Monroe Subscription Rates and Payment Terms
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription prices: 45c per week by carrier in Monroe, 16.00 per year by mail in towns with carrier service, 14.00 per year by mail for Wisconsin and nearby Illinois counties, and 16.00 per year by mail outside Wisconsin. All subscriptions must be prepaid to comply with postal regulations.
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City of
Monroe
Wisconsin
Stephenson
Jo Davies
Winnebago
Illinois
Editorials Significant Gain In War on Poverty
The National Alliance of Businessmen formed with government blessing reports it has hired 360,140 hard core unemployed, many Negro, in inner cities over two years. About 75 percent funded by private industry, rest by Labor contracts. Over 200,000 remain at their first jobs. 23,520 companies participate.
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National Alliance of Businessmen
Alliance
Department of Labor
Georgia law may require loud rock warning on concert tickets
A proposed Georgia bill would add a caution label for excessive noise on concert tickets. Rep. McKee Hargett argues rock music can injure the inner ear, contrasting public debate over warning labels on cigarettes with broader health hazards.
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Georgia
McKee Hargett
John Q. Public
Congress
Pigeons Carried Messages From Planes In Early 1920s
In the 1920s before radios common, pigeons were released from open cockpit planes with messages for trouble cases. Pilots followed timing and form rules, stating approximate location and, if possible, latitude and longitude. The Bulletin notes folding and leg attachment of the note and hints at rough landings.
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U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office
Earth
Havana
Glancing Backward Highlights From Monroe Area Dates
A compact review noting March 24 1960 snow flurries in Monroe and Brodhead, a forecast end to 50 snowfalls, Sen Stuart Symington presidential bid, Yodelers to Toronto, a 1950 arrest for killing uncles, Green County well drilling at 713 feet, Clarence Widmer to receive a Bronze Star, Chesebro fire, Easter parade earmuffs, Albany tournament results, and March 1930 vernal shift with W C Hewitt to speak at Co K booster event.
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Monroe
Brodhead
Frederick Ties
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Glarus
Toronto
Can
Rock County
Green County
Kay Chesebro
Oregon
Albany
Marty Swiss
W. C. Hewitt
Oshkosh State Teachers College
Co. K
Today in History highlights March 24 events
Key events dated March 24 across history including 1603 union of crowns under James I, 1783 Spanish recognition of U.S. independence, 1882 Koch tuberculosis work, 1934 Philippines independence bill, 1965 Selma march milestone, and earlier notes from 1920 1910 1900 with political and social snippets.
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England
Scotland
James VI
James I
Spain
United States
Robert Koch
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philippines
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
Montgomery
Selma
Ala
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Robert F. Kennedy
Mt. Kennedy
Canada
North America
Soviet Union
Britain
France
United Nations
End of the season for basketball across leagues
The piece notes the wrap of amateur and professional basketball seasons from Wisconsin and Illinois state to NCAA and pro ranks. It cites UCLA and Marquette, hints at uniforms and shooting, and pivots to reader opinions on travel restrictions and anti communist sentiment tied to U.S. youth travel to Cuba, Canada and elsewhere with a call for comments.
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Wisconsin State
Illinois State
UCLA
Lew Alcindor
Marquette
Cuba
James O. Eastland
Mississippi
United States
North Vietnam
North Korea
Kruschev
Canada
U.S
Public Letters Policy Clarifies Signatures and Content
The Times accepts letters from the public but cautions they should not serve as a political platform. Writers may request name deletion from the letter, though the name must still appear on the letter.
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the Times
Monticello Social Notes Visit Family Ties
Monticello society column lists Mrs. C. D. Curtis hosting and visiting relatives in San Jose Whitewater and Beloit, with engagements among Elmer Lien Grenzow Hefty and Rosen families. Local trips include Platteville and New Glarus social calls and a funeral in DeKalb Illinois.
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Harlan Swetland
Monica
San Jose
Calif
Roy Dickson
Mary Kay Elmer
Whitewater State University
Willis Elmer
Selmar Lien
Ralph Emerson
Blanchardville
Jim Grenzow
Belmont
George Grenzow
Edwin Broge
Henry C. Hefty
Charles Rowland
Freeport
Sylvia Curtis
Doris Wagner
New Glarus
Norman Rosen
Beloit
Gordon Rosen
Dawn
Rae Ann
Susan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Thomas Brusveen
Clarence Freitag
DeKalb
Ill
William Pagel
Curt
Platteville
Platteville State University
Letter writers debate abortion and overpopulation
Bruce L. Kading of Monroe argues abortion as birth control while warning of overpopulation and future famines. He cites Ehrlich and urges birth rate reduction as essential, criticizing Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for the Unborn and calling for broader rights to eat and live.
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Wisconsin
Paul Ehrlich
Stanford University
Biological Sciences Department
Bruce L. Kading
St. Monroe, Wis
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Monroe Evening Times
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Associated Press
Inland Daily Press Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations and
Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Company K
Clarence Widmer
Otto Widmer
Holland
THE
South Wayne
Williams Bay
Department of Justice
Delaware
William Dunwiddie
Republican Ward Caucus
AS. Douglas
Robert Miller
James O. Fidler
John Luchsinger
J. L. Sherron
M.E. Baltzer
Fred Babler
N. S. Durst
Rockford
Monticello
C. D. Curtis
Jane Smith
Fartes
the Commercial & Savings and
Browntown
We 23
America
15Th Street
Black Patent
Red Kid
Kundert-Loeffel Shoes
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