Ping Pong Exchange Aimed at Friendship with China
A Peking report says China invited an American Ping-Pong team to foster friendship between the peoples, not governments. The invitation came near the end of the world table tennis tournament in Nahoya, Japan. The Americans accepted with U S State Department approval, which sees potential for a reciprocal Red China athletic visit as a breakthrough in easing relations.
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Tokyo
Peking
Nahoya
Japan
U.S. State Department
Department
Washington
United States
Red China
Soviet Move Sends Jets and Arms to Egypt
Western sources in London report renewed Soviet support to Egypt with more men and jet fighters. Air shipments rose about 10 days ago and manpower in Egypt has grown by 2,000, with about 16,000 there last year per the British Institute for Strategic Studies.
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Soviet Union
Egypt
London
British Institute For Strategic Studies
US Faces Highest Vietnam Toll in Nine Months
Saigon reports eighty eight American deaths in combat in Vietnam for the past week. Over one third of the losses came from the Fire Base Mary Ann attack on March 28 which killed 33 and wounded 76.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S. Command
Mary Ann
U.S
Nixon
Ohio State campus may strike by May 5 says Davis
Rennie Davis told 1,500 students in Hitchcock Hall that OSU campus will be on strike or closed by May 5 as part of a nationwide antiwar effort. He described protests culminating May 5 around the Capitol and a three week Washington demonstration to shut down the federal government until a Vietnam peace treaty is enacted.
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Columbus, Ohio
Rennie Davis
Ohio State University
Chicago Seven
Hitchcock Hall
Davis
Washington
Congress
Vietnam
Flood Threat Diminishes in Upper Mississippi Basin
The National Weather Service says flood risk along the upper Mississippi and Wisconsin tributaries is easing as spring snowmelt slows. Prairie du Chien expects a 20.5 foot crest on April 22, with river levels lower than the 1960s worst years, though rain could change forecasts.
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Minneapolis
Mississippi River
National Weather Service
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Joseph Strub
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Pecatonica
Rock
Illinois
Vandals Shatter Windows During Madison Antiwar March
About 200 youths marching from the University of Wisconsin through Madison’s business district toward the state Capitol triggered window smashing in eight State Street stores. Police arrested 17 in the nearby Mifflin Street area after the chaotic weekend block party.
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Madison
Wis
State Street
University of Wisconsin
State Capitol
Mifflin Street
Nixon to announce quicker Vietnam troop withdrawals
President Nixon plans a televised address tonight outlining a faster withdrawal pace from Vietnam that could speed the end of the war. Officials and analysts expect a rate well above the current 12,500 per month, potentially up to a 50 percent increase.
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Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
America
Prehistoric Tusk Fragment Found Amid Milwaukee Sewer Work
In Milwaukee a fragment that may be part of a prehistoric tusk was uncovered at a sewer excavation site by tunnel worker Joseph Galioto. His supervisor warned delaying the job for scientists to inspect the relic.
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Milwaukee
Joseph Galioto
Family Resettled After Mobile Home Destroyed by Fire
Mrs Inez Voegeli and three youngest children moved into a new unit at Monroe Estates Trailer Park near Old Monroe Airport within a day of the blaze that destroyed their home. They seek bedding clothing and personal items. girls Sharon and Karen attend Monroe High School as a sophomore and junior. Items may be left with Herman and Lila Spani or Edison Homes of Monroe. Mrs Voegeli reported flames from a closet furnace area after smelling smoke, and called for help while guiding Karen to safety. The family previously lived on a farm near Albany then south of Monroe, and Mrs Voegeli works at Green County Pre Pak. Personal belongings were not insured.
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Inez Voegels
Monroe Estates
Monroe Airport
Monroe
Jerry
Sharon
Karen
Monroe High School
Voegeli
Herman Spani
10Th Street
Edison
Highway 81
April Cancer Crusade Underway in Green County
The Green County Unit of the American Cancer Society launches its April Crusade with local chairs and township and village coordinators named. Funds are tight this year, but the campaign emphasizes education and public information through its Public Information and Counseling Service. Individual town and city chairmen coordinate drives and the ACS urges support with donations and checkups.
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Green County
American Cancer Society
United Fund
Gary Hessel
Louis
Adele) Lehnherr
Juda
Paul Klassy
New Glarus
Abert Nyhns
York
Albert Hefty
Marvin Klassy
Exeter
Jerome Tollekson
Monroe
John H. Chambers
V.F.W
Walter Marty
Albany
Wisconsin
Nixon Increases Withdrawal Rate From Vietnam
President Nixon orders 100000 more U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Vietnam by December 1 raising the monthly pullout average to about 14300 and lowering total troops to about 184000. He rejects a fixed end date and cites South Vietnamese strength and recent operations while warning against ending negotiations prematurely.
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White House
Council Canvasses Ballots In City Election Itself
The council canvassed April 6 votes with Ald. Rieder leading in ward six 109 to 31 over Upmann and Kirchner, Dawson, Coplien elected unopposed in wards two four and five. City Attorney Schmitz re elected with 796 votes. The meeting approved land annexation near Idle Hour Mansion and a curb and gutter bid, plus a street lighting program totaling 1,408.01 dollars. Licenses were granted for two mobile home parks and operator licenses to three individuals.
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Ald
Robert Rieder
John Upmann
Hilton E. Kirchner
Eugene Dawson
Jerry Coplien
William Schmitz
Leonard Haney
Robert Tschudy
William Niederberger
Seventh Ward
Board of Public Works
Highway 11
2Nd
4Th Avenues
4Th Avenue
10Th Street
12Th Avenue
Parkview Estates
Hillside Acres
Frontier
8Th Avenue
Cammen
17Th Street
Edwin L. Marty
30Th Ave
John J. Burke
17Th Ave
Dianne L. Allen
French Club Trip to Quebec City From Monroe High
Thirteen French IV students from Monroe High School spend spring vacation in Quebec City with instructor Larry Larson and Mrs. Larson. They traveled via Chicago by train, plan to return April 10, and funded the trip through candy and bake sales. Mary Schild reported visiting Parliament and riding horse-drawn coaches. shopping was planned for Wednesday.
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Quebec
Monroe High School
Larry Larson
Mrs. Larson
Chicago
Dearborn
Quebec City
Canada
Jeanne Usher
Carol Nyman
Sue Burkhard
Cathy Dischler
Barb Wuethrich
Pam Buholzer
Mr. Larson
Mary Classen
Jody Wegmueller
Mary Sc
Larson
Mary Schild
John Schild
Parliament
Cultural Arts Program Planned April 17
Dena Madole a solo dancer joins Barbara McDermitt for a 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17 performance in the Monroe Junior High School Auditorium. The program, last in the 1970 71 PTA series, features four dances with informal commentary and audience participation. Admission with season tickets or at the door.
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PTA
Monroe
Dena Madole
Barbara McDermitt
Robert Rieder
Steve Rosa
Miss McDermitt
Northwestern University
Mid-West
Evanston
Ill
American Theatre Institute
Aspen
Colo
Miss Madole
University of Wisconsin
United States
Dena Modale
Monroe Pta
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Monticello
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Ruth Wurgler
Alton Erickson
Brooklyn
Ralph Bridge
Anker Hansen
Curtis Lyle
Brodhead
Marvin Stabler
US S
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Green County Department of Social Services
Council
Bae
Paras
Mary Wegman
Berlin
Germany
Erick Hawkins
Washington University
Rockford College
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