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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1971
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times urges carrier subscribers to know their delivery boy and keep his number, and asks mail subscribers who miss papers to notify the paper promptly. The item reflects standard postal and subscription procedures of the 1898 publication.
Editorial argues President Nixon aims to shift U S policy toward Asia, viewing China as central to 1970s strategy. It credits a Western Europe model for coaxing Moscow toward accommodation and urges a strong U S stance in Vietnam to persuade Mao Zedong China to rejoin the world community as a peaceful, progressing nation.
Glancing back recalls Rube Noble of Shullsburg at 65 dying unexpectedly. It lists various regional items including a new library gift from Green County Heart Council, Eddie Mathews home runs for the Braves, and references to Pope Pius X encyclical on social justice. It also notes United Nations war goods ban to China in 1951 and a 1941 Citizenship day in Monroe.
Next week meals listed for Monroe Senior High School and Junior High Northside. Days include varied mains such as macaroni and cheese casserole oven fried chicken pizza burgers beef stew hot tuna sandwich with sides and desserts.
A school kitchen plan lists meals for Thursday and Friday. Readable items include Italian spaghetti green beans cake homemade bread butter milk and fish sticks tartar sauce mashed potatoes peas fruit cocktail and homemade dessert notes.
On May 15 various historic events are noted across years from 1571 Moscow burned by Tartars to 1940 Netherlands surrender in World War II. Also cited: 1602 Cape Cod discovery, 1767 Corsica sale to France, 1862 USDA establishment, 1918 air mail, 1924 immigration quotas, Bainbridge launch, NATO move talk, Jackson State incident, and obituaries including Carl Maisch and Eugene Fricke from Wisconsin.
In a 1960 Vatican Library exchange Jules Isaac urged a commission at the Second Vatican Council to reexamine Christian teachings on Jews. Pope John XXIII signaled agreement, a shift echoed by later historians and church officials as they assess the change toward Judaism ahead of 1965 Vatican declarations. Isaac, a famed Jewish historian, hid from Nazis while shaping the dialogue with scripture and historical critique.
In San Diego AP reports a computer system condenses 150 pages of brain wave data to one page in under five minutes. Dr Reginald G Bickford of UC San Diego says the method, a shorthand of the mind, flags trouble cases by producing a three dimensional mountain range view. Abnormal activity appears as peaks, and the technique may advance electroencephalography by clarifying vast data.
A social roundup lists multiple families hosting or visiting relatives for Mother's Day. Guests include the Bartelt Maurer Maurer Rebecca in Milwaukee. Christen with Denise Dennis and David Lena Il. Matzke with Harlow Faith Nellie. Briggs Kundert Mike Danny Monroe. Wiegmann Terry Freeport Til. Bartlett Dora Drake Clark Merlyn. Rote Vogel Arnold Clark in Rockford Memorial Hospital. Pick families in Monroe Cedarville.
Mrs Bette Page and her sons hosted Mother's Day dinner with guests including Mrs Martha Pela of Rock City and Mr and Mrs Carl Montefelt and Jerry, and Mr and Mrs Henry Lipton and daughters.
A list of upcoming Times Children’s Club dates from May 16 to May 22 includes participants with names and addresses and notes two new members William Jody Boss and Danial Jon Clark with birthdays. The entries cover ages and locations in Apple River South Wayne Argyle Davis Albany Warren Winslow Monticello Orangeville Brodhead and related streets in Illinois.
The Blackhawk Area Council awards Silver Beaver and Silver Fawn honors Sunday at Viking Hall Rockford. Recipients include thirteen Scouters with long service and three women receiving the Silver Fawn for outstanding community and church involvement. Edwin H. Gott will headline as speaker.
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