Wisconsin Ice Age Trail moves toward reality in Kettle Moraine
Russell G Lynch president of the Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation says a southern Kettle Moraine segment has priority. The foundation will provide trail crews hikers to cut mark and build shelters, cooperating with the Department of Natural Resources on the route. The first trail segment runs through the northern Kettle Moraine unit.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Russell G. Lynch
Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation
Lynch
Kettle Moraine Forest
Department of Natural Resources
Kettle Moraine
Wisconsin's first black judge decries Taycheedah staff gap
Alderman Vel Phillips, newly appointed to Milwaukee County Children's Court, criticized Taycheedah State Home for Women for having no black employees while about half the inmates are black. The comment came Thursday as she highlighted racial inequity in Wisconsin's state facility.
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Taycheedah
Wis
Wisconsin
Ald
Vel Phillips
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Children's Court
Patrick J. Lucey
Bill blocks state sewer orders for unincorporated areas
The Wisconsin Assembly approved a bill 79 to 15 preventing unincorporated areas from receiving state ordered sewer connections from a municipality. The measure, already passed by the Senate, requires annexation to the service municipality. Gov Lucey was expected to sign.
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Madison
Wis
State Assembly
Senate
Department of Natural Resources
Patrick J. Lucey
Vandalized St Matthew's Church in Fond du Lac
Extensive damage found at remodeled St Matthew's Methodist Church in Fond du Lac Wisconsin after intruders entered through a basement door. Ink sprayed on pews and altar, office, dishes broken, turpentine, ketchup and coffee tossed. darts struck a wall. Reverend Lester Theil reported the incident.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
St. Matthew's Methodist Church
Lester Theil
Theil
Wisconsin teachers pay raises muddled after wage freeze
Victor Russell, aide to State Superintendent William Kahl, says three federal agencies issued three different interpretations on teacher pay under two contracts. He notes teachers operate under a master union contract and individual contracts, and agencies dispute which governs pay.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Nixon
Victor Russell
Wisconsin Snt. of Public Instruction
William Kahl
Postpone nursing home action in Wisconsin Senate
The Wisconsin State Senate did not act on a resolution authorizing its Health and Social Services Committee to probe health care in institutions and public assistance programs. The measure was laid over to Tuesday after Sen. Dale McKenna urged the attorney general's office handle a full scale investigation. Sen. James Devitt said the committee has long been studying health care issues and is aware of the problems.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Health and Social Services Committee
Dale McKenna
D-Jefferson
Attorney General's Office
James Devitt
R-Greenfield
Road fatalities raise Wisconsin toll to 676 this year
The 1971 Wisconsin highway fatality toll rose to 676 as Brookfield man John Forster, 41, died today after his car rolled four times on a Stevens Point street. Youths Bruce Ploessl, 11, and Mark St. George, 17, died after separate crashes near Bloomington and Germantown, with Ploessl killed in a rural collision and St. George succumbing to injuries from a Monday accident.
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Brookfield
Wisconsin
John Forster
Stevens Point
Bruce Ploessl
Ralph Ploess
Glen Haven
Bloomington
Mark St. George
Germantown
Menomonee Falls
Wisconsin savings loan loan measure defeated in Assembly
The Assembly defeated a bill that would allow savings and loan associations to make consumer credit loans 60 to 31. Opponents warned that funds would shift to consumer loans at 12 percent, reducing housing loan money. Milwaukee representatives clashed over the proposal with proponents arguing for a share of profits.
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Madison
Wis
Savings and Loan Associations
Assembly
Dennis Conta
D-Milwaukee
John McCormick
Insurance and Banking Committee
Madison area low bids total four million for nine road projects
MADISON AP The state Department of Highways opened apparent low bids totaling four million dollars for nine road projects Tuesday. The division will confirm the bids before approving contracts.
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Madison
Befire
Japan floats yen easing Nixon trade victory
Tokyo announced a yen revaluation to allow the currency to rise on foreign exchange markets, a move praised in Washington as a key element of President Nixon’s trade realignment. The floating rate begins Saturday, with analysts noting broader stabilization of international currency markets.
