Traffic Death Toll Rises Over Christmas Weekend AP Brief
The national Christmas holiday weekend traffic deaths reached 209 as snow and freezing rain affected roads across the East Midwest and Far West. Wisconsin reports mostly good winter driving in the south with slippery ramps in parts. northern lanes vary from snow covered to slick. White House officials say Curtis Tarr is not being considered to head the Selective Service, and he prefers remaining at the Defense Department.
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Midwest
Madison
Wisconsin State Patrol
East Central
North Central
Washington (Ap
Air Force
Curtis Tarr
Lewis Hershey
White House
Tarr
Lawrence University of
Steven Palmer
St. Clare Hospital
Steven
Bernard
Theresa) Vine
Susan
Emily
Times
John Wilkinson
Fire Chief to Retire After Pay Dispute in Sparta
Sparta Fire Chief Matt Rice plans to retire December 31 after the city council refused his request for a seven percent raise. He has led the volunteer fire force for 18 years and had offered to resign to trigger salary action.
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Sparta
Matt Rice
Rice
Police and Fire Commission
Col Venables to Leave Camp McCoy Next Year
Col Joseph Venables will depart Camp McCoy in Monroe County for an assignment in Hawaii as deputy communications and electronics officer with CINPAC. He arrived at Camp McCoy in March 1968 and will be replaced by a successor named in May.
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Joseph Venables
Camp McCoy
Monroe County
Venables
Hawaii
Joint Staff
Cinpac
U.S
Pacific
Wisconsin couple killed in Illinois crash
Elias Hjarpe and his wife Anne of Stone Lake Wisconsin were killed in a two vehicle collision on Illinois 176 east of Crystal Lake. Gerald O Kock of Lake Zurich drove the other car and was critically injured and hospitalized at McHenry Hospital.
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Elias Hjarpe
Anne
Stone Lake
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Illinois
Crystal Lake
Gerald O. Kock
Lake Zurich
Harpe
Kock
McHenry Hospital
McCain predicts February North Vietnamese offensive in Vietnam
Adm. John S. McCain Jr. says a South Vietnam attack is likely around February tenth but remains convinced the enemy cannot inflict real damage. He notes increased logistic activity and force movements as indicators and cites North Vietnamese intent to sway U.S. opinion.
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Honolulu
John S. McCain Jr
U. S. Pacific
South Vietnam
McCain
Hawaii
Major Caribbean quake rocks region on Christmas Day
Seismologists report a 7.8 magnitude quake off the Caribbean Sea about 350 miles southeast of San Juan Puerto Rico. A series of aftershocks followed with tremors felt on Martinique. No immediate casualties or damage reported. references compare to the 1964 Alaska quake at 8.4.
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Rockville, Md
National Earthquake Information Center
Caribbean Sea
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
Alaska
Nixon delays trip to California to finish federal budget
President Nixon will remain in Washington to work on the federal budget before submitting it to Congress next year. He had planned to depart for San Clemente after Christmas but chose to stay at the White House to address the budget, postponing travel to California.
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California
Nixon
San Clemente
Calif
White House
Congress
Fire forces man to attic refuge in Milwaukee apartment
Robert Hansen fled into the attic during a West Side fire, leaving him in nude sleepwear with no time to dress as firefighters entered the unit. Separate notice from Whitewater reports ten Black students at Whitewater State University facing disciplinary hearings January 5 in Walworth County for a racial incident.
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Milwaukee
Robert Hansen
Hansen
Whitewater
Walworth County
Elkhorn
Whitewater State University
Farm House Fire Claims Twin Babies in Dakota Ill
A Tuesday night blaze at the Merle Shere farm four miles south of Dakota Ill left 10 month old twins Michelle Lynn and Matthew Herbert Shere dead and six other children and parents injured or homeless. The fire department noted no prior fatal incidents in 21 years. Authorities said the cause was undetermined and recovery of bodies or cribs was pending.
