Senate Cuts Off Money For Bombing In Cambodia
The Senate voted 63 to 19 for an Eagleton anti bombing amendment to halt all U S combat activity in Cambodia and Laos. A conference committee will reconcile with a House version which denied funds for further U S hostility in Cambodia. The 3.6 billion appropriation bill passed 73 to 5.
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Senate
Cambodia
Washington
U.S
Indochina
House
Laos
United States
Nixon
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Vietnam
Eagleton
John Tower
R-Tex
Henry A. Kissinger
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Paris
Tower
Four Americans Among 48 Dead in India Plane Crash
New Delhi AP report details Indian Airlines Boeing 737 crash near Delhi killing 48 with 17 survivors. Among the dead are four Americans, three Britons and a Yemeni woman. survivors include M Bruce Sterling, his son Lee Allen, and Marine Lance Cpl. George M. Larson.
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New Delhi
Indian Airlines
M. Bruce Sterling
Madras
Lee Allen
Lance
George M. Larson
Minneapolis
U.S
Sterling
Harold N. Ribber
Lutheran Church of America
Ribber
New York
Mohan Kumaramangalam
Indira Gandhi
Gurnam Singh
India
Australia
State Guards Begin Camp McCoy Training In Wisconsin
Wisconsin National Guard units start two week training periods at Camp McCoy with recruitment drives aiming for 1000 more guardsmen. Several units from Tomah Mauston Prairie du Chien Onalaska Sparta Arcadia Viroqua and other communities will rotate through June and July. Governor Lucey to observe June 13 and Armed Forces Day events are planned with a shootout between units.
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Sparta
Wis
Wisconsin National Guard
Camp McCoy
James J. Lison Jr
State Adjutant General
732Nd
Tomah
108Th
Mauston
107Th Light Maintenance Company
Viroqua
128Th Infantry
32Nd Infantry Brigade
Arcadia
Patrick Lucey
McCoy
10Th Wisconsin Volunteer Light Artillery
120Th Field Artillery
Military Convoys To Be On Highways
About 5,000 Wisconsin Army National Guardsmen will travel to Camp McCoy for the annual summer encampment. The 32nd Red Arrow Infantry Brigade (Mechanized) trains there June 2 to 16, with most units moving by convoy and some by civilian vehicles.
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32Nd Infantry Brigade
Onalaska
Camp Williams
Camp McCoy
Wisconsin Army National Guardsmen
Wisconsin
32Nd
Red Arrow Infantry Brigade
National Guard
Milwaukee
U.S
No-Fault Bills Clear Committee In Wisconsin Senate
In Madison the Judiciary and Insurance Committee sent two no fault bills to the Senate floor. One bill, from the State Bar, and a companion by Sen. Gerald Lorge would let injured parties sue regardless of medical costs. Lorge’s measure proposes a $500 threshold and arbitration for claims up to $3,000 if approved.
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Madison
Wis
State Bar
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Senate
Judiciary and Insurance Committee
Lorge
Raymond Johnson
Eau Claire
Kurt Frank
Milwaukee
Roger Murphy
Waukesha
William Bablitch
Stevens Point
Patrick Lucey
Administrative Rules Committee
Weather outlook shows showers and cooler weekend
Variable cloudiness with a chance of showers or thunderstorms Friday night and Saturday. Low near 55. Cooler Saturday with a high near 73. Southeast to easterly winds 8 to 18 mph Friday night and Saturday. 30 percent precipitation Friday night and Saturday. Cloudy with showers likely Sunday. Low near 55.
Dr Lars Gulbrandsen 68 Viroqua Dies, Wis. Doctor Remembered
Dr Lars Gulbrandsen 68 longtime Viroqua physician died May 30 from an apparent heart attack in his Vig Gulbrandsen Clinic. Services set 2 p m Sunday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church with burial in Viroqua Cemetery. He taught at University of Illinois College of Medicine 1931 received Noguchi award. Surviving include two daughters a son and four grandchildren. Donations to Vernon Hospital memorial fund requested.
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Viroqua
Wis
Lars Gulbrandsen
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Duane Nelson
Iler Anderson
Beier
West
Martin Gulbrandsen
Marquette University
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Research
Chicago
Noguchi
Lucille Vig
Gulbrandsen
Westby
Halbert
Lyder
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Vig- Gulbrandsen Clinic
Zor Temple
Martin
Denver
Colo
Vernon Hospital Memorial Fund
Funds For Adams Prison Included In Senate Bill
The Senate approved a $900,000 appropriation to start federal operation of Wisconsin’s youthful offenders institution in Adams County. The money is part of a controversial supplemental bill tied to the Eagleton Cambodia bombing cutoff. House approval exists but a conference committee is needed due to Senate amendments. Plans call for 150 staff, a 350 inmate cap initially, with first inmates due in August and a future maximum of 500.
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Washington
Adams County
Wis
U.S. Senate
House
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Greece Proclaims Republic and Deposes King
Premier George Papadopoulos announced Greece will abolish the monarchy and become a presidential republic. He named himself first president after a plebiscite within two months, with general elections planned by end of 1974. He accused King Constantine of involvement with a 1967 abortive coup and other actions against the government.
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Athens
George Papadopoulos
Greece
Papadopoulos
Constantine
Rome
Father’s Car Runs Over Young Son in Rural Minnesota
A 15 month old boy, Brian F. Fanslow, died in Red Wing Minnesota when his father backed over him with a car. The incident occurred on a rural property and the body was found under the rear wheel.
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Red Wing
Minn
Goodhue County
Farmers Should Get Gas Priority
Deputy Treasury Secretary William E. Simon told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that farmers have first claim on the dwindling gasoline supply due to planting season. He said the Nixon administration would offer fair treatment to independent stations but not keep all 232,000 stations in business.
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Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Simon
Nixon
Warden and Deputy Slain by Prisoners at Holmesburg
Philadelphia AP reports warden Patrick Curran and deputy warden Robert Fromhold slain by inmates Frederick Burton and Joseph Bowen at Holmesburg Prison. Detectives say the men stabbed Fromhold 13 times and Curran three times as they confronted the assailants in Fromhold’s office. Police indicate motives included demands for more Orthodox Muslim prayer meetings. 1,200 inmates currently housed with forks and knives, replacing prior spoons. The incident spurred calls to restore the death penalty.
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Philadelphia
Holmesburg
Leroy Taylor
Frank Rizzo
Patrick Curran
Robert Fromhold
Frederick Burton
Joseph “Jojo’” Bowen
Fromhold
Curran
Taylor
Nixon Pompidou Meet Signals Strained Transatlantic Ties
In Reykjavik two troubled leaders Richard Nixon and Georges Pompidou return to their origins amid Watergate shadows and illness rumors. The brief encounter underscores uncertainties over future leadership and deeper European independence from U S direction as Pompidou faces possible withdrawal and policy shifts.
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Arthur L. Gavshon
Reykjavik
Iceland
Richard Nixon
Washington
Watergate
Georges Pompidou
Paris
mid-Atlantic
Nixon
Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
Mideast
United States
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Thomas Eagleton
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Ann Landers
Adams
King Constantine
Anne-Marie
Sheboygan, Wis
Sheboygan
France
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