North Korea Claims Sink US Spy Ship and Attacks Korean Vessel
AP reports NKorea claims it sank a heavily armed US spy ship in the Yellow Sea, which the US Navy denies. A South Korean patrol boat was attacked during a routine fishing-boat interdiction and towed north. Speculation links the two NK incidents. In Chicago, the White House may announce Robert Finch’s departure as HEW secretary with no replacement yet named.
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Tokyo
North Korea
U.S
Yellow Sea
Jackson State shooting inquiry disputes governor report
A biracial committee member disputes the governor's account of the Jackson State College killings, saying the panel found no evidence of sniper fire. The TV broadcast Friday night presented findings countering Gov. Williams's claim that police fired in self defense.
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Jackson, Miss
Jackson State College
John Bell Williams
Aid Rush to Peru as Death Toll Mounts
US and other nations rush aid to earthquake hit Peru with new estimates of up to 50,000 dead. The US sends helicopter carrier Guam carrying 14 helicopters to move supplies into Huylas canyon and evacuate the injured from the Sunday quake.
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Lima
Peru
United States
Guam
Huylas Canyon
Nixon aid sent to districts with many federal employees
The Nixon administration distributed 2.2 million dollars on Friday to 10 school districts facing severe shortages. The funding targets districts with a high proportion of students whose parents are federal employees to prevent endangering the school year, excluding children, or charging tuition.
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Washington
Nixon
Cambodians Repel Major Assault on Siem Reap Capital
Cambodian tanks and infantry halted a heavy Communist-led assault on the provincial capital Siem Reap. The fighting focused around city streets as government forces sought to push back insurgent units, with casualties reported on both sides.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Siem
Mary Jo Urban Urges Camelot Dream At Graduation
A Monroe High School graduate comments that Camelot could be real if youth energy focuses on the goal. Meanwhile in Cambodia, fighting around Angkor Wat and Siem Reap continues as Khmer Rouge clashes widen across the countryside and near Kompong Cham and the provincial airport.
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Mary Jo Urban
Joseph G. Urban
19Th St
Monroe
Monroe High School
City of Camelot
Times
John Wilkinson
Angkor Wat
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
U.S
Kompong Cham
Khmer Rouge
Ten Anti-War Activists Convicted in Draft Raid
Ten antiwar activists were convicted in U.S. District Court of destroying thousands of draft records during a raid on a Selective Service office in Chicago. All were found guilty on all counts. sentencing set for Tuesday. Three defendants absent, warrants issued for their arrest.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Selective Service
Edwin A. Robson
Vietnam
Robson
Frank Oliver
Unemployment Rate Rises to Five Per Cent
Washington AP reports the May unemployment rate at five percent the highest since 1965 with 4.1 million unemployed. Earnings for a million workers rose two cents to 3.20 an hour, though inflation offset gains. Black unemployment fell from 8.7 to eight percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
United States
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nelson Named to World Food and Agricultural Foundation Board
Neelian Nelson of Argyle has been named to the board of directors of the World Food and Agricultural Foundation. Wilbur Renk, foundation president, announced the appointment. The Wisconsin Farm Bureau leader is a former Air Force officer and UW Agricultural Marketing graduate who has long served on the Farm Bureau board and as president. The foundation promotes Wisconsin’s food and dairy industry and runs the World Dairy Expo in Madison. the 1970 combined shows plan includes the Oct. 3–7 expo.
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Wisconsin Farm Bureau
Neelian Nelson
Argyle
World Food and Agricultural Foundation
Wilbur Renk
Nelson
University of Wisconsin
Farm Bureau
Air Force
Wisconsin
Madison
Renk
Monore High School Class of 1970 Commencement
The 97th Monroe High School commencement honored 227 graduates at the gym. Speaker Mary Jo Urban and diploma presenter Rodney O Kittelsen highlighted scholarship winners and citizenship awards among the class, with music by the Mixed Chorus and colors midnight blue and ivory.
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Monroe High School
Harry McGuire
Ben Campa
Mary Jo Urban
Derwin J. Huenink
Rodney O
Ivan Cooper
Mary Zupane
Thomas Schilt
Robert Schilt
Harold Crume
First United
Market Rally Pauses As Investors Take Profits
New York AP reports the stock market faced a running battle last week with profit-taking. The rally that began a week ago lifted the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 blue chip stocks about 82 points over six sessions.
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New York
Candidate Is Ejected From Wisconsin Democratic Convention Floor
West Allis candidate Don Lass for Congress was escorted out after defying a chairman's order to stay still. Lass protested his rights to speak during the Brown County Arena convention as officials cleared aisles and led him to the sidewalk amid shouts and a brief scuffle.
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Green Bay
Don Lass
West Allis
Milwaukee
Clement Zablocki
Brown County
Congress
Lass
North Frohlich
Fred Risser
Risser
Frohlich
Monroe Residents React to New Stop Lights
Citizens in Monroe give mixed opinions on the new stop lights. Shopkeepers and pedestrians praise safety for walkers and crosswalks while some complain limited traffic relief and loss of quaintness as bypass plans loom.
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Steve Mitschele
John Braun
Monroe
Greg Wenger
G. Stuart
Nathan
Alice) Schopter Sr
Wally Vierthaler
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Michael D. Bohrman
Jack J. Bohrman
Delafield
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United Rubber Workers Union
Warren P. Knowles
Emory L. Elbe
Neenah
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Lester John Ahrens III
Robert Charles Alston
Hawley
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Karen Cooper
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