National Hookers Convention targets decriminalization in D C
Washington hosts the third annual National Hookers Convention with rallies and speeches as activists push for prostitution decriminalization. The report also notes monkey extinction risks, airline pilots seek cockpit smoking ban, and rising women instrumentalists in major American symphonies.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Interior Department
American Symphony Orchestra League
No foul play found in two Green County deaths
Green County authorities reported no evidence of foul play in the deaths of Glen R. Sterkowicz and Kathleen A. Hickcox. Autopsy results are pending, with the coroner assisted by the State Crime Lab. Sterkowicz's funeral plans were announced. Hickcox's services are set in Freeport.
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Green County
Glen R. Sterkowicz
Rt. 2
Brodhead
Kathleen A. Hickcox
S. Maple Ave
Freeport
Sterkowicz
Glen
Everson Ambulance Service
Green County Sheriff
Chicago
Richard
Alice Zozsainski Sterkowicz
Lena-Winslow High School
Martintown
Lena, Ill
Christine Campbell
Galena
Ill
Joelle
Lena
Alice Earhart
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lora Mann
McConnell
Mary Sterkowicz
Dana Sterkowicz
Mark
Eric
Marion Sienko
Seamon
Winslow
Norman and
Mercedes Tappe Hickcox
Gag rules argued before Supreme Court during mass murder case
Supreme Court justices questioned limits on news coverage of criminal cases as they heard arguments from reporters and lawyers. The Nebraska mass murder hearing and a district judge’s pretrial reporting ban raised questions about prior restraints and the balance between press freedom and a fair trial.
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Washington
Thurgood Marshall
Nebraska
Atty
Harold Mosher
Supreme Court
E. Barrett Prettyman Jr
Warren E. Burger
Floyd Abrams
John Paul Stevens
Abrams
Mosher
Wisconsin lawmakers face abortion and desegregation concerns
In Milwaukee seven Democratic members of Congress heard about abortion, forced busing, and court-ordered desegregation during a two hour public session. Attendees pressed for alternatives to abortion, critique of court orders, and broader tax and bridge issues.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
David Obey
Obey
Sen
Gaylord Nelson
Henry Reuss
Clement Zablocki
Robert Kastenmeier
Robert Cornell
Alvin Baldus
Madison
la Crosse
Eau Claire
Superior
Green Bay
Donald Clerkin
Congress
Nelson
Reuss
Tornadoes Rip Texas Leave Brownwood with Damage and Injuries
A Brownwood Texas tornado injured eleven people and caused one million dollars in damage to the municipal airport. The weather system produced more than thirty tornadoes across Texas Arkansas and Louisiana. Elsewhere the East Coast cooled after a hot spell while Minot North Carolina reported the Souris River rising and evacuations continued.
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Brownwood
Tex
Texas
Weather Service
Arkansas
Louisiana
Minot
N.C
Souris
Wisconsin Fatalities and Travel Costs Highlight Badger Briefs
Wisconsin reports three deaths on Monday including a drowning as the 1976 traffic toll rose to 196, with 29 educators sent to Washington for meetings costing 6700 dollars. Half funded by federal sources, about 1850 remained to be paid by the state.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Washington
Thompson
Cullen
Monroe Area Civil Defense to Test Sirens Tomorrow
Warning systems will be tested tomorrow at noon as part of bimonthly warm weather checks. The storm warning siren tests precede the attack alert system, with all fire sirens tested each Saturday noon.
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Monroe Area Civil Defense
Mrs. Hennager Named Neighborhood Chairman for Scout Group
Nomination of Mrs. C G Hennager as Girl Scout Neighborhood Chairman approved at Monroe Monticello meeting in St Victor's School gym. Nomination moves to Badger Council for May approval. Hennager active in scouting since 1963 and has served on council boards and committees with local leadership roles. Training session and upcoming events including Memorial Day parade, Cadette skills weekend, Day Camp registration deadline, and a Fourth of July talent show sponsored by the VFW.
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C.G. Hennager
Monroe-Monticello
St. Victor’s
Badger Council of Girl Scouts Board of Directors
Edward Zupane
Hennager
Clarence Bruess
R. Finley Barry
Kieth Seward
Walter Schuepp
Dale Gruninger
R. Finely Barry
Robert Ableman
Edward Zupanc
Barry
Oak Wood Nell
Badger Council
East Troy
Beloit
19Th Ave
VFW
Jackie Peck
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Fla
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White House
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Freeport High School
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Castle Bury
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W. Gregory
Schwarz Funeral Home
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St. Joseph’s Cemetery
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Stapleton International Airport
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Neb
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London
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Fond DU Lac
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Associated Milk Producers Inc
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Racine County
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William Reutz
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Ben E. Johnson
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