New Wisconsin Obscenity Law Tightens Sale to Minors
Gov. Knowles signed a ban on distributing obscene reading matter to people under 18 with penalties up to 500 dollars and a year in jail for selling to minors depictions of sexual conduct. He also approved a narcotics and health education program and a transit financing bill to aid municipalities and counties.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Department of Public Instruction
Knowles
Area Transit Commission
Frigid Night Leaves Wis Rapids Residents Without Gas
In Wisconsin Rapids 15,000 residents faced a cold night as a regulator failure cut gas pressure affecting heating for about 3,000 homes in Wisconsin Rapids and Biron. Gas restored early, while crews checked furnaces. Hospitals used oil heat and seven shelters opened. only three people used them. Officials cited a failed regulator in Port Edwards and unclear cause.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Gas Co
Biron
Port Edwards
Trial of Arab guerrillas delayed over missing witnesses
In Athens the trial of Mahmoud Issa Mohammed and Maher Huseem Suleiman el Yamani, both members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was postponed indefinitely due to the absence of nine prosecution witnesses and three defense character witnesses. The defendants, from a Tripoli refugee camp, face eight counts including premeditated murder for the Dec 26 1968 El Al Boeing 707 attack at Athens airport that killed one passenger and wounded a stewardess.
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Athens
Mahmoud Issa Mohammed
Maher Huseem Suleiman el Yamani
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Tripoli
Lebanon
el al
UW Coeds Sentenced In Wisconsin Center Paint Incident
Two former University of Wisconsin co-eds were sentenced to 45 days in Dane County jail after entering no contest pleas to disorderly conduct for a paint throwing incident during an antiwar demonstration at the Wisconsin Center on the UW campus. Margo Levine and Linda Stern both 19 were named in a damages suit. they had dropped from school after arrests.
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Wisconsin Center
Attorney General's Office
Law to regulate federal pesticide use proposed by Obey
Rep. David R. Obey proposes legislation to require advance notice to the Interior Secretary and state agencies before starting federal programs using pesticides and related chemicals. He cites the Defense, Agriculture, and Interior departments as main users, noting applications at airports, military camps and national forests.
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Washington
David R. Obey
Wis
Secretary of the Interior
Obey
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Interior
Hijacker Forces Newark Miami Flight to Havana
An undressed Latin man aboard Eastern Airlines Flight 1 threatened a bomb aboard the Boeing 727 carrying 96 passengers and eight crew. After a tense diversion over the Atlantic the hijacker, with wife and two children, released the jet at Jose Marti Airport in Havana and all others returned to Miami. It was the first successful U S hijack of 1970.
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Miami
Atlantic
North Carolina
Havana
Jose Marti
Eastern
D. Lopez
T. Lopez
Rolando Lopez
Maria Lopez
Bill Wooten
U.S
Deliberations Continue In Chicago 7 Riot Trial
A U S district court jury resumes deliberations for the fourth day on the seven defendants charged with conspiring to incite rioting during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Attorneys pursue appeals of contempt sentences while jurors review about 200 witnesses and 20,000 pages of testimony.
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Chicago
USS
Julius J. Hoffman
U. S. District Court
Thomas P. Sullivan
U.S. 7Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Sullivan
Cook County
William M. Kunstler
Leonard I. Weinglass
University of Wisconsin
Robinson
Conrad
Harold Fager
Fager
Madison
Camping Fees May Be Hiked
Madison AP report states the state may double overnight camping fees at popular parks to 5.00, arguing current prices undercut private campsites. Private operators argue breakeven is about 4.20 or higher due to taxes, costs, and occupancy, while opponents cite a 56 million recreation bond program increasing competition. Dexter Meise of the Wisconsin Campers Association warns higher rates would push families toward motels.
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Madison
Chaney Gannon
Milton Schmidt
Lake Mills
Wisconsin Association of Campgrounds
Department of Natural Resources
Schmidt
Wisconsin Campers Association
Dexter Meise
Waukesha
Black Priest To Succeed Father Groppi
Milwaukee AP The Rev James E Groppie confirms reports a black priest is being considered to join his pastoral team at Inner Cove parish. Groppie says plans remain indefinite and he may stay up to ten years. he declines to discuss potential transfer from St Boniface.
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Milwaukee
James E. Groppie
Inner Cove
Groppie
St. Boniface
Monroe Council to Act on Seven Proposals
The Monroe City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. to vote on seven resolutions. Items include approving a revised Melchior Denny preliminary plat near Hillside Acres, transferring 15 000 dollars from Parking and Utility to General Account, paying 4 998 dollars for two Alphorn Ford police cars, approving Mara Lee Bergum's operator license, bidding for tree and stump removal, and advertising crushed rock and road oil for 1970.
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Monroe
Melchior Denny
Alphorn Ford
Mara Lee Bergum
Fighting Bob's Daughter Dies
Fela La Follette actress author and suffrage leader die at 87 in Arlington Virginia hospital. She was the eldest child of Robert M La Follette and sister to a Wisconsin senator, carrying her maiden name after 56 years of marriage.
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Washington
Fela la Follette
U.S. Senate
Wisconsin
Arlington
Miss la Follette
Robert M
Bob” la Follette
Albany Fire Destroys Family Home in Night Blaze
The Nelson Miller Jr. home in Albany burned, injuring Miller and a son as the family of five lost nearly everything. Firefighters fought smoldering flames from 11 15 p m to 4 a m with a later check for re ignition. Donations and clothing drives were organized in Albany and Monroe to aid the Miller family.
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Albany
Nelson Miller Jr
Miller
Monroe
Randy Miller
Cleaveland
James Thalackers
Bank of Albany
Commercial and Savings Bank of Monroe
Dehmer’s
Equality Means Expulsion at Whitewater Disturbance
Elkhorn Wis AP Percy L Julian Jr defense attorney for 12 black students charged in a racial disturbance at Whitewater State University asked for understanding. Prosecutor Charles Bleck argued equality means expulsion as James Ward Rector announced findings: nine students guilty, three with insufficient evidence, related to a Dec 16 fight at the Phi Chi Epsilon fraternity house.
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Elkhorn
Wis
Percy L. Julian Jr
Whitewater State University
Charles A. Bleck
William Carter
State Supreme Court
James Ward Rector
Wisconsin State University
Political tensions rise over policing and campus vandalism
At UW Madison, Renault Robinson of the Afro-American Patrolmen's League calls for reforms to reduce police citizen conflicts and to reshape policing beyond a weapons focus. Separately, city officials consider a John Doe inquiry into last week's antiwar vandalism damaging 22 businesses and prompting debate over campus accountability and potential unrest.
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Renault Robinson
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Bob Wartenweiler
Paul Hughes
Dave Pfister
Bill Riese
Craig Shaffer
Kevin Patterson
Jeff Smith
John Wilkinson
Black Priest
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Bob
Theresa
Randy
Gary
Charles Coole
Charles Cleavelands
St. Clare Hospital
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Arthur Browne
Roland Buck
Rodrick Jones
Charles Robinson
Terry Barnes
Jerry Qualls
Arthur Thomas
Alvin Bacon
Darrel Payne
General Electric Corp
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