Lucey proposes record Wisconsin budget with tax relief
Gov. Patrick J. Lucey unveiled a $2.7 billion 1973-75 budget aiming for $521 million in property tax relief and no tax increase. He seeks cabinet government, school funding growth, and consolidation of departments while closing several institutions to save costs. The plan projects surplus funds and a net cut of 375 state jobs in year one.
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Lucey
Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Green Bay Reformatory
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Wisconsin Child Center
Sparta
Adams County
Agriculture
Veterans Affairs and Natural Resources
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Madison — Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Board of Regents
Roland Day
Senate
Health, Education and Welfare Committee
Day
Slim Madison
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Copters lift Viet Cong general for peace talks
U S helicopters flew to Loc Ninh and picked up Lt Gen Tran Van Tra and 28 other Viet Cong, bringing them to Tan Son Nhut to join a four party joint military commission. Tra, 55, deputy COSVN commander, could unlock POW exchanges as cease fire holds.
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Saigon
U.S
Tran van Tra
Tan Son Nhut
Tra
COSVN
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Camp
Davis
Signal Corps
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Paris
Navy death toll in Indochina tops forty five thousand
AP reports the USS Command weekly casualty summary lists 45,941 American service members killed in action in Indochina since Jan 1, 1961, before a cease fire last Sunday, plus 300,635 wounded and 1,811 missing or interned. Non hostile deaths total 10,303. one death and five wounded after the truce are excluded.
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Saigon
USS Command
Indochina
Binh Dinh
Tran van Lam
South Vietnam
Paris
Washington
Hartland Man's Death Feeds Wisconsin Toll Record Pace
Wisconsin tolls for 1973 reach 59 as Hartland man dies. Slayton relatives express joy at his clearance to join a 1975 space docking flight with Soviet cosmonauts. The Sparta native, 49, was grounded a decade ago by an abnormal heartbeat.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Slayton
Madison
Donald ‘‘Deke
Sparta
Elwood Slayton
Howard
Leon
Harold Schluenz
Milton Madsen
Clintonville
Rodney Vandergate
Franklin Vandergate
Vandergate
Pigeon Lake
Senate Approves Nixon Cabinet Nominees
The Senate confirmed five of President Nixon's six new Cabinet choices with Caspar Weinberger expected to be approved next week. Peter Brennan was approved 81-3 as Secretary of Labor and James Lynn was confirmed by voice vote to head HUD while also serving as a policy coordinator for community development. Senate Leader Mike Mansfield anticipated a vote on Weinberger as HEW head before the Lincoln Day recess and Weinberger planned to testify Friday on HEW budget cuts.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Caspar W. Weinberger
Peter J. Brennan
New York
James T. Lynn
Cleveland
Ohio
Housing and Urban Development Department
Lynn
Mike Mansfield
Weinberger
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Snow urged to protect crops in Monroe area
Green County farmers face potential loss from rain and mild temperatures. Unofficial rainfall readings at the Monroe Sewage Disposal Plant report 0.11 inches by 7 am with more rain likely, increasing risk of alfalfa dormancy break, crown damage, and mold in corn and soybeans. January rainfall in Monroe totaled 1.67 inches from five days, while February shows ongoing drizzle.
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Green County
U.S
Monroe
Jerry Ellefson
Bill Would Expand State Patrol Arrest Authority in Wisconsin
Wisconsin Assembly member Tommy Thompson introduces Assembly Bill 309 to allow State Patrol to arrest off road when needed. The bill would let local governments avoid extra costs by not deputizing troopers, shifting wage and benefit responsibilities to the state. Supporters say the measure strengthens law enforcement and aligns with a recent State of the State message, with several sponsors from both parties.
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Madison
Tommy G. Thompson
Wisconsin
Milton Junction
Carl Otte
Sheboygan
Richard Matty
Crivitz
Gordon Bradley
Oshkosh
Lewis Mittness
Janesville
Gary Johnson
Beloit
Virgil Roberts
Holmen
Joanne Duren
Cazenovia
Kenneth Schricker
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Educational Aids Board
USA
Wis
Karen Amacher
Tami Richards
Northside School
Times
Copters
Cong General
Loc Ninh
United States
North Vietnam
AP News
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
California
Vienna
Austria
NATO
Europe
John C. Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
FBI
Stennis
Elizabeth
Mrs. Manningham
Manningham
Angel Street
Monroe Junior High School
James Huffman
Lu C Funk
Monroe Theatre Guild
George Schutte
Tom Farris
Rough
Art Moen
Nancy
Badger
George H. Handy
Handy
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Truax
William Sachtsen
North Central, Ozark
Northwest Airlines
Wisconsin Cable Communications Assn
Richard Foster
Ashland
Health, Education and Welfare
James Flynn
West Allis
Gerald Lorge
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