Froxmire Aspin Attack Military Spending Surges
Wisconsin Democrats Froxmire and Aspin criticized U S defense costs citing GAO figures. Overruns total about 26.3 billion for 55 weapons systems, including DD963 destroyers rising to 3.1 billion per ship and other overruns in FIS fighter Minuteman III XM1 tank and UTTAS helicopter. Aspin accused DIA data of contradicting aid claims for Vietnam and questioned Army cost overrun accounting in the strategic defense program.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Indochina
William Froxmire
General Accounting Office
Les Aspin
Defense Intelligence Agency
United States
Soviet Union
China
Proxmire
Pentagon
GAO
Aspin
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Congress
Army
North Dakota
Primary Elections Hit Eight States As Voters Nominate Governors and Senator
The eight state primary races include California New Mexico Iowa and South Dakota with nominations for governor and U.S. Senate up for grabs. Incumbent Reagan’s successor in California and Brown and Flournoy top the polls in their parties. Iowa sees Hughes leaving and Culver unopposed for the seat. Kneip faces Dougherty in South Dakota while McGovern seeks renomination. California Cranston faces token opposition. reform measures tied to Watergate loom large.
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Associated Press
California
New Mexico
U.S
Iowa
South Dakota
Senate
House
Ronald Reagan
White House
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Reagan
Houston I. Flournoy
Brown
Bruce King
Harold E. Hughes
U.S. Senate
John C. Culver
Hughes
George Milligan
David Stanely
Robert D Ray
George McGovern
Air Force
Leo K. Thorsness
U.S. House
New Jersey
Montana
Mississippi
Alan Cranston
H. L. Richardson
Earl Brian
Nurse reunited with parents after Ethiopia hospital attack
In Philadelphia Sandra Tenhaken, 23, a nurse from Oostburg Wisconsin who served at a mission hospital in Ethiopia attacked by terrorists last week, was reunited with her parents Leroy and Mrs Yenkhaken after arriving in the United States.
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Philadelphia
Oostburg
Wis
Ethiopia
Sandra Tenhaken
Leroy Yenkhaken
United States
No British Withdrawal in Ulster
LONDON (UP) The British government rejected demands to pull troops from Northern Ireland and said only the army kept order. Merlyn Rees told MPs the forces of law and order could not cope without the army. More than 1,000 people have died in the conflict, including over 200 British soldiers. Prime Minister Wilson recalled Parliament after a strike and a shift to direct rule. Some favor setting a date to exit Northern Ireland. The Daily Mirror warned of Britain facing its gravest crisis since Suez.
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London
Northern Ireland
Law and Order
Merlyn Rees
Britain
House of Commons
Rees
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Daily Mirror
Suez
Abortion Issues Go To Court
The Supreme Court declined to decide if husbands can veto wives abortions or if parental consent is needed for minors. Florida appeals challenged spouse and parental consent, while 18 states require consent or special circumstances. The court said a separate appeal in a lower federal court was pending.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Florida
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Corning Glass Works
Rabin chosen Israel premier by parliamentary vote
Yitzhak Rabin, former chief of staff and envoy to Washington, won approval as Israel's premier by a 31 to 1 vote in the Knesset. He pledged to pursue peace with the Arabs but not at any price, while stressing continued military strength and cautious steps toward negotiations with Egypt and Syria.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Washington
Golda Meir
Israel
Golan Heights
U.N
Geneva
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Rabin
Kissinger
Egypt
Syria
Lebanon
Knesset
Labor Party
Independent Liberal Party
Citizens Rights
Meir
Moshe Dayan
Abba Eban
Charles W. Colson
Daniel Elisberg
Colson
Ellsberg
Elisberg
Pentagon
Matthew Burnie
Lewis Fielding
Judiciary Panel Probes ITT Case Settlement
The House Judiciary Committee reviews the ITT antitrust settlement amid claims officials avoided wrongdoing. Chairman Peter W. Roding Jr. says the inquiry remains independent while Rep. Waldie predicts Nixon will be impeached. Governors at the National Conference urge release of evidence. The panel also probes alleged perjury in the Kleindienst nomination hearings.
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ITT
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Peter W. Roding Jr
D-N.j
John Dear
Jerome Waldie
D-Calif
Nixon
Senate
Waldie
CBS
Felow Committee
Lawrence Hogan
Hogan
West Coast
NBC
Meet the Press
Seattle
Jimmy Carter
Georgia
Daniel Walker
Illinois
Wendell Anderson
Showers Return Across Wisconsin With Warm Weekend Outlook
A storm system brought showers and thunderstorms to the lakeshore and western Wisconsin Monday, with cloudy skies and temperatures mid 70s to low 80s. Lakeshore morning readings averaged mid 50s, while weekend highs reached up to 80 in Beloit and 62 in Racine. overnight lows ranged from 39 to 58. Precipitation over the weekend was generally under a quarter inch, with lakeshore totals about .11 inch.
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Two Rivers
Manitowoc
Lakeshore
Wisconsin
Beloit
Racine
Eagle River
Ashland
Moore Is Car Crash Victim Near Crandon Forest County
Donald G. Moore 36 of Manitowoc dies from head injuries after his late model station wagon left County Trunk W west of Wabeno and rolled down a steep embankment. He was en route to St Mary Hospital Rhinelander after the 9 p.m. accident. The crash raises Wisconsin highway toll to 289 for 1974 with other weekend fatalities noted in Fond du Lac Eau Claire Rock Falls and Milwaukee areas.
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Crandon
Manitowoc
Donald G. Moore
Sylvan Dr
Wabena
Forest County
Moore
Red Arrow Products Co
20Th St
St. Mary Hospital
Rhinelander
Ronald L. Meyers
Joseph Kluss
Wabeno
Freedom
Kluss
City of
Meyers
Richard Petrich
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
Susan Potter
Ronald Rowe
Eau Claire
Dunn County
Rock Falls
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Susan J. Eggert
Richard F. Kneip
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Watergate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Niewspape
JGR
Kennedy
Ford
Princeton
N.J
Edward M. Kennedy
Gerald R. Ford
Gallup
Saigon
Bien Hoa
Woodcock
Los Angeles
United Auto Workers Union
Leonard Woodcock
Io Uaw
Ulster
West Virginia
Charles Colson
U.S. District Court At
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Daniel Ellsberg
Gerhard Gesell
Calson
Gesell
Minnesota
Wendell Ford
Kentucky
Tom McCall
Oregon
Daniel J. Evans
Carter
McCall
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
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