Wisconsin Briefs From Madison Dated News Roundup
Wisconsin reporters recap federal court appeals in Dombrowski case, a Beloit teen crash, Star Magazine complaint, a push for a western district judgeship, welfare funding talk, a Wisconsin Telephone practice critique, and net tax declines for 1973. Illinois tragedies and state figures anchor a compact roundup.
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Dombrowski
Waupan
USS
Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Chester Dombrowski
Waupun
Herbert L. McKinney
Fond du Lac
Warren
Kastenmeier
Madison
Wisconsin
Robert Kastenmeier
Sun Prairie
U.S. District Court
James Doyle
House
Senate
Edward Wiegner
Patrick J. Lucey
Wiegner
Lucey
Jumbo jet crashes in Everglades near Miami killing many
A Eastern Air Lines TriStar jumbo jet crashed into the Everglades near Miami. Rescue teams report 93 survivors so far, with at least half of the 167 aboard killed. The wreckage lies in swampy, hard to reach terrain slowing recovery efforts. The flight 401 from New York to Miami disappeared from radar at 10:42 p m CST.
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Miami
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades
Eastern
Hodges
New York
Kennedy International Airport
Miami International
Martin Siminerio
Long Island
Simmerio
Tamiami Trail
Florida
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Don Byers
National Transportation Safety Board
Robert A. Loft
J.C. Walker
New York City
Walker
Palmetto
Mercy
Baptist
Mercy Hospital
President orders open ended Viet bombing halt
President Nixon has ordered another open ended bombing halt in pursuit of new peace talks with Hanoi. No start date was given as U.S. and Saigon officials weigh extending or shortening the pause by the hour. During the 24 hour period ending today air strikes in South Vietnam nearly doubled, while north Vietnam faced new reports of heavy activity and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Nixon
Hanoi
U.S
Haiphong
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
Radio
North Viet
Namese
Vinh Phu
United States
Vietnam
Smithsonian loses bid over Tecumseh salvage contract
The Smithsonian has been ordered to pay Expeditions Unlimited Inc. 212305 for breach of contract after discovering it granted exclusive media rights to others. The Tecumseh, sunk in Mobile Bay during the Civil War, inspired Farragut’s famous line. The dispute centers on funds raised for the salvage project and the Smithsonian’s changing budget terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Mobile Bay
Alabama
Smithsonian
Expeditions Unlimited Inc
Pompano Beach
Fla
John J. Pyne
S. Dillon Ripley
Tecumseh
Pyne
Expeditions Unlimited
First
David Glasgow
Potomac River
Ft. Morgan
Farragut
South
No Paper Monday in Observance of New Year
The Monroe Evening Times will not publish on Monday January 1 1973 in observance of the New Year holiday. Publication resumes Tuesday. The Times staff wishes readers a blessed and prosperous New Year.
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Monroe Evening Times
Times
World Champion Liar of 1972 Honored By Burlington Club
A Montana man, Charles M. Hatch of Miles City, won the 1972 World Champion Liar title at the Burlington Liars' Club for a tale about a longhorn cheese formula. Other entrants from Wisconsin and Arizona claimed wild, humorous lies, including salmon bait with olives and a tale of pike shrinking in polluted Lake Winnebago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Burlington Liars
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Fred F. Smith
Muskegon Heights
Mich
Lake Winnebago
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Badger
Lincoln County
Robert W. Salata
Salvatore Tristano
Downers Grove
Ill
U.S. 51
Merrill
Beloit
Belvidere
Wis
Rodney Frye
Cynthia Christiansen
Boone County
Frank W. Newgent
Newgent
Wisconsin Division of Family Services
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
AFDC
HEW
Wisconsin Telephone Co
Harout Sanasarian
Milwaukee
The
Public Service Commission
Society News
Bill Hodges
Coast Guard
University of Wisconsin
John Weaver
Weaver
North
Prospect Avenue
Bulletin
Henry Kissinger
Paris
White House
Atlanta, Ga
Center For Disease Control
CDC
London
Hong Kong
Baltimore
Santa Clara County
San Francisco
David W. Relph
Rt. 3
Brodhead
Relph
Wisconsin State Patrol
van Horn
Frank Adrian
Menasha
Ray Schreiber
Algoma
Schreiber
A. W. Tolg
Julius Festner
Prescott, Ariz
Nixons
Richard M. Nixon
Pat
Harry S. Truman
Truman Library
Independence
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