Two-Story AP News Briefs Collide Across Regions
Los Angeles papers report Daniel and Philip Berrigan advised a congressman on engaging the North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris amid a grand jury probe into a kidnapping plot involving Kissinger. In Detroit, Chrysler and UAW near a three year contract covering 110,000 workers as talks extend beyond a 10 am strike deadline. In Honolulu, FBI arrests a Wisconsin soldier tied to a Racine shipping terminal theft. six men indicted over 26 lawn tractors valued at 26,000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
Paris
William R. Anderson
D-Tenn
Berrigans
Henry Kissinger
Chrysler
UAW
Detroit
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
United States
Canada
Leonard Woodcock
FBI
Honolulu
Wisconsin
Lawrence R. Bass
Franksville
Racine
Britons Turn to Private Post Amid Historic Strike
London reports a historic postal strike with 31 private delivery firms mobilized to handle mail as the strike begins at midnight. The Posts and Telecommunications Minister authorizes private operations to ensure essential services continue.
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London
Britain
Posts and Telecommunications Minster Cae Ar
News Century-Automnpayes
Pee
Tax Relief Bill Introduced by Sen Lourigan in Wisconsin
MADISON AP Sen Joseph Lourigan D Kenosha introduced legislation today to grant 12 percent across the board relief to real estate property taxpayers. He said solving unemployment and inflation requires revising the tax system.
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Madison
Joseph Lourigan
D-Kenosna
Lourigan
Welfare aid cut in Indiana and Nebraska begins April 1
Washington AP reports the Department of Health, Education and Welfare will sharply reduce matching welfare aid to Indiana and Nebraska starting April 1 for violations of federal assistance regulations.
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Washingson
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Indiana
Nebraska
Revenue Secretary Morgan resigns for tax alliance job
Madison Wisconsin James R Morgan state revenue secretary resigns from Gov Luceys administration to join the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance in a routine personnel shift Morgan cited new job responsibilities and public service as reasons for leaving without citing policy disputes
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Madison
James R. Morgan
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance
UW chancellor forwards antiwar debate invite to Laird
Madison campus chancellor H Edwin Young says he is sending antiwar leaders invitation to Defense Secretary Melvin Laird. Final decision on the debate rests with Laird at the Pentagon.
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Laird
Madison
H. Edwin Young
University of Wisconsin
Defense
Melvin Laird
Pentagon
Campus calm forecast by FBI official optimism on universities
An FBI official suggested campus radicals may see violence as counter productive and voiced cautious optimism that U.S. colleges will calm this year. Separate items note U.S. Steel promising to end dumping into Lake Michigan and Calumet River by late 1975, and deaths sentences for two GIs in Korea prompting scrutiny of military justice for troops abroad.
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Madison
FBI
Chicago
U.S. Steel Corp
Lake Michigan
Calumet River
South Works
Washington
Korea
U.S
Wisconsin Woman Wins Supreme Court on Stigma Theme
AP report shows a small town Wisconsin woman defeating officials who labeled her a heavy drinker in local bars, a ruling framed as rejecting stigma. The piece weaves multiple AP blurbs including a Juneau sentencing, tax and meat violations, and other brief items.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Legislature Opens as Lucey Eyes Budget Crisis
Wisconsin lawmakers begin the 1971 session amid a projected 500 million revenue gap and massive spending requests. Governor Patrick J. Lucey signals tax hikes and may seek a two week delay to present his budget. leaders warn of possible two week budget review delay and ongoing hearings start on county courts in Racine and a designation of galena as the state mineral.
