Volpe Defends SST Program Ahead of Test Flights
Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe defended the supersonic transport amid dire forecasts saying America must test fly two SST prototypes. He cited a decade and 1.1 billion invested and urged a $290 million request to keep the program on schedule.
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America
Volpe
Congress
Velpe
House
Appropriations
Government vows to block SST flights if tests fail
Volpe accuses SST opponents of fear tactics while praising a quiet engine breakthrough. He pledges to stop U S SST from flying commercially if tests show environmental harm, warning that giving SST production to others would cost 50,000 American jobs and $22 billion in payments over 12 years.
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Volpe
U.S
America
Farmers Rally NFO Leader Stresses Collective Bargaining
National director Hanna from Verona Wisconsin addressed Green County NFO members at the annual sausage feed urging collective bargaining as the farmers sole survival path. He cited hog price gains from Hog Lift, noted milk price strengthening since 1970, and warned prices rise and fall with production blocks. Ed Wimmer of Covington Kentucky was the featured speaker.
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National Farmers Organization
Verona
Wis
Madison
NFO
Green County
Hanna
Ed Wimmer
Covington
Independent Businessmen miss meeting due to illness film shown
A presentation featured Wimmer discussing the farmer’s plight as representative of independent rural businessmen. A $50 door prize went to Herman Ritschard, with other cheese package winners named. NFC plans its regular monthly meeting Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at the Green County Ag Building.
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America
Herman Ritschard
Route 3
Monroe
Billy Ludwig
Paul Reod
Ralph Zettle
Leslie Pinnow
Dorothy Remus
William Grossen
Leo Wiegle
Vic Ballmer
Clifton Riley
Wanda Dieckmann
NFC
Green County Ag
Accidents Listed In Monroe Region Traffic Report
Rooney R Blaser of Monroe sustained chin cuts arm and leg injuries when his car left a curve on Tencyck Town Road 1.9 miles southwest of Brodhead at 11 10 p m Saturday and was totaled. Gerald E DeNure of Argyle rolled his eastbound car on highway 11 near Monroe injuring himself mildly. Lorraine S Streiff and Russell M Linnell collided on highway 69 near New Glarus causing rear impact injuries. Howard A Zimmerman milk truck backed into a parked car owned by Alan V Kiel in the Richard Gordee farm barnyard at 1 30 p m Friday.
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Brodhead
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Argyle
DeNure
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Route 1
New Glarus
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Mt Horeb
Streiff
Highway 69
Linnell
Howard A. Zimmerman
Belleville
Plead Innocent in Camp McCoy Bombings Case
Three soldiers from Milton Massachusetts Inglewood California and Glenrock New Jersey pleaded innocent in U S District Court to charges tied to July blasts at Camp McCoy Wisconsin that damaged the telephone exchange electrical substation and waterworks The defendants were arrested Feb 12 at Fort Carson Colorado and were part of a detachment preparing the camp for summer training when the explosions occurred July 26.
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U.S. District Court
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Milton
Mass
Dannie E. Kreps
Inglewood
Calif
Thomas M. Chase
Glenrock
N.J
FBI
Ft. Carson
Col
Army
Allies Increase Reinforcements in Laos Drive
Saigon reports U S and allied transports ferry hundreds of South Vietnamese troops to reinforce the northern front in Laos. Helicopters are sent to strengthen ground operations as the drive toward the Ho Chi Minh trail enters its fourth week. Fighting eases slightly but a field commander warns hard fighting lies ahead.
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Bomb damages Senate wing in Capitol blast
An early morning explosion in the Capitol damaged the Senate wing interior near the Old Senate Chamber but left the building’s front facade intact. Authorities investigated a warning call blaming antiwar protests linked to Laos operations, with no injuries reported. Police, Army, and FBI searched for clues while President Nixon condemned the act.
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White House
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Senate Chamber
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Powell
George Aiken
R-Vt
Laos and Middle East tensions stain AP News In Brief
AP News In Brief covers Laos where 16 000 South Vietnamese remain along Route 9 with 1 000 plus casualties and more troops flown north. It notes Egypt and Israel clash over occupied lands with Sadat insisting on continued talks while Israel cites no return to prewar borders. In Warsaw the government reverses December price hikes sparking crowd violence, detailing falls in beef cheese flour and other goods. Wisconsin’s Nelson tops liberal scores with 97 and Schadeberg bottoms at eight.
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Israel
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Warsaw
Explosion at Capitol prompts Nixon condemnation blasts
President Nixon reacted aboard Air Force One to an explosion that damaged the Senate wing of the Capitol. He called the act shocking and deplorable, promising condemnation by all Americans. Senators from both parties voiced outrage, calling the bombing dangerous and barbaric, with early comments from Mansfield Hughes Dominick Stennis McGovern and Aiken.
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Nixon
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Capitol
Air Force One
Des Moines
Iowa
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
White House
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Harold E. Hughes
Hughes
Chicago
Metromedia
Peter H. Dominick
R-Colp
Dominick
John Stennis
D-Miss
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Resignations at Monroe: Rev Robert Olson Steps Down
Rev Robert E Olson of the Monroe Assemblies of God Church resigned during the morning service on February 28 after six and a half years. He led the church to its current address at 1802 8th St and served in regional ministerial roles. Olson plans evangelistic work nationwide and has written for an international magazine while completing three new books. His final Monroe service is scheduled for Thursday evening April 1, about 30 days from now.
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Monroe Assemblies of God Church
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Monroe
8Th St
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Old North School P.7.a
Green County Ministerial Association
Italy
Monroe Church
Nixon Appeals to Iowa Legislature for Rural Reform
President Nixon visited Des Moines for a joint session with Iowa's Legislature to push federal revenue sharing and a government reorganization including the Agriculture Department. He argued rural decisions should be made by those who know rural America, accompanied by Mrs. Nixon and four Cabinet members.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Nixon
Iowa
America
Agriculture Department
Washington, D.C
Dear Abby Editorial Highlights Community Values
A Monday issue from the Swonmord Pur Daily Record previews content inside the Times Index. It emphasizes obituaries society sports and want ads with a prompt to find more on the page. The page carries a generic newspaper teaser style and announces a fuller inside feature.
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Obituaries Society
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