Upgrading U S 16 in Wisconsin eyed with impact study
MADISON AP An environmental impact statement on upgrading U S 16 in Waukesha County will be submitted by the state Highway Commission to federal authorities, an attorney for the commission said Thursday. The release notes federal grant details and job creation plans tied to state projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Wisconsin
Henry Reuss
Madison
County
John Kennedy Memorial
Ashland
New York
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Florida
New Year ceasefire in Vietnam amid raids and trials
AP News In Brief reports a US South Vietnamese Viet Cong ceasefire across South Vietnam despite continued air raids on Laos. Thant leaves UN with optimism. Ellsberg and Russo named in Pentagon papers case. Dowdy convicted in $25,000 bribery scheme. Peter Duel found dead. possible homicide. McCracken foresees Phase 2 controls past 1972 election. Two troopers shot in Michigan. suspect killed. Drafts debated for Army National Guard. Gov Lucey appoints Kluss sheriff in Forest County.
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Saigon
USS
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Laos
Baltimore
John V. Dowdy
Washington
Farewell to 1971 Across the World
The world bids farewell to 1971 with New York Central Park parties and San Francisco gorilla festivities. Italians, French, Danes, and Spaniards mark New Year with meals and customs while safety officials warn of traffic deaths. A Louisville DJ’s on-air intoxication underscores the dangers of holiday revelry.
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Rome
New York
Central Park
San Francisco
Spain
National Safety Council
Sacramento
Maine Turnpike Authority
Dearborn
Mich
Lake Zurich
Ill
Louisville
Gary Burbank
Packers returner cited in Wisconsin World Champion Liar honor
John Woolley of Racine won the 1971 World Champion Liar award from the Burlington Liars Club for a claim he ran back punts so fast he drew roughing the kicker penalties. Other entries feature wild yarns about farm insects, chickens laying eggs, hot potato salad, mercury tainted fish, and a humming grandpa sending robins south.
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Burlington
Wis
Green Bay
Wisconsin
John Woolley
Racine
Burlington Liars Club
Clarence Breitenrecht
Marathon
Kavin Morris
Levelland
Tex
New Mexico
Russell Gouge
Roswell
Wisconsin seeks court order to unfreeze school funds
The Wisconsin Justice Department asks a Milwaukee County Circuit Court for an interlocutory order to unfreeze over 13 million dollars in school construction funds and delay financial chaos in districts statewide. If the order fails, remedial legislation may be proposed, as districts face bond-market turmoil and several have seen failed or avoided bond sales while the property tax challenge to education funding continues.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Justice Department
Milwaukee County
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Ashwaubenon
Wauwatosa
Greendale
Middleton
Waupaca
Hustisford
Texas
California Supreme Court
California
Betty Brown
Glidden
Kohler
Brown
USS. District Court
Robert W. Warren
Warren
U.S. District Court
Miss Brown
Judge Makes Snowbound Run Then Finds Courthouse Locked
Manitowoc Wis AP Judge John Curtin of Kewaunee County Court drove 40 miles from Algoma to Manitowoc to handle cases but found the county courthouse door locked after following a snowplow for a half hour. He returned to Algoma.
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Manitowoc
Wis
John Curtin
Kewaunee
Algoma
Manitowoc County
Stork Derby winner noted from Green County birth at St Clare
Jan 1 records show Victor William Paske first Green County baby born in St. Clare hospital at 12 05 am and Laura Lynn Wunschel named Miss 1971 born 5 21 am. The county timeline lists church formations snowfall and notable local deaths, births, and civic events across January.
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Victor William Paske
William Paske
Stork Derby
Green County
St. Clare Hospital
Laura Lynn Wunschel
Keith Wunschel
28Th Ave
United Methodist Church of
Monroe
First United Methodist
Immanuel United Methodist
Orville R. Evans
Charles Conde Ludlow
Chicago
Monroe Ly
Charles J.yankles
Arthur C. Benkert
Ronald M. Spielman
Victor Bernell Rossing Sr
Argyle
Fred Hahlen
Brodhead
Citi Brodhead
James Price
Brodhead Jaycees
Eugene Zoller
Rt. 1
Juda
Elsie Baumgartner
Albany
Paul Monson
Wiota
Vietnam
Dennis Doyle
Shullsburg
Lions City Band
Don Rohde
Wyan
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Badger
Stevens Point
Nighor Furs, Inc
AP News
United Nations
N.Y. AP
U Thant
Thant
Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony J. Russo
Rand Corp
Elissberg
Elisberg
Russo
Hollywood
Peter Duel
Hollywood Hills
Paul W. McCracken
President's Council of Economic Advisers
McCracken
Nixon
New Buffalo, Mich
Charles Stark
Three Oaks
Gary Rampy
Pentagon
Army National Guard
Army Guard
Madison, Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
Joseph Kluss
Crandon
Forest County
Television Guide
Sports Society
Associant
Dpbras
Jack Boettcher
Bottineau
N.D
Will Harmon
Hally Gillmore
Brewster
N.Y
Winter Sentinel
Nathan Brown
Rt. 2
Times
M. Steven Mitschele
Ava
Abert Nyhus
Blanchardville
Green County Nfc
Woodford
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Kenneth Allen
Wisconsin Chapter of Soil Conservation
Allen
LE. Creasy
Monroe Clinic
Sarasota
Fla
Lester R. Bishop
Martha Bennet
Ted Scheffer
Dean Signer
Larry Larson
Jaycees
William Grennwalt
J. Atney Rouch
Friends of
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
Moon
Lee Mitchell
National Park and Recreation Association
Charles Einbeck
Jim Howe
Gale Sayers
Chicago Bears
Kantro Nite
Robert Hardell Jr
Selden Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Shepard
Mitchell
Roosa
Anchor Savings and Loans
South Pacific
Frank B. Trumpy
Fritehof
Lawrence Swenson
Green
Monroe School Board
Robert Olson
Assembly of God Church
Charles van Wurt
New Glarus
Susan L. Henthorne
Janesville
Juto
Fairgrounds
James Salesman
Ruby Jones
South Wayne
Don Ogden
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