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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1970
Page
2
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Editorial notes the 1969 70 Wisconsin State Legislature enacted 50 bills with a $1.5 2 billion general revenue budget, 390 million above the prior term but 238 million below requests. It expands the sales tax by 1 percent to fund increased spending and directs large transfers to local governments, schools, and property tax relief while creating debt authority and tightening welfare costs.
Sunday dinners and Easter visits span Monticello and nearby towns with guests from Rockford Elkhorn Madison Beloit Whitewater Janesville Waunakee Juda and Platteville. Notable attendees include Alma Crawford Phillip Knobel and the Freitag and Luchsinger families sharing holiday meals with locals.
Glancing back over ten time periods from March 31, 1960 to 1900, the item notes thawing snow causing floods in Monroe and a city curb cleanup for Dutch Elm disease, while listing multiple historical local happenings and regional officials across decades.
Highlights for March 31 include the 1854 U S Japan treaty signing, Haydn birth in 1732, the Eiffel Tower opening in 1889, U S Virgin Islands transfer in 1917, Managua earthquake in 1931, Knute Rockne death in 1931, Edward Dwight astronaut selection in 1963, and notable 10 year to one year shifts in health, politics, and power.
Browntown Saturday guests included Terry Ellingson and family from Orangeville and Ronald Rockow family from Madison visiting Mr and Mrs Hubert Rockow. Sunday guests were David Lueck and Debbie Scott with Awalt Lueck family. A Browntown area church choir entertained patients at New Glarus Home For The Aged. Mrs Ralph Heer and Jan of Minneapolis are visiting the Maddrells.
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