POWs Arrive at Clark Air Base Healthy After Release
Viet Cong freed 34 more prisoners of war at Hanoi and they landed at Clark Air Base for a welcome. Families in Wisconsin and elsewhere watched on TV as captains and lieutenants including Stephen Leopold of Milwaukee were identified among the released.
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Milwaukee
Frederic Flom
U.S
Vietnam
Philippines
Clark Air Force Base
Frank Hess
la Crosse
Gordon Larson
San Antonio
Tex
Larson
Air Force
Winona
Minn
Clark
Beatrice Neuens
Aurora
Martin ‘Neuens
Flom
Ginny
Appleton
Greer Beret
Stephen Leopold
Charles Leopold
Leopold
William Metzger Sr
Wisconsin Rapids
Metzger
Clark Air Base
Hanoi
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Voice of America
Monika Schwinn
Saigon
Marcos
Henry A. Byroade
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
13Th Air Force
William G. Moore Jr
Army
Stephen R. Leopold
Wis
Kantum Province
Armed Forces Radio-Television
Hue
Clark Field
United States
Red Cross
America
Navy
Eugene B. McDaniel
Virginia Beach
Nixon proposes revised 2.3 billion community aid plan
President Nixon outlines a Better Communities Act to replace seven urban programs and four housing schemes. He seeks 2.3 billion in revenue sharing for state and local governments, and proposes using Highway Trust Fund for urban transport. A new Department of Community Development would unify scattered programs. Nixon taped the speech at Camp David with Rose Mary Woods and Bebe Rebozo.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
Congress
Highway Trust Fund
Lawmakers move to strike Wisconsin flood plain rule
Two Republican legislators from the Wisconsin River area seek a public hearing to strike a Department of Natural Resources flood way definition. They warn the rule affects construction and rebuilding in municipalities along rivers and cite disputes with Columbia County and Portage over tax implications.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin River
Department of Natural Resources
Tommy Thompson
Elroy
Everett Bidwell
Portage
Joint Committee On Administrative Rules
Columbia County
DNR
Auto Plunges Killing Man Near La Crescent Minn
A man arrested in a La Crosse drug raid was killed when his car went off a North Ridge Road bank near La Crescent. Christopher W. Wivinus, 24, listed Madison as his home, with Minneapolis on his license. A passenger, Barbara Buresh, 22, of 1527 Ferry St., was wounded and in fair condition. Police received a report of a bloodied woman on North Ridge Road before arriving at the scene.
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LA Crescent
Minn
la Crosse
North Ridge Road
Christopher W. Wivinus
Madison
Sityeer
Tnony County
Dapienens
Minneapolis
Barbara Buresh
Ferry St
St. Francis Hospital
Sheriff Department
Harold Vetsch
S. Oak St
Wounded Knee peace talks focus in tepee confrontation
In Wounded Knee South Dakota peace talks were set in a tepee amid a standoff with 200 AIM militants who seized the village. The Justice Department proposed that the occupiers depart with no arrest threat starting at 9 a.m. CST, weapons off and male marchers identified. The Indians, led by AIM, rejected the plan and presented their own terms for staying and negotiating.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Justice Department
American Indian Movement
Carter Camp
U.S
New York
William Kunstler
AJM
Airliners Collide In France Kills Sixty Three
Two Spanish airliners collided in flight near Nantes France. One aircraft a Iberia DC9 crashed killing at least 63 people. The other plane a Spantex Coronado made an emergency landing at Cognac and passengers were evacuated.
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Nantes
France
Cognac
Iberia Airlines
Mahon
Minorca Island
London
Palma
Spantex
U.S
Weather outlook with mild nights and showers
Cloudy with a likelihood of drizzle or light rain. Monday night will be mild with a low near 33. Tuesday turns cloudy and warmer with possible showers or thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening and a high around 52. Winds southeast at about 10 mph, increasing on Tuesday. Rain chances 20 percent Monday night and 60 percent Tuesday. Wednesday remains mild with a chance of rain and a low in the low 30s.
Scramble for State Superintendent Race Draws Comparisons
Tribune Staff Writer Grant Blum notes the 15-candidate field in the state superintendent of public instruction race is likened to legalized gambling. In France, the Communist Socialist alliance posts gains in the National Assembly first round as political trading begins the week.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Tribune
Grant Blum
France
Wisconsin Primary Signals Two-Way Race for State Superintendent
The state superintendent nomination contest shapes the Wisconsin primary, set for Tuesday, as two candidates vie for the chief educational post. The day’s ballot features a generally listless field beyond the main race, with voters choosing between the contenders for state leadership in public instruction.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Wisconsin
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White House
Winona County
Minnesota
Olmsted
Larry B. Hamrick
Pine Island
Hamrick
American Legion Club
Eagle Lake
Blaine
Edwin 0. Smith
Alvin Maki
Barnum
U.S. 61
Dalbo
Elaine
Fundeen
Mahtowa
Oscar Bear Runner
Sintitadte de Suitiecae
Ann Landers
Bridge PaPer Ib Eskes Bskeke
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