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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1968
Page
2
The Monroe Evening Times lists subscription details by mail and carter service for Winnebago County with annual rates and compliance notes. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to and staff remind readers to follow postal regulations for home delivery.
Editorial recalls a week of local happenings and encounters from diverse residents and visitors across Monticello, Madison, Kieler, and Wisconsin Dells. It touches on high traffic, air quality, community figures, fundraisers, and a light note about aging river guides, ending with a nudge to retire with a Times Want Ad.
A retrospective from 1958 to 1908 lists local items on September 23 including Monroe patrolman John Burkhamer starting at 21, Green County figures in farming contests, Dairy developments, and Women’s Club leadership. 40 and 50 year looks note storms, flu, and memorials with regional names and places.
Mrs Signe Swanson 80 of Harvard died Saturday in Harvard hospital after illness. Services were Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church Harvard with burial in Mount Olive Cemetery Chicago. Surviving are daughter Evelyn Maier Naperville sister Algot Elving Chicago eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Clifford Ringhand suffered severe burns in a propane explosion that ripped the front wall from his rural home. Police say his wife was thrown by the blast and both were hospitalized in Madison.
The Monroe Coin Club schedules an 8 p.m. meeting Tuesday September 24 at the First National Bank. The program includes attendance prizes a business meeting a coin quiz and a coin auction followed by refreshments.
The World Almanac notes that rubber began as a curiosity until it was used as an eraser. Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen, is said to have first rubbed out pencil marks around 1770, giving rubber its name.
Key events span 1789 Supreme Court creation, 1806 Lewis and Clark reach Missouri West, 1845 Knickerbocker Club founded, 1914 German air raid on Dusseldorf, 1926 Tunney defeats Dempsey, 1949 Internal Security Act passage, plus 10 years and one year ago notes on Indonesia and North Vietnam aid.
Los Angeles report notes President candidate Richard M. Nixon likely to win the Republican vote while his three year old son Humphrey Jr. shows support for Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey. The unusual contrast reflects mixed views in a single household.
Two accidents were reported by county sheriff deputies. Donald H. Schuler, 63, escaped injury when his car struck a deer 1 ½ miles south of Belleville on Highway 92 on Saturday. the deer was killed. Steven D. Howarth, 21, of Rockford, escaped injury after losing control on a curve on Highway 1181 one mile west of Juda. no damage reported.
The National Safety Council reports seat belts reach over half of passenger car occupants but are used by fewer than half. A chart shows belt usage fallen since 1966, with estimates that up to 10,000 lives could be saved annually if all passengers wore belts all the time.
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