Kennedy case transcript to be released in Kopechne inquiry
The Suffolk County Superior Court will publish the transcript and findings of a January inquest into the Chappaquiddick drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne. The incident occurred July 18 when Edward M. Kennedy's car fell from a bridge into a pond on Chappaquiddick Island, with Kennedy delaying reporting for over ten hours and receiving a two month suspended sentence and a year of probation.
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Boston
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Suffolk County Superior Court
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Fraser Attacks $20.24 Billion Defense Bill Over Soviet Threat
Rep. Fraser charges the measure inflates the Soviet missile threat and would fuel an arms race. He aims to strip MIRV funding of 1 billion and the 660 million antimissile system from the defense authorization. Rivers defends the bill as minimal for safety and strategic parity.
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Washington
House
Donald M. Fraser
D-Minn
House Armed Services
S. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
United States
URW and Goodyear Set First Talks Since Strike Start
Representatives of the United Rubber Workers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co will meet in Milwaukee on Thursday for the first bargaining session since the URW strike began April 20 at 15 Goodyear plants nationwide.
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Akron, Ohio
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
URW
Goodyear
Milwaukee
Pope relaxes rules on mixed religion marriages
Pope Paul VI issued a 2500 word letter easing Catholic law on mixed marriages while maintaining church opposition. It lets local bishops permit such marriages to occur without a priest present, with a requirement that the non Catholic partner agree to raise children as Catholics.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Nixon aide cites lower draft calls on Vietnam progress
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird told business and civil leaders that draft calls for the calendar year could drop to between 150,000 and 180,000 men. He called 150,000 the low estimate, citing Vietnamization as the main cause of fewer conscripts.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Laird
Blackmun Vows Neutral Approach If Confirmed to Supreme Court
Judge Harry A. Blackmun testifies to senators that he will avoid letting personal ideas shape his rulings. He describes adhering to the Constitution in terms of its definite and determined meaning and stresses strict constructionist philosophy.
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Washington
Harry A. Blackmun
Supreme Court
Mixon
Blackmun
Monroe Board, Teachers Reach Salary Agreement
The Monroe Board of Education and Monroe Education Association reached a new salary and fringe benefits package after state mediator involvement. Base pay starts at 7,150 for first year teachers with bachelor's degrees, rising to 12,169 for master's degree holders with 12 hours and 12 years experience, plus class size targets and summer workshop requirements.
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Monroe Board of Education
Monroe Education Association
Board of Education
Cooper to Accept Post of Assistant Principal
John Cooper 37 currently Rio High School principal in Rio Wisconsin was hired by the Monroe Board of Education as the Monroe High School assistant principal. A Fayette Indiana native, he earned a 1963 Upper Iowa College BS before MA in Secondary Administration from Northern Michigan University in 1969. He has taught and coached in physical education, worked in several districts, and is married with no children.
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John Cooper
Rio High School
Rio
Wis
Monroe Board of Education
Monroe High School
Cooper
Fayette
Upper Iowa College
Northern Michigan University
Marquette
Mich
Los Angeles
McGregor
Manitowoc
New Glarus Tops Quota Bloodmobile Visit
The New Glarus Bloodmobile collected 70 pints from 50 quota with two rejects. Alvin Fiez joined the two gallon club and Karl J Gmar Ronald Kuenzi and William Kuenzi Sr made the gallon club. Kim Tschudy chaired the event at the elementary school from 2 to 6 p m with co chairs Eugene Dahlk and John Freitag. In Fond du Lac County a light plane crashed on a farm killing Thomas Scharf 24 and Maxine Maloney 22 both of Fond du Lac.
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Alvin Fiez
Karl J. Gmar
Ronald Kuenzi
William Kuenzi
Kim Tschudy
Eugene Dahlk
John Freitag
Cochairmen
Fond DU Lac
Thomas Scharf
Maxine Maloney
US backs major strike into Cambodia by South Vietnam
The Pentagon announced U S advisers tactical air and other support will aid South Vietnamese forces in a major operation in the Parrot Beak region of Cambodia near the South Vietnamese border. MACV says the move saves lives and supports Vietnamization while Fulbright calls it a major escalation.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Cambodia
U. S
Defense Ministry
Saigon
South Vietnam
Asst
Daniel Z. Henkin
United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
MACV
Government of Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Southeast Asia
Logger Faces damages suit over downed Oak trees in park
Emory Pope of Midwest Hardwoods in Freeport was duped into cutting an estimated 270 ancient oaks in Root River Parkway Franklin. A $4,000 theft by fraud charge targets Morey Goldfield, who sold logging rights. Critics call the 25 acre loss a catastrophe and discuss using the timber for public works and a nature center while a forester appraises penalties. Pope may face thousands in costs as authorities chase Goldfield.
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Emory Pope
Glarus
Root River Parkway
Franklin
Milwaukee County
Herbert Schultz
Morey Goldfield
Pope
Goldfield
Howard Gregg
John Doyne
Midwest Hardwoods, Inc
Freeport, Ill
Milwaukee
Germany
Park Commission
Gregg
Delegates named for Badger Boys and Girls States
Monroe and Juda high school students are selected as delegates to Badger Boys State and Badger Girls State for June 13 to 20 at Ripon College and the UW Madison campus. Alternates named. all are juniors, with expenses paid by the local American Legion Post 84 and Auxiliary.
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Badger Boys State
Badger Girls State
Zilmer-Riley
American Legion and Auxiliary
Robert Hendrickson
Badger Boys
Monroe High School
John Zupanc
Edward Zupanc
Monroe
James Allen
Ken Allen
Browntown
Dan Winzenried
William A. Winzenried
Zupanc
Lee Sandley
Russell Sandley
Woodford
Black Hawk High School
South Wayne
Roger Larson
Dwight Larson
Juda
Juda High School
Carrie Gyure
William Gyure
Badger
Shelly Campa
Ben Campa
Carol Ann Newman
Robert Newman
Nancy Irene Rackow
Leland Rackow
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Department of Wisconsin
Ripon College
Ripon
Badger Girls
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Sellery Hall
Olin Flisram
P. J. Connors
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