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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1972
Page
2
Details on subscription prices for city carrier, mail outside Monroe, and zones. Lists office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and contact telephone number 325-5101. Advises subscribers to know their carrier and report missed deliveries.
An editorial labels a federal inner city home ownership program a multi billion disaster driven by speculators and lenders. It cites fraud, panic sales, inflated prices, and unpaid repairs, calling FHAs lapsed mortgages around 2.4 billion and urging better solutions than mere money.
Scientists analyzing ancient rock data from Colorado Arizona and Wyoming suggest North America lay below the equator and upside down three billion years ago. The continent then followed a wide arc moving clockwise then counterclockwise along with other landmasses.
Treasury Secretary Connally says President Nixon may send a basic reform bill this year, possibly including a value added tax and major tax simplification. He notes passage in a campaign year is unlikely and discusses budget trimming before any broad changes.
Daniel Nevinser head of the Sub committee on County Jails says prisons reform is needed but oppose closing institutions. He supports decriminalizing victimless crimes ending mail censorship civil rights after release inmate wages and weekend leaves for some prisoners. He argues only 15 to 20 percent of prisoners pose a real threat and prisons protect society.
Seventy four from Grant Iowa and Lafayette counties have registered to attend EXPLO 72 a major Christian training conference June 12 to 17 in Dallas Texas. Michael Mueller is chairman and Billy Graham is honorary chairman. Delegates from all 50 states and many foreign countries are expected. Major events will be covered by hour long TV specials.
The Stockton Twirl-a-Ways Square Dance Club sponsors a dance Sunday May 21 at Farm Bureau Hall Mt Carroll Illinois Gene Knutson of Livingston will be caller Members should bring finger food Public invited Also note Mr and Mrs W E Deininger left Friday for New London Connecticut to visit their son U S Navy Lt j g David Deininger family They travel by train
Adult education ad promotes a home study course to become a licensed broker or salesman. It notes veterans benefits approval and references classes in Janesville Beloit Wisconsin and the School of Real Estate located at 161 West Wisconsin Avenue Milwaukee.
Four signup stations on the square invite blood donations for the Red Cross Bloodmobile on May 28. Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce meets for a tenth anniversary charter night at Turner Hall. Also: Kennedy orders 1800 Marines to Thailand, totaling 5000 troops. May 15 1952 obituary for Louis B. Stauffacher and local civic milestones. May 15 1942 notes Monroe guardsmen linked to MacArthur reports and wartime homemaker efforts. May 15 1932 Hoover hunts Lindbergh baby killers as Monroe incomes dip.
On this date in history several events are noted including the Netherlands surrendering to Germany in 1940 and Moscow burning in 1571. Birthdays include Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley and painter Jasper Johns with added historical notes and a proverb about neighbors.
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