Badger Briefs Road toll climbs with weekend fatalities
Wisconsin’s 1972 road toll rose to 132 as a weekend spate of five deaths occurred. Kenosha resident Winfred Reed 33 and Alberta 34 died when their car hit a pole. Beaver Dam resident Betty Immerfall 39 and Cynthia 3 perished in a snow skid collision. Beverly Osowski 39 of Milwaukee died in a two car crash. Floyd Granger 0f Stoughton died in a Saturday I 94 crash near Edgerton. Theodore Snopek 17 of Twin Lakes died Saturday in Kenosha County.
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Dodge County
Beverly Osowski
Milwaukee
Floyd Granger
Stoughton
Edgerton
Theodore Snopek
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Heileman Brewing Talks Live With Associated Plants
Heileman Brewing Co declines to discuss plant acquisition talks with Associated Brewing Co of Detroit. Russell Cleary says talks ongoing since December, targeting Associated Western Division plants in South Bend Evansville and St Paul. Heileman currently ranks 15th among U.S. brewers.
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G. Heileman Brewing Co
Russell Cleary
Associated Brewing Co
Detroit
UW students form Third World coalition for minority programs
In Whitewater AP report, more than 300 minority students from UW campuses formed a Third World coalition to press for improved minority programs. They planned meetings with a regents ad hoc committee and urged direct talks, while nonregent members resigned at the students' request.
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Wisconsin educators urge nonproperty tax funding for schools
James Guckenberg, president of the Wisconsin Education Association, urged that funding for public schools come from sources beyond local property taxes. He warned against cutting programs as taxpayers’ children would be harmed, and noted state aid has risen little while federal support remains low. He called for united action to prevent local taxes from bearing the burden.
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WEA
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Burke
Fox Lake
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William Nessler
Beloit
Nessler
Wisconsin League of Property Tax Payers
Land policy shift urged by Wisconsin panel
Middleton AP Wisconsin Land Resources Committee proposes broader governor authority to freeze resource use when irreversible harm could occur. The panel also calls for a state land appeals board and assistance to upgrade local land use agencies.
Lobbyist may testify from hospital on Kleindienst probe
Dita D. Beard's heart surgeon said she can testify from her Denver hospital bed to Senate investigators. Dr. Victor Liszka warned it would be hazardous for her to travel to Washington and proposed hospital testimony with a physician present.
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Victor L. Liszka
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John H. Holleman III
Arlington
International Telephone and Telegraph Corp
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San Diego
John N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Felix Rohatyn
Mitchell
Political finance claims spark NH primary clash
In Durham Muskie and McGovern trade charges over contributor disclosures as New Hampshire nears its presidential primary. McGovern calls Muskie claim a farce and asks for full 1971 72 contributor disclosure.
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N.H
New Hampshire
Edmund S. Muskie
George S. McGovern
Muskie
McGovern
Six injured in weekend county traffic mishaps
The Green County Sheriff's Department logged seven accidents Friday through Sunday with six injuries. Incidents include a head on collision on Wis 69 near Monticello injuring the Amacher family, a Wis 39 crash injuring Heinz Kleisch, and other crashes causing various damages but no further injuries.
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Donna Amacher
Debra Amacher
Delinda Amacher
Bartlet
Heinz W. Kleisch
Rt. 1
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Beloit
Bluff View Drive
Sugar River
Furniss
Glen Albert Schwartz
19Th St
Darlington Woman Crowned Miss UW Platteville
Kristy Mottley, 20, a Darlington junior, won Miss UW Platteville in the campus Student Center. She earns a chance at Miss Wisconsin and holds a 3.9 GPA with majors in sociology and psychology. Mottley also won Miss Congeniality and Miss Talent. Debra Klauer first runner up. Stombaugh second. Goodrum third. Jewell fourth and Miss GPA.
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Kristy Mottley
Darlington
UW Platteville
Miss Mottley
Platteville
Debra Klauer
Cassville
Mary Lou St
Taxpayers rally amid Wisconsin property tax revolt concerns
Rural landowners and towns push for relief as higher valuations and reduced state aid fuel tax protests. Leaders warn ongoing increases threaten ownership while proposals seek land taxes or per pupil aid reform, with debate over a farm value assessment amendment possible by 1973.
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Madison, Wis
Elizabeth Jones
Dodge County
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