Wisconsin Senate passes confidential source protection bill
The Wisconsin Senate approved a measure protecting newsmen from having to reveal confidential sources by a 22 to 8 vote. It would bar courts and government bodies from forcing disclosure except where there is a clear threat or overriding national interest, with exceptions in defamatory civil actions. Wade Boardman, drafting counsel for the Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League, said the bill has league and Wisconsin Press Association support.
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Wisconsin Senate
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League
League
Wisconsin Press Association
Milwaukee woman first to be paid snow shoveler
Judy Heffner, a Milwaukee high school senior, becomes the first woman paid by the city for snow shoveling after four previous applicants were turned away last year. She helped clear a 3 inch snowfall that accumulated overnight.
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Milwaukee
Judy Heffner
Heffner
Job prospects improve for UW Madison graduates
Prof. Emily Chernevik, director of career advising and placement services, said Thursday that hiring for University of Wisconsin Madison graduates should rise about 5 percent. The strongest gains are expected for doctoral level business and engineering students with openings in banking finance insurance merchandising and public accounting.
Fire destroys Milwaukee North Side Red Owl supermarket
A four alarm blaze at a Milwaukee Red Owl on the North Side caused the roof and a wall to collapse. No injuries were reported as store employees and some customers were evacuated before firefighters controlled the fire after more than two hours with over 100 firefighters on site.
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Milwaukee
Employes
Red Owl
William Stamm
Plane crash near Lakeland Airport injures two
Pilot Al Haley aged 36 from Minneapolis and passenger Kevin Day aged 19 from Ridgefield Minnesota were injured when their twin engine plane crashed one half mile north of Lakeland Airport in Arbor Vitae after takeoff. Day walked to a nearby home to call for help.
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Minneapolis
Kevin Day
Ridgefield
Minn
Lakeland
Arbor Vitae
Day
Youths protest drug arrests in Madison
On Thursday, young demonstrators staged guerrilla theater on the steps of the city county building satirically reenacting drug arrests. The protests reference raids following 81 indictments handed down by a Dane County grand jury.
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Madison, Wis
Madison
Dane County
Mail plane crashes on takeoff in Madison
A small private mail plane bound for Eau Claire and La Crosse crashed during take-off at Madison Truax Field. Pilot Gifford T. Jones of Bloomington Minnesota escaped injury and the mail sustained no damage.
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Eau Claire
la Crosse
Truax Field
Gifford T. Jones
Bloomington
Law students urge snowmobile use rules on private land
Madison based report by William Cooney and John Preston cites trespassing as the main landowner complaint and urges written permission requirements for snowmobilers. Vandalism and burglaries are described as often accompanying trespass.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
William Cooney
John Preston
Economy closes 1971 with strong fourth quarter growth
The 1971 economy ended on a high note with a 6.1 percent fourth quarter rise in GNP, while December inflation rose 0.4 percent and the year ended with a 4.6 percent inflation rate. Unemployment stood at 6.1 percent, and the year saw moderating inflation but a late December cost of living uptick.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Harold C. Passer
Nixon Signals School Finance Via Possible Value Added Tax
President Nixon discussed school financing and revived talk of a value added tax as a potential national sales levy. White House comment indicated interest but no decision. Congress shows little chance of approval this year. The defense budget, over $900 million for sea based deterrence, also faces congressional review.
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Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
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Moscow
U.S
Nixon pushes plan for faster undersea missile submarines
President Nixon in the State of the Union urged accelerated development of a new generation of deadly undersea missile firing submarines. He framed the move as maintaining U S advantage while pressing the Soviet Union toward a curbs pact and warned of others expanding their programs.
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Nixon
Soviet Union
State of the Union
United States
Times editor wins top honors in Wisconsin school boards contest
Jim Glessner of the Monroe Evening Times led a group of Wisconsin newspaper editors honored at a Milwaukee banquet for the 1971 WASB contest. He took two firsts in best news story and best editorial, receiving engraved school bells and merit certificates.
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Milwaukee
Times
Jim Glessner
Monroe
Lee Olsen
Rodney Kittelsen
Monroe Board of Education
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Glessner
WASB
William Stuckey
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators
Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials
Monroe Evening Times
Association
Vilas County News Review
Eagle River Wauwatosa News-Times
Burlington Standard Press
Portage Daily Register
Waukesha Daily Freeman
LaCrosse Tribune
Janesville Gazette
Bart Starr
Green Bay
Starr
Dan Devine
Vince Lombardi
Manitowoc Lincoln High School
James Miller
Milwaukee Auditorium
Green Bay Packer
Nixon proposes bill to halt costly West Coast dock strike
President Nixon unveils a legislative plan to end the West Coast dock walkout and avert transportation tieups. He cites the strike as an example of irresponsible labor actions and urges prompt enactment of the administration bill, invoking the Taft Hartley Act to suspend the strike previously.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Nixon orders major drug crackdown with new federal units
President Nixon urged Congress to empower a national network of investigative and prosecutive units under the Organized Crime Control Act to fight narcotics. He also pressed for a global push to eliminate drugs at the source. A Nevada hijacking case ends with a ransom and a parachute escape as the suspect awaits a Denver air piracy hearing.
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Nixon
Congress
America
United States
Denver
Nevada
Colorado Plains
U.S
Benkert to Speak at 44th Fire Instructors Conference
Monroe Fire Chief Josef Benkert accepted invitation to speak on What Makes a Successful Regional Fire School at the 44th Fire Department Instructors Conference in Kansas City Missouri March 17 19 17. The event draws about 3000 daily attendees from 49 states and many nations.
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Josef Benkert
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Kansas City
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Iowa
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Tenn
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