Robb denies Marines killed civilians in Vietnam
Maj Charles Robb, son in law of former president Lyndon B Johnson, says he is anxious for a Pentagon investigation into charges that members of his Marine company killed or injured Vietnamese civilians. He says he knows of no such incidents and notes he commands 200 men.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Charles Robb
Pentagon
Marine ‘Company
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
U.S
Percy
Anthony Martin-Trigona
Champaign
Jack Anderson
New York Post
Robb’s Marine Company
Martin Trigona
Vietnam
Robb
Marine District
NATO Plans To Ask Soviets For Troop Reduction Talks
Fourteen NATO foreign ministers agreed to press Moscow for talks on mutual troop reductions as a step toward a broader European security conference. France abstained, opposing NATO-Warsaw Pact troop reductions. The ministers debated how to handle East German recognition and a pan European security framework while the U.S. and Canada resisted rapid force cuts, pledging no reductions before mid 1972.
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NATO
Brussels
North Atlantic Alliance
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Maurice Schumann
Moscow
Schumann
Europe
Czechoslovakia
United States
Canada
Walter Scheel
West Germany
Germany
Britain
Soviet Union
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Poul Hartling
Andrei Gromyko
Rogers
Defense
Melvin Laird
Alliance
Mills Says Nixon To Get Tax Bill Before Christmas
Washington AP reports Rep. Wilbur D. Mills says Congress will finish the tax reform bill and send it to the President before Christmas despite Senate changes. Key issues include a higher personal exemption and top rate adjustments, with a Senate-House conference looming and a possible Social Security boost addition.
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Mills
Nixon
Edmond Lebreton Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Sen
Rus ‘Sell Long
D-La
Ways and Means
Official Says Shakeup Is Needed in Education
Minneapolis AP report quotes Don Davies of the U S Office of Education saying rising teacher militancy signals better educated teachers and a shift toward accountability. He warns of upheaval to emphasize teacher quality over curriculum changes and praises COP as a path to attract talent from low income communities.
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Minneapolis
U.S
Davies
Rites Saturday For Dickeyville Murder Victim
WAUZEKA Wis Services for Mrs George Torgerson 22 stabbed to death in Dickeyville home Wednesday Dec 3. Her husband George Torgerson 26 charged with the death and case continued to Monday Dec 8 no bond set. She is survived by son Perry 6 and daughter Teresa 5, parents Mr and Mrs Raymond Rieger, maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Forest Picha. Services 2 p.m. Saturday at Wauzeka United Methodist Church burial in Wauzeka Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at Lake Thornburg Funeral Home Prairie du Chien.
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Wauzeka
Wis
George Torgerson
Dickeyville
Torgerson
Nancy Rieger
Raymond Rieger
Raccoons Decked For Winter Nap Habits
Raccoons fatten themselves for the winter but do not hibernate. In cold regions they take long naps with ring tails curled over muzzles and black button noses in a cozy, low-energy pattern.
Crash Driver Fell Asleep In Westby Collision
WESTBY Wis Three persons were injured and one remained hospitalized after a 1230 a m crash on N Main Street. Driver David Stellner 17 said he fell asleep. The car hit a streetlight pole breaking it off. Diane Hagen 16 was hospitalized with head cuts but expected to be released. Stellner and Bonnie Peterson 16 were treated and released.
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Westby
Wis
N. Main Street
David Stellner
Viroqua
Vernon County
Diane Hagen
Chaseburg
Stellner
Bonnie Peterson
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Last non Italian born pope Adrian VI elected in 1522
Adrian VI of Utrecht, the last pope not born in Italy, was elected to the papacy in 1522 marking a rare non Italian ascendancy in the early 16th century church.
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Adrian VI
Utrecht
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Maj. Robb
Lacrosse
la Crosse State University
3Rd and Vine Streets
la Crosse
Chiefs
Collins- la Crosse Sign Co
Tribune
By Carl Hartman
William P. Rogers
South 4Th
Senta
Batavian National Bank OF Lacrosse
Family Bank
Main St
F.d.1.c
Dial
Don Davies
Bureau of Educational Personnel Department
Kroger’s
Leithold
Reed & Barton
Reed and Barton
Gorwer
Securities Exchange
Marshall Company
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Marshall Company, Inc. Investment Securities
City
Stoddard
Wisconsin
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