Fire Prevention Week Opens With Free Fire Truck Rides
On opening day, Monroe Volunteer Department offers free fire truck rides at Twining Park from 2 30 to 5 p m with a rain date the following Sunday October 13 The observance marks the Chicago Fire anniversary and reflects national safety education urging adults to supervise children and prevent fires.
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Twining Park
Monroe
Chicago
United States
Canada
Fire Marshals Association of North America
National Fire Protection Association
Wisconsin
Peshtigo
Joe Benkert
Benkert
World Food Expo ’68 Opens With Luau and Dairy Show
Gov Warren Knowles opened the World Food Expo ’68 at Dane County Fairgrounds Madison praising the event as great. The World Dairy Cattle Show began with 500 animals reportedly turned away. Wisconsin cheese and Green County display prominent among international exhibits and entertainment headlined by the KeAloha Nani Dancers and Serendipity Singers.
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Green County
Warren Knowles
Madison
August Burgi
Myron Jeglum
Peggy Stefanik
Helen Zimmerli
Warren P. Knowles
Dane County Fairgrounds
Kenneth K. Otagaki
Honolulu
Otagaki
Board of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Camp McCoy
100Th Infantry
America
Hawaii
Glenn S. Pound
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin
U.S
Wilbur Renk
World Food and Agricultural Foundation
Donald M. McDowell
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Alice In Dairyland
Bobbie Thoreson
Dane County
Try
Green County Agricultural Chest Booth
Green County Community Dairy Queens
Albany
Kathy Zimmerli
Brodhead
Luau
West Allis
Serendipity Singers
Monticello Firemen Do the Impossible By Saving Barn
Monticello Fire Department saved the Ted Sager barn on Route 4 Monroe from spontaneous hay mow combustion. Mutual aid from Monroe Fire Department supplied a tanker. Firefighters worked from 6 45 p m Friday to 12 30 a m Saturday, removing smouldering hay and preserving the structure with only the hay loss.
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Monticello
Dean Zimmerman
Monroe
Ted Sager
Route 4
Sager Farm
Salvation Army Truck Schedule for October Pickups
The Salvation Army truck will pick up items on the second and fourth Wednesdays in October, specifically the 9th and 23rd. In Monroe and Juda, donations such as newspapers magazines books rags clothing furniture and appliances are accepted. Drop sites include the court house square south side by 1 p.m. or the storage place at 1917 12th St contact Wilma Heimann at 325 4215 for pickup calls.
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Salvation Army
Monroe
Juda
12Th St
Wilma Heimann
Court Rules Monroe Urban Renewal May Proceed
State Supreme Court upholds Green County Circuit Judge Luebke and allows Monroe’s Urban Renewal to continue without further legal delays. City officials greet the decision as confirming the referendum challenge only applies if the project had not started. The plan, proposed after the 1965 tornado, sought a federal grant of 647 595 dollars with initial planning in 1967.
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Monroe
State Supreme Court
Green County
Arthur L. Luebke
William J. Schmitz
Stella Prechel
George Clark
Ekum
Schmitz
Rudy Reger
Luebke
Thou Shalt Not By Clair R. Munns
Daily verse by Clair R. Munns admonishes restraint when possesions differ. The poet urges humility and avoids envy in moments of pride and want.
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Clair R. Munns
Wegmueller crowned Green County Farm Bureau Queen
Miss Georgia Wegmueller 18, a Madison Technical College student and Monroe resident, was named Miss Farm Bureau for Green County for 1968 69. The pageant capped a county Farm Bureau meeting attended by about 60, with previous queen Diane Siedschlag presenting the crown. Wegmueller has 4-H and Future Homemakers of America experience and will represent the bureau at events next year. Kenneth Schlapbach received the Farm Short Course Scholarship award.
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Georgia Wegmueller
Madison Technical College
Ernest Wegmueller
Monroe
Sam Waelti
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Farm Bureau
Diane Siedschlag
Marvin Siedschlag
Wegmueller
Future Homemakers of America
Brown Swiss Association
Don Armitage
Mukwonago
Walter
Dina) Speich
William Stuckey
Kenneth Schlapbach
Hans Schlapbach
Wisconsin coeds nude dance sparks conflict at UW stage
Dane County DA James Bell requests sheriff to round up two UW coeds for obscenity charges after they danced nude during a hippie style Peter Pan production. Regents condemn nudity and bar future nude performances on campus. Bell criticized campus police chief for not producing the dancers.
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Madison
Dane County
University of Wisconsin
Dist
Atty
James Bell
Ralph Hanson
Franz Haas
University
Board of Regents
Bell
Hanson
Monroe Clinic to Dedicate New Addition with Open House
The Monroe Clinic will dedicate its three story addition with an outdoor program on Sunday October 27 starting at 12 50 p m. A Monroe High School Band concert will open the program followed by a flag raising at 1 10 p m. Dr Leslie G Kindschi will give the welcome and Rev Wylie Fulton will give the invocation. City officials and clinic leaders will speak before the open house and tours run to 4 p m. The $2 million expansion adds 41 000 square feet and places various medical departments on three floors including surgical neurosurgery dermatology psychiatry and administration.
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Monroe Clinic
Warren P. Knowles
Monroe High School
Leslie G. Kindschi
Wylie Fulton
Monroe First Baptist Church
Walter R. Ekum
Robert R. Baumann
Nathan E. Bear
Harold E. Scherer
Donald H. Knodie
Noble E. Rose
Knodie-Rose and Associates of
Beloit
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AP News
Buffalo
N.Y
Geroge C. Wallace
Wallace
Memorial Auditorium
Main Street
London
Gladys Rowley
Baldwin
Lake Superior
Stewart Udall
Udall
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Johnson
Wolf River
Langlade County
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St. Croix
John V. Lindsay
New York
Francine
Wall Street
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Post Office Department
Minnesota
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la Crosse
Des Moines
Sioux Falls
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Dow Chemical Co
Department of Cpbal
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