World briefing and space program notes in AP News In Brief
AP News In Brief reports a sharp rise in living costs in December 1970 and the year 1970 two year total wiping out purchasing power. It notes a space agency LLTV crash during training with Alan Shepard involved and an investigation into the power failure. Other items include Kennedy drafting a two year extension, Milwaukee school concerns, cyclone Felice casualties in Mozambique, constitutional revenue sharing plans, Berlin border traffic disruption, Wisconsin GOP membership age, and hot pants tax issues in Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Labor Department
Joel Popkin
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Alan B. Shepard Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shepard
Cape Kennedy
Fla
U S to Protect Troops with Unlimited Airpower and Pact
Secretary of State William P. Rogers pledges unlimited U S airpower across Indochina to shield withdrawing troops as reports of a northwestern South Vietnam push surface. He notes airpower will be used to safeguard Americans, with no ground combat forces sent into Cambodia. Chrysler strike threat looms as 10,000 UAW salaried workers may walk out in six days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William P. Rogers
Laos
Indochina
South Vietnam
Laos-Cambodia
Rogers
Cambodia
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Khe Sanh
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Vietnam
Chrysler
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
United Auto Workers
Douglas Fraser
Storm disrupts traffic as heavy snow paralyzes region
A major snowstorm with winds 30 to 50 mph and 1 to 5 inches of snow disrupted traffic from Platteville to Antigo. Roads in Walworth Jefferson Grant Lafayette and Town counties were closed except to emergency vehicles. Buses behind schedule and many high school basketball games postponed statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poinds
Platteville
Antigo
Walworth
Jefferson
Grant
Lafayette
Town
Rock County
Langlade
la Crosse
Milwaukee
General Mitchell Field
Timmerman Field
Shrine Club Pancake Day Set for February Sixth
Green County Shrine Club schedules its fourth annual Pancake Day on Saturday February 6 at the Masonic Temple dining room. Proceeds fund contributions to children s hospitals and burn institutes. General chairman is Jerry Coplien of Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County
Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
Jerry Coplien
Monroe
Shrine Clubs
Boston
Cincinnati
Galveston
Apollo 14 Astronauts Set for Moon Trip
Apollo 14 prepares for launch from Cape Kennedy as Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa await a 3 23 p m EST liftoff aboard a Saturn 5 rocket. Crew isolation ends soon after launch preparations and family visits near the pad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Edgar D. Mitchell
Stuart A. Roosa
America
Moon
Ase
Houston
Louise Shepard
Shepard
Louise Mitchell
Joan Roosa
Antares
Fra Mauro
New Glarus Man Wears Many Hats
A portrait of Paul Grossenbacher of New Glarus highlights his Swiss heritage and decades of community leadership. He chaired the 125th anniversary, organized the Wilhelm Tell play, painted Swiss Shields, and leads local groups including the Historical Society and Edelweiss Stars. The article notes his planned Switzerland tour, family ties, and 40th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Grossenbacher
New Glarus
New Glarus Jaycees
Paul
Swiss United Church of Christ
Alpine Club
New Glarus Historical Society
Edelweiss Stars
New Glarus Maennerchor
Masonic Lodge
Shrine
Order of the Eastern Star
Edelweiss
Switzerland
New Glarus Lions Club
Historical Society of
Monticello
America
Uus
Franz
Grossenbachers
Verna Elmer
Belleville
John
Alcoa Aluminum
Pennsylvania
Newburgh
Ind
Donald (Elmira) Root
Kenneth
Pauline) Ross
Paul Grossenbachers
Glarus
Alexandre Marz
Chicago
Felix Schnyder
United States
Washington, D.C
Wilhelm Tell
New Glarus Hotel
Front Town
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AP News
Kennedy
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Nixon
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
William C. Kahl
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Kahl
Zambezi
Lourenco Marques
Mozambique
Felice
Portuguese Mozambique
San Francisco
U. S
Congress
Berlin
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Gustav Heinemann
Free Democratic Party
West Berlin
GOP
Madison
Republican Party
Reed Coleman
U. S. Supreme Court
Wisconsin
Hot Pants
Tax Dodge
London
Britain
Paris
Customs and Excise Department
Times
TV Sect
Daily Record
T Sect
Abby
Mexico City
Greenville
S.C
Honolulu
Montreal
Portland
Ore
Philadelphia
Springfield
Mass
Shreveport
Salt Lake City
Utah
Spokane
Twin Cities
Winnipeg
Los Angeles
Curtis C. Chase
Monroe Clinic
Harold E. Scherer
Chase
New
Mitchell
Earth
Cone
Roosa
Kitty Hawk
State Department
Soviet Union
Moscow
Associated Press
James Reipert
Washington Post
Anthony Astrachan
Gracie M Wilhiime
Route 4
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