21 Oct 1973
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1973
Page
1
The Monroe Board of Education approved a December referendum offering voters two choices: a $3.7 million package or a $2.3 million plan to build and equip two elementary centers. Bond vote set for December 18 at the Junior High School.
Siedschlag warned that even if rebuilt Lincoln would not be ready for occupancy before winter 1974. He noted repairs at 17 dollars per square foot versus 22 dollars for new space. He and the board supported a 3.7 million package, arguing delaying would neglect children's needs and raise future costs.
The board explains a $3.7 million plan and a $2.3 million plan to address elementary needs. The $3.7 million package adds modernization at the junior high and high school and new elementary schools to close aging buildings. Tax impact details show varying assessments and future voter information sessions.
The Evening Times will not publish an edition on Thursday November 22 for Thanksgiving. It will resume publication on Friday with normal operations.
Washington AP Interior Secretary Rogers C Morton warned the eastern United States could face power brownouts by December due to a fuel crisis and said conditions could deteriorate after year’s start.
Monroe officials condemn state imposed levy limits as they revise the 1974 budget. A $1.6 million revenue plan faces a $549,157 shortfall from the prior year, requiring a $399,325 property tax levy. The council borrows $200,000 to cover current expenses while shared fund payments are tied up in court.
City Council heard Mayor Cliff Reasa present an estimate for Monroe’s coming year tax rate. He cautioned the figures were preliminary and subject to revisions.
President Nixon shows no plan for a Sunday driving ban, says Roy L. Ash. Ash notes the president is considering various ideas including a Sunday gasoline sales ban during ongoing discussions with reporters.
The council transferred 974.50 from General Reserve to Fire Dept Reserve, authorized two 7 900 gallon fuel oil tanks by Monroe Ready Mix, allowed Chamber Christmas music on the square, arranged underground telephone easements with United Telephone Co, and approved bids for 175 feet of sanitary sewer. They declined the Alice Ackerman home bequest, offered Green Co Historical Society first dibs on the property, and approved payments for paving and storm sewer work plus bid acceptances for endloader and fuel oil deliveries. Operator licenses were granted to three individuals.
The Senate Judiciary Committee debates rival measures to appoint a special Watergate prosecutor and may send them to the full Senate without recommendation. Committee splits on court-appointed versus White House named with Senate approval.
Skylab 3 astronauts Carr Pogue and Bibson advance medical tests and space walk plans on day six of an 84 day mission. Pogue and Bibson will leave the station on Thanksgiving to service telescopes, run experiments, and repair an antenna.
In Cairo the Israeli and Egyptian governments prepared for renewed talks aimed at finalizing a mutually acceptable ceasefire line along the Suez Canal. Negotiators meet Thursday on the Cairo Suez road to resolve the last obstacle in the six point Middle East cease fire agreement.
Government data show the cost of living up eight tenths of a percent in October and consumer prices 7.9 percent higher than a year earlier. Energy costs gasoline and fuel oil led gains while clothing mortgage interest and health insurance boosted the index with restaurant meals and off premise foods offsetting meat and poultry declines.
Mayor Cliff Reasa opened the city council meeting urging citizens to conserve energy. He ordered lower thermostats, asked staff to limit driving and enforce a 50 mph limit, and said city decorations would be dark until Dec 18 with decisions on lighting through Christmas or New Year.
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