Relocation Plan Outlined to Avert Mississippi Flood Damage
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin officials report the Corps of Engineers favors moving 157 homes and 7 businesses to higher ground to avoid flood damage along the Mississippi River. Total cost about 2 million dollars. plan awaiting approval from Washington and the Board of Rivers and Harbors. Up to 200 residents could be affected as some have already left the island area.
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Corps of Engineers
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mississippi River
Ambrose Locke
George Skene
Corps’ Great Lanning
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Board of Rivers and Harbors
Locke
Meeting Set for Proposed Stable in Albany
Property owners on Taylor Street and Mineral Point Road were notified by letters of a Village Hall meeting at 7 30 p m Monday March 15 to discuss William Hein Albany merchant's plan to erect a stable on Hein family land. Fencing was nearly complete before complaints halted work. Plans include a stable for a harness race horse kept elsewhere and further development of the corner property. Grant approved for Trempleau County Housing Authority to study low income housing needs and sites.
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Albany
Taylor Street
Mineral Point Road
William Hein
Hein
Kiwanis Members Hear Program on Girl Scouts
Kiwanis members heard Girl Scouts Troop 217 with leader Mrs Joseph Urban present a program on Girl Scouts in Action during Girl Scout Week. Scouts Kitty Barry Mary Beth Norton and Jeanne Usher spoke about levels programs and a recycling project to spur community enthusiasm. Kiwanis president Richard Bahr said a new storage building with ten rooms is finished and will be used next week by Boy Scout troops 101 113 114 115 the Girl Scout Council and local groups. An interclub visit to Clinton is planned. Rev Don Sumwalt offered the invocation. John McElhaney won the attendance prize. FIRE AT PLANT OSCEOLA Wis AP The Champion Aircraft Co plant in Osceola was destroyed by fire.
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Twining Park
14Th Avenue
Richard Bahr
Boy Scout
Girl Scout Council
Theatre Guild
Boy Scout Council
Times
Joseph Urban
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Girl Scouts In Action
Kitty Barry
Mary Beth Norton
Jeanne Usher
Bahr
Kiwanis Club
Woman's Club
Monroe Theatre Guild
Valley District Boy Scouts
Clinton
Don Sumwalt
Juda
John McElhaney
Matt Solliran
Osceola
Wis
Champion Aircraft Co
Polk County
UW Professors Work Much Despite Critics
AP reports a UW faculty workload study finds most professors log over 50 hours weekly in class and lab, challenging conservative claims they teach less and research more. The findings counter TAA charges and were presented amid debate over faculty duties and oversight.
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Mavidun
University of Wisconsin
Madison
TAA
AP News In Briefs Expand on Mine Probes and Nixon Weekend
AP News In Brief discusses federal and state coal mine probes with a wife describing her husband’s claim that primer cord was used and inspectors did not enter the mine. It also covers President Nixon weekend in Florida for David Eisenhower’s Naval Officer Candidate School graduation and farm policy clarifications on conservation land. Environmental groups oppose a Milwaukee to Green Bay interstate plan, favoring upgrades to Highway 57 and related routes amid local citizen opposition.
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Lawrence Gray
Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Navy
David Eisenhower
Florida
White House
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Tricia
David
Naval Officer Candidate School
Newport
R.I
Sierra Club and
Highway 57
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
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Sierra Club
Green Bay
Conservation Club
State Division of Highways
U.S. 141
U.S. 41
Sheboygan
Calumet
West Berliners Vote Tests Brandt Policies
West Berliners vote Sunday in a city election that tests Willy Brandt's policy of easing East West tensions. The contest shapes Berlin and national politics as Brandt links reappointment to his East policy, with CDU and Free Democrats seeking gains and 18 to 24 year olds voting for the first time. New York City boards later rescinded layoff plans for 16,500 teachers after shifting 25 million dollars to next year's budget eased the fiscal crisis.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Brandt
Klaus Schuetz
Communist Party
Socialist Unity Party
East Germany
Action New York
City Board of Education
Congress Pushes Social Security Hike To Nixon Desk
Congress leaders seek a 5 billion Social Security increase with Senate approval, aiming for a quick House concurrence. The plan would raise benefits 10 to 56 percent for 26 million people, start new tax changes in 1972, and lift the wage base to 9000 by 1972, with gradual rate increases to 6.5 percent for workers and employers by 1987.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Senate House
House
End Seen Soon to Laos Action
South Vietnamese field officers at a border command post said the Laos operation will end in about two weeks with some troops remaining at border posts. Brig. Gen. Pham Van Phu reported destroying 50 to 80 percent of Hanoi's 559th Logistics Command, and plans call for a return to the border by April as rain and fog hinder U. S. air support.
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Saigon
Laos
Associated Press
George Esper
Ham Nghi
Pham van Phu
1St
Hanoi
559Th
Phu
Highway 9
Esper
Sepone
Delta One
Sophia
Spone
U. S
Muong
Property Owners League Meeting Forming Green County Chapter
The Wisconsin Property Owner's League held an organizational meeting in Brodhead to push local property tax reform. Attendees elected Alvin Busjohn temporary chairman and Donna Douglas secretary in hopes of joining Monroe Albany Monticello and other Green County townships. A Beloit address and William Whipple contact were listed. SIREN TEST The Monroe fire siren was tested Saturday at 9 30 am with moisture related malfunctions noted by Fire Chief Josef J Benkert.
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Wisconsin Property Owner's League
Bank of
Monroe
Albany
Monticello
Green County
Donna Douglas
Beloit
College St
William Whipple
Josef J. Benkert
Military Arms Race Warns of Soviet Superiority Threat
Washington reports that Adm. Thomas H. Moorer warned the Soviet Union could attain military superiority within five years unless the United States sustains a strong strategic nuclear deterrent. He cautioned that despite hopeful SALT talks, there is no discernible slowdown in Soviet ICBMs, missile submarines, or antiballistic missiles.
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Soviet Union
United States
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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