Equipment rotting in Vietnam over unrepaired surplus gear
Senate investigator says U S funded repair work on surplus construction equipment sent to Vietnam and other countries is inadequately performed or not done. Hearing set for July 27 to probe the $400 million AID program with cranes, trucks, and Jeeps left unusable across Vietnam, Thailand, Germany and elsewhere.
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Subcommittee On
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Asia
Europe
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Lippman
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Armed Services
Saigon
Lipmann
Thailand
Frankfurt
Germany
Small Town Lawyer Leads Wisconsin Bar Presidency
Delavan ap story notes Frank D. Hamilton 57 from Dodgeville is the new president of the State Bar of Wisconsin succeeding Ray T. McCann of Milwaukee. Hamilton says his election proves rural lawyers can be heard with those from big cities and recalls a former belief in a controlling clique.
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Wisconsin Bar Association
Five Wisconsin Men to Attend World Peace Session
Five Wisconsin men will attend the third conference on world peace through law July 9 14 in Geneva Switzerland The group includes Milwaukee Federal Judge John Reynolds U S Attorney James Brennan and attorney Bruno Bitker Appleton attorney Walter Brummond and Janesville attorney Glen Campbell Brennan said the gathering aims to improve the rule of law globally
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Geneva
Switzerland
John Reynolds
U.S
James B. Brennan
Bruno Bitker
Walter H. Brummond
Appleton
Glen Campbell
Janesville
Brennan
Hunter Killed in Accidental Shotgun Discharge
Clay ton F. Boos, 48, of rural Bloom er, was killed while hunting near his home in Chippewa County. The coroner ruled the death accidental after a fall caused a 20 gauge shotgun to discharge, inflicting an abdominal wound.
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Bloomer, Wis
Clayton F. Boos
Bloomer
Chippewa County
Clifford Bowe
Boos
Lawyer Objects To Grand Jury Hearing In Wisconsin Case
Madison AP An attorney for conservation lobbyist Charles Brees seeks to bar him from testifying in a John Doe probe into Wisconsin lobbying. Judge Sachtsen heard a writ of prohibition but did not rule. Brees is indicted for perjury and false swearing. the hearing also involves Dorothy Effinger and banker Howard Meister as other witnesses in the grand jury probe into legislative lobbying.
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Madison
Charles Brees
Milwaukee
Dominic Frinzi
William Sachtsen
Brees
Frinzi
West Allis
Dane County
James Bell
John Doe
Boll
Sachtsen
Bell
Effinger
Meister
Lynch
Norman Skogstad
Rubber Firms Resume Talks Amid Narrow Strike Threat
Representatives of the United Rubber Workers and the Big Five rubber companies resumed negotiations in Akron and Houston after a weekend pause. If no progress by Wednesday midnight, URW locals may join a 61 day strike, leaving only Goodyear working among the Big Five. About 50,000 workers idle since a broader walkout began after contracts expired April 20.
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Akron, Ohio
United Rubber Workers Union
Big Five Rubber Companies
URW
General Tire & Rubber Co
Waco
Tex
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Uniroyal, Inc
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodyear
General Fire
UAW
Cleveland
URW International Union
General Tire
AEC Issues Permit for NSP Plant at Monticello
The Atomic Energy Commission ordered a provisional construction permit to Northern States Power Co for a nuclear plant at Monticello Minnesota, 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis. The final decision will come in 45 days unless opposed. General Electric will build the 1325 acre site on the Mississippi River with the nearest residence 3000 feet away.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Northern States Power Co
Monticello
Minn
Minneapolis
AEC Safety and Licensing Board
General Electric Co
Mississippi River
AEC
Drowning of Robert Budde 17 in Bark River Near Fort Atkinson
Robert L. Budde 17 son of Mr and Mrs Gordon Budde Prospect Illinois and former Ontario residents drowned Sunday June 18 in Bark River near Fort Atkinson. Funeral at 10 a m Wednesday at Ontario Evangelical United Brethren Church Rev Andrew Frinke officiating burial in New Ontario Cemetery. Survived by parents a brother Thomas a sister Janice and grandparents Lewis Budde Ontario and Mr and Mrs Albert Jentz Platteville.
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Wis
Robert L. Budde
Gordon M. Budde
Prospect
Bark River
Ft. Atkinson
Ontario Evangelical United Brethren Church
Andrew Frinke
New Ontario
Smith-Nelson
Wilton
Dubuque
Iowa
Philadelphia
Mt. Prospect
Robert
Forest View High School
Thomas
Janice
Lewis Budde
Albert Jentz
Platteville
Five McCoy Job Corps center residents dismissed
CAMP MCCOY Wis Five McCoy Job Corps Center en rollees have been dismissed for drinking and fighting at the center Saturday night. They were taken to the Monroe County Jail, but no charges were filed against them.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
McCoy Job Corps Center
Monroe County
Wisconsin Task Force Delays Shared Tax Reform Report
A 13 member task force led by Curtis Tarr begins hearings through October 16 to study state financing of local government and shared taxes. Hearings planned in Appleton La Crosse Ladysmith Milwaukee and Racine with a potential six month report extension. Gov Knowles says early reporting unlikely. focus includes school aid formulas and local tax powers.
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Madison
Lawrence University
Curtis W. Tarr
Appleton la Crosse
Ladysmith
Milwaukee
Racine
Tarr
Senate and
Assembly
Warren P. Knowles
Minn Methodists Question Tax Exemption
The Minnesota Methodist Annual Conference debated whether church parsonages should be tax exempt and urged churches to contribute to municipalities for fire and police protection. The report also urged the government to take risks for peace amid Vietnam war criticism and credited American soldiers. The conference elected delegates to the General Conference in Dallas and concluded with an ordination service.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota Methodist Annual Conference
Board of Christian Social Concerns
United States
Methodist General Conference
Dallas
Tex
Charles Sweet
Duluth
Arthur Hill
Winona
Clarence Richardson
Detroit Lakes
Mauston Man Killed In Illinois Auto Crash
Howard Roszak of Mauston Wisconsin was killed in a late night collision near Woodstock Illinois. He was a salesman and father of five children.
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Mauston
Illinois
Woodstock, Ill
Howard Roszak
Wis
Here
Roszak
LeVander Spends Day With Guard Troops
Gov Harold LeVander spent a day with the Minnesota National Guard 47th Viking Infantry Division at Camp Ripley Sauk Centre participation in summer drills. He joined a rainy breakfast with Company C and the 2nd Battalion 136th Infantry and met both blue and red forces before lunch. He wore Army fatigues during the visit.
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Camp Ripley
Minn
Viking
Minnesota National Guard
Harold LeVander
St. Paul
136Th Infantry
Sauk Centre
LeVander
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