Wisconsin traffic toll rises to 1146 after Milwaukee death
A Milwaukee woman died Tuesday, pushing Wisconsin's 1972 traffic fatality toll to 1,146, three short of the 1968 yearly record. The brief roundup notes other local items including property reassessment plans, a death by furnace fumes from a squirrel chimney blockage, and a grand jury extension in Milwaukee County.
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Madison
Dane County
Maurice Park
Donald Scullion
Park
Herbert Kantin
Milwaukee County Mental Health Center
South Division
Kantin
Edward Mundy
Nowakowski
Milwaukee County Board
Richard Nowakowski
Andrew Parnell
James Bell
Truman to be laid to rest at presidential library
Simple rites in Independence Missouri mark the final journey of Harry S Truman. A military band will play Ruffles and Flourishes and Hail to the Chief as his coffin arrives for a funeral that honors a president who sought to be known as The People's President. The nation will observe a day of mourning Thursday with ceremonies transferring the body.
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Truman
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Clifton Daniel
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Truman funeral plans amid family focus and national mourning
The article outlines Truman's funeral logistics with Mrs. Truman avoiding participation, a private service in Independence, and a public memorial at National Cathedral. It notes President Nixon and Johnson involvement, flags at half staff through Jan 25, and government offices closing.
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Truman
Margaret Truman Daniel
Carson
Independence
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Patrick J. Lucey
Harry Truman
Truman Kin Death Noted By Family In Quiet Grace
A family friend described the reaction of Harry S. Truman’s widow and daughter to the former president’s death as carried out with their characteristic grace and style in Independence Missouri.
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Harry S. Truman
Looters ply shattered Managua after deadly quake
In Managua clashes, looters roam rubble as fires burn and bodies decompose. Somoza blames fires on businesses seeking insurance money while others accuse looters and demolition teams. Casualties run into thousands with up to 20 000 injured. rescue crews burn unclaimed bodies and bury many in common graves. Relief shipments face truck shortages as water and food distribution struggles continue.
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Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
National Guard
Asd
Col Frank Simons
U.S
Simons
Sit-down protest at Pleasant View ends with normal conditions
A brief sit-down protest at Pleasant View Nursing Home during the 2 to 10 PM shift involved 14 participants. A grievance discussion with administration and a Teamsters representative followed, addressing shortages, starting salaries of $1.90, benefits, and cost of living provisions.
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Green County Nursing Home
Nursing Home Administration and Teamsters Union
Leonard Schoonover
Forrest Fellows
Pleasant View Nursing Home
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Nursing Home Office
Post Office to Limit Services on Day of Mourning
The Monroe Post Office will limit services on Thursday in observance of the national Day of Mourning for ex president Harry Truman. There will be no rural or city mail delivery and no window service. regular lock box service remains. Mail collection will occur from arterial boxes on the square and near the post office with special deliveries and regular receipt and dispatch continuing.
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Monroe
Harry Truman
Russell Myers
Truman funeral schedule released for Independence
The announced events in Independence Missouri cover private services, casket transport, military honor rites, memorial services with Lyndon Johnson and the Trumans, public viewing in the Library lobby, and burial in the Library courtyard with Nixon visiting later. Leaders Warren Hearnes and Lyndon Johnson are among attendees.
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Harry S. Truman
Truman
Warren E. Hearnes
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Fromer
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Nixon in China Tops AP 1972 News Poll
The 1972 AP poll names Nixon's China visit as the year’s top news. Other leading stories include Wallace’s assassination attempt, the Munich Olympics crisis, Nixon’s re election, Kissinger’s peace efforts, Moscow trip and SALT, Eagleton’s VP bid, the Vietnam War, deadly floods in eight states, and the Supreme Court capital punishment ruling.
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Mayor and Mrs Reasa Sell Waffle Shop to Parc
Monroe announces the sale of the Waffle Shop to Ziegler and his wife Janet effective Jan 2. Reasa and his wife Dorothy owned the shop since March 1959 and plan to relax after 14 years of near-continuous work. The shop, opened in 1917 by the Leuenbergers, has a long local history and moved through several owners before the Reasas.
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