Badger Briefs Road toll spurting ahead
Three young boys were killed on Wisconsin roads Sunday and three young men died on state roads earlier in the weekend. The latest deaths brought the 1972 Wisconsin traffic fatality toll to 69, compared with 57 on this date last year. Michael Banta Jr., 8, of Burlington died when his car collided with a freight train west of Kenosha on Wisconsin 43. Perry Akkerman, 11, of Wisconsin Rapids died in a bicycle collision in front of his home. Christopher Desontelle, 14, of Mishicot died when his snowmobile and a car collided north of his hometown. Steven Shafer, 17, of Rosendale and Gerald Bruessel, 21, died in a two-vehicle crash on Wisconsin 26 north of Waupun. Ross Corell, 28, of Brooklyn died when his auto and a truck collided northeast of Sun Prairie.
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Wisconsin
Michael Banta Jr
Burlington
Kenosha
Perry Akkerman
Wisconsin Rapids
Christopher Desontelle
Mishicot
Steven Shafer
Rosendale
Gerald Bruessel
Waupun
Ross Corell
Brooklyn
Sun Prairie
Wisconsin bill would empower air quality control authority
A measure introduced in the Wisconsin legislature would grant the Natural Resources Department authority to create and enforce air quality standards under the federal Clean Air Act. It would allow monitoring requirements, recordkeeping on emissions, and penalties of up to $10,000 or six months in jail for tampering or falsifying data. Senator Clifford Krueger introduced the bill at the attorney general and agency staffs' request.
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Madison
State Natural Resources Department
Wisconsin
Clifford Krueger
R-Merrill
Robert Warren
Natural Resources Department
Attorney General's Office
Five Nowicki Sisters Die in Suburban Fire at Hales Corners
In a weekend blaze at a rear upstairs bedroom in Hales Corners five Nowicki girls aged 11, 9, 7, 4, and 1 died of smoke inhalation. Parents and a 10-year-old brother escaped with injuries. grandmother Madeline Priess survived. Fire officials kept investigation open as services were set for Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
Hales Corners
Daniel Nowicki
Claire
Ann
Ruth
Jill
Karen
Alan
Madeline Priess
Ford praises Jackson call to halt attacks on Nixon peace plan
House Minority Leader Gerald Ford praised Henry Jackson for asking presidential hopefuls to refrain from criticizing President Nixon's peace proposal. Ford, in Waukesha at a fund raising dinner, argued critics prolong the war and that North Vietnam would heed U.S. public support for the plan. Jackson backs a moratorium after Muskie questioned the proposal.
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Waukesha
House
Gerald Ford
Henry Jackson
Nixon
Michigan
North Vietnam
Jackson
Washington
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Beloit stuntman plans 30 days under Rock River ice bubble
Beloit stunt man Raymond Hayes 43 aims to spend 30 days trapped in a six foot glass bubble under Rock River in Beloit after 42 days buried last summer under a Rockford shopping center. He was partially crippled in a car crash during filming of Please the Lady with Clark Gable.
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Beloit
Raymond
Hayes
Rock River
Rockford
Clark Gable
O'Konski warned on AFL-CIO backing for 1966 seat
Rep. Alvin O'Konski of Wisconsin faced a labor warning as AFL-CIO leaders said he cannot count on union support this year. John Giacomo told 250 COPE delegates that O'Konski has spoken of this being his last term. He plans to announce March 15 his future, with his 10th District eliminated and a possible race against Rep. David Obey in the 7th District.
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Madison
Alvin O’konski
Wisconsin
Afl-Cio
John Giacomo
Union
Wisconsin Committee On Political Education
COPE
O'Konski
David Obey
Dodge County group votes to withhold school taxes in protest
FOX LAKE AP A Fox Lake group of property owners voted 251 to 7 to withhold 312235 dollars in property taxes earmarked for schools. Organizers say large increases sparked the action and about 70 percent of local taxes go to education while others call for welfare cuts and tax reform.
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FOX Lake
Dodge County
Christian
Wisconsin Property Owners League
Rock County
Catholic marchers plan new Belfast protest this week
In Belfast and Newry, Catholics plan a nonviolent, massive protest for midweek seven days after a large peaceful Sunday march that avoided clashes with British troops. The Civil Rights Association targets disruption D-Day D on Wednesday amid internment without trial of IRA suspects.
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Northern Ireland
Civil Rights Association
Irish Republican Army
Rory McShane
Association
Newry
Londonderry
Bernadette Devlin
Ulster
Vanessa Redgrave
Joan Plowright
Sir Laurence Oliver
Edward Heath
Daily Express
Liberal Guardian
Heath
Diplomat Llewellyn Thompson dies at 67 in Bethesda
Llewellyn E Thompson a key U S Kremlinologist and adviser who refused to leave Moscow during the Nazi advance died at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland He served in Moscow eleven years and for four decades influenced East West policy He was praised by Secretary of State Rogers and President Nixon for his wisdom and counsel.
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Washington
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
U.S
Thompson
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda
Tommy
Russia
Nixon
Rogers
Irving spends hour and a half in federal courthouse
AP dispatch records Irving's brief appearance as a grand jury probes his claim of helping Howard Hughes write his autobiography. Neither Irving nor his lawyer commented on what occurred on the 14th floor.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Howard Hughes
Irving
Dixon Enters Monroe School Board Race
Superintendent Lee Olsen reports James Dixon comptroller at St. Clare Hospital has filed to seek one of three Monroe Board of Education seats. Incumbents Jane Mings and Lloyd Siedschlag and William K. Bauman II have filed. Deadline for filing is Feb. 15.
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Lee Olsen
James Dixon
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe Board of Education
Jane Mings
Lloyd Siedschlag
William K. Bauman II
Winona Fire Destroys Four Downtown Firms
A blaze in Winona Minnesota destroyed four two story downtown buildings within ten minutes. No injuries were reported and occupants of upstairs apartments were evacuated. The fire began in the former Federal Bakery building and spread to adjacent shops via a shared basement and a separating fire wall. An acetylene torch used in remodeling may have started the fire.
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Monroe
Times
Jim Glessner
Winona
Minn
Ervin Laufenberger
Federal Bakery
Carousel Beauty Salon
Sarah’s
Laufenberger
Winona Surplus
la Crosse
Wis
Schenk Captures Speed Skating Triple Crown at Olympics
Ard Schenk of the Netherlands becomes the first to complete the speed skating Triple Crown by winning the 10,000 meters in Olympic record time 15 minutes 1.35 seconds. Beatrix Schuba dominates women's figure skating to take gold while Julie Holmes and Janet Lynn earn silver and bronze respectively. The U S hockey team shocks Czechoslovakia 5 1 behind stellar goaltending by Mike Curran.
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Japan
Julie Holmes
Janet Lynn
United States
Ard Schenk
Miss Holmes
North Hollywood
Calif
Austria
Beatrix Schuba
Miss Lynn
Rockford
Miss Schuba
Miss Magnussen
U.S
America
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