Badger Briefs Wisconsin Traffic Toll and More
Wisconsin reports 652 traffic deaths for 1972 to date with a Durand boy among the victims. Other items include public school construction approval rates, a fatal tractor overturn in Spring Green, and political notes on Lucey and McGovern. Additional briefs cover a Beloit drowning, USDA corn production projections, Nelson's revenue sharing remarks, Nixon campaign ties, and migrant camp housing court decisions.
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Associated Press
Durand
Wisconsin
Curt Bauer
Buffalo County
Pepin County
Nelson
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin Democrat
New struggle on war pullout seen
Reports from Washington and Saigon span a volatile national debate. A House vote rejected a March 1 withdrawal deadline, while Nixon faced pressure over foreign aid and peace talks. In Vietnam, U S combat units prepared to depart as controversy over timing and strategy intensified.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Washington
House
Nixon
Senate
Congress
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
Indochina
Ct. 1
Hanoi
Carl Albert
Hale Boggs
Aspin Obey challenge post rate hike in press relief bill
Wisconsin congressmen Les Aspin and David Obey introduced legislation to roll back most of the recent U S postal rate increases for newspapers and magazines. They warned higher rates could suppress free expression and hurt small weekly papers as rates rise toward 127 percent above former levels over five years.
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Washington, D.C
Wisconsin
Les Aspin
David Obey
U.S
Aspin and
Obey
Aspin-Obey
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Rain Storms Batter Green County With Heavy Downpour
Storms sweep Green County with thunder and lightning overnight. Rain totals reach 0.62 inches at Monroe Sewage plant station. an inch and a half west of Albany. Driving conditions degraded from 6:30 to 7 a.m. today as skies remained dark and rain heavy. Public notices warn postal rate hikes threaten small independent publications.
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Green County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Monroe
Albany
Wisconsin State Fair Opens With Elsie the Cow
Milwaukee AP reports the 1972 Wisconsin State Fair opened on Young America Day with Gov Patrick Lucey and officials present as Elsie the cow cut the hay ribbon. About 5,000 exhibitors will share in 250000 dollars in premiums, with renovations planned for the West Allis site to modernize facilities. The event includes dairy Holsteins and junior livestock shows, poultry, swine, sheep, and lamb displays, running through Monday.
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Lucky
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Patrick J Lucey
Harout Sanasarian
George McGovern
R. Sargent Shriver
Elsie the Cow
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
West Allis
Roy Ullius
Ullius
Floyd Cramer
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Jimmy Dunphy
Karla Niffenegger
Tom Mitchell
Badger
Madison
State Department of Public Instruction
Spring Green
Herman Richardson
Turtle Creek
Beloit
Wis
Nancy Glenn
Rockford
Iil
US Agriculture Department
Pitts
Nixon Milwaukee
Orville Pitts
Democrats For Nixon
Republican Party
Patrick Lucey
Henry Maier
U.S. District Court
Myron Gordon
Gordon
United Migrant Opportunity Service
UMOS
Peter Carriveau
Donald Jagiello
Oconto County
Merrie Gilles
Marinette County
AP News
Tyndall Air Force Base
Fla
Walter T. Perkins
Radio Free Europe
Radio Liberty
Eastern
Europe
Soviet Union
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington (Ap
Sargent Shriver
McGovern
Shriver
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Labor and Health, Education and Welfare Departments
Hamilton
America
Nes
Netherlands
North Sea
ANP
Duinoord
Belfast
North Howard Street
Londonderry
Aspin
At Mets
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