Mayors Clash Over Nixon Tax Sharing Bill
San Francisco AP report shows a rift among the administration Congress and mayors over the Better Communities Bill. Disputes center on whether to require localities to spend community development funds on the poor and on how large federal grants would be. Undersecretary Floyd Hyde urges more local spending discretion while warning the bill could fail if details aren’t resolved.
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Mayors
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Voyage ends with ceremony at Prairie du Chien
H Dean Campbell portraying Jean Tilberge answered questions in French during a voyage reenactment. A parade led to a water front park dedication to mark the Marquette Joliet Memorial Bridge site as 3 000 to 4 000 gathered for the three day tricentennial.
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Springfield
Jean Tilberge
Two Rivers
Pikes Peak
Prairie du Chien
Marquette- Joliet Memorial Bridge
Marquette
American Indian Information and Action Group
Stanley Webster
Milwaukee
Marquette-Joliet
ECB approves strobe lights for Channel 31 tower upgrade
The Wisconsin Educational Communications Board plans high intensity strobe lights on the Channel 31 educational TV tower to meet FAA rules and satisfy Houston County Board of Commissioners for a conditional use permit. La Crosse Airport officials resigned in protest over the tower.
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Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
ECB
Houston County
Backers Push Shield Law in Wisconsin Senate Hearing
In Oshkosh a Senate committee heard backers press for a newsman's shield law and a tougher open meetings statute as time ran out. Senator Gerald Lorge from Bear Creek led the hearing call.
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Oshkosh
Gerald Lorge
Bear Creek
Eau Claire Coed Named Alice In Dairyland
Mary Hopkins 21 of Eau Claire won the Wisconsin Agriculture Department's Alice in Dairyland title. She will promote Dairy State products for a year with a $7,875 salary and travel expense account covering about 80,000 miles. Runners up were Jenny Trumpy and Brenda Sherry.
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Miss Hopkins
Cumberland
State Agriculture Department
University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire Coed
Navy sub undersea rescue mission near artificial reef
Sub of the USS Fred T. Berry failed as divers near an artificial reef struggled at extreme depths. One diver had mask trouble and the bell was raised from 160 feet. The minsub was transported to the site for the rescue amid debris and cold, with teams operating at surface-tended depth limits.
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Fred T. Berry
Navy
Eight Die In Wisconsin Weekend Crashes
Weekend traffic toll in Wisconsin rises to 455 with eight fatalities. Names include Karen Quinn 15 Roberts Gary Schroeder 22 Caledonia Mary Jo Filo 20 Gillett Roger J. Frank 28 West Allis Jean Blasberg 20 Beloit College student Roger Smith 31 Rhinelander Walter Schreiver 83 Antioch Illinois Debra White 18 Clear Lake.
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Roberts
Gary Schroeder
Caledonia
St. Croix
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Gillett
Oconto County
Beloit College Coed
New York
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Beloit
Roger Smith
Rhinelander
Walter Schreiver
Antioch
Kenosha
Debra
White
Clear Lake
Polk County
Brezhnev Arrives in U S for Camp David Meetings
Soviet General Secretary arrives for first U S visit and meets Kissinger at Camp David. Nixon hosts Brezhnev at a White House dinner as talks proceed. Kissinger warns against expecting concrete arms curb deals.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Fla
White House
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Kissinger
Geneva
Hearing Tuesday On Proposed Flood Controls in La Crosse
A public hearing at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the County Courthouse Auditorium will weigh the Army engineers flood control plan for La Crosse. Officials seek an alternate levee on the North Side to free 400 acres of marshland for reclamation and met with Army Corps personnel in St Paul. The plan proposes seven miles of levees, raising Bainbridge and Lakeshore Drive, evacuating Barron Island, flood proofing six buildings, and adding interior drainage structures, with an expressway project acting as a dike if built.
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St. Paul
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Onalaska
Bainbridge
Lakeshore Drive
French Island
Barron
South Pettibone
Protestant Extremists Linked to Slayings in Northern Ireland
In Belfast two Roman Catholics were killed within 24 hours amid Protestant extremist violence. James Kelly 25 seaman and Daniel Rouse 17 were targeted after Michael Wilson's slaying. A Belfast caller claimed Ulster Freedom Fighters credit, while the Ulster Defense Association blamed Catholic IRA leaders. The incidents push Northern Ireland’s sectarian toll to at least 826 in four years.
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Northern Ireland
Wilson
Michael
Ulster Defense Association
Ulster Defense Associ
James Kelly
Ation
IRA
Seaman
Daniel Rouse
Kelly
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