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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 21, 1968

Page

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Proxmire Praises Kastenmeier At Wisconsin Dinner

Senator William Proxmire lauded Bob Kastenmeier at a New Glarus dinner, calling him a thoughtful spokesman for humane solution in Congress. He highlighted Kastenmeier’s work for dairy policy, emergency cheese quotas, and conservation, including securing the St. Croix Namekagon and Wolf Rivers in a key bill.

New Glarus William Proxmire D-Wis Wisconsin Bob Kastenmeier Congress Kastenmeier Freeman House Interior Committee St. Croix Namekagon Wolf Mississippi Field and Stream Magazine

Daily Doggerel by Clair R Munns After the Ball

After the convention, Chicago was quiet and tame again. The nominee smiled from ear to ear, and the crowd whispered about the forgotten name.

Clair R. Munns Chicago

Eagles Leader Ford to visit Monroe Wednesday

Harry B. A. Ford Grand Worthy President of the Eagles will speak in Monroe, attending a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Marco's and a program with initiation by the New Glarus team. Ford, a Tennessee native and Kingsport resident, was elected at the Houston convention and leads a year of national and hometown projects.

Eagles Monroe Eagledom Harry B. A. Ford Kingsport Tenn Eagles Club Aerue Elmer West Ford Marco's Monroe Eagles Glarus Order Houston Texas Wisconsin Tennessee Ernie Piney Flats Bristol Hampton Sydney College Virginia The Kiwanis Elks, Moose, Masons Shrine Order of Police Sullivan County Democratic Party Tennessee Georgia First Presbyterian Church of Fords

Value Harvest Continues You Are Royalty Shopping in City

Monroe ads invite shoppers to feel like royalty as stores promise attentive service and affordable choices. Local retailers pledge full satisfaction on items from ribbons to suits and boast accessible shopping without traffic or dress-up. The page lists numerous merchants offering the royal treatment this week.

Monroe Baby Monroe Evening Times Baber Badger Paint Bahr’s Variety Bauman Ace Hardware Bauman Kitchens Baumgartner's Bruni - Miller Company Buri Electric Clark's Shoes Etter's Ferron’s Fullerton Lumber Company Furniture and Appliance City Gambles Gempler’s Tire Shop Gibson's Discount Center the Gift Castle Farmco Heinzelman’s Koh- 4 Office Supply Kahne Lumber Company LaBuch Marco's Supper Club Martin’s Sport

Play-Time to Begin November in Monroe Parks Program

The Monroe Parks and Recreation Department announces the third year of Play-time a winter recreation program for preschoolers. Registration runs the week of October 28 with two 25 child sessions at the Community Center. Program supervised by Mrs Raymond Escher and Mrs Don Martin aims to teach social skills and cooperation through games music storytelling skits and crafts.

Monroe Parks and Recreation Department Raymond Escher Don Martin Parks and Recreation Department

Major Papers Endorse Governor Knowles For Third Term

The Milwaukee Journal and Wisconsin State Journal backed Republican Gov. Warren P. Knowles for a third term in their Sunday and today editions. Both papers said they remain politically independent while urging Knowles’s reelection.

Exchange Students Welcome at Monroe High School Event

Exchange students from Alexis Id duPont High School Wilmington Del were welcomed to Monroe by Mayor Walter R Ekum during an assembly at Monroe High School. Debbie Swayne accepted a granite plaque donated by Monroe resident George Mauermann with Bruni Miller providing the wooden box. Students introduced their partners and planned activities include tours to Moore Business Forms Advance Transformer Swiss Colony Doppler Cheese Factory Stauffenbach Farm WEKZ Radio, a tea, a coke tail party and a dinner dance at Monroe Country Club with Studies in Tyme providing music.

Alexis I duPont High School Wilmington Del Monroe Walter R. Ekum Monroe High School Debbie Swayne duPont Group George Mauermann Bruni Miller Debbie Kristi Schuepp Monroe Exchange Group Herbert Ainsworth Stauffacher Farm WEKZ Fritos Charles Seaton 11Th St Monroe Country Club Beloit

Christmas Gift Shop Aids Veterans At Madison Wood Hospitals

For the 22nd year the American Legion Auxiliary Zilmer Riley Post runs a Christmas Gift Shop for hospitalized veterans at Madison and Wood Hospitals. Gifts are compiled from auxiliaries around the state, displayed in Wood Hospital stockroom, and delivered by volunteers. The shop operates daily 9 am to 4 30 pm from Nov 11 to Dec 20, closed Thanksgiving and Sundays. Collection boxes placed at local stores aid donations, with guidelines on wrapping, item condition, and donor anonymity.

American Legion Auxiliary Zilmer - Riley Post Madison and Wood Hospitals Edward Niffenegger Jr Wood Hospital Wood Zilmer-Riley Legion Club Mies Herbert Davidson Joseph Benkert Bernard Gibbons Russell West Alfred Henning

Wanderings from Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics

Bob Hardell reports from Mexico City on his travel to the 1968 Olympic Games, noting departure from Monroe via Rock County Airport and WEKZ radio welcome, with travel arrangements by Burkhalter Travel and a tie to Wisconsin sports chatter amid a Howard Johnson sweepstakes prize trip.

Mexico Mexico City Monroe Rock County Janesville Beloit Stan Neuberger WEKZ Chicago O'Hare American Airlines John Buehler Burkhalter Travel Agency Wisconsin Utah State Charlie Greenfield Howard Johnson

Governor To Speak Tickets Available For GOP Dinner

Republicans push ticket sales for a Sunday GOP fundraiser at Hofmann's Wilhelm Tell Hotel in New Glarus with Gov Warren P Knowles as the featured speaker. About 200 seats available. social hour at 5, dinner and talks at 6, then awards and dancing. Multiple local residents listed as having tickets. Green County GOP plans events, with a 8 p.m. meeting in campaign headquarters and a 7 p.m. coordinators meeting. Knowles will also dedicate a clinic addition in Monroe and attend other events before a late rally in Sheboygan.

Hofmann Wilhelm Tell New Glarus Warren P. Knowles Joseph Stencel James Speth Danny Markham Brodhead John Steinmann Ray Woodruff Wally Feldt Monticello Jerry Disch George Hartman Dennis Streiff Jack Robilette Marvin Stauffacher Sherman Hodgson Larry Lindgren Erma Thurber Roger Moe Marco Bregenzer Robert Abelman Monroe Green County Gop Executive Committee

Apollo 7 final TV show signals homeward mood

Apollo 7 crew Jim Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham ended their final space TV broadcast with a sign reading As the sun sinks slowly in the West The crew teased their return home showing a water float and wives portraits above duty stations The piece closed with This is Apollo 7 signing off and a fade to black in a nine minute telecast

Schirra Air Force Donn F. Eisele Walter Cunningham

Jackie Onassis Honeymoon Begins Amid Wind and Rain

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Aristotle Onassis started their yachting honeymoon aboard the Christina off SmY orth Island in Greece as icy rain and gale winds drenched the Ionian Sea. The couple, married in a simple Orthodox ceremony, kept their travel plans private aboard the private yacht moored near the island.

Suurfius Island Greece Jacqueline — Kennedy Onassis John F. Kennedy Aristotle Onassis Onassis Christina Ionian Sea

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