Budget Requests Up 223000 in La Crosse County Budget
La Crosse County finance committee tentatively approves 1971 budget requests totaling 223000 more than 1970. The increase runs about six to seven percent and will be folded into a tentative budget for full board review at October meeting.
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Oak Forest
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Veterans Service Office
Clarence Schmidt
Property Committee
Arthur McBain
16Th Dist
Have-Not Communities Urge Shared Tax Equity
Milwaukee and other Have-Not communities pressed for tax reform and more state funding ahead of the November 1971 elections. The meeting, called by Mayor Henry Maier, urged scrutiny of candidates and continued advocacy for Tarr program ideas to rebalance shared taxes and reduce property tax burdens on residents.
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Wisconsin
Henry Maier
Maier
Tarr Study Commission
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Merrill
Patrick J. Lucey
Jack Olson
Voigt
Sabes
Ids
Wisconsin League of Municipallities
Wisconsin Towns Association
Winneconne
James P. Coughlin
Winnebago
Coughlin
Cambodian Roads Under Siege In Vietnam Campaign
Cambodian military reports indicate a coordinated North Vietnamese and Viet Cong effort to sever land routes. Highway 7 and Highway 5 remain open for civilian use, while Highway 4 faces active pressure and military traffic is halted. A six hour attack southwest of Phnom Penh wounded 10 soldiers, with three enemy bodies recovered at Sre Klong. Route 1 near the South Vietnamese border was closed by a mine, with reopening planned. In Vietnam, minor clashes occurred near Cai Lay as 31 UH1 Hueys were handed over to the South Vietnamese. Refugees gather in Thailand as talks about aid and repatriation continue.
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Five Youths Held for Grand Jury Action in Slaying
Five youths should be held for possible grand jury action in the execution style killing of Charles A. Reede, 24, a Cook County coroner's jury urged. Reede was shot Aug. 25 in a South Side building used by Black P Stone Nation leaders. Det. Raymond McNally testified that three eyewitnesses planned to testify at trial. Sherman Young, accused killer, allegedly warned Reede he would never see his family before firing. Reede’s body was moved to a vacant lot. a boy and his mother witnessed it and were placed in protective custody. Five people are in custody and Young remains at large on bond in another case.
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Charles A. Reede
Cook County
Reede
P Stone Nation
Raymond McNally
McNally
Young
Wisconsin lawmakers steer job training bill compromise
Washington AP Two Wisconsin congressmen play key roles in a House committee approved compromise bill to fund job training. The 82 page measure stems from Gaylord Nelson’s Senate plan and Rep. William Steiger’s counter proposal. It would create about 75 000 public works jobs and employ roughly 250 000 under state and local programs, consolidating existing training under the Labor Department.
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Wisconsin
House
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Nixon
William Steiger
R-Wis
Nelson
U.S. Labor Department
Ex-Migrant Heads Migrant Job Plan in Wisconsin
Salvador Sanchez, 31, named Thursday to head United Migrant Services statewide antipoverty program funded by federal aid. A former migrant and longtime UMOS crew leader, he previously organized statewide recruiting and field operations while working from the Madison office since 1965. He succeeds Jesus Salas, who resigned to return to community organizing.
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Wisconsin
Salvador Sanchez
United Migrant Services
UMOS
Madison
Sanchez
Jesus Salas
Obreros Unidos
Salas
UW To Introduce Black Studies Dept
The University of Wisconsin Afro American Studies Department will be formally introduced to the university and Madison community on Wednesday. Chair Charles E. Anderson says five students expect to take degree exams in spring after completing required coursework elsewhere. The department now has over 500 students and covers Afro American history to the economics of black America.
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University of Wisconsin
Charles E. Anderson
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