Winona Nun Escapes Injury in Highway 61 Crash
Sister Agnes E. Grose 40 of the Catholic Diocese of Winona escaped injury when her diocese car was rear ended by a grain truck on Highway 61 near the I 90 overpass south of the Dresbach Information Center. Driver Ivan J. Putzier 46 of St Charles Minn was uninjured. An unidentified bus caused the crash by turning onto the ramp.
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Winona
Dresbach
Agnes E. Grose
Office of Education
la Crescent
Ivan J. Putzier
St. Charles
Minn
Putzier
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Highway 61
Agnes
Highway Patrol
Tribune
US Impact Aid funds to flow to thousands of districts
The Nixon administration agreed to release 507 million dollars in impact aid to about 4,650 school districts nationwide. HEW will detail distribution later. funds restore aid cut earlier. Allocations factor 25 percent enrollment thresholds and categorize children by federal employment and residence.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
White House
HEW
Prgram
U.S. Office of Education
Congress
Planes Collide In Air Killing 16 At Mountain View Golf Course
In Mountain View California an NASA Convair 990 and a Navy P3 Orion collided in flight and crashed onto Sunnyvale Golf Course. Sixteen men were killed and one fighter sustained critical injuries. A Navy board investigates why both planes were so close near Moffett Field.
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Mountain View
Calif
Ron Kimball
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
David
C. Bruce N. Mallibert
Jandt Named New UF Executive Director Succeeding Runkle
Allen F. Jandt, associate director of the La Crosse Area United Fund, is appointed executive director effective May 1. He succeeds Thomas H. Runkle, retiring after 12 years. Jandt joined the United Fund in 1971 after work with the American Cancer Society. Runkle, 63, previously served as Michigan United Fund field representative and led the La Crosse United Fund to annual goals for a decade.
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Allen F. Jandt
la Crosse
Thomas H. Runkle
Jandt
S. 31St Place
United Fund
American Cancer Society
Wisconsin
Madison
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Runkle
Michigan
Michigan United Fund
Michigan Probation and Parole Association
la Crosse United Fund
Wisconsin Board of Health Social Services
Esther
Maple Drive
United States and Arabs clash at United Nations over Beirut raid
At the United Nations Security Council the United States and Arab states faced off over Palestinian charges of U S involvement in the Beirut raid. Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Hassan el Zayyat headed to New York as Lebanon pushed for a stronger condemnation of Israel. Israel countered by citing terrorist attacks linked to Beirut and Fatah, while U S envoy John Scali rejected the Palestinian accusations as a dangerous lie.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
U.S
Beirut
Council
Mohamed Hassan el-Zayyat
U. N
William P. Rogers
Washington
U. S
John A. Scali
Security Council
Lebanon
Scali
Lod
Munich
Khartoum
Cyprus
Fatah
Tekoah
Houston County Faces Vote Over Wisconsin ETV Tower
Houston County Minnesota officials weigh blocking the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board tower planned near La Crescent. A zoning hearing will be set after the ECB applies for a permit to build the 869 foot structure atop a 500 foot bluff, with local pilots and airport officials expected to oppose.
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Houston County
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
la Crosse
ECB
la Crescent
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Fay
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Raymond Ballinger
344 Nontenured Teachers Cut Across UW Campuses
The University of Wisconsin system notified 344 nontenured faculty on 13 campuses that their contracts will not be renewed after this academic year. Whitewater led with 68, Oshkosh 57, Stevens Point 40, River Falls 35, Milwaukee 31, Eau Claire 30, La Crosse 19, Superior 19, Stout 13, Madison 10, Parkside 1. Officials cited budget factors and routine personnel pruning as possible reasons with no firm breakdown available.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin System
Uw-Whitewater
Oshkosh
Stevens Point
River Falls
Milwaukee
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Superior
Stout
Madison
Parkside
Donald Smith
Weekend Weather Outlook For Local Area
Fair and warmer Friday night with a low near 34. Saturday brings increasing cloudiness and a mild high around 60 with southerly winds 5 to 15 mph. Precipitation chances are 0 percent Friday night and 20 percent Saturday. Sunday stays cloudy and mild with a low near 42 and a chance of light rain.
Advisory commissions flood federal landscape with 1400 groups
The article notes a surge in federal advisory bodies as presidents and Congress lean on commissions. It reports the government now maintains about 1,400 such groups, reflecting expanded use of expert panels in policymaking.
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Congress
Nixon aides under close White House scrutiny
A White House correspondent surveys Harry Robbins Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, two of President Nixon's most influential lieutenants, detailing their roles and power within the administration.
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White House
Harry Robbins Haldeman
John Daniel Ehrlichman
Richard Nixon
Welfare Recipients Win Revision In Basic Needs
La Crosse County Board adopts a revised basic needs list for welfare recipients amid pressure from the Welfare Rights Organization. The plan expands items funded and ties purchases to annual eligibility reviews, with concerns about additional costs and funding.
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la Crosse
Department
Malcolm Johnson
Basic Services
Jerome Kuntz
Johnson
Dane County
Kuntz
Marilyn Inge
Suggsting
la Crosse County
Inge
Thomas Roellich
Dist
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Israel
Edouard Ghorra
Yosef Tekoah
Houston
Harry Wiggert
Aviation Board
la Crosse Area
Flyers Club
D.C
Gaylord Nelson
Cote
Ballinger
Wiggert
Nixon
Deaths Tree
Eee Eell
Ann Landers
Jerome R. Rosso
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