Snowmobilers Die In U S 8 Crash Near Crandon
Two men on a snowmobile were fatally injured when it collided with a pickup on U S 8 between Crandon and Laona. Victims are Bruce Landry 30 Milwaukee and David Liddle 27 Warren Ohio.
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1971
Page
1
Two men on a snowmobile were fatally injured when it collided with a pickup on U S 8 between Crandon and Laona. Victims are Bruce Landry 30 Milwaukee and David Liddle 27 Warren Ohio.
Port Washington Wisconsin AP reports Ozaukee County Board members refused to increase their salaries. The plan would raise annual pay to 1500 from 1200, discussed for two years, but opponents said it would set a poor example. The vote was 15 to 6 against the measure.
An AP report from Milwaukee states a tank truck fumes explosion in Franklin injured six people, one critically. Four garage doors were blown away and holes torn in a sheet metal wall at the site.
Wisconsin officials announced a policy ending use of stud tires on state patrol vehicles citing no safety benefit and noting $12 million in annual highway damage from studs. For two years some State Patrol cars had been fitted with studs before the change.
Rep Vernon Thomson of Wisconsin cites a rise in common measles cases after the cutoff of a federal immunization program. Wisconsin recorded 3330 cases in the first nine months of 1971, up from 1400 in 1970 and 966 in 1969, Thomson plans legislation to restore funding.
AP brief summarizes U N General Assembly meetings over a five day war effort to urge India and Pakistan to stop firing. Separate items report Belfast bombing, Londonderry clash, Edgar H Smith plea, Indian Parliament anti American demo, and U S Congress budget aims and Nixon Trudeau remarks.
India asserted major gains in East Pakistan as the Pakistani army retreated and called for surrender, while admitting setbacks in Kashmir and reporting heavy fighting near Chamb and Jessore. Amid claims of air and sea interdiction, Pakistan denied progress. U.N. Security Council failed to revoke cease-fire moves and referred to General Assembly. U.S. criticized India’s actions. aid suspensions and cuts followed. Mary Knox, age 101, to appear for petit jury in JUNCTION TX on Dec 14.
The State Department of Transportation announced 81.2 million in highway aids to local units for 1970 71. Green County towns received 273 966, villages 60 592, two cities 156 519, and Green County 245 512 for County Trunk Highways. State total rose 3.5 million from prior year, funded by 185.3 million highway revenue from motorist imposts and first charges. Additional flood damage figures noted for Lafayette and Dane counties.
Powell secured an 89 to 1 Senate vote for his own Supreme Court seat and the chamber moved to consider William H. Rehnquist for a second vacancy. Opposition led by Sen. Birch Bayh stalls a vote while Rehnquist faces questions over civil liberties. The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination 12 to 4 as debate began.
The Monroe National Guard Co. K of the 32nd Division, in federal service since Oct. 15, 1940, endured five years and six months abroad. They trained at Camp Beauregard and Camp Livingston before sailing from San Francisco to Port Adelaide and Brisbane, then fought in New Guinea, Morotai, Leyte, the Philippines, and Kyushu. The division was inactivated Feb. 28, 1946, with 654 days of combat.
The St. Clare Hospital and United Telephone Co announce a new direct dial general number 325 0100 replacing 325 4161. The Centrex system supports inward dialing to rooms, with exceptions 9 p.m. to 7 a.m., and will be phased into the 1972 directories starting May 1.
Tass reports the uncrewed Soviet Mars 3 capsule landed safely on Mars after a 188 day flight launched in May. The descent craft parachuted to the southern hemisphere, broadcasting brief signals before ceasing. The mother ship orbits Mars every 11 days at about 930 miles.
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