Move Begins To Salvage Benefits Bill
Washington AP reports House and Senate conferees will seek to salvage a bill authorizing a 5.6 percent Social Security increase while extending the national debt ceiling. The measure failed Friday 190 to 185, threatening a debt limit drop at midnight if no action is taken. The article notes the debt currently stands near $465 billion with $490 billion looming.
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Washington
House
Senate
Treasury
Barber B. Conable Jr
R-N.y
Wisconsin
Robert Kastenmeier
David Obey
Henry Reuss
Clement Zablocki
Glenn Davis
Harold Froehlich
William Steiger
Vernon Thomson
Les Aspin
Dad Kills Youth at Camp McCoy in Grenade Accident
An Appleton youth, 13, was killed and his brother 12 and cousin 10 were injured when an unexploded 40mm grenade at Camp McCoy detonated after the youths picked up shells they believed were duds. Chaplain Lavern Holtan’s son Peter died at St. Mary’s Hospital Sparta. the others were treated in La Crosse.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Appleton
Peter Holtan
Lavern Holtan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Sparta
John
Kim Holtan
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Holtan
Madison
McCoy
Wisconsin National Guard
Compromise Aims End Indochina War by August Fifteenth
Congress and President Nixon reach a compromise to halt all Indochina bombing by August 15 as part of a 3.4 billion supplemental bill. The measure, sent to the White House, preserves funding beyond the fiscal year and replaces an immediate halt with the August 15 deadline amid votes in both chambers.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Indochina
White House
Cambodia
Laos
House
Senate
House-Senate
VFW Convention Highlights Warn of Communist Threat
More than 400 attending the annual VFW banquet heard John Stang of La Crosse Kan urge vigilance against weakness and the need to arm to the SALT limits. He defended VFW duty to speak on national posture and urged keeping Selective Service operable. The convention will close Saturday with officer nominations and a Pageant of Drums at Memorial Field.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
John Stang
la Crosse
Kan
VFW
Stang
America
U.S
Russia
Clement Zablocki
VFW Post
American Legion
Memorial Field
6Th and Market Sts
Thomas Rooney
Edward Brown
Kane St
Betty Dusso
Tribune
Three Oil Firms Announce July Gas Allotments
Texaco Inc Gulf Oil Corp and Shell Oil Co announced July increases in gasoline allotments to their service stations nationwide. Texaco outlined a formula for boosting supplies while Gulf said it would raise Soline amounts by a reasonably large amount through July.
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Associated Press
Texaco Inc
Gulf Oil Corp
Shell Oil Co
Texaco
Gulf
Sparta Child Center funded for two years
Wisconsin budget conference committee voted 6-0 to fund the Sparta Child Center for two years. The package includes 1,740,000 for fiscal 1974 and 1,772,000 for 1975. Superintendent Arthur L. Gerg and 109 staff plus 64 students welcomed the decision and 10 recalled workers may return.
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Sparta
Wis
Legislative Budget Conference Committee
Wisconsin
Arthur L. Gerg
Gerg
Wisconsin Budget Panel Signals Broad Tax and Aid Reforms
A six member conference committee in Madison approved a tax relief package with Lucey proposals and added measures. The plan includes manufacturing machinery tax exemption starting May 1 1974, phased personal property tax relief, reduced inheritance tax, oleomargarine tax repeal, higher personal exemptions, and expanded Homestead Relief. It keeps Lucey’s power equalization for school aid but delays negative aid payments by wealthy districts to 1976-77.
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North Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Stang
NATO
VFW
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
Conference Committee
Gale Woman Killed Two Injured In Crash
A Galeville resident Mrs. William Poss 64 died in a two car collision at STH 54 and a town road east of Galesville. Granddaughter Rhonda Truax 19 is in fair condition after jaw fracture. Vin cent Howe 20 also fair and held for observation. Services for Poss set for Monday at St Mary’s Church. An Amman AP note reports a Soviet Tupolev with 80 aboard crashed after takeoff near Amman airport. casualties unknown.
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Galesville
Wis
William Poss
Rhonda K. Truax
Ettrick
Vincent E. Howe
Howe
St. Francis
Poss
Truaxere
Trempealeau County
Daryl McBride
Alesville
Gary Edsten
Smith Mortuary
Gale
William Byrne
Richard
Ronald Truax
Robert Beirne
Whitehall
Howard Quinn
Edna Smith
Holmen
Robert Byrne
Ronald
Mason City
Iowa
Federal Reserve Hikes Discount Rate to Record 7 Percent
The Fed up from 6 percent raises the discount rate to 7 percent for most member banks to combat inflation. It also raises reserve requirements to curb money and credit growth, effective soon for banks with larger deposits, as policymakers seek to cool a rapidly expanding economy.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
New York
Richmond
Weekend Weather Outlook for the Area
Saturday night will be fair with a low near 58. Sunday turns sunny and warmer with a high around 85 and light variable winds. Monday brings variable clouds and a chance of showers with a low near 55.
Secretive decline of Christian Science sparked by Eddy
Columnist Lester Kinsolving suggests Christian Science founded by Mary Baker Eddy may be fading into obscurity. Meanwhile negotiations in La Crosse between the Public School District Board and Local 21 of SEIU focus on an economic package as the central bargaining issue.
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Lester Kinsolving
Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
la Crosse Area
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Army Reserve
University of Kansas
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Sparta Child Center
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