Migrant Worker Rights Suit Announced in Wisconsin
United Migrant Opportunities Services plans to file a federal suit in Milwaukee alleging violations of federal standards in recruitment and living and working conditions at migrant camps. Ness Flores, Milwaukee attorney for UMOS, told 750 migrants at a Wisconsin rally that the case targets the state Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations and several state growers.
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Beaver Dam
United Migrant Opportunities Services
Ness Flores
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U.S. District Court
Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor and Human Relations
Wreckage Lingers as Lake Winnebago Plane Crash Probe Continues
Army Corps of Engineers reports 35 to 40 percent of the wreckage from the June 29 crash of the North Central and Air Wisconsin planes remains at the lake bottom. Thirteen aboard died. bodies recovered. Officials may pursue legal steps to clear the waters for safety and investigation.
Battle for Democrat committeeman in West Allis ward
Frederick Smith and his wife Joan contest the 4th Aldermanic District committeeman post. Smith, a painter for Milwaukee County institutions, sought a civil service ruling to confirm his eligibility and urged his wife to stay on the ballot to test voter support for a woman.
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West Allis
Frederick Smith
Joan
Smith
Milwaukee County
Three Drownings Reported in Wisconsin Waters
Three drownings occurred in Wisconsin over the weekend. A 2 year old boy from Roseau Minnesota, Edward Benish, drowned in Nicaboyne Lake after apparently falling from a pier in Burnett County. Rodney Knobel of Richland Center and Dennis Jensen of Madison drowned Saturday while wading in the Wisconsin River near Boscobel and Spring Green respectively.
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Wisconsin
Edward Benish
Roseau
Minn
Clayton Benish
Nicaboyne Lake
Burnett County Sheriff’s Department
Rodney Knobel
Richland Center
Dennis Jensen
Madison
Knobel
Boscobel
Jensen
Spring Green
Wisconsin Toll Fatalities Rise to 571 This Weekend
The weekend saw seven deaths on Wisconsin highways, lifting the 1972 traffic fatality toll to 571, up from 507 on the same date last year.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee Alderman Calls Lucey a Bigot in Party Switch
Milwaukee alderman Orville Pitts, a black Democrat turned Republican, accuses Gov. Lucey of bigotry and questions why blacks are not represented in his staff. He cites inner city programs and the absence of black leaders in Lucey’s administration. Pitts spoke at a NAACP event in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Orville Pitts
Patrick Lucey
Democratic Party
Pitts
Lucey
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Third Street
Charles Hill
State Department of Local Affairs and Development
Two Wisconsinites Die In Osage Beach Light Plane Crash
A light plane crashed at a small Osage Beach airport killing pilot John Antink and passenger Ceile Lisiecki both from Wisconsin. Antink 33 Beloit and Lisiecki 30 Burlington died when the aircraft skidded off a runway and burst into flames Saturday.
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Osage Beach
Bombardment by U S forces targets North Vietnam fronts
U S bombers and a 13 ship naval task force hammered North Vietnamese positions around the DMZ and near Quang Tri and Dong Hoi. The strikes supported a South Vietnamese offensive with aim to destroy troops and cut reinforcements while reports described light fighting near Quang Tri and advances by paratroopers toward the Citadel.
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Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri
Dong Hoi
U.S
Quang Tri City
U.S. Navy
Shelton
Oklahoma City
7Th Fleet
Hepburn
Robison
Hammer
Warrington
Hull
Dmz
Hon la Island
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Catholics protest British occupation in Belfast camp
Nearly 4,000 Roman Catholic women and children slept on a Belfast football field after evacuating Lenadoon Avenue to protest the British Army occupation. Five more deaths raise Northern Ireland's toll to 236 this year. police, soldiers, and civilians were killed in a week of violence amid IRA clashes and ceasefire collapse.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Crossmaglen
Strabane
Jack Fitzsimmons
Lenadoon Avenue
Irish Republican Army
World chess title thriller turns private room showdown
American challenger Bobby Fischer forced game three off the stage in Reykjavik turning the world championship into a private room contest. He gained the initiative against Boris Spassky, with play resuming at 1 p.m. EDT as officials examine Fischer's 41st move.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Fischer
Spassky
Bomb Blast Hurts Montreal Forum as Stones Tour Opens
A bomb exploded under a truck at the Montreal Forum just before a Rolling Stones concert, breaking north wall windows but no injuries were reported. Police and a bomb squad investigated while promoter Peter Rudge said the show would go on as scheduled.
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Montreal
Montreal Forum
Rolling Stones
Peter Rudge
Forum
Montreal Canadiens
Gaston Lesage
Robert McClellan
McClellan
McGovern plans Black Hills retreat for campaign strategy
Sen George McGovern heads to Sylvan Lake lodge in Custer State Park South Dakota for two weeks of rest and planning with top advisers and running mate Sen Thomas Eagleton. Gary Hart will lead the campaign organization with George Cunningham as deputy as regional coordinators are named and roles finalized.
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George McGovern
Black Hills
South Dakota
Nixon
McGovern
Miami Beach
Sylvan Lake
Custer State Park
Custer
Mount Rushmore
Thomas F. Eagleton
Missouri
Mary Shape
Gary Hart
Denver
George Cunningham
Eli Segal
California
Harold Himmelman
Ohio
Rick Stearns
Hart
Frank Mankiewicz
Virgin Islands
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Stones
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