Nixon streamlines executive branch with five policy aides
President Nixon announced five aides will oversee all policy making and three cabinet members will serve as presidential counselors for natural resources human resources and community development. A staff cut will halve the 4216 Executive Office employees by June.
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Wisconsin braces for subzero cold statewide
Arctic high pressure locks Wisconsin in a frigid spell through midweek with subzero highs and lows from 25 below to five above. Weekend lake snow flurries, dry long range and single digits to teens expected. In national news the USPS plans a Truman memorial stamp issued May 8 with Independence Missouri as first day site.
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Weather Outlook Cold Weekend With Light Snow Chances
Fair and continued cold conditions into the weekend with a low of 10 to 15 below Saturday night and a high near 5 above Sunday. Snow chances are 5 percent Saturday night and 10 percent Sunday, followed by partly cloudy skies and a cold Monday with a low around 5 below.
Balts Defends La Crosse Schools Amid Union Charges
La Crosse Area Public School District Superintendent Eugene Balts defends district against accusations from the La Crosse Education Association. Page 5. Also Friday night Big Rivers action saw Logan's Rangers defeat Chippewa Falls while Central fell to Wausau West. Page 7. Governor's Commission on Cable Communications members back state control but disagree on methods. Page 12.
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Talks May Not Bring Peace, Nixon Reports
President Nixon told congressional leaders he cannot say if renewed Paris talks will yield a settlement. Kissinger heads to Camp David for intensive talks before resuming negotiations with Le Duc Tho. Antiwar groups plan Inauguration Day demonstrations with candlelight and mass marches.
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People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
Arlington Cemetery
Washington Monument
Hanoi says bombing worsens North Vietnam production crisis
North Vietnam announced an emergency relief program to stabilize production and living conditions after December U.S. bombing. Hanoi claimed U.S. warplanes renewed strikes above the 20th Parallel, while U.S. sources denied any planned campaign there and reported heavy raids below the line.
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Quintuplets Born To Illinois Couple In Evanston Hospital
A Northbrook couple welcomed quintuplets three girls and two boys born Friday night in Highland Park Hospital, then moved to Evanston Hospital in fair condition. The babies, one month premature and weighing 1:11 to 3:** ounces, face a crucial first 72 hours in incubators under Dr. William Gardner.
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Lynn Baer
Highland Park Hospital
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Evanston Hospital
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Illinois State Trauma System
Masseuses Speak Out Over Harassment From Obscene Phone Calls
73 year old state licensed masseuse Gertrude Fuller and chiropractor Anne Marie Skaar recount obscene calls and embarrassment as massage parlors face stigma. They say harassment forces some therapists to quit advertising and consider leaving the profession.
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New York City
Direct distance dialing begins Sunday for La Crosse area
Direct distance dialing will start at 12:01 a.m. for La Crosse Onalaska and West Salem Barre Mills exchange customers of La Crosse Telephone Corp. The $2,946,000 equipment project began June 16 1971 at 5th Ave and Jay St. It will allow station to station person to person collect and credit card calls.
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Business Communication Center
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Security checks begin at La Crosse airport after order
North Central Airlines began screening passengers at La Crosse and other boarding points under a presidential order. A magnetic detector, bag searches, and Tri-State Security, Inc. perform searches. Costs may be passed to passengers as FAA regulates common carriers.
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Washington, D. C
Radios Help Family Safe After Managua Earthquake In Nicaragua
In Nicaragua near Managua a Wiscons in student learns his family survived the quake. Amateur radio operators in La Crosse linked him with a Granada colonel then Ignatio station to confirm his parents and siblings were safe and moving north for provisions. The effort underscores amateur radio as a critical lifeline in disaster.
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Hector Ramos
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
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WLCX
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Ignatia
Dick Konrad
UWL
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