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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1968
Page
1
AP reports Tass notes Col Rudolf Abel the imprisoned Soviet spy appears as narrator in a new Russian movie The Dead Season about a hunt for a former German Nazi scientist working on a monstrous chemical weapon after World War I. The piece sets a historical frame and mentions Powers trade.
Green County Sheriff reports three deer vehicle crashes. Vernus E. Strommen 47 of Blanchardville swerved to avoid a deer on a York Township road nine miles west of New Glarus. his car totaled. David P. Rupnow 18 of Blanchardville hit a deer on Highway 81 near Monroe causing heavy front end damage. Larry A. Gerber 18 of Monroe collided with a deer on County Trunk Y seven and a half miles NW of Monroe, front end damage moderate.
In a 16,000 word pastoral letter the National Council of Catholic Bishops upheld Pope Paul VI's ban on artificial contraception while signaling leniency for those who violate it. The measure passed 180 to 8 at the conference windup. An Oshkosh AP note mentions Playboy Clubs International planning a Lake Geneva resort complex following early success.
Mr and Mrs A George Schuette Route 3 Monroe celebrate Nov 15 as the birth of their 15th child a son Frank Nicholas weighing nine pounds eight ounces. The couple also observe their 21st wedding anniversary and Schuette's tenure as manager of Monroe Piggly Wiggly now Eagle Food Store.
Aerial surveys underway in the region prepare for major highway work over the next two to three years. Plans include a 2.88 mile bypass linking Monroe area Highway 69 with the north segment, eight miles of resurfacing between Monticello and the north county line, and relocation and widening of Highway 1181 east of Monroe to connect with Beloit. Governors and state officials cite a $132 million 1969 program focusing on the state trunk system and federal urban aid, with shifts from Interstate spending but accelerated construction enabled by state financing.
Monroe High School Home Economics classes plan a Wednesday night 8 p m style show with a live sheep on stage and a Mary with the lamb theme. Students model wool garments and Mrs Livingston leads sewing demonstrations as narrators Janet Williams and Faith Matzke present the show before an Open House refreshments follow in the Home Economics room.
Mr and Mrs Otto Schmidt who spoke at Monroe schools on Oct 25 will leave Sunday for Chebanse Illinois to stay through Thanksgiving Mrs Schmidt hometown. Schmidt fell ill Oct 28 and was hospitalized at St Clare until Tuesday. They hope to return to Monroe to visit and may consider living there someday.
Robert E. Davenport longtime Heard's Dairyman associate editor and former Monroe High School vocational agriculture instructor has joined Madison Silo Co. in Madison. He served in the Army at Camp Robert after teaching in Monroe from 1943 to 1952 and has worked with Heard's Dairyman since 1952.
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