Heavy Snow Causes Wide Area Closures Across Wisconsin
A blizzard dumped 9 to 12 inches of snow across Green County and much of Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Main highways opened. side roads, schools, and industries shut. Road crews worked through Sunday night. several accidents avoided, though many motorists stalled. Weather spurred widespread calls to sheriffs and utility offices as plowing continued into Monday with heavy drifting and lingering travel disruptions.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Illinois
Sheriff's Department
Monroe
Brodhead
Sheriff's Office
Sherif
United Telphone Co
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Juta
Clifford Reasa
Richard Trumpy
Dane County
Milwaukee
Oshkosh
LaCrosse
Madison
Eau Claire
U.S. B52s Bomb North Vietnamese Positions in Vietnam
U S B52 bombers attacked infiltrations routes bunkers and base camps near the Laotian border in South Vietnam for the first time in a month. Sixty bombers dropped 180 tons and US command reported 21 enemy killed in Mekong Delta clashes with four South Vietnamese deaths.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
A Shau
U. S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U Minh
Mekong
Cambodia
Prey Totung
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Area Woman Anna Meier Turns 93 at New Glarus Home
Anna Meier born 1878 in Switzerland marks 93 at New Glarus Home United Church of Christ housing. She recalls a cheese making husband and long life filled with crochet afghans, family care, and helping fellow residents.
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Anna Meier
Jack Benny
New Glarus Home
United Church of Christ
Anna Mittler
Herisau
Canton
Appenzell
Switzerland
America
John Meier
Green County
Mr. Meier
Spring Valley
Exeter Township
Monticello
Clover Hill
Schuler and Bently
Washington Town Hall
New Glarus
New Year's Holiday Traffic Deaths Dip From Record High
The three day weekend claimed 434 lives as heavy snow battered the nation and treacherous roads persisted. NSC had predicted 400 to 500 deaths from 6 pm Thursday to midnight Sunday, well below 1965’s 564 and above 1949’s 269 record low postwar figures. Other three day holidays saw 612 Labor Day, 540 July 4th, and 509 Christmas deaths.
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National Safety Council
Nixon open to Q and A session with newspaper press
President Nixon said he would be willing to hold an hour long TV radio chat with representatives of the writing press after meeting four reporters on New Year Eve. He noted networks have indicated they would provide broadcast time for such a presidential question and answer session.
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Washington
Nixon
AP Briefs and Reagan Inaugural Welfare Plan
AP News In Brief notes difficulty selecting four writers for a joint broadcast from the White House basement library. Reagan opens his second term with a welfare reform proposal to curb greed over need, citing a $2 billion annual spend and nearly 2 million recipients. A mine disaster in Kentucky is linked to a coal dust explosion during blasting at Finley Coal Co. inspectors say fuel was present but blame is not yet assigned. A federal hearing will be held in Perry County Courthouse as inspectors plan interviews and continue investigation.
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William
Monticello
Ewald
California
Arnold
Oregon
John
Armin
Frieda) Zingere
Belleville
White House
Cst
Nixon
Hyden
Finley Coal Co
H. N. Kirkpatrick
State Mines and Minerals
Perry
Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Repair Work Continues On Jackson Wis Oil Pipeline
Workmen prepared to weld a new section into a pipeline that ruptured December 28 near Jackson Wisconsin sending fuel oil toward the Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area. Snow covered oil stains as a 10 foot wide ditch remained open and crews shut the flow of oil.
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Jackson
Wis
Jackson Marsh
West Shore Pipeline Co
Chicago
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Ray Kundert
Randall J. Elmer
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