Nixon ends mandatory wage price controls amid market rise
President Nixon lifted most mandatory wage price controls except for food and health, shifting to voluntary guidelines and seeking Congress to extend enforcement authority. The move sparked a Dow rise and mixed forecasts on inflation and wage growth, with lawmakers divided on the plan's impact.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Chicago
John R. Kernodle
American Medical Association
Allied
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Patman
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Gerald
Public School Study On Closed Holy Cross Seminary
Mayor W Peter Gilbertson asks La Crosse Diocese and La Crosse Area Public School District to study leasing the closed Holy Cross Seminary as a public school. Church leaders doubt immediate use. district may seek seminary land if available. St Pius X School plans to move in next fall with open concept education.
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W. Peter Gilbertson
la Crosse
la Crosse Area
Holy Cross Seminary
Gilbertson
Eugene Batts
Peter Butz
St. Pius X Catholic Church
John Malik
Holy Cross
Old Central
St. Pius X School
Balts
Batts
Father Butz
St. Pius
Fr. Butz
Summit School
Two Men Charged in La Crosse Shooting Kidnap Case
In La Crosse County Court two men Wilbur Streeter and Roy Gallington were charged with kidnapping conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder. Bonds set at 50000 each. both are jailed without posting. Streeter claimed 700 dollars, Gallington 400 plus 12000 carried, seeking court-appointed counsel.
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Wilbur E. Streeter
Roy H. Gallington
Donald Hanson
la Crosse
la Crosse County Court
Hubert Schleiter
Madison
Roger Imes
Gallington
Donald Harmon
Streeter
Helen Schwinefus
Leonard Roraff
Vernon County
Burleigh
Randolph
la Crosse County
Dennis Tolvstad
Buck
Highway 14
Shelby
John Farrell
Mormon Coulee Road
Farrell
Austin
Witness says two snipers in New Orleans hotel siege
A hotel employee testified that a second sniper aided Essex during the Downtown Howard Johnsons siege after confirming Essex was on the eighth floor. Mayor Landrieu said police believe at least two snipers were present amid multiple fires as investigators interview 400 officers and responders.
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New Orleans
Moon Landrieu
Howard Johnson's
Mark J. Essex
Emporia
Kan
New Orleans Times- Picayune
Essex
Rault Center
Gravier Street
Weekend Weather Outlook: Warmer Friday to Sunday
Fair and warmer Friday night and Saturday with a low near 15 and a high near 35. Light southwest winds rise to 10 to 15 mph on Saturday. A 10 percent precipitation chance. Sunday remains cloudy and a bit warmer with a low near 18.
Nixon Phase 3 controls questioned in questions and answers
A Page 8 feature explains President Nixon's Phase 3 controls as largely voluntary and open to questions and answers. The piece notes a special reason for Moscow backing Hanoi's demand to keep 175,000 North Vietnamese troops in the South. Page 4 discusses peacetime occupation and the legitimacy of Soviet troops in Poland and Hungary.
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Richard Nixon
Moscow
Hanoi
Paul Scott
U.S
Poland
Hungary
La Crosse approves broad pay hike for city department heads
The Common Council grants a $24 a month across the board increase for department heads and nonunion staff for 1973, phased out increments, and a health premium rise funded by the city. Police Chief Ronald C. Wold and the mayor face salary boosts, with Wold set to receive a $78 a month rise to 1411 dollars.
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la Crosse
Ronald C. Wold
Common Council
Addis
Rusch
Wold
Curtis Storck
14Th Dist
Gilbertson
Mayor Wins Pay Increase For City Leader In April
The council approved a raise raising the mayor from 1 031 to 1 116 dollars monthly effective in April plus a 24 dollar a month across the board rise. The vote followed debate over whether the mayor’s job should be full time and how it compared with department head salaries.
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John K. Flanagan
Wardwell
Patrick Zielke
19Th Dist
Robert Johnson
21St Dist
Milo G. Knutson
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Michigan
Sen
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Ben Rosenthal
D-N.y
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Eugene Feuerhelm
Tribune
Gary R. Kiefner
Tri-State
Rae
Yakriebe
Ann Landers
Arid
Bridge
Thomas Roellich
Joseph Addis
Roellich
Jerome Rusch
L. Peter Groves
Addis and Roellich
Lee Foley
Merlin Bauer
16Th Dist
Busch
Loren Wardwell
9Th Dist
Storck
Ferdinand Sontag
Harold Swanson
Swanson
Warren Loveland
Johnson
Reginald Gassen
Donald Medinger
Bauer
James Shoger
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