Wisconsin Highway Toll Falls to 357 This Year
Wisconsin’s 1971 highway death toll stood at 357, down from 444 last year. Webster man John M. Nutt, 23, was killed by a hit and run while walking along U.S. 12 near Black River Falls. Kenosha resident Albert Shober, 73, died after his car left the road and struck a bridge abutment in Pleasant Prairie.
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Wisconsin
Webster
Kenosha
John M. Nutt
Jackson County
U.S. 12
Black River Falls
Albert Shober
Pleasant Prairie
Wisconsin youths press ratification of 18 to 20 vote amendment
Wisconsin Young Republicans and Young Democrats plan a Tuesday delegation to Madison to urge state legislators to ratify the U S Constitutional amendment extending voting rights to ages 18 through 20. The measure has 32 state ratifications, six short of needed approval. Delegates will hold strategy sessions, lobby lawmakers, attend a luncheon with state Senators, and conduct a news conference.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Young Republicans and
Young Democrats
U.S
U. S
Bonds Set In Rock County Drug Crackdown
Bonds of 2500 to 12000 were set for 16 of 21 people arrested in a Rock County drug trafficking crackdown. Judge John J. Boyle adjourned cases for preliminary hearings. arraignments of others were scheduled. State, county and local authorities cooperated in arrests on LSD, marijuana, hashish and amphetamines charges. Arrestees hailed from Janesville, Afton, Milton and Edgerton with juveniles involved in selling drugs.
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Janesville
Wis
Rock County
John J. Boyle
Afton
Milton
Edgerton
Robert Warren
Perfect cribbage hand surprises Princeton man in Wis
George Schwartz of Princeton received a perfect cribbage hand for his birthday. A friend said he had never seen such a hand in 45 years of playing. The probability is about one in a million and a half hands. The friend wonders what gift to give next year.
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Princeton, Wis
George Schwartz
Princeton
Schwartz
Boscobel Youth Killed in Farm Tractor Mishap
Michael T. Crowley, 15, of rural Boscobel, died when a family farm tractor overturned and crushed him on Wednesday. The Grant County fatality marks the third tractor death there in under three weeks.
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Boscobel
Wis
Michael T. Crowley
Grant County
Wisconsin Republicans draft plan to replace CCHE with board of governors
Key Republicans propose abolishing the Coordinating Council for Higher Education and keeping two regents boards. The substitute would create a board of governors to oversee higher education, combining top educators and legislators, as an alternative to Governor Lucey s merger proposal.
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Madison, Wis
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
CCHE
Boards of Regents
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin merger talks eye joint regent meeting
The joint regent committee on merger will meet Friday to review progress since May. Gov. Lucey proposes unifying the University of Wisconsin system and state universities. A joint conference of UW and state boards will follow as senators push the bill amid partisan debate.
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Madison
Wis
Regent Committee
Patrick J. Lucey
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Cnts
James Devitt
R Greenfield
Robert Knowles
New Richmond
Walter Hollander
Rosendale
Walter Chilson
Wausau
Reuben LaFave
Oconto
Arthur Cirilli
Superior
Nile Soik
Whitefish Bay
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Hagness pleads innocent by reason of insanity in murder arson case
Oconomowoc woman Joanne R. Hagness, 32, who lost two daughters in a May 3 home fire, pleads innocent by reason of insanity to two counts of first degree murder and one count of arson. Mental evaluator Ralph K. Baker says she is schizophrenic but fit for trial. case adjourned to Tuesday.
