Rail Unions Strike Threatens Nationwide Rail Shutdown
Four unions walked off Union Pacific at midnight triggering expected shutdown of all U S rail traffic. Other lines planned similar actions with 10:30 a m EST press briefing to outline nationwide shutdown plans.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Union Pacific
Midwest
North Platte
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
Iowa
National Railway Labor Conference
John P. Hiltz Jr
Congress
Shultz
Los Angeles
Chicago
Las Vegas
Nev
Kansas City
Seattle
Shooting wounds deputy as assailant dies in chase near Madison
Dane County deputies pursued Virgil Coleman after he shot Traffic Officer Blaine Legault on Highway 69 near Paoli. Legault, 25, was wounded twice and hospitalized in critical condition. Coleman died in Madison two hours after being captured. Autopsy and ballistic tests planned.
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Dane County
Paoli
Belleville
Verona
Madison General Hospital
Blaine T. Legault
Madison
Virgil Vernon Coleman
Legault
Coleman
Fish Hatchery Road
Lincoln Road
Clyde Chamberlain Jr
State Crime Laboratory
Congressman Glenn Davis To Speak in Here Feb. 9
Residents from throughout the area will meet Congressman Glenn R. Davis at a Monroe VFW Clubhouse rally Monday night February 9. Arranged by the Green County Republican Party the event offers a free buffet lunch and no admission. Rolland E. Karlen said informal social hour runs 7 to 8 p.m. Davis speaks at 8 with lunch at 9 followed by dancing. Hank's Polka Boys provide entertainment during lunch and later.
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Glenn R. Davis
Monroe Vfw
Republican Party of
Green County
Rolland E. Karlen
GOP
Davis
Hank
Green County Republicans invite youth for social evening
Karlen announces a casual dress gathering for Republicans of Green County aimed at engaging teens and twenty somethings in politics. The event substitutes a Lincoln Day dinner and will honor local figures while welcoming future activists to meet R. E. P. Davis.
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Green County
Karlen
Nixon outlines 200.8 billion budget with defense cuts
President Nixon will send Congress a 200.8 billion dollar budget for next year with a 1.3 billion surplus. Defense spending would fall by 15.8 billion from 79.4 billion, while space, agriculture, and veterans benefits also face reductions.
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Nixon
Congress
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Washington Post
Ziegler
Winzenried Fares At Madison Square Garden Meet
Wisconsin junior Mark Winzenried of Monroe finished third in the 1000 yard run at Madison Square Garden. Tom Van Ruden of the Pacific Coast Track Club set a world record 2:07.1, while Keith Colburn of Harvard tied Winzenried at 2:07.9 but took second. Byron Dyce of United A. A. placed fourth with 2:11.3.
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University of Wisconsin
Mark Winzenried
Monroe
Wis
Madison Square Garden
Mark
Tom van Ruden
Pacific Coast Track Club
Winzenried
Keith Colburn
Harvard
Colburn
Byron Dyce
United A. A
Tricia Nixon Diagnosed With German Measles
The White House announced that Tricia Nixon, who had traveled to Florida to recover from the flu, is now ill with German measles.
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Tricia
Washington
Tricia Nixon
Florida
White House
Sausage Feed Features Pfingston At Monroe High School
The Green County National Farm Organization hosts its annual Sausage Feed in the Monroe High School M room on Saturday Feb 7. Serving begins at 5 pm with an all you can eat menu, tickets 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for children. Entertainment by Hank's Polka Boys and talks by Darreen Rufener and Pfingston highlight the program. Pfingston, NFC national VP and former director, delivers a farm policy overview after a long NFC career. Over 1500 patrons attended last year’s event. Tickets available from NFC members or at the door. door prizes planned.
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Green County National Farm Organization
Monroe High School
Paul Stefanik
Albany
Hank
Polka Boys
Green County
Darreen Rufener
Erhard Pfinsten
NFC
Gage County
Neb
Pfinsten
Kansas
Iowa
Corse of World
B52s Hit North Vietnamese Supply Depots in Laos
American B52 bombers pounded enemy supply depots in Laos with hundreds of tons of bombs to slow war material flow into South Vietnam. In ground fighting allied troops reported 62 enemy killed in under a dozen clashes. U.S. losses were one dead and 13 wounded, with 10 South Vietnamese soldiers killed and 28 wounded.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Hue
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U. S
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Nixon
United States
Tripoli
Defiance
Teamster Local To Represent Social Service
The Green County Department of Social Service voted unanimously to be represented by Janesville Teamster Local 579 after a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission election. Leonard F. Schoonover said negotiations with the county will begin immediately.
