Nixon’s strong California record defies home-state myth
The column argues Nixon has won California in six of six clear tests, with five wins and one defeat, including 1962 vs Pat Brown and 1950 against Helen Gahagan Douglas. It asserts the idea he performs poorly in his home state is unfounded and warns analysts not to rely on it for predicting California's 1972 outcome.
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Nixon
California
Edmund
Pat) Brown
George McGovern
Massachusetts
U.S. House
GOP
Congress
Jerry Voorhis
Alger Hiss
Helen Gahagan Douglas
U.S. Senate
Douglas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Ohio
Washington
Pat Brown
Sacramento
Brown
Mr. Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Cities in Financial Hole Deepens Under Revenue Sharing Debate
Commerce Clearing House reports city governments faced a 1.7 billion dollar net loss in 1970 71 with revenues at 37.4 billion and expenditures at 39.1 billion. Property taxes remain the main revenue source while talk turns to federal revenue sharing as a solution.
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Commerce Clearing House
Uncle Sam
Horoscope for Saturday October 21 Your Birthday Today
Iast ro grape lists sun sign forecasts for Aries through Pisces with cautions about mood, work stress, creative bursts, spending patterns and social demands. Each brief tip urges balance patience and tact to navigate the day.
This Day in History highlights from 1972 edition
On October 20 events include Germany accepting U.S. terms to end World War I in 1918 and submarines returning home. Other items note Christopher Wren’s birth in 1932 and Maria Theresa’s 1740 rise, plus Barnum’s Hip Pod, siege in Moscow in 1941 and Arab League backing a Jewish state warning in 1945.
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Germany
U. S
Sir Christopher Wren
Wiltshire
England
Maria Theresa
Austria
Hungary
Bohemia
P. T. Barnum
New York City
Moscow
Arab Nations
Wisconsin Dairy Farms Decline Continues
Wisconsin lost 2,101 dairy farms in the past year, reducing holdings to 56,518. Agriculture Secretary Donald E. Wilkinson noted the rate has eased from mid-1960s levels, with counts tracing back to 132,536 in 1951 and 59,734 by 1969.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Donald E. Wilkinson
Pumpkin mailed intact from Rutland to Rochdale for Halloween
Mrs. Harold B. Jones mailed an unwrapped pumpkin with two 50 cent stamps to her granddaughter Katrina Janes in Rochdale. The foot high pumpkin traveled 13 miles and arrived intact showing mail can carry odd items with proper postage. Also reported a fourth suspect was captured in the Somerset Bank robbery case.
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Rutland
Mass
Harold B. Jones
Katrina Janes
Rochdale
Pheasant season opens quietly in Monroe
The 1962 pheasant hunting season begins at noon with little fanfare in Monroe and Green County as hunters from nearby states arrive for the annual opener.
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Monroe
Green County
Mary Cheryl Marty
Barbara Rofenacht
Judy Ripp
Robert Timm
Judith Hefty
Greg Wagner
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Triangle Hill
Monroe placed in class A for fuel rationing in 1942
On Oct 20 1942 Monroe enters the coldest thermal zone ahead of fuel rationing. Registration runs Oct 29 to Nov 8. The town notes scrap metal effort surpassing 100 pounds per person. Pvt Hugh Durgin enlists. Delia Durgin has three sons in service, Arthur in Australia with Co K and Norbert at Camp Hulen Texas.
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Monroe
Green County
Hugh Durgin
U.S. Army
Delia Durgin
Arthur
Australia
Co. K. Norbert
Camp Hulen
Tex
Monroe Evening Times Subscription Rates and Office Hours
The Monroe Evening Times outlines subscription prices by method and region, including 50 cents weekly by carrier in Monroe and annual mail rates ranging from 15 to 20 dollars for various counties. It lists office hours from 8 30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and a contact telephone number.
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Sabecrques
Monroe
Green
Lafayette
Iowa
Dane
Rock
Wisconsin
Davies, Stephenson and
Winnebago
Illinois
Ayette
Jo Davies, Stephenson and Winnebago
Monroe Evening Times
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Associated Press
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Thailand
China
India
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Willy Brandt
Mickey Mantle
Art Buchwald
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Somerset, Wis
Bank of Somerset
St. Croix County
Cadillac
Bienema Olds
Lanz Agency
Rock County
John Sickinger
Green County Equal Suffrage Club
LaFollette
Robert LaFollette
Henry Kundert
Gnagi Colts
P. J. Johnson
Indianapolis
Wallace Johnson
Court House
George S. Parker
Janesville
Brodhead
Albany
Brooklyn
Monroe Woman’s Club
Emery A. Odell
Inland Daily Press Association
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Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League
AP News
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National Farmers
Union Insurance
Bill Tschudy
Area
Farmers Union
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Monroe, Wis
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