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Mavidun
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
Assembly
Robert Huber
D-West Allis
Huber
Lacey
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Hollander
Roosendale
Hollander
Senate
Judicial
Veterans’ Affairs
Racine County
Wisconsin Exposition Council fights use of state fair profits
The Wisconsin Exposition Council urged state help to cover premium aids for county fairs as fair reserves declined from 1.9 million in 1967 to about 189 thousand. Officials warned the 1971 August exposition may be the last without subsidy, while a plan for a year round center sought 40 million dollars. Governor Lucey and state lawmakers acknowledge the crisis and potential legislative action.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Exposition Council
Herbert P. Welser
Vernon Wendland
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
James McKinnon
Lucey
McKinnon
Vilnius Court Hears Hijack Plot By Russian Couple
A Vilnius criminal court sentenced Vitautas Simokaitis to death and his pregnant wife Grazhina Muskute to three years in a labor camp for attempting to hijack a plane to Sweden. The 10 day trial concluded last Thursday with Simokaitis saying he had no political motive and simply wished to leave the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Vilnius
Lithuania
Sweden
Vitautas ‘Simokaitis
Grazhina Muskute
Simokaitis
Soviet Union
UW Feeds Cows Wood in Hay Substitute Experiment
At the University of Wisconsin dairy herd researchers are testing wood as roughage. Twenty Holstein cows receive oak like Aspen wood pellets from sawdust, processed by the Forest Products Laboratory to aid digestion and neutralize stomach acids. The project explores a substitute for hay and uses wood wastes.
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U.S. Agriculture Department
Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Stanley
Economy Figures Show 1970 Decline Amid Inflation
Washington AP reports 1970 saw a 0.5 percent fall in GNP the first since 1958 while prices rose 5 percent. The Federal Reserve cut rates to 5 percent for the fourth time since November amid Nixon's expansion plan. Real GNP fell 3.3 percent in Q4 to $721.3 billion. current dollars rose to $991 billion. Nixon urged construction leaders to curb wage and price spirals and warned on potential regional bargaining. Bethlehem Steel and US Steel raised then cut prices, signaling industry pressure. Apollo 14 countdown test advances toward Jan 31 launch from Cape Kennedy.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Nixon
Fed
Commerce Department
New York
White House
Bethlehem Steel
US Steel
Bethlehem
School Food Personnel Honored For Graduation at Blackhawk Tech
Monroe and surrounding towns awarded certificates after a 12 week course at Blackhawk Tech. Walter Babula presented diplomas in the Junior High cafeteria. Future ceremonies planned at Craig High School in Janesville and Aldrich High School Beloit.
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Blackhawk Tech
Monroe
Orfordville
Juda
Monticello
Walter Babula
Green and Rock Counties
Craig High School
Janesville
Aldrich High School
Beloit
William Stuckey
Public School Food Service
Blackhawk Tech Vocational and Technical School
Arthur Wagner
Emma Berndt
Faith Wittner
Fritz Wittner
Fred Simpson
Opal Grossen
Fred Dettwiler Remembers Monroe's Railroad Days
Monroe resident Fred Dettwiler recalls his boyhood in Monroe Township including witnessing the Illinois Central Railroad construction from Freeport to Madison. He notes his 1877 birth, 1946 death of Bertha Dettwiler, nine grandchildren, and a 1969 move to St. Clare Hospital surroundings. He proudly shares memories of the handcar ride, the trestle work, and life before modern farming. He celebrated a near 94th birthday and still reads the Monroe Evening Times from Pleasant View Nursing Home.
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Fred Dettwiler
Monroe
Ilinois Central
Dettwiler
Richard Nixon
Pleasant View Nursing Home
Monroe Township
Emmanuel and
Rosina Marty Dettwiler
America
Switzerland
Dutch Hollow
Fred
Henry
Emma
Annie
John
Ida
Edwin
Arnold
Ernest
St. John’s
Gilbert
Route 4
Warren, Ill
Leawner
Illinois Central
Freeport
Madison
Joseph T Dodge
Laroy Dodge
Traverse City Mich
Round Grove
Voucher
Chicago
Fred Dettwilers
Ludlow
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Comics Society
Abby
U.W
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Fritz Witwer
Opal Grossen Juda
John Mahikuch
Hazel Wilson
Hulda
Marty
Crescent Krieg
Virginia Johnson
Agnes Keesey
Stella Geister
Ann Thompson
Marge Riese
Verna Abrahamson
Isabelle Anderson
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