emphasize the economy as the main issue, noting rising prices and unemployment while touring Milwaukee and addressing labor groups.
A UW official said the university might not fund 675000 in retroactive pay increases approved by the legislature. The money would cover faculty salaries from October 8, 1971, to November 15, 1972, and the budget was scrutinized by the Joint Finance Committee. In Kenosha, a man in a small boat rescued another after a car plunged into Lake Michigan, aided by a power crew.
Dodge County woman Edwena Fehrer, 63, of Beaver Dam, died Tuesday evening from injuries after her car skidded on a county road south of Randolph and rolled over. The toll for 1972 rises to 146, compared with 123 a year ago.
Sen William Proxmire D Wis closes in on 2000 straight roll calls by voting against a move to kill a national post card registration bill with Sen Gaylord Nelson D Wis also voting. He has not missed a recorded vote since April 1966.
Juneau Dodge County board of education says it will not increase taxes if revenue is guaranteed before a taxpayers revolt. The Juneau-Reeseville High School district covers parts of eight towns and about 10 percent of Dodge County, where eight communities withhold taxes in escrow to protest higher levies. Beaver Dam officials deny issuing any tax guarantee.
Superior AP Douglas County District Attorney Ralph Binger says his office will not enforce the studded tire ban until weather improves. Wisconsin Transportation Dept had set Wednesday as the deadline for removing metal studs and refused to extend despite snow and freezing rain.
The two young men found dead near Edmund were buried at the Iowa County Home cemetery in pauper graves. Fire and freezing damage prevented identification, and officials used steel coffins fearing later claims. Pathologists could not identify the victims, believed to be shot and burned during winter.
University of Wisconsin President John C. Weaver told alumni that peace on campus signals no apathy toward social issues. He described a “new mood” rather than a complete shift in student opinion. The 33,000 student campus recently moved beyond antiwar violence to calmer activist engagement.
The enforcement division of the Department of Health and Social Services warns it may recommend cutting federal aid to the Southern Colony and Training School in Burlington. Secretary Wilburt Schmidt says the same procedures used for private nursing homes are being applied to the school for similar deficiencies.
President Nixon will address the nation at 9 o clock p m Central to outline his recommendations on school busing. The message, prepared after Camp David talks, will precede a formal Congress submission Friday and follows earlier plans to avoid a public speech.
Harold S. Geneen, ITT president, vows to provide the Senate Judiciary Committee a list of destroyed files from ITT’s Washington office. Ailing ITT lobbyist Dita Beard is quoted saying her files were destroyed after a memorandum allegedly by Mrs. Beard was disclosed by columnist Jack Anderson. The matter delays confirmation of acting Atty. Gen. Richard Kleindienst.
The White House announced President Nixon will visit Moscow on May 22 for a summit with Soviet leaders to discuss all major issues with a view toward progress.
James C. Volkert resigns as senior loan officer of First National Bank of Monroe effective April 7 and will become executive vice president of a newly charted bank in Montgomery Illinois near Aurora. He has 12 years at Monroe and previously came from First Wisconsin Madison. He and his family plan to relocate after the school year ends. The White House also notes Nixon may visit Moscow for about a week with Mrs Nixon joining him and Kissinger and Rogers aboard.
Rebels light up Belfast as Paddy Kennedy a 29 year old pro IRA member of Northern Ireland Assembly is captured in journalist home with IRA commander William McCrory. Security forces report second major arrest this week following Tuesday captures of three top IRA militants. Kennedy had been hiding in the Republic after promoting an IRA news conference amid gun battles as Britain detained IRA suspects last fall.
Architects Durrant Derringer Dammon Kramer and Gordon of Watertown unveil the proposed Blackhawk Technical Institute campus to be sited on an 83 acre tract south of Caravilla Nursing Home between Beloit and Janesville. The two story complex will include flexible spaces, demountable walls, and planned expansion in two elevations with ample parking and protected wooded areas.
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