Tornado Toll Rises Across Texas Hubbard Burnet Hit Hard
Violent tornadoes churned across central Texas with at least four killed and more than 100 injured. Hubbard and Burnet suffered severe damage as other towns reported strikes. In Hubbard four dead include a 6 year old boy and three ranch workers. Burnet saw heavy property loss but no deaths. Cleanup slowed by traffic as residents sought Lake Buchanan and recreation spots.
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Downey to Be Released From Chinese Prison
CIA agent John Thomas Downey is to be released Monday after over 20 years in a Chinese prison on spy charges. Navy Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn and Air Force Capt. Philip E. Smith will follow next Thursday. Downey, 42, Yale graduate, crossed to Hong Kong and home as U S China relations thaw with Nixon urging quick results.
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Indians Seek Court Order To End Wounded Knee Blockade
The AIM led occupation at Wounded Knee seeks a court order to lift the federal blockade as gunfire rattles the village. Lawyers plan renewed talks with Justice and Interior Departments while Ramon Roubideaux of AIM moves to court to remove federal agents. Wisconsin officials promise help arranging attendance at upcoming congressional hearings on the seizure.
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Nixon fundraiser refunds two big donors tied to Watergate
Texas oilman Robert H. Allen had $89,000 returned after linking his money to the Watergate affair while Walter T. Duncan of San Antonio saw a $305,000 note canceled as his land empire faltered.
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FIT Fights Prices With Meat Boycott
Two women started Fight Inflation Together with a national meat boycott. Since early April about 3,000 pledges to abstain from meat on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the first week of the next month have arrived. FIT clubs operate in roughly 40 cities as the movement gains momentum. June Foray Donovan and Arline Mathews describe it as sweeping the country and aim to reduce meat prices through retail pressure.
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Weekend Weather Outlook With Showers and Mild Temps
The forecast notes cloudy skies with a 90 percent chance of precipitation Saturday night and 70 percent Sunday as a system brings showers or thundershowers. Temperatures rise to a high near 50, low around 35, with easterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Monday remains cloudy and mild with a low near 35.
Look Inside Maggie's Magic Teapot Opens in Viterbo Arts
A children's theater production titled Look Inside Maggie's Magic Teapot opened Friday night at the Viterbo College Fine Arts Center in La Crosse. The show is presented by the La Crosse branch of the American Association of University Women.
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Catholic teachers discuss human relationships in La Crosse
More than 100 teachers from Catholic schools in La Crosse and surrounding areas gathered Friday to emphasize the importance of human relationships in the classroom. The event highlighted student welfare, teacher collaboration, and community involvement as core educational values.
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Church Activities Highlight Quiet Week in Community
Local church reports a calm week with pews filling at Sunday services and small group meetings resuming. No major events noted, but volunteers organized outreach and care efforts for neighbors in need.
POW releases expected next week as talks continue
North Vietnam signaled another batch of American prisoners would be freed next week while the United States predicted about 140 would be released on Tuesday or Wednesday. Maj. Gen. Gilbert H. Woodward urged the Communists to supply names times and locations by Sunday for the third phase of repatriation. Ahead, hundreds more POWs were exchanged at Quang Tri and Bong Son as the Inter national Commission of Control and Supervision debated alleged SAM sites.
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Nixon to Seek Death Penalty and Tough Drug Sentences
President Nixon announced a legislative package to restore the federal death penalty for certain crimes and impose mandatory life imprisonment without parole for habitual drug traffickers. He also proposed higher fines, stricter insanity defenses limits, and a separate death penalty statute for rapid congressional action.
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Group Begins Armstrong Fund
A committee named the Karl Armstrong Defense Committee launched a drive to raise 30000 to 40000 dollars for the University of Wisconsin bombing suspect’s legal fees. Armstrong was extradited from Canada to Madison on murder and arson charges tied to the 1970 UW Army Math Research Center bombing that killed a researcher. He is jailed in Dane County, bail set at 450000 dollars, with three additional arson counts for other campus fires.
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Karl Armstrong
Hearing Set On County Payment Of Staats Trial Costs
A hearing in Circuit Court in La Crosse County will decide if the county must cover all or part of the $11 305.29 Doyle bill and related trial costs for Thomas J Staats who was convicted of a lesser offense in the June 1971 shooting death of Russell W Smith. The petition notes Staats assets and debts and outlines the county’s prior spending on jurors and defense.
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Waupun State Prison
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