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Dakota, Ill
Merle Shere
Michelle Lynn
Matthew Herbert Shere
Shores
Kurt Douglas
Dakota Volunteer Fire Department
Stephenson County
Eugene Burke
Freeport
Shere
Sheres
Paul
Pauline
Wayne
Monica
Agnew Heads for Asia on 37 000 mile Mission
Vice President Spiro Agnew leaves from Andrews Air Force Base for a ten nation Asian tour totaling 37 000 miles with stops including Philippines Formosa Nepal and Australia He plans to visit Vietnam though not on official itinerary Return is set for January 19 after talks with kings presidents and prime ministers and moon rock gifts for host leaders
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Vietnam
Agnew
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Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
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Formosa
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Manila
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Nepal
Thailand
Afghanistan
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
Congress
United States
Vietnam Fighting Reported in Viet Nam Cease Fire Ends
After a 24 hour allied cease fire, U S and South Vietnamese forces resumed combat. The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese allegedly violated the truce with 111 attacks, 100 enemy killed, 11 captured. U S and allied units report 12 South Vietnamese killed and 28 wounded, with 2 government soldiers missing. B52s and fighter bombers attacked targets near Saigon and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Casualties declined overall last week, with totals nearing 40 000 American battlefield deaths since 1961.
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Vietnam
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South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U. S. Command
G Suit Saves Life in Stanford Medical Breakthrough
A pressure garment, a modified NASA G-Suit, saved Mary Phillips 25 from life threatening internal bleeding after a failed five week series of surgeries. Doctor Alan Chambers delivered the suit from NASA Ames, it was worn for ten hours and stopped bleeding, allowing normal coagulation to resume.
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Calif
Mary Phillips
Stanford University Hospital
Sunnyvale
Robert Mason
W. James Gardner
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio
Alan Chambers
NASA
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Phillips
Snow Report Highlights Roth Hill Ski Area This Weekend
Excellent skiing reported at Roth Hill on County Trunk J north of Junction House off Highway 81 by the Green County Ski Club. An 8 inch base with 3 inches powder snow. Ski tow will operate this weekend starting this afternoon.
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Roth Hill
Trunk J
Junction House
Highway 81
Green County Ski Club
Flurry of Mishaps Keeps Police Busy
A series of traffic incidents kept police busy in the Monroe and vicinity. Multiple rear-end collisions and left turn mishaps occurred on 9th and 10th Streets and in the 500 to 1700 blocks, with drivers including Robert Auri, Marilyn Neuenschwander, Mary Siedschlag, Dora Cram and Louis Goepfert among those involved. Most accidents caused minor to moderate damage with no serious injuries reported.
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Clarence RR
Fredrickson
West Allis
17Th Avenue
Frederickson
Robert Auri
12Th Ave
Monroe
9Th Street
Paul J. Schmid
6Th St
10Th Street
Margaret P. Lewis
Argyle
Darrell L. Riemer
Orangeville
Ill
Marilyn A. Neuenschwander
Mary C. Siedschlag
16Th Avenue
Dora F. Cram
21St Ave
Raymond D. Indergand
Route 4
Louis A. Goepfert
16Th St
13Th Street
Richard L. Thompson
23Rd St
Goepfert
Louis E. Rech
11Th St
12Th Street
Werner Sturzenegger
12Th St
Paul
Vit U Patel visits Monroe renews friendship with Munds
Vit U Patel 28 from Zanzibar Africa, now a medical student and future psychiatrist, stays with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mund in Monroe during an overnight visit. He has diverse family roots in India and East Africa, studied at Carlton College, and works as a medical technician while teaching at the University of Minnesota.
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East Africa
Vit U. Patel
India
Monroe
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Munds
Racine
American College
University of Minnesota
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Houston
Texas
Carlton College
Northfield
Minn
Minneapolis
Madison
Mark Lundeen
Albany
Doris Steindorf
Mark
Mae Gillett
Area Recovers From Snowfall in Green County Roads
Green County highways and county and state systems are now widened and in good winter driving condition. State and county patrolmen worked through Christmas and completed duties by noon. Colder weather and more snow predicted late tomorrow and Sunday. The East faced a major winter storm with heavy snow and winds. Kaplan Louisiana reported a deadly tornado impact.
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Green
Kaplan
Weather Bureau
New York City
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