Officials urge Brazil to renounce negotiating with kidnapers
AP News In Brief reports Brazilian officials push for a government pledge not to negotiate with kidnapping terrorists who seize foreign diplomats, hoping to deter abductions and shield the state if hostages are harmed. In Wisconsin Rapids, some students return as talks resume in the teachers strike begun January 8, with the board warning replacements may be hired if teachers do not return by Wednesday.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Rapids School Board
Banks Cut Prime Lending Rate Amid Market Shifts
The Morgan Guaranty Trust and major banks cut the prime rate to 6 percent from 6.5 percent as part of a broad rate reduction. The move affects corporate borrowing, mortgages, and consumer loans, signaling tighter credit conditions nationwide.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
U.S. Tank Fires Wound Nine Infantrymen in Saigon Fight
An American tank supporting U.S. infantry in Saigon accidentally fired a shell into the unit on Sunday wounding nine soldiers. The U.S. Command announced the incident today.
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Saigon
U.S
Stock Market Up Again on Rate Cuts by Major Banks
New York AP reports a higher stock market after banks announce a new round of prime rate cuts. By noon the Dow Jones industrial average stood at 848.92, up 3.22 points as trading remained active.
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New York
Draft More Doctors in 1969 Says Defense Health Chief
Washington AP The Defense Department health secretary urged a renewed doctor draft this year because too few medical school graduates have volunteered. The Pentagon said the recommendation targets ensuring adequate medical staff for national defense.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Soviet Moonrover Lunokhod 1 Returns to Mother Ship
Tass reports Lunokhod 1 was steered back to its mother ship in a navigation and maneuverability check. In Washington the Senate Special Committee on Aging says one in four Americans aged 65 and over lives on poverty level income.
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Moscow
Tass
Washington
Senate
Special Committee On Aging
Wisconsin Roads Mostly Clear For Winter Driving
The Division of Highways reported all Wisconsin roads in good winter driving condition. Central northwestern secondary routes had scattered slippery spots while Interstate highways remained in good shape.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Division of Highways
Wisconsin Sees Strong Pollut ion Laws Amid Snowmobile Concerns
Wisconsin officials from the State Chamber of Commerce and the Division of Economic Development tout strong anti pollution laws that lure industry while noting snowmobile regulations lag and enforcement funds are short. They report 400 new plants or expansions in 1970 and stress cleaner operations for new facilities. University biologists warn snowmobiles threaten wildlife as lawmakers push to fix weak snowmobile rules in the 1971 session.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Chamber of Commerce
State Division of Economic Development
Kenneth Haagensen
State Chamber
Haagensen
Lucian G. Schlimgen
State
Law
Schlimgen
Badger
Department of Natural Resources
Natural Resources Agency
DNR
University of Wisconsin
Busy Week Sets Stage for 92nd Congress in Washington
The 92nd Congress arrives with urgent items including Welfare reform Social Security increase the draft and SST. Pelosi? No. The piece notes Hale Boggs Morris Udall Carl Albert Conyers and party leadership challenges as House and Senate leaders vie for power amid major policy battles.
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Washington
92Nd Congress
91St
Nixon
House
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
Armed Services Committee
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Department of Transportation
Department
Freeport policeman suspended charged with five counts
Freeport patrolman Albert Reich, 36, is suspended for 30 days and charged with five misconduct counts. The alleged acts include failing to turn in marijuana found in the line of duty and making derogatory remarks about fellow officers. Reich denies the charges and awaits a fire and police board hearing.
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Freeport, Ill
Freeport
Albert Reich
Fire and Police Board
Wisconsin Prisons Need Black Jailers Says Official
Sanger B. Powers, head of Wisconsin Corrections, argues that having black guards would ease inmate staff relations. He notes no black guards currently at the three main facilities in Waupun Green Bay and Fox Lake though about one quarter of prisoners are Negro.
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Waupun
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Wisconsin Correctional Institution
Fox Lake
Lerman Named to Wisconsin Industry Commission
Milwaukee businessman Philip E. Lerman was appointed to the Wisconsin Industry, Labor and Relations Commission by Gov. Patrick J. Lucey. Deaths from weekend accidents raise Wisconsin 1971 highway fatality tally to 19, compared with 26 on the same date last year.
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Milwaukee
J. Curtis McKay
Cedarburg
Citizens For Responsible Education
Wisconsin
Unities
Madison
Philip E. Lerman
Wisconsin Industry, Labor and — Relations Commission
Patrick J. Lucey
Legislative priorities for 1971 Wisconsin session announced
MADISON AP two main topics will be environmental and consumer protection laws as the 1971 legislature opens Tuesday according to Atty. Gen. Robert Warren. ROCKFORD AP Rockford Morning-Star and Register-Republic will resume publication Wednesday after a strike shut the papers for over two months.
