Support Needed For Fund Drive In Green County
Green County Association for Retarded Children joins national groups in their annual fund drive during National Retarded Children's Week. The drive ends Thanksgiving Day November 24. Mrs. Frank Salzwedel chairs the effort to expand facilities and programs for mentally retarded residents, including the lack of special rooms and a Day Care Center.
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Green County Association For
United States
Frank Salzwedel
Route 2
Monroe
Green County
Association
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
A short verse notes how everyone holds prejudices and why they keep them close like a cherished heirloom despite recognition of bias. The quatrain plays on everyday attitudes and self awareness with a light, ironic tone.
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Clair R. Munns
Jaycees Set Recognition Night For Conservation Farming
Conservation farming will be recognized and a talk on water pollution heard at the Jaycee Farmers Recognition Night on Thursday Dec 1 at 8 PM in the Junior High School auditorium. Andrew C Damon legal counsel of the Department of Resource Development will speak on Wisconsin pollution programs.
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Jaycee
Andrew C. Damon
Department of Resource Development
Wisconsin
Daman
Milwaukee County
University of Wisconsin
Jaycees
Kendall Digman
Monroe
Ambrose
Wenger
Blanchardville
Don Deininger
Walter Streiff
New Glarus
Tom Schuetz
Roland Ritschard
Ed Klassy
William Tschudy
Marvin Freitag
Walter Schuetz
Jack Fernan
Kerwin Steffan
James Schwoegler
Don Pfister
Car Hits Deer Injuring Driver Near Attica
A deer was killed and driver Cheryl K. Briggs of Belleville sustained leg injuries after her car struck an eight point deer on Beahke Road three miles north of Attica. The vehicle left the road, rolled into a ditch, and totaled. Briggs was taken by her father to a doctor in Evansville. Fence posts on Behnke Brothers property were damaged in the crash.
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Attica
Beahke Road
Cheryl K. Briggs
Belleville
Behnke Brothers
Evansville
Meredith Denied Permission to Speak at Mississippi Day Rally
James H. Meredith says Roy Wilkins of the NAACP bans him from addressing a Mississippi Day rally in Columbus Ohio Friday. Meredith, first Black student at the University of Mississippi, calls it intolerable. Wilkins declined to comment on Merediths statements.
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New York
James H. Meredith
Roy Wilkins
The
NAACP
Columbus
Ohio
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Monroe schools announce Thanksgiving holiday break
All Monroe schools will dismiss at the regular time tomorrow after a full day. There will be no classes Thursday and Friday for Thanksgiving. Classes resume Monday. Announcement by D. J. Huenink, superintendent, and St. Victor's School. Regular bus schedules will be followed for public schools.
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Monroe
D. J. Huenink
St. Victor’s School
Huenink
Holiday Mail Delivery Schedule Impacts Monroe
Post holiday notice states Thursday November 24 national holiday nationwide to observe. Monroe post office will have no window service deliveries by city postmen or rural carriers. Normal lock box service remains and special delivery continues with holiday collection, receipt and dispatch observed only at Monroe.
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Monroe
Russell J. Myers
Highway 69 Improvements Listed by State Highway Commission
The State Highway Commission plans upgrades costing 337000 on Highway 69 and 325000 on 7th Ave in Monroe. Total 2.06 miles of base and concrete on Highway 69 near Monticello New Glarus, plus 1.7 miles of grading base and concrete on 7th Ave Monroe. Right of way and engineer work in Monroe estimated at 318000.
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7Th Ave
Monroe
State Highway Commission
Monticello- New Glarus
NORVELL TO SURRENDER FOR MEREDITH AMBUSH SHOOTING
Aubrey James Norvell of Hernando Mississippi will surrender December 2 to begin a two year penitentiary term for the ambush shooting of civil rights leader James H Meredith last June.
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Hernando
Miss
Aubrey James Norvell
James H. Meredith
Body in the Grave Janesville Worker Identified
Skeletal remains found in a shallow grave near Gibbs Lake in Rock County are identified as Rappert James Ashmore, a 58 year old Janesville resident who disappeared in May 1964. His two sons and Rock County authorities described the identification based on dentures shoes a key purse with car and dog collar keys and a Fairbanks shop badge. Investigators continue examining the site two miles from the Schneebergers farm on land owned by Mrs Lela Ellingson.
