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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1968
Page
1
Postmaster R J Myers warns customers that higher parcel post and catalog rates take effect Saturday Oct 19. The average increase about 10.5 percent adds roughly ten cents per parcel, with minimum local charges rising from 40 to 50 cents and nonlocal minimum from 50 to 60 cents.
Detective James McFarlane warned at a Madison PTA meeting that drug use among city high school and University of Wisconsin youths is completely out of control. He cited 382 youths treated in 18 months by the county mental health center and urged parental action rather than dumping the problem on police.
AP dispatch reports Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham delivered a 12 minute televised update from space as they head toward Earth marking a calmer episode after earlier humor filled broadcasts. Johnson faces Hanoi and Saigon hurdles in seeking end to bombing and progress for Paris peace talks. A licensed measles vaccine showing 90 percent efficacy in Formosa trials could be ready next year. Wisconsin Governor Knowles condemns campus nudity and four letter words while AMC predicts 1968 profits ending Sept 30.
Members of Students for a Democratic Society outline a plan to "destroy the myth of American democracy" with a November 4 student strike and large city demonstrations. The resolution calls for Vietnam withdrawal, anti-racism actions, disarming police, and liberation struggles abroad, with protests in major cities including New York Chicago and Boston.
Fire men from Brodhead and Orfordville fought a late night blaze at the Mrs Ethel Pin farm on St Johns Road three miles northeast of Brodhead. The barn 30 by 60 feet stored last year s hay and some of this year s. Crews saved a garage and machine shed as winds threatened neighboring cornfields. No loss estimate yet and cause undetermined. This is the second eastern Rock County farm fire this week following Evansville blaze on Milbrandt Road.
Two 4 H programs are slated this weekend with the Monroe East Area at 8 p.m. Saturday October 19 in Monroe High School lecture hall and the Albany Brooklyn area at the Albany School. Allen J Reed 4 H agent urged attendance noting family oriented events and planned special programs. Madison Police Chief Wilbur Emery suffered a mild coronary attack Monday and was reported in satisfactory condition by his doctor.
Hurricane Gladys veered toward the Florida coast sparing Tampa Bay yet threatening north Florida beaches. Forecasters kept warnings south of Naples and through the Keys, while Cuba reported at least one death and mass displacement from the storm.
Monroe police seized vegetation suspected as marijuana during a search of Lee R. Kelso's apartment at 1523 13th Ave. under a Green County warrant. Kelso, 18, is charged with possession and giving away marijuana and expected in Green County Court. Bail set at 200 dollars. preliminary hearing October 28. Kelso, single, works at Jos. Huber Brewing Co. in Monroe.
Daily Doggerel by Clair R. Munns humorously notes a healthy man who cannot eat or drink due to a joke diagnosis. The verse mocks social life and wine as a doctor’s casual remark implies anemia of the pack, a playful pun on mood and health.
The article recalls Herman Kubly of New Glarus and Edward Brandt of Monroe and their early work with the Wisconsin highway department. It notes their beginnings in the 1920s and 1930s, the shift from horse teams to motorized snow plows, pay scales, long hours, hand grass cutting, hand-dug culverts, and the harsh winter conditions faced by patrol crews.
Deadline is tomorrow for reservations to the annual 4 H leaders banquet at Monroe High School M Room on Oct 23 at 7 30 p m. The Commercial and Savings Bank of Monroe sponsors. speaker Bill Hanson the Norwegian philosopher from Clintonville Wis will discuss Take It Easy in a humorous and thoughtful talk. Over 600 organizations have enjoyed his performances.
Police Chief Dwight Coplien won the humorous speech contest by the Cheese City Toastmasters with 25 judges naming him club champion for 1968. He will represent Monroe in the area contest on Nov 16 at Hofmann’s Wilhelm Tell Hotel in New Glarus. first runnerup Len Haney would go if Coplien cannot attend.
The Green County Conservation League holds its annual meeting at 8 p m in Turner Hall Monroe with special attendance prizes. A talk by Sen Gaylord Nelson and a film by Edward Zwicker of Monroe on big game hunting are featured. Directors will be elected and pheasant season forecasts for the upcoming Saturday are discussed. Memberships available at the door including junior memberships for one dollar.
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