16 Dec 1974
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Newspaper
Herald Times Reporter
Location
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1974
Page
1
Gov Patrick J Lucey warned of a 1979 77 budget gap and rising unemployment while pledging no state income tax increase. He favored corporate taxes, budget cuts, and annual budgeting, and proposed partial abolition of Wisconsin Open Presidential Primary to preserve delegation seats.
Court to study an integration plan as Boston officials push for orderly desegregation. Judge Garrity ordered immediate measures, with the commonwealth preparing a formal proposal within the shortened timeframe after a praintegration march drew thousands and prompted scrutiny of local actions.
Wisconsin state employees receive Christmas bonuses totaling about 2.1 million dollars for the year 20 000 workers eligible among 33 646 classified staff. Bonuses range from 50 to 256 dollars for five to twenty six plus years of service with top earners getting 250 dollars, including Wilbur Schmidt Lester Voigt and Donald Wilkinson. The program, now in its fourth year, is tied to a negotiated contract and applies to classified employees only.
Congress faces final action on Nelson Rockefeller as vice president with a House vote expected Thursday or Friday after Senate approval. The session also moves toward bills on unemployment benefits and strip mining curbs before adjournment. President Ford signals veto threats on energy and coal-impacts tied to mining and inflation.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration funds the Global Air Sample Program GASP with a $2 million budget. Four aircraft including a Boeing 9747 cargo liner will collect pollution data above 20 000 feet to assess how jet emissions and other sources affect the upper atmosphere.
The trial jury is expected to hear the final week of testimony in the Watergate coverup case. Prosecutors and defense attorneys prepared for extended proceedings as new witnesses are called and evidentiary rulings are resolved.
Snow blankets Wisconsin with Mason in Bayfield County reporting 27 inches and the Duluth Superior region tallying 13 inches. North of a line near Manitowoc to Prairie du Chien expect two to four more inches, while near Lake Superior four or more inches are forecast. Temperatures remain cold with cloudy skies and ongoing light snow possible tonight and Tuesday.
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