Rockford Fire Walkout Triggers Citywide Fire Watch
A strike by about half of Rockford Illinois firemen halted city services with a midnight walkout. By 8 a.m. Pickets lined stations and City Hall as a trash burning ban was imposed. Fire Chief William Weir explained a volunteer fire watch would guide hospitals and nursing homes in emergencies. Mayor Schleicher and the Fire and Police Commissioners planned disciplinary options and possible charges as the council had denied a pay raise to match police wages.
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Rockford
Ill
Illinois
William Weir
Benjamin T. Schleicher
Rockford Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
Women Assist In VC Assault Near Saigon
Viet Cong forces attacked an American armored column near Trang Bang 28 miles northwest of Saigon. Six women participated in the first wave. three were killed as U S soldiers fired from armored carriers. The assault failed after a battalion was positioned nearby.
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AL Chang AP
Trang Bang
Vietnam
Saigon
Gordon Lam
Honolulu
Lam
Daniel A. Bartolomei
Puerto Rico
ARVN
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Bartolomei
U.S
23Rd Infantry
Sounds of Spring Band Event at Monroe High April 24
Monroe High School hosts Sounds of Spring a joint Symphonic and Concert Band performance at 8 p m on Wednesday April 24 in the Junior High School Auditorium committees organize tasks with co chairmen and student members Decorations Publicity and Ticket Sales led by named students and staff Allan F Barnard directs the Symphonic Band and Joseph Rieraldo the Concert Band
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Monroe High School
Carol Deininger
Jeff Kohl
Cochairmen
Sue Schilt
Mike Majerus
Greg Olson
Mary Wilson
Marcia Olson
Mary Schilt
Mary Gable
Gary Neue
New Action Taken In Taxpayers' Suit
Circuit Court under Judge Arthur Luebke heard new developments in the Stella Prechel and George Clarke versus City of Monroe case. Intervention by 23 property owners and 11 taxpayers added as defendants. temporary injunction and $2 million bond requests dropped. Discovery inquiry framed a timetable with facts due March 28 and April 2, briefs by April 11, reply April 18, and potential Supreme Court appeal within 10 days. Mayor Walter Ekum, City Engineer Harvey Elmer, and City Assessor O R Evans testified. revised net costs rise to $848,854 from $775,825. if $3 million extra valuation applied in 1967 tax roll, net rate would drop seven percent.
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Arthur Luebke
Stella Prechel
George Clarke
Supreme Court
Luebke
Walter Ekum
Harvey Elmer
R. Evans
Paris Gold Prices Soar on Free Market Demand
Paris gold prices jumped on the free market with fine gold at 40.38 an ounce up 98 cents from Monday and 5.38 above the fixed ceiling. Trading reached 10.25 tons of fine gold and 30 000 Napoleon coins amid Brussels talks and Stockholm conference uncertainty. Nixon to meet Wisconsin Gov Knowles in Madison as he rows toward the April 2 primary. Dorolthy Knowles attends McCarthy rally with no endorsement. McCarthy leads Kennedy in Dane County results at 30 to 22 percent.
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Paris
Paris Free Market
Monda
Brussels
Madison
Dorothy Knowles
Wisconsin
U. S
Eugene McCarthy
Social Security Office Extends Hours in Monroe Area
Einar Hanson district manager announced the Janesville Social Security office will stay open until 9 p.m. on Monday April 1 to give elderly residents a final chance to sign up for voluntary doctor bill insurance or address terminated and unpaid premiums. Enrolled individuals do not need to act due to the premium rise from 3 to 4 dollars.
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Einar Hanson
Janesville
Hanson
Businessmen Plan Dinner Wednesday
The New Glarus Business Association will meet at the New Glarus Hotel for dinner at 7 p.m. on Wednesday March 27. Jack Burgmeier of Hardy Sign Co Dubuque will outline a promotional sign program for the area. John Heimann of Mt Vernon Telephone Co will explain a proposed change and expansion of local services.
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NEW Glarus
New Glarus Business Association
Jack Burgmeier
Hardy Sign Co
Novel Drilling Techniques by Maurer Explored
Dr. William C. Maurer of Esso Production Research, Houston, authors a new reference on unconventional drilling methods from nuclear reactors to lasers. The book Novel Drilling Techniques, published by Pergamon Press, surveys twenty five techniques with lab results and potential uses in rock mining and materials processing.
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William C. Maurer
South Wayne
Esso Production Research Company
Houston
Texas
Maurer
Jules Verne
Earth
Dr. Maurer
Emil
Cooper Maurer
Margaret Maurer
Madison
Pergamon Press
Esso Production Research
Humble Oil and Refining Company
South
Wayne
Soviet Union
Ted Schweisberger
Colorado School of Mines
Golden
Colorado
Employee of Times Mrs John Lowe Succumbs at 72
Mrs. John H. Lowe known as Gertie, 72, Monroe, died at 12:15 a.m. in St. Clare Hospital after a week of illness from pneumonia. She worked in the mailing department of the Monroe Evening Times since June 1960 and lived in the Times Apartments with her husband since 1959. Born Gertrude Oleson in Palmyra Wisconsin on August 1 1895, she was educated there, worked as a stenographer in Milwaukee, married November 25 1935 in Freeport, and the Lowes once operated the Monroe Bakery.
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John H
Jack) Lowe
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Lowe
Gertie
Monroe Evening Times
Times
Gertrude Oleson
Palmyra
Wis
Jacob Oleson
Palmyra High School
Milwaukee
Freeport
Madison
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Washington
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Johnson
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Whitewater
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