Wisconsin Seen As More Desirable Place To Live
A statewide AP survey directed by Jon Udell with 290 respondents shows about two thirds find Wisconsin more desirable than other states. Major positives include four seasons and weather. taxes are viewed as a major issue with reductions urged in real estate and personal income taxes.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Jon Udell
Bureau of Business Research and Service
University of Wisconsin Madison Graduate School of Business
The
Journal Co. of
Milwaukee
Udell
Wisconsin deaths raise 1972 traffic toll to 1115
Five weekend fatalities plus two prior accidents push Wisconsin’s 1972 traffic death toll to 1,115, up from 1,083 on the same date last year. Rhodes scholar Peppler from Whitefish Bay earns one of 32 U.S. slots for study at Oxford. UW near campuses urged to open halfway houses for inmates and parolees.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Rhodes
Milwaukee
Mark S. Peppler
Whitefish Bay
University of Montana
U.S
Oxford University
England
UW Halfway Houses
Madison
University of Wisconsin
UW System
Task Force For
Higher Education
State Division of Corrections
University
Madison Madison
David Cooper
Cooper
Burnsville, Minn
Vietnam War Raises Hope of Peace Talks Fallout
U S forces resume limited operations above the 20th Parallel including mining Haiphong to pressure Hanoi toward a peace accord. North Vietnam says mines were dropped and suburbs strafed while U S air defenses protected aircraft. Hanoi rejects Thieu’s peace package as Kissinger's talks breakdown looms.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Truman Shows Slight Improvement in Critical Condition
Harry S. Truman, aged 88, was slightly better and spoke for the first time in over a week but remained in very serious condition at Research Hospital and Medical Center. Doctors cited deteriorating kidney function and a weakened heart while delaying dialysis to avoid risking his overall stability.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Truman
Research
Wallace Graham
Graham
Bess
Margaret Truman Daniel
Mary Jane Truman
Laird Announces Expanded U S Air Strikes in Vietnam
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says lifted limits on bombing North Vietnam beyond the panhandle below the 20th parallel. Air operations are now reported across the country, but he will not detail missions to protect aircrew safety.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Haig to Southeast Asia with somber Paris peace report
President Nixon dispatches Gen. Alexander Haig to Saigon and neighboring capitals to brief allies on setbacks in secret talks to end the Vietnam War. Kissinger warns a final settlement is not near and outlines U.S. aims for a permanent peace.
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Haig
SE Asia
Washington
Nixon
Alexander Haig
Southeast Asia
Saigon
Cambodia
Laos
Thailand
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Paris
Hanoi
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Antiwar activists arrested for alleged railroad sabotage
Five New Jersey residents, four men and one woman, from the East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives were arrested in York for allegedly sabotaging a railroad siding into a defense contractor factory. The incident prompted police action in a nationally reported security matter.
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York, Pa
New Jersey
Conspiracy To Save Lives
Daley Proposes Lakefront Plan To Halt Development
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley proposed a plan to stop further commercial development along the lakefront and to greatly expand park and recreation facilities, signaling a shift toward public use and conservation.
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Lakefront Plan
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Apollo 17 heads home after moon mission
Apollo 17 nears Earth on a 13 day flight from the moon. The crew Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans prepare for splashdown in the South Pacific at 1 24 p m CST as Evans completes a deep space film retrieval and cleanup duties aboard the America with 140 343 miles remaining to Earth.
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Moon
Earth
America
Evans
Deep Space
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