Community Scene highlights long marriages and local events
Lakeshore area residents celebrate 50 plus year marriages with photos and articles in today's Community Scene. Manitowoc County entries loom for the Wisconsin Junior State Fair while growers are urged to check oat smut. Swine selection school offers area hog producers a learning opportunity. Farm of the Week is Daryl Gabsch farm Rt 2 Cleveland open through Sunday.
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Lakeshore Area
Manitowoc County
Daryl Gabsch
Rt. 2
Cleveland
Lakeshore Farm
Locust Grove search targets fugitive Gene Hart in Girl Scout killings
A 250-man posse including state police sharpshooters, Tulsa officers, and 150 volunteers scoured a 10 square mile area near Skunk Mountain for Gene Leroy Hart, the convicted rapist at large after allegedly killing three Girl Scouts and a suspect in two days of murder charges. A farmer reported seeing a man with two guns flee a cave toward a field as authorities intensified the manhunt.
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Locust Grove
Okla
Tulsa
Skunk Mountain
Gene Leroy Hart
AMA approves privately financed health plan stance
San Francisco report says the American Medical Association voted to keep backing a privately financed national health insurance plan after quashing member dissent. The House of Delegates, representing about 203,000 members, voted by acclamation to continue the current plan as the AMA wrapped up its annual meeting.
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San Francisco
The
American Medical Association
House of Delegates
AMA
Supreme Court rules prisoners cannot unionize or sue for convictions
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state prisoners have no right to form unions and that some inmates cannot file federal court appeals to overturn convictions. Justices Brennan and Marshall dissented in both 72 vote decisions, signaling liberal splits on individual liberty concerns.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Castro cites Carter policy easing Cuba relations
Fidel Castro told about 70 American businessmen that normal ties with the United States may be possible again, noting Carter runs the first administration in 18 years not committed to aggression toward Cuba. He said the climate is favorable for resolving long-standing differences.
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Havana, Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Carter
New Chile plan hints at alternatives to Chilean junta
The National Security Council asked the CIA to prepare a study on possible alternatives to Chile's anti Communist military regime. The Carter administration has distanced itself from the Chilean junta over human rights, but the NSC order adds a new dimension to anti junta policy.
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Washington
National Security Council
CIA
Chile
Carter
Cold front brings showers then clearing skies for weekend
Wisconsin faces a cold front with scattered showers and thunderstorms later this day followed by a high pressure system that should bring mostly sunny and warmer conditions by Saturday. forecasters warn of brief gusty winds heavy rain and possible hail with the storms. temperatures in the 80s to near 90 with cooler nights follow.
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Wisconsin
National Weather Service
Weather Service
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Iowa
Green Bay
Manitowoc County
Lakeshore
Manitowoc
Two Rivers
House Bans Aid for Cuba and Six Other Nations
The House approved a 6.7 billion foreign aid bill trimmed by 373 million as it banned all U S aid or trade with Cuba and barred indirect aid to Vietnam Cambodia Laos Uganda Angola and Mozambique. The vote showed deep partisan divisions as Speaker O Neill accused Republicans of demagoguery while White House officials warned the action could hinder national interests. The bill moves to the Senate where Carter officials expect a reversal or modification.
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Washington
Carter
House of Representatives
Senate
House
U.S
Cuba
Thomas P. O'Neill
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Uganda
Angola
Mozambique
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
Congress
South Korea
Nicaragua
United States
O'Neill
Agnew faces IRS tax claims on unreported 1973 income
Former vice president Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned in 1973 over tax evasion, is challenged by the IRS for failing to report about 27000 dollars of 1973 income. The agency seeks back taxes and penalties for home improvements, aircraft use, personal expenses, and other disallowed deductions. Agnew's lawyer calls the IRS action harassment and has filed in U.S. Tax Court.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Agnew
United States
Myron J. Mintz
U.S
General Services Administration
Mintz
Kerwood, Md
Supreme Court allows limited tax aid to parochial students
The Supreme Court ruled that states may spend tax dollars to provide books and certain educational services to parochial school pupils but cannot finance field trips or lend equipment. Ohio law extending up to 8 million dollars in materials over two years was upheld in part, creating a narrow avenue around church-state separation while banning some aid types.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Ohio
Laetrile Tests Ordered By National Cancer Institute
The National Cancer Institute will test Laetrile on cancer patients after public pressure. Acting director Dr. Guy R. Newell said the experiments do not change the view that Laetrile is not effective. Proponents claim a remedy, while opponents say it has no medicinal value.
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National Cancer Institute
Guy R. Newell
The
Cancer Institute
Newell
House
Manitowoc
Evers
A.C
Carl) Iwen
Madison
Oil lobby probe eyed in Wisconsin mining tax fight
Common Cause of Wisconsin urged congressmen to probe Exxon-USA lobbying against a proposed mining tax bill. Exxon lobbyist Michael Vaughan denied improper activity, while lawmakers criticized the lobbying. Governor Lucey’s staff was cited as a pressure source amid debate over tax brackets and legislative influence.
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Madison
Wis
Common Cause
Wisconsin
Exxon-Usa
Michael Vaughan
Exxon
Vaughan
Edward Small
Small
Secretary of State
Marlin Schneider
Wisconsin Rapids
Assembly Revenue Committee
Jonathan Barry
Mount Horeb
Barry
Sheehan Donoghue
H Merrill
Patrick J. Lucey
Miss Donoghue
Steven Gunderson
Rosseo
Gunderson
Jackson County Mining Co
Black River Falls
Lucey
Stephen Holmgren
Mexico
Israeli Premier vows West Bank hold. Assad rebuts calls for Palestinian state
Prime Minister Menahem Begin says Israel will not surrender all West Bank lands or permit a Palestinian state. Syrian President Hafez Assad insists Arabs will not cede occupied land and warns of further wars as world opinion leans toward a Middle East peace conference.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Menahem Begin
West Bank
Hafez Assad
Assad
Middle East
Today
Begin
Likud
World Zionist Congress
Warron
Rse
Jordan
Carter
Gaza Strip
Israe
Judea
Samaria
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