Soviets Say American Plane Violated State Frontier
A small U.S. Air Force plane carrying Maj. Gen. Edward D. Scherrer and Brig. Gen. Claude M. McQuarrie Jr. landed safely near Leninakan Armenia after disappearing over the Turkish frontier. Soviet Tass said the four aboard were in good health and that Soviet authorities would investigate the alleged frontier violation. The craft, piloted by Maj. James P. Russell, was on a 120 mile flight from Erzurum to Kars. Turkish and Soviet search efforts intensified as weather cleared. Scherrer oversees U.S. military aid to Turkey and has long served in high command roles. McQuarrie led Army units and served in Vietnam.
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Moscow
U.S
Armenia
Turkey
Tass
Soviet Union
Edward C. D. Scherrer
Claude M. McQuarrie Jr
Ankara
James P. Russell
Mississippi
Erzurum
Kars
Scherrer
Shawneetown
Ill
West Point
Pacific
Europe
South Korea
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McQuarrie
Ft. Benning, Ga
County drug probe leads to youths arrest
Four La Crosse youths aged around 40 and one 19 year old rural Onalaska youth were arrested for possession of marijuana and dangerous drugs. Officers seized marijuana and LSD from the residents including 1311 Caroline St. In Onalaska a 19 year old was arrested with marijuana weighed in multiple containers. Bond set at 500 dollars. four youths held.
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la Crosse
Onalaska
la Crosse County
Sheriff’s Department
Scott J. Capper
Robert W. Greathouse
Kim O. Kersting
John R. Rice
Caroline St
Paul Treise
R. 3
Richard Baker
Allan G. Berg
Triese
la Crosse County Court
Treise
Note Left In Ohta Car Warns of Death for Misusing Environment
A typewritten note signed by four tarot card knights declares a war by the People of the Free Universe against anyone who misuses the environment. The note, found after the murder of Dr. Victor M. Ohta and four others in Santa Cruz, threatens death and urges support for natural life. The victims included Dr. Ohta, his wife Virginia, sons Derrick and Taggart, and secretary Dorothy Cadwallader. all were shot and dumped in a pool, with the house set ablaze. Police urge calm as investigators treat the killings as the work of cultists.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Free Universe
Victor M. Ohta
Paul W. Tara
San Francisco
Tarai
Ohta
Tara
Virginia
Derrick
Taggart
Dorothy Cadwallader
Fetus Talks Hoax Yields Political Stir in Indonesia
A Jakarta woman claimed to be 18 months pregnant with a talking fetus, duping President Suharto and leaders. Doctors later found she feigned pregnancy, though signs suggested a recent birth. She faces psychiatric evaluation as authorities review the sensational case.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
Tjut Zahara
Central Hospital
Wisconsin Civilian Work Force Drops by 2500 in September
Wisconsin's civilian work force totaled 1,968,500 in September, down 2,500 from August, per the State Employment Service. Last September the force was 1,937,800. The service says the majority of the decline stems from school youth withdrawing from the labor market, especially in farm activities.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Employment Service
Srvice
Iowan Wins Nobel Prize for Green Revolution Impact
Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug, 57, says world population growth is the era’s biggest hurdle and the green revolution can buy only about 20 years to expand food. He urges developing nations to boost agriculture while pursuing industrial growth, noting gains from his dwarf wheat and Rockefeller-backed research in Mexico and Pakistan.
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Kevin M. Kelleghan
Mexico City
Norman E. Borlaug
Borlaug
Pakistan
Mexico
Ministry of Agriculture
Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Agricultural Institute
Alfred Nobel
Nixon signs bill creating Ice Age Reserve in Wisconsin
President Nixon signed a bill authorizing 425000 dollars for development and 79000 dollars annually for operations of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve totaling 32500 acres across Wisconsin. The measure funds development, with Wisconsin having financed much of the land since 1964 amid Interior Department concerns over federal takeover and precedent.
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Washington
Nixon
Wisconsin
Devils Lake State Park
Sheboygan Marsh
Kettle Moraine State Forest
Two Creeks
Campbellsport
Cross Plains
Mill Bluff
Interstate
Interior Department
Sleeping Bear Dunes Named National Lakeshore in Michigan
President Nixon signed a bill Wednesday establishing the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. The area covers three mainland units about 31 000 acres in Benzie and Leelanau counties and North and South Manitou Islands totaling about 24 000 acres. The act authorizes up to 19.8 million for land acquisition and 18.769 million for development.
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Washington
Nixon
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Michigan
Benzie and
Leelanau
Manitou Islands
Lake Michigan
Nobel winner Borlaug hailed by daughter in Stevens Point
Mrs Richard Rhoda says her father Norman Borlaug earned the Nobel Peace Prize for developing higher yielding grains. The wheat specialist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico City refused to come home until his day’s work was done.
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Stevens Point
Richard Rhoda
Norman Borlaug
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Mexico City
Borlaug
Rhoda
Pay hike bids for judges and patrolmen hearings
La Crosse County Board finance committee heard salary increase requests for county and circuit judges and county traffic patrolmen. Judge Roraff Toepel Pappas seek increases. state pays remainder. A separate $25,170 fringe package for traffic officers proposed with $50 monthly across the board, retirement costs in play, and overtime terms. County patrols would rise to about $625 monthly. top pay near $697 with fringe. Sheriff McHugh seeks departmentwide application. hospital staff steps urged by trustees.
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le Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Robert Pehler
Pehler
James McHugh
Levi Cavadini
la Crosse County
Oak Forest
Hillview
Lakeview Hospital
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Iowa
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Ohtas
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People’s Provisional Consultative Council
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