Chamber urges city to provide museum building
Monroe Chamber of Commerce backs leasing City Hall or the 11th Street Community Center to the Green County Historical Society for use as a museum. The plan aims to boost tourism and county history interest by housing artifacts currently stored in Franklin school, with a downtown location favored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Historical Society
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Maple Grove Inn
Highway 69
Walter R. Ekum
Franklin School
Monroe
Historical Society
Idle Hour
Mae Luchsinger
Anna Blum
Society
Robert Bussen
Chamber
Spring Square
Bussen
11Th Street
Olin E. Flisram
Walkout Possible At Madison Paper
The Madison Newspaper Guild plans to seek author ity to call a walkout at the Capital Times if talks fail. The 40 editorial employees await contract terms after the old pact expired August 8 following discussions since June.
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Madison
Madison Newspaper Guild
Capital Times
Mayor Proclaims Constitution Week in Monroe
Mayor Walter R. Ekum proclaims Constitution Week for Monroe from today through September 27. Civic groups plan a study of the Constitution and the Federal Constitutional Convention where the document was signed on September 17, 1778, marking 177 years since.
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Ekum
Walter R. Ekum
Monroe
Children Ride On Fire Trucks At Sunday Park Event
Monroe fire department will offer rides on fire trucks at Twining Park this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Chief Josef J. Benkert reports. Each child gets ice cream. rain delays to next Sunday. Now in its fourth year, the program began in 1958 with a new truck. Firemen’s committee members include Walter Rufner Don Van Wagenen and William Rieder Jr.
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Monroe
Twining Park
Josef J. Benkert
Walter Rufener
Don van Wagenen
William Rieder Jr
Rotary Launches Film Series Here
The Monroe Rotary Club opens a travelogue film series at the junior high auditorium with Wings to Wonderland. Future films include Germany and the Berlin Story on Oct 21 and Norway Sweden and Denmark on May 5, each shown Wednesdays at 7 30 p m. Proceeds fund community projects.
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Monroe Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Gerald Hooper
Germany
Berlin
Rathie Stuart
New Zealand
Russ Potter
India
James Metcalf
West Indies
Sasha Siemel
Brazil
Gordon Palmquist
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Metcalf
Wisconsin
Isle Royal
Acadia
Maine
Everglades
Florida
Virgin Islands
Big Bend
Mt. Rainier
Park Rangers
Rotary
Commercial and Savings Bank
First National Bank
Badger Paint Store
Gempler’s Tire Shop
Myron Stair Auto Glass
Bruni-Miller Co
Monroe Clinic
Alvin R. Livingston
Lodi Farmer Reports Shots Fired at Truck
Dane County Sheriff said Lodi resident MADISON-Ray Maly reported two rifle shots struck his livestock truck as he drove to Sauk City after delivering animals to the Oscar Mayer Co plant in Madison. He said the incident occurred about two miles south of Sauk City around 12 50 a m in a white late model car.
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Madison
Ray Maly
Lodi
Sauk City
Oscar Mayer Co
Dane County
Jack Leslie
Maly
T R Holyoke Athletic Field Named For Monroe Educator
The Monroe school board unanimously approved naming the new outdoor sports area T R Holyoke Athletic Field. Dedication occurs at halftime of tomorrow night’s Monroe Stoughton football game with remarks by educators and a band entrance.
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T. R. Holyoke
Monroe High School
Times
Monroe
Board of Education
Mr. Holyoke
Tom R. Holyoke
Walter Babula
Monroe-Stoughton
Rodney O. Kittelsen
D. J. Huenink
Babula
John Marty
Browntown
Paul
Zanders Lake
Marty
Badger
T. R. Holyoke Athletic Field
Swiss Film and Music Event at Goetz Theater
The Swiss Singers of Monroe present Colorful Switzerland and the film Uli Der Paechter at Goetz Theater on September 23 and 24 at 8 15 pm. Edwin Schuetze directs the Mixed Chorus in authentic Swiss costumes and songs. The feature film, based on Jeremias Gotthelf novels, continues the Uli Knecht story previously shown in 1961.
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Monroe
Switzerland
Goetz Theater
Edwin Schuetze
Uli der Paechter
Uli the Renter
Emmental
Jeremias Gotthelf
Gotthelf
Uli der Knecht
Uli
Monroe Mannerchor
Goldwater Plans Major Milwaukee Address in Wisconsin Rally
Associated Press reports Republican candidate Barry Goldwater will deliver a major address at a $50 supper rally in Milwaukee on October 13. The event is part of a six city tour including New York and California with speeches split between the Arena and Auditorium. Bus trips are being organized statewide to support attendance. This will be his second Wisconsin appearance, following Madison on the 24th.
