Prison Riot Wounds Twenty at Raiford. Guard Fire Stops Breakout
In Raiford Florida guards fired on about 600 inmates trying to storm a fence after hunger strike tensions. Twenty prisoners were wounded by shotgun blasts and 23 others injured in the scramble to escape buckshot fire. Louie Wainwright notes massing on the recreation field as officials address two facilities. Moon rocks and a telepathy experiment draw attention as Apollo 14 quarantine continues at Lunar Receiving Laboratory. Astronaut Edgar Mitchell says he conducted a mental telepathy test during flight amid curiosity about a mysterious white rock.
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Raiford
Fla
Raiford State Prison
Louie Wainwright
Florida
Director of Correction
Space Center
Houston
Edgar D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Chicago
Selective Service weighs automatic Peace Corps and VISTA assigns
The draft agency studies letting some conscientious objectors take public service roles while local boards may veto such substitutions for military service. COs would need special status and noncombatant Army work would disqualify others. A separate Chicago story reports Norman Budwit returning 183000 in cash found at Brink's, earning an $18300 reward.
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Washington
Selective Service
Peace Corps
VISTA
Chicago
Norman Budwit
No fault auto insurance plan faces opposition in Wisconsin
Madison AP reports a Wisconsin Senate committee heard that a no fault auto insurance plan would largely fail to gain support. Gerald Hayes argued the plan would remove the deterrent to bad driving and fail to reduce accidents, while Sen. Gerald Lorge cautioned it would penalize the prudent motorist.
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Bear Creek
UW Milwaukee professors face penalties for antiwar disruption
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee faculty Arnold Kaufman Morgan Gibson and Barbara Gibson face penalties after hearings endorsed by UW President John C. Weaver. Kaufman would lose tenure for three years Gibson two years and Mrs Gibson would be suspended until spring 1972.
Ford aided by lobbyist in secret donor fund drive
Gerald R. Ford received campaign help from Harold O. Lovre, a former congressman and trucking lobbyist, who raised 4500 dollars through a Washington committee that kept donor names confidential. The money flowed to two Ford groups in Grand Rapids under a legal loophole shielding capital fundraisers from public donor reporting.
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Washington
House
Gerald R. Ford
American Trucking Association
Harold O. Lovre
South Dakota
Lovre
D.C
G. R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Grand Rapids
Senate bills aim to curb rising medical costs for middle income
Three new measures move through Congress to shield Americans from catastrophic illnesses. Senator J Caleb Boggs says the proposals would create pools within existing private insurers to pool resources and offer affordable coverage formerly out of reach for middle income families.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. J. Caleb Boggs
R-Del
Senate
Icebreaker frees ferry as two ships trapped in Muskegon ice
Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinac freed the car ferry Grand Rapids from slushy Lake Michigan ice after six days of entrapment in Muskegon harbor. The vessel had been docked alongside two other ships still immobilized in ice with limited food and fuel.
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Muskegon, Mich
Coast Guard
Muskegon Harbor
Mackinac
Grand Rapids
Saigon troops push along Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos
South Vietnamese forces backed by U S air power raid base camps supply depots and warehouses on the Ho Chi Minh trail in southern Laos capturing trucks rifles uniforms and ammunition while reports say 142 enemy killed and 7 South Vietnamese dead. The operation involves heavy air support and helicopter missions with bombers gunships and medevac.
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Saigon
U. S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Highway 9
U. S. Command
Employment Survey Planned Here Feb 15 20
The U S Bureau of Census will interview local households February 15 through 20 to gather employment data for the nation. About 50 000 households nationwide are part of this monthly survey conducted for the U S Department of Labor. Interviewers Edward Probert and Elizabeth J Chrimes will conduct visits in the area.
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Bureau of Census
U.S. Department of Commerce
Guy A. Lutz
Census Bureau
St. Paul
Minn
Lutz
Edward Probert
Oakwood Ave
Oconomowoc
Wis
Elizabeth J. Chrimes
Parker Drive
Janesville
New Superintendent Named for Juda School District
Robert M. Anderson has become Juda school district superintendent and moved to the district home west of the school. He holds a BA in education and MA in administration with study at La Crosse State Winona Platteville and UW Madison. He has taught and supervised in multiple Wisconsin districts and has six children. Former Supt Paul Tigard retired and returned to Hebron Illinois.
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Robert M. Anderson
Juda
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
la Crosse State
Winona
United States
Supt. Anderson
Board of Education
Paul Tigard
Tigard
Hebron
Ill
No Danger of Flooding After Los Angeles Earthquake
Los Angeles residents returned home after three nights in motels or with friends as officials evacuated 20 square miles near the Van Norman Dam. The quake cracked the dam face, but engineers said the risk of rupture was over and 1.3 billion gallons were discharged from the reservoir. The death toll reached 61 in the region, with 42 in a veterans hospital collapse, and two are missing.
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Los Angeles
van Norman
Veterans Hospital
Calif earthquake fears hit Monroe relatives in touch
Relatives in Monroe and Monticello report on the Los Angeles area quake Tuesday that killed and injured many and damaged buildings. Dr. Fred Hammerly and Miss Ann Hammerly in North Hollywood near Sylmar are safe though aftershocks continue. Miss Ruth Taylor and Clifton Taylor in Sylmar are also safe after heavy damage.
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Monroe
Los Angeles
Benjamin Brunkow
Fred Hammerly
Ann Hammerly
North Hollywood
Sylmar
T.B. Sanitarium
Hammerlys
Monticello
California
Brunkow
Rose Stauffer
Ruth Taylor
Clifton Taylor
Taylor
Three Announce for Monroe Board of Education
Three candidates have announced plans to run for the Monroe Board of Education. The filing deadline is Tuesday, with the spring election set for April 6 and new terms starting the fourth Monday in July. Incumbents Dr. Brauchle and Dr. Olson seek reelection. Alvin Bidlingmaier declines to run. Dr. Edward P. Mueller joins the race.
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Monroe Board of Education
Alvin Bidlingmaier
Robert Brauchle
Merlin Olson
Brauchle
Olson
Bidlingmaier
Edward P. Mueller
MAPP Voting Details for Wisconsin Dairy Farmers
Farmers seek clarity on voting for the Wisconsin Milk Advertising and Marketing Program. Extension staff explain assent timing and bloc voting limits, with rules for tenants, partnerships, and individuals, including deadlines and eligibility.
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MAPP
Green County
George Hartman
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
State Department of Agriculture
Hartman
Board of Directors
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