Wisconsin reapportionment battles spark talks of a broader agenda
Keppler and Isser discuss possible simultaneous sessions to tackle reapportionment and added issues. A constitutional amendment on women's rights or striking the full crew law are among possibilities. A compromise map aims to merge 11 representatives, with 33 senators unaffected, as leaders push speedier enactment to avoid court disputes.
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Lucey
Keppler
Isser
Wisconsin
Allen Williams
Senate
Assembly
Governors Tour Tokushima Japan Sightseeing Stop
Eight U S governors visit Tokushima Prefecture meeting Gov Yasunobu Takeichi. They tour government buildings a plant attend luncheon at a castle garden watch Awa dance and return to Tokyo. In Madison Lt Gov Martin J Schreiber cites Rosecrans fire with 10 elderly deaths as a knotty problem.
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Tokushima
Japan
U.S
Yasunobu Takeichi
Shikoku
Tokyo
U S
Takeichi
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Bank robber sentenced in Saukville branch heist
Clarence Forbes, 45, of Milwaukee, was sentenced to 12 years at Waupun State Prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery of 2005 at the Saukville branch of the Port Washington State Bank. He was captured by Mequon officers two minutes after the crime.
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Port Washington
Clarence Forbes
Milwaukee
Waupun State
Ozaukee
Warren Grady
Forbes
Saukville
Port Washington State Bank
Mequon
Stop light planned near UW Platteville in Grant County
Platteville officials approved installing the county's only stop and go traffic signal near the University of Wisconsin Platteville. Boscobel previously removed a signal due to state rules. Wisconsin Electric Power says power supply will be adequate this summer with up to 200000 kilowatts contracted from American Electric Power if needed. President Nixon's emergency office warned reserves in five states remain precariously low.
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Grant County
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Electric Power Co
Anthony Soika
American Electric Power Co
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Office of Emergency Preparedness
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
Farmers may owe tax on custom work equipment
Daniel Smith of the Department of Revenue said farmers who do custom work for others may pay state taxes on normally exempt farm equipment. The tax generally applies to those earning at least 25 percent of income from custom work.
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Madison
Daniel Smith
Department of Revenue
Smith
North Vietnamese assault splits An Loc as tanks enter
North Vietnamese forces storm An Loc and seize the northern half of the provincial capital near Saigon. Reports say 12,000 South Vietnamese troops in the town rally under heavy U.S. air strikes while armor and air fields fall to the attackers. Field dispatches note first entry into a provincial capital in the 15 day offensive.
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Saigon
An Loc
Nguyen van Thien
Highway 13
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Sity
Qui Nhon
da Nang
United States
North Vietnam
Bai Thuong Mig
Apollo 16 crew drills in geology as launch forecast kept
Apollo 16 astronauts Young Duke and Mattingly trained with Dr Farouk el Baz on lunar surface landmarks ahead of a Sunday 12:54 p.m. launch forecast for Cape Kennedy. Weather calls for partly cloudy skies and SW winds around 15 mph, possible late-day thundershowers if delayed.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Weather Service
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Farouk el- Baz
El-Baz
Space Agency
Weather Service
Young
Girl Scout cookie delivery underway in Monroe
8,300 boxes of Girl Scout cookies arrive at Charles Dearth Pontiac Buick in Monroe as the final phase of the sale transfers to troop and cookie chair volunteers. Cookies will be delivered through the weekend with payment on delivery. An aide to Gov Lucey predicts the governor will push full crew law repeal and the equal rights amendment to a upcoming special session agenda.
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Charles Dearth Pontiac Buick
Monroe
Sherman Hodgson
Mmes
Lester Johnson
Walter Schuepp
Howard Schulz
Thomas Hartwig
Donald Ogden
Egbert Kamstra
Arnold Koehn
Paul Benkert
Raimond Corbins
Jake Rufener Jr
Jacob Gruenewald
Paul Alston
Doran Zwygart
Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Union behind killings cited by Annette Gilly testimony
Annette Gilly, a confessed participant in the 1969 Yablonski murders, said she was told "the union" approved the killings. She linked Tony Boyle to the orders, though Boyle denies involvement. The statement, read at a Washington County hearing, also mentioned two men dubbed Titler and Owens and details of the killing plan and payoff.
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Washington, Pa
Annette Gilly
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Yablonski
Gilly
Washington
Tony Boyle
Cleveland
Boyle
Titler
Owens
FBI
Bush
UMW
Washington, D.C
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