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Nixon
U.S
Japan
United States
Mikio Mizuta
Tadashi Sasaki
Bank of Japan
New York
A. Blake Friscia
Chase Manhattan Bank
Sasaki
USS Treasury
Washington
London
Germany
Brussels
Viet watchdog exposes election rigging by Thieu regime
In Saigon the Viet watchdog body cites multiple incidents of rigging around the lower house and presidential votes. It accuses Thieu allies of hoarding endorsements, court manipulation, army political pressure, abusive dismissals, bribery, and radio bans, urging suspensions and reforms.
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Nguyen van Thieu
Sen
Vu van Mau
Election and Fraud Commission
Thieu
National
May
Supreme Court
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mau
Duong van Minh
Nguyen Ba Luong
Hoan van Lac
Quang Trung
Teachers split into two pay classes under wage freeze
Washington AP report notes two distinct pay classes for 2.1 million teachers under Nixon’s 90 day wage price freeze. Many will see scheduled raises while others under individual contracts may not. NEA says 80 percent eligible. outcome depends on contract type and timing. Moon landing figure Neil Armstrong will leave NASA to teach at University of Cincinnati College of Engineering.
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Nixon
Cost of Living Council
National Education Association
Moonman
Neil Armstrong
College of Engineering
University of Cincinnati
Announcement Shifts Momentum as Debate Holds Firm
A terse note indicates that today’s event weighed toward the announcement, yet the argument to stand fast remained a significant counterpoint. The brief reflects tension between decision and resistance in a stalled process.
Nixon aides pledge labor role after wage freeze
Washington reports say in a peace meeting with AFL CIO president George Meany the administration guarantees organized labor a say in post 90 day wage price freeze. Saigon says North Vietnamese troops attacked two US armored patrols near Da Nang killing five Americans in one of the heaviest losses in months. Also Assistant Attorney General Will R Wilson confirms $230000 in unsecured loans from Frank W Sharp's bank linked to a Texas stock fraud case.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Organized Labor
Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Washington (Ap
Will R. Wilson
Bank of
Frank W. Sharp
Texas
Storm Doria strengthens along East Coast watch issued
Tropical Storm Doria moved toward the East Coast with 50 mph winds ripping trees and downing lines as a hurricane watch spread from Cape Fear to Cape Lookout. The Weather Service warned of possible 75 to 80 mph winds after landfall along with flooding from New England to the mid-Atlantic.
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N.C
Doria
Cape Fear
Cape Lookout
National Weather Service
Seaboard
New England
North Carolina
Weather Service
Maryland
Delaware
Fall Fire School to climax Sunday event at Green County Fairgrounds
Mayor Cliffora Reasa welcomes visiting firemen for the 35th annual Fall Fire School of the Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois Firemen's Association in Monroe. The afternoon program at 1 begins with Kenneth Stanton, Indiana officials, and features flag ceremonies, an educational demonstration led by Paul Boecker of Lisle, and a parade of equipment with prizes. Registration opens 8 am. about 1600 visiting firemen expected, with fees for male adults and free entry for women and children.
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Cliffora Reasa
Wisconsin
Northern Illinois
Green County Fairgrounds
Kenneth Stanton
Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
Dwaine Lentz
Indiana Volunteer Fireman's Association
Monroe
John Peters
McFarland
Paul Boecker
Naperville
Ill
Association
Lisle Fire Department
Marvin Austin
Kinois Inspection and Rating Bureau
Glarus
Monticello
Cedarville
Integrated national stock exchange system eyed by industry
AP reports securities industry sources say a single national system could yield better returns for small investors. Washington sources note diplomats adopt a hardline on international air routes reflecting Nixon policy. UN sources predict Gunnar V. Jarring to push new talks between Arabs and Israelis next month.
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Washington
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Nixon
United Nations, N.Y
Gunnar V. Jarring
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