Nixon Proposes Consolidated Drug Enforcement Administration
President Nixon moved to create a new Drug Enforcement Administration within the Justice Department to unify drug enforcement. The plan would abolish the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and fold in functions from the Bureau of Customs and the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement. Myles Ambrose to serve as acting administrator during the transition. The action would shift port of entry inspections from Immigration to Treasury duties, while treatment and rehabilitation remain under the White House Office for Drug Abuse Prevention.
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Nixon
Justice Department
Bureau of Customs
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Office of National Narcotics Intelligence
White House
Atty. Gen. Kleindienst
Myles Ambrose
Ambrose
Office
Special Action Office
Treasury Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Customs Bureau
Immigration Service
Lucey outlines Wisconsin health reform plan
Governor Patrick Lucey urges a three role state approach regulator planner and provider to fix health care. Proposals include a three member health commission standards for insurer and hospital pricing and a large scale medical school expansion plus funding for Milwaukee and Marquette facilities and nursing home protections. He cites doctor shortages and rural access gaps while supporting health maintenance organizations and youth venereal disease education.
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Madison
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Lucey
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Marquette Dental School
Health Officer Seeks 37000 For VD Control
The La Crosse City Board of Health directed Health Officer George Baldwin to seek about 37 000 in state funds for venereal disease control over three years. The grant would cover VD control salaries and related costs for the city and county.
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la Crosse City
Baldwin
Mihalovic
Ex La Farge Man Dies In La Crosse
Olaf Johnson 83, of La Crosse formerly of La Farge, died Tuesday in a La Crosse hospital. Services Friday at 2 p.m. in La Farge Funeral Chapel with Rev. Milton Campbell. burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Visitation after 7 p.m. Thursday. Born June 2, 1889 in Broadhead. Survived by widow Agnes, three stepsons, 25 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
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LA Farge
Wis
Olaf Johnson
la Crosse
Johnson
Milton Campbell
Chapel Hill
Broadhead
Ben Johnson
Agnes
Kenneth Newman
Genoa
Lloyd
Miles
Coon Valley
Farmers Rally as NFO Plans Action Over Meat Prices
National Farmers Organization leaders press special meetings in Corning Iowa to curb meat boycotts and sagging livestock prices. President Oren Lee Staley warns of strong action next week if price declines persist and pledges united farmer leadership to avoid costly seed investments again.
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Corning
Iowa
National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley
NFO
Staley
Hog market slump prompts price declines and cautious selling
Prices continued to fall as buyers urged farmers to hold hogs over 215 pounds. Industry leaders cited psychological factors and recent high prices as triggers. A Nebraska buyer forecast prices would ease for two to three weeks while packers cut slaughter due to softer demand and fewer cattle.
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Bradshaw
American Meat Institute
Allen Johnson
Johnson
Lee Fowler
Omaha
Neb
Fowler
Nebraska
Tribune Publication Data and Rates
The Tribune notes its publication schedule with afternoon and Sunday morning editions from 435 S 4th St La Crosse Wisconsin 54601. It lists circulation and advertising rate information including a city carrier price of 1.60 dollars every two weeks.
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the Tribune
S. 4Th St
la Crosse
Man Charged With Possession Of Hashish In La Crosse
A La Crosse man, Gerald Trimbell, 20, was arrested for possessing 877 grams of hashish smuggled from Nepal with intent to deliver. Detectives say the hashish was in plastic bags inside a wooden plaque. He is held on a $10,000 bond awaiting a April 3 preliminary hearing in County Court. Police also noted an earlier investigation stemming from U.S. Customs. In a separate arrest, Richard Catlin, 20, of Pine Street, was arrested for marijuana possession.
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la Crosse
Nepal
Gerald Trimbell
West Ave. S
Trimbell
Katmandu
U.S. Customs Service
North 15Th Street
Richard Catlin
Pine St
Girl found dead after 61 stab wounds in Racine
Tina Davidson 15 was found nude on a Lake Michigan beach after being stabbed in the heart. She was last seen Monday night near Quincy Avenue. Police had little new information on the slaying and noted her school reported only attendance issues.
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Racine, Wis
Racine
Lake Michigan
West Side
Racine Street
Lawrence Hagman
Tina Davidson
Hagman
Tina
Quincy Avenue
David Cunningham
Kathleen Davidson
McCord Tells Senators More About Watergate
Convicted Watergate conspirator James W. McCord Jr agreed to answer questions under oath today at a closed door interview with a Senate investigation committee. The session precedes public hearings on the Watergate bugging and other alleged espionage in the last presidential campaign. E Howard Hunt Jr, awaiting sentencing, returned before a federal grand jury after declining to answer on grounds of self incrimination. a hearing was set to determine immunity.
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Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Senate Investigation Committee
Watergate Complex
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Hunt
U.S
John J. Sirica
Pilot Sessions At WWTI Thursday
A pilot improvement program sponsored by three agencies will be Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Coleman Auditorium at Western Wisconsin Technical Institute. The program is organized by the La Crosse Flight Service Station the FAA district office and the Wisconsin Division of Aeronautics. Topics include pilot briefings weather changes in pilot certification and ratings and search techniques for locating downed aircraft. The report also covers Watergate developments with Senate leaders urging Dean testimony before the panel and ongoing questions about executive privilege. Five people pleaded guilty and two including Liddy and McCord were found guilty of conspiracy and wiretapping in the Democratic HQ break in.
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Coleman Auditorium
Western
Wisconsin Technical Institute
la Crosse
Federal Aviation Administration
General Aviation District Office 13
Wisconsin Division of Aeronautics
William Moorhead
D-Pa
John v. Erlenborn
B-Ill
Dean
Nixon
Liddy
McCord
Democratic
John J. Sirica
Sparta Oil Dealer Alvin Rasmussen Dies At 70
Alvin H. Rasmussen 70 of Sparta died March 27 in a local church. He was president of Rasmussen Oil Co for about 40 years and served as director of Union National Bank of Sparta and Sparta Mfg. Co. He was a former city council member and undersheriff under his father. He is survived by his widow Ella, two sons John and James, three brothers, and eight grandchildren. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery with services at 8 p.m. Masonic rites Thursday and calling hours after 2 p.m. Thursday. Memorials to the Heart Fund requested.
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Sparta
Wis
Alvin H. Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Rasmussen Oil Co
Congregational United Church of Christ
Delbert Permann
Woodlawn
Robert Page
Heart Fund
Ella
John
James
Paul
Harold
Union National Bank of Sparta
Sparta Mfg. Co
Sparta City Council
Harry O. Rasmussen
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