Nixon Urges Using Road Funds for Mass Transit Plan
President Nixon asked Congress to let states and cities tap 3.5 billion dollars of federal highway funds over three years to boost mass transit including bus and rapid rail urban systems. He pressed for a 2.3 billion dollar yearly revenue sharing act and creation of a federal community development department.
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Lottery Draw Sets Standby Draft Numbers for 1974
The first standby draft lottery assigns numbers to men turning 19 this year in 1974. Number 1 went to births June 27, 1954, with capsules drawn from 9:30 to 11 a.m. CST. Numbers above 95 keep in H holding. numbers 95 and lower face possible induction in an emergency. The process uses plexiglass drums and four local students select capsules with observers sealing drums overnight.
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Women and Children Begin To Leave Wounded Knee
Women and children were being evacuated from Wounded Knee as militants allegedly strengthened their position before a government deadline to depart the hamlet. Seven former hostages were scheduled to join the evacuation of the historic village, seized nine days earlier by Indian protesters.
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Paul Manhart
Carter Camp
American Indian Movement
Marriages listed amid La Crosse license notices
Licenses show John B. Charles and Grace L. Koch to marry March 10 in La Crosse. Richard S. Sartz and Mary J. Kerska also plan March 10 in La Crosse. The text shifts to a tense siege in Wisconsin with federal orders for nonresidents to depart by 7 p.m. CST and AIM figures claiming reinforcements. Weather and shipping forecasts follow the license items.
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John B. Charles
Markle Road
Grace L. Koch
29Th Court
Richard S. Sartz
Maple Drive
Mary J. Kerska
Crown Blvd
Two Milwaukee Men Arrested In Delinquency Case
Roger Bergmann and Ralph Lueck both 22 were arrested by La Crosse police after being found with a 16-year-old Milwaukee girl sleeping in a truck on 3rd Street downtown. The pairs signed $209 signature bonds for release from La Crosse County Jail and await La Crosse County Court appearance.
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Ralph Lueck
la Crosse
Safety seminar draws La Crosse and Stevens Point officers
La Crosse County Patrolman Robert Pehler and City Patrolman Albert Dannhoff attended the fifth annual American Automobile Association safety seminar in Stevens Point. More than 100 participants discussed bicycle and pedestrian safety, school bus and children's safety, and snowmobile safety.
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Robert Pehler
Albert Dannhoff
American Automobile Association
Stevens Point
Wholesale Prices In Big Sport
Wholesale prices jumped 1.9 percent in February the biggest rise since 1951 with farm products and processed foods up 3.9 percent. Industrial raw materials rose 1.1 percent while overall index rose 126.9 base 1967. Labor and consumer sectors faced mixed shifts as meats dairy grains eggs and fruits moved variably.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Organized Labor
Bureau
Flaming bus crash kills five to seven on cross country trip
A Greyhound bus collided with a tractor trailer on a narrow Texas bridge, sparking a blaze that sent passengers through windows. Initial death toll of 15 revised to 5–7 with 22 injured. The Kerrville Bus Co vehicle carried about 29 people on a San Francisco to Miami trip.
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John Mahaffey
Kerrville Bus
Tony Cordova
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Bakersfield
Joe D. Ramirez
Ozona
Wisconsin student seeks help to dig up 12th century village
University of Wisconsin anthropology student Lawrence A. Conrad appeals for 100 volunteers to excavate a 12th century American Indian village about 30 acres near Canton along the Mississippi River. A coal company has agreed to delay mining for about four years to permit the dig.
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University of Wisconsin
Lawrence A. Conrad
Mississippi River
Canton
Ill
Conrad
Washington County Boy Dies in 1973 Wisconsin Traffic Toll Update
The Associated Press reports Todd Kramer, 7, of Hubertus, died after being struck by a car while walking along a rural road near his home. The death raises Wisconsin's 1973 traffic fatalities to 148, up from 138 a year earlier on the same date.
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Wisconsin
Todd Kramer
Hubertus
Fire Dept Report Swamps Water Heater Short
La Crosse fire crews responded to a home on 2310 South 19th Street at 11 44 a m reporting a water heater shorted out. Mrs Steigen was the resident at the scene. No injuries were reported and the cause was traced to an electrical fault. The incident was contained to the heater unit with minor smoke damage.
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la Crosse
Robert Steigen
S. 19Th St
Don’t Get Up Nights 48¢ Relief Claim Ad
An advertisement touts a 48 cent 12 hour relief for frequent or scanty urination with three tablets a day. It promises money back if relief does not occur and urges purchase at drug counters.
Arm strong linked to Madison bombing sought in extradition return
Witnesses said Armstrong 26 seen in back seat of a car entering City County building garage near Dane County jail. Police kept watch as Wisconsin officials disputed reports of his extradition from Toronto after a Supreme Court appeal failed. Armstrong tied to 1970 University of Wisconsin bombings with three arson counts and murder charges.
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Wis
Karleton Lewis Armstrong
Dane County
Armstrong
Wisconsin
Toronto
Otto Lang
Bernard Simmonds
Metropolitan
Supreme Court of Canada
James Noble
Canada
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