Senate Opens With War End Urgency as Democrats Push Cut
The 93rd Congress opens with Senate Democrats endorsing immediate Vietnam disinvolvement while Republicans split on Nixon peace efforts. Leaders are re-elected as Mansfield urges total war funding cutoff and Congress asserts its checks and balances role.
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Congress
Senate
Democrats
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
House
Spiro T. Agnew
Pat Jennings
Carl Albert
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Vietnam
Charles Percy
Illinois
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
John G. Tower
Texas
William E. Brock
Tennessee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Mansfield
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Gerald R. Ford
Leslie C. Arends
John Anderson
Executive Branch
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
North Vietnam
Senate Gop
House Democrats
Nixon Administration
United Fund Near Goal as Banquet Set
La Crosse Area United Fund stands at 98 percent of its 381000 goal with 372000 raised. The Jan 23 banquet at 7 30 p m in the Cerise Club features John Myers of Hoerner Waldorf Corp as speaker and is open to the public.
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la Crosse Area
Lawrence O'Neill
Philip Davy
John Myers
Hoerner Waldorf Corp
St. Paul
O'Neill
Myers
America
Twin Cites
Guthrie Theater Foundation
SPH Hotel Co
Youth Leadership Association
Episcopal Church Foundation
Northwest Bancorporation
Metropolitan Opera
Upper Midwest
Plane hijacker talks surrender after hostage standoff
In Baltimore a man hijacked a Piedmont Airlines plane, held two stewardesses, and demanded Toronto. After talks with FBI Agent Farrow, Cardinal Shehan, and Dr. Lyon, the gunman released the hostages and surrendered about three hours after the event began. He cited personal problems and said he admired the cardinal.
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Baltimore
FBI
Charles A. Wenige
Piedmont Airlines
Toronto
Canada
Thomas H. Farrow
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
John Lyon
Farrow
Wenige
Fairfax
Korea
Little Woman's Viewpoint at Harrisburg Swearing-In Scene
Seven-year-old Johanna Broughton of Pittsburgh peered between a spectator and a newsman on the floor in a crowded reception room outside the governor's office during the swearing in of new state officials in Harrisburg, AP Wirephoto.
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Johanna Broughton
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Heavy Snow Warning and Cold Stock Weather Outlook
A heavy snow warning is in effect Wednesday night with four inches of accumulation expected by morning. Temperatures fall to around 20 degrees with windy, colder Thursday and light snow flurries possible. Winds shift to northerly, speeds 15 to 30 mph, with 100 percent precipitation Wednesday night and 50 percent Thursday. Friday remains cloudy and cold with a low near 10.
World Health Org hails near end of smallpox fight
WHO officials report unparalleled success in global efforts to wipe out smallpox and say final victory is near. The bulletin notes progress toward eradication and references continued vaccination and surveillance worldwide.
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World Health Organization
Medicare Premiums Rise 50 Cents to 6.30 a Month
The Health, Education and Welfare Department announced a 50 cent monthly premium increase for 22.5 million elderly Americans starting July 1. The supplemental Medicare plan will cost 6.30 monthly, funding doctor bills and other health services as costs rise. The change accompanies new Social Security legislation extending Medicare to 1.7 million disabled people under 65.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Elliot L. Richardson
Congress
Genoa man Anthony Curt dies at 87 former county official
Anthony Curt of Genoa, 87, former Vernon County Board chairman and bank director, died Tuesday in a La Crosse hospital. Services set for Thursday at South Side Blaschke Funeral Home and St. Charles Church Genoa, with burial in the church cemetery. He survived by four sons, two daughters, 27 grandchildren, and two nuns. wife preceded him.
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Genoa
Wis
Anthony Curti
Vernon County Board
la Crosse
Genoa State Bank
South Side
Blaschke Funeral Home
St. Charles Catholic Church
Oswald Schulte
Mary Mechtilde
FSPA
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Mary Inez DeSales
Anthony Jr
Francis
Charles
William
Minneapolis
Wisconsin Assembly adopts rules limiting debate power
Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly approved Norman Anderson's rules to curb floor chatter and speed bills. The 62-33 vote introduces a 20 minute debate limit when the calendar is behind, expands the Rules Committee's authority, and draws criticism from Republicans who warn of boss rule and muffled minority input.
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Madison
Wis
Norman Anderson
Wisconsin Assembly
Joe” Cannon
Congress
Anderson
Assembly
Senate
Nixon
House
F. James Sensenbrenner
Shorewood
Joseph G. Cannon
Illinois
House of Representatives
Herbert Grover
D-Shawano
Consin Assembly
Sensenbrenner
Harout
Sanasarian
Milwaukee
City panel backs amended 1973 Longfellow school addition
La Crosse finance committee approved a 4 to 1 measure to add the Longfellow Junior High addition to the 1973 capital improvements program. The $1,702,000 plan will be funded by $405,000 in available funds and a $1,297,000 bond, easing overcrowding at Longfellow and Lincoln. The proposal shifts savings from lower IMC bids to the Longfellow project, with final approval to the Fiscal Control Board next week.
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Longfellow
Sontag
Fiscal Control Board
St. Pius X
IMC
la Crosse Area
Eugene Balts
Washington
Lincoln
Balts
St. Pius X School
Shelby Town
Ralph Lee
Shelby
Pius
Carl Fortner
R. 3
Hintgen School
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John F. Kennedy Center
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Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Tri-State
Hy Gardner
Ann Landers
Aaeae
Anthony Curt
State Assembly
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