Wisconsin Weather And Fatalities Mark Weekend
Sunny cool weather spread across Wisconsin with highs in the 70s to 80s and 90s by Tuesday as a warmup continues. Morning lows dipped to the mid 40s in several cities and Madison set an August 16 record with 47 degrees. The weekend brought 15 traffic deaths, lifting the 1971 toll to 636 versus 706 a year earlier.
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Green Bay
Superior
Spooner
Wisconsin dairy farmers vote on Milk Advertising plan
Wisconsin farmers near deadline to approve funding for the Milk Advertising and Promotion Program needing two thirds support from about 60 000 dairy farmers. Neelian Nelson of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau cites about 20 000 assent votes with Aug 31 as the referendum cutoff. A two cent levy per hundred pounds of milk would fund advertising and research amid competition from substitutes.
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Wisconsin
Neelian Nelson
Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Nelson
Argyle
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Tricycle Rides Through Wisconsin Rainendanger Child
In La Crosse Wisconsin at 2 30 a m a 3 year old boy identified as Chris Lennon rode a tricycle down four lane Wisconsin 33 in a driving rain after his parents Marily Jennings and Michael Lennon found him missing. Police initially could not learn the boy's identity.
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Lennons
Minnesota Governor Pushes Great Lakes Sewage Ban
Gov. Wendell Anderson travels to Mackinac Island for the Great Lakes Governors Conference and urges a regional ban on sewage discharges from watercraft into the Great Lakes. He also asks the EPA to ban sewage from all vessels on Lake Superior. He calls the move essential to protect the lakes’ irreplaceable waters.
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Wendell Anderson
Mackinac Island
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U.S
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Wisconsin AFL-CIO chieftain criticizes Nixon wage freeze
Wisconsin AFL-CIO president John Schmitt questions the Nixon wage price freeze citing potential stifling of labor protest. He doubts a 90 day period will yield results and condemns tax credits as insufficient to spur hiring.
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Nixon
Wisconsin
Afl-Cio
John Schmitt
Lucey Predicts Budget Vote With Tax Redistribution
Governor Patrick Lucey states he expects the legislature to approve a budget bill that includes tax redistribution and notes a money bill without reform is better than no budget. He says neither house will vote for a budget with higher taxes unless it includes shared tax justice.
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Milwaukee
Patrick Lucey
Patrick J. Lucey
Connally outlines dollar policy and trade talks stance
Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally said the dollar's suspension of convertibility is not a devaluation and projected selective rises and declines against world currencies. He announced talks with Britain, Holland, and France to ease barriers to American goods and defended the 90 day wage price freeze as voluntary with sanctions. He noted unemployment improved, inflation slowed, but the balance of payments deficit remained $10.7 billion.
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Mixed economist reactions to Nixon plan to boost economy
Economists offer varied views on President Nixon’s proposed stimulus. Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson backs most points but criticizes the $4.7 billion spending cut. Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith calls it a partial advance with two backward steps, voicing concern over the 90 day wage price freeze.
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Paul Samuelson
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India
Dollar Under Pressure Ahead of Nixon Action
The dollar faced heavy losses abroad as European exchanges closed awaiting Nixon's plan to defend the dollar. Exporters dread the 10 percent surcharge on non quota dutiable goods, while American tourists abroad struggle to obtain foreign exchange amid premium costs.
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Nixon
U.S
Europe
Orient
Nixon Promises New Prosperity Through Dollar Policy
President Nixon frames his dollar defense as the nation’s broadest economic policy in four decades. He vows to curb inflation and speculators to shield American workers and business, aiming for a rebound in business, stocks, and employment.
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Nixon economic plan draws mixed business labor reaction
Business leaders broadly approve Nixon’s proposals for the economy while some doubt their sufficiency. GM’s James Roche praises the approach, while a textile trade group executive says it won’t work. AFL-CIO positions remain cautious with Meany’s past wage price control stance noted.
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National Association of
Afl-Cio
George Meany
James M. Roche
General Motors Corp
Nixon import tax hits Japan exports
Tokyo officials warned the 10 percent U S import surtax will hurt Japan's export trade. Noboru Takeshita said lifted quickly is hoped, with no yen revaluation planned and the Bank of Japan ready to buy dollars if the Tokyo market sees excessive selling. US Japan trade in 1969 stood at 4.9 billion in exports to the United States and 3.5 billion in imports.
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Nixon
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Noboru Takeshita
Bank of Japan
United States
Mills Praises Nixon Plan Investment Credits Backed
Rep. Wilbur Mills leaders the Ways and Means Committee and endorses Nixon economic proposals including investment tax credits. Mills, from Kensett Arkansas, calls the plan excellent and notes the committee will likely approve the credit and wage and price guidelines amid broad Democratic praise and calls for earlier action.
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Wilbur Mills
Congress
Nixon
Arkansas
Law changes urged before remap in Wisconsin
Supporters push two Tarr Task Force reforms on tax redistribution and municipal annexation as crucial this session before Senate and Assembly makeup shifts after the 1970 census. Suburbansites fear lose leverage. urban and rural interests worry about growth, land grabs, and boundary rules amid looming roll calls and budget debates.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Assembly
Tarr
Frederick Kessler
Milwaukee
Boundary Review Commission
Skunk Found in Capitol as Officers Seek Capture
Capitol security officers smelled a skunk when opening doors to the state capitol Monday. The animal hid beneath the superintendent of buildings and grounds office window and was shot and buried on the capitol grounds after a two hour chase.
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Madison, Wis
Capitol
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Market Opens With Spectacular Dow Jump and High Volume
The Dow rose 24.31 points to 880.33 at noon as Nixon economic policies boosted confidence. NYSE volume reached a two hour record of 14.6 million shares, with early trading setting a first hour record of 8.6 million.
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