Lawmakers Clash Over Highway Funds and Veterans Home Budget
In a Wisconsin Assembly session lawmakers from both parties debated federal highway funds and the King veterans home budget. Rep. Atkinson led an amendment to restore 3.8 million for the King home, supported by many Democrats and opposed by two GOP members. overall budget figures showed a 1.1 million increase over the current allotment.
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Veterans Home At
King
William Atkinson
South
Milwaukee
Harold V. Froehlich
King Home
Dennis Conta
Dmilwaukee
Assembly Rejects Lucey Budget Challenges by One Vote
In Madison Wisconsin the state Assembly defeated twice by a single vote two challenges to Gov Patrick J Luceys 1.99 billion fiscal package for 1971 73. Dissident Democrats sponsored both challenges as rifts surfaced after a lengthy six hour caucus during debate on the package.
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Madison
Wis
State Assembly
Patrick
J. Lucey
Assembly
ACLU seeks 1.5 million in Madison civil rights suits
The American Civil Liberties Union seeks nearly 1.5 million in damages for alleged police abuse during May 1970 antiwar protests in Madison. Five suits filed in U S District Court name Madison and Dane County police, Gen Joseph Stehling of the National Guard, Mayor William Dyke, city officials, and others alleging tear gas use and illegal searches.
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Madison
Wis
American Civil Liberties Union
U. S. District Court
Allan Koritzinski
David Heitzman
Dane County
ACLU
Wisconsin
Edward M. McManus
Joseph Stehling
Wisconsin National Guard
Mifflin Street
Edward Conrad
William Dyke
Wisconsin Senate endorses bill to curb closed meetings
The Judiciary Committee endorsed a Dorman measure 3 to 0 to penalize officials for secret sessions up to 500 dollars and one year in jail. Critics from the Wisconsin League of Municipalities call penalties too severe though supporters say action may be void if later ruled unlawful.
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Madison
Wis
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Carl Z. Zielke
Wisconsin Press Association
Zielke
Henry Dorman
D-Racine
Wisconsin League of Municipalities
Ed Johnson
Dorman
Lobbyist expense reporting urged with penalties backing
Wisconsin lawmakers heard Republican leader Ernest Keppler push penalties to enforce lobbying expense disclosures. He said 53 groups had not filed by the deadline but all but one, now defunct, have complied. the committee endorsed the bill three to zero.
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Madison
Wis
Ernest Keppler
Sheboygan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Keppler
Secretary of State
Attorney General’s Office
GOP
Earlybird milkman finds battered bank pouch in street
In Wausau Wisconsin on Tuesday milkman Eugene Klimek spotted a battered bank pouch while making morning deliveries. Police said a local businessman reported the pouch fell from his car while en route to a bank the previous night. the pouch contained a $4319 sum.
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Wausau
Wis
Eugene Klimek
Boy Clings to Window Sill Then Rescued By Fire Crew
In Madison Wisconsin three year old Keith Burdick climbed to a second story window to view a bird nest. His sister Judy fifteen implored him to come inside but he remained perched until firefighter Robert Schumann pulled him to safety down a ladder.
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Madison, Wis
Keith Burdick
Keith
Judy
Robert Sch Schumann
Madison Moose Lodge liquor license renewal denied
The Madison City Council rejected the Madison Moose Lodge liquor license renewal citing its white-only membership clause. The 14-5 vote rested on an anti discrimination ordinance while Moose officials warned enforcement could push the lodge toward financial ruin.
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Madison, Wis
Madison
Madison Moose Lodge
Moose
Bill Would Aid Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans Tuition
A state Senate committee heard nearly two hours of testimony in support of a bill to cover tuition for Wisconsin Vietnam veterans seeking to return to college. No opponents appeared, and some callers urged minor changes to the measure.
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Madison, Wis
Senate
Wisconsin
Striking NYC workers end walkout with four point plan
Striking municipal employees return to work after a four point proposal reroutes the pension issue to the next state legislature. The accord keeps a renegotiation option for 1972 if approved, and vows investigations into possible sabotage at 25 drawbridges reopened after the settlement.
