Monroe school district expands through 29 attachments
The Monroe district enlarges by attaching 29 rural districts under the state reorganization law, with 23 areas joining, four others mostly, and parts of two more. Bond election May 22 for $975000 reflects districts already in Monroe, while some attachments take effect June 1 or June 15. Hearings May 14 and 16 address specific attachments and maps.
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Monroe
City
Monroe Township
Richland
Jefferson Township
Browntown
Iliff
Fairfield
Cadiz
Blackford
Jordan
Argus
Dutch Hollows
Sylvester
Buckskin
Washington
Ball
Jefferson
West Clarno
Clarno
Sanders
East Clarno
Round Grove
Spring Creek
Hiawatha
Ullom
Franklin
Enterprise
Greenbush
Green County
Teachers College
Michael
Hillside View
Roosevelt
Prien
Grove
Pleasant Valley
Green Valley
Purcell
Simmons
Jordan Center
Argyle
Dry Goods Box
Adams
Rat Hollow
Watson
County
South Wayne
UW Regents Seek Channel 9 conversion in Wausau
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents votes to convert Wausau Channel 9 from commercial to educational use. A petition will be filed with the FCC. Opponents led by William Krueger argue against, noting Central Wisconsin Television holds the current permit and seeks transfer to Mid-Continent Broadcasting Co.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Wausau
Federal Communications Commission
William F. Krueger
Central Wisconsin Television, Inc
Central Wisconsin
FCC
Mid-Continent Broadcasting Co. of
Wkow-Tv
Monroe Sees Economic Gain from Airport and Industrial Parks
Green Engineering survey credits Monroe with foresight in proposing a municipal airport east of town and acquiring vacant industrial land to spur development. Projections to 1980 show Monroe dominating county growth, with about 4 000 local jobs and over 9 000 countywide, plus sizable gains in manufacturing through planned parks and new plants.
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Middleton
Monroe
Dobbs
Green County
Chamber of Commerce
Oats Almost Finished in County Corn Planting Push
Farmers move to prepare seed beds for corn as oats nearly all planted while one percent of oat acreage remains. Early planting noted and some land still too wet in remote areas. Springs flow above average, forcing tiling on some farms as winters manure packs are hauled away.
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Frank Streit
Jefferson Township
Fourth Nuclear Test Shot Fired In Pacific Series
U S officials announced the fourth nuclear burst in the Pacific series. The device was dropped from a plane near Christmas Island at 2 p m EST and produced an intermediate yield. Moscow signaled possible new tests as U S detectors monitor Soviet activity and reactions abroad were mostly mild with occasional storms.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Khrushchev
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Defense Department
Christmas Island
U.S. Information Agency
Ussr
Merican
Mrs Rufi 54 Taken by Death
Mrs Rufi age 54 of Route 2 Monroe died at St. Clare hospital today at 10 04 am She was admitted last night as a medical patient The Rufi family is known in Holstein circles Arrangements are with Newcomer funeral home in Monroe
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John W. Rufi
Route 2
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Rufi
Holstein
Newcomer Funeral Home
Viet Cong Killed In Saigon Mopping Up
In three southern provinces of South Viet Nam a government communique reported fourteen Viet Cong were killed and 171 suspected rebels arrested in a mopping up operation conducted today.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Glenn Couple Hosts Soviets Titov at Informal Cookout
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. and cosmonaut Gherman Titov and their wives enjoyed a casual dinner at Glenns Arlington Virginia home on a Friday night. Amid joking about charcoaland near mishap with flames the guests shared steak peas and ice cream before taping an NBC interview. Titov and Glenn spoke of future spaceflight plans including a balloon drag experiment to measure atmospheric drag.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Gherman Titov
Glenn
Arlington
Carolyn
Titov
Tamara
Mas
Brodhead to Receive Industrial Honors at May Conference
Three Wisconsin communities Brodhead Columbus and Grafton will be honored for successful industrial development programs at the Governor's Conference on Resource and Industrial Development in May 2025 at Green Lake. Representatives named to receive awards include C S Pierce Lloyd J Paust and Ralph L Zaun. Governor Nelson announced the agenda will cover locating new industries and community appearances.
