Meatless fast protests against rising meat prices
Floyd Smith and Steven Doornbos led a week long hunger strike in Two Rivers and Manitowoc to protest high meat costs. They subsisted on liquids and fruit juices, losing pounds, and urged meatless meals two to three days weekly to curb prices.
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Dennis Richmond
Herald-Times
Two Rivers
Floyd Smith
Rt. 2
Steven Doornbos
S. 19Th St
Manitowoc
Smith
Doornbos
Manitowoc County
Mrs. Smith
Floyd
Flood Warnings Lifted as Mississippi Valley Floods Ease
More than three inches of rain drenched the Mississippi River Valley prompting widespread flood warnings. The National Weather Service canceled warnings across Mississippi as flooding caused about 120 million dollars in damage and displaced 5 620 homes. In Louisiana inmates at Angola penitentiary prepared refuges as levee seepage prompted evacuation plans.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River Valley
Weather Service
Mississippi
National Weather Service
Louisiana’s
State Penitentiary
Angola
Baton Rouge
National Guard
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Missouri
Ilinois
Shane
Weather Bureau
Copter Missing Near Laos Border During Vietnam Peace Mission
Two American piloted helicopters carrying 11 members of the International Commission of Control and Supervision were reported missing over Quang Tri Province near the Lao Bao border. A Canadian statement said one craft met with an accident while Indonesian sources cited possible ground fire possibly a heat seeking missile.
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
Four
Quant Tri
Lao Bao
Commission
Canada
Hungary
Indonesia
Poland
Hue
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
FiveYearOld Girl Walks Home After Missing From Mailbox Stop
Manitowoc report of a five year old girl who vanished near Mid Cities Mail on Memorial Drive. She reappeared walking along Highway 141 after claiming she rode nothing and told Officer J Dufek she wished to be dropped at the mailbox on the way home.
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Manitowoc
Rt. 3
Clover
Mid Cities Mail
Memorial Drive
Viebahn Street
Manitewor
J. Dufek
Shortafte Dep. Snd
Ned
Dufek
Voter Turnout Predictions Realized in Manitowoc County
County Clerk James J. Kornely and City Clerk June Fetzer had predicted turnout near 50 to 55 percent and 65 percent for Manitowoc County and City respectively. Actual totals were 57.3 percent countywide with Manitowoc and Two Rivers contributing most, and 64.97 percent in Manitowoc city. Two Rivers saw 33.15 percent, Kiel 58 percent, Kossuth 63 percent, Meeme 52 percent, Manitowoc Rapids 5.30 percent, Valders 85 percent, Mishicot 79 percent. bingo referendum rose to 13,741 votes.
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Manitowoc
James J. Kornely
June Fetzer
Kornely
Two Rivers
Kossuth
Meeme
Manitowoc Rapids
Valders and
Mishicot
Valders
Barbara Thompson
Ernest J. Korpela
Warrant Issued for Plaisted in New Holstein Theft Case
Federal court issued a fugitive warrant in Milwaukee for Kenneth Plaisted a 49 year old former New Holstein city official and Calumet County court commissioner charged with 26 counts of theft tied to more than 65000 taken from an estate. Plaisted disappeared in 1971 with his wife and six children after relocating to Milwaukee then Connecticut.
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New Holstein
Milwaukee
Kenneth Plaisted
Plaisted
Milford
Conn
Calumet County
Moreidren
Expedition
Ervin Heus
Milwaukee Po- Gas Co
Milwaukee Street
Estelle
Tampa
Fla
Aisted
Connecticut
Cold Wet Weekend Promised by Weather Service
The National Weather Service warned of a chilly, wet weekend with rain and snow flurries as a cold air mass from Canada moves through the Dakotas into Wisconsin. Northern Wisconsin saw two inches of new snow with northeasterly winds off Lake Michigan, while Manitowoc and Two Rivers reported .25 inch of precipitation. Highs ranged from mid 40s to lower 60s statewide with some freezing in the north, and forecasters expect the pattern to continue beyond the weekend.
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National Weather Service
Canada
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Lake Michigan
Meat Sales Drop but Prices Steady in Manitowoc Area
In the Manitowoc Two Rivers region a week of meat boycott saw sales fall 10 to 35 percent with Harvey Stangel of Stangel’s Super Valu noting prices stayed under the ceiling set by President Nixon. Grocers report varied responses with A&P Man itowoc up overall while others see steady or slower demand for beef and shifts to staples like fish and TV dinners.
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Michael Donovan
Herald-Times
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Wisconsin
Sentry Foods
Nixon
Lakeshore Area
Stangel
Tom Kuenstler
A&p
Park Plaza
Kuenstler
Perent Ray Alpert
ABC Super Market
Alpert
Jerry Brigham
Harlow
Brigham
Weekend weather turns cloudy with light snow likely
The region faces a cloudy and colder Saturday with light snow or flurries likely across much of the state, especially east and south. Lows range from the 20s in the north to the lower 30s in the far south. Sunday stays mostly cloudy and chilly with a few snow chances and highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Manitowoc and Two Rivers show afternoon highs around 38 and 40 respectively with overnight readings in the mid 30s.
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Manitowoc
Two Rivers
Indefinite Plans for Meat Boycott Extend Protests
The week-long meat boycott ends as leaders clash on future actions while meat prices hold. FIT plans to urge Congress to roll back prices to the January 10 level and to press continued boycotts on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Associated Press
Washington
FIT
House Banking and Currency Committee
CBS found liable over Smothers Hour cancelation
A federal jury ordered CBS to pay Tom and Dick Smothers 766000 for breach of contract after cancelling the Smothers Comedy Hour on April 3 1969. CBS countersuit for 1 million was rejected as the network was said to have censored or edited material.
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Los Angeles
CBS
Smothers
Tom and
Dick Smothers
Friiday
Tbs
Sea
Nixon Names Madison Doctor to New Post
President Nixon nominates Anthony R Curreri to lead the Department of Surgery at University Hospital in Madison. Report notes Curreri’s appointment as part of a broader push amid warnings to North Vietnam and looming cease fire considerations.
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Madison
New Post
San Clemente
Calif
Paddy
Anthony R. Curreri
Thls
Washeston AR
Sce
Pentagon Abstuary of Defense
William P. Cle
Toments Jr
State Rep Garren Hephner Hurt In Plane Crash
La Crosse health officials say State Representative Garren Hephner in fair condition after release from ICU following a light plane crash. The aircraft piloted by Tom Hanson of Vero Dam went down on a Trempealeau County farm en route to Eau Claire Friday night.
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Garren Hi
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