Staley Reelected Leader of National Farmers Organization
Oren Lee Staley was re elected as the National Farmers Organization president in a landslide defeating John Engles. He urged doubling radio and television promotion as the NFC plans the largest membership drive in its history and noted the dues rise from 25 to 75 dollars pending county approval. E Pfingston was elected vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loussville
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Staley
Rea
John Engles
Rockford
Iowa
E. Pfingston
Sergeant Bluff
NFO
Wisconsin Board to rule on DDT hearings in Madison
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board affirmed a forthcoming declaratory ruling on the DDT hearings held in Madison earlier this year. Examiner Maurice H. Van Susteren expects to finish reviewing some 4,500 pages of testimony and exhibits before issuing the ruling.
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Madison
Wisconsin Natural Resources Board
Maurice H. van Susteren
State
Apollo 12 crew discuss second moon landing in news conference
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Jr and Alan L Bean held a news conference from space answering a limited set of questions. They spoke while the Yankee Clipper spacecraft orbited thousands of miles from Earth.
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Space Center, Houston
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Space
Earth
Groping for Strategy as Moratorium Plans December Actions
The Vietnam Moratorium Committee seeks a new strategy after large October and November protests. It announces low key local activities today and Saturday and a nationwide Christmas Eve peace vigil to press for an end to the war and the return of all service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Amercans
U S Air and Artillery Hit Enemies Near Saigon
US aircraft and artillery killed 111 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in five attacks with no American casualties. South Vietnamese forces reported 88 enemy deaths as aerial observers counted 70 bodies after three attacks 14 miles from the Cambodian border and 85 miles northeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Agnew Slams Senate Tax Reform Tinkering
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said the Nixon administration's inflation fight is jeopardized by Senate tinkering with the tax reform bill. He called the Senate-passed measure a Rube Goldberg toy used to attract reluctant voters.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Republican Governors Association
Hearing on Tarr Task Force tax bill second session
A Senate Taxation and Banking Committee hearing on the Tarr Task Force tax bill veered into discussion of the original measure. The old bill had already been rejected by the legislature as the panel planned two more hearings in La Crosse and Waukesha this month.
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Green Bay
Senate Taxation and Banking Committee
la Crosse
Waukesha
House
Congressional
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Rivers
U.S
My Lai
Washington Evening Star
James Boyle
Boyle
Look Toward Triumph On Poverty Policy Victory
Washington AP reports the GOP southern Democrats coalition seeks a fresh victory by shifting major anti-poverty program responsibility to the states. The plan faces opposition from President Nixon.
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Washington
Nixon
Albany Announces Quarterly Refuse Collection Fee
The village of Albany will impose a quarterly refuse collection fee effective January 1 payable in advance. The January to March fee is due by January 19 at the Bank of Albany, with bills mailed to customers alongside sewer and water charges. Fees are 2.50 per quarter for residents and 3.50 for business or industry.
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Albany
Bank of Albany
Hoover Reports On Crime Rate and Robbery Rise
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced that the overall national crime rate rose 11 percent in the first nine months of 1969, with robberies up 15 percent and armed holdups up 18 percent. He noted street robberies and residential holdups increased 18 and 22 percent, while bank holdups fell 4 percent.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Northeast
South
North Central States
Majority to Face Charges In My Lai Investigation
Army sources expect charges against most of 24 soldiers under review for the My Lai civilian killings. Nine current and 15 former members could be charged, with court actions possible in multiple locations and a four month probe timeline.
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My Lai
Washington
11Th Infantry Brigade
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Calley
Vietnam
David Mitchell
Mitchell
Army
Justice Department
Pentagon
Supreme Court
Air Force
Peers Commission
Course Planned To Help Nurses
A refresher course for inactive nurses will be held at St. Clare Hospital Monroe from April 6 through May 1. The program, funded by the Wisconsin Regional Medical Program, aims to refresh skills and update nurses on modern patient care, hospital organization and community resources.
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St. Clare Hospital
Harold Miller
Miller
University of Wisconsin Extension Department of Nursing
Wisconsin Regional Medical Program
Wisconsin
Congress
Green
Lafayette
Rock Counties
Monroe
Elizabeth A. Swenehart
Department of Nursing
State Street
Madison
Senate approves tax bill amid veto tension and conference path
The Senate approved the tax reform bill 69 to 22, sending it to a conference committee with a House rival. It includes a 15 percent Social Security boost and raises the personal deduction to 700 in 1970 and 800 in 1971, tipping toward compromise despite Nixon’s veto warning.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Juda Schools to Present Annual Christmas Concert
The Juda Schools music department hosts a Sunday 2 p.m. Christmas concert in the high school gym titled Holiday Notes directed by Frank H. Daniels. Performers include the high school chorus the Panther concert Band and the J-Cat Band with diverse selections from Sound of Silence to Sleigh Ride and Carol of the Drum featuring Ruth Turn.
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Juda
Frank H. Daniels
Panther
J-Cat
Simon and Garfunkel
Brass Choir
Ernst Luthold
le Roy Anderson
Air Force
Floyd Werle
Ruth
Conservation Awards Presented At Monroe Program
The Green County Soil Conservation District Supervisors sponsored a Conservation Recognition Program held Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Agricultural Building basement. Lester Goke showed conservation slides. awards went to Everett Hanson for wildlife habitat improvement Ben Abraham for forestry management and Dr. Fred Blum for streambank improvement. E. O. Baker, state soil and water education specialist, spoke, mixing humor with forthright commentary.
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Ben Abraham
Monroe
Everett Hanson
Blanchardville
Fred Blum
Monticello
Times
John Wilkinson
Green County Soil Conservation District Supervisors
Lester Goke
Soil Conservation Service
E. O. Baker
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Associated Press
Carl Wyss
Green County
Willis Riemer
Wyss
Soil & Water Conservation District
Soil & Water
Soil & Water Conservation
Distric
Harold Hoesly
New Glarus
York
Monroe Township
Leland Jordan
Jerry Jordan
Sylvester
Jefferson
Daryl Pagel
Washington Township
Dale Peterson
Cadiz Township
Dixieland
New Orleans
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