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Waukesha
Wis
Joanne R. Hagness
Mary Kay
Marlene Mary
Winnebago State Hospital
Ralph K. Baker
Hagness
Ranchers Unite in Wisconsin to Fight Cattle Rustling
About 25 Central Wisconsin ranchers have formed a coalition to combat cattle rustlers. They report two main methods: shooting and dressing stolen cattle for meat, or loading live cattle onto trucks and hauling them away.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Wisconsin
GOP amendments planned shake Democratic Wisconsin budget
In Madison Democrats faced delays as minority Republicans announced at least 25 amendments to Gov. Luceys 1.995 billion budget proposal. The move followed a 62 37 vote defeating a measure to separate the university system merger from the tax bill and other GOP attempts to broaden land acquisition and tax changes.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Patrick J. Lucey
GOP
Department of Natural Resources
Harold V. Froehlich
Appleton
Wisconsin
Froehlich
Lucey
University of Wisconsin
Humphrey denies Kennedy war charge in Nixon policy row
In Washington Humphrey says he does not question Nixon motives over Vietnam and believes the president wants peace. He warns Dole that Democrats are not questioning Nixon, while Kennedy urges a December 31 withdrawal deadline and Clifford warns against exploiting POWs for politics.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nixon
Minnesota
Robert J. Dole
Humphrey
White House
Kennedy
U. S
South Vietnam
Tricia and Ed Near Big Day at White House Wedding
President Nixon prepares for the upcoming wedding of Tricia Nixon to Edward Cox with a White House schedule of events. The festivities include a bridal party, bachelor dinner, yacht cruise, and family dinners as Julie Eisenhower prepares for her Navy husband’s Mediterranean duty.
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Washington
Tricia
Nixon
White House
Edward Cox
Julie Eisenhower
Navy
David
Mediterranean
Alta
Priscilla Kidder
Boston
Charles R. Horsburgh Jr
Peace Corp
Iran
Cox
Princeton
Eddie
Hugh McKean
Winter Park
Fla
Sulgrave Club
Howard
Julie
Mary Ann Cox
Tricia Nixon
Nixon lifts long China trade embargo expands export list
The White House announced a broad general license for America made products to China ending a 21 year embargo. Automobiles industrial equipment and most consumer goods may be shipped without further government approval. Imports from China will enter under a general license with standard tariffs.
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Announc
Washington
White House
China
Bovns
Nixon
U. S
Red China
Europe
Soviet Union
United States
Commerce Department
People’s Republic of China
Senate approves draft limit while keeps it high
AP report notes the Senate backs the first draft call cap in 30 years but set above anticipated inductions. Thurmond names Walters as IRS Commissioner candidate. Missing West Point officer from Missouri area seeks stay in Sweden. Belgium withdraws from an air travel accord with the United States over Sabena routes and Chicago access.
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Washington
Senate
Brussels
Belgium
Ministry of Communication
U. S
New York
United States
Sabena
Chicago
Recycling collection canceled this Saturday
No collection of cans and bottles for recycling will take place here Saturday as the semi trailer is full and will be moved to Madison. Collection resumes on June 19.
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Madison
Old print shop to be preserved in Swiss Museum Village
The first edition printing equipment used by John Theiler for Der Neu Glarus Bote will be preserved in a new 30 by 40 foot facsimile print shop at the New Glarus Historical Society Swiss Museum Village. Donors include the Blums of Monticello and the Postville and New Glarus Ladies Aids plus Mr and Mrs Arthur J Theiler.
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New Glarus Historical Society
John Theiler
der Neu Glarus Bote
Glarus Messenger
Glarus Historical Society
Sixth Ave
Fred G. Blum
Monticello
Glarus Post
Blums
Postville Ladies Aid
New Glarus Ladies Aid
Arthur J. Theiler
New Glarus Post
Twelve Bodies Found Buried Near Movie House in Escandon
In Escandon near Juarez northern Mexico authorities report 13 dead, 12 men and a woman, all shot in the head and buried on land owned by Ricardo Palacios. The discovery followed a dig by construction workers at a site tied to Mayor Raimundo Palacios. The bodies appeared recently buried as clothes showed minimal rot.
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Mexico City
Mexico
el Sol
Escandon
Juarez
Raimundo Palacios
Ricardo
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By the
Associair
Rock Co
Norman Anderson
Sisten
Mane
State Building Commission
Board of Regents
Clark Clifford
Clifford
Pentagon
Johnson
Indochina
Ronald L. Ziegler
William P. Rogers
Paris
Dole
Soatte Muadbre
Mts
Society News
Helen
AP News
House
Ways and Means Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Strom Thurmond
South
Johnnie McK. Walters
Internal Revenue Service
Stockholm
Sweden
West Point
Vietnam
John R. Wequist
Pittsburg
Kan
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