Two Year Draft Renewal Blocked by Mansfield Amendment
Washington AP reports House Senate conferees struggle over a two year draft renewal as Mansfield's antiwar amendment seeks nine month pullout from Indochina. House backers press for a $2.4 billion military pay plan while talks stall on compromise.
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Washington
House-Senate
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
House
Mansfield
Nixon
Hanoi
House Volunteer Army
Monroe Board Elects Heilman as Chairman
Adolph C. Heilman was elected Monroe County Board chairman by unanimous vote to succeed the late Lester M. McMullen who died June 19. Heilman, vice chairman and longtime board member, will lead the county board with Ted Cole chosen to succeed him as vice chairman. The board also planned to appoint a Tomah supervisor, with candidates Harry Hill and Harvey Sowle.
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Sparta
Wis
Adolph C. Heilman
Monroe County
Lester M. McMullen
Heilman
Ted Cole
Tomah
Harry Hill
Harvey
Buster) Sowle
Red Cross Seeks Clothing For Schlicht Family After Fire
The Red Cross collecting at 1024 Main St urges donations for the Schlicht family of Stoddard whose rural home burned Tuesday afternoon. Five children require girls sizes 8 10 12 and shoes sizes 4 2 and 6. boys sizes 4 7 and shoes 8 4 10. men shirts 15 42 pants 33 by 30 and size 11 shoes. women dresses 13 14 and shoes 6 4 7. Donations accepted 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday.
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Red Cross
Main St
Stanley Schlicht
Schlicht
CTHK
Chipmunk Coulee
Stoddard
Bill Would Reverse Flow Of Rural Poor To Cities
Eight senators proposed a multibillion-dollar program to curb rural poverty migration to big cities. Democratic Senators Talmadge and Humphrey urged funding to guarantee Americans a free choice of where to live and work.
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Dillon Graham Washington
America
Herman E. Talmadge
Georgia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Milwaukee School Board elects first Black president
Milwaukee elects Harold B. Jackson Jr. as the first Black president of the school board. The 31-year-old attorney and Marquette University law professor won eight votes to six for incumbent Thomas Brennan on Tuesday night.
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Milwaukee
Harrold B. Jackson Jr
Milwaukee School Board
Marquette University
Thomas Brennan
Teamsters Leave Hoffa Shadow In Miami Beach
Union leaders at the 2100 delegate convention withdrew a proposed change abolishing elected local business agents in a unity move. Frank E. Fitzsimmons leads the post Hoffa era as they balance control and avoid floor fights while Nixon themes push rural subsidies and job creation.
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Miami Beach
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
James R. Hoffa
Fitzsimmons
Hoffa
Congress
White House
Harold Gibbons
St. Louis
Nixon
Teamsters Executive Board
Thomas E. Flynn
40 Horse Circus Team Planned For '72 Parade
Milwaukee sponsors unveil plans for a 40 horse hitch to lead next year’s Fourth of July parade featuring antique Circus World wagons from Baraboo. Richard Sparrow trains the draft horses, aiming to recreate a rare 40 horse spectacle feared hard to manage on Milwaukee streets.
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Milwaukee
State Historical Society
Circus World Museum
Baraboo
Robert Uihlein Jr
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co
Richard Sparrow
Zearing
Iowa
Probe Of Management Of Auditorium Rejected
La Crosse aldermen rejected a move to investigate Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium management. Alderman Donald Medinger proposed a secret meeting with auditorium officials over alleged problems including a private security firm and off-duty police hires. Other aldermen urged addressing issues with the Auditorium Board rather than the council.
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la Crosse
Mary E. Sawyer
Donald Medinger
Common Council
Donald Mattie
Medinger
James Shoger
6Th Ward
Judiciary Committee
Raymond Keller
Patrick Zielke
Jerome Rusch
Rusch
Robert Johnson
21St Ward
John Schubert
Senate Bill Proposes U S Cancer Agency
Washington AP report says a bill headed for Senate passage would create the Conquest of Cancer Agency as an independent unit reporting to the President. It would take NIH’s Cancer Institute personnel in Bethesda Maryland and seek up to 1 billion dollars by 1976, amid some dissent on NIH dismantling concerns.
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America
House Agriculture Committee
Washington
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Nixon
Conquest of Cancer Agency
Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
NIH
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Kennedy
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Congress
U.S
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Labor Committee
Circus Parade to Feature 40-Horse Team in Milwaukee Show
Sponsors announce Milwaukee Fourth of July parade will highlight antiques with a team of 40 horses pulling a historic wagon. The hitch, assembled by Richard Sparrow, is believed to be last used by Barnum and Bailey in 1904. A Boston photo from 1903 accompanies the AP wirephoto.
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Sparrow
Uihlein
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Jake Posey
Posey
Milwaukee
Richard Sparrow
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Boston
Centerlines To Differ On 2 And 4 Lane Roads
Wisconsin motorists will see yellow dashed centerlines on two lane highways while four lane roads keep existing markings. New pentagon school signs and pictorial do not enter signs will appear alongside updated warnings. Changes roll out gradually as old signs wear out next year per state Highway Division official Wayne Volk.
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Wayne N. Volk
Volk
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Schlichts
Afl-Cio
Secretary of Labor
James D. Hodgson
Flynn
U.S. Cancer Agency
NIH Cancer Institute
Oshkosh, Wis
State Highway Division
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