Wisconsin voters face school funding and bingo referendum
Wisconsin readers see multiple public issues: school finance via property tax, support for reading programs, gubernatorial succession, vehicle registration grace periods, and a large NSP nuclear plant plan near Durand. Also reports on unemployment, a Milwaukee Road derailment, a telephone rate hike, and a write in campaign for superintendent.
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Madison — Wisconsin Telephone Co
Public Service Commission
William F. Eich
Arthur Padrutt
Richard Cudahy
Debate over Nixon praise in Wisconsin Senate battle
Senators Roseleip and McDonald spar over a Republican resolution praising Nixon's Vietnam policy while a parallel Assembly vote praised troop reductions. Roseleip calls Nixon’s Vietnam victory honorable as McDonald cites prisoners of war and missing in action, framing debate as war on poverty contrast.
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Madison
Nixon
Senate
Terry McDonald
Darlington
Gordon Roseleip
Assembly
U.S
Roseleip
Vietnam
Senate Committee On Governmental and Veterans Affairs
McDonald
Vista
U.S. rejects final POW swap and seeks more names
The United States repudiated a North Vietnamese Viet Cong POW exchange and demanded names and release details for all Americans held in Laos. Troop withdrawals were paused awaiting further guidance as negotiations shifted to timing for repatriations and first group transfers.
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Saigon
United States
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Laos
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Joint Commission
John A. Wickham
Washington
le Quang Hoa
U S C130 Attacked Over Mediterranean in Secrecy Row
A U S Air Force C130 was attacked by Libyan jets 83 miles from Libya as authorities refused to reveal its mission. Cannon fire missed and the aircraft returned safely to base. State and Defense Departments protest the incident as an unpardonable act amid secrecy concerns.
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Washington
U.S
Mediterranean
Libya
Rhines
William P. Rogers
Tripoli
Defense Department
State Department
Sinai
U.S. studies canal pact after Panama veto at UN
U.S. negotiators seek a new Panama Canal treaty acceptable to Congress after Panama's government won a UN Security Council morale victory. Ambassador Scali vetoed a resolution urging immediate signing, saying talks must proceed with good will. Torrijos pushes for sovereignty recognition and joint operation before full control.
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Panama
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Council
Washington
John Scali
U.N
Britain
United States
Scali
United Nations
Canal Zone
Omar Torrijos
Plans for Monroe High student exchange with Connetquot
Monroe High School prepares a week long student exchange with Connetquot High School Bohemia New York. The visitors arrive Saturday afternoon at the M Room parking lot and join their Monroe hosts for tours plays and an extensive schedule including church attendance dinners and factory farm and city tours through Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with a Madison trip and a Janesville visit before a final Friday tour of local civic buildings.
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Monroe High School
Connetquot High
Bohemia
Long Island
N.Y
Monroe
New York
Chicago
Tom Zupane
Monroe Exchange
William Spoerry
Fred Simpson
June Schuetze
Connetquot
Edward Zupanc
Tom Zupanc
Ben Campa
Lauren
Howard Olsen
Nan
John Reese
Steve
Jerome Howe
Tom
Alvin Kathly
Dawn
Cal Erickson
Julie
Robert Richardson
Kathy
Robert Keith
Aileen
Ruby Ault
Cheri
Monroe High
Chalet
Thomas Schuetz
Monroe Clinic
Jean Brown
John Maloney
Ralph Krauss
Deb Krauss
George Wasserstrass
Calvin
Simpson
Alvin du
Lehrke Farm
Rt. 3
R. Finley Barry
Kitty
Ken Abert
John
John Marty
Barb
Robert Rieder
Mary Joy
Ralph Weckerly
Larry
Robert Hayes
Tim
William Frey
William Staab
Chuck
Earl R. Holcomb
Kevin
New Glarus
Madison
Oscar Mayer
State Capitol
U.w.-Madison
Bowman Dairy
Bruce Reichert
Janesville
M-Room
Parker Pen
Front Arch
Monroe Municipal
Police
Fire Departments
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Associated Press
U.S. Supreme Court
Barbara Thompson
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Ernest Korpela
Washburn
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Democratic Organization
Democratic Party
Proxmire
William Proxmire
Congressional Record
Wisconsin Democrat
State Assembly
Assembly Transportation Committee
Carl Johnson
State Motor Vehicle Division
NSP
Minneapolis
Minn
Northern States Power Co
Durand
Wis
Milwaukee Road
Elkhart Lake
Clements
Stevens Point
William H. Clements
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
the Times Today
Helen
Society News
Harold Kline
10Th St
15Th Ave
Green County Conservation League
DNR
Bob Smith
Division of
Forestry, Wildlife and Recreation
Kent Klepinger
Wildlife and Recreation
al Elhy
Wilbur Stites
Joseph Tregoning
Times
Pathet Lao
Ivories Washington
White House
Latin America
U.S. Congress
Canal
Marjean Zweifel
Chris Ubert
Jim Harder
Kraig Kline
Melva Tschanz
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