Move Begins To Salvage Benefits Bill
Washington report says House and Senate conferees will try to salvage a bill to authorize a 5.6 percent Social Security benefit increase and extend the national debt ceiling. The measure was defeated 190 to 185, blocking House action and risking the debt ceiling dropping to 400 billion at midnight.
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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 Peter Holtan age 13 was killed and his brother 12 and cousin 10 were injured when a 40mm grenade shell they collected at a Camp McCoy mortar range exploded. The incident occurred after they returned to a car parked 30 yards from the firing line. The four were related to Chaplain Maj Lavern Holtan of the 13th Evacuation Hospital Madison.
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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 Reached on Indochina Raids Deadline
Congress and President Nixon pursue a three point four billion supplemental to end all bombing in Indochina by August fifteenth. The measure, passed by Senate and House, substitutes a late budget cutoff for immediate military halt and faces final action before the deadline.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Indochina
White House
Cambodia
Laos
House
Senate
House-Senate
Guard Against Weakness VFW Convention Address Cites Arms Limits
More than 400 attend the annual VFW banquet as John Stang junior vice commander-in-chief urges arming to the SALT limits and warns against appeasing the Communist threat. He defends veterans rights to speak on national posture and backs a strong Southeast Asia presence. The convention continues with officer nominations, a pageant, and dances.
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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
Oil Firms Raise Gas Allotments For July
Texaco Inc Gulf Oil Corp and Shell Oil Co announce they will boost gasoline allotments to service stations nationwide in July. Texaco outlines a supply increase formula while Gulf notes a reasonably large rise 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 approves two year funding to operate the Wisconsin Child Center in Sparta with 1,740,000 for 1974 and 1,772,000 for 1975. Superintendent Arthur L. Gerg says 109 staff and 64 children stay on, with 14 vacancies to be filled by social workers and teachers.
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Sparta
Wis
Legislative Budget Conference Committee
Wisconsin
Arthur L. Gerg
Gerg
Wisconsin Budget Panel Sets Broad Tax Welfare School Aid Shifts
A six member Wisconsin budget conference committee approved a tax relief package with Lucey provisions and broad changes to property taxes personal exemption inheritance tax and homestead relief. The panel also kept Lucey power equalization for school aid and postponed negative aid payments by wealthy districts to 1976 77.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
Conference Committee
Gale Woman Killed in Galesville Crash
Mrs. William Poss 64 of Galesville died in a two vehicle crash at STH 54 and a town road east of Galesville. Passenger Rhonda Truax 19 of Ettrick was injured and is in fair condition. Vin cent E. Howe 20 of Galesville was treated for possible head injuries and held for observation.
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Galesville
Wis
William Poss
Rhonda K. Truax
Ettrick
Vincent E. Howe
Howe
St. Francis
Smith Mortuary
Gale
William Byrne
Richard
Ronald Truax
Robert Beirne
Whitehall
Howard Quinn
Edna Smith
Holmen
Robert Byrne
Ronald
Mason City
Iowa
Soviet Tupolev Plane Crashes After Takeoff in Amman
A Soviet Tupolev passenger plane with 80 aboard crashed seconds after take-off from Amman airport. It went down near three houses, with casualties not immediately known as ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Amman
Fed boosts discount rate to 7 percent and tightens reserves
The Federal Reserve Board raises the discount rate to a record 7 percent and increases reserve requirements for member banks. The move aims to curb money and credit expansion as inflation pressure grows, with the rate change taking effect Monday and most banks implementing it soon after.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
New York
Richmond
Weekend weather outlook with warm Sunday forecast
Fair Saturday night with a low around 58. Sunny and warmer Sunday reaching near 85 with northwesterly winds 8 to 15 mph becoming light and variable. Monday will be variably cloudy with a chance of showers and a low near 55.
Secret of Christian Science fading hinted by columnist
Lester Kinsolving suggests Christian Science founded by Mary Baker Eddy may be disappearing as a well guarded secret. The La Crosse area public school district and Local 21 of the Service Employees International Union face bargaining over an economic package in upcoming negotiations.
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Lester Kinsolving
Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
la Crosse Area
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