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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1972
Page
1
Madison AP reports a merger committee postponed all controversial questions including faculty tenure and central administration location until March 13. Rep George Molinaro urged solving the basic disputes now, warning the legislature may act if needed.
Lee Sherman Dreyfus head of the Governor's Commission on Cable Communications says Oshkosh and Menasha will proceed with cable TV despite state pleas. The Oshkosh hearing starts a two week series across the state to gather public input on what people want from cable service.
Howard Fairfield, 36, captured Jan. 7 in a Nicolet National Forest cave, waived preliminaries on 12 counts of breaking and entering. Trial scheduled for Friday. Authorities sought the so called Phantom for months amid cabin burglaries. cave den contained food and supplies. Fairfield said he left Milwaukee last summer to escape domestic pressures and debts.
President Nixon's proposed 246.3 billion budget includes 3 million for the ongoing LaFarge Dam project in Vernon County. The 26 million facility aims to flood control by creating a reservoir along the Kickapoo River, despite ecological protests during construction.
Wisconsin state Rep. John Shabaz plans to introduce a bill to direct more than $30 million to property tax relief. He drafted the proposal after Gov. Lucey asked for about $30.5 million in budget readjustments, a move he says fuels Republican suspicions of a large state surplus.
Wisconsin taxpayers would contribute about 4.9 billion dollars toward President Nixon's 246.3 billion budget for fiscal year 1973, a Public Expenditure Survey report says. The estimate uses a formula to divide the federal tax burden among the 50 states. The survey is a private nonprofit, non-political research group for taxpayers.
Madison prosecutor Gerald Nichol faces a new step after the Supreme Court upheld an April injunction barring him from prosecuting staff at Midwest Medical Center. The court did not rule on Wisconsin abortion law but sent the case back for reconsideration while another court deemed the statute unconstitutional.
White House announces a 7:30 p.m. CST televised statement as Nixon signals a possible offer of a total troop withdrawal date in exchange for U S POW releases. Ziegler declined to specify policy details amid Paris talks and trade speculation.
A Soviet fleet commander Vladimir Artemov and two ship masters Igor Bovtun and Nikolai Pavluk will plead Friday in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on charges of illegal intrusion into U.S. waters. They commanded two herring boats seized January 18 by the Coast Guard in the Bering Sea near St Matthew Island. They faced federal charges for illegal fishery activities within the 12 mile zone. arraigned earlier this week and released to the Soviet vice consul. A civil complaint also awaits action in federal court.
Below zero conditions linger after an ice storm with official readings of 9 below at the Monroe Sewage Disposal Plant. A 30 mile per hour west wind creates a wind chill of 55 to 60 below as power lines fail and phone service to rural areas suffers. Traffic is slowed with semis jackknifed and buses delayed. crews apply chains and depart for emergency runs while schools adjust schedules and motorists endure icy roads.
The Spring election in Monroe shows mayoral candidates Clifford Reasa and John Upmann filing petitions. Ward I contenders Aurthur Roethe and Mrs. Lee Mitchell also filed, while Ward 3 hopeful Robert Tschudy planned to file with no opposition. Ward 5 and Ward 7 filings by Walter Wilzewske and E B Lux completed the slate as of 5 p.m. deadline.
A total of 34 petitions were filed for 30 county board seats as of 11 a.m. with districts 2 and 5 each listing two seats. Some districts, notably 4 and 16, have no filed candidates, triggering possible appointments later and potential primaries if filings double the needed count. The court-ordered one year term follows reapportionment litigation led by Ken Nyland, with a forthcoming fall redivision and a 1973 spring election.
State Revenue Department officials say the new tax revenue sharing formula for about 300 million dollars yearly is functioning well aside from disagreements over what counts as red ink in ledgers. First payments go out March 1 with many towns receiving more in relief than in checks.
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