Wisconsin Highlights From Badger Briefs
Wisconsin news briefs cover Clark Oil cutting wholesale sales to 200 customers, a 1200-student evacuation in Hudson after a gas leak, forecasts suggesting more state revenue, Lucey proposing prison and facility changes, and debates on campaign finance campus use and bottle deposit bills.
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Clark Oil
Milwaukee
Clark Oil & Refining Corp
G.W. Jandacek
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Clark
Midwest
Hudson
Hudson High School
Fourth Street
Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
State Revenue Department
Robert Dunn
Dunn
State Division of Corrections
Cletus Vanderperren
Green Bay
Senate
Milo Knutson
la Crosse
Knutson
EWPAC
WEPAC
U S halts minesweeping operations in North Vietnam
U S Navy suspends minesweeping in North Vietnamese waters to pressure Hanoi amid Cease-fire tensions. Hanoi says the move violates the Paris accord as U S cites noncompliance by the other side. The North Vietnamese Foreign Ministry notes limited mines cleared in two months of operations.
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Saigon
Hanoi
Cambodia
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Paris
United States
U.S
Haiphong
Inflation fuels 14.3 percent GNP rise in first quarter
Commerce Department reports a 14.3 percent annualized GNP growth from January through March led by consumer spending with a 6 percent inflation rate. Auto and durable goods purchases rise while personal savings ease, as unemployment claims show a weekly uptick and state offices announce Good Friday hours.
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Washington
Commerce Department
General Motors
GNP
No guarantee Moscow will keep emigration fee suspension
U S officials question if Moscow will honor a White House backed suspension of high exit fees for Russian Jews seeking to emigrate to Israel. Senate Leader Hugh Scott said Soviet leaders promised extensive tax suspension, though some sources say the pledge rests on the Soviet word.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
White House
Senate
Republican
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Israel
Watergate heats up as Kleindienst withdraws from probe
Atty. Gen. Richard Kleindienst withdraws from the Watergate investigation citing personal and professional ties. The Washington Post reports Jeb Magruder testified that Mitchell and Dean approved payoffs to silence Watergate defendants. Magruder plans to testify. Mitchell dismisses the Post story as nonsense.
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Washington (Ap
Richard G. Kleindienst
Maryland
Monroe Jaycees elect new officers at annual meeting
Mike Affolter was elected president of the Monroe Jaycees for the coming year at the idle Hour Mansion dinner meeting. David Bourquin and Fred Lickel were named first and second vice presidents, with a slate of officers and directors announced and plans discussed for regional events and a June slow-pitch tournament at Twining Park.
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S. Michael Affolter
Monroe Jaycees
Idle Hour
David W. Smith
David Bourquin
Fred Lickel
Roger Goepfert
Frank Santarelli
Michael Connors
Norder
Gene Lumm
Smith
Monona
Wisconsin Dells Jaycees
Gil Jelinek
Dawson
Madison
Paul Schoenike
Minneapolis
Geissenbier
Tom Burkhard
Lickel
Burkhard
Jaycees
Twining Park
Roger Blum
Bill Bacher
Jerry Blum
William Donovan
David Ambler
Belleville
Ambler
Lowell Stuessy
Goetz Theater
Affolter
Monroe
Jaycee Creed
Idle Hour Mansion
Mike Affolter
Dave Bourquin
Times
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Badger
Associated Press
Manitowoc
Wisconsins
Assembly
Robert Quackenbush
Sparta Republican
Quackenbush
Berger
David G. Berger
Joint
Norman Anderson
William Atkinson
South
Anderson
Paul E. Sybil
Racine County Solid Waste Commission
Senate Natural Resources Committee
WSA
Ruf
Baumgartners
Chamber of Commerce
G. Stuart’s
Madison, Wis
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Green County
AP News
George Meany
Peter J. Brennan
Meany
Afl-Cio
Brennan
Robert M. McGlotten
House
Chicago
Otto Kerner
State Revenue
Kerner
Theodore Isaacs
Robert L. Taylor
Knoxville
Tenn
U.S. District Court
Congress
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Wis
Brodhead
Albany
the Weekly Guide To Entertainment
Today’s Times
Society News
Kleindienst
the Post
Mitchell
The
Post
New York City
Dean
Gerald L. Warren
Executive Branch
Magruder
Committee
Justice Department
G. Gordon Liddy
Martha
Thomas Burkhard
Randy Goebli
Eugene Dawson
Richard Carroll
David Ambier
Ken
Wilson Bloom
Ernest Gebhardt Jr
Ron Eike
Sandbox Project
Monroe Ready Mix
Eike
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