Good morning, Whitewater
In the city today, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., there will be a Downtown Eastgate project neighborhood meeting and final design presentation in the municipal building.
The National Weather Service predicts today will bring a slight chance of showers and a high of 60 degrees. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts today will be “fair and cold.”
Yesterday’s better prediction: NWS.
On this day in Wisconsin history, from 1957, the Wisconsin Historical Society offers a reminder of the historical size and importance of the auto industry to Janesville, Wisconsin:
On this date 4,000 members of United Auto Workers Locals 95 (Fisher Body) and 121 (Chevrolet) at Janesville’s two GM plants walked off the job as part of a national strike over GM’s refusal to agree to a contract patterned after those reached with Ford and Chrysler. The desired contract demanded pay increases of 24 to 30 cents an hour and raises in supplemental unemployment benefits and severance pay.