District union wins as court halts strike council action
The District Council 37 director called the settlement a union victory after Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Harold Baer issued a preliminary injunction forcing workers back to work. The move could have allowed penalties under the Taylor law. Two thousand sewage plant workers walked out, delaying 1.4 billion gallons of untreated sewage. Bridges reopened, traffic eased, health risk not immediate. NAMED TO COUNCIL The American Academy of Pediatrics appoints Dr. Frank C. Stiles of Monroe clinic to its Council on Pediatric Practice for a three year term.
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Manhattan Supreme Court
Harold Baer
American Academy of Pediatrics
Frank C. Stiles
Monroe Clinic
United States
Six Die in Hurley Area Crash In Wisconsin
Six people, including a Virginia man and four Michigan residents, died in a head on collision near Hurley Wisconsin. The wreck occurred on a straight stretch ten miles west of town with no witnesses. Names include David L Pearson 39 and John Gordon Schley 20 in the panel truck and Mrs Edward Auvinen 37 Arvo Pallari 60 Michael A Conrad 16 and Brenda Auvinen 17 in the station wagon. Authorities say cause may never be known and surviving details were not available.
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Hurley
Wis
Virginia
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iron County
David L. Pearson
Washburn
John Gordon Schley
Falls Church
Northland College
Ashland
Pearson
Edward Auvinen
Ironwood
Mich
Arvo Pallari
Bessemer
Michael A. Conrad
Global and domestic news briefs from AP glimpse
AP dispatches cover New York legislative action on a city state question and Lindsay's commission, Cambodian battles near Phnom Penh, Clifford on POW return timeline, a West Point graduate missing possibly deserting to Sweden, Soyuz 11 experiments aboard a Soviet space station, a major pay raise for servicemembers, a large public works bill facing a veto, Chilean politics after Perez Zujovic’s assassination, US Laos role debate, and Wisconsin field biology programs at Pigeon Lake Field Station with 110 students and teachers.
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New York
New York City
John V. Lindsay
Drummond
Wis
Bayfield County
Wisconsin
Pigeon Lake
Not Guilty Plea Rejected In Duck Charge
Richard Johann of Kewaskum Wisconsin faced a seventh court appearance on a duck hunting after sunset charge. Federal agents watched his car near a cornfield as sunset passed at 6 04 p m then arrested at 6 31 p m He pleaded guilty to expedite cases but Judge Reynolds dismissed the charge finding him not guilty.
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Milwaukee
Richard Johann
Johann
Kewaskum
Wis
Federal Game Management
U. S. District Court
John Reynolds
No blight found in Green County survey
George Hartman, Green County farm agent, reports that no Southern Corn Leaf blight was discovered during the first weekly survey conducted Monday and Tuesday. Ten fields were examined. Farmers taking part included Dale Peterson, Evan Siedschlag, Willard Matzke, Nelson McCammon, Mack Ernster, John Marean, Lloyd Deininger and Roger Schmidt. Hartman noted alfalfa weevil populations are stabilizing but urged watchfulness on second crop hay.
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George Hartman
Green County
Dale Peterson
Evan Siedschlag
Willard Matzke
Nelson McCammon
Mack Ernster
John Marean
Lloyd Deininger
Roger Schmidt
Hartman
Day care plan not discussed by Green County Board
Green County Board of Supervisors adjourned to July without acting on a proposed budget and documents listing counties with Division of Mental Hygiene Day Care Programs. GCARC seeks to hire a county agent to expand day care for retarded children. funds sought total 6,905 from county board with 4,603 from the division and possibly 3,000 less via United Funding.
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Green County Association For Retarded Children
GCARC
Division of Mental Hygiene
United
Morris Frank
Rural Family Development
Madison
RFD
Action Line
Rubi and Leuenberger Electrical Contractors
Green County Hospital Board
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