Spain faces economic crisis and political shift
Premier Adolfo Suarez efforts to form a new government after elections as Spain contends with inflation above 20 percent and rising unemployment. A potential peso devaluation is discussed to boost exports while a moderate coalition nears a 170 seat tally in the 350 member Cortes. Thunderstorms sweep the U S with heat in the East and heavy rains in Kansas Nebraska and the Plains.
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Former Alabama man pleads guilty in Prairie du Chien check theft
Roy Putnam, 35, pleaded guilty in Crawford County Court to writing and passing a stolen $120 check from Fuller Log and Lumber Co. He was extradited from Alabama, waived counsel, and awaits presentence investigation. Putnam is held on a $3,000 bond amid reports of six similar checks cashed locally.
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Alabama
Roy Putnam
Crawford County
Putnam
Michael Kirchman
Kirchman
Fuller Log and Lumber Co
Wisconsin official Dunn resigns to join Lucey in Mexico
Robert H. Dunn, 33, resigns as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Administration to accompany Gov. Patrick J. Lucey to Mexico where Lucey will serve as ambassador. Dunn becomes Lucey’s executive assistant with retroactive resignation to May 27 and May 31 federal payroll start. Deputy Rebecca Young will lead the department until a replacement is named.
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Patrick J. Lucey
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Reserve Foreign Service
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Administration Department
Martin Schreiber
Ireland awaits vote count in tight Dublin election race
Ireland began counting votes from the parliamentary election with officials predicting a Fine Gael-Labor win and a narrow Fianna Fail edge. Turnout was brisk among 2.1 million voters as the result awaited Sunday. No violence was reported amid Northern Ireland tensions.
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Soldiers of Destiny
Irish Times
Inquiry on Vaughan Rescheduled in Canada Case
An immigration inquiry in Medicine Hat Alberta was adjourned to next Wednesday for Ralph Clifford Vaughan 19 to determine if he entered Canada illegally Vaughan faces Canadian immigration charges while Wisconsin La Crosse County seeks extradition for first degree murder in the June death of Craig Hoof Witness Peter Stephan 19 identified the killing Vaughan crossed into Canada via Grand Portage Minnesota and Thunder Bay before arrest in Medicine Hat Extradition would involve Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey and Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed with State Department and External Affairs channels.
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la Crosse County
Canada
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R.J. Wiedemann
Michael Bideck
Canadian Immigration Service
Lethridge
Craig Hoof
Farnam St
la Crosse
Hoof
Peter Stephan
Mormon Coulee Road
Grand Portage
Minn
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Thunder Bay
Montana
Wisconsin
Dist. Atty
Michael Mulroy
Wisconsin Attorney General's Office
U.S. State Department
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Department of Ex
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Ottawa
Patrick Lucey
Peter Lougheed
State Department
Department of External Affairs
Apartment damage case in Monroe County Court
Karen Williams 18 of Tomah pleaded guilty to three charges including causing about 700 damage at an apartment owned by Lyle Gordon. She faced delinquency and resisting an officer charges, with a presentence investigation ordered and a July 20 court date. Williams was released on recognizance. Also charged were two adult male friends and two juvenile girls from a party. Russell Kampmeier 40 of Sparta pleaded guilty to nonsupport and received six months probation.
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Sparta
Wis
Karen Williams
Tomah
Monroe County
Lyle Gordon
Watergate anniversary draws visitors to famed site
In Washington the Watergate complex remains a major draw as visitors tour the site of the 1972 break in. A plaque on a sixth floor stairwell marks the crime that led to Nixon’s resignation. Ehrlichman Liddy and others serve or serve time while many key figures have moved on.
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Washington
Watergate
Richard Nixon
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
Institute
H.R. Haldeman
Nixon
John Mitchell
Eastern Airlines to reserve 65 percent of seats for nonsmokers
Eastern Airlines will set aside about 65 percent of its seats for nonsmoking passengers and pay a $10,000 fine for denying nonsmoking seating. The agreement follows a settlement with antismoking groups and may influence industry practices, drawing tobacco lobby interest.
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Eastern Airlines
Eastern
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