Town Paris residents prefer coal plant to nuclear neighbor
In Kenosha County Paris Township Wisconsin the farming community of 1200 residents welcomes a $400 million coal fired plant planned for Pleasant Prairie eight miles away over a nuclear site. They expect tax losses and land relocations but favor avoiding a nuclear plant. Utility officials cite geology as a factor and say Paris was among five sites studied for plants by the 1980s.
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Milwaukee
Paris
Robert M. Kueny
Kenosha County
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Pleasant Prairie
Kueny
Keing
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Electric
August Ziebe
Nixon Announces Middle East Mission Achievements
President Nixon told congressional leaders the United States will offer no encouragement to any nation acquiring nuclear weapons while defending U S reactor aid to Egypt and Israel. He reported on a bipartisan trip that restored relations with Egypt and Syria and hinted at renewed ties with Algeria.
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Washington
Nixon
United States
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
U.S
Egypt
Israel
Soviet Union
European
Middle East
Syria
Scott
Algeria
Cabinet
National Security Council
Moscow
Camp David
Brussels
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Tricia Cox
Julie Eisenhower
Eisenhower
David
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Andrews
Nixon Tax Deductions in Impeachment Inquiry Probed
The House impeachment inquiry examines Nixon tax returns focused on a $576,000 deduction for vice presidential papers given to the government. Questions surround a deed for the gift and whether fraud occurred in its preparation though IRS already disallowed the deduction and assessed back taxes. The Judiciary Committee also reviews Nixon personal finances for possible use of government or campaign funds.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Judiciary Committee
Internal Revenue Service
Joint Committee On
Internal Revenue Taxation
Peter W. Rodino Jr
DNJ
Nations advance law of the sea talks worldwide
At Caracas the United States signaled readiness to extend territorial seas from three to twelve miles only within a global agreement. About five thousand delegates attend the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea as nations consider a universal 12 mile limit and how to handle passageways and resource rights.
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Caracas
Venezuela
United States
U.S
John Stevenson
H.S. Amerasinghe
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
North Vietnam
Vienna
Soviet Union
4-H Judging Team Wins First Place at District Contest
Manitowoc County Senior 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Team won first place at the Northeast Wisconsin district contest at Brown County Fairgrounds with 1,551 points, defeating Langlade 1,538. Team members Cindy Kracht Greg Miller Mark Staudinger and Steve Rabe with Dennis Orth as alternate. coached by Borgwardt for four years.
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Depere
Manitowoc County
Wisconsin
Brown County Fairgrounds
Roger Borgwardt
Langlade County
Fand du Lac County
Sheboygan County
Cindy Kracht
Greg Miller
Mark Staudinger
Steve Rabe
Dennis Orth
Borgwardt
Market News Briefs From Across The Midwest And Texas
Cattle prices fell after cattlemen’s holding action, traders blamed big receipts for the downturn. Kansas wheat growers and handlers say farmers hold tight to newly harvested grain, with duration and price uncertain. Herman Nagel survived three tornadoes near Des Moines, joking that fate is aiming at him. In New Jersey, Sharon Pinkham risks losing college admission after a failed gym class exam, unless she overturns the rule. Willie Farah announces Farah Manufacturing’s revival after a long plant shutdown and union recognition ends a wage dispute.
Calley to Turn Himself In to Army Custody
Former Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. agreed to surrender to Army authorities at Fort Benning this afternoon. He will be treated as a regular prisoner and placed in the stockade after a court hearing confirmed Army custody rights.
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Columbus
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Charles T. Erion
U.S
Post Stockade
Calley
My Lai
Erion
U.S. District Court
J. Robert Elliott
Army
National Fink Day in North Central Texas Town
In Fink Texas AP reports National Fink Week with 1,000 to 2,000 admirers expected for a festival in a town of nine. Visitors travel from Nebraska Iowa Ohio Michigan with events including a free barbecue flea market and a museum tour. Mayor Patricia Albright notes inquiries from Korea as festivities begin with raising a Fink flag bearing a rod and reel a shotgun and three stars.
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Beatrice, Neb
Don Fink
Dridge
Iowa
Wilbur Fink
Columbus
Ohio
Nick Fink
Comstock Park
Mich
Patricia Albright
Texas Capitol
Summer Starts Friday in Wisconsin Weather Outlook
The last full day of a damp spring gave way to clear and fair skies in most of Wisconsin as Friday marks the summer start with highs in the 70s. Scattered thundershowers were forecast for central and southern areas, with no statewide precipitation reported in the prior 24 hours. Maximum readings ranged from 4 at Baldwin to 68 at Racine, with Manitowoc in the 70s.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Eau Claire
Manitowoc
Weather Bureau
Baldwin
Racine
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McCord
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Azores
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Haig
Cambodia
Henry E. Petersen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Petersen
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate Watergate Committee
C. G
Bebe” Rebozo
John J. Sirica
House Judiciary Committee
Leon Jaworski
THE
Associated Press
Lebanon
Lebanese Defense Ministry
Sharir
Nabih Basha
Sidon
Beirut
Tyre
United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Basho
Ein el Hilweh
Furn
Lebang
Mediterranean Sea
Kansas City
Kansas
Hutchinson, Kan
Ankeny
Herman Nagel
Nagel
Des Moines
South River
N.J
Sharon Pinkham
Middlesex County College
San Antonio
Tex
Willie Farah
Farah
Farah Manufacturing Co
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Fink, Tex
Fink
Korea
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Warner Bros
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Poe Haehn
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