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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1971
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times outlines subscription rates and zones for carrier and mail delivery. It notes advance payment requirements, office hours, and subscriber contact guidance including delivery failure procedures.
The Monroe Evening Times presents pro and con views on allowing 65 foot twin-trailer trucks on Wisconsin four-lane interstates. Supporters cite cost savings and job gains, while opponents warn of safety and congestion risks. Readers are invited to mail in opinions and results will go to State Rep. Joseph E. Tregoning.
The Wisconsin AAA argues against 65-foot double bottom trucks citing safety risks, longer stopping distances, and higher crash danger. It notes drivers oppose the plan, with 95 percent of AAA members opposed and widespread public outcry over longer hauls versus six to eight axle rigs.
EDITOR S NOTE Third in a series on Monroe history highlights the second wave of leaders who shaped pre Civil War development. Profiles Arabat Ludlow Benjamin Chenoweth John A Bingham Brooks J Dunwiddie Norman Churchill Joseph T Dodge A C Dodge John W Stewart James Bintliff Francis H West Edwin E Bryant and the Treat family among others. Women like Janet Jennings Ann Churchill and Helen Bingham spurred cultural progress as Monroe grew toward its cheese industry era.
Next Week's Menus JUDA lists daily meals including goulash, beef and noodles, chicken, barbecues, and macaroni dishes with various sides and milk. A Nashville AP item reports a bulletin board ad for free kittens two black males one white female, Siamese mother and pedigreed father.
A May 1961 meeting in New Glarus to discuss Little Sugar River watershed flood control is noted alongside space ace Alan Shepard's welcome and Soviet jibes. Other items include Monroe clubs honoring teachers, a Korean War amputee’s surprise visit, a fatal farm accident, Churchill’s war vote, police radio staffing, local bank leadership and law partnerships, a high school valedictorian, a class play reception, a dramatic fire injuring a French visitor, a Madison girl's ingestion of foreign objects, local lectures, and Monroe Baseball Association improvements for a 2 000-seat venue.
In Washington AP both parties prepare strategies to win the 11 million voters aged 18 to 20 for the 1972 election. Leaders note many are nonstudents and not in college. Youth coordinators Nancy Payne and Phil Leib push registration drives while analysts warn voting patterns may not be uniform. Unemployment claims in Wisconsin last week totaled 49 817 down from 53 059.
On May 7 1945 Germany signed unconditional surrender terms at Eisenhower's Rheims headquarters in France ending World War II in Europe. Other events include Washington inaugural ball 1789 and Lusitania sinking 1915 with 1100 deaths.
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