23 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1971
Page
1
Up to 60 tons of U.S. war materiel rushed to Cambodia as a bomb ripped through Phnom Penh immigration office wounding about 10 with possible casualties. A recent rocket and guerrilla assault on the Phnom Penh airport followed by a massive attack on a government facility marked a turbulent surge in the capital.
A tall calm man hijacked a Northwest Airlines jet using a hatchet and a bomb threat. He demanded Algeria as the destination but the plane landed in Cuba after a stop in Detroit.
The Army dropped all charges against the four remaining enlisted men accused in the My Lai massacre at Fort McPherson Georgia, leaving three officers still charged with murder.
Jackson officials report thousands of gallons of fuel oil were pumped into tank trucks during this week’s warm-up, a fraction of the total spilled in the Jackson Marsh Wildlife Area on December 28 when an oil pipeline burst.
Prime Minister Edward Heath, returning from the Commonwealth summit in Singapore, smiled as he stated Britain reserves the right to sell arms to South Africa. He offered no further comments at London airport after the RAF flight arrival, though he seemed pleased with the meetings with Commonwealth leaders.
Mrs Bonnie Metzger wife of a Wisconsin prisoner of war in North Vietnam will travel to Paris for peace talks this spring. She coordinates for the National League of Families of Prisoners Missing in Southeast Asia and advocates for her husband William Metzger Jr. of Wisconsin Rapids who is listed as missing in action.
Whitewater State University President William Carter testified at a disciplinary hearing that no written complaints existed when four professors Vlad Thomas Willam Lafferty Richard Ademaany and George Adams were suspended last March. Affidavits were later prepared as their cases proceed before a faculty review panel.
The Public Service Commission granted a rate rise for Wisconsin Telephone Co. on Friday. The increase mainly affects daytime usage and services that require an operator.
Washington AP reports President Nixon's third State of the Union outlines a costly plan for federal state revenue sharing, universal medical care aims, and a major reorganization of the executive branch. He seeks $16 billion in federal funds, with $6 billion new, and calls for a $5 billion annual shared revenue and $11 billion for local programs. Lawmakers react with mixed doubts, concerns over deficits, and varying support for the proposed eight-department structure.
Madison AP Wisconsin legislative committees will hear bills Tuesday and Wednesday on banning professional strikebreakers and transporting workers to Wisconsin for strikes. Another measure repeals fortune tellers as vagrants and raises penalties for unlicensed dogs. The plan also adds county court branches in six counties and classifies certain glass production crops under agriculture.
Embargo set by Green County post offices halts U S mail to Great Britain including England Scotland and Northern Ireland for surface and air service though mail to U S military personnel overseas is unaffected Delays may occur for in transit mail also included are several legislative items and notices from Madison and La Crosse including university ROTC decision and public health concerns in California Tracy elected Wisconsin Agri Business Council president
President Nixon meets with California Governor Reagan to promote a revenue sharing plan aimed at returning power to the people. The plan would add roughly 6 billion in new money and convert 10 billion in existing grants to shared revenues, with unrestricted aid to states and localities and six special programs.
The Green County Agricultural Chest will hold its annual meeting at 8 p.m on Monday January 25 at the Green County Ag Building. An election of directors will take place and the 1971 budget will be presented for approval. Several individuals will be honored for contributions to agriculture and a lunch will follow.
Two Milwaukee convicts addressed Monroe teachers in a high school lecture hall outlining how drugs entered their lives after graduation in the mid 1960s. They urged calm, individual approaches, cautioned against scare tactics, and stressed keeping students engaged to counter drug use. They described costs, methods of obtaining drugs, and personal health impacts, noting alcohol and marijuana as significant current concerns.
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