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Wisconsin
Brodhead
Columbus
Grafton
Green Lake
C. S. Pierce
Brodhead Industrial Development Corp
Lloyd J. Paust
Columbus Industrial Development Corp
Ralph L. Zaun
Grafton Development Corp
Gaylord Nelson
Franco Declares Emergency in Three Spanish Provinces
Franco proclaims a state of emergency in three northern industrial provinces to curb a spreading wave of strikes across Spain. The move underscores rising labor unrest as workers press for wage and labor reforms amid ongoing strike actions.
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Franco
Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Welfare benefits open to all groups says Wisconsin attorney general
Wisconsin Attorney General John Reynolds argues that welfare transportation for non public and parochial students is constitutional and does not deny rights or favor religion.Assistant AG William Platz says the policy places private school pupils on equal footing with public ones. Supreme Court case hinges on church-state separation and equal protection.
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Madison
John Reynolds
Wisconsin
Marvin E. Klitzner
Klitsner
Milwaukee
State Supreme Court
High Court
Jude E. Nusbaum
Department of Administration
Nusbaum
Reynolds
U.S. Supreme Court
New Jersey
U.S
Asst. Atty
William Platz
Platz
William Dieterich
Firemen Stop Trash Blaze Threat Near Barn
Monroe firefighters battled a shed and trash fire at 416 21st Street yesterday afternoon. The wind shift pushed flames toward the Ernest Locher residence barn, but crews dampened the area and maintained control to prevent spread.
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Monroe
Ernest Locher
21St Street
Locher
Wagner Ambulance Faces Shutdown If Rival Service Persists
Richard R. Wagner, operator of Monroe's ambulance service for 13 years, says he will quit if conditions continue. A Newcomer Funeral Home station wagon unit currently handles emergency calls, making Wagner's service economically unviable. The city may operate its own unit if Wagner sells, with city calls only. Wagner holds a 10 year contract with the city, terminable by repaying part of a $4,000 sum.
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Richard R. Wagner
Monroe
Wagner
Newcomer Funeral Home
Walter Bober
U S to Share Nuclear Stockpile Data With NATO Allies
The United States agreed to provide NATO allies with more information on the scope of American nuclear stockpiles. NATO ministers reportedly approved a policy seeking guidelines on the use of tactical nuclear weapons in a Soviet attack while keeping final presidential decision with President Kennedy.
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Athens
Greece
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
NATO
Kennedy
Dirk A. Stikker
Toll Rises to 155 in Japan Train Crash After Recovery
A Tokyo report says the death toll from the triple train crash climbs to 155 as salvage workers extract a 51 year old man from beneath a mangled and overturned commuter car.
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Okyo
Japan
St Clare Hospital to Host Special Tours During National Hospital Week
National Hospital Week events at St. Clare include guided tours of the facility next Monday and Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. Public groups may arrange private tours through the hospital administrator. The program promotes the link between science and patient care with the theme Your Hospital Uniting Science and Patient Care.
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National Hospital
St. Clare Hospital
A Paul Owen Dies in Janesville at 71
A Paul Owen 71 of Janesville who led Owens a Jamesville wholesale firm and served as chamber president died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon. He chaired Merchants and Savings Bank and earlier headed the Janesville Cubs Class D team. Survivors include widow Margaret two sons Paul Jr and John a daughter Mrs James Cunningham and two sisters. arrangements at Overton Funeral Home Janesville.
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Paul Owen
Chamber and Owens
Jamesville
Mercy Hospital
Board of
Merchants and Savings Bank
Janesville Cubs
Margaret
Paul Jr
John
James Cunningham
Janesville
Overton Funeral Home
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Sandra Manos
Cramer Houser
Charles Mowbray
Country Club
Goetz Theater
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Gerald Kubly
Adam Love
John Beauford Corcoran
Kubly
Adam Love University
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