Double fatal crashes raise Wisconsin highway death toll
A double fatality in Ozaukee County and the death of a pedestrian push Wisconsin's 1971 highway toll to 430, against 498 on the same date a year earlier. Marshall Howard, 4, of Park Ridge Illinois and Forest Luckett, 63 of Chicago died in a collision two miles west of Port Washington on US 141. Douglas Mtzler 19 of Madison died from injuries after being struck on US 51 near Stoughton Thursday night.
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Ozaukee County
Wisconsin
Marshall Howard
Park Ridge
Ill
Forest M. Luckett
Chicago
Port Washington
Douglas R. Mtzler
Madison
U.S. 51
Stoughton
Hudson Fourth of July rock festival canceled
Hudson police sought state and county reinforcements after the Hudson Booster Club canceled a weekend Fourth of July rock festival. Chief David Burke warned that early news of the cancellation might not circulate, and he requested alert status for as many as 1,000 officers and deputies if needed.
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Hudson
Wis
Minneapolis
Hudson Booster Club
David Burke
Wisconsin Seasonal Rural Workers Fall 28 Percent in May
The Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations reports Wisconsin May seasonal rural industry employment down 28 percent from a year earlier. Agricultural field work drops 44 percent to 1204. food processing workers fall 22 percent to 2499. plant employed field workers decline 10 percent to 859. Ninety one percent of May workers are Wisconsin residents, up from 88 percent last May, with most out of state workers in agricultural fields.
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Madison
Wis
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Wisconsin
Wisconsin grand jury to probe UW bombing case
Wisconsin Attorney General Robert Warren wins Circuit Court approval to impanel a secret Dane County grand jury to study last year’s fatal UW bombing. A research student died Aug 24 when a nitrogen fertilizer bomb damaged a five story building. FBI has warrants for four suspects, three ex UW students.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Robert Warren
University of Wisconsin
Norris Maloney
Maloney
FBI
AUS. District Court
Walworth County Court
Dane County Grand Jury
Warren
Circuit Court
Appleton Cigaret Ring Busted by State Officials
Four people were detained after a months long probe into an Indiana cigaret smuggling operation in Appleton Wisconsin. Authorities seized 830 cartons of unstamped cigarets and 40000 dollars in fireworks. Suspects face charges including sale of fireworks and untaxed cigarets.
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Appleton
Wis
State Justice Department
Robert Warren
Indiana
Wisconsin
Warren
Outagamie
Wisconsin Divorce Residency Rule Declared Unconstitutional
A U.S. District Court panel ruled Wisconsin two year residency for divorce unconstitutional. Robert J. Wymelenbert of Milwaukee argued the rule barred equal access to state courts. Judge John W. Reynolds wrote the opinion dismissing the minimum as a waiting period tied to residence.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court
Robert J. Wymelenbert
John W. Reynolds
Unemployment rate dips as June jobless level falls
The U S unemployment rate drops to 5 6 per cent in June while total unemployed persons rise by 1 1 million to 5 5 million The decline is blamed on a seasonal adjustment quirk and youth in school The data show declines for teens and young adults with varied shifts across age and gender groups.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Labor Department
Johnson and Pentagon papers depict misjudged troop needs in Vietnam
The Pentagon study shows Johnson resisted a premature North Vietnam attack in 1964 and focused on building a South Vietnam base. It warns the rapid 1965–66 buildup followed faulty planning and underestimates Hanoi's strength, with Rostow and Bundy urging a combined military and pacification approach.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Associated Press
Johnson
North
South
New York Times
U.S
Vietnam
Washington Post
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Peking
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Times
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
Kremlin honors three cosmonauts in Red Square funeral line
Three Russian cosmonauts Georgy Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev were laid to rest at the Kremlin Wall after dying at the controls aboard Salute the world first long term space station Their eulogies praised their pioneering flight and opened new possibilities for mankind U S astronaut Thomas Stafford attended to represent President Nixon as Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny led the procession at the wall
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Moscow
Kremlin Wall
Red Square
Keldysh
Lenin
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Park sponsor referendum eyed for Juda Memorial Park plan
Jefferson Township voters will decide in Spring 1972 whether the township sponsors Juda Memorial Park. Juda Memorial Park Inc plans 12 acres on Wis 11-81 near Juda turn-off, integrating two Keen farm ponds and a new third pond near spring, to unlock state and federal funds.
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JUDA
Jefferson Township
Juda Memorial Park
Juda Memorial Park, Inc
Wis
Wisconsin senators vent over blown fuse halting Capitol air conditioning
In Madison Wisconsin the Senate debated a Republican substitute to Governor Lucey s $1.99 billion budget as a blown fuse left the Capitol chamber without cooling. Republican leader Ernest Keppler led the protests urging replacement of the fuse while Democrats noted limited current and varied cooling in offices.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Ernest Keppler
Sheboygan
Keppler
Senate
Senate Gop
Senate Chamber
Patrick J. Lucey
Lucey
Capitol
Fred Risser
Joseph Lourigan
D-Kenosha
Vietnam War's evolving face after Pentagon Papers analysis
Vietnamese and American observers see shifts since the Papers with U.S. combat withdrawal, Vietnamization, and widening fighting into Cambodia and Laos. Hackworth predicts a return to 1963 65 dynamics after allied pullout, while Thieu foresees a major late 1972 early 1973 confrontation.
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Saigon
U.S
Pentagon
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Indochina
Col
David Hackworth
Hackworth
Nguyen van Thieu
Creighton W. Abrams
Tu Do
Thieu
Monroe dump closed for Fourth of July holiday
Nathan Klassy street superintendent announced the Monroe dump will be closed all day Sunday for the holiday. The incinerator will close Monday and there will be no garbage collection Monday. Residents with Monday pickups should set out trash Tuesday morning.
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Nathan’ Klassy
Monroe
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