Union Workers Won't Lose P. O. Jobs, Blount Says
Congressional overseers await results on Postmaster General Blount’s plan to cut 15 regional mail centers to five, centralize authority, and reduce manpower. He said 640,000 union workers are protected, while about 3,500 older white collar workers might retire. Local carriers remain unaffected as critics warn of service declines.
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Mike Shanahan
Washington
Postal Service
Winton M. Blount
Blount
David Henderson
D-N.c
House Postal Committee
Congress
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Senate Postal Committee
McGee
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Philadelphia
Memphis
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Boston
Washington D.C
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Cincinnati
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Nixon
Recovery Signs Slow In Appearing
Washington AP reports that with a third of 1971 gone the Nixon administration has not yet found solid evidence of a broad upturn in the economy. Unemployment remains high and inflation persists as the president pledges a good year ahead.
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Washington
Nixon
Economy slows pace as personal income rises modestly
The year has seen unemployment around 6 percent with a slight uptick to 6.1. Wholesale price gains accelerated in April while consumer price increases slowed earlier. Commerce reports April personal income rose by 4.5 billion, below February’s 6.2 billion gain, signaling an economy not meeting forecasts.
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Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Arthur F. Burns
Weather outlook fair and warmer tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for a low around 44 tonight and a high near 75 Friday. Expect variable cloudiness with improving sunshine delays and light winds across the period.
H S Girl Charged With Selling LSD
A high school senior, Kathryn Huber, is charged in Waukesha County Court with selling three LSD tablets for 15 dollars to a 17 year old classmate at Kettle Moraine High School in Wales. Bail set at 1000 dollars. case continued to May 24. Deputies confiscated 642 tablets.
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Waukesha
Wis
William G. Callow
Kathryn Huber
Sheriff’s Office
Miss Huber
Kettle Moraine High School
Wales
Subsidy Fight Breathes Life Into SST Plan
Congress backs funds to restart the supersonic transport program with a plan likely needing 500 million to 1 billion dollars. Boeing warns of a year delay and contract renegotiations as leaders clash over the project’s cost, production scope, and environmental concerns.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Washington
William M. Allen
Boeing Co
Allen
Nixon Extends Hand to Leonard at White House Ceremony
President Nixon meets Jerris Leonard after Leonard’s swearing in as head of the new Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Associate Justice Harry Blackmun administers the oath in the White House ceremony witnessed by Mrs. Leonard. AP Wire photo.
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Nixon
Jerris Leonard
Harry Blackmun
Leonard
New
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Massive drug raid targets five state network in La Crosse
La Crosse police with state and federal agents executed 31 warrants for dangerous drugs amid a four month probe. Arrests total 47 charges, links to Mexico and Vietnam cited, drugs valued around 10 000 dollars. Detectives Lichtie Dunham Wenger led the inquiry with DOJ officials, 75 officers involved, and briefings began at 5 30 a.m. See DRUGS Page 2.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Robert Warren
Mexico
Vietnam
la Crosse County
Vernon County
Madison
Ronald C. Wold
Dist. Atty
Burleigh Randolph
Leonard Roraff
Wold
Ment of Justice
Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Atty
Warren
Colorado
Minnesota
Iowa
California
Ray Lichtie
James Dunham
Donald Wenger
Athough
Lichtie
James Vetter
Wisconsin Department of Justice
Police Department
Mindoro Brothers Killed In Bicycle Car Crash
Two Mindoro area boys Kenneth Koss 11 and Michael Koss 4 died after a bicycle collided with a car on County Trunk Highway T near Highway 108. Driver Lyle Bredemann 39 said he did not see them due to dogs on the road and sun glare. The fatalities are La Crosse County’s second and third traffic deaths this year.
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la Crosse
Weld
Mindoro
Bredemann
Donna M. Johnson
Holmen
Michael Lee Koss
Kenneth Fredrick Koss
Robert Jr
Susan
Marjorie
Jeanette
Sharon
Emma Ross
Ray Sterandt
Fossum Funeral Home
Onalaska
la Crosse County
Mary F. Ames
Administration Urges Save Lockheed Loan
The Nixon administration asks Congress to authorize a 250 million loan guarantee to aid Lockheed Aircraft Corp and its Tristar jumbo jet program. The bill targets major failing enterprises with a five year repayment window, possible extension, and a reasonable rate. Senator Proxmire blasts the plan as bad economics and policy, arguing a bankruptcy would not cripple unemployment and that management changes are overdue. The Senate and House Banking committees will review the measure next week.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate
House
Lockheed
William Proxmire
D-Wis
150 Called For Murder Trial Jury None Picked
Whitehall Wisconsin reports 150 juror candidates questioned in the David Franzwa murder trial with no panel chosen after three court sessions. Farmers and independent businessmen are excused. others due to prejudice or prior judgments. Representation by John Ward. Judge A L Twesme presiding. Trial concerns first degree murder in Grace Franzwa’s shotgun death on December 15, 1970, and abortion in the fetus death.
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Whitehall
Wis
David Franzwa
Trempealeau
John Ward
Osseo
Franzwa
A. L. Twesme
Grace
Eleva
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Montana
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Henry M. Jackson
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