03 May 1973
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1973
Page
1
Fen F Motorization eliminates parcel post relays and collections route in Monroe city. Thirty four relay boxes removed during major route inspection week of May 14 with anticipated savings in USPS costs. Postal Week runs April 29 to May 5 honoring over 700000 postal workers.
AP dispatch notes April drop in wholesale food and farm prices offset by the largest industrial price rise in 22 years. Haldeman and Ehrlichman to visit Watergate prosecutor. possible Senate committee talks. Also coverage of Pentagon Papers case, looming flood warnings, Beirut fighting, Nixon Pompidou talks, Northern Ireland deaths, and Nixon appointing Callaway as Army secretary.
University of Wisconsin figures headlined the Green County Alumni Association Founders Day event at the Casino in Monticello. Elroy Hirsch urged pride in UW athletics and tied campus riots to a weak sports program, while Maurice Barton received the Alumnus of the Year honor. Scholarships were announced for seven Green County seniors, with 48 recipients to date. attendees included Arlie Mucks and local club leaders.
Multiple brief items cover Wisconsin events: a Polk County traffic death toll rising to 303 for 1973, a federal ruling halting an abortion directive to Berlin Memorial Hospital, a Middleton man captured in Nebraska after a Sandstone prison escape, a Beloit child’s accidental death on a swing, and a tax credit proposal for non-public school parents. Also noted are dropped bridge plans in Madison, the death of state statistician Walter Ebling, an electrocution in Brookfield, a missing Rice Lake man found dead in Prairie Lake, and UW Madison predicting graduate enrollment declines due to federal cutbacks.
Monroe Parks and Recreation Director Ron Barribeau urged visitors to stay to high ground in Twining Park to avoid wet, springy grounds. He announced this weekend's egg hunt canceled due to water conditions and soggy ball diamonds.
The American Legion Third District Spring Conference parade runs Sunday from Monroe Junior High at 2 p.m. through the square with Legion chapters from Green and surrounding counties. The day includes a Loyalty Day flag lowering at 4 30, helicopter displays, a National Guard concert, and several local VFW and transport unit appearances.
The Green County June Dairy Month Contest announces Dairy Dessert Pies as the category. Aimed at residents 15 and older, the rural urban contest runs three weekly rounds ending June 9 16 and 23 with six semi finalists. final winner announced June 30 during Daily Day in Browntown.
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