Wisconsin man William Nolde last American to die in Vietnam
Lt. Col. William B. Nolde 43 of Sussex was killed in Vietnam just before the cease fire. He had a long Army career from Korea through Vietnam and spoke Vietnamese fluently. His brothers and sisters remembered him as dedicated and deeply concerned for the Vietnamese people.
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Wisconsin
Sussex
Wis
Vietnam
Joseph J. Nolde
William B. Nolde
Nolde
Menominee, Mich
Upper Peninsula
Henry
Menominee
Green Bay
Washington, D.C
William Nolde
Menominee High School
Michigan State Central Teachers College
Mount Pleasant
Upper Michigan
William
Korea
Germany
Italy
Joseph
Kenneth Olson
Joyce Nolde
Kenneth Olsen
Bill
Ted Cook
Central Michigan University
Stier
California
Versace
Humbert Versace
Wisconsin POW List Confirms 11 Men Missing or Dead
Wisconsin families learned by telegram and phone that Hanoi has listed 11 service members as prisoners of war or deceased. Names include Col Gordon A. Larson La Crosse. Lt Col Daniel J. Doughty Ladysmith. Capt Frederic R. Flom Menasha. Capt Gerald L. Gerndt Spring. Maj Donald L. Heiliger Madison. Lt Cmdr William J. Metzger Jr. Wisconsin Rapids. Capt Martin J. Nevens Aurora. Capt William J. Reich Clinton. Lt Cmdr Theodore Stier Menasha. and Col Eugene Hadrahan Baldwin among others. Families react with relief, mixed emotion, and renewed concern as some names confirmed dead or missing for years.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
North Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
Hanoi
Milwaukee Sentinel
Milwaukee Journal
Army
Stephen Leopold
Air Force
Daniel J. Doughty
Ladysmith
Frederic R. Flom
Menasha
Gerald Lee Gerndt
Rural Spring
William Henderson
Donald L. Heiliger
Madison
Gordon A. Larson
la Crosse
Navy
William J. Metzger Jr
Wisconsin Rapids
Martin J. Nevens
Aurora
William J. Reich
Clinton
Theodore Stier
Henderson
Humbert Roque Versace
Sijan
Versace
Black Earth
Charles Leopold
Son
Leopolds
Florence County
Beatrice Nevens
Vietnam
Tom Benton
Flom
Ginny
Gerndt
Ellsworth Gerndt
Suring
Metzger
Annadale
William Metzger
Kenneth Stier
Baldwin
Eugene Hadrahan
James Ketter
Sparta
Dale Richardson
Wayne Irsch
Patrick Wynne
University of Wisconsin-Stout
St. Paul
Hadrahan
Sharon
Nixon's Deficit Budget Asks No Tax Increase
President Nixon sent Congress a 1974 budget of 268.7 billion dollars claiming no tax hike and urging spending limits. He forecast a 12 billion dollar deficit and highlighted increases in pollution control crime energy and health funding while defense would reach 79 billion.
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Nixon
Washington
Congress
Key Biscayne, Fla
Weather Outlook: Partly Cloudy Mild Start To Week
Partly cloudy with a slow warming trend Monday night and Tuesday. Monday night low in the midteens with a 5 percent chance of precipitation. Tuesday highs near 33 with southerly winds under 12 mph and a 10 percent chance of precipitation. Wednesday mostly cloudy with a chance of occasional snow and little temperature change, low around 18.
Look Inside Johnson His Own Man
A compact portrait traces Lyndon Baines Johnson from succeeding Kennedy to his White House years. The piece highlights his achievements and political trajectory based on archival reporting and Johnson’s leadership style.
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Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Jfk
White House
NATO and Warsaw Pact set for Vienna talks on force cuts
NATO and 11 allies plan to meet in Vienna starting Wednesday to outline mutual and balanced force reductions in central Europe. Seventeen nations will participate with the West and the Soviet bloc represented, while France Portugal and Iceland abstain. Talks aim to establish groundwork for substantive fall discussions.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
North Atlantic
Vienna
Anced
Europe
NATO Group
North Atlantic Council
Alliance
France
Portugal
Iceland
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Norway
Denmark
NATO
Reds Hold Up Laos POW List
The US expects a Laos POW list to raise the total to 555 prisoners in Indochina as the Pentagon works with North Vietnam to identify missing names. Pentagon spokesman Friedheim says a Laos list is not yet provided and efforts will continue in coming months to determine fates.
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Reds
Laos
Washington
United States
U.S
Indochina
North
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
Jerry W. Friedheim
Paris
Friedheim
Gilbert H. Woodward
Joint
North Vietnam
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Darlene
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Soviet Union
Romania
Bulgaria
Bomiees Os
Dick Jae
Women
Ann Landers
Nena
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