Kennedy Presses Nixon on Refugee Crisis in Vietnam Hearings
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy says Washington and Saigon show insufficient concern for Vietnam refugees as a subcommittee opens hearings. He disputes claims of improved resettlement and calls for reduced violence by all sides. Officials cite 1.2 million refugees and note camps, vaccines, and aid progress.
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Agency For International Development
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Defense
Vietnam
United States
Hannah
County Boy Hurt After Bike Collision Near Onalaska
Bradley Holte 13 of Onalaska is in serious condition at St Francis Hospital after his bicycle veered into a southbound car on Highway 53 north of Onalaska about 7 15 p m Tuesday. Harold Hilbert 71 of Liberty Street was driving the car. Jeff Holte 10 said the brothers had been fishing and Bradley felt sick before the crash.
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Onalaska
la Crosse
Bradley Holte
R. 2
St. Francis Hospital
Bradley
Harold W. Hilbert
Liberty St
Hilbert
Jeff
Apartment Fire and Vandalism Reported at 1315 S Fourth
Owner Lester La Fleur reported to La Crosse police that vandals started fires in both the living room and bathroom of an apartment at 1315 South 4th Street and removed fuses in the basement while he was cleaning the unit.
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S. 4Th St
Lester la Fleur
S. 29Th St
la Crosse
Peru Moves to Nationalize Foreign Held Lands
President Velasco unveiled a sweeping land reform to expropriate major estates and foreign holdings, creating agrarian communal farms. The measure targets Casagrande and Cerro de Pasco holdings, with payments to be made partly in cash and partly via government bonds. Washington relations cooled as Peru shifts to a revolutionary program to liberate peasants and end private land ownership.
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Peru
Juar Velasco
U.S
Cerro de Pasco Mining
W. R. Grace & Co
Velasco
Melcher Wins Montana 2nd District Seat in House Race
Democrat John Melcher, a Forsyth veterinarian who opposed Nixon's Safeguard antimissile plan, wins Montana 2nd District U S House seat as unofficial returns show a margin over 2,000 votes.
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Foe
Montana
Helena
Mont
John Melcher
Nixon
U.S
House of Representatives
Melcher
Forsyth
Washington
Fred R.harris
D-Okla
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Harris
Milwaukee lawmakers tour area highlighting tax loss and growth
Milwaukee lawmakers visited the North Side and surrounding areas to view tax base erosion from expressways and university expansion. They toured a Negro neighborhood job training center as unemployment woes were framed as skill shortages. The $1,500 trip cost split by Pabst Brewing Co Greater Milwaukee Committee and the city treasury.
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Vincent Schmit
W. George Patten
Pabst Brewing Co
Greater Milwaukee Committee
City Treasury
Milwaukee lawmakers tour urban areas to study housing and jobs
In Milwaukee a group of 15 senators and 68 assembly members visited the Inner Core on the North Side and a Mexican American neighborhood on the South Side to see substandard housing and urban poverty. Officials urged more state funding as budget discussions loom. Mayor Maier pressed for state support for shared tax revenue formulas.
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Third Street
Inner Cove
Henry Maier
Tarr
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