Watertown’s 1853 Bond Crisis Ends With Silent Government
Watertown Wisconsin faced 750000 dollars in debt by 1878 after 1853 rail bond schemes. To dodge bondholders and court orders officials disbanded elected government for ten years by resigning as papers were served. The town later recovered and grew into a prosperous 15000 population community on the Milwaukee Road line.
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Watertown
Wis
Wisconsin
New York City
New York
Watertown Railroad Co
Milwaukee Road
Amtrak
FBI asked to explain Antioch plan
Antioch College chancellor Francis X. Shea said a 1968 FBI plan to discredit former student leaders was an illegal attack on the school's reputation. He demanded full disclosure of FBI documents under FOIA and warned of legal action if rejected. The memo proposed identifying militant former students and briefing a Cincinnati Enquirer editor to publish a circulatory article.
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Yellow Springs
Ohio
Antioch College
Francis X. Shea
FBI
Shea
Washington
William Sullivan
Antioch
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Antioch Cooperative Education
Senate Intelligence Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
Cincinnati
Monarchy Restored as Juan Carlos Becomes King of Spain
Juan Carlos I was sworn in before parliament ending Franco era as monarchy returns to Spain. Tens of thousands paid homage to the old regime at Franco’s state body while dignitaries from Jordan Chile Monaco and the Philippines attended. Franco's state funeral is planned for Sunday at the Valley of the Fallen.
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Madrid
Spain
Juan Carlos de Borbon Y Borbon
Juan Carlos I
Francisco Franco
Rodriguez de Valcarcel
Sophie
Greece
Franco
National Palace
U.S
Nelson Rockefeller
Cortes
Council of Regency
Juan Carlos
Alfonso XIII
Alfonso
Rockefeller
Jordan
Hussein
Augusto Pinochet
Prince Rainier
Monaco
Imelda Marcos
Philippines
Fifth grader defies school dress code over hair length
In Saguache Colorado Le Seaman 10 was suspended from Mountain Valley Elementary after violating a dress code banning hair touching the collar. The case sparks community division as the school board weighs scrapping the rule and possible court action for sexual discrimination.
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Saguache
Colo
le Seaman
Mountain Valley
San Luis Valley
Colorado
Patricia Hillis
Seaman
Court orders psychiatric testing of youth who brandished toy gun
US magistrate Peter Palermo ordered psychiatric testing for Michael Calvin 20 after he allegedly pulled a toy gun on Ronald Reagan near Miami. A Dec 9 preliminary hearing was set while Calvin is held at Broward County Jail. his father may post a 100000 bond to secure private psychiatric care.
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Miami
Ronald Reagan
Peter Palermo
Michael Calvin
Palermo
Calvin
Reagan
Secret Service
Paul Carvin
Ocean City
Broward County
Senate Panel withholds CIA evidence delays Justice probe
Justice Department officials complain their investigation of the CIA is hampered by the Senate intelligence committee’s refusal to turn over evidence for its findings of agency misdeeds. Attorney General Levi expects later access as the committee’s assassination plots report fuels possible indictments.
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Washington
Justice
Department
CIA
Senate Intelligence Committee
Edward H. Levi
U.S
Levi
Senate Committee
Fidel
Castro
Patrice Lumumba
FBI
National Security Agency
Justice Department
US S
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Weather outlook with clouds and chilly temperatures
Mostly cloudy and colder with a chance of snow flurries today. Highs in the mid 30s. Clearing tonight with lows in the mid 20s. Sunday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change and highs in the mid to upper 30s. Chance of precipitation 10 percent tonight and Sunday. Fair Monday with a chance of rain or snow Tuesday and Wednesday. Lows in the 20s and highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s.
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Luke Feck
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Man Aaronson
Colorado Rural Legal Services
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White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
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