Legion Post 84 Plans Flag Sale and District Events
Monroe Post 84 of the American Legion will conduct a house to house flag sale in April with two teams in each ward. Membership stands at 401, six short of the threshold, while the Third District and county report being over the top. The Third District Spring Conference is set for May 5 around the square with trophies for marching units. Memorial Day plans are led by Flisram, and a Past Commanders Dinner is planned for June. The post approves a tax relief resolution for low earners in crisis. A Little Chute golf team will represent the post in the state tourney. Names eulogized include Ernest Marty Jerome H Schwaiger and Alfred Keller.
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American Legion
Sam Pickett
John Meyer
Madison
Olin Flisram
Flisram
John Marty
Robert Hardell Jr
Little Chute
Ernest Marty
Jerome H. Schwaiger
Alfred Keller
Ralph Lindsay
Paul Lochner
Petitions Filed in Court Over Tornado Urban Renewal Case
Judge Arthur Luebke heard arguments on intervention in the pending suit against city officials to stop the Tornado Urban Renewal project and continued the matter until Tuesday at 10 a.m. Monroe taxpayers' groups seek party status with listed owners and interests in the Urban Renewal area.
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Arthur Luebke
Rudolph P. Regez
Luedke
Regez
Monroe
O.L. Hare
Westside Motors
Altom V. Kiel
Ambier’s Inc
L. M. Johnson
Dearth Enterprises
Bernard F. Gibbons
Orson Robertson
Jacob Wiltfang
Karl Mueller
Jerrad F. Disch
Frank Buehler
Richard Feller
Frank Brennan
Robert Goetz
Dearth Motors, Inc
Ray Kubly
MacDougal
Green County Association seeks community members for 1968 drive
The Green County Association for Retarded Children starts its 1968 membership drive to enlist new members from all ages to support services for the mentally retarded in Green County. A meeting is set for Monday April 1 at 8 p.m. at the Green County Special School in Monroe with dues of 2.50 for individuals and 3.00 for couples.
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Green County Association For
Green County
Green County Special School
Monroe
Otto Olsen
Route 1
Three Wisconsin Servicemen Die in Vietnam War
Washington reports three Wisconsin servicemen killed in action in Vietnam. Army Private Jeffery R. Jordan of Pewaukee is listed alongside Marine Lance Corporal Jeffery E. Mead of Janesville and Marine Private First Class Frederick W. Bungartz of Chippewa Falls, all identified by Defense Department casualty lists.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Defense Department
Army Pic
Jeffery R. Jordan
Stanley A. Jordan
Pewaukee
Marine Lance Co
Jeffery E. Mead
Richard W. Mead
Janesville
Marine Pfc
Frederick W. Bungartz
Herman F. Bungartz
Chippewa Falls
Longtime Albany Sunday School Teacher Mrs Addie Ayres Dies
Mrs Addie Ayres 83 a lifelong Albany resident and Sunday school teacher at First Baptist Church died at St Clare Hospital after a stroke. Born Addie Flint July 10 1884 she was married to John David Ayres in December 1910 and widowed soon after. Her foster family connections included Civil War veteran uncle Mr Bennett who died in 1933.
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Addie Ayres
Albany
St. Clare Hospital
Addie Dora Flint
Emil Johnson
Floyd and
Dora Meinert Flint
Arnold Bennett
Mr. Bennett
VEW Awards Banquet Tonight Honors Voice of Democracy Winners
Winners of the Voice of Democracy contest will receive cash prizes at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Awards Banquet tonight at the VFW Hall. Madeline Bosben of Juda heads the field, with Daniel Wilson and Marjorie Wilson as runners up.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW Hall
Monroe
Mary Wilson
Ervin Goecks
VFW
Voice of Democracy
Johnson shifts Westmoreland to top Pentagon post
President Johnson announces Gen William C Westmoreland will leave Vietnam to become Army chief of staff in July. He also names Sargent Shriver ambassador to France and Wilbur Cohen to head Health Education and Welfare. Memphis ends with record spring snowfall and road closures. Nixon appears near nomination as Wisconsin visits hint at weak primary competition. Beloit straw poll shows McCarthy leading Johnson in Democratic race.
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Washington
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Pentagon
Westmoreland
U. S
Army
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
France
Wilbur Cohen
Franklin D. Roosvelt
Janesville
Richard M. Nixon
Wisconsin
Nixon
Beloit
Beloit Daily News
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
The Common View by Write an Article for the Times
A reflective column on writing struggles and audience expectations. The author contrasts writing ability with others and notes phrases and prepositions occasionally appearing in awkward places. He cites Edith Groom and Jim Schwoegler as linguistic contrasts and mentions a sixth grader co editor. He promises a conservation plug and a turn to the back page.
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Jim Schwoegler
Bonnie Guyer
No. 4
Free Dinner Bet Sets Green County ASCS Victory
Final tallies place Green County ASCS ahead of Lafayette County in the 1968 steak derby for feed grain signups. Green County reported 707 participating farmers, with 13,839 acres idled, and advance payments totaling 123,268 dollars already issued.
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Ollie Fine
Evening Times
Green County
ASCS
Lafayette County
Don Liedschlag
Red Stavers
Speth
Lafayette
Monroe
Liedschlag
Siedschlag
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Webelos
Dewey Dwyer
Ken Baker
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Kiwanis Club
Barry
Fred Simpson
American Field Service
Times
Vivor
Sherman
Mrs. Ayres
Bend
Muscians
Joseph Rieraldo
St. Victor’s
Allan F. Barnard
Forrest Buchtel
Franz Schubert
Peggy Tacket
Mark Krattiger
Werner Blum
AP News
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Tennessee Highway Patrol
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the Times
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Warren P. Knowles
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