Transit Company Threatens To Halt Service In La Crosse
La Crosse Transit Co faces possible shutdown without subsidy as Common Council finance committee votes 3-2 against support. Company seeks 25 000 subsidy for June to Sept and up to 15 000 more through May 31, 1972, to avoid abandoning city buses. Mayor, aldermen debate risk and impact on service and future plans.
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Zielke
John K. Flanagan
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Ray Fey Sr
Eau Claire
Public Service Commissioners
la Crosse
Fey
la Crosse Transit
Mass Urban Transportation Assistance
Ex-Supervisor E E Brinkman Dies At 72 In Milwaukee
Emanuel E Brinkman 72 of 1347 Kane St former County Board member died at home Friday May 7 He represented the 9th Ward on the County Board for eight years chair of the salary committee and member of the ways and means old age and pensions and relief committees and the canvassing board He worked for the Burlington Railroad 1941 1950 and previously for Milwaukee Road La Crosse Rubber Mills and Burlington starting as a switchman Born La Crosse April 29 1899 He was survived by his widow Lydia daughter Ruth Mae Jenson son Donald E six grandchildren and three great grandchildren Services will be Monday at 1 30 p m at English Lutheran Church with Rev Stefan Guttorms son officiating Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Friends may call at Dickinson Caledonia Street Chapel Sunday after 4 p m and at the church Monday from 12 30 p m until service.
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Emanuel E. Brinkman
Kane St
Burlington
la Crosse
Burlington Vets
Brinkman
Lydia
Oscar
Ruth Mae) Jenson
Waukesha
Donald E
Los Angeles
Calif
Rudolph
Milwaukee
English Lutheran Church
Stefan Guttormsson
Oak Grove
Dickinson Caledonia Street
Reagan Aides Explain 25000 Dollar Speech Fee
Sacramento AP says Gov. Reagan's aides set his speech fee at 25000 dollars to deter a national tour. The fee covers Republican fundraising events, and aides say it surprised them GOP officials in New Hampshire and Massachusetts agreed to pay. Reagan plans trips there in June.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
GOP
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Reagan
Finance Chiefs Clash Over Europe Currency Crisis Solution
In Brussels six Common Market finance ministers dispute how to curb the dollar flood. West Germany favors a limited float of the six currencies, letting supply and demand set rates, while France and Italy oppose floating. Giscard d Estaing warns decisions must respect treaties and unity. Connally supports maintaining parities.
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Brussels
U.S
Europe
Karl Schiller
Valery Giscard d‘Estaing
Schiller
Giscard d’Estaing
France
Italy
Netherlands
West Germany
Frankfurt
Washington
Treasury
John B. Connally
United States
Connally
Executive Commission
Lee Money
Probes to Circle Mars Set for Twin Orbital Missions
Howard Benedict reports from Cape Kennedy on Mariner 8 and Mariner 9 ahead of their launch window. The two spacecraft aim for Mars orbit this year and should yield about 8,100 photos plus data on atmospheric and surface changes.
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Howard Benedict
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mariner 8
Mars
Mariner 9
Reds Break Cease Fire During Buddha Birthday Protests
Saigon AP report follows two ambushes on allied patrols as 48 hour Viet Cong and 24 hour allied truces overlap. U S and South Vietnamese casualties total two dead and eight wounded. enemy losses unknown. Air war continues against North Vietnam and Laos as protective reaction strikes reach 35 for the year.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Buddha
Air Force
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnamese
Charles Johnson
Rogers Peace Mission Narrows Gap Between Arabs and Israelis
Secretary of State William P. Rogers said his week-long Middle East trip yielded some narrowing of the gap between Arabs and Israelis. In Tel Aviv he discussed Suez Canal reopening with Israeli leaders and warned against overestimating the Cairo briefing. He flew to Rome for talks with Pope Paul VI, then headed home via Washington, noting Israeli flexibility on joint patrols near the canal but without a binding commitment.
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Tel Avid
Israel
William P. Rogers
Middle East
Rogers
Rome
Pope Paul VI
Washington
Suez Canal
Asst
Joseph Sisco
Cairo
Sisco
Sisio
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Golda Meir
Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Tel Aviv
State Department
U.S
Walworth Barbour
SEATO
London
Paris
Ankara
Unconstitutional charges freed many war demonstrators
Washington DC judges freed hundreds arrested in antiwar protests as unconstitutional the parading without a permit rule. About 12 000 arrested during the wave faced hearings while 346 more were released on bond after bans on fingerprints in FBI files. Cruel cellblock conditions drew criticism from officials and physicians.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Superior Court
Charles W. Halleck
Capitol
D.C
James A. Belson
Soviet launches eight satellites into orbit aboard carrier rocket
Moscow reports eight Cosmos satellites launched in secrecy aboard a single carrier rocket. The mission, described as a continuation of space research, duplicates a similar eight-craft test from 13 months earlier and is part of the Cosmos program with military and civilian aims. The satellites are numbered Cosmos 411 through 418.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Capp Blames Morals Charges On Leftist Move To Stop Him
Cartoonist Al Capp faced a morals charge from a 20 year old coed in Eau Claire Wisconsin with allegations of sodomy attempted adultery and indecent exposure. Capp denied the claims saying they are part of a leftist campaign to stop him from speaking on campuses while noting his illness and exhaustion.
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Capp
Eau Claire
Wis
al Capp
Dist. Atty
Lawrence W. Durning
Thomas Barland
Alfred G. Kaplin
Cambridge
Mass
Boston
Alvin Hockberg
Revolutionary Left
Durning
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Hockberg
Arkansas
Unemployment Up In April Across Nation
The government reported Friday that the U S unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent in April. Black workers faced a 10 percent jobless rate, white workers 5.6 percent, with the overall rate up by one tenth of a point from March, according to AP Wirephoto.
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White House
America
Strike Forces WCCO Off Air For 5 Hours
MINNEAPOLIS AP The first strike in WCCO radio history kept the station off the air from midnight to 5 a.m. today. About 20 supervisory personnel and 27 announcers newsmen and producers walked out at 5 p.m. Friday after failed contract talks with the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Wcco Radio
American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
Weather Brief: Fair Weekend Preview
A calm forecast with little temperature change through Saturday night and Sunday. Low around 35, high near 70, and a 5 percent chance of precipitation.
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Lee B. Foley
Winona
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Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission
Ronald G. Bracegirdle
Sontag
Greater
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M. M. Manning
West Ave. S
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Rural Review
E.E. Brinkman
Carl McIntire
Washington, D.C
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Capitol Building
Dan Schneiderman
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Ronald Gregor
Terrence Carroll
D.C. Public Health Association
Gregor
Carroll
D.C. Medical Committee For Human Rights
WCCO
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