Vandals Strike Monroe Over Weekend Chaos and Loss
Weekend vandalism hit Monroe with a string of incidents. Break-ins damaged a Clark Gas Station window on 9th Street and 17th Avenue, Phillips and Smith Furniture Store glass and a camping trailer window, and a bathtub obstructed 16th Street. A washing machine was left in the middle of 13th Avenue, a large lawn ornament was stolen on 25th Avenue, and a glass ball was found shattered on the street. Police investigated a suspected burglary at Swiggum's Beer Depot and beer cases missing from a sealed Huber truck. An abandoned blue bicycle without a license plate was recovered, with two blue female bikes held at the police garage for claimants.
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Monroe
Clark Gas
9Th Street
17Th Avenue
Phillips and Smith Furniture
30Th Street
13Th Avenue
25Th Avenue
Swiggum
18Th Avenue
Huber
11Th Ave
Weekend Traffic Mishaps Injure Six In Green County
Six people were injured, a deer killed, and three cows damaged in Green County weekend incidents. In Monroe, six more crashes occurred including a 3:51 a.m. collision southwest of town harming David Hanson, 16, and drivers James Stocker, 17, and others. Vehicles collided near Highway 1181 injuring several. cows on Cadiz Town Road suffered injuries in a separate crash. A deer was hit on Highway 69 near Monroe, killing the animal and damaging the car driven by Erwin Pankau. Deputies reported varying damage as sheriff’s office logged multiple Friday to Sunday incidents near Monroe and surrounding roads.
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Green County
Monroe
David Hanson
Cadiz Town Road
James F. Stocker
Ramona E. Dodd
Janesville
Richard Duncan Gast
Roebuck
Gast
David B. Ferguson
Waterloo
Gerald Neal
Ames
Billie Champion
Beloit
Kathy Galauner
Juta
Judith E. Devel
Dale Peterson
William F. Heiler
Winslow
Ill
Erwin W. Pankau
Robert C. Knipschild
Arthur L. Krebs
Browntown
Phyllis E. Kundert
Martintown
Clarence Hauge
Route 1
New Glarus
No. 1
Churchill Woods Apartments Opened in Monroe Dedication
Hundreds toured the new Churchill Woods Apartments on Monroe’s north edge near Twining Park. The 86 unit low cost complex will house nearly 100 senior citizens, funded entirely by federal funds, with dedication led by Mrs. Arthur P. Benkert and Mayor Walter R. Ekum.
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Churchill Woods
Monroe
Walter R. Ekum
James Walsh
Housing Authority Commission
Arthur P. Benkett
Churchill
Larry Lindgren
13Th Avenue
Arthur P. Benkert
Benkert
Ekum
Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
James P. Walsh
Lester M. Johnson
Harold B. Ambler
Keith B. Witte
Wesley L. Dodge
Glen Schrier
Laurance Kieffer
Outdoor Service at Kubly Park Cancelled by Cold
The first planned Church of the Outdoors service at Kubly Park north of Monroe on County Trunk N was cancelled due to damp chilly weather. Rev. Wiley Fulton of First Baptist Church and the Argus 4-H Club families attended a transfered plan with the outdoor service likely next Sunday evening. Kubly Park is a project of the Argus Club on land donated by Alvin A Kubly. The Church of the Outdoors was designed by Robert Hahn of Monroe and promoted by the club.
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Church of the Outdoors
Kubly Park
Monroe
Wiley Fulton
First Baptist Church
Argus 4
Apollo 10 mission continues as crew views moon
AP dispatch reports Apollo 10 astronauts sharing a color television display from space after liftoff while Earthlings follow along. Meanwhile Wisconsin Governor Knowles cites a favorable fiscal outlook and urges restoration of college funds amid possible budget gaps.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Joint Finance Committee
Knowles
Space Center
Houston
Moon
Voting Begins In Green County Queen Contest
Voting starts for Green County Dairy Queen with Mrs. Ernest Wegmueller as chair. Each 20 cent or more dairy purchase earns one ballot or multiple ballots equal to the number of purchases. Ballots available from milkmen grocery stores meat markets and cheese factories and must be cast in the purchase town.
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Green County Dairy Queen
Ernest Wegmueller
County Queen
Auto Workers End Walkouts at GM Janesville Plant
About 5,360 United Auto Workers members at the Chevrolet car and truck plant and five other plants resume work after a strike settlement. The pact approved by local strikers ends a six-plant walkout with terms undisclosed. Normal shifts to begin by evening as GMC reports settlements with two locals. Bugs Baer dies in New York at 83. famed columnist and cartoonist known for inserted insect nicknames.
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Janesville
General Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Auto Workers
United Auto Workers
Chevrolet Car
UAW
GMC
Bugs Baer
NEW York
Arthur
Bugs
Baer
New York Hospital
Guest Conductor Kenneth Krattiger Leads Monroe Band Concert
Monticello band director Kenneth Krattiger will guest conduct Monroe Public Schools seventh and eighth grade bands in an 8 p.m. concert at the Junior High School auditorium. Admission is free with proceeds from a donation box for the Badger Camp Fund. The program includes Aladdin's Lamp overture, 1st Sonata for Band, European Folk Tune Suite, Die Fledermaus Overture, and Frere Jacques concert march.
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Monroe Public Schools
Sandra Hennager
Maynard Heins
Allan F. Barnard
Carol Booth
Times
Kenneth Krattiger
Monticello
Monroe High School
Monroe Public
Barnard
Badger Camp Fund For
Stewart Wilson
Pat Barnard
Wallace Johnson
Tony Teehan
Johnny
Mark Liedschlag
Johann Strauss
Monroe
Frere Jacques
Mitch’’ Miller
Monroe Woman's Club presents two dramas at high school
A near capacity crowd enjoyed two plays and an intermission feature in the Monroe High School lecture hall. Directors Mrs. James Hendrickson and Mrs. John Norton received ovations. Cast members in Not Enough Rope included Jackie Thorson Jim Dixon and Mrs Norman Huber. The Income Tax featured Dennis Hunt, Arthur Roethe, James Liermann, John Callahan and Francis Donny.
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Monroe Woman’s Club
Monroe High School
James Hendrickson
John Norton
Hendrickson
F. S. Santiago
Monroe
Jackie Thorson
Jim Dixon
Norman Huber
Dennis Hunt
Arthur Roethe
James Liermann
John Callahan
Francis Donny
Poppy Day Observance Invites Community Support
The Monroe Juda Browntown and South Wayne areas call for contributions on Friday May 23 to aid veterans in hospitals through Poppy Day. The event is run by the Auxiliary to Zilmer-Riley Post No 84 with co chairs Mmes Ira Morrell Robert Hardell and Kenneth W Stuart. Proceeds fund veteran rehabilitation families scholarships and assistance.
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Monroe
Juda
Browntown
South Wayne
Zilmer-Riley
Mmes
Ira Morrell
Robert Hardell
Kenneth W. Stuart
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Walsh
Authority
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T. J. Burgy Jr
C. James Weiss
Ray Kaskey
Orville R. Evans
Olin Flisram
A. Charles Goepfert
Alpha Delta Kappa
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Leroy A. Bjerke
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James Haas
Walter Schneider
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Edward Hartwig
Kingdon
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Lillian Hanson
Julia Sullivan
Edward Schneider
AP News
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William Rogers
Thailand
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
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Vietnam
Elizabeth J. Boardman
Eugene
University of Wisconsin
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Ken Krattiger
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