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Gibbs Lake
Rock County
James Ashmore
Janesville
Ashmore
Fairbanks Morse and Co
Beloit
Monroe Evening Times
Fairbanks
Tom
Janeses
James
Belvidere
Hans Schneeberger
Evansville
Schneebergers
Lela Ellingson
Schneeberger
Russell Hegge
Harvest of Values Drives Monroe Auto Dealers Week
Monroe car dealers join local merchants in a Harvest of Values promotion listing Alphorn Ford Badger Motors Bahr's Variety Store Bahr's Leader Store and many others. The sale touts more fine used cars and new models with confident local dealers inviting customers to bring titles and shop for the greatest automobile values this week.
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Monroe
Alphorn Ford
Badger Motors
Bahr’s Variety Store
Bauman’s
Ace Hardware
Becker’s
Bruni- Miller Co., Inc
Baumgartner’s
Behring Motors, Commercial and Savings Bank
Dearth Motors, Inc
Don’s Standard Service
Ferron’s Men’swear
First National Bank of Monroe
Fullerton Lumber Co
Gambles
Gempler’s
Green County Farmco Co-operative
Heinzelman’s Paint and Decorating Center
Kerr Shoes
Kohli Office Supply
Parade of mourners marks Kennedy anniversary at Arlington
On the third anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination more than 16 million visitors have filed to Arlington National Cemetery to honor Kennedy and his two children. Daily attendance has fallen from 50,000 to about 15,000 yet remains steady on special days. A new granite memorial, designed by John Carl Warnecke, is nearing completion and will house the Kennedy site with a 200 foot circular walkway and an inscribed wall from the Kennedy inaugural speech. The eternal flame will be moved to the new site and kept as a central symbol.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Arlington National Cemetery
Kennedy
Con
John Carl Warnecke
Thanksgiving Feast Highlights U S Troops in Viet Nam
The United States fighting man in Viet Nam will receive a hot Thanksgiving feast including shrimp cocktail turkey with giblet gravy bread dressing cranberry sauce candied sweet potatoes mixed vegetables and pie. In contrast North Vietnamese and Viet Cong eat about 14 pounds daily of rice salt fish and nuoc mam. Paul R. Ignatius notes over 88 percent of meals are hot with fresh meat and vegetables, about seven pounds of food per man per day.
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Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Paul R. Ignatius
Ignatius
Santa to Light Courthouse Christmas on Friday
Santa arrives Friday with Rudolph possibly guiding the way due to missing evergreen boughs for Yale decorations delaying the traditional lights on the square. Santa will be on the square in his Santamobile at 2 p.m. after arriving by fire truck and will greet shoppers as stores stay open.
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Santa
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Yale
Santa Claus
Chamber of Commerce
Park and Recreation Department
Dewey Dwyer
Monroe’ Evening Times
Two Are Dead In Auto Mishap In Rockford
Police report a high speed chase ended when a car plunged into the Rock River, killing two 27 year old occupants Carlton Jackson and William Beck. Patrolman Tim Fulton witnessed the pursuit and joined the icy rescue effort. The vehicle lacked license plates.
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Rockford
Ill
Rock River
Tim Fulton
Suburban Loves Park
Fulton
Carlton Jackson
William Beck
Area Youth Injured Foot While Deer Hunting
Guy Loeffel aged 17 of Monticello was taken to St. Clare Hospital at 7 45 am after accidentally shooting himself in the foot during a deer hunt with companions. He suffered a compound fracture of the second and third toes on his right foot and was reported in satisfactory condition. He is the son of Mrs Aline Loeffel.
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Guy Loeffel
Monticello
St. Clare Hospital
Aline Loeffel
Four Area Residents Naturalized in Janesville Term
Four locals gained U.S. citizenship in a Rock County Court session in Janesville led by Judge Arthur L. Luebke. The class of 16 included Marie Rosa Nideroest and Alfred Metz of Monticello, and Helene and Karl Hofmann of New Glarus. Other new citizens hailed from Iran Italy Scotland Czechoslovakia Canada and Japan. The Japanese entrant was four-year-old LuAnne Wendler of Milton Junction.
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Monticello
New Glarus
Rock County
Janesville
Arthur L. Luebke
Marie Rosa Nideroest
Switzerland
Jan - Albert Alfred Metz
Germany
Helene Hofmann
Karl Hofmann
Iran
Italy
Scotland
Czechoslovakia
Canada
Japan
LuAnne Wendler
Milton Junction
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Leonard Fenton
Susan Stangl
Aurora
Phyllis Hulbert
Orangeville
James Mlisna
Nathan Bear
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J Jaycees
R.J. Ashmore
Rudolph
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