Wisconsin News in Brief January 1972 Highlights
Traffic accidents during the New Year weekend killed 10 in Wisconsin as 1972’s toll rose to 1 163, the second worst year. Wisconsin aid plans for Managua quake victims were outlined by Robert Dunn and UW colleagues. Milwaukee Polar Bear Club braved 36 degree waters on New Year’s Day. Israel Quiles captured after prison escape and Fond du Lac car report. Milwaukee teachers avert first strike with a contract. Wisconsin Assembly Democrats push antiwar resolution. Monroe Swan becomes the first Black Wisconsin Senator amid challenges.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Robert Dunn
Patrick J. Lucey
Nicaragua
Managua
Dunn
Milwaukee
Polar Bear Club
Lake Michigan
Sheboygan
University of Wisconsin - Sheboygan
Israel Quiles
Waupun State
Fond du Lac
Monroe Swan
Wisconsin Senate
Swan
Mark Lipscomb
Lipscomb
Senate
North Vietnam
Nixon
House Democrats
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Panhandle
Congress
Indochina
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
William P. Rogers
Henry Kissinger
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rogers
Kissinger
Ben Rosenthal
Dn.v
Europe
Stork Derby crowns 1973 first babies Sara Frances Ammon and Ricky Dean Schneider
Sara Frances Ammon, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ammon of Rt 3, crowned Miss 1973 as the first baby born at St Clare Hospital Green County in 1973. Ricky Dean Schneider, son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Schneider of Brodhead, named Master 1973, born after midnight weighing nine pounds seven ounces. The twins of the Stork Derby include details on families, relatives, and hospital ties.
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Sara Frances Ammon
John Ammon
Rt. 3
St. Clare Hospital
Green County
Monroe
Arthur Schneider
Brodhead
Ricky Dean
Sara Frances
Jon
Rudy
Sara
Frances
Ammon
Frances Yowell
Virginia
Robert Logeson
Janesville
Peggy Logeson
Rudy Ammon
13Th St
Fannie Ammon
9Th Ave
Ricky Dean Schneider
Linda Strothman
Attica
Kurt
Jane) Copline
Donna
Mary
Penny
Louis
Edward
Thomas
Roger
Deanne
Tammy
Keith
Kathy
Schneiders
Schneiders Are Residing At Home. Mrs. Strothman
Caplines
Ricky
Louis P. Blum
Blanchardville
Lillian Schneider
Churchill Woods Apartments
Mary Weiss
Pleasant View Nursing Home
Schneider
Emmaline Blum
Times Stork Derby
Shane Robert Moen
Robert D. Moen
Rt. 1
Patricia Rae Wuetrich
James
Pat) Wuetrich
House Democrats split over leadership and Vietnam endgame
Washington AP reports House Democrats begin organizing for the 93rd Congress amid debates on Vietnam war policy and leadership roles. Speaker Carl Albert faces only token opposition while Thomas O'Neill runs unchallenged as majority leader. a major fight centers on electing the party whip.
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Washington
House
Nixon
House Democrats
Congress
Carl Albert
Thomas P. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Monroe Civil Defense siren tests scheduled
Testing of the warning sirens in Monroe will occur tomorrow at noon. The first tone signals a tornado or severe storm alert, the second a wailing attack signal. Sirens are tested monthly in winter and twice monthly otherwise, with all five sirens tested each Saturday at noon.
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Civil Defense
Monroe
Eastern Flight 401 Crash Triggers Data Recorder Upgrade
Federal officials say a new flight data recorder will aid investigators in determining why Eastern Air Lines TriStar 401 plunged into the Everglades with 176 on board. Spokesmen report death toll at 99, with 60 identified, 39 presumed dead and 77 survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Everglades Swamp
Dade County
School resumes in Monroe district after holiday break
Superintendent Lee Olsen announced Monroe Public Schools will reopen Wednesday at normal times, marking the end of vacation. One January in service day for teachers on the 17th and open Board of Education seats with letters of intent due by January 23.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Public Schools
Joseph Kerkman
Milwaukee Teachers Education Assn
Lee Olsen
Monroe
Olsen
Monroe Board of Education
Assembly Debates New Rules on Lengthy Monday Session
Wisconsin Assembly opens with extended rules debate over proposed changes. Speaker Norman Anderson defends rules to shorten debate and empower leaders, while Republicans warn of minority rights loss and potential future misuse.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Norman Anderson
Assembly
Chamber
Senate
Anderson
Rules Committee
Midge Miller
D-Madison
Edward Nager
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Badger
THE
Associated Press
Mercury
Lake Superior
Ned Wallace
University of Wisconsin Center For Health Sciences
Walter Meives
UW Department of Photography and Cinema
Society
Tel Aviv
Beirut
Ronald Roberts
Ajaloun
Faraya
Syria
Israel
Golan Heights
Damascus
House Demos
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Senate Republican Conference
John G. Tower
Texas
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
GOP
Northwest Territories
Gulf of Mexico
Great Slave Lake
Aransas
Byron Wackett
Watertown
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