Proposed MPAs Consider Merger Linking Co ops Across Regions
Robert van Leir outlines a plan to merge 17 dairy co operatives from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico into Associated Milk Producers Inc. AMPI aims to stabilize year round milk prices. A St Charles Illinois meeting will decide PMA's stance with delegates from Monroe and nearby districts attending.
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Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
Robert van Leir
Pure Milk Association
PMA
Monroe Agricultural Building
Neelan O. Nelson
Route 2
Argyle
Darlington
Crawford
Grant
Lafayette
Green
Wisconsin
Associated Milk Producers Inc
AMPI
St. Charles
Ill
Pheasant Run Lodge
MPI
Texas
Oklahoma
Twin Cities
Tri- State
Soddy
Monroe
Ed Kaderly
Juda
Ben Miller
Ted Falk
Roger Stauffacher
Clifford Prien
Ralph Weckerly
Ernest Wegmueller
Delbert Soddy
Browntown
Kenneth Hartwig
Paul Schulz
Forrest Ludwig
Mark Severson Earns Eagle At Troop 101 Court
Mark Severson son of Victor and Sonja Severson received the Eagle Award at a Court of Honor banquet held by Troop 101 at Turner Hall. About 120 attended the pot luck event with Dr. Nathan E. Bear as featured speaker. Severson joined in 1963 and completed his Eagle in 1969.
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Mark Severson
Victor
Sonja Severson
Troop 101
Turner Hall
Nathan E. Bear
Mark
Order of the Arrow
Kenneth Baker
Pack
David Benkett
John Huber
Gene Jacobson
Kevin Kitto
Randy Marohl
Harold Miller
Steve Neises
Steve Olsen
David Urban
Michael Young
Robert Benkett
Ray Jacobson
Arnold Neises
Indians Arrested Hauling in Nets for Court Test
Six Ojibwa were arrested by conservation officers in Bayfield during a court test of fishing rights under the 1854 treaty creating Red Cliff Reservation. Nets set Monday led to arrests as lawyers prepare to argue whether state laws supersede treaty rights, with possible Supreme Court review.
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Bayfield
Red Cliff
Lake Superior
Supreme Court
Richard Gurnee
Wisconsin Judicare
Judicare
Chile Marks Independence Observance By Miss Johnson
Miss Johnson, Monroe's American Field Service student for 1969 70, guest at the Roth home, writes from Chile on the Independence anniversary. She notes Chile's geography, climate contrasts, and national spirit, describing empanadas and patriotic songs as the nation marks its birth and September celebrations.
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Miss Johnson
Monroe
Nathan Roth
17Th Ave
Chile
Roths
Night School Sees Rising Interest Across Green County Centers
Walter Babula announces growing enrollment in adult night classes at Monroe and Green County centers Albany Brodhead Judo Monticello. Registration continues for about a week with Monroe at 1613 10th Street office hours 9 to 5 and other centers via their high schools.
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Monroe
Green County
Albany
Brodhead
Judo
Monticello
Walter Babula
10Th Street
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Nixon urges UN action for Vietnam peace at General Assembly
President Nixon addresses the UN General Assembly urging all 126 member states to use diplomatic efforts to break Hanoi’s intransigence in Paris talks. He backs serious talks with the Soviet Union on broad issues and expresses willingness to engage Communist China when they abandon isolation.
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United Nations, N.Y
Nixon
United Nations
Vietnam
U.N. General Assembly
Hanoi
Paris
World Organization
Soviet Union
Middle East
China
Carnival Night Sparks Shopping Spree in Monroe
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce sponsored Carnival Night with a lively parade and prize drawings. Allen Pederson said profits surpassed last year as more shoppers visited participating stores. prizes included $25 savings bonds for best costumes and a first prize team from Spurgeons.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Allen H. Pederson
Pederson
Fred
Joan) Neuenschwander
Russell
Edith) West
Spurgeons
Snoopy
Red Baron
Arthur
Alice) Moen
Prnes Apparel Shop
Fire Damages Iroquois Foundry in Racine
A fire at the Iroquois Foundry in Racine around 5 30 p.m. caused about 10000 in damage and halted operations for a couple of days. Sparks from a cupola sparked through a fire door injuring controls and part of the compressor room roof. The night shift workers and Racine Fire Department contained the blaze. The plant employs about 40 people and has a Browntown branch. Walter Vierthaler of Monroe, firm president, said operations would resume in two days.
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Racine
Browntown
Walter Vierthaler
Monroe
Olive Skinner Carruthers 63 dies at Janesville
Brodhead native and author Olive Skinner Carruthers 63 of Janesville died September 17 at Mercy Hospital after a long illness. She authored We ll Sing One Song and Lincoln s Other Mary, worked for Evanston Review Chicago Tribune and the ALA, and held a Medill scholarship in 1953.
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Brodhead
Olive Skinner Carruthers
Janesville
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
Evanston Review
Chicago Tribune
American Library Association
Lincoln
Mary
R. Gerald McMurtry
Bluegrass Land
Kentucky
Carruthers
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Brodhead High School
Beloit College
Oliver
Nette Smith Skinner
William Carruthers
Bardstown
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Owens
Green County
Olive Carruthers
Youth Injured In City Mishap
A 13 year old, Michael A. Davis of Monroe, sustained head and leg injuries in a bicycle auto crash at the 11th Street and 14th Avenue intersection. He was treated at St. Clare Hospital and released. Ann C. McCall of Marengo, Ill., drove the other vehicle.
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Green County Sheriff's Department
Michael A. Davis
Harold A. Davis
9Th St
Monroe
Davis
St. Clare Hospital
11Th St
14Th Ave
Ann C. McCall
Marengo
Ill
20Th Street
Hazel Regula
20Th St
Mary J. Nystrom
Cumberland
Wis
Nystrom
James L. Sherrod
South Beloit
Lyvian A. Ball
Monticello
15Th Ave
Sherrod
County Sheriff's Department
Nathan E. Wheelers
Route 1
Juda
New Glarus
Curtis C. Caldwell
Richard P. Keller
Ralph Garwell
South Wayne
William N. Foley
Eastman
Browntown
Foley
Garwell
William J. Trickel
Route 2
Frank Kubly
Theodore C. Bayrhoffer
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Clarence Seaton
Times
Sngo
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Green County Normal School
Bill Sulzer
Paul Barrett
Kevin Ogden
Eric Otteson
Dave Garden
Kevin Malcomb
Alan Johnson
Clayton Weber
Tom Howe
Marvin Lien
Richard Robertson
Dave Barrett
Dave Benkett
Greg Booth
Charles Ejinbeck
Scott Gelbach
Dave Gordon
Jim Howe
Marvin’ Lien
Steve Lovett
Atomic Energy
Jeff Otteson
Tom Reichert
Rick Robertson
Charles Seaton
By Patricia Johnson Drapela
National Board of Government
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PLAN
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
AP News
Saigon
Green Berets
Washington
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Senate
Milwaukee
John Doyne
Milwaukee River
Madison
Knowles
Norman
Okla
Oklahoma University
Walter Ekum
Robert Dearth
Chamber of Commerce
Carol Nipple
Chamber
Iroquois
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