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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1973
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times informs carrier and mail subscribers to know their delivery person and keep contact numbers. Call the carrier if he misses you and he will bring a paper promptly. Mail subscribers who do not receive their paper regularly should notify the newspaper.
Don Oakley critiques modern abstract junk sculpture by John Chamberlain in Chicago. The piece, made from scrap metal and washing machines, vanishes after a gallery owner’s warehouse cleanup fails and a $1,000 reward yields nothing. The column satirically tests whether chaotic sculpture can rival museum art, contrasting with chimpanzee paint results and Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.
A West German firm offers English lessons printed on rolls of toilet paper from Starlight Tissue Company, Witzenhausen. The complete course has 26 lessons, one per roll, repeating after every sixth square of tissue. Packages read Lernte in Musse Learn at Leisure.
The May 19 1973 astrology page offers daily hints for each zodiac sign. Aries to Pisces receive brief guidance on mood, finances, social plans, responsibilities, and personal conduct with a closing note on patient earnings.
On this date 1804 Napoleon crowned emperor of France. Lincoln named by a Republican convention in Chicago in 1860. Vicksburg siege began in 1863. Hague peace conference convened in 1899. TVA creation in 1933. Ethiopian surrender by Italy in 1941. UN HQ move to Manhattan in 1951. NAACP school desegregation drive noted ten years ago. U S denounces Vietnam aggression five years ago. US bombers knock out six bridges in North Vietnam last year.
August Burgi writes that Monroe faced a $950 penalty from the Dept. of Natural Resources for pollution violations, while Wood Andrews and Mayer cheese factories incurred $1,000 and $5,000 fines respectively. He argues penalties based on under treated effluent would have been under 10 cents, asserting Monroe’s fortune.
Dewey A. Dwyer of Monroe received the Silver Beaver award at the U S Grant Council dinner, recognizing more than twenty years of Boy Scout leadership service. The event drew about 1 500 attendees.
Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka will visit Washington for a two day summit with President Nixon at the end of July.
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