Houston Planners Back ETV Tower Permit Near La Crescent
Houston County planning commission votes 6 0 to recommend a conditional-use permit for an 869 foot educational TV tower southwest of La Crescent 500 feet south of WXOW Channel 19. FAA aviation concerns cited as commissioners weigh air space impact and strobe light requirement ahead of a final county vote.
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Donald W. Affolter
Caledonia
Minn
Houston County Board of Commissioners
la Crescent
Houston County Planning and Zoning Commission
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
Wxows
Hugh Fay
Virgil Johnson
Fay
Minnesota Aeronautics Department
Houston County
Lawrence McCabe
Minnesota Commissioner of Aeronautics
la Crosse
Houston
Duane Wohlers
Johnson
Minnesota
McCabe
Planning Commission
Harold Leary
Leary
M. R. Summers
Albert Deters
Spring Grove
Robert Raatz
Wohlers
William von Arx
Raatz
Elling Solum
John Kennedy
R. 2
Solum
Kennedy
Robert Jore
R. 3
Charles Horihan
Hokah
Irvin Ingvalson
R. 1
Planning and Zoning Commission
Jore
Curtis Storck
Dist
Channel 19
Channel 83
Kroc-Tvv
Rochester
la Crosse Area
WXOW
KROC
ECB
Holihan
James Cote
Slayings Probe Ties To I-57 Bodies Near Chicago
Authorities investigated possible links among three killings along Interstate 57 southwest of Chicago. Betty Lou Harmon 29 of Darien was found nude in a field near Manteno Road after Dorothy Cerny 25 and James Schmidt 25 were found shot to death nearby. A Manteno woman reported being threatened by three men in a car on I-57.
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Peotone
Ill
Chicago
Betty Lou ‘Harmon
Darien
Manteno Road
Dorothy Cerny
James Schmidt
Harmon
Manteno
Miss Cerny
Schmidt
Dorothy Therese Cerny
Interstate 57
Country Club Hills
Senate bill orders Nixon to craft mandatory fuel allocation plan
The Senate passed by 85 to 10 a bill instructing President Nixon to develop a mandatory national fuel allocation formula. It aims to ensure fair shares amid shortages, curb supply shutdowns by major oil firms, and moves beyond administration voluntary guidelines.
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Senate
Nixon
Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
D-Wash
Congress
White House
Pleasant midweek warmth continues with mild nights
Fair and continued mild Wednesday night and Thursday with a low near 50 and a high in the mid 70s. Light westerly winds persist into Friday with little temperature change and continued fair conditions.
Republicans seek abolition of Wisconsin Department of Business Development
The Tuesday proposal before the legislature’s budget compromise committee calls for abolishing the new Wisconsin Department of Business Development and dismissal of its secretary amid claims of extensive public relations activity.
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Wisconsin Department of Business Development
Legislature
Senators Express Distrust Over Electronic Voting Machine
Wisconsin senators voiced distrust as the debate over installing an electronic voting machine heated up this week. The discussion centered on reliability and safeguards in the voting process while party lines and procedural concerns shaped positions.
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Wisconsin
Laird Rejoins Nixon and Ziegler Policy Role
President Nixon announced a major White House staff reshuffle. Army Gen. Haig will retire from the Army but stay as White House chief of staff. Melvin Laird becomes counselor to the President for domestic affairs with Cabinet rank and a seat on the NSC. Ronald Ziegler gains the title assistant to the President and expands policy making and communications duties. Public Citizen files suit to strip Haig of military rank. Laird says he reluctantly returns to government amid Watergate tensions.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Army
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
John D. Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Ronald L. Ziegler
Haig
Henry A. Kissinger
Haldeman
Laird
U.S. House
Wisconsin
National Security Council
Ziegler
Herbert G. Klein
Ralph Nader
Public Citizen, Inc
U.S. District Court
Public Citizen
Regular Army
Regular Navy
Regular Marine Corps
Regular
Coast Guard
Counsel Denies Subpoena For Nixon Dean Logs
Senate Watergate counsel says negotiations will seek Nixon Dean logs as relevant evidence rather than a subpoena. White House asserts presidential papers are not subject to subpoena though access is under study and could be voluntary.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Dean
White House
Samuel Cash
Cash
Leonard Garment
Garment
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Baker
Gerald Warren
Watergate
Archibald W. Cox
Warren
Cox
Father Wins Paternal Rights Challenge in Wisconsin Case
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules adoption law unconstitutional where it compromises a father's rights in an illegitimate child case. The court orders La Crosse County to hold a hearing on termination of parental rights for Jerry Rothstein regarding John Thomas Lewis. Justice Hallows writes the majority. minority criticizes tying a child to legal rulings and questions due process.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
State Supreme Court
la Crosse County
Jerry D. Rothstein
John Thomas Lewis
Lutheran Social Services of
Upper Michigan
Rothstein
Supreme Court
E. Harold Hallows
U.S. Supreme Court
Lutheran Social Services
Hallows
Robert W. Hansen
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Betty Lou Harmon
William Saxbe
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AAA
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Exxon
Gulf
Tri-State
Eenees
Ann Landers
Eeeeses
Hy Gardner
Dean Logs
Sion
Committee
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