Carley seeks UW Board top officer post in Friday vote
Madison political note on David Carley a Democrat appointee seeking a Regents leadership post with cross party support. Also weekend reports of fatal and nonfatal crashes raise Wisconsin traffic toll to 413 for the year with multiple victims across counties.
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Madison
Wis
David Carley
University of Wisconsin Board of Regents
Friday Carley
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
David Prothero
Baraboo
U.S. 12
Camp Douglas
Juneau County
Ronald Derseman
Waupaca
Almond
Portage County
Daniel Severin
Wentworth
Douglas
Kansas City
Ernest Pfannestiel
Bayfield County
Scott Tullis
Wausau
Edith Sanderfoot
Little Chute
Outagamie County
Thomas Heiser
Oconomon
Waukesha
Angela Davis acquitted in long California trial
Jurors reported no major initial discord over innocence after deliberations began. The all white panel voted at least three ballots, first ballot nine for acquittal, three undecided. Davis wept in court as verdicts sparked joyous celebrations and supporters outside the Marin County courthouse. The case, one of California history’s costliest prosecutions, followed a dramatic 1970 escape attempt in which four people died.
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San Jose
Calif
Angela Davis
Mary Timothy
Miss Davis
Marin County
Angela
California
Que Son Valley Battleground Tightens as Vietnamese Push Intensifies
In the Que Son Valley south of Da Nang North Vietnamese forces press forward slowly amid rising U S and South Vietnamese defense, capturing a neighbor district and cutting the coast road. Maj Nguyen Cong Chinh says aid is needed to prevent collapse as 800 enemy troops hold the coast road and militiamen resist alongside American advisers.
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Que Son
Vietnam
An Loc
Kontum
Hue
da Nang
Nguyen Cong Chinh
Chinh
2Nd Infantry Division
Highway 1
South China Sea
Hiep Duc
Maj. Chinh
Local Girl Scouts Win Third Relay Canoe Race
A six member Girl Scout Troop 217 team won the 2 mile relay on Saturday sponsored by Sinnissippi Boy Scout Council marking the event’s third straight win by local Girl Scouts. Roster includes Jane Caradine Carol Booth Bonnie Gyure Sandy Power Aileen Keith Kathy Richardson with escort Miss Carrie Gyure. Race started on Yahara River at Mc Farland and finished on Rock River at Indian Trail Boy Scout Camp in Janesville.
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Sinnissippi Boy Scout Council
Jane Caradine
Carol Booth
Bonnie
Joe Viney Jr
Joseph Viney
Monroe
Hoofer’s Riding Club
Madison
Rockets hit Cambodian Defense Ministry and Lon Nol villa
AP reports daylight rocket strike hits Cambodia's Defense Ministry killing two and wounding at least two as ballots were being counted in the first presidential election. Two rockets also struck Lon Nol's villa amid early returns showing Lon Nol with about 51 percent.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Defense Ministry
Lon Nol
Conservatives win at Wisconsin GOP convention male ranks
Liz Pfeifer of Green Bay defeated Ann Peckham of Madison 1303 to 1201 to become Wisconsin's Republican national committeewoman while Ody Fish of Pewaukee won re election as national committeeman 1723 to 779. Conservatives hailed Pfeifer's victory as a shift, yet Pfeifer claimed no pledge to move right. The weekend convention in Milwaukee drew about 2500 delegates with calls for equal representation of women and youth councils debated and votes on Lucey criticisms tabled.
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Milwaukee
Liz Pfeifer
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Ody Fish
Pewaukee
Pfeifer
Ann Peckham
Madison
Mary Ising
Oshkosh
Fish
Richard O. Wright
Warren Knowles
Knowles-Fish
Republican Party
Milo Knutson
la Crosse
Knowles
Young Republican
Patrick Lucey
Lucey
Senate
Ernest Keppler
Sheboygan
Robert Warren
Robert Dole
GOP
Nixon
Russia
China
Dole
George McGovern
South Dakota
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
United States
California
Fire devastates Mahlkuch dairy barn in Juda loss halves herd
Sixteen Holstein calves including three purebreds perished when a 56 by 80 foot barn burned on the John Mahlkuch Jr farm near Juda on Friday morning. The milking herd was saved as were some hay and straw. High moisture corn and a Harvestore silo were damaged. cows were moved to Arkell Keen and milked at Howard Berra farm. Fire caused by a running tractor spark damaged milking equipment. casualties included many cats. Insurance partially covers losses. rebuilding plans are undecided.
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John Mahlkuch Jr
Howard Berra
Don Thompson
Arkell Keen Farm
Rt. 2
Brodhead
Bromfield wins Floyd Achterberg Horsemanship Award at fair
Vernon tied rider Burl Bromfield captured the Light Weight division at the Green County Fairgrounds Lions Club Horse Pulling Contest and earned the Floyd Achterberg Memorial Horsemanship Award. Don Wielker of Waterloo won Heavy Weight. About 2,000 attended. Bromfield and Decatur’s Paul Davis traveled far for the meet.
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Burl Bromfield
Vernon, II
Green County Fairgrounds
Floyd Achterberg
Don Wielker
Waterloo
Wis
Lowell Markwardt
Monroe
Bromfield
Paul Davis
Decatur
Ind
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