Wisconsin weekend traffic deaths raise 1971 toll
Six people died in weekend accidents expanding Wisconsin 1971 traffic fatalities to 347, down from 439 a year earlier. Harry Austin 67 of Ladysmith was struck while walking on U S 8. Ronald Harnack 33 of Great Lakes Ill died when his car hit a roadside tree in Racine County. Thomas Franks 21 of Lake Mills Gayle O'Brien 42 of Milwaukee Brenda Olson 10 of Madison and Stephen Helming 16 of Onalaska died in separate incidents.
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Wisconsin
Harry Austin
Ladysmith
Ronald Harnack
Great Lakes
Racine
Thomas Franks
Lake Mills
Gayle O’brien
Milwaukee
Brenda Olson
Madison
Stephen Helming
Onalaska
Lincoln County man to be charged after two hour gunfight
A 20 year old man will be charged with endangering safety by conduct regardless of life after a two hour gunfire exchange in Merrill Wisconsin. He was forced from his rural home by tear gas and a shotgun and two rifles were seized. No one was injured and his mother and three siblings were allowed to leave the dwelling.
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Merrill
Wis
Lincoln County
Moscow
Soviet Union
Space Laboratory
Earth
Viktor Patsayeve
Patsayev
Nikolai Rukavish
Camp McCoy officials deny antiwar protest scuffle
Army base officials said about 16 demonstrators were distributing leaflets without authorization and were directed to stop. MPs escorted the group to the gate with no scuffle, while coalition members planned a Madison news conference to describe alleged MP harassment and beatings.
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Sparta
Wis
Camp McCoy
Richard A. Crecelius
Coalition
Madison
Crecelius
32Nd Infantry Brigade
Wisconsin National Guard
ACLU Plans Court Action Over Madison Police Misconduct
The ACLU says it will pursue court action over Madison Police conduct during May 1970 antiwar protests in Wisconsin. Edward McManus said complaints about alleged misconduct will be outlined at a Madison news conference. Over 100 UW students were detained amid National Guard alerts and tear gas in a hippie neighborhood. the ACLU claimed $525,000 in damage claims against the city, which were rejected.
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Milwaukee
American Civil Liberties Union
Madison
Edward McManus
Wisconsin
ACLU
University of Wisconsin
Nixon
Cambodia
National Guard
ALCU
Phantom Lake YMCA camp kitchen fire in Wis
Fire destroyed a kitchen and main pantry at the Upper Phantom Lake Camp in Mukwonago Wisconsin causing an estimated 150000 in damage. Volunteers confined flames to the wooden building about 400 feet from the camp main lodge delaying the 1971 camping schedule. Cause not determined.
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Mukwonago
Wis
YMCA
Phantom Lake
North America
Creosote Burns Kids During Milwaukee Creek Cleanup
About 20 youths suffered chemical burns while wading in a polluted Milwaukee creek during a river cleanup. They contacted a creosote film behind a log, soap failed to remove it, and doctors advised baking soda baths. Only three attended the post-cleanup dance with roughly 1,000 volunteers.
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Milwaukee
Citizens For Menomonee River Restoration
Howard Hockman
Lucey seeks Senate support for anti corporate farming bill
Governor Lucey urged Wisconsin's Republican led State Senate to back a bill curtailing corporate farming. He argued consolidation of farm land under absentee landlords harms individual farmers and small towns, saying the measure serves farmers residents and consumers.
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Abbotsford
Wis
Patrick J. Lucey
State
Senate
Wisconsin
Lucey
Jetliner collides with Marine fighter in California crash
A Hughes Air West DC9 carrying 49 people plummeted into a canyon after colliding with a Marine F4 Phantom near Duarte California. Nine bodies were found and one survivor from the DC9 crew was reported. The collision occurred at about 12 000 feet in foggy rugged terrain east of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
California
United States
Here
Van _ Tassel Canyon
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles County
Duarte
Air West
Los Angeles International
Salt Lake City
Boise
Lewiston
Idaho
Pasco
Wash
Fallon Air Force Base
Nevada
el Toro Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana
Duante
Jim Frisbie
Mt. Bliss
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Marine Corps
Lucey urges strong federal role in land use to prevent disaster
Wisconsin Governor Patrick Lucey told the Senate Interior Committee that environmental disaster risks require unprecedented federal and state action. He urged clearer national policy, broader planning with regional bodies, and potential federal sanctions to enforce state land use programs. He plans a state land resources committee to study statewide regulations.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
United States
Lucey
Senate Interior Committee
Congress
Tornadoes Hit Wisconsin Counties and Storms Rake State
Severe weather swept across Wisconsin with a tornado touching down in Winnebago County and funnel clouds spotted in Crawford County and LaCrosse. A barn shifted from its foundation near Oshkosh, while another barn near Campbellsport was destroyed by lightning induced fire. Rainfall totals reached nearly nine tenths of an inch in LaCrosse. Cooler air and relief from heat were forecast as a front moved in from Canada. Temperatures varied from 90 in Madison to 50 in Ashland. Also reported were the deaths of former Monroe County judge Lambert Hansen and Milwaukee man Charles Malone in a tavern stabbing.
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Winnebago County
Crawford County
LaCrosse
Paul Fegen Jr
Oshkosh
Arnold Gudex
Campbellsport
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Hurley-Ironwood
Wausau
Green Bay
Canada
Upper Great Lakes
Mercury
Madison
Whitnall Park
Milwaukee
Superior
Ashland
Land O’lakes
Eau _ Claire
Rhinelander
Eagle River
Phillips
Port Edwards
Spooner
Hilbert and
Neenah
Richland Center
Juneau
Monroe Dairy Queen finalists to attend concert
Ten finalists in the 1971 Monroe Dairy Queen contest will be introduced at the Monroe City Band concert directed by Allan F. Barnard. The event starts at 8 p m at the Band Shell in Twining Park with announcer Stan Neuberger and performances by the Monroe Swiss Singers directed by Mrs Wolfgang Koehler. The City Band marks its 23rd summer of free concerts.
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Monroe
Tragic Allegheny Propjet Crash Near Tweed New Haven
An Allegheny Airlines propjet with 31 aboard struck a power line and crashed into marsh near Tweed New Haven Airport in fog. Reports mention up to 29 dead with at least 25 confirmed by Yale New Haven Hospital. many bodies found in seats inside the burning wreckage.
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New Haven, Conn
Allegheny Airlines
Tweed-New Haven
James Malarky
Yale-New Haven
Tweed New Haven
Malarky
Allegheny
Washington, D.C
Pittsburgh
Washington
D.C
New London
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Creosote
Circus World Museum
Monroe High School
Society News
Catoosa
Tulsa
Okla
Mrs
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
David Hall
Oklahoma
Carl Albert
Robert S. Kerr, Jr
Arkansas River
Christopher Schiess
Salem
Ore
Santa Teresita Hospital
Tass
Beloit
Youngtown
Buckeye
Ariz
Butte
Mont
Monroe County
Lambert Hansen
Charles Malone
Dairy Queen
University of Wisconsin Arboretum
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