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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1968
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists county coverage for Stephenson Jo Davies and Winnebago in Illinois at 14 dollars per year under postal regulations.
A Carl Rowan analysis in Reader's Digest accuses France Canada Britain Spain Japan and other non Communist powers of backing Castro by expanding trade and credit to Cuba. He notes 1967 France Cuba trade surpassing Canada and cites Soviet aid offset by Western credit. He argues OAS urged economic denial until aggression ends and laments shrinking Western friendship in crisis.
Dear Abby offers practical advice on a pushy would be wife pressuring a son to marry, a bridesmaid dilemma with a mother’s interference, a new mother in law claiming the baby’s beauty, and a neighbor who named her dog Lester leading to a surprising family pairing. The column preserves Abby’s tone and varied reader questions.
New Glarus Future Homemakers of America held their Mother-Daughter banquet and installation at Hofmann’s Wilhelm Tell. Debra Aiken and Cathy Yaun received Junior Degrees and Kristine Maurer the Chapter Degree. Mae Wachholz was elected president with a slate including Kristine Maurer and Ruth Almer as delegates to the Green Lake State Convention. Mary Zeasman and Mrs. Millard Tschudy were honored as advisers. Red rose presentations accompanied each installation.
Summer classes in Monroe run June 17 to July 26 from 8 15 to 11 30 a m on weekdays. Rural students receive transportation. Grades 3 to 6 are chosen for remedial reading math or speech. Junior High hosts remedial English and math and a fourth grade art and fifth grade reading enrichment. Registration forms available at schools in late May.
Judge Nathan M. Cohen ruled Chicago gun control ordinances constitutional and dismissed a suit by five plaintiffs including two gun dealers who argued registration was unreasonable and invasive. Firearms must be registered by May 15 following January city council passage. An appeal by engineer Eusebius J. Biggs, 71, was filed last week alleging constitutional violations and ignored Illinois Supreme Court rulings.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton faced eviction as the Port of London Authority ordered their yacht Beatriz away from the Tower of London pier. The couple kept four dogs aboard to avoid six months of quarantine for arrivals in Britain while staying at the Dorchester Hotel.
Friday May 17 1968 marks the 138th day of the year with 228 remaining. A look back recalls milestones from 1954 Supreme Court bans school segregation to events in Newark 1666 and the NYSE founding in 1792. Also notes Marseille to London yacht moves and Bay of Pigs exchanges pitched by Castro.
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