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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1972
Page
1
Badger Briefs reports Wisconsin highway toll rose to 856 today up from 847 a year earlier. The item links a tricycle accident to the toll rise amid a roundup of state news across agriculture policy admission shifts property values and local incidents.
Eileen DeBruin of Rt. 2 Monroe won the Brown Swiss heifer calf class at the Central National Brown Swiss Show in Madison. Her Just So Trustee Chipalee defeated a field of 21. The Green County 4-H dairy judging team representing Wisconsin won first in the World Dairy Expo International Dairy Judging. The team also led in oral reasons with Gerrit DeBruin, Duane Meier, Maureen DeBruin, and Rudy Kaderly earning top marks. About 5,000 attended as finals and other shows began at Expo.
The House Banking Committee voted 2 to 15 against a full scale congressional inquiry into the Watergate break in at the Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Hotel. Chairman Wright Patman defended the proposal citing political harassment. Critics from both parties warned the probe would infringe on indicted individuals rights and amount to a witch hunt.
The Senate begins debate on a $30.5 million Labor-HEW appropriation measure with a new provision letting the President cut up to $935.47 million from health education and welfare programs, capped at 10 percent per program, mirroring House reductions.
The Le Win board convened to set new sports policy and approve upcoming events. Officials outlined budgeting plans, scheduling changes, and eligibility standards affecting local teams and athletes.
The Monroe city population is 9 540 per the 1972 Evans Directory. The directory, 436 pages, lists businesses, citizens, parks, churches, schools, and maps, dedicated to the late Orville R. Evans Sr. Delivery begins today with about 400 copies sold.
Nixon and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko formalized a treaty to limit defense missiles and froze most long range arsenals for five years. The leaders hailed the agreement as a first step toward broader talks to reduce nuclear danger and lift the burden of fear of war.
MADISON AP The Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles announced studded tires may be used from November 15 to April 1, moving up the start date from December 1 at the request of the Department of Natural Resources due to hunting season concerns. Division Administrator James Peterson cited road wear costs and safety gains as the balance in the policy.
Brodhead City Council rejected the Pine Prairie Subdivision preliminary plat by Mrs. Margaret Lee for non compliance with state statutes and referred the plan to the planning commission. The meeting updated local traffic ordinances, scheduled a Nov 6 public hearing on a rezoning request for six lots south of 17th Street for multi family dwellings, heard a proposed waste disposal plan costing 1.50 per month per family, and approved mobile home assessment and parking changes near Exchange Square and the post office.
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