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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1972
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times provides office hours and contact guidelines for subscribers. It lists address 901-908 16th Ave Monroe WI 53566 and notes AP affiliation and postal class. It directs carrier and mail subscribers to notify if delivery issues occur and to contact the delivery boy.
Editorial argues illegal gambling and heroin drive crime, finance syndicates, and push theft, hijacking, and prostitution. It notes state gambling experiments fail to match underground operators, urges a moon-shot, concentrated research effort costing up to 50 billion over ten years to dismantle the underworld and reduce vast social costs.
The former president assails heavy domestic spending and expanded presidential powers but pledges full support for foreign policy. Other items note a proposed bicycle court, a new pastor appointment in Monroe, a wild animal circus, softball league rosters, and historical calendar highlights.
The next FBI director faces intense political pressure from liberal and conservative factions and must wield sufficient resources to defend democracy. The piece recalls Hoover’s clashes with attempts to weaponize the files, the push for federal crime powers, and the need for a strong, independent stance to protect the agency from politics.
Congress heard that vast archives hold about 470 million pages of classified material from World War I to Korea. Archivist James B. Rhoads said much remains accessible with clearance but Nixon’s new 30 year automatic declassification order faces criticism from Rutgers history chair Lloyd Gardner who warned it could delay Cold War history. Dodge Trucks, completely new for ’72.
A dated reader letter laments nutrition and sweetener choices, joking about milk and calves. The mailbag cites cyclamates ban, substitutes like saccharin, and water as essential, and argues milk is cheaper than feeding calves on soda. The text recalls 1855 shipyard downtime and 1884 Harper’s noting unions and four day weeks, with William N. Deetz signing.
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