United Fund Plans 1967 Campaign in Monroe
Plans are laid for the 1967 Monroe United Fund Drive with Ray F. Kaskey as president announcing committee chairs. Kevin Close will lead as campaign chairman. budget set at 22498 for seventeen agencies. Workers will contact wage earners with pledge cards listing agencies and fair share guidance.
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United Fund
Monroe
Ray F. Kaskey
Kaskey
Kevin Close
Advance Transformer Corporation
Close
Monroe United Fund
Howard McCoy
John Holtshopple
Gerritt Mouw
Leonard Haney
United Fund Campaign
Duke Football Thrill for Jim Dearth and Family
Jim Dearth played for Duke in a recent game against Ann Arbor Michigan. His grandmother Nellie Dearth watched her first football game and loved the family turnout from Monroe. The gathering included Joe and Jim Dearth, Chuck, Fred and Paul Miller, Don Miller, Jerry Conaway, and others as Anne Kleckner and her family visited. E Reid Gilbert, son in law of Mrs Clara Miller, directed Hodag seen by Lyndon B Johnson in Spring Green. He was to return to Lambuth College but stayed to direct the play for the Uplands Art Council.
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Jim Dearth
Duke University
Ann Arbor
Mich
Nellie Dearth
Monroe
Joe Dearth
Jim
Chuck
Fred Dearth
Fred
Paul Miller
Don Miller
Jerry Conaway
Anne
Gilbert Kleckner
Ann Ar
E. Reid Gilbert
Clara Miller
Hodag
Lyndon B Johnson
Spring Green
Gilbert
Uplands Art Council
Jackson
The
Post Midnight Calls a Bargain
The FCC announced 100 million dollars in long distance rate cuts for AT and T with new 75 cent maximum for three minute calls between midnight and 7 a.m. Effective Nov. 1, a broader 1 dollar coast to coast rate will apply 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. weekdays plus weekends and holidays. Additional changes reduce many calls beyond 468 miles while raising some short interstate rates.
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Washingtonwx
Federal Communications
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Commission
FCC
AT and T
Griffin to Speak at Madison Fundraising Dinner
Sen. Robert Griffin of Michigan will headline a Dane County Republican fundraising dinner in Madison on November 3. Carroll Metzner, the county chairman, announced the 25 dollar per plate event.
Milwaukee named safest large city by crime rate
Police Chief Harold Breier told budget hearings that Milwaukee continues to rank best in the nation among cities its size for crime rate per 100000 residents.
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Milwaukee
Harold Breier
Tiny Hicks Back From Grand Tour With Hall's Shows
Warren man Clyde Tiny Hicks returns from a tour with Ward Hall and Christ’s World’s Fair Freak Show ending at the Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. He spent 23 years in outdoor show business, 21 as the fat man, with Ringling Bros. experiences and four seasons at Madison Square Garden. He plans to attend the Chicago showmen’s convention and book acts for next summer, noting money woes in the Midwest but enthusiasm for circus life. He sold 15,000 autographed pictures at the Garden, second only to the midget clown.
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Warren
Clyde
Tiny
Hicks
Ward Hall
Indianapolis
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey
Madison Square Garden
New York
N.Y
Sherman House
Chicago
Hicks Brother
Ill
Midwest
Fun Day Slated At Airport Here
The annual Watershed Fun Day is planned for Sunday October 1 at the Monroe Municipal Airport. The program includes an airlift at 10 a.m. a slow pitch tournament at 12:30 p.m. a horseshoe event at 12:30 and children’s games at 1:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
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Monroe Municipal
Romney to formally announce 1968 presidential bid
Governor George Romney of Michigan is set to announce next month his candidacy for the 1968 Republican presidential nomination. Romney plans a formal announcement detailing his campaign platform and bid to lead the GOP in the upcoming race.
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Detroit
Michigan
George Romney
Wrong Blueprint Doggerel by Clair R. Munns
Daily doggerel verse about a dachshund making its owner happy. The poem jokes that the plan is flawed with a dog and a half length and a half dog height, ending with a playful image of the quirky layout.
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Clair R. Munns
Night and the Two Talk While Rome Burns
Editor and Olfie Fink joke about a late night barn fire prompting Fink to rush to the blaze. The exchange hints at a photographer's inside chase for dramatic shots and the risk of leaving the house for a distant assignment.
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Rome
Olfie Fink
Evening Times
Fink
Ten Children Dead of Poison in Tijuana Outbreak
Ten children are confirmed dead with as many as twenty feared dead in a poisoning outbreak in Tijuana near the San Diego border. Milk found in victims’ stomachs prompted investigators to test dairy products while hospitals treated dozens of severely ill children and several adults.
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Tijuana
Mexico
San Diego
Calif
Dep. Dist. Atty
Hector Valdivia
Valdivia
Jorge Salas Cepeda
Pedro Luna Sanchez
Red Cross
Rampaging Rivers Flood Harlingen Texas Homes
Rio Grande floodwaters pounded Harlingen as Beulah unleashed heavy rain and storm surge. About 200 homes were inundated and damage estimates neared 1 billion dollars according to state and federal officials after Beulah's Gulf coast strike.
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Harlingen
Texas
Rio Grande
Beulah
Texas - Mexico Gulf Coast
Lincoln Adult Hobby Show to Highlight Community Hobbies
Lincoln Gym hosts an Adult Hobby Show Monday Oct 2 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m. Nine Monroe residents exhibit model airplanes astronomy coin dolls gardening hunting and fishing photography radio rocks and ores with Q A sessions and a refreshment counter by room mothers.
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Don Boss
Lincoln School
Boss
Model Plane Flying Club
Don
Model Airplane Club
Times
Monroe
Nathan Roth
Bill Moon
Ted Rahberger
Fred Fritz
Ed Zwicker
Donald Springer
Herb Booth
Tom Casey
Leo Nack
Larry Leverton
John Mulhall
Harold Pickett
Henry Hefty
Don Ross
Bruni-Miller Construction Co
Monroe Coin Club
Moon
Monroe Manor
16Th Ave
Don Springer
Zwicker
Zwicker Construction Co
Springer
Medical Center
Mexico
South America
Milwaukee NAACP Holds 29th Open Housing March
Clergy and Milwaukee Youth Council members staged a 29th consecutive open housing march. Several participants were ticketed for jaywalking as part of the protest.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Youth Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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10Th Street
Monroe High School
Monroe Pta Council
Tijuana, Mex
Luna Sanchez
Lincoln Gymnasium
Shriner- Neushwander
Casey
Monroe Evening Times
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Monroe Truck Lease, Inc
Badger Geological Society
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