Standards Tense In Pollution Fight At Burlington Hearing
State and local officials urged tougher pollution standards ahead of a July 1 deadline to meet Interior Department rules for interstate waters. Speakers called for runoff controls and technical limits to protect wildlife and water quality on the Fox and Des Plaines rivers, with emphasis on preventing low oxygen levels and ensuring swimming purity.
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Burlington
Wis
State Department of Resource Development
Interior Department
Monroe
G. J. Barber
State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
Barber
State Conservation Department
Elmer F. Herman
Madison
Donald Hansen
Wind Lake
Wisconsin
Fox River
Hansen
Waukesha
Fox
Des Plaines
Ilinois
Badger
Illinois
COLOR HIM GREEN
Daguerre style verse by Clair R. Munns tells of Pat dreaming of heaven and finding gold instead of green, a humorous twist on the afterlife imagery. The piece contrasts sacred color symbolism with earthly riches, maintaining a playful tone throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat
Gorry
Advance Transt plant growth outlined to Monroe Kiwanis
Monroe Kiwanis heard Kenneth C. Meinken Jr of Advance Transt outline plans to double the Monroe workforce by fall and shift production from Chicago to a 149000 square foot ballast factory on Monroe's west side. He praised local morale and noted projections to ship transformers directly to buyers by year end.
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Chicago
Irving Cline
Gary Buholzer
James W. DeBlack
Monroe
Times
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Kenneth C. Meinken Jr
West Side
Crandall
Meinken
Advance
General Instrument Co
New York
Consolidated Electronics
D. A. Crandall
Wisconsin Sings and Stories Tall Tales and True
An afternoon program at 2 p m Tuesday March 28 in the Junior High School Auditorium features Wisconsin Idea Theatre touring group from Madison. Sponsored by the Monroe PTA Cultural Arts committee it highlights Wisconsin history lore and folk music with pieces about lumbering mining and commercial sailing era Northland waters. Tickets 15 cents for children 25 cents for adults available at Monroe elementary schools Junior High and St Victor s School selling until capacity of 783 is filled. Committee members listed.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Idea Theatre
Madison
Monroe Pta Cultural Arts Committee
Northland
Hodags
Timber Tigers
Whiskey Jack
Fighting Finches
Monroe
St. Victor's School
PTA Cultural Arts Committee
Philip J. Teehan
Mmes
Roy Gempeler
John H. Usher
Egbert Kamstra
J. A. Villacrez
Charles Schultz
Writing Contest Entries Needed for AP High School Contest
High school students are urged to enter the second annual Associated Press High School Newspaper Writing Contest with four categories News features sports editorials and a photo contest. Submissions from local schools are due April 1 with judging in early April and state winners announced around May 15.
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Associated Press
Kim Babler
Monroe
Wisconsin Press Photographers Assn
Monroe Evening Times
Wisconsin State Journal
Capital Times of
Madison
Jefferson County Union
Ft. Atkinson
Dane
Columbia
Green
Dodge
Jefferson
Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick
The
State Journal
Larry Lindgren
the Times
Robert Angus
Steven E. Hopkins
House approves $12.10 billion Vietnam war emergency bill
The House by 385 to 11 passed a defense emergency appropriation of 12.10 billion dollars, sending the measure to the Senate. The bill funds the Vietnam war and is within 79.3 million of President Johnson's request.
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LBJ
Vietnam
Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
Milk Hold Action Drops Milk Flow in Green County
Thousands of pounds of milk moved into hog troughs and down drains as the 25 state NFC milk holding action gained momentum in Green County. The Pure Milk Association cites a 15 percent drop in milk flow in Illinois Wisconsin and northern Indiana areas while Chicago market stocks remained ample for days. At Turner Hall 1590 farmers pledged to continue the hold, with many dumping milk or feeding it to hogs. Local buyers reported scattered effects though some firms like Roy’s Sanitary Dairy could use 70 000 pounds. The action’s full impact is not expected before Saturday.
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Ollie Fine
Green County
Pure Milk Association
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Harold Cope
PMA
Chicago
Turner Hall
National Farmers Organization
NFO
John Brugger
Route 2
Lamont Zimmerman
NFC
Green County Agricultural Building
Associated Press
Joseph Kosek
Roy's Sanitary Dairy
Kosek
Milwaukee Cheese
Franklin
Envy of the World What Is It For Irish Today
Hal Boyle reflects on St Patrick's Day, exploring what it means to be Irish beyond daily life. He envisions Irish identity as inner music and a sense of majesty, portraying pride, history, and divine awe distinct to one day a year.
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Bauer
Hal Boyle
New York
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick's Day
Trish
Tors
Mrs Yeager 60 dies of injuries from Great Lakes blaze
Mrs. Mary Jean Yeager aged 60 died from injuries suffered in a fire that killed her husband at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Vice Admiral Howard A Yeager, 61, commanded the Ninth Naval District. She was trapped with her husband as flames damaged their home. He was buried with military honors at the U S Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis.
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Great Lanes
Ill
Mary Jean Yeager
Howard A. Yeager
9Th Naval District
Saturda
Yeager
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
New York Teachers Plan Brat Patrol
Bronx junior high teachers voted to return to classes after the Board of Education offered a brat patrol to curb pupil violence. Seventy nine teachers had resigned last Tuesday in protest over assaults and noisy classrooms after a three hour meeting with Superintendent Bernard E Donovan.
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New York
Bronx
Board of Education
Bernard E. Donovan
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Advance Transformer Co
Marco's Supper Club
Nathan Bloom
Clair R. Munns
Advance Company
Bloom
Buholzer
Kiwanis
Richard H. Bahr
United Fund
Bahr
John F. Kundert
Orville R. Evans
Kubly
Quebec
ST. Pat’s Day
Ireland
Frank
Muzzy) Haren
Muzzy
McCorrys
Havens
Gillespies
County Cork
Judy Adams
Debby Whitehead
Swiss Colony Inn
Fred Krebs
Krebs
Monroe Board of Education
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