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Associated Press
Barry Goldwater
Milwaukee
GOP
Talbot Peterson
Peterson
New York
California
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Goldwater
Wisconsin
Madison
Schools and Police Plan Expanded Safety Patrol
A safety committee named by the Board of Education will work with the city police and the Monroe PTA Council to design an expanded traffic patrol for school zones. The group will decide if students or uniformed adults patrol streets and consider deputizing crossing patrolmen. The board also accepted bids for fencing at the athletic field and a new public address system for the junior high, with a planned Oct. 28 faculty dinner. The senior and junior cafeterias are operating smoothly with 700 served daily from 859 students.
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Board of Education
Monroe Pta Council
Rodney O. Kittelsen
L. J. Schroeder
Robert Hahlen
D. J. Huenink
PTA Council
T. R. Holyoke
Monroe Lumber and Fuel Co
Dodge’s
Monroe
Madison
Century Fence Co
Waukesha
Monroe TV Sales and Service Co
Twining Park
Orfordville
William R. Stuckey
Stuckey
Special Tribute Paid To Former Publisher Editor Of The Times
The Monroe Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution honoring Edmund C. Hamilton former publisher editor of The Monroe Evening Times for his long dedication to attending meetings and reporting board actions to the community. The resolution praises his insight into education issues and his reporting that fostered cooperation between electors and the school board.
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the Times
Monroe Evening Times
Board of Education
Edmund C. Hamilton
Joint School District No. 1
Monroe
Vatican Council Divided Over New Mary Titles
Bishops at the Vatican Ecumenical Council argued on whether to assign a new title for Mary. Some urged no new title while others said Marian devotion could aid Christian unity. Proposals included Mother of the Church and Mary Mediatrix amid concerns of excessive Marian devotion in Latin America.
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Vatican Ecumenical Council
St. Peter’s Basilica
Mary
Council
Latin America
France
Julien le Couedic
Troyes
Three Children Killed by Wheel Near Montello Wisconsin
Three children of Marquette County welfare director Thomas Yonash were killed when a wheel from a passing semi-trailer broke loose, rolled into their farm yard and struck them as they washed up for supper. The infant injured also died later. Yonash and wife had six other children. A Milwaukee driver Ronald Berdan stopped the truck after the impact. The accident occurred four miles south of Westfield on Highway 51. Other fatalities included Timothy Boehm and Kenneth Kriofsky from nearby communities.
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Associated Press
Marquette County Welfare
Tedman
Shelia
Sharon
Thomas Yonash
Montello
Yonash
Westfield
Timothy Boehm
Milwaukee County
Franklin
Kenneth Kriofsky
Genoa City
Kenosha
East German Flies to West in Sport Plane Escape
Manfred Lorenz, 23, an electro mechanic, piloted a small sports plane on a one hour border flight from East to West Germany. He landed on open farmland near Lueneburg and sought asylum. He said he came from Ank lam in Mecklenburg Vorpommern.
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Lueneburg
Germany
West Germany
Manfred Lorenz
Anklam
Mecklenburg
Three Judge Panel Rules Civil Rights Act Unconstitutional for Birmingham Restaurant
A three judge federal panel ruled the public accommodations section of the Civil Rights Act unconstitutional as applied to Ollie’s Barbecue in Birmingham, issuing a temporary restraining order against enforcing the act. The decision awaits appeal to the Supreme Court and contrasts with an Atlanta panel ruling supporting the act. The McClungs argued the law overreached Congress and targeted local business activity with no interstate connection.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Washington
Justice Department
Department
Supreme Court
High Court
U.S. District Court
Ollie McClung Sr
Ollie
McClungs
U.S. Dist
Seybourn Lynn
H. H. Grooms
Walter Gewin
Tuscaloosa
Atlanta
Lester Maddox
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Lynne, Grooms and
Gewin
Conference Recesses Over Disarmament Talks in Geneva
The 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva recessed for five months after no progress was made this year.
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Geneva
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City
Livingston
T.R. Holyoke
Monroe Folk Arts Club
Linda Holmes
Lynn Jacobs
First National Bank, Commercial and Savings Bank
Police
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