PTA Workshop Set by District II at Monroe Hill School
The District II PTA workshop opens Saturday with registration 9 to 9 20 a.m. in the M Room at Monroe Hill School followed by an 9 30 a.m. session in Lecture Hall with invoc tion by Rev. Robert Olson and a flag ceremony. Walter Babula welcomes guests. John Melcher delivers greetings. Morning program features Judge Sverre Reang speaking on Juvenile Protection. Lunch 12 to 1 p.m. Reservations by Mrs. Jack Kundert. Afternoon sessions 1 15 to 2 30 p.m. cover officer training and membership led by state and district leaders. Installation of officers 3 to 3 30 p.m. by Melcher. District II secretary is Mrs. Charles Carrier. Counties taking part include Green Rock Jefferson Dane Sauk and Columbia.
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PTA
Monroe Hill School
Robert Olson
Walter Babula
Oscar Larsen
Manston
John Melcher
Madison
Bureau For Handicapped Children
Larsen
Rock County
Sverre Reang
Edgerton
Jack Kundert
Joan Halverson
Sheboygan
Larson
Serena Nelson
Mineral Point
Melcher
Charles Carrier
Monroe
Wayne J. Stroessner
PTA Council
Green
Rock
Jefferson
Dane
Sauk
Columbia
State Pollution Orders Issued for Medford and Industries
Madison report says the attorney general's office was asked to move against the City of Medford and five industries for alleged non compliance with water pollution abatement orders. Field checks showed no progress on correcting pollution. Medford cited for polluting the Black River and several cheese factories and processor sites named for discharging harmful wastes into waterways.
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Madison
Attorney General's Office
Medford
Division of Resource Development
Black River
Peter Cooper Corp
Carrollville
Lake Michigan
Johnson Cheese Co
Wayne
Pecatonica River
Yuba
Pine River
South Wayne
Spafford Creek
Spring Brook
Wauzeka
Little Kickapoe River
Moonlight Madness Returns to Monroe Stores Late Evening
Moonlight Madness takes place in Monroe tonight with stores open from 7 to 10 p.m. Discounts touted as mad bargains. Organized under the Monroe Chamber of Commerce retail committee guidance.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Soviet claims first soft landing on Venus reported
Britain’s leading space observer says the Soviet Union appears to have achieved the first soft landing on Venus. An instrument capsule may have been ejected from the Venus 4 probe during the descent.
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Venus
Jodrell Bank
England
Soviet Union
Britain
Brand To Head Citizens Group In Monroe
Atty. Franz W. Brand was elected chairman of the Monroe Citizens Advisory Committee succeeding Paul R. Mueller. John C. McElhaney and T. J. Burgy were re elected as vice chairman and secretary treasurer. The panel advises Mayor Walter R. Ekum on growth and development programs and today studies teen curfew needs and the method of appointing the city treasurer. Mrs. Lois Hodgson resigned from the committee representing the Monroe Woman's Club. Police Chief Dwight Coplen was invited to the January 4 meeting to discuss the curfew.
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Atty
Franz W. Brand
Monroe
Monroe Woman's Club
Dwight Coplien
Mayor Ekum Declares Tax Share Equal Across District
Mayor Walter E. Ekum issued a statement after a City Council meeting addressing rural and urban taxation. The release notes a study by the mayor and a committee on residential tax shares versus outlying townships and cites Wisconsin state equalization findings showing equal school tax shares.
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Ekum
Walter E. Ekum
Wisconsin
Foresight by Clair R Munns
A short verse by Clair R Munns reflecting on parental influence and gratitude for a name shared with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair R. Munns
Wisconsin Legislature Reopens After Mourning Death
Madison Wisconsin lawmakers resume regular sessions after the funeral of James Held a 29 year old Republican assemblyman from Milwaukee Held died in a rain swept Milwaukee freeway crash Tuesday both houses held brief sessions with eulogies and prepared to clear a backlog of minor bills prior to broader debates. The Senate approved 36 minor measures and rejected eight as leaders aimed to finish non controversial work this week and likely extend into December.
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Madison
Wisconsin
James Held
Milwaukee
Held
Assembly
Senate
Jerris Leonard
Bayside
Leonard
Fred Risser
City Not Liable For Spent Tornado Funds
Mayor Ekum said the Urban Renewal referendum will be acted on soon. City Atty Schmitz said $87,000 already spent in the tornado area project need not be returned if the program is abandoned. The city may be liable only for unspent loan advances. Aldermen voted 5-2 to reapply for federal aid for airport paving and lighting in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Ekum
William J Schmitz
West Side
Palm Sunday
Fred Simpson
Harold Snively
Robert Tschudy
Wesley Dodge
Snively
Monroe Clinic
Ronald Barribeau
Park and Recreation
Nelson Flag and Display Co
Nathan Klassy
Milwaukee Road
8Th Ave
Tschudy
James Mauermann
Arson Blamed In Major California Forest Fires
Firefighters say arson may have started at least a third of the 50 000 acres burned in Southern California brush fires. A 7000 acre blaze near Los Padres National Forest north of Santa Paula raged out of control, while earlier fires scorched 15000 acres near Santa Paula. Investigations target arson in multiple blazes. two 16 year old girls were arrested in Simi for starting a six acre field fire near Simi Valley High School.
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Los Angeles
California
Los Padres National Forest
Santa Paula
California Division of Forestry
Frank Crossfield
Simi
San Fernando Valley
Crossfield
Thousand Oaks
Simi Area
Simi Valley Community High School
Jaycees Summarize Community Survey At City Council
Jaycees presented results of the Jaycee Community Action Survey to the City Council showing a 61 percent return rate from 2 897 dwellings with 1 768 questionnaires completed. Highlights praise for Ronald Barribeau and expanded programs, while Louis Studer will lead tonight's Jaycees meeting in place of hospitalized Jack Kessenich. Eisenhower returns to Walter Reed Army Hospital with a new illness.
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Jaycee
Marco's Supper Club
Wilson Bloom
William C. Brennan
Jaycees
Walter R. Bloum
Brennan
Bloom
Ronald Barribeau
Monroe
Louis Studer
Jack Kessenich
St. Clare
Ike
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
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Tom Hunt
Becky Chapman
Dwain E. Mings
Joyce Blank
Monroe High School
Tom
Clifford Hunt
Becky
Paul Chapman
Times
PTA Workshop
Brand
Citizens Group
Clair
Mitchell Lindgren
Max
Green County Conservation League
Bluff View Park
Brodhead
William Rees
Kiwanis
Richard Bahr
Bahr
Rees
Barribeau
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