Budget trade talks hinge on UW merger in Wisconsin
Democratic Gov. Lucey and Republican Senate leader Keppler traded views on the state budget, the UW and WSU merger, and tax redistribution. A live conference committee aims for compromise between Lucey’s 1.99 billion plan with merger and redistribution and a leaner GOP version. Keppler urged resolving merger and redistribution on their merits and cautioned about delays as the Senate recesses until August 24.
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Patrick J. Lucey
Ernest Keppler
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Keppler
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Wisconsin Warm Weekend Endangers Gloomy Polar Vortex
Wisconsin saw temperatures reach 88 in Milwaukee and 78 in Park Falls and Land O Lakes as morning lows fell to 56 in Manitowoc and 62 in Land O Lakes. Nationally, warm humid air spread east. western deserts cooked under heat. Sen Birch Bayh met 100 at a Federation of German American Societies picnic in Stonebank near Waukesha County as he tests a Democratic bid and weighs Wisconsin primary strength.
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Park Falls
Land O'Lakes
Manitowoc
Madison
Stonebank
Wis
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Federation of German American Societies of
Bayh
Waukesha County
New Hampshire
Midwest
World War II Navy fighter plane destroyed in Wisconsin crash
A late model F3F-2 Navy fighter plane crashed into a cornfield near Rosendale Wisconsin on Saturday night after a fire. The pilot and a passenger parachuted to safety and were treated for minor burns in Neenah. The aircraft had been on display at the Experimental Aircraft Association Convention in Oshkosh last week. Gene Chase 46 of Tulsa Oklahoma and Randolph Beloff 19 of Toledo Ohio were hospitalized.
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Rosendale
Wis
Experimental Aircraft Association
Oshkosh
Gene Chase
Tulsa
Okla
Randolph Beloff
Toledo
Ohio
Neenah
NSP Operates Dam Amid License Renewal Question
NSP still holds a license to operate the Chippewa Flowage dam eight miles northwest of Winter Wisconsin after a Saturday expiration. FPC member John Carver said renewal likely will be delayed. Lac Court Oreilles Chippewa Indians occupied the site briefly Aug 1 asserting land rights under the 1934 act. Gov. Lucey arranged talks with NSP. Sen. Nelson urged a one year extension and field hearings in Wisconsin.
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Northern State Power Co
NSP
Federal Power Commission
FPC
John Carver
Lac Court Oreilles
Winter
Wis
Patrick Lucey
Indians
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Wisconsin
Cherry Harvest Flourishing in Door County Wisconsin
SISTER BAY Wis AP Door County the source of 97 percent of Wisconsin cherry crop enjoys its largest harvest in seven years with prices rising. The 1971 crop is projected at 16 million pounds up from nine million last year while growers expect about 10 cents a pound versus 7.1 last year. Six processing plants remain to handle the heavy crop with facilities reduced from past small yields.
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Sister Bay
Wis
Door County
Wisconsin
US Agriculture Department
Three Drownings Reported In Wisconsin Weekend
The Associated Press reports three drownings in Wisconsin waters over the weekend. Darrel Konerik, 26, of Chippewa Falls was found in Lake Wissota near his hometown on Saturday. Edward Nelson Jr of St Paul, Minnesota, drowned Sunday. Francis Laufenbert, 27, from rural Glen Haven, drowned while swimming in the Mississippi River at Cassville Friday night.
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Darrel Konerik
Chippewa Falls
Lake Wissota
Edward Nelson Jr
St. Paul
Weekend road toll reaches 12 in Wisconsin
The weekend toll rose to 12 deaths, lifting Wisconsin’s 1971 traffic toll to 605 today, down from 668 last year. A Fond du Lac County crash killed a man and injured seven others. his identity remained withheld as the sheriff’s department notified relatives.
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Fond du Lac
Sheriff's Department
Moon crew debriefing begins after Hadley Rille rocks return
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden start a three week series of debriefings in Houston to document the 12 day mission. They restocked with families at Ellington after splashdown and quarantine was ended for this flight.
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Worden
Darlington Ties to Apollo 15 Astronaut Irwin
Darlington residents note a family link to astronaut James B. Irwin, great grandson of Charles Bridgman who once lived in Darlington. Bridgman family ties extend to Marie and Vivian Barnes of Darlington, with Wilbur Bridgman once editor at Stanley Republican.
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James B. Irwin
Charles Bridgman
Marie Barnes
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Keep Street
Ed Judkins
Marie
Ian Barnes
Hiram Bridgman
Charles
Wilbur
Stanley
Stanley Republican
James Bridgman Irwin
Army expands antidrug tests for soldiers on US leave
AP reports the US Army will expand its antidrug program with tests for soldiers departing Vietnam on 14 day leaves to the United States. The plan begins next Sunday and will affect about 4,000 soldiers monthly who take the leave option. The item mentions Apollo 15 lunar rocks undergo analysis and notes Moon rocks’ effects on microorganisms and plant growth. It also references India and the Soviet Union treaty, and Nixon's five state, three day trip to highlight federal lands being turned over to local governments for parks and recreation.
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Vietnam
United States
Army
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Riots Explode in Belfast After Internment Decree
Fresh Belfast rioting erupted after Prime Minister Faulkner imposed internment without trial on IRA guerrillas. Four people died, including IRA officer Patrick McAdorey. British troops arrested hundreds in house to house searches as mobs hijacked vehicles and parades were banned for six months.
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Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republican Army
Patrick McAdorey
Faulkner
Homer and Jethro singer Haynes dies at 51
Henry D. Haynes known as Homer the guitarist in the joke duo Homer and Jethro died at 51 of a heart attack. Kenneth Burns, his longtime partner, says he will consider performing again after the loss. Haynes had a 40 year career from Knoxville beginnings to 50 plus albums and TV appearances. Funeral set in Lansing with Elizabeth and three children, burial at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens in Schererville.
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Kenneth Burns
Jethro
Homer and
Henry D. Haynes
Burns
Haynes
Homer
Crete
Knoxville
Tenn
Johnny Cash
Green County Fair
Lansing
Elizabeth
Tracy
Kenneth
Trenton
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens
Schererville
Mexicans inspect milking operations in Green County
Seventeen farmers from Coahuila Mexico visited Green County farms Saturday to view milking installations. They toured John Brugger and Sons Farms Wis 59 near Monroe and Ally and the Blakslee Peterson Farm near Brodhead to study stanchion pipeline and herringbone parlor systems. Leaders included Francisco Garcia Camino Victor Amran and Ernesto Davila.
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Mexico
el Paso
Texas
Green County
John Brugger and Sons Farms
Wis
Monroe
Ally
Blakslee- Peterson
Brodhead
LaVern Koehn
Surge
Francisco Garcia Camino
Victor Amran
Miami, Fla
Babson Co
Ernesto Davila
Mexican dairy delegation eyes Wisconsin Surge investments
A group of 20,000 Coahuila dairy farmers, visiting with 2,000 Registered Holsteins and 30 Surge units planned, will expand to 10,000 Holsteins and 20 more Surge parlors. They compare Coahuila’s climate to California, plan to raise milk output from 300,000 liters to 22 million for the fluid market, and will source tanks in Springfield, Illinois, with operations in Wisconsin. They toured Surge training in St. Charles,Illinois and depart Friday after arriving Tuesday night on American Airlines.
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Camino
Wisconsin
California
Mexico
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Surge Training Center
St. Charles
American Airlines
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