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Janesville Teamster
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
Teamster
Leonard F. Schoonover
Teacher Injured in Shop Accident at Dakota High School
G. R. Brown, 64, of Pearl City, an agricultural teacher at Dakota High School, was injured Thursday afternoon when a spring mechanism on a plowing disk struck his head. He was treated at Freeport Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Rockford Memorial Hospital in poor condition.
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Ill
G. R. Brown
Pearl City
Dakota High School
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Freeport Memorial Hospital
Rockford
Nixon defends Carswell despite 1948 white supremacy speech
President Nixon defended Supreme Court nominee G Harrold Carswell at a news conference, calling his judicial record impeccable and free of racism even though Carswell once supported white supremacy in a 1948 Georgia legislature race. Nixon cited six years as U S attorney and twelve years as a federal district judge to endorse the candidate.
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Nixon
Supreme Court
G. Harrold Carswell
High Court
Carswell
Georgia
U.S
Wisconsin lawmakers block salary hike for top officials
Madison officials complain as the Legislature refuses to raise pay for governor and other constitutional officers. Governor Knowles, who ruled out re election, and Senator Ernest Keppler cite stalled salaries affecting future officeholders. Keppler says he cannot afford lieutenant governor duties on current pay. The proposal died with adjournment after lawmakers tried boosting their own pay and that of constitutional officers.
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Keppler
Knowles to Sign Implied Consent Bill Tuesday in Madison
Gov. Warren P. Knowles will sign the controversial implied consent traffic safety bill in Madison on Tuesday. The measure imposes stiff penalties on those who refuse chemical tests for drunkenness and are later convicted. Also Monday the governor plans to sign a separate bill easing marijuana penalties and tightening drug-peddling penalties.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Marcos: Rioters Were Communist Inspired Plan
President Marcos said rioters aiming to storm the palace were Communist inspired men pursuing revolt and subversion. He cited eight hours of violence, five dead, 150-plus injured and 300 in jail, insisting students were not involved.
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Manila
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippine
Marco
GE Strike Ends Looming Billion-Dollar Deal Near
The AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers and United Electrical Workers tentatively approve a settlement ending a three month GE strike. The pact raises wages 88 cents an hour over 40 months and could bring 130,000 workers back to 280 plants within a week to 10 days pending union votes.
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New York
General Electric Co
Afl—Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
J. Curtis Counts
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Riverway Approved in Historic St. Croix Agreement
Secretary Hickel prepared to sign a cooperative pact to protect about 70 miles of the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway. Northern States Power Co will donate roughly 7,000 riverfront acres on both banks of the St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers to the United States while conveying 13,000 acres to Minnesota and 5,000 to Wisconsin. The company retains 4,000 acres. The 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act designates the upper St. Croix and the Namekagon as a national scenic river unit.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Walter J. Hickel
St. Croix National Scenic
Northern Stnel Power Co
Minnesota
United States
St. Croix
Namekagon
Wisconsin
St. Croix River
State to Close Illegal Dump Sites by July 1
The Department of Natural Resources states any solid waste disposal site not meeting state standards by July 1 will be closed. Acting solid waste chief Avery Wells says the state will pursue legal action to enforce the standards that took effect May 1, with sites operating illegally if not compliant.
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Madison
Department of Natural Resources
Avery Wells
Department
Avery
Guidelines Approved for Wisconsin News Reporting
MADISON AP A meeting at the State Bar of Wisconsin headquarters brought media and law enforcement together to endorse voluntary guidelines for reporting criminal juvenile and civil matters. The Milwaukee Journal associate editor Arville Schalelben acknowledged strict adherence may not occur in all cases. Madison attorney Jack R Dewitt supported possible overriding situations where guidelines might be ignored.
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Jack R. Dewitt
Madison
State Bar’s Board of Governors
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