Utilities mobilize crews to restore Wisconsin power
Utilities race to repair a week of ice storm damage across 15 counties in Wisconsin. About 600000 residents faced outages as lines iced over and trees blocked roads. National Guardsmen aided efforts while Red Cross supplied shelter and meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Commonwealth Edison
Monroe
Power and Light Tree
Wp&l
Washington County
Martin J. Schreiber
Crawford
Ozaukee
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Hartford
Port Washington
West Bend
Saint Lawrence
Saukville
Waukesha
North Prairie
Germantown
Grafton
Mequon
Brookfield
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Green County
Cletus Ganshirt
Lafayette County
John Dahmen
South
Wayne
Terry Buening
Reagan plans Wisconsin campaign swing this month
Ronald Reagan will tour Wisconsin with stops in Waukesha Milwaukee and Madison on Thursday. A Wisconsin Citizens for Reagan spokesman said he plans to return March 22 and 23 with tentative stops in Wausau Green Bay Racine Milwaukee and La Crosse. Separately a small group of dissidents folded tents at the state Capitol Thursday signaling a return Monday as rotunda protests paused for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Ronald Reagan
Wisconsin
Reagan
Waukesha
Madison
Wisconsin Citizens For Reagan Committee
Wausau
Green Bay
Racine
la Crosse
State Capitol
Capitol
Wisconsin Open Primary Regains Status In 1976 Race
The Democratic party allows Wisconsin’s open presidential primary on April 6 to continue as a delegate basis for the 1976 Democratic National Convention with conditions. Governor Lucey says the action restores viability, while a moved legislature remains cited for open access and reform origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wisconsin
White House
Patrick J. Lucey
Milwaukee
Commission
Lucey
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Progressive Party
Reagan to escalate get tough drive ahead of Florida primary
Reagan plans to intensify his get tough with President Ford tactic through the weekend before Florida's GOP primary. He barnstorms Florida's Gulf Coast delivering a message first voiced the day before. Ford is accused of being soft on the Soviet Union and detente.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Florida
Reagan
Gulf Coast
Soviet Union
Green County Courthouse brochure traces history and art
A new Green County Courthouse brochure, available at the County Clerk’s office in Monroe, compiles the building’s history from 1841 to 1891 with photos of The American House offices, the 1900s courthouse, and the 1974 Cheese Days alphorn moment. It highlights murals by Franz Rohrbeck, the Soldier’s Memorial likeness of William R. Hawkins, and cover art by Mitchell Lindgren, printed by The Monroe Evening Times Job Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Green County
Ralph
Dorothy) Kundert
Archie Myers Jr
Harold
William R. Hawkins
Clarno
Green County Publicity Committee
Wisconsin
Mitchell Lindgren
Monroe Evening Times
Hearst Trial Spotlight at Fort Testimony Fireworks
In San Francisco Patricia Hearst defense lawyer F Lee Bailey accuses government witness Dr Joel Fort of bias while Fort testifies as an expert on Hearst’s possible conversion to terrorism. Bailey questions whether Fort knew Hearst parents Randolph and Catherine as Hearst stares toward her family. Fort denies any improper influence and insists he did not fix the case. The government argues Hearst aided the 1974 kidnapping and bank robbery under duress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
F. Lee Bailey
Joel Fort
Fort
Miss Hearst
Randolph
Catherine Hearst
Bailey
Postal Service resumes closing small rural post offices
The Postal Service, backed by a court ruling, restarts its policy of closing unprofitable rural post offices. Lawmakers and associations challenged the move, calling it a large assault on small communities. A temporary injunction expired, allowing further closures as about 600 offices are reviewed for possible shutdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Postal Service
Mail Agency
Congress
U.S. Dist
John Lewis Smith
Ford names Butz to chair new agricultural policy panel
President Ford creates an Agricultural Policy Committee with Earl L. Butz as chairman to consolidate policy functions. He seeks to appease farm groups that criticized his administration for favoring Kissinger and other officials on export policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
New Agricultural Policy Committee
Illinois
Earl L. Butz
American Farms Bureau Federation
Butz
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford warns against collision course with Russia
President Ford warns that returning to a thermonuclear Cold War could leave humanity in ashes. He pledged to avoid reviving hostilities, saying the United States conducts foreign policy with eyes open and powder dry before about 8,000 at Bradley University Field House in Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Ill
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Russia
Bradley University Field House
Capital comment by Art Srb on Lucey for convention wars
Trim Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey appears poised for a role in the 1976 Democratic convention battle. He hints at a national bid or at least a strong advocacy role while shedding weight and remaining health confident. He recalls past McGovern ties and says he would seek an active voice in the presidential selection process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Patrick J. Lucey
Wisconsin
Lacey
Lucey
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mike Petit
East School
Bob Baker
Badger
THE
Associated Press
Aio
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward Kennedy
17Th Street
World Today
Patty Hearst
Dr. Fort
Art Srb
Pat Lucey
George McGovern
Miami
McGovern
Madison Square Garden
China
John Kennedy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!