Washington aid winddown and peace talks dominate U S news
U S A I D works many hours weekly to wind down Indochina programs with a six to twelve month horizon and about 90 staffers handling closure, Israel shows flexibility on a nonbelligerency pledge as Rabin heads to talks with Ford, a federal case accuses gas producers of unfair reserves estimates, Drinan reviews FBI CIA files after three months of letter writing and calls the situation ridiculous.
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U.S. Agency For International Development
Indochina
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Israel
Egypt
Yitzhak Rabin
Ford
Sinai
Robert F. Drinan
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Drinan
Fire blocks hinder jail rescue as inmates die in smoke
In Sanford Florida a jail blaze trapped inmates as more than 100 bicycles blocked rear access. Eleven people died from smoke inhalation including a guard on his second rescue run. Thirty four others were hospitalized.
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Sanford
Fla
Seminole County
Rainy bluff yields pasture-porch cows in Green County
A rural scene shows cows relaxing on the front porch of an old home praised as Green County gold. The caption notes the cows enjoy special treatment amid a cool afternoon, with a Times photographer present.
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Green County
Tom Mitchell
Citizens' removal urges razing Lincoln School
The Citizens' Advisory Committee, after months of weekly meetings, voted overwhelmingly to raze the fire and weather-ravaged Lincoln School before other plans. Chair Diane Steffens said the proposal will ask the school board to present the matter to voters at the annual school meeting Monday night, July 28, for public approval.
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Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Lincoln School
Diane Steffens
Lincoln
Steffens
Ray Barth
Lincoln building recommended for preservation over rebuild
A local independent architectural firm studied the Lincoln site and found replacement uneconomical due to extensive fire water and weather exposure and the high cost of meeting the 1975 barrier free access code. The architect notes remodeling would require an elevator for upper floors and Lincoln School has excessive non teaching space unlikely to be salvaged.
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Lincoln School
Beth Lampe joins Japan exchange program from Monroe High
A 15 year old Monroe High School student Beth Lampe has been chosen as Monroe's first exchange student to Japan. She leaves from O'Hare Chicago Thursday with stops in San Francisco for Tokyo where her Japanese hosts live west of the city. Beth will study one semester in Japan and may take summer classes before returning January 1. She has participated in AFS and the IFS program and will be guided by Alan Stauffacher. She will attend one semester in Japan and hopes to pursue summer classes.
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Monroe High School
Beth Lampe
Monroe
Japan
Beth
Marie Brunkow
John Lampe
Verona
O'Hare
Chicago
San Francisco
Tokyo
Yoichi Hosake
Monroe Junior High School
Gil Jelinek
Paul Schoenike
AFS
IFS
Alan Stauffacher
New York
MHS
Howard Voegels
Monticello
Yabe
Sagamihara-Shi
Kanagawa-Ken
Rainbow Rhythm Fades as Rain Shortens Monroe City Band Concert
The Monroe City Band concert in Twining Park was cut short when rain arrived just after Jane Olson finished singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Dairy Queen candidates were introduced on stage by Renee Bowen, with most candidates named and two absentees. Swiss Singers canceled due to rain and will be rescheduled. attendees briefed on state events in Madison and 4-H activities.
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Monroe City Band
Twining Park
Michael
Jane) Olson
Renee Bowen
Monroe Dairy Queen
Susan Tschanz
Cheri Bechtolt
Connie Schmid
Janice Prien
Rockefeller Commission Pushes CIA congressional oversight
The Rockefeller Commission urges a joint congressional panel to oversee the CIA along with a separate executive-branch watchdog and a panel modeled after the Joint Atomic Energy Committee. President Ford says the CIA report will be released today with assassination evidence sent to the Justice Department and intelligence committees. Senate chair Frank Church promises full disclosure on CIA assassination plots while warning of ongoing inquiries. A possible immunity deal for Robert Maheu is discussed as House Democrats push Nedzi to resign.
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Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Executive Branch
Ford
CIA
Justice Department
Senate
House
Frank Church
Senate Intelligence Committee
Senate Committee
Nbc-Tv
Today Show
Idaho Democrat
House Intelligence Committee
Lucien N. Nedzi
Dmich
Chiirman
Nedzi
Ford outlines goals after national news conference
President Ford discussed economy noting unemployment at 9.2 percent in May while pointing to rising total employment. He sought Israel's view on the Middle East and signaled a bid for a second term in 1976. He urged action on SALT and kept 38,000 U.S. troops in Korea under review. Congress and fiscal responsibility were also central themes.
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Washington
Ford
Middle East
Israel
Yitzhak Rabin
United States
Europe
Helsinki
Finland
Leonid Brezhnev
Vietnam
Korea
South Korea
Congress
OPEC to price crude in IMF currencies replaces dollar reference
OPEC agrees to quote crude oil prices in IMF special drawing rights rather than dollars. The shift could raise prices for nations with weaker currencies. In Canada, a separate incident reports a standoff at the British Columbia Penitentiary with 15 hostages held by three inmates demanding helicopter transport to a foreign country.
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Libreville
Gabon
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
International Monetary Fund
New Westminster
B.C
British Columbia
Vancouver
Ford jokes about wife push during Salzburg tumble
President Ford, after a tumble down an airplane ramp in Salzburg, Austria, joked that his wife pushed him. He told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that he was holding her hand and an umbrella when they descended the ramp, and she walked off with the umbrella.
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Washington
Ford
Salzburg
Austria
White House
Rose Garden
Area FFA members attend 46th state convention in Green Lake
Area FFA delegates gather for three day state convention in Green Lake to conduct business and vote on constitutional changes honorary degrees and state officer slate. Monroe delegates Bob Blumer and Mark Mayer lead local contingent with many others from Albany Argyle Belleville Blanchardville Brodhead Evansville Juda Monticello New Glarus Orfordville South Wayne. Superior safety awards presented to 42 chapters with national contenders named Monroe Denmark Green Bay East Beaver Dam and Cadett for exceptional chapter safety efforts including surveys inspections and rural fire district programs.
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FFA
Green Lake
Monroe
Bob Blumer
Mark Mayer
Albany
Jay Kennedy
Brian Brugger
Argyle
Roger Tourdot
Walter Hartwig
Belleville
Daniel Palmer
Steve Konopacki
Blanchardville
Brad Jeglum
Gary McKenzie
Brodhead
Lowell Gretebeck
Bob Gessert
Evansville
Pete Smith
Bill Jones
Juda
Jim
University of Wisconsin
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Tampa
Edward Gurney
Gurney
James L. Groot
New Orleans
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Moynihan
Daniel P. Moynihan
U.S
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Brezhnev
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
CIA Watchdog
Congressional Committee
Rockefeller Commission
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Church
Robert A. Maheu
Howard Hughes
Maheu
Mafia
Castro
MARC
Monroe Ywca
Old Methodist Church
Peg Stiles
Jason Schmitt
James
Lori) Schmitt
YWCA
Times
Marty Rufener
Area Ffa
Kamholz
William DeBruin
Bryan Voegeli
Keith Babler
New Glarus
Dale Losenegger
Bret Hoesly
Orfordville
Karol Knudson
Jon Hegge
South Wayne
Kevin Shager
Ralph Johnson
Wisconsin Power Equipment Retailers Assn
Madison
Wisconsin Farm Electrification Council
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