Migrant workers pressure on Wisconsin farm camps prompts protest
itinerant crop pickers disrupted a Madison area meeting of a state Migratory Labor study panel. They seated Spanish speaking representatives and adopted a four point demand list accusing growers of code violations and urging Lucey to tour camps. A Capitol protest is planned for Wednesday to demand a reply.
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Governor’s Committee On Migratory Labor
State Employment Service
Esmen
Patrick J. Lucey
Madison
Sanchez
Lacey
Lucey
Badger Briefs Toll Rises in Wisconsin Collision
A La Crosse County accident pushed Wisconsin's 1972 highway fatality toll to 648, up from 619 on the same date last year. Thomas Melvin, 57, of Ferryville, died Monday in a collision with a dump truck on U.S. 16 near West.
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Wisconsin
Thomas Melvin
Ferryville
U.S. 16
West
Warren to lead Wisconsin GOP at Nixon convention
Wisconsin Attorney General Robert W. Warren will chair a 28 member GOP delegation to Miami Beach August 19 to nominate President Nixon. He has never attended a national convention and expects surprises but says the delegates will back the Nixon Agnew ticket and the administration’s programs.
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Robert W. Warren
Wisconsin
Miami Beach
Warren
Nixon
Nixon-Agnew
Kenosha Approves $1.2 Million Sewage Plant Upgrades
Kenosha City Council approved bids totaling 1.2 million dollars for upgrades to the sewage treatment plant as part of a pollution case. Illinois accuses several Wisconsin communities including Milwaukee and Kenosha of polluting Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
State of
Milwaukee
Uproar Over DMV Memorandum Declared Regrettable Episode
Gov Lucey announced the uproar over a memo by SAGA director Arlen Christenson’s unit and writer George Fogg is resolved. He said a review found no basis to question the integrity or competence of DMV employees or officials amid calls to fire two division officials for lax enforcement.
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Madison
State Division of Motor Vehicles
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
Department of Transportation
Norman Clapp
Arlen Christenson
SAGA
George Fogg
Fogg
Christensen
Division of Motor Vehicles
Cool and damp week across the state forecast
The Associated Press reports a cool cloudy week with scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. A Canadian low pressure system drives the unsettled weather, bringing 60s to 70s highs and mid 40s to 50s nights with continued chances of showers into Thursday and Friday.
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Northwest
Canada
Wisconsin's first director of recreational publicity dies at 83
Joseph H. Alexander, Wisconsin's pioneer in recreational publicity, died after a brief illness at age 83. The Western Springs, Illinois native joined the Conservation Department in 1936 as supervisor of recreational publicity and led the unit for 22 years.
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Madison
Joseph H. Alexander
Wisconsin
Alexander
Old Conservation Department
Western Springs
Ill
McGovern Attacks Nixon Labor Record On Campaign Swing
George McGovern heads to Miami to slam Nixon labor policy, seek union support, and drum up pledges as AFL CIO endorses none this year. He receives a $25,000 pledge from the Clothing Workers union and targets AFL-CIO friction while planning stops with Amalgamated Meat Cutters and black union leaders plan a Miami Beach coalition.
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Sargent Shriver
George McGovern
Miami
Nixon
McGovern
Afl-Cio Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Detroit
Afl-Cio
Clothing Workers’ Union
Vietnam
Miami Beach
Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
New England
House panel approves bus desegregation bill with limits
The House Education and Labor Committee backed a bill to curb court power in school desegregation cases, adding inner city school upgrades and barring reopening of existing orders. It sets tight limits on busing, allows funds to inner city programs, and outlines a $500 million annual allocation. A second item reports the body of William Wirkus found near Lake Superior after a boating accident near Pewaukee.
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Washington
House Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
No-fault auto insurance vote hangs on Senate action
Senate debate on a federal no fault auto insurance bill continues as supporters urge passage. The measure would require insurers to pay claims up to 25 000 for medical costs and 75 000 for lost wages, with estimates of premium effects ranging from savings to cost increases.
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Senate
Washington
Roman Hruska
R-Neb
Commerce Committee
Judiciary Committee
Marlow Cook
Communist Forces Hit Militia Near Saigon in Major Clash
Reports from Saigon describe Communist led forces slashing into South Vietnamese militiamen 17 miles east of Saigon on a highway to Vung Tau. About 30-40 South Vietnamese troops were killed and as many wounded, with fighting tapering by night. U.S. air support struck North Vietnamese tanks as B52s pounded Dong Hoi and targets around Hue and Quang Tri amid heavy shelling and continued ground fighting in the region.
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Cambodia
Mekong
Kompong Trabek
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Prek Trabek
Phnom Penh
Svay Rieng
Prey Veng
U.S
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Quang Tri
Hue
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Bastogne
Checkmate
Que Son
da Nang
North
South Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Quang Tri City
Democrats name Sargent Shriver as VP candidate
AP briefs report Democrats expected to nominate Sargent Shriver for vice president to unite the party against Nixon. Also noted are Northern Ireland deaths reaching 500 amid religious conflict and start of peace talks, Fischer-Spassky match update, arms talks, a Moscow peat fire, Eagleton receiving letters after withdrawal, gun control debates, and San Antonio diphtheria drop with vaccination totals.
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Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster Defense Regiment
Irish Republic
Social Democratic and Labor Party
San Antonio, Tex
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