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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1971
Page
1
A Manila court postponed the trial of Abel Meyer and Grodon E Hacquoil to July 28. The Canadian and American, aged 20 and 19, pleaded innocent to charges of possession and sale of marijuana and have been jailed in Angeles since their arrest on July 17.
A line of thunderstorms moving east across northern and central Wisconsin spawned a tornado that struck a trailer court north of Eau Claire. One man died and two others were injured in the incident.
Wisconsin reports 12 highway fatalities over the weekend with four blamed on slick roads from Sunday thunderstorms. The year total rises to 504, still 71 fewer than last year’s pace.
Contributes from Wisconsin Louisiana and Ohio range from 17000 to 80000 dollars. Ducks Unlimited, a private conservation group, has applied to the Department of Natural Resources for financial assistance to aid North American waterfowl populations.
In Milwaukee AP reports the final session of a five day Jehovahs Witnesses district assembly drew 32 513 attendees. Wayne Knott from Brooklyn New York warned governments defying Christ will face disaster likening nations to an ant on a railroad track.
Wisconsin's unemployment rate declined from 5.5 percent to 4.9 percent in June after seasonal adjustment, matching a nationwide drop from 6.2 percent to 5.6 percent. The figures are released by the State Employment Service and reflect broader improvements in the job market.
Thomas Solem a feed mill worker from Rockford Illinois plans to row Lake Michigan from Milwaukee to Muskegon in a Gloucester dory. He carries canned food and water and says he is going because it is there.
Senator Birch Bayh a Democratic presidential hopeful will campaign in Wisconsin on August 8. He will speak at the German American Day picnic held at Moose Lake.
Attorney General Robert W. Warren warned that provocative mail order books may never be delivered and that checks or money orders sent with undelivered items have been cashed, prompting action by the consumer protection office. Meanwhile the state Agriculture Department said southern corn leaf blight remained steady with 37 of 72 counties reporting the disease last week.
A tentative schedule released over the weekend shows tuition rising by 50 for Wisconsin residents and 120 for out-of-state students at the nine Wisconsin State University System schools. Room and board are expected to increase 50 for the upcoming academic year starting in September.
A group claiming to represent one million people calls for a boycott of Wisconsin products citing Senator Proxmire and aerospace voting record. An Open Letter to Wisconsinites appears in the Milwaukee Journal urging action and warning of impact on citizens.
Fond du Lac Wisconsin reports that EPA Administrator warns that government efforts against pollution depend on individuals taking action. He stresses cooperation across federal state and local levels as essential to progress.
Saigon reiterates its 1969 and July 8 Paris peace proposals for general elections under international supervision to reunify Vietnam. The move comes as North Vietnam and Viet Cong resist, while Nixon plans a visit to China and U. S. troop levels decline.
AP News In Brief reports Nixon gave Agnew no advance word of a China visit. Senate GOP leader Scott says the Nixon trip timing signals no U.S. combat troops in Vietnam by May 1, 1972. Other items note East-West troop cuts, Pakistan aid, Iraq-Jordan break, a tentative Magma Copper union deal, and energy policy focus.
Speaker Carl Albert asserts leadership by pushing through key battles with committee chairmen. He defeated Rep. Harley Staggers on a contempt vote over CBS and pressured Rep. William Colmer to release an EEOC expansion bill, earning wide praise and quelling critics.
A six member conference committee from both parties will convene Tuesday to resolve a 190 million dollar difference in the 1971 73 Wisconsin budget. The talks come after months of wrangling over taxes and spending with key items including university funding and tax redistribution policy.
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