Pompidou warning on NATO force cuts sparks U S France talks
At the French American summit in Reykjavik President Pompidou warned President Nixon that any unilateral U S force cut in Europe would create great danger. The leaders discussed NATO, the Mideast, Vietnam and Cambodia while ministers tackled trade and money policy and a potential dollar gold standard shift.
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Frank Cormier
Reykjavik
Iceland
Georges Pompidou
France
Nixon
America
Europe
North Atlantic
Pompidou
United States
William P. Rogers
Michel Jobert
Mideast
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Kissinger
Vienna
Indochina
Cambodia
Giscard d’Estaing
Shultz
Suit Would Close 20 Nuclear Plants
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Friends of the Earth filed a federal suit seeking shutdown of 20 major nuclear plants in 12 states including Illinois Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin. They accuse the Atomic Energy Commission of illegal operation and inadequate emergency core cooling safety measures threatening millions with potential core meltdown radiation release.
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Ralph Nader
Today
The
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Energy Commission
Nader
Friends of the Earth
FOE
AEC
Illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Commission
U.S. District Court For
District of Columbia
David Brower
San Francisco
Indian Point 2
New York
Point Beach 2
Two Creeks
Wis
Vermont Yankee
Atomic Energy Commission
Minnesota Opposes ETV Tower at La Crescent Site
A Minnesota Aeronautics Department spokesman said the proposed 869 foot Horizons Educational TV tower near La Crescent could incapacitate airport use by blocking an instrument approach. The planning commission will decide after a hearing and environmental studies, amid support from ECB and WDSE for expanded ETV service.
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Minnesota Aeronautics Department
la Crescent
Houston County
Planning and Zoning Commission
Robert Johns
la Crosse
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board
ECB
Educational TV
George Frisch
Caledonia, Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Terry Shockley
Madison
Horizons
Leo Hafner
Alfred
Shockley
Anton Moe
FAA
George A. Beck
Wdse-Tv
Duluth
George C. Jauss
WDSE
Beck
Weather Outlook With Showers Likely Thursday to Friday
Variable cloudiness with a 30 percent chance of showers Thursday night and Friday. Light variable winds. Saturday carries a chance of showers.
Betty Grady to Speak in La Crosse on Inner Peace
Mrs. Betty Grady visits La Crosse to give an Inner Peace Movement talk and run a techniques clinic. She says she is convinced her family’s psychic powers guide their lives.
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Betty Grady
la Crosse
Dracula Tours Draw 2500 Foreigners To Castle Dracula
Romanians promote Dracula Tours as a tourist lure with 2,500 foreign visitors so far and the peak excursion centers on Castle Dracula. Editorials blame closed doors run by officials as conference committees shape the $2.8 billion state budget and police fire commission actions.
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Castle Dracula
Police and Fire Commission
One-Time New Lisbon Mayor Dies
Charles E. Robison Sr. 95 of New Lisbon died May 28 after a long illness. He served 21 years on the city council and was mayor 1935 to 1946, also leading the fire department. Survived by two sons, nine grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren. Services held at Hare Funeral Home with burial in Brewster Cemetery.
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Charles E. Robison Sr
Pleasant Acres
A. V. Robison
Fountain
Juneau County
Mae Estella Heath
Studebaker Auto Agency
Robison and Son
Victor
Wausau
Earl
Green Bay
Hare Funeral Home
Otto McKegney
Brewster Cemetery
Suspension reduced for patrolman in La Crosse crash ruling
La Crosse Police and Fire Commission sustained Patrolman James Malay’s suspension but cut it to 142 days from the original. Malay, 39, argued bald tires on the squad car contributed to a March 16 rear end collision at Rose and Wall streets. His lawyer urged a standard department policy for auto accident discipline.
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la Crosse
Skemp
Skylab faces power drain as panel may be freed
Skylab crews and mission control battled a new power loss cutting six percent of the station’s power. Commander Charles Conrad Jr proposed a space walk to free a jammed solar panel while NASA shifts to lighter experiments to conserve electricity.
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Space Center, Houston
Skylab
Mission Control
Space Station
Charles Conrad Jr
Orbiting Lab
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
United States
Neil Hutchinson
Kerwin
Viroqua Physician Dr Lars Gulbrandsen Dies at 68
Dr Lars Gulbrandsen 68 longtime Viroqua physician died Wednesday in his office of an apparent heart attack. Services tentatively set for 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Beier Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Viroqua
Wis
Lars Gulbrandsen
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
Beier Funeral Home
Washburn Police Walkout Leaves Town Unstaffed
The five member Washburn police force remained off duty after a Friday afternoon walkout. Police officials the mayor and city council set a meeting for Monday night to address the situation and plan next steps.
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Washburn
Wis
Wisconsin
East Grand Forks Youth Killed at Graduation Party
Daniel Zak, 17, of rural East Grand Forks was killed when a car ran over him at a vacant farm during a graduation party. Another youth was held for questioning as authorities investigated the fatality, which occurred after Zak had just graduated from East Grand Forks High School.
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East Grand Forks
Medicare Premiums Rise July First Across Part B
Medicare costs increase with a 50 cent monthly rise in Part B premiums from 5.80 to 6.30 starting July 1. The annual deductible also rose by 10 dollars to 60 dollars. The Nixon plan to add 700 million yearly faces strong congressional resistance and is stalled in the Office of Management and Budget.
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Medicare
Nixon
Congress
Office of Management and Budget
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hew
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