Firefighters race to corral vast Pacific Northwest wildfires
Weather break hoped for by crews as 19 major fires burn more than 14 000 acres in Oregon Idaho and 14 000 acres in Montana with 38 000 acres affected across the region. Interagency Fire Center in Boise coordinates the operation while ventilation and terrain hinder efforts.
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Fruzen to leave union post for Memorial High principal job
Wisconsin educator Francis J. Fruzen says he will resign as president of the Wisconsin Education Association to become assistant principal at Memorial High School starting Monday. He will keep active in WEA Beloit and National Education Assn. but stop being a policy maker for unions.
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Fifth park area opened in Monroe at Play Lot site
Monroe opens its fifth park area known as the Play Lot at 5th Ave and 22nd St. Park director Ron Barribeau says it targets preschool and primary grade children but welcomes all. The compact park occupies a former city street gifted by Modern Housing Inc and developed by the Street and Park Departments. It features a swing set merry go round bench slide and climbing fixtures.
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Ron Barribeau
Advance Transformer
Monroe
Clifford Reasa
Times
Tom Mitchell
August snow hits Peace River crops in BC
The Peace River region in British Columbia suffered extensive crop damage from an August snowstorm with winds up to 50 mph. Fort St. John and Fort Nelson reported up to 10 inches of snowfall since Thursday, with lingering ground cover and freezing temperatures around 32 degrees. Tractors helped pull vehicles from a hazardous Alaska Highway stretch.
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MIRV Tests Could Give Soviet Union Edge by 1980s
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger said Soviet MIRV tests show multiple warheads on missiles enabling targeting of separate aims. He warned controls in talks are weakening and predicted parity in land based missiles in six years. He also noted possible U.S. Trident impact and Vietnam policy concerns. Paul Dudley White recovering after brain clot surgery in Boston.
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Guard unit inspected at Monroe Armory by Fifth Army team
Friday morning a traveling Fifth Army inspection team from Fort Sam Houston Texas visited the Monroe Armory to audit the 1158th Transportation Unit. Lt. Col Robert Fellows and Lt. Col Samson led the group along with Sgt Major Killian and M Sgt Biswell reviewing administration training weapons vehicles and records kept by Sgt Otto Erzinger. The team leaves for San Antonio after spending the weekend in Monroe and visiting New Glarus. Members return with Green County cheese.
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Food as diplomacy weapon in Nixon era analysis
Victor Riesel argues in Dow Chemical's Elements that American agricultural exports, worth over 9 billion in 1972, gave Nixon tactical leverage with the Soviet Union and China. He credits farmers and longshoremen for enabling grain shipments that backed new trade pacts and influenced Vietnam war decisions.
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