Senate Votes To Ban Studded Tires By '73
The Wisconsin Senate approved a bill to ban metal studded tires by April 15 1973 linking Milwaukee to Minneapolis and Chicago. It allows tungsten carbide studs only in winter and imposes up to 200 dollars fine and 30 days jail. Proponents note salt use keeps highways clear most of the year while Milwaukee engineers blame studs for pavement wear.
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Senate
Madison
Wis
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Minneapolis
Chicago
Wica
State Assembly
Fundal
Medical Center Cuts Off Welfare Patients
Fridley Medical Center will no longer treat welfare patients as 10 doctors resign logos citing growing government regulatory interference. Dr. Herbert S. Strait stresses avoiding bureaucratic control while Anoka County Welfare Director John Elfelt calls the action unfortunate.
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Fridley, Minn
Fridley Medical Center
Herbert S. Strait
Welfare Department
Strait
Minneapolis Star
Anoka County
John Elfelt
Woman Killed Investigating Gas Odor From Well
In Gmunden Austria a woman died attempting to inspect a foul smell from a well with a lit candle. Police say a gas seepage from a nearby gas works caused the explosion that killed her.
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Gmunden
Austria
Centennial Safe Key Elusive for U S Chief Justice
Washington AP reports the chief justice may need a professional safecracker to open the 1876 centennial safe in a Capitol storage room. The key is missing and the inner door combination is with the Smithsonian. The outer lock may be inoperable after decades exposed to elements.
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Washington
Capitol
George Hays
United States
U.S
United
House Appropriations
George M. White
Smithsonian Institution
Bob Casey
Dtex
East Portico
Philadelphia
Charles F. Deihm
New York
White
FDA Panel Says Politics, Not Science Drive Some Decisions
A blue ribbon advisory panel found FDA decisions on food and drug safety too influenced by politics rather than solid science. The 56 page report urged buffers against political pressure, cited underfunded, poorly directed labs, weak planning, and secretive culture, with cyclamate as a prime example of rushed, pressured judgment.
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Washington
The
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Wisconsin to tighten checks on smoked chub pesticide levels
Wisconsin will boost surveillance of smoked chub after tests show pesticide residues in some fish exceed safety limits. Officials from the Agriculture Department say up to half of the state chub industry could be affected as DDT and dieldrin are found in Lake Michigan catches. Shipments interstate are being seized. enhanced testing is planned by mid June.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Norman E. Kirschbaum
State Agriculture Department
Lake Michigan
Kirschbaum
Lake Superior
Newsboy Moriarty Kidnapped for Hidden Loot in Jersey City
Jersey City, AP. Joseph Moriarty known as Newsboy, 60, was beaten and torched by three captors seeking hidden money from a $2.6 million numbers racket cache found in 1962. He escaped from handcuffs near a motel after being abducted, with authorities unsure of the motive or suspects. Court records show his 1961 gross handle exceeded $43,000 daily.
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Jersey City
N.J
Joseph
Moriarty
Jersey Shore
Jersey City Medical Center
Patrick
McGee
U.S. Court of Appeals
New York City
Hudson
Joe
Hudson County
Wisconsin Construction Local 494 Placed Under Trusteeship
Milwaukee AP report says Wisconsin construction Local 494, with about 4000 members, was placed under trusteeship by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Thomas Malone of the IBEW sixth district announced the suspension of officers and executive board members and took over as trustee. Albert R. Tadych, ousted business manager, alleges the move aims to discredit local administration and sway an ongoing election.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Construction Local 494
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Thomas Malone
IBEW
6Th District
494
Malone
Chicago
Albert R. Tadych
the International
Today in History May 28 1971 highlights and events
On May 28 across history notable events occurred from Dunkerque evacuations in 1940 to Archduke Maximilian’s 1864 Vera Cruz arrival. Other items include Russia’s 1905 naval defeat, Oliva Dionne quintuplets in 1934, Baldwin’s 1937 resignation, Able and Baker space flight in 1959, stock losses in 1962, Stevenson’s 52 Western Hemisphere tour, Hue’s 1963 control, and Nixon’s 1970s economic optimism.
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Associated Press
Dunkerque
France
Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian
Austria-Hungary
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Russia
Oliva Dionne
Callender
Ontario
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Able
Baker
Cape Canaveral
Fla
New York
John F. Kennedy
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Western Hemisphere
Hue
Nixon
U.S
Nixon approves funds for cancer research extra billion approved
President Nixon announced the signing of a $7 billion supplemental appropriation that includes an extra $100 million for cancer research. He urged Congress to also act quickly on his May 11 proposal for an independently budgeted cancer cure program with the National Institutes of Health and a director reporting directly to the president.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
National Institutes of Health
Kroll Former CIO APL AFL CIO Leader Dies at 86
Cincinnati AP reports Jack Kroll, 86, former vice president of the International Union Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America AFL CIO, died Monday. He served as assistant to the director of the CIO Political Action Committee and as co director of the AFL CIO Committee on Political Education.
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Cincinnati
Jack Kroll
International Union
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
AFL Cio
Kroll
CIO
Aflcio
Senate Delays Action On Lucey Appointment
The Wisconsin Senate postponed immediate consideration of John M. Lavine's appointment to the State University Board of Regents by a 17-15 vote. The move followed GOP opposition tied to Lucey’s university merger plan and regional representation concerns, with debate on other appointments and a separate confirmation of William Eich to the Public Service Commission.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
John M. Lavine
Chippewa Falls
State University Board of Regents
Senate
Patrick J. Lucey
Arthur Cirilli
Superior
Lucey
Eau Claire State University
Lavine
Warren
Bidwell
Raymond Heinzen
Bloomer
Board of Regents
Mr. Lavine
Heinzen
Bertram N. McNammara
Milwaukee
William Eich
Madison, Wis
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