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Madison
Robert Warren
Rockford, Ill
Rockford Morning-Star
Register- Republic
Green County Fair 1971 Opens With Buccaneers July 28
The Green County Fair program for 1971 runs July 28 to August 1. Captain Stubby and His Buccaneers headline opening night before the grandstand. Thursday hosts a tractor pull contest, Friday features A Cavalcade of Thrills an all girl auto daredevil act, and Saturday includes harness racing and the Charlie Louvin Show. Demolition Derby closes Sunday with shows at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
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Captain Stubby
Buccaneers
Charlie Louvin
Albany man Stanley W. Thornton 62 dies en route to hospital
Stanley W. Thornton of Albany, 62, died at St. Clare Hospital Monroe at 12:30 p.m. Saturday Jan 16 after a car rollover on Town Line Road. Coroner ruled natural causes related to a coronary attack possibly sparked by the accident. He had worked at Green County Hospital Pleasant View Nursing Home and earlier at Pet Milk Belleville and the Albany condensery. He was born Sept 10 1908 in Juda and married Evelyn Krause in Albany in 1951. He leaves widow Evelyn a daughter Helen Kernen two granddaughters a sister May and his parents. Friends may call at Gohlke's Sharer Funeral Home Albany Monday evening and at the church Tuesday.
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Stanley W. Thornton
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe
Mr. Thornton
Richard A. Wagner
Town Line
St. Clare
Green County Hospital
Pleasant View Nursing Home
Pet
Belleville
Juda
John
Anne Moyer Thornton
Evelyn Asmus Krause
Thornton
First Baptist Church of
Evelyn
Edwin
Helen) Kernen
Monticello
Miss May
Connie Rae
Carmen Mae Kernen
Milwaukee Road
Gohlke
Sharer
Salesman Named Holstein Fieldman for North Central Area
James E. Salesman of Argyle is appointed Holstein fieldman for the North Central Area covering Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas effective Feb 1. He will coordinate breed promotion programs with on farm visits and group contacts while working with Holstein officials and local clubs. Salesman a Wisconsin native with a 1969 BS in Technical Agriculture also held top dairy honors and is a Wisconsin dairy cattle judge.
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James E. Salesman
Argyle
North Central
Robert H. Rumler
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Salesman
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
HFAA
Wisconsin
Platteville State University
Alpha Zeta Honorary
Alpha Gamma Rho
National Ffa Foundation
Star Dairy Farmer of America
Dairy Shrine Club
United States
Sioux Falls
S. C
National Association
Brattleboro
Vermont
Milk price formula rejected by USDA after hearings
The Agriculture Department rejected a proposed economic formula for Class I milk pricing. Public hearings had been held in Clayton Missouri and New York. Officials said the plan failed to show it would reflect changes in bottling milk prices or maintain market price relationships. No further action will be taken.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clayton
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Department
Consumer and Marketing Service
USDA
Last Ontario bald eagle wounded on Pelee Island
A bullet severed one of Ontario's last bald eagles on Pelee Island in Lake Erie. The injured bird, with a shattered wing, was amputated after November shooting and will not fly or pair again, prompting deliberation to unite its mate or relocate it to another family.
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Point Pelee National Park
Ont
Ontario
Pelee Island
Lake Erie
Windsor
Cliff Drysdale
Central North America
Drysdale
Jacob Rattin 74 Monroe Turn Club Pioneer Dies
Jacob Rattin 74 longtime Monroe resident and Swiss immigrant died Friday morning in Santa Barbara Calif after a severe stroke He helped found the Monroe Turn Verein and played with the Edelweiss Orchestra He moved to Santa Barbara in 1950 to live with his brother and assist in a Swiss Chalet restaurant Burial and services were held January 18 in Santa Barbara He was survived by his daughter Beverly grandson Joel Kanvik a son killed in 1963 and three sisters all of Monroe.
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Monroe Women’s Turn
Jacob Rattin
Santa Barbara
Calif
Monroe
Wallenstatt
Canton St. Gallen
Switzerland
Louis
Maria Dalia Rattin
America
Monroe Turn Verein
Edelweiss
Turner Hall
Maria
Beverly
John Kanvik
Mt. Prospect
Joel Kanvik
William
New Jersey
Rattin
Rachel Dwyer
Anna Trickel
George Bloom
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