Wisconsin Feels Record Cold as Freeze Hits State
A first state-wide hard freeze drives Wisconsin temperatures to record lows with Eagle River at 8 below and Madison at 15 below. Daytime highs lag 20 degrees below normal. Park Falls stays below freezing all day. Cleared skies and regional lows marked a frigid prelude to a warm turn ahead.
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Mercury
Wisconsin
Eagle River
Madison
Green Bay
Racine
Park Falls
Peliston
Mich
Cotulla
Tex
Bill to track real property tax exemptions passed
The Assembly approved a bill 80 to 19 to compile information on real property tax exemptions. The measure requires all claimants to file an assessor listed application detailing type use and property valuation before Senate review.
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Madison
Assembly
Senate
Oil Discovery in Michigan Sparks Billion-Dollar Speculation
In Lansing the oil and gas well touted as possibly Michigan’s best may belong to a field worth as much as one billion dollars, though officials warn it could also cost more than it yields. Paris reports North Vietnam’s chief delegate denied accusing President Nixon of an abusive attack at peace talks, countering remarks by U.S. Ambassador Lodge.
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Lansing, Mich
Michigan
Michigan Commerce Department
Paris
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Humphrey Helped Minnesota Firm In 2.3 Million Deal
Hubert H. Humphrey intervened repeatedly with top U.S. and Indian officials from 1961 to 1964 to aid a Minnesota company in a 2.3 million deal now tied to fraud suit. Records released after Rep. H. R. Gross accused him of improper conduct. Humphrey was a U.S. senator then.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.S
Minnesota
Justice Department
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Humphrey
Cooperation Suggested Between Catholics and Protestants
Christianity Today urged Catholic and Protestant conservatives to collaborate to halt liberal advancement in both houses. The Oct. 24 issue argued that pure Catholic conservatives should feel kinship with evangelicals and distance from revolutionaries. In a separate matter, Sgt Major William C. Wooldridge and three others invoked the Fifth Amendment at Senate hearings, refusing to answer questions about a claimed conspiracy to loot servicemen’s recreation clubs.
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New York
Christianity Today
Washington (Ap
William C. Wooldridge
Senate
Wooldridge
Green County Miss Teen-Ager pageant kicks off entries
Monroe organizers Mrs William Park and Mrs Robert Bussen name co chairs for the regional Green County Miss Teen-Ager contest at Brodhead High School on Nov 22. Entries from Albany Brodhead Juda Monroe Monticello New Glarus due by Nov 7. open to girls 13 to 17 meeting scholarship civic and poise criteria not a talent or swimsuit event.
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William
Barb) Park
Robert
Pat) Bussen
Monroe
Green County
Brodhead High School
Albany
Brodhead
Juda
Monticello
New Glarus
Karen Aue
John Aue
Swiss Singers to Appear on Dairyland Jubilee TV
The Monroe Swiss Singers and local groups will perform on Dairyland Jubilee TV Channel 27 at 6 30 p m Saturday Oct 25. The program promotes Swiss Night at Turner Hall on Nov 8 featuring performances by Monroe Swiss Singers New Glarus Swiss Folk Dancers Turn and Schwing and New Glarus Maen nerchor plus solo acts.
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Monroe
Monroe Turn
Dairyland Jubilee TV
Turner Hall
Glarus
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Set 78th Annual Meeting in Fond du Lac
The Wisconsin Cheesemaker’s Association schedules its 78th annual meeting for November 5 at the Retlaw Motor Inn Fond du Lac with a first day focus on planning for the coming year and a free buffet. A Monroe Council of Churches open forum on Campus Unrest to be held October 26 features Rev. Lowell H. Mays and Prof. Arlan Christianson with Rev. Lawrence Kieffer guiding discussion. The cheese group also plans a Thursday morning session with Huppertz, Terrance McCabe, and a Wisconsin Tax Department representative to address industry questions, plus a report from Robert G. Lewis on federal relations and industry priorities. A Thursday banquet will conclude the convention, with district directors named and cheese scoring by Browntown Marty in Monroe monitored by the Monroe Cheese Corporation.
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Wisconsin Cheesemaker’s Association
Retlaw Motor Inn
Fond du Lac
Monroe Council of Churches
Brodhead
Edgewood College
Madison
Mays
University Hospitals
Arlan Christianson
Law School
University of Wisconsin
Christianson
State of Wisconsin
Lawrence Kieffer
St. Victor’s Catholic Church
State University
Huppertz
Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Terrance McCabe
U.S.D.A
Washington D.C
Wisconsin Tax Department
Robert G Lewis
Association
Washington
August Suemnicht
Reedsburg
Robert Streeter
Viroqua
John Marty
Browntown
Marty
Monroe Cheese Corporation
Monroe
Nixon seeks 300 ships in 10 years to rebuild U.S. fleet
Congress quickly authorized 130 million dollars for shipbuilding subsidies as Nixon promotes a 10 year plan to subsidize 30 new ships annually, raise U.S. cargo capacity, and reduce reliance on aging WWII vessels. Supporters urge immediate hearings to fund the first year, citing aging fleet and international competition.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Congress
American Shipbuilding
Edward A. Garmatz
Dmd
House Merchant Marine Committee
Garmatz
Monroe Jaycettes name CAROL Award winner
Mrs Wayne Stroessner chosen by the Monroe Jaycettes as local CAROL Award winner at October meeting held at Marco's Supper Club. She will be entered as state CAROL Award nominee in Civic Welfare and Religious Service. She is active in Jaycettes PTA Homemakers and church work and has taught special education.
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Wayne Stroessner
Monroe Jaycettes
Marco's Supper Club
Monroe
Milford Thompson
Robert Stalder
Dwight Coplien
Jaycette
James Wartinbee
Brookfield
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Jack Close
John Bauman
Vicki Hughes
Times
Jaycettes
Carol
Region Three
Kenneth Olsen
Lodi
Mmes
Jerry Clark
Richard Schwarz
Patrick Hall
Olsen
Robert Daehlin
Kenneth Norder
Wilson Bloom
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