Monroe Board approves fuel bids and bus route concerns
The Monroe Board of Education met at the Junior High to approve fuel oil and vehicle bids, discuss bus pickup complaints, and address maintenance costs. Low bids were accepted from Green Co. Farmco and Standard Oil. Alphorn Ford won two vehicle bids. The board reviewed bus routes, facilities repairs, and planned a special meeting to select an architect for a potential 20 year building plan and pool study.
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Monroe Board of Education
Transpo
Standard Oil
Green Co. Farmco
Hiawatha
Sevon
Crandall Oil
Low
Eay
Alphorn Ford
Phony
Dearth Motors
American Auto Center
C. Kenneth Norton
Lee Olsen
Lincoln School
Mueller Cheese Factory Equipment Co
South School
Olsen
Durfee Co
Janesville
Merlin Olsen
Gene Hennager
Inez Raymer
Park Board
Julaine Barribeau
Sth
Northside
Christine Stone
Donna Schluesche
Jehovah's Witnesses
Wis. Assn. of
Madison
Gene Summ
Merlin Olson
Rufenacht Oil Co
Sun Oil Co
Sebastian Laeser
Water Commission
Badger Briefs. Wisconsin 1972 highway toll at 916
AP report notes Wisconsin highway deaths reached 916 for the year, down from 919 on the same date last year, with brief items on UW budget cuts, congressional votes, and off campus UW growth plans. Governor Lucey says UW can cut costs through productivity and attrition without harming academics. Four Wisconsin delegation members missed votes on Social Security benefits. several others voted yes. Nelson cites potential federal funds to curb water pollution rising to about 192 million in two years. UW President Weaver outlines a systemwide growth strategy focusing on extension services and off campus instruction for veterans, homemakers, and others.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lucey Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
University of Wisconsin
Lucey
Board of
Regents
Ee Eee
Washington
House
Congress
Glenn R. Davis
William A. Steiger
Vernon W. Thomson
Les Aspin
Jo W. Byrnes
Alvin E. O’konski
Ey Reuss
Clement Zablocki
Robert W. Kastenmeier
Nixon
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate
Nelson
Environmental Protection Agency
Kissinger heads to Saigon for talks on Vietnam and Paris peace
U S and South Vietnamese officials review military and political situation as Henry Kissinger arrives in Saigon after secret Paris meetings. He is joined by William Sullivan and NSC aides. In Saigon he meets Gen. Abrams and Gen. Weyand while Nguyen Phu Duc and Tran Kim Phuong also greet him.
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Saigon
Henry A. Kissinger
U. S
Vietnam
Paris
Kissinger
William Sullivan
Pacific
National Security Council
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Army
Frederick C. Weyand
Nguyen Phu Duc
Nguyen van Thieu
Tran Kim Phuong
Washington
Early snow forecast hints at long winter ahead
Mac Ties of Brodhead predicts a severe 1972 73 winter using an old Indian formula. He cites one snow event already and forecasts monthly totals from November through April with a likely harsh fall and a hot summer preceding the next season.
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Helen E. Zimmerli
Mac Ties
Brodhead
Ties
Mac
Dakotas
Abe
Missing plane in Alaska search despite beacon signals
Signals from a emergency locator beacon were picked up as aircraft searched Southeast Alaska for a missing plane carrying House Democratic Leader Hale Boggs and three others. Helicopter crews heard the signals about 10 miles west of Juneau on Tuesday.
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Juneau
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Coast Guard
California
Boggs
Wisconsin lawmaker stays by wife in Rochester hospital
Jeanne Tregoning, wife of State Rep. Joseph Tregoning, remains in traction at St. Mary's Hospital Rochester after a severe two car accident. He will not campaign for the remainder of the year to stay by her side as she recovers.
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Jeanne Tregoning
Joseph Tregoning
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Joe
Ethel Tregoning
Chicago
Tregoning
Joseph
Don
Tulsa
Okla
Rep
Assembly
Wisconsin State Assembly
Jeanne
Green
Lafayette
Rock County
List
Senate blocks Nixon on spending and water pollution veto
The Senate defeats Nixon on two fronts, overriding his veto of a water-pollution bill and rejecting unlimited spending cuts. The 52 to 12 vote overturns the veto. House expected to seek two-thirds support to sustain. Leaders hope final Congress action clears the measures and ends the session.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
House
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Senate House
Congress
Monroe City Council Accepts Federal Grant for Plant Expansion
The Monroe City Council voted to accept a federal grant of about 530000 covering 50 percent of the cost for improving and expanding the municipal disposal plant. State funds are expected to cover 25 percent, with the city covering the remaining 25 percent. The panel also authorized bidding for the enclosure of the airport hangar and the disposal project.
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Steven Mitschele
Monroe
Republican Party
Monroe Municipal
Sandra R. Kuchler
Rt. 2
Steve Stalfer
Milton Junction
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