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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1972
Page
1
Wausau AP reports Atty General Robert Warren blasts Gov Patrick Lucey for weak economic policy claiming high taxes and low job growth leave Wisconsin slipping among industrial states. He cites businesses packing up as evidence of a negative business climate and poor competitive standing.
Atty. Gen. Robert Warren and Dane County DA Gerald Nichol said the full extradition file on Karleton L. Armstrong, linked to the 1970 UW bombing, has been forwarded to Washington and presented to State Department legal counsel. The move precedes a possible extradition hearing in Toronto where Armstrong is held.
Madison officials tentatively approve increasing child labor permit fees from 25 cents to 1.00 paid by employers under a new law. A public hearing is set for June 14 at 10 a.m. in Madison before a final decision. The change ends the long 25-cent maximum last allowed.
Claude M Vail former editor of the Benton Advocate dies at 89. He led the Benton Advocate for 55 years, retired in 1959 after its merger with Cuba City News Herald. Vail served on the village board assessor treasurer and school district clerk for 33 years.
Advancing North Vietnamese forces breach toward Hue region as Dong Ha falls toward Quang Tri. U S air and naval power batters tanks near Quang Tri while crews die in Cobra gunship clashes. Route 547 and Highway 1 hold strategic links as Saigon forces defend Hue and try to slow the northern offensive.
A benefit concert in the Junior High School auditorium on Tuesday at 8 p.m. features the 62 member Junior Band, the 72 member seventh grade band led by Allan F Barnard, and the 63 member eighth grade band under Barnard. Total run about 70 minutes with all door donations to Wisconsin Badger Camp Fund aiding handicapped youths.
AP News In Brief reports McGovern seeks labor and party leadership support after Muskie's withdrawal, while Kleindienst nomination faces Senate hurdles amid antitrust settlement probe. Also notes Baker parole, Belfast riots, Kennedy on Vietnam, Huey Newton arrest, and a Warsaw locomotive near-miss with drunk crew.
Madison, AP. Wisconsin legislators return for a brief session to finish work on reapportionment and a minor amendment to the usury bill. The island of about 1,800 people in Green Bay is omitted from a new Assembly district, and penalties for retailers tied to a 1970 court ruling are clarified. Daily pay and mileage costs exceed $6,500 for the session.
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II rode the USS Ticonderoga to Hawaii after a 11 day mission with Descartes Mountains samples. Nixon promoted Duke and Mattingly and Young received a promotion. The crew declared the voyage a discovery pushing the frontier of the unknown.
In Bonn the West German Bundestag deadlocked 247 to 247 with one abstention over the chancellor's office budget. Chancellor Willy Brandt warned of a possible general election if action cannot be secured, as both Socialists and Christians Democrats fail to form a majority.
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