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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1973
Page
1
A spill at the Cambridge pumping station of Lakehead Pipeline Co. released 5 000 to 6 000 barrels of crude oil, with about 250 000 gallons spread into a creek feeding Lake Ripley. A dam stopped further flow two miles downstream.
The Green County Board of Social Services met with County Board Chairman C. S. Pierce and reprimanded union members of the Social Services Department after a Friday sit in over check issuances.
The Board of Social Services writes to six union workers warning them under Article 8 of the union contract for participating in a work stoppage or other unauthorized activities as of Friday, March 16.
The Green County Sheriff's Dept reports six accidents with no injuries noted. Details list six crashes on Wis. 92 Wis. 69 and State Line Road near Monroe Belleville and Brodhead with vehicles tipping or sliding on ice and minor to moderate damage. A 165 toll cited for Wisconsin traffic fatalities after weekend deaths.
The dollar gained at opening world markets after a two week shutdown as the Bank of Japan sold an estimated 50 million dollars to steady the rate. By noon European trading showed a downturn amid brisk, anxious activity as nations reevaluate the Paris decision ending the Bretton Woods era.
Senate debates renewing Presidential authority for wage price controls and adds amendments to give Congress a voice in managing the economy. Proposals include rent controls, prior approval of wage settlements, caps on wage hikes for large firms, and a 265 billion spending limit for the coming year. If Phase 3 fails to tighten, Proxmire would seek a six month freeze.
Twenty six American prisoners of war arrived in the United States from the Philippines to reunite with families. The group included Maj. Floyd J. Thompson, the longest held POW, expected to meet his 9 year old son. Earlier 56 ex-POWs were welcomed at various installations nationwide. By North Vietnamese count, 147 Americans remain to be released by March 28.
The Monroe Senior High all school play For Her Childs Sake or Her First False Step is nearly ready with Earl Brockman directing stage construction aided by Tony Teehan Les Johnson Bonnie Gyre Marie Kirsch Dee Olsen and Dawn Kubly. Performances run March 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. in the Junior High Auditorium with tickets at the door or from cast members in advance.
Monroe Junior High social studies teacher Paul Schoenike won the Outstanding Young Educator in Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Jaycees Spring Planning Session at Lakeland College Sheboygan He will compete in the national Jaycees event later this year Schoenike has taught since 1965 and holds degrees from Oshkosh Platteville He and his wife Jean have two children and attend Mt Olive Lutheran Church
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