Wisconsin Budget Breakthrough Moves Toward Final Passage
In Madison both chambers push a $2.77 billion compromise budget with tax relief and welfare costs offset. The Senate cleared a study on budget reform and reconsidered the budget bill to end a three day stalemate. Assembly debate centered on a budget process study. two thirds votes remained elusive before a breakthrough.
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R-Bau Claire
Fred Risser
D-Madison
Senate Advances Minimum Wage Bill to 2.20 in Stepwise Rise
The Senate approved a 2.20 dollar minimum wage bill by 64 to 33, with a veto looming despite bipartisan support. The measure would raise nonfarm wages from 1.60 to 2.20 in stages across 60 days and one year, extending coverage to about seven million workers and including domestics and some farm labor.
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Nixon vows to work at full tilt after hospital stay
President Nixon told White House staff in the Rose Garden he would “work right up to the hilt” and that resigning before term’s end was “just plain poppycock.” He discussed his recovery from viral pneumonia at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, urged staff to bear down, and dismissed talk of resignation.
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Nixon Tape Request To FBI Sparks Senate Confrontation
Washington AP report says former AAG Robert Marchan testified that President Nixon asked him to move White House conducted wiretap tapes away from the FBI into the White House. The tapes linked to White House security aims were found in Ehrlichman’s safe, tied to 1970 leaks probes.
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John D. Ehrlichman
Wait and See Attitude Shifts in Obscenity Case
A Manitowoc committee resumes activity to assess obscenity rules after a June Supreme Court decision shifted pornography standards to local juries. The board plans a possible 9 pm bookstore closing, while debates continue on whether a city obscenity ordinance is needed.
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Supreme Court
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John W. Reynolds
LeRoy Strauss
Strauss
Swingers Palace
Paul la
Public Welfare Committee
Costs Up Sharply in June Prices Across Food and Services
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose seven tenths in June before Nixon price freezes, led by a 1.7 percent rise in groceries and a 4.9 percent jump in fruits and vegetables. Gasoline and fuel oil costs surged, while clothing and services also climbed. Average weekly earnings rose to 145.13 dollars, but real spendable earnings fell slightly.
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Cold Front Stays Over Wisconsin This Weekend
A slow moving cold front crossed Wisconsin and lingered over the state for the weekend. Severe storms sparked scattered outages in suburban Milwaukee while Waukesha County wires fell to winds. Temperatures rose to the 90s in many areas with Cam bridge reporting 96, Milwaukee 90, and Park Falls down to 52 at night before a cooler weekend outlook.
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