Congress races to finish year as tax talks loom
Congress pushes to complete the year's appropriations and tax reform talks. Conferees seek a final deal tonight on a 15 percent Social Security benefit increase while the Senate completes the foreign aid bill and a supplemental measure. Justice Douglas spent five days in hospital for pacemaker battery replacement. In Madison Wisconsin a court fight over J C Penny revolving credit plans heads to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Leonard Eggleston notes a colored Santa in Dayton Ontario. Milwaukee Democrats accuse the Assembly of violating rights by jailing Rev James Gropps under an 1848 statute.
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J. C. Penny Co. Inc
Wisconsin Supreme Court
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W. L. Jackman
Douglas
William C. Douglas
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County Democratic Council
State Assembly
James E. Gropps
Nixon
Budget Bureau
Federal Reserve Board
J. Dewey Duane
Defense department to fund pollution control at Badger works
The Defense Department plans to spend 203000 dollars in the next fiscal year to build a 25 acre lake at Badger Ordnance Works in Baraboo Wisconsin to impound polluted waters before reaching the Wisconsin River. Rep Vernon W Thompson said the project aims to reduce river pollution amid a push for environmental improvements.
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Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
Wis
Wisconsin River
Vernon W. Thompson
R-Wis
North Viet Nam negotiator boycotts Paris talks again
North Vietnam’s chief negotiator skips the Paris Peace talks for the second straight week. The United States calls delay unproductive while Habib presses for serious talks and a concrete North Vietnamese withdrawal plan. Col Ha Van Lau accuses the Nixon administration of downgrading and sabotaging the conference.
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U.S
Flight drama and radio prank stir Lafayette County
Reported in The Advisor of the Monroe Evening Times readers and listeners faced a rough day after a fictional airplane crash theme in WEKZ banter along with a recipe omission. Sheriff calls from Green and Lafayette counties overflowed as residents questioned the scenario and the fate of two fictional pilots Carley Kumquat and Ezzy Hoskins.
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Ezzy Hoskins
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Monroe Evening Times
Green
Lafayette
New Glarus
Evening Times
Fred N. Maurer
Argyle
Carley
Ezzy
Pecatonica
Donors Asked To Give Blood In Juda Fire Department Appeal
The Juda Volunteer Firemen request blood donors to replace 52 pints given to the late John Hein a longtime Juda Fire Department member. Donors giving a pint in his memory should visit the Bloodmobile in Monroe at Turner Hall on December 23 from 1 to 6 30 p m.
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John Hein
Juda Fire Department
Red Cross
Nixon warns inflation fight at risk amid spending battle
President Nixon says the push to curb inflation hangs on Congress cutting federal spending and resisting tax cuts. He claims a $192.9 billion cap is endangered by $6 billion in rising costs and warns a tax reform bill could worsen prices, urging responsible fiscal policy.
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Senate
County motorists brave icy glaze as schools delay
A heavy misting rain froze, creating an ice glaze that prompted a midnight county crew callout and early-morning road safety work. Schools in Stockton Dakota and Orangeville Illinois and Albany Wisconsin delayed two hours. Monticello New Glarus Monroe opened late. Temperatures rose to 32F and ice melted. light snow fell in several cities. Brownsville Texas and Alice Texas posted high temp records. Concord New Hampshire bottomed at 10F. Allis Chalmers announced Spain affiliate to build and service mining machinery.
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Dakota
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Illinois
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Green County
Monticello
New Glarus
Ashland
Eagle River
Wausau
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Ironwood
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Brownsville
Alice
Texas
Concord
N. H
Uniform Welfare Policy Urged by Wisconsin County Officials
Milwaukee AP report says county welfare agencies should craft a uniform policy on aid to the needy amid limited revenue sharing. Ralph L. Tabor notes national welfare under county control, with $3.5 billion in programs. Meeting convened by Milwaukee County officials includes representatives from multiple counties. Gateway Transportation Co. gains North Braddock Motor Lines to expand routes from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia Boston Providence and New York area.
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Ralph L. Tabor
National Association of Counties
Tabor
Milwaukee County
Tve
Rudolph L. Pohl
Milwaukee County Board
Rock County
Lowell D. Trewartha
Nixon
Racine
Kenosha
Waukesha
Fond du Lac
Douglas
Marinette
Sheboygan
Jefferson
Vernon
Green Lake
Ozaukee
Dane
Outagamie
Gateway Expansion LA
U.S. War Deaths Reach 40 000 Threshold by Jan. First
Saigon AP reports U.S. battlefield deaths will top 40,000 by January 1 if current rates continue. Last week 85 Americans were killed in action, raising total combat deaths since 1961 to 39,827 with weekly U.S. casualties averaging around 100. Wounded totals rose to 836, as South Vietnamese and Viet Cong clashes continue in the Mekong Delta.
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U.S. Command